Pet ownership has jumped during the pandemic, however only 2.8% of UK rental properties are advertised as being pet friendly, Home Made research shows. Plymouth is home to the most pet friendly rental properties, with 8% of rentals welcoming pets, followed by Edinburgh (6%). However in Belfast and Leicester there are no pet friendly properties […]
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The government is launching a review into legislation which enables people to build their own homes. Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick MP made the announcement on Right to Build Day on Friday. Councils keep a register of those who wish to build in their local area, and by 30 October each year they should have granted […]
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Paul Howells, chief executive, Accumulate Capital It’s hard to understate the impact of the stamp duty land tax (SDLT) holiday on the UK’s property market. The reform was announced at a time when the property market was reeling from the sudden drop in transactions as a result of the COVID-19 lockdown measures. Following the introduction […]
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Rapidly rising house price growth across the US has started to stabilise, Zillow’s weekly market report has found. The median sale price was $288,225 in the week ending September 12, up 11.4% since 2019 and 0.2% week over week. Cities where properties sold for far more than last year include Memphis, TN (19.9%), Buffalo, NY […]
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James Blakey is planning director of Moda Living, a build to rent developer and operator Planning for the Future is an ambitious attempt by government to revolutionise the planning system. There is much to be welcomed but much clarification and debate is required. Will the White Paper lead to a step-change via the Prime Ministers […]
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Nearly a third of adults (32%) are interested in designing and building their own home, research from the Self Build Association and Building Societies Association has found. However finding the money to finance the project is the biggest hurdle by three in five (59%). Interest is highest in the young, with nearly half (48%) of […]
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The number of prospective buyers registered per estate agent branch rose by a third (33%) from 396 in August to 525 in September, NAEA Propertymark’s September Housing Report has found. This is the highest number of house hunters recorded since June 2004, when 581 were recorded per branch. Mark Hayward, chief executive, NAEA Propertymark, said: […]
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Ken Carruthers is a partner at independent Scottish law firm Morton Fraser and head of its real estate litigation team It seems obvious that if a commercial lease is set for a five-year term, it should terminate at the end of that term. To extend the lease, one would expect to engage in some form […]
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Up to a quarter of private renters could fall into arrears in towns and cities most impacted by Coronavirus, research from rental technology firm flatfair has found. With up to 25% of furloughed workers set to be made redundant across Britain as the government’s job retention scheme winds down this month, towns like Crawley, which […]
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One in three builders want the planning system reformed to help boost construction activity, said the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) in its response to the government’s consultation on the Planning White Paper. The FMB asked small to medium-sized (SME) house builders what was the one thing that the government could do to help them […]
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