You couldn’t make it up
There have now been ten ministers for Housing in the past ten years. The new housing minister is Christopher Pincher and yes, you may ask, ‘Who?’ For the past decade he’s been the Conservative’s MP…
Mirror mirror on the wall which is the most expensive postcode of them all?
The papers are full of stories that the residential property market is recovering again. GetAgent.co.uk has looked at which postcodes across the nation are the most valuable when it comes to average price paid by UK homebuyers…
Will the Year of the Rat be a lucky omen for property in London?
We were intrigued by this report from Harrods Estates reported in Property Investor Today that interest from Chinese buyers in London properties has risen from 2.5% in 2016 to 20% in 2019. 2020 is the Year of the Rat…
Whatever happened to the ‘housing ladder’?
It’s one of the big issues that separate Generation X and Millennials and their Baby Boomer parents. During the 1980s and 1990s, mass homeownership combined with high inflation and high interest created the concept of…
It’s 2020, where are you going to live this year?
The average age of a first-time buyer in the UK has risen to 30, meaning that most people will be saving for a home throughout their twenties. However, young people are the least confident that…
Unhappy with Brexit? Is European property an option?
Unhappy with Brexit? Is European property an option? In case you were one of those who wanted a different outcome to last week’s General Election, we thought this article in Property Investor might catch your eye. Many…
Has Help to Buy helped the Wimbledon housing market?
Has Help to Buy helped the Wimbledon housing market? Zoopla has calculated the areas of London where Help to Buy (H2B) has had the most dramatic effect on the housing market. Tower Hamlets was the…
Let’s get housing done
The UK housing market is showing signs of recovery following a prolonged period of uncertainty, according to JLL the property consultancy. Landlord Today reports that the property consultancy forecasts that the residential property market will remain…
The rise and rise of ‘buy to leave’ properties
An eye-watering £10.7 billion’s worth of homes are sitting empty in London, according to new research by HomeProtect on unoccupied homes. The overall number of long-term unoccupied properties in the capital grew between 2013 and 2018 to…
Nearly 1,000 planning applications are submitted – every day
Since the start of 2017, around 870,000 planning permission applications have been submitted across the UK as homeowners opt to expand their homes and towns and cities seek to develop amenities to cope with ever-changing…