Oxford is the best city in which to invest in buy-to-let, Aldermore’s Buy to Let City Tracker research has found. This is based on the average total rent, the short-term returns through yield, long-term return through house price growth over the past 10 years, the lowest number of vacancies as a proportion of total housing […]
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North Lincolnshire is the best place for young families to live, a study conducted by Oxford Home Schooling found. In the local authority, 86% of its schools are scored highly by Ofsted, though one in seven (14%) of the student places available were not filled last year. With its average wage (£25,000) representing 17% of […]
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Homeowners consider both builders and roofers to be among the most unprofessional in the UK, research from bathroom and shower specialist Showerstoyou.co.uk found. Two thirds (65%) think builders are unprofessional, with three in five (60%) feeling the same way about roofers. Kitchen fitters were deemed the most unprofessional tradespeople (73%). Martin, managing director of Showerstoyou.co.uk, […]
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Taylor Wimpey Manchester is hosting a launch event for Leigh residents on Monday 16 December to mark the unveiling of a community centre. The event, taking place between 4pm and 8pm at the community hub at Taylor Wimpey’s Pennington Wharf development, will include mulled wine, mince pies and other refreshments, as well as the opportunity […]
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Independent housebuilder the Edenstone Group doubled its turnover to £39.4m in the year to April 2019. What is more the group expects to double turnover again to £80m by the 2020-2021 financial year. Martin Taylor, managing director of the Edenstone Group, said: “The year ended April 30, 2019 was hugely successful for the Group, with […]
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Just over half (51%) of managers and executives in the property and construction industry want a Conservative Party-led government. The Labour Party ranks second with 23%, followed by the Liberal Democrats at 19%. Keith Griffiths, managing director of Built Environment Networking, said: “The majority of property and construction industry leaders feel that the Conservative Party […]
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The attractiveness of higher risk and niche business areas to mortgage lenders is set to increase in future, UK Finance has predicted. In its study, The Changing Shape of the UK Mortgage Market, co-authored by Hometrack, the trade body predicted that the flat nature of mortgage debt will result in this trend. UK Finance said: […]
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Last week we heard about fresh developments from both Taylor Wimpey and Barratt Homes, which comes as a welcome reminder that not every property-based firm is being put off by the political instability that the UK has suffered for years now. We also saw that more renters had to cope with rent hikes this year, […]
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The former chief operating officer of Barclays Mike Bagguley has invested an undisclosed sum into Dashly. Dashly provides brokers with a whole of mortgage market comparison service, using credit reference agency, current account, house price and up-to-date mortgage balance (i.e. LTV) data to look for opportunities for their clients to save money. Mike Bagguley, Dashly, […]
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House prices rise by 2.1% annually to £234,625 in November 2019, Halifax’s house price index has revealed. Prices rebounded in November, rising by 1% from the month. Russell Galley, managing director, Halifax, said: “While a degree of uncertainty remains evident, it’s also clear that buyers and sellers are responding to factors such as improved mortgage […]
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