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How to choose a suitable free zone for business in the UAE
In 1985, a law that allowed the opening of the first free zone in Dubai called Jebel Ali was passed in the UAE. It breathed new life into the economy of the emirate but also attracted international investors. The idea turned out to be so successful that other emirates began to adopt the experience of…
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Heathrow third runway is already hurting house prices but for how long?
GetAgent.co.uk, has looked at the impact of the third runway at Heathrow on the surrounding property market now that the challenging campaign against it has been lost. We’ve also looked at house prices surrounding other UK airports to see a new runway or other expansion projects, and how the market performed since this work was completed. The…
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Rightmove House Price Index – Regional price records defy Brexit uncertainty
Regional price records defy Brexit uncertainty Price of newly-marketed property increases by an average of 0.9% (+£2,841) this month, buoyed by the spring market and consistent with the previous two-year average of 1.0% Four out of eleven regions are bucking any Brexit blues and have set new asking price records for newly-marketed property: Prospective buyers…
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Tenants require Insurance following recent Research
According to recent research, a third of people who rent in the UK have no home insurance and assume their landlord’s insurance covers them too. However, this is not the case. While there are instances where insurance taken out by landlords is enough to account for damage to the property, it’s possible that a tenant…
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Variant household projections for England fall by 845,500
The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics have found that the projected household representative rate variant shows a large reduction in the projected number of households by mid-2041. The difference is some 845,500 households than first projected with all regions of England seeing a drop and London seeing the largest decline at 329,200….
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Jonathan Waters Estate Agents leaves tenants and landlords £30,000 out of pocket
A news report on the Ipswich Star website explains how an estate agency in Ipswich has left both tenants and landlords out of pocket following going in to liquidation. £30,000 of deposits have supposedly gone missing though should have gone in to the government backed protection scheme in order to safe guard the money. The…
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Landlord & Property Management firm fined £16,000 in Colchester
A news story just up the road from us, Saxons Lettings and Management Ltd along with Jide Olugbodi have been fined a total of £16,000 for ignoring complaints from tenants re poor living conditions within an unlicensed property. The five tenants within the property on Albany Gardens in Colchester had issues to include cooker and…
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New guidance on commissioning services in new homes
The NHBC Foundation today publishes a guide that helps site managers oversee the many commissioning activities that are important to a smooth build programme and delivering high quality homes for home buyers. At your services – What to expect during commissioning – produced in collaboration with BSRIA, is a response to the ever-expanding family of…
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Utopia of Finding the Best Tenant
Everyone wants the best tenants It is undeniable that we all want decent tenants living in our properties. Unfortunately, not all of us are experts in the property world or simply do not have enough time to dedicate to the search. Seeing as one’s property (or properties) is likely to be one of the most…
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Self build can help solve the housing crisis
Victoria Prentis MP has said that increasing our custom building housing stock is a practical way to solve the country’s housing woes. Identifying that only 8% of the housing stock was built via custom build, Prentis highlighted that access to land, finance and the planning system are the main barriers to self-build and that Cherwell…
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1,000 New homes coming for Midlands
Countryside & Midland Heart Housing Association have signed a partnership agreement that will see 1,000 new homes to be provided to the region over the next three years (33% are already at advanced stage of development). Ian Kelley, Chief Executive, Partnerships North, Countryside was quoted as saying: “We are delighted to be extending our partnership…
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Reimagining the greenbelt is vital to preserving it
The Mail on Sunday report that the Treasury Chief Secretary, Liz Truss has said the Conservatives should build a million homes on the green belt, which she believes would allow the under 40s to own their own home. Truss said that “doing more of what we have been doing for the past nine years is…
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KAJIMA EUROPE AND GRIFFIN REAL ESTATE PARTNERS BUY STUDENT DEPOT
KAJIMA EUROPE AND GRIFFIN REAL ESTATE PARTNERS BUY STUDENT DEPOT POLAND’S LARGEST PROVIDER OF PRIVATE STUDENT ACCOMODATION FROM OAKTREE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT Student Depot which by September 2019 will operate 2,000 beds across five sites in Poland was purchased in a transaction worth over €60 million representing half of the Polish Purpose Built Student Accommodation market….
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Oxford City Council’s accreditation scheme deemed ‘unlawful’
The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has told Oxford City Council that its landlord accreditation scheme is ‘discriminatory’ and ‘unlawful’ and also breaches European Union directives. A report on the Oxford Mail website shares that the words were told to Oxford City Council in relation to their private rented sector, David Smith, the policy director for…
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Complaints to The Property Ombudsman rise by 16% in 2018
The Property Ombudsman (TPO) has today [8th May 2019] released its 2018 annual report reflecting ever-increasing consumer demand for the service. The report reveals TPO received a record number of enquiries in 2018 (29,023), up 22% on 2017. Of these, 4,246 went on to be formal complaints, which also rose significantly year on year by…
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