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…
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…
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? 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? 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…
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…
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…
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…
Estate Agent Today has reported that the information house sellers may have to provide in future about the be transformed, if government property buying reforms are implemented. They are nothing less than a revolution in how property…
Government proposals to reform the way landlords can repossess properties will not work and threatens the supply of homes for rent says the largest landlord organisation. In its response to the Government’s consultation on ending…