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Affordable & Sustainable Homes for Scottish Salmon workers
Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation has led a now to be fruitful campaign that will see new affordable homes provided for key salmon farming workers in the Scottish Highlands. On top of this great idea homes will also be sustainable further benefitting and respecting the region which currently sees homes priced usually beyond the affordability of…
Read MoreConnells sniffing out COUNTRYWIDE PLC (CWD)
Buyouts can be music to many an investors ear, it can send share prices shooting towards the stars and the excitement they bring can add much positive PR boosts for the brands in question. Countrywide PLC have had a somewhat rocky ride in recent years and only recently were juggling bone china plates with much…
Read MoreComment from Iain McKenzie on Halifax HPI:
High levels of property transactions continue to have a positive impact on house prices with the Halifax House Price Index reporting that house prices were +7.5% higher this year than they were in the same month in 2019. The average house price in the UK is now £250,457, breaking through the quarter of a million…
Read MoreKnight Frank: “buyers seek outdoor space and greenery”
Knight Frank’s latest prime London sales and prime London lettings data: Key highlights: Sales: · Property prices in prime outer London rise as more buyers seek outdoor space and greenery – Prices rose 0.9% in prime outer London in the three months to October, which was the highest such rise in five years. The…
Read MoreDemand for cheaper housing in USA weakens
The American Real Estate market has had a fairly good time this year and has held strong even against the out break of covid-19. What we must always take note of though, of the housing market in the USA, is it usually shows what will soon to happen in the UK. The election in the…
Read MoreFine & Country Market Report – Transaction levels recover
Before the lockdown announcement was made, the number of transactions completed was returning to pre-Covid levels. This is according to Nicky Stevenson, MD of Fine & Country UK, who says that during September this year, HMRC has estimated that 98,010 transactions completed. She adds that newly agreed sales since July have been between 42%…
Read More7.5m pints of beer may end up down the drain due to lockdown
Is this really going to be the final nail in the combined coffin of the hospitality and tourism industries? It is said we are facing the biggest health challenge of our life time and though the figures shared from the government do not sit well with many doubting the pandemic and motives of those in…
Read MoreNew Online Agent looks to remove risk for Landlords
Any letting agent that has the interests of it’s landlords at heart will certainly do well and especially in the current climate where managing a property portfolio might not be the easiest profession under the sun. A new online estate and lettings agency will focus exactly on this, Stockport-based company Three Sixty Living, and also…
Read MoreFormer Glasgow hospital site will offer 100’s of new homes
A recent news story from Scottish Housing News shows that 403 new homes are proposed to be built at the site of the former Ruchill Hospital in north Glasgow. “If approved, the homes will consist of 160 one and two-bedroom flats and 243 three and four-bedroom homes.” The site will see a selection of flats…
Read MoreUniversity of Liverpool to sell off halls for residential development
Suggested that the current site of the Carnatic halls is no longer fit for purpose, ie to hold student, the best thing to both improve the bank balance and also help towards local housing is to put out the site for residential development. “Operating for more than 50 years, the ageing nature of the buildings…
Read MoreIs using equity release to retire debt-free the way forward for today’s retirees?
As we struggle through tough times, it can be comforting to think ahead to our retirement as a time when we’ll be able to look back on the mess that was 2020 and smile. But more of us are entering retirement still in debt than ever before. In years’ past, if you were to release…
Read MoreGreen light for 131 homes on former school playing fields in Merseyside
Housing firm Torus will be celebrating the green light on a £23 million project that will see 131 new homes to be built on the former school playing fields in Huyton. Managing director of Torus, Chris Bowen, was quoted as saying: “After the success of The Maples, investing in the growth of Knowsley continues to…
Read MoreMajor housing development fought off by villagers
Recent news from the government states that the planning application process will be simplified, sped up and also more on the side of the applicant. So the recent news that a housing project was rejected due to the village community power will be surprising to many, though of course let us see the facts so…
Read MoreEstate Agent escapes driving ban after positive Cannabis test
Whilst parked up in a layby at The Dale, Wirksworth a female estate agent tested positive for cannabis and was interviewed by police. The driver of the Audi TT holding passengers, a female, when tested gave a result of 7.7mg of cannabis in her system when the legal limit is 2. Obviously, it is illegal…
Read MoreSurge in home buyers with budgets between £500,000 – £750,000
Despite the global crisis, covid-19, the property market is holding it’s own with frequent reports showing a buoyant market with activity increasing from last year from property portal visits to buyers. “The average home achieved 98.6 per cent of its initial asking price over the past month– a record high and up from 97.8 per…
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