Posts by Properganda PR
Britain’s buy-to-let death traps – Thousands of landlords fail to address cat 1 household hazards
Data from the UK’s only combined lettings inventory and property compliance specialists, VeriSmart, has highlighted the most common hazards being missed by buy-to-let landlords within their rental properties. In the last year, VeriSmart conducted over 60,000 property inspections and reports on rental properties within the buy-to-let sector, with 4,521 of these resulting in at least…
Read MoreUK Mortgage Payers Billed £3.1bn in interest each month. But There’s Good News!
Leading property finance specialists, One77 Mortgages, has looked at the current mortgage bill of UK homeowners, how much of this is paid as interest, and how this has changed since a decade ago. Based on data on total loans and rates from the Bank of England, One77’s research has found that the total value of…
Read MoreInterest rates remain frozen – mortgage industry reaction
The Bank of England has made the decision to keep interest rates frozen at their current level. Managing Director of One77 Mortgages, Alastair McKee, commented: “In the current climate of Brexit uncertainty, a freeze in interest rates was one thing that we could bet on. While wider market conditions remain tough, this further assurance…
Read MoreRevealed: where in the UK you can buy eight houses for the price of a Kensington flat
Leading estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk, has looked at where across the UK you can buy a house (or eight), for the cost of a top end London flat. GetAgent took the current average house price for a flat in Kensington and Chelsea (£1,161,580) and compared it to the average house price for a detached…
Read More“Nationwide registers fifth consecutive month of house price growth below 1%”
Managing Director of One77 Mortgages, Alastair McKee, commented: “While annual house price growth remains below one per cent for the fifth month in a row there has been positive movement in the rate of growth so far this year, and it’s likely that we will see an end to this negative trend come May’s index.…
Read MoreThe numbers game – which is the nation’s most valuable house number
The latest research by national fast sale estate agent, Springbok Properties, has analysed property sale records over the last year by the listed address number to ascertain which is the most valuable for both houses and flats. Most Expensive House Numbers The research shows that when it comes to a house, single digits are so…
Read MoreLeeds is leading room rental growth, but London remains the most unaffordable
Leading flat sharing platform, ideal flatmate, has released its Room Rental Index for Q1 looking at the cost of renting a room across the UK’s major cities. ideal flatmate analysed the cost of thousands of spare rooms listed on its platform looking at the differing cost of renting across each major UK city, each borough…
Read MoreThe London Underground Property Rundown – the most affordable sale and rental spots
Leading independent London estate agent, Benham and Reeves, has looked at the cost of buying and renting across the London Underground, where is home to the most affordable and unaffordable spots and which line tops the table where the property market is concerned. Using data from PropertyData.co.uk, Benham and Reeves crunched numbers on thousands of…
Read MoreLondon Marathon Property Price Map 2019
Leading independent London estate agent, Benham and Reeves, has looked at the price of property across some of the key mile markers of this weekend’s London Marathon and how they have fared since last year’s event. Mile Marker 7: One-bed apartment, Deals Gateway: £300,000 Despite the wider market slowdown, London is still the most expensive…
Read MoreLatest delays could derail Crossrail property prices by a further £100k by 2021
The latest research by leading estate agent comparison website, GetAgent.co.uk, has looked at the impact Crossrail has had on the property market surrounding stations due to benefit from the route and how delays to the project’s delivery could impact house prices going forward. When construction first started on the project in May 2009, the average…
Read MoreMarc von Grundherr of Benham and Reeves comments re Housing Price Index
Following the recent Hometrack House Price Index, Marc von Grundherr comments: “The weakest rate of house price growth in just over six years demonstrates the current difficulties faced by many residing and selling in our major cities. City living will always command a higher price premium and while these markets are more susceptible to the…
Read MoreYomdel initiative helps estate agents maximise returns on rising portal fees
Yomdel, the UK’s leading provider of managed live chat, has launched Yomdel Live Email, a new service that delivers a rapid personal response to new enquiries to ensure estate agents never miss another lead reaching them from property portals such as Rightmove and Zoopla. Rightmove says agents will typically fail to follow up around 50%…
Read MoreNewham crowned London’s most overcrowded borough for property
The latest research by leading flatshare platform, ideal flatmate, has looked at where is home to the least number of homes to support the local population across each London borough. Using data from the London Datastore, ideal flatmate looked at the population and the total number of dwellings for each borough before looking at which…
Read MoreThe Homebuyer Easter House Hunt
Ahead of the Easter bank holiday weekend, leading national fast sale agent, Springbok Properties, has put together an Easter property hunt for homebuyers out house hunting over the long weekend. Using sold house price records from the Land Registry, Springbok looked at the prices paid across eleven Easter themed property locations, ranking them based on…
Read MoreRental affordability hits decade high in the north while London is still the most unaffordable
The latest research by Zoopla shows that rental affordability in the North is at its highest in a decade, while London predictably remains the most unaffordable region. Rents are set to rise with earnings Demand is strongest in the South East Occupancy numbers are often overlooked when considering rental affordability Co-founder of flatshare platform,…
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