Posts by Allen Walkey
LSL House Price Index September 2015
House Price Index for England and Wales for September 2015 released by LSL Property Services/Acadata Strongest September for home sales since 2007, driven by activity in the north as supply squeeze stalls sales in the south. There is a southern resurgence in price growth, with the South East seeing strongest year-on-year riseof any region. London…
Read MoreCan’t pay? we’ll take it away
I expect some of our readers will have watched the TV program “Can’t pay, we’ll take it away”, it is on Channel 5 on a wednesday evening, it follows people on the sharp end of bad debt – and those whose job it is to get the money back. In the program this last wednesday…
Read MoreGreen Light for RTB extension to housing associations.
So the Governement has achieved what it set out to do in it’s pre election manifesto, with the Right-To-Buy (RTB) now to be extended to Housing Association tenants without the need to change or pass new laws, there will now be no battle in the House of Commons or for that matter the House of…
Read MoreHousing policies and promises in PM conference speech.
Yesterday at the final day of the Conservative Party conference in Manchester, David Cameron the Prime Minister was welcomed onto the stage with rapturous applause from his party faithfulls and his team of Ministers including London Mayor Boris Johnson. The PM opened up by saying that the Conservatives are the “Party for working people, today,…
Read MoreThe Jewel in the Crown?
Will Canary Wharf become the Jewel in the Crown over the next few years when it comes to property investment in London? We have seen big rises in London over the last few years well above that of other parts of the UK, that however does not dampen the expectations of MyLondonHome CEO Christian Thomas.…
Read MoreTwitter launches Moments feature
Twitter launches Moments feature, for now it is only being rolled out in America but will be heading to Europe soon, Moments tab will be divided into sections including news, sports and entertainment. It works by grouping together interesting and important tweets on single subjects – which you can then read, even if you don’t…
Read MoreHalifax HPI September
According to the Halifax House Price Index for September annual house price growth eases to 8.6%. Prices in the three months to September were 8.6% higher than in the same three months a year earlier. House prices in the latest three months (July-September) were 2.0% higher than in the preceding three months. Commenting, Martin Ellis,…
Read MoreHousing included in George Osborne’s conference speech
George Osborne reaffirming the Conservative Policy on Housing reportedly told his supporters at their Party Conference in Manchester: “Building doesn’t come easy and especially when it comes to new homes and infrastructure that the country needs.” He reportedly went on to say: “We are going to get many more homes built for families to buy,…
Read MoreHeavy fines for landlords of HMO
A recent article in the Leamington Post highlights the fines that Landlords were handed out for not correctly managing their properties, the property in question was let as a house of multiple occupancy (HMO). Councils are cracking down hard on Landlords who let out HMO’s and do not conform to regulations or let the property…
Read MoreConservative Mayoral candidate for London chosen.
Zac Goldsmith has been chosen as the Conservative Mayoral candidate for London for which the election is due to take place next May, he was up against 3 other candidates MEP Syed Kamall, Stephen Greenhalgh, and Andrew Boff, he won by a comfortable margin, he will be facing Sadiq Khan recently elected candidate for the labour…
Read MoreLord Sugar critical of Jeremy Corbyn
Lord Sugar, speaking to the Evening Standard reportedly said he fears that Jeremy Corbyn the Labour Leader could severely damage London’s housing market if he ever gets into Downing Street. He was actually quoted as saying “He and his policies would be the thing that shuts the whole thing down and that if Corbyn were…
Read MoreRent stabilisation measures and London market
The Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) has submitted written views to the London Assembly Housing Committee investigation into the impact that rent stabilisation measures would have on London’s housing market. ARLA has comprehensively replied to a total of 9 questions which can be seen by visiting their website: http://www.arla.co.uk/news/october-2015/arla-respond-to-rent-stabilisation-measures/ Commenting, David Cox, Managing Director…
Read MoreHas letting property become a legal minefield
Today is an important day for both landlords and tenants, new pieces of legislation come into force for the protection of both, getting the message out to them is a task in itself, especially if we are talking about private landlords who run their business part time or live abroad and have no management agency…
Read MoreTenants now better protected.
As from today 1st October tenants in England will have better protection against landlords who make their lives a misery or put their lives in danger. Where tenants make a legitimate complaint to their landlord about the property they live in will now be protected from any retaliatory action like being served an eviction notice…
Read MoreFTB sales increase in August compared to May
The number of first-time buyer sales in August leapt by over a quarter compared to May, according to the latest First-Time Buyer Tracker from Your Move and Reeds Rains. August experienced 30,200 completed first-time buyer transactions, compared to 23,700 in May–the month of the General Election. This represents an increase of 27.4% on a three-month…
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