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Rightmove House Price Index: Price record for larger homes as buyers compete for space
Price record for larger homes as buyers compete for space Price of property coming to market up 0.2% this month, just £269 below the record set in July: Second-stepper sector of three- or four-bedroom homes hits new record of £291,618, as more buyers seek larger homes Northern regions strongest for price jumps, with…
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Sellers twice as likely to sell if priced right first time
Sellers are twice as likely to find a buyer for their home if they have an offer accepted on the first listed asking price: A study of 300,000 newly-listed homes across four months shows those that needed to be reduced had a one in three chance of finding a buyer (32%) within the timeframe, compared…
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Chessington is in, busy interchanges are out for renters
More renters are looking to move to the Home Counties as office-based working and rail commutes become less frequent, new Rightmove data can reveal Cambridge has seen the biggest annual rise in rental searches outside London, up 76%, while Chessington in Kingston upon Thames, up 99%, is the capital’s new rental hotspot The study, based…
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Major restorations planned for Nottingham’s historic buildings
Exciting plans to restore historic buildings in the centre of Nottingham are in the pipeline, thanks to a conservation area grant scheme. Four shops on Market Street together with ten on Wheeler Gate have been awarded grant funding from Nottingham’s Heritage Action Zone, which will see their historic shop fronts and features reinstated, helping…
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Ten-year high for homes selling in a week as stamp duty holiday speeds up market
The number of homes selling within a week of coming to market is up 125% compared to the same period last year, and is the highest number recorded over the past ten years One in seven homes sold by agents since the stamp duty holiday was announced on 8th July sold within a week, compared…
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May 2020 UK HPI from HM Land Registry
This is the second publication of the UK House Price Index since May 2020 following the decision to suspend the index as a result of the effect the COVID-19 pandemic had on the reporting of the data. Between now and 21 October, we will be publishing the reports that were meant to be published…
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Stamp duty holiday sparks home-moving frenzy in southern commuter belt
South East commuter towns have seen the biggest annual jump in seller numbers since the start of the stamp duty holiday, with newly marketed property doubling in some areas Harlow in Essex has seen new listings surge 121% compared to the same six-week period in 2019, followed by Hertford in Hertfordshire (up 113%), and Wickford…
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Work to restore historic building on Carrington Street unveiled
Nottingham City Council’s Townscape Heritage Scheme is celebrating its largest grant-funded project to date, as works to repair and restore the frontage of a historic building on Carrington Street are unveiled. Gordon House, which was once home to Shipsides car showroom, has seen the upper floor frontage repaired and cleaned, and the original glass frontage…
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Planning granted for over 100 homes in Nottingham
Nottingham City Homes, on behalf of Nottingham City Council has been given planning permission to build 131 council homes in Bestwood. The homes, which consist of two and three bedroom houses, bungalows and flats, which are all in high demand from local families in the Bestwood area, will be built on land off Beckhampton Road, The site used to be a playing field for…
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April 2020 UK HPI from HM Land Registry
UK House Price Index April 2020 This is the first publication of the UK House Price Index since May 2020 following the decision to suspend the index as a result of the effect the COVID-19 pandemic had on the reporting of the data. Between now and 21 October, we will be publishing the reports that…
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Green light for 131 homes on former school playing fields in Merseyside
Housing firm Torus will be celebrating the green light on a £23 million project that will see 131 new homes to be built on the former school playing fields in Huyton. Managing director of Torus, Chris Bowen, was quoted as saying: “After the success of The Maples, investing in the growth of Knowsley continues to…
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National Federation of Builders Major Contractors Declare Climate Emergency
The National Federation of Builders (NFB) Major Contractors Group (MCG) has thrown its support behind the #ConstructionDeclares movement, the first and currently only trade association representing main contractors to do so. #ConstructionDeclares is a global petition uniting all strands of construction and the built environment. It is both a public declaration of the planet’s…
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Major housing development fought off by villagers
Recent news from the government states that the planning application process will be simplified, sped up and also more on the side of the applicant. So the recent news that a housing project was rejected due to the village community power will be surprising to many, though of course let us see the facts so…
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Busiest month for ten years as home-buying supersedes summer holidays
Rulebook rewritten as post-lockdown mini-boom accelerates and home-moving fills the holiday void Highest number of sales agreed in a month since we started tracking this data over ten years ago, up by 20% on the previous high, and with a record total value of over £37 billion Highest number of properties coming to market in…
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Estate Agent escapes driving ban after positive Cannabis test
Whilst parked up in a layby at The Dale, Wirksworth a female estate agent tested positive for cannabis and was interviewed by police. The driver of the Audi TT holding passengers, a female, when tested gave a result of 7.7mg of cannabis in her system when the legal limit is 2. Obviously, it is illegal…
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