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Housing white paper sets out government plans
Released yesterday 7th February from Department for Communities and Local Government ‘A housing white paper setting out the government’s plans to reform the housing market and boost the supply of new homes in England’. The white paper sets out government’s plans to boost the supply of new homes in England. It includes measures to ensure…
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Annual House price growth eases
The Halifax House Price Index (HPI) January 2017 report released today headlined ‘Annual house price growth eases to 5.7%’ They state: House prices in the last three months (November 2016-January 2017) were 2.4% higher than in the previous three months (August-October 2016) .Prices in the three months to January were 5.7% higher than in the…
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RLA calling for government to ensure incentives are provided to all of the private rental sector
In their latest news release published today by the Residential Landlords Association (RLA) they claim that efforts to reform and boost the supply of homes for private rent in the Housing White Paper will achieve little without backing those individuals making up the majority of the country’s landlords. The RLA are calling for government to…
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Mortgage affordability comes out best in Scotland for Q4 2016 says Bank of Scotland
In the latest Bank of Scotland Affordability Review which tracks mortgage affordability for homeowners across Scotland, they state that the proportion of disposable earnings devoted to mortgage payments, for both first time buyers and homemovers in the UK in quarter four (Q4) of 2016 was lowest in Scotland, mortgage payments were 19.8% of disposable earnings,…
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NAEA and ARLA working together with Rightmove
Both the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) and the Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) announced on their respective websites last week that they are working together with Rightmove to offer more help and support to agents by sharing the latest market insight and keeping them up-to-date with new legislation for both sales and…
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Housing white paper to be published tomorrow
The Housing White paper is to be published tomorrow and expectations are that the Government will focus on so called ‘Generation Rent’, those who are unable to get on the housing ladder due to such high property prices. The Government will be promising to look at new ways of encouraging the building of more affordable…
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Slower rate of rental growth for average UK rents compared to last year says Homelet
Data from the latest Homelet Rental Index January 2017 reveals that average rents in the UK continue to see a slower rate of rental growth compared to last year. The average UK rental value was £888pcm, compared to the same period last year that is an increase of 0.7% (£882pcm). In January UK household rent…
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Construction sector has shrugged off concerns about the effect of Brexit says RICS
In a press release yesterday 2nd February, the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Construction Market Survey, Q4 2016 headlines ‘Expectations for construction workloads regain lost ground’ In the highlights they mention: National workloads still positive with the private housing displaying strongest momentum. RICS Chief Economist Simon Rubinsohn said, “The latest results suggest that…
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OnTheMarket state they received 11.2M website visits in January
OnTheMarket reports today that it achieved a record level of traffic of more than 11.2million visits throughout the month of January.* This is an increase of 85% year on year. In January 2016, OnTheMarket recorded just over 6million visits. Ian Springett, Chief Executive of OnTheMarket, said: “This latest milestone is a fantastic achievement given that…
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Brexit white paper has now been published
The United Kingdom’s exit from and new partnership with the European Union White Paper has now been published and can be viewed on the Gov.uk website. This White Paper provides Parliament and the country with a clear vision of what we are seeking to achieve in negotiating our exit from, and new partnership with, the…
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ZPG’s property websites saw record levels of traffic over January
Following on from their announcement that Zoopla Property Group (ZPG) have agreed to acquire Hometrack for for £120 million, yesterday they reported record levels of traffic and appraisal leads during January, with record new highs seen in the number of visits across its platform and appraisal leads delivered to its agent partners during the month….
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Monetary Policy Committee decisions and reports today
The Monetary Policy Committee’s (MPC) decision on interest rates will be announced today at 12 noon. Minutes of the MPC meetings are published simultaneously with the decision. The MPC’s quarterly forecast for growth and inflation will also be published in the Inflation Report today which gives us the central bank’s latest forecasts for the UK…
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Annual rate of house price growth remains broadly stable at start 2017 says nationwide
Nationwide House Price Index (HPI) released today headlines ‘Steady start to the year for UK house price growth’ Annual house price growth is broadly stable at 4.3%, slightly down from last month (Dec 2016) at 4.5%, there was a 0.2% rise month-on-month in January compared to 0.8% for Dec 2016. Commenting on the figures, Robert…
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ARLA campaigning for balanced legislative solution over letting agent fees.
The Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) has announced that it is reiterating its call to Government to ban upfront letting agent fees at the start of a tenancy and instead spread the cost across the first six months of a rental agreement. ARLA opposes a full ban on fees but calls for them to…
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Zoopla Property Group agrees to aquire Hometrack for £120 million
Zoopla Property Group Plc (ZPG) has announced that it has agreed to acquire Hometrack.co.uk Limited, the UK’s leading provider of residential property market insights and analytics, for £120 million on a cash-free, debt-free basis. ZPG is already owner of some of the UK’s most trusted digital platforms including Zoopla, uSwitch, PrimeLocation and Property Software Group,…
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