General Election: The 2017 Housing Manifesto Of The 3 Major Parties
General Election: The 2017 Housing Manifesto Of The 3 Major Parties So, the General Election is looming. On 8th June, we face the decision of whether to carry on along the path of ‘strong and stable leadership’ promised by the Tories, or gamble on the…
The Dire Housing Crisis Needs The Help of Property Crowdfunding
The Dire Housing Crisis Needs The Help of Property Crowdfunding The housing crisis in the UK doesn’t just restrict our ability to provide the much-needed homes the country’s population needs. It’s also, according to Katja Hall, the Deputy Director-General of CBI, costing UK households £4bn…
Property News Round-up 16/12/15
Property News – All The Latest Updates Hi guys and welcome to another fortnightly edition of our property news round-up. As usual we take a look at an array of stories from the property industry, today we look at Yorkshire and the Northern Powerhouse to…
Property Still Holds Value Post Brexit
Following the EU referendum vote in late June, there has been a lot of uncertainty in the industry from homeowners, landlords, and housebuilders, all questioning what the future holds for the property market. Examples such as a £40,000 price reduction in average prices in the…
Property News Round-up 6/4/16
Property News All The Latest Updates Hi guys and welcome to another fortnightly property news round-up, today we once again take a look at the latest goings-on in UK property from the north-south house price divide to looking at Ringo Starr’s childhood home in…
Affordable UK property investment despite rising house prices?
House prices are racing ahead once more, and not just in London as recent – figures show increases are now spreading across the country. The latest reports from Halifax and Nationwide put annual house price inflation at 8.7% and 9.5%, RICS has said as shortage…
May keeps up it’s bullish reputation
This spring season has seen a national property average price rise of 3.6%, nearly a whopping £10,000, pushing the national average up to a record high of £272,003, said to be caused by the combination of the Easter and May bank holidays causing a lull…
Is It Spring Time For Property Investment?
It is worth bearing in mind that, despite the property market being in the doldrums for the last 5 years, property investment as with all other markets, goes in cycles. If you think of the property investment cycle as seasons in the year, we have…
Home ownership, marriage or children?
Rather eye-catchingly, a recent Barratt Home Buyers study has found that individuals looking to buy a home consider this a greater priority in life than marriage or starting a family. Whilst we consider this ‘study’ a rather sensationalist promotional tool, biased by the fact that…
The Manchester Mortgage
Manchester City Council looks set to announce a ‘Manchester Mortgage’ in the coming weeks, offering first-time buyers in the city a mortgage with just a five per cent deposit on properties up to the value of £142,500. The scheme, which is similar to programmes already…