There are no signs of a New Year ‘Boris bounce’ in housing instructions or asking prices, the TwentyCi Property & Homemover Report for Q4 2019 said. However the report speculated whether things could shift for those in the ‘middle England, middle income’ category. If this area rebounded the company said there could be a significant […]
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The Property Franchise Group has launched a financial services division with a pledge to “buy and build”, by acquiring financial services businesses with direct FCA authorisation. Mark Graves, who is an income protection insurance expert, has been appointed as financial services director, a non-board position at the group. The group has acquired a 72.25% stake […]
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Housebuilder Avant Homes has appointed Mark Phelan as group customer experience director. Phelan, who previously worked at Keepmoat Homes, will explore ways to improve the housebuilder’s processes and systems. He said: “It’s hugely exciting to become part of a company that has outstanding customer service at the heart of its business and has a culture […]
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InterBay Commercial, part of OneSavings Bank, has completed a complex portfolio transfer in a £7m remortgage case. The lender was approached by Brightstar Financial, on behalf of a client seeking to refinance and raise capital on their total portfolio. The portfolio included a variety of residential investment property types, including flats, houses, HMOs and small and […]
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Anwyl Homes Lancashire has submitted a reserved matters planning application to Wyre Borough Council for a residential development in Barton near Preston. The housebuilder has exchanged contracts on a 9.3 acre parcel of land that fronts onto Garstang Road, the main A6 road that connects Preston and Lancaster, and is proposing to build 72 high […]
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Some 43% of construction businesses are confident about business growth after Brexit, negotiation and communication firm Huthwaite has revealed. Surprisingly 27% think the process of exiting the EU is currently having a positive impact on their business, with 22% thinking it hasn’t had any impact. Tony Hughes, chief executive at Huthwaite International said: “The UK […]
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The government will lift the freeze on Local Housing Allowance rates, meaning the amount of housing benefit received is set to rise by £10 per month on average. Rates will rise in line with the Consumer Price Index, which is currently around 1.5%. Will Quince, parliamentary under secretary of state for welfare delivery, said in […]
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House prices are set to drop by 1.7% over the course of the first quarter of 2020, reallymoving, a provider of quotes for home moving services, has predicted. However annual growth is expected to reach 3.7% in February 2020. Rob Houghton, chief executive of reallymoving, said: “A forecast of continued positive annual growth confirms that […]
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Simon Robinson (left), legal director in the real estate team at law firm, Shakespeare Martineau and Russell Smithers (right), managing director at REDD Anyone working in the property sector – at any level – will know that it ebbs and flows in accordance with current economic conditions. However, things work slightly differently in the leafy […]
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Housebuilder Avant Homes has promoted Scott Varley to the newly created role of area managing director for Scotland and North East England. Varley first joined Avant Homes in 2006 as regional land manager for the group’s Yorkshire business, before taking up the post of land director in 2010. In 2014 he was promoted to managing […]
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