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General Election 2015: The property market is freaking out

Published on 07/05/2015 By Tomas

  Published by City A.M. on Tuesday, 05 May 2015 by Emma Haslett   The property market is terrified of Labour-led government, one of the UK’s largest property search websites has suggested, thanks to the prospect of falling house prices and rising interest rates. According to Zoopla, Labour’s policies on the housing market, which include […]

New UK high speed link will affect property

Published on 25/01/2012 By Tomas

  Published by Property Wire on Monday, 16 January 2012   The new high speed rail link between London and Birmingham recently approved by the UK government means that property owners along the route should seek advice. Justine Greening, the Secretary of State for Transport, has revealed the exact route showing that Phase One will […]

House Prices: UK Faces Shortfall Of 750,000 Homes – Report

Published on 03/11/2011 By Tomas

  Published by The Huffington Post on Tuesday, 25 October 2011   The government must find new sources of finance to fund the construction of 250,000 new homes per year, if it is to solve the UK’s housing crisis, a new report from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has said. England will have […]

More bad news for house prices: insiders are selling out

Published on 05/10/2011 By Tomas

  Published by Money Week on Friday, 30 September 2011 by Associate Editor David Stevenson   There was some good news for the UK housing market’s cheerleaders yesterday. In August, the number of loans agreed for UK house purchases rose to 52,410. That was up from 49,644 in July. If more mortgages are being approved, […]

First-time Buyer Roadshow in Manchester

Published on 01/09/2011 By Tomas

  Published by Manchester Confidential on Wednesday, 31 August 2011 by Rakhi Sinha   ARE you itching to get your foot on the property ladder but don’t know where to begin? Then pop down to Exchange Square this Saturday (September 3) where a road show is being held to give first-time buyers advice. It’s being […]

How to sell your house this summer

Published on 06/08/2011 By Tomas

Published by The Telegraph on Thursday, 04 Aug 2011 by Graham Norwood   This summer you need more than a hard-working estate agent and a low asking price to sell your home. Try giving away Olympic tickets, a car or even a year’s supply of sausages. Selling a home when buyers are on the beach […]

Online House Hunter: Hotspots – and cold ones

Published on 04/08/2011 By Tomas

  Published by The Independent on Tuesday, 2 August 2011 by Alan Cleaver   A NEW way of viewing the UK property market has been launched by Zoopla which gives a ‘heatmap’ of house values throughout the country. It will no doubt experience a rush of hits as people take a look at whether their […]

England’s Most Expensive Home Facing Foreclosure

Published on 27/07/2011 By Tomas

Published by Forbes Blogs on Wednesday, 13 July 2011 by Morgan Brennan   England’s most expensive home for sale has apparently just found a new owner: the bank. The lavish Updown Court in Windlesham, Surrey is in the process of being seized by the Ireland’s National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) after defaulting on a £50 […]

The Strangest And Most Unusual Homes On The Market

Published on 25/07/2011 By Tomas

Published by Forbes Blogs on Wednesday, 13 July 2011 by Morgan Brennan   When Robert and Marguerite Antell told architect James Johnson they wanted to build a fun, artistic home, he handed the couple a coke bottle with a flowering sprig of Queen Anne’s lace. “This is your new home,” he explained. Forty years later […]

Luxury flats on the Thames

Published on 06/07/2011 By Tomas

Published by The Telegraph on Monday, 04 July 2011 by Christopher Middleton   With Neo Bankside Thames-side living has certainly come a long way since Dickens’s day, says Christopher Middleton Forget the Côte d’Azur. You’d be hard put to find a more expensive piece of waterfront real estate in all of Europe than the stretch […]