Over half of property owners in the UK would consider living permanently in an unconventional type of home such as a boat, tree house, converted barn or warehouse, a new study has found. Many see it as a way of having a more creative and interesting home life and escaping the pressures of modern life, […]
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Remortgages are the main area of activity in the mortgage market currently as the wider housing market stalls, the latest mortgage monitor report shows. There were 65,770 residential mortgages approved during July 2019, up 0.8% year on year, but down 1% month on month, according to the date from chartered surveyors e.surv. It says that […]
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Four new members have been appointed to the Board of Homes England, the Government’s housing accelerator. Mark Rennison, Olivia Scanlon, Sadie Morgan and Vanessa Murden join the Homes England Board with immediate effect, increasing its gender diversity and boosting its resilience; taking its non-executive members from six to 10. Mark Rennison, finance director for Nationwide […]
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The British Chancellor Sajid Javid has hinted that there will be a change in stamp duty coming up this autumn but has denied that his preferred option is moving the property tax to sellers. While he has not stated specifically that sellers will pay stamp duty rather than the present situation where it is paid […]
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Home value appreciation in the United States has slowed each month this year, seven in a row, and is at its lowest level since 2015, according to the latest real estate index. The typical home is now worth $229,000, up 5.2% from a year ago but this is the smallest annual appreciation since October 2015, […]
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The British Chancellor Sajid Javid has hinted that there will be a change in stamp duty coming up this autumn but has denied that his preferred option is moving the property tax to sellers. He had appeared to say that sellers will pay stamp duty rather than the present situation where it is paid by […]
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Despite having the backing of the Government, the number of retail to residential conversions have fallen by 17% in the last year in England, new figures suggest. Shop conversions are stubbornly low despite retail industry struggles and there are reports of some councils starting to restrict conversions, according to a new report from private wealth […]
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There are 107 high rise residential and publicly owned buildings in England that have completed remediation works to remove and replace Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding systems, the latest data shows. The work has become compulsory since new regulations were brought in following the inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire in London in which 72 […]
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The Government has announced over £600 million in new funding to support the building of 50,000 new homes in England. Chancellor Sajid Javid said that the fund will ensure the necessary infrastructure is in place to unlock housing in high demand areas. The finance will be made available through the Housing Infrastructure Fund (HIF), originally […]
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The price of property coming to the market fell by 1% in August, but this was a better performance than usual for the summer month, according to the latest index figures. It means that the average asking price of £305,500 is now just 1.2% above a year ago, the figures from property portal Rightmove show, […]
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