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Rise in emergency calls to Shelter helpline in 2018
There has been a sharp rise in the proportion of calls to the Shelter Helpline from people at risk of homelessness, according to new data released by the housing charity. The figures show there was an 8% rise in the proportion of calls taken by the Shelter Helpline from people at risk of homelessness so…
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Onthemarket.com highlights London boroughs where people spend the most of their salary on rent –
Data revealed by property website OnTheMarket.com has shown that, for those renting in London, Camden is the borough where tenants are spending the highest percentage of their salary on rent. The data has revealed that when renting a one bedroom property in Camden, 61% (£1,944.28) of the average person’s salary within the borough is spent on rental costs,…
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Many Brits are struggling to save according to Lloyds Bank
The latest Lloyds Bank Quarterly Savings Review reveals that many Brits are still struggling to save. The majority of reasons given for not saving reflect a common feeling of pressure on personal finances, leaving people unable to save. More than a quarter have not put any money into savings in the past 12 months according to…
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Overall mortgage lending grew in October according to UK Finance
Latest UK Finance’s Household Finance Update for October 2018 reveals that gross mortgage lending across the residential market in October was £25.5bn, some 5.6 per cent higher than last October. Commenting on the data, Eric Leenders, Managing Director, Personal Finance at UK Finance, said: “Overall mortgage lending grew in October, despite an uncertain economic environment,…
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Government Minister to address RLA Future Renting Wales conference next week
Government Minister Justin Tomlinson MP will address the Residential Landlord Association’s (RLA) Future Renting Wales conference next week. The Minister for Family Support, Housing and Child Maintenance, will be sharing his insights into the future of the private rented sector in a keynote speech at the event on November 29th, with Welsh Housing Minister Rebecca Evans promising…
Allen Walkey
Homeless numbers rise again according to the Charity Shelter
Brand new analysis from Shelter reveals that 320,000 people are recorded as homeless, as numbers rise again. This figure lays bare the true scale of Britain’s worsening housing crisis, despite repeated Government pledges to tackle the problem. In the last year, the overall number increased by 13,000 people. This means one in every 200 people in Britain are homeless and sleeping on the…
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Plans for landmark apartments given the go ahead
Plans to build for 21 apartments to rent in the Meadows have been given planning permission. Nottingham LiviNG, part of Nottingham City Homes (NCH) was been given the go ahead to build the new two-bed apartments on the site of the former Meadows Police Station at Nottingham City Council’s Planning Committee on Wednesday 21 November….
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New homes given the go-ahead
Plans to build 30 new council houses in Bulwell and Basford have been approved by planners. Planning permission has been granted for Nottingham City Homes (NCH) to deliver 13 council houses on a former care home site in Bulwell, and a further 17 new homes in Basford. Two, three and four-bedroom homes will be built…
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Benefit Changes Driving Homelessness Says New Report
Changes to the benefit system are behind the decade-long increase in homelessness from private rented housing, according to a new report for the RLA. Research by the Policy Evaluation and Research Unit at Manchester Metropolitan University for the Residential Landlords Association has found that a key driver of homelessness from the private rented sector has…
Allen Walkey
Only planning reform can grow communities in a sustainable way
The NFB is urging the Government to reform the planning process and help all ambitious communities grow. The Country Land and Business Association (CLA), a membership organisation for owners of land, property and business in rural England and Wales, has released a report revealing the barriers that stop our rural communities from growing. The report:…
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Market uncertainty surrounding Brexit has been blamed for a slow in the rate of growth according to Emoov
The latest research from Emoov has looked at market confidence amongst UK homeowners and if they expected the market to act as it has since the EU Referendum vote, and what they think will happen once we officially leave the EU. They also looked at the state of the UK property market across both the…
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Property prices in UK fall an average of £5,000 in the last month
Without a doubt, browsing property on Rightmove or Zoopla where reduced listings are highlighted, it is now a common theme to see house prices being dropped in order to attract buyer attention. A headline released on Daily Mail online today states ‘Property prices have dropped by more than £5,000 in the past month alone‘. Rightmove…
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Early Christmas gift for buyers as sellers lower their price expectations
The price of property coming to market falls by 1.7% (-£5,222) this month, and whilst it is the norm for new seller asking prices to fall at this time of year, this is the largest November drop since 2012 New sellers pricing more realistically in effort to minimise pre-Christmas ‘buyer humbug’ syndrome fuelled by stretched…
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Property prices in Bath need to drop by 61% to become affordable
Across the country many will agree that property prices are way too expensive, what was once a home now is a big burden, where once only one had to go out to work, many couples are feeling the pinch due to mortgage / rentals costs that they both need to hold full time jobs. A…
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