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Low cost property auctions

Posted by on 01/02/2011 at 11:41 am

Published by Property Wire on Thursday, 27 January 2011   Property auctions could be set to become more popular in the UK with more estate agents likely to take up the model as a low cost and efficient selling method, it is claimed. According to Network Auctions, the national auctioneering firm partnering with estate agencies, […]

UK property rents fall for first time in 11 months

Posted by on 29/01/2011 at 9:30 am

Published by Property Community on Monday, 24 January 2011 by Ray Clancy   Property rents in the UK have fallen for the first time in 11 months, dropping by 1.2% in December to an average £684 per month, according to a new report. Rents fell for the first time since January 2010, according to the […]

Green and sustainable building ‘will boost UK housing supply’

Posted by on 28/01/2011 at 1:00 pm

Published by SpeciFinder on Tuesday, 25 January 2011 by Ashley Brunskill   The housing crisis in the UK could be alleviated if green and sustainable building methods replaced traditional construction procedures, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has claimed. Research commissioned by the organisation found that there are currently 80,000 fewer new homes being […]

UK property rent attitudes changing

Posted by on 27/01/2011 at 3:55 pm

Published by Property Wire on Monday, 24 January 2011   Attitude to renting property in the UK is changing as fewer people are able to buy and are forced into becoming reluctant tenants, research suggests. In the latest fourth quarter survey from the Association of Residential Letting Agents, some 71% of landlords asked said they […]

Is inflation the real threat to the UK property market?

Posted by on 21/01/2011 at 6:14 pm

Published by Property Community on Wednesday, 19 January 2011 by Ray Clancy   Over the last few months there has been major concern regarding the flow of funding to the UK mortgage market that has impacted on property prices and the demand for UK property. However, yesterday’s news that the consumer price index has risen […]

Property’s ticking time bomb

Posted by on 13/01/2011 at 5:17 pm

Published by Globrix on Tuesday, 11 January 2011   We’ve long known that Britain’s typical family is getting older and smaller, but what you may not have realised is that this demographic transformation is likely to have a big impact on the housing market. According to local government projections, the number of UK households will […]

Home ownership at lowest level in 20 years

Posted by on 11/01/2011 at 12:42 pm

Published by Guardian, The Observer on Sunday, 9 January 2011 by Graham Norwood   Home-ownership is down to 68% as more people turn to renting – leading to shortage of rental properties and soaring prices Constant headlines on the ups and downs of house prices are masking two trends set to dominate 2011: a long-term […]

Housing market confidence warning

Posted by on 10/01/2011 at 5:39 pm

Published by The Press Association on Monday, 10 January 2011   Confidence in the housing market has fallen to its lowest level for two years as people worry about Government spending cuts and the ongoing problems in the mortgage market, a survey suggested. Only 54% of homeowners think house prices will increase in the coming […]

Halifax Supports First Time Buyers

Posted by on 08/01/2011 at 8:24 am

Published by Mortgage Rates on Thursday, 6 January 2011 by Mark Johnston   The UK’s biggest mortgage lender, the Halifax has launched a new two year fixed rate mortgage. The loan has a 5.79% rate for first time buyers looking to get onto the UK property market. The Halifax has designed the mortgage especially for […]

The Green, Green Luxury of Home

Posted by on 07/01/2011 at 3:39 pm

Published by The Wall Street Journal on Friday, 7 January 2011 By TARA LOADER WILKINSON   Even in a world where green has become the new black and words like “sustainable” grace everything from food packages to corporate mottos, the notion of building an eco-friendly luxury home can seem like an oxymoron. “You think of […]