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Those living in Mid-Scotland are the happiest people in Scotland according to Bank of Scotland
The latest Happiness Index from Bank of Scotland shows those living in Mid-Scotland are the happiest people in Scotland: The Happiness Index looks at how happy Scots are in the communities in which they live and this year shows that the people of Scotland are 12% happier than when the Happiness Index began in 2015,…
Allen Walkey
Insufficient membership has been achieved for a full launch of CIELA
CIELA Update: The 6 month consultation pre-launch period ended as of Saturday 30th September. Insufficient membership has been achieved for a full launch. However, discussions are now taking place with well-established, third parties who have expressed an interest in possible alliances or partnerships which may allow CIELA to fully form, although these discussions are at…
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Shelter’s response to the Help to Buy announcement and Sajid Javid’s speech
Shelter’s response to the Help to Buy announcement and Sajid Javid’s speech. Polly Neate, CEO of Shelter said: “Extending Help to Buy is the wrong priority at a time when over a million renters are struggling with crippling housing costs. Help to Buy has barely helped the first-time buyers it is targeted at and has done nothing to help those worst affected by our broken housing market and those…
Allen Walkey
New funding available for Help to Buy Equity Loan
News story from HM Treasury asnd The Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP published on Gov.uk website headlines ‘£10 billion new funding for Help to Buy Equity Loan’. New funding means that the Help to Buy Equity Loan could help around 135,000 more people to buy homes by 2021. The new funding expands the government’s commitment…
Allen Walkey
London is weakest performing region first time since 2005 says Nationwide
The latest Nationwide House Price Index report September 2017 headlines ‘London house prices fall for first time in 8 years’. London is weakest performing region for first time since 2005, with house prices down 0.6% year-on-year. UK annual house price growth stable at 2.0% in September. Commenting on the figures, Robert Gardner, Nationwide’s Chief Economist,…
Allen Walkey
Rental demand outstrips supply in many areas according to Your Move
Latest Your Move Buy-to-Let Index report September 2017 for England and Wales headlines ‘Rents rise across much of England and Wales’. The report reveals: On a non-seasonally adjusted basis, the average rent charged to tenants was £904 in August, many areas see demand outstrip supply as tenant numbers rise. Richard Waind, Director, Your Move, comments:…
Allen Walkey
Rental prices are increasing across much of Scotland says Your Move
Latest Your Move Buy-to-Let Index report September 2017 for Scotland headlines ‘Scottish rents edge up in August’. The report reveals: Demand for rental properties in Scotland continues to grow, typical Scottish rent stands at £579 in August, up 0.7% on July. Brian Moran, Lettings Director, Your Move Scotland comments: “Rental prices are increasing across much of…
Allen Walkey
Shelter reveals legal loophole has been used by housing developers to avoid building 706 social homes.
New research from Shelter reveals that a legal loophole has been used by housing developers to avoid building 706 social homes in Kensington and Chelsea – more than enough to house families made homeless from the Grenfell tower fire. The research reveals that despite being required by local planning policy these homes haven’t been built…
Allen Walkey
Upward momentum in house price growth across regional cities shows no sign of slowing according to Hometrack
The latest Hometrack UK Cities House Price Index August 2017 reveals that UK city house price inflation is at 4.9%, down from 6.6% in August 2016. City house price inflation is being sustained by above average growth in regional cities while prices in London have stabilised but are falling in real terms. The upward momentum…
Allen Walkey
104,763 mortgages have been completed with the support of the Help to Buy mortgage guarantee scheme.
Help to Buy: Mortgage guarantee scheme quarterly statistics – Data from 8 October 2013 to 30 June 2017 released 28th September from HM Treasury. Since the launch of the Help to Buy: mortgage guarantee, 104,763 mortgages have been completed with the support of the scheme. 80% of the 104,763 mortgages completed were purchases by first-time…
Allen Walkey
More than 98,500 residential and commercial land and property sales in England and Wales lodged for registration in August 2017.
August 2017 Price Paid Data from HM Land Registry published yesterday 28th September 2017 reveals more than 98,500 residential and commercial land and property sales in England and Wales lodged for registration in August 2017. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data tracks land and property sales in England and Wales submitted to us for registration. The…
Allen Walkey
Shelter’s response to Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Conference speech
Shelter’s response to Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Conference speech which included a proposal to introduce rent controls. Polly Neate, Shelter CEO, said: “There is a growing debate about the crisis facing those who rent, with families facing rising bills and insecure lets. Shelter supports controls that lengthen tenancies and protect families from unfair rent rises but not old fashioned rent-setting…
Allen Walkey
NAEA Propertymark submits it’s views to the Treasury ahead of the Autumn Budget 2017
NAEA Propertymark has submitted its views to the Treasury ahead of the Autumn Budget 2017, calling on the Government to exempt first-time buyers from paying stamp duty and give incentives to downsizers in order to encourage them to move. NAEA Propertymark’s monthly Housing Report shows that the proportion of sales made to first-time buyers fell…
Allen Walkey
Housing market activity has been growing modestly since the start of the year according to UK Finance.
Market Commentary September 2017 published yesterday by UK Finance reveals estimate of gross mortgage lending for August is £24.2 billion, of which £15.1 billion was lent by High Street Banks. Accounting for seasonal factors, it is in the same ball park as monthly lending over the course of 2017. They state: Housing market activity has…
Allen Walkey
Why Mickey Flanagan is right about estate agency
In couple of weeks’ time I’m off with Mrs L to see our favourite comedian Mickey Flanagan performing in Brighton. There’s three main reasons I like him. Like me he doesn’t speak propah but doesn’t give a monkey’s. His comic descriptions of growing up in a working-class London family are scarily accurate. His line ‘My…
Jerry Lyons