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Rental deposits held by agents equal to 15% of all annual real estate investment
The latest research by rental deposit replacement scheme, Ome, has looked at the total sum used as rental deposits and how this compares to the levels of investment pumped into the economy, both at the top line and in various sectors. Ome’s research shows that last year just over £5.2bn was held in rental deposits…
Read MoreWales and the South Coast are the nation’s DIY property sale hotspots
The latest research by tradespeople comparison site, HaMuch.com, has looked at where is home to the highest level of tradesperson demand based on the number of existing properties being bought and sold and in need of further work. *Existing property sales refers to properties that are not new build Spring is fast approaching bringing a…
Read MoreHousebuilders delivered enough homes to exceed population growth in the last year
The latest research by new home specialists, Stone Real Estate, has looked at the top performance by the UK’s housebuilders over the last year and how the quantity of new homes delivered compares to the growing need due to an ever-expanding population. Stone Real Estate found that between 2018 and 2019, 203,900 new dwellings were…
Read MoreWhat’s causing landlords and tenants to fall out of love in your region? Rental dispute reasons revealed
The latest data by rental deposit replacement scheme, Ome, has revealed which areas of the UK have seen the biggest uplift in deposit disputes, as well as the areas with the highest number of total disputes raised. Research shows that London is home to the highest proportion of rental disagreements between landlords and tenants when…
Read MoreThe best current property investment locations in the UK
The latest research by the peer to peer lending platform Sourced Capital of the Sourced.co Group has revealed where is currently home to the best bricks and mortar investment options based on current rental yields across the UK property market. Over the last five years, investment into the real estate, renting and business sector has…
Read MoreCash buyers quids in vs mortgage counterparts due to Brexit uncertainty
The latest research by estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk, has found that cash is still king when it comes to securing the best price on a property. GetAgent.co.uk looked at the average price paid by cash buyers over the last 12 months and how this compared to that paid by buyers funded via a mortgage…
Read MoreTV Licence costs considered, the UK is still one of the most affordable places to get by
The planned increase in TV licence fees has caused uproar across the nation and with many of us now no longer tuning in to live TV, there have been calls to scrap it completely, which has already been done across a number of other nations. Currently, the UK is home to the fourth-highest TV licence…
Read MoreFirst Home scheme could cost British housebuilders £2bn a year
The latest research by new home specialists, Stone Real Estate, has revealed that the latest Government initiative, the First Home Scheme, could cost British housebuilders £2bn a year. On the 7th of February 2020, the Government announced plans to cut the cost of a proportion of new build homes by 30% for first-time buyers in…
Read MoreLoved up road names show more love for nation’s homeowners
The latest research by estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk, has looked at where the nation’s homeowners are currently feeling the most love from the value of their home based on five prominent Valentine term road names and how this compares to the not so lovable. GetAgent.co.uk looked at price paid data across five road names…
Read MoreProperties completing on Valentine’s Day sell for 8% more <3
If anyone is in need of a bit of love this Valentine’s Day it’s the UK property market having been ghosted, neglected and avoided by buyers and sellers for the best part of the last three years. But the latest research by lettings and sales agent, Benham and Reeves, has found that the property market…
Read MoreHalifax HPI Comment: Housing market smashes industry expectation with 4% annual growth
Marc von Grundherr, director of lettings and sale agent Benham and Reeves, commented: “It would seem that the Boris bounce in market activity that followed December’s election has blown market expectations out of the water where the rate of annual house price growth is concerned and has catapulted a once weary market back to previous…
Read MoreThe buy-to-let markets where rental yields have lifted since the tenant fee ban
The latest research by leading lettings management platform, Howsy, has looked at which pockets of the buy-to-let market have seen the biggest uplifts in rental yields since the tenant fee ban came into force as part of the Tenant Fees Act 2019 back in June of last year. Howsy looked at the average rental yield…
Read MoreDeath of the Cash ISA – Big banks are struggling to cope with the mass Cash ISAodus
The latest market insight and research from peer to peer lending platform, Sourced Capital of the Sourced.co Group, has revealed that a mass exodus of Cash ISA investors submitting transfer out requests from their Cash ISAs is causing a backlog with the big bank lenders. Sourced Capital was recently advised by HSBC that transfers were…
Read MoreEssex – £4.7bn Of Prime Property Sold in the County in 2019
Despite seemingly down-trodden housing market conditions, especially at the top end where the stamp duty levy is an eye-watering at 12%, Essex has nonetheless fared rather well where property millionaires are concerned. Keller Williams the global estate agency business now in Essex, has researched all of the homes that were sold in Essex for…
Read MoreNot getting too old for this s*** – Surge in over 60s renters, but rental deposits pose the same hurdle as younger generations
The latest research by tenant deposit replacement scheme, Ome, has looked at the cost required to secure a rental property for the growing trend of over 60s opting for the rental market over homeownership and what percentage of monthly income this initial step requires, as well as how it compares to younger generations. With high…
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