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Is London the best buy-to-let investment?
The latest research by lettings management platform, Howsy, has looked at the facts and fingers of investing in London’s buy-to-let sector. Rental yields are the main gauge of buy-to-let profitability and at 4.8%, outer London is home to the lowest average yield of all regions. Inner London doesn’t fare much better at 5%, the second-lowest average…
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Make your home more significant and useful to live a happy and satisfactory life
Everyone knows that, to live a life people need at least three most essential things. They are food, clothes and living place. You can’t spend your life properly without any of those. Though, among those most needful things, living place plays the most important part. Without a house or roof over the head, you neither…
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Buy a property in one of these cities – you won’t regret it
You wake up in bed with the morning sun streaking through the window, the heat rising in your intricately furbished bedroom. The temperature may be warm, but that hasn’t spoiled your desire for a piping hot coffee on your balcony, from which you can enjoy a panoramic view of the simmering city below. These are…
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London has been the most affordable city for renting over the last five years
According to the latest rental market analysis from deposit replacement scheme, Ome, London has been the most affordable city for renting in England and Wales over the last five years when taking into consideration the increasing cost of renting. Ome dissected rental market statistics from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) across 19 major cities…
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How and why you should use 3D visualisations for your home extension
Planning a home extension or remodel is an exciting time for any homeowner. Of course, you will have your own ideas of what you wish to achieve with the building works, whether you are creating an open-plan kitchen-diner or altering the layout of a newly acquired doer-upper. However, it’s only when you start talking to…
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How to prepare your house for future lockdowns
Just months ago the idea that much of the world might find itself forced to remain indoors as much as possible would have seemed absurd. But in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, lockdown was deemed a necessity. Some have taken to the new conditions, considering them not very much different from life previously, while…
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The most and least affordable seaside villages for sun, sea, sand (and fish and chips)
Perhaps the most disappointing event cancellation of the year was the recent celebrations around National Fish and Chip Day which have now been postponed due to the Coronavirus. But if you’re eyeing a move to the seaside either for fish and chips, or to make the most of the weather, estate agent comparison site GetAgent.co.uk…
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One-beds offer the best yields across major cities
The latest research by lettings management platform, Howsy, has found that one-bed properties are now proving the best financial investment when it comes to buy to let rental yields across the UK’s major cities. Previous research from Howsy found that three was the magic number for rental yields, offering the highest return with a rental yield…
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Where’s best to buy a new-build and why?
The latest research by property developer, StripeHomes, has looked at where offers the best buy when it comes to the new-build market, based on affordability, house price growth and the time taken to recoup a new-build price premium. New-build price premiums The research shows that currently, the average new-build in the UK costs £302,749, 33%…
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Where is £500k best invested in the current property market?
The latest research by the peer to peer lending platform, Sourced Capital, has taken a look at where’s best to invest in the current property landscape. Sourced Capital looked at the average annual return available on a £500k investment across both the commercial and residential buy-to-let markets, to see which makes the most financial sense…
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Renting in a sustainable city could cost you 179% more in rent
The latest research by the international marketplace, Spotahome, has found that opting to live and work in one of Europe’s most sustainable cities will set you back 179% more per month compared to those at the other end of the scale. Using data from the European Cities SDG Index, an index ranking each city’s sustainability…
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How much does a property with a royal neighbour cost?
This Saturday, 13th June, marks the Queen’s birthday and the latest research by GetAgent, has looked at the cost of calling Her Majesty or another member of the Royal Family a neighbour, when it comes to property prices around each of their royal homes. GetAgent looked at the average cost of buying in each outcode…
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Just two global indices remain in positive territory since the pandemic has hit
Research by Sourced Capital shows that just two global indices have seen positive movement since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the rest all in negative territory since the end of last year. Across the 19 global indices, average growth currently sits at -10% since pre-pandemic levels seen in November 2019. Just two have kept…
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UK property firms brace for financial hit as furlough ease approaches
The Government is supporting the property industry through wage support to the tune of £122m per month. But not for long. From August, estate agency employers like every other will be required to support the cost of furlough in respect of funding employer national insurance and pension contributions. From September an additional 10% will be…
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Who needs a holiday when you can rent in Liverpool for three months for the same price?
The average person in the UK spends £826 on a week of sun, sea and sand each year, however, with many travel restrictions still in place, a trip abroad is looking increasingly unlikely in 2020. With an average of 2.4 people living in each household, the silver lining is a potential saving of £1,652 for…
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