Rutland in the East Midlands is the best region to move to for good schools, an Oxford Home Schooling study has revealed. Despite 95% of Rutland’s schools being scored highly by Ofsted, more than a third (34%) of the student spots available were not filled last year. With the nation’s second lowest crime rate, at […]
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MoneySavingsExpert (MSE) and the London School of Economics (LSE) have called for the government to introduce interest-free equity loans to help mortgage prisoners remortgage. MSE commissioned the report from LSE, with the pair making a number of recommendations on improving the situation for people who are trapped with their current lender. People with unsustainable mortgages […]
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London and the South East are currently the fastest growing regions in terms of house price growth, according to e.surv’s House Price Index, produced by Acadata. Annual house price inflation stands at 7.3% in Greater London, bringing the typical price to £646,614, as well as 4.3% in the South East to £392,521. The results contrast […]
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Tenant demand rose in North West and South West in Q3 2020, according to 44% of landlords. A sizable proportion also reported rising tenant interest in the East Midlands (40%), South East (except London, 38%), the North East and Yorkshire and the Humber (both 38%), Leeds Building Society research shows. However, at the other end […]
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Andy Foote is director at UK property developer SevenCapital As an investor it’s important to keep up to date with current and future rental trends if you want to maintain a successful property investment. Recent years have demonstrated clear geographical shifts within the rental market along with other trends. But with the UK lockdown having […]
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The number of Brits applying for planning permission dropped by 21% year-on-year between April and June 2020, data from bridging broker Octagon Capital has found. The likelihood of having an application approved doesn’t seem to have been affected however, as 87% of planning permission applications in 2020 have been approved, marginally lower than the two […]
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Landlords enquiry levels for property management and tenant services plummeted by 31% in the week ending 8th November 2020, Yomdel’s Property Sentiment Tracker found. This leaves them at levels last seen in the depths of lockdown on 12 April and a huge 25% below the same week in 2019. However enquiries from tenants seeking new […]
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One in 10 landlords plan to purchase buy-to-let properties this year, up from 3% at the end last year, Source Business research shows. The rise in landlord confidence and a change in tenant priorities following the lockdowns is leading investors to a move away from London and the South East, to less built-up areas. Increasingly […]
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The prime housing market in Singapore, Asia, has seen house prices decline by -6.1%, the biggest fall of all the cities analysed by the Knight Frank Prime Global Cities Index. Bankgok, Thailand, also saw the prices deflate by -6.0%, followed by Hong Kong (-5.4%). The city with the most growth was Auckland in Australia, with […]
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Three quarters (77%) of Brits have spotted a fault with their home after moving in, research by comparethemarket has found. The most common things homeowners miss and only notice after their purchase are damp or mould (24%), poor electrics (22%), poor plumbing (20%), cosmetic issues with walls/ceilings/internal fixings (19%), and poor or no central heating […]
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