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House prices Stumble and maybe to Crumble? Halifax House Price Index
+0.8% Annual change -0.6% Quarterly change -2.9% Monthly change £223,691 Average Price Prices in the three months to January were 0.8% higher than in the same three months a year earlier – down from the 1.3% annual growth rate recorded in December. House prices in the latest quarter (November-January) were 0.6% lower than in the…
Read MoreMullucks Wells joins forces with Hunters
Mullucks Wells, a Bishop’s Stortford based estate agency, has now joined forces with Hunters who are one of the largest independent networks of sales & lettings agents in the UK. The partnership will enable Mullucks Wells to maintain it’s name and push out co-branding and also benefit from the infrastructure in place at Hunters in order that…
Read MoreEdinburgh Shopping Mall sells for less than a London Flat!
A recent news story coming from Scotland shows that the Postings Shopping Centre in Kirkaldy was sold at an auction (Allsop Auction House) for no more than the price of a London flat offering the new owners a yield of nearly 50%! With a guide price set at just £1, Postings Shopping Centre in Kirkcaldy, Scotland…
Read MoreYour Move and Reeds Rains to close 124 branches?
Concerns at two of the UK’s biggest names in Estate Agency with Your Move and Reeds Rains declaring that jobs could be at risk due to closing of 124 branches. The reason being for the closures and mergers is the vision to create larger ‘keystone’ branches containing latest in technology as well as larger office…
Read MorePROPERTYHEADS.COM LAUNCHES FREE VALUATION TOOL FOR AGENTS
PropertyHeads.com has just launched a tool that provides valuation leads to agents completely free of charge, via a Request Valuation button on all agent profiles. PropertyHeads.com is also offering agents a Request Valuation tool, similar to the traditional portals, sharing valuation leads with up to three local agents. What’s more, agents don’t pay, instead valuation…
Read MoreRough sleeper pulls knife on Estate Agent
A squatter within a Salford tower block pulled a knife on an estate agent placing the blade next to his victim’s throat. A Norman Gordon was served with a court injunction that bans him from entering buildings following previous numerous nuisance reports of sleeping rough in stairwells of high-rise apartments. The sentence was 18 months…
Read More49 affordable homes given go-ahead for Rock Ferry, Merseyside
Great news for the community of Rock Ferry that lies in the Metropolitan borough of Wirral with 49 affordable homes gaining the green light. The £6 million rent scheme will be providing 15 x two and three bedroom houses along with 34 x one and two bedroom flats to be located on land adjacent to Cammell Laird…
Read MoreNew smart technology platform in Manchester via Knight Frank
The new location for the team up between Knight Frank, Equiem and landlord Mapletree is 3 Hardman Street, Spinningfields. The smart technology platform in Manchester is set to revolutionise the way ‘work communities’ are to interact within the building and with each other. The ‘3 Hardman Life’ portal will enable businesses across different sectors to network more easily…
Read More14,000 New homes for Uttlesford District Council by 2033
The push for new homes across the UK seems relatively positive across most regions and Uttlesford in Essex are hoping to add to the continued growth of new homes available with 14,000 by the year 2033 which in turn is hoped to bring with it 16,000 local jobs to the district. The Hertfordshire Mercury reported on…
Read More£2.54 Billion positive figure for Scotland’s Property Market
Colliers International, commercial property specialists, have released the news of a £2.54 billion growth to Scotland’s property market for 2018. Reported in a recent article on the Insider website, Colliers International state that current figures are well above the 10 year average of £1.9 billion and that the biggest office deal for 2018 was the selling of…
Read MoreGleeson Regeneration have plans approved for 198 new homes
198 new homes are planned for Forest Town in Mansfield following recommended approval to build 56 two bedroom, 125 three bedroom and 17 four bedroom property on a 6.5 hectare site that is currently in agricultural use. Jackson Design Associates on behalf of Gleeson was quoted as saying: “The application site is an urban site with…
Read MoreIncreasing Numbers of Families Calling Scotland’s PRS Home
• Rents in Scotland rise 5% Year on Year • Larger 3 and 4 bed properties post largest gains • Edinburgh rents jump 7.8% • High demand in Glasgow pushes rents up 3.9% Scotland Scotland’s private rented sector (PRS) continued to rise as at Q4 2018, up 5% year on year (YOY), according to the…
Read MoreTenancy Fraud Awareness Week live in North East
A new Tenancy Fraud Awareness Week is now running between 4th to 8th February via North East councils and housing providers that is hoped will highlight tenancy fraud. The scheme which is helping to prevent the ongoing issues that costs billions of pounds to tax payers annually, tenancy fraud, will highlight the different types to…
Read MoreWealth Migrate raise £1.6 million via Seedrs
Over funded at 217% on Seedrs, Wealth Migrate have raised over £1.5 million via the crowdfunding platform Seedrs – See there pitch here. “Making global property investing available to anyone, anywhere, from any amount, safe & simple.” The current valuation due to the recent successful raise puts the company now at £17 million. Global real estate…
Read MoreHome Truths team up with online estate agency love2move
love2move, appropriately launched on valentine’s day 2017, is an online estate agency brand that enables high street estate agents to offer a fixed price online property sales option for just £895 including VAT. The concept currently has 21 offices within it’s network of which Home Truths, who have branches in Coppull & Eccleston, have become the latest…
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