Kelly Canterford is a member of Freehold, a ‘free to join’ support network for real estate professionals who identify LGBT+ The focus of many industries is currently solely on implementing strategies and policies that make it possible for business to continue as usual despite a global pandemic and the resulting lockdowns and government regulations. For […]
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The number of tenants seeing rents increase fell for the second month in a row, the ARLA Propertymark October Private Rented Sector report has revealed. Only a third (37%) of agents saw landlords increasing rent in October, compared to 40% in September and 48% August. This is 13% lower than in October 2019, when the […]
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UK lenders approved 97,532 mortgages in October, the most since September 2007, the Bank of England’s Money and Credit data shows. The housing market has gotten busier, as there were 92,091 given the green light in September, compared to 85,704 in August. Before the pandemic the were 73,384 mortgages approved in February, before the amount […]
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Guildford has been named the best place in the country for city dwellers to relocate to by Compare My Move, a firm which connects people with removal companies. This is based on the average house price, median salary, download speed and the annual average hours of sunlight. The town is a 35-minute train ride from […]
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Confidence in the housing market has cooled, though more people still think house prices are rising than falling, Halifax’s House Price Sentiment Tracker for November has found. Some 14% of people said they think their home has become more valuable, compared with 17% in September and October. Halifax’s house price sentiment tracker fell from 52.4 […]
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A third (31%) of people who were rejected for a mortgage were left feeling depressed, a survey by specialist mortgage broker platform Haysto has found. More than half (53%) felt marginalised, unfairly treated and with a sense of injustice as a result, while 21% said the process had left a long-term negative effect on their […]
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Last week Chancellor Rishi Sunak pledged to provide £2.2bn of funding for housebuilders. Hopefully this funding can be used to start turning things around when it comes to the delivery of UK homes. Housing completion levels across the seven largest UK housebuilders – responsible for 43% of new homes – are down 35% over the […]
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Landlords are spending billions on emergency callouts to assist with property issues every year, research from Direct Line – Business has found. Between 2019 and 2020 they spent an average cost of £765 per callout, or £2,141 for every landlord in the UK. Jamie Chaplin, landlord product owner at Direct Line – Business, said: “Emergencies […]
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The first phase of a £6.5m development in Gateshead has been given the go ahead. The-17 home development at Streetgate, near Sunniside, was approved at Gateshead Council’s Planning and Development Committee on October 28, 2020. The four-bedroom semi-detached homes will be built on an 8003 m² site at the edge of farmland, with countryside views across the […]
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Most (90%) tradespeople have introduced new services due to covid-19, Yell Business research shows. Some (41%) started taking online bookings, while 40% began doing online video consultations. Meanwhile 36% started home delivery services, 22% online video tutorials, and 27% introduced contactless payment systems. Claire Miles, chief executive of Yell, said: “The last six months have […]
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