The Custom and Self Build homes sector has the potential to help the Government reach its targets of creating 300,000 new homes per year in England by the middle of the 2020s, it is suggested. The suggestion from the National Custom and Self Build Association (NaCSBA) comes after the 2019 House Builders’ Survey from the […]
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Help to Buy has not pushed up first time buyer prices with the average cost to a first time home owner up by 32.8% across Britain since it was launched in 2013, almost on par with the regular market, new research show. The largest increase was in Barking and Dagenham at 70.8%, taking the average […]
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Inventory in the United States housing market continued to fall in September after a mild recovery earlier this year and is now down 6.4% year on year, the latest real estate data shows. There are 102,112 fewer homes on the market in the US than there were last year at a time when buyer demand […]
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Residential mortgages approvals in September 2019 reached 65,997, up 0.7% month on month and 0.6% year on year with rates remaining low and tempting more buyers, the latest finance monitor report suggests. Swap rates, used by banks to help decide how to price their loans, have been at historically low levels in recent months and […]
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Developers in London continued to operate in an uncertain environment during the second half of 2019, with Brexit still unresolved, a new Prime Minister, and a challenging planning environment, says a new analysis. Despite this, developers of all types have continued to seek opportunities, and a lack of sites available to purchase has halted the […]
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Rents in the UK’s private rented sector increased by 1.3% in the 12 months to September 2019, and are unchanged since May 2019, the latest official figures show. In England rents increased by 1.3%, in Wales they were up by 1.2%, and in Scotland there was a year on year increase of 0.8% over the […]
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Changes to building fire regulations have significantly delayed new build sales in blocks above 18 metres, according to a new report. All sales across the eight major developments in this category currently listed by Stone Real Estate have seen the time period between reservation of a property and the exchange of contracts delayed by at […]
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A shortage of homes available to rent coupled with strong demand from tenants has led to record asking rents in all areas across Britain except Scotland and the North East of England, the latest lettings index shows. Asking rents outside London have reached a peak of £828 per calendar month, the biggest quarterly jump in […]
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Plans for a new national model for shared ownership have been unveiled by the Government which says it will help thousands of lower earners get onto the housing ladder. Social tenants moving into new homes will be given the chance to buy a share and just a 10% minimum initial stake will be required, cut […]
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House prices in England and Wales are set to dip marginally by 0.3% over the next three months from October to December 2019, according to the latest forecast. Overall the housing market continues to show resilience and stability and the report from reallymoving suggests that annual growth will remain in positive territory through to the […]
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