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Royal Rentals: Vancouver trumps London for rental market affordability
Tag on ‘xit’ to anything these days and you’re bound to divide opinion with the latest being Megxit and the departure of Meghan and Harry to Canada. While upping sticks and starting a new life on a whim is lovely for some, there are a fair few other obstacles in place for the average Joe…
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The No.3 is the nation’s favourite house number but higher numbers command a higher price
The latest research from estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk, has found that when it comes to the price paid for property, the No.239 ranks as the most valuable amongst UK homebuyers. GetAgent.co.uk analysed sold price records over the last 12 months to find which house number was the most valuable, as well as which had…
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Bellway to list its residential properties with OnTheMarket
OnTheMarket plc, the agent-backed company which operates the OnTheMarket.com property portal, announces today that it has signed a listing agreement with Bellway plc, another of the UK’s leading house builders. Bellway plc has grown from a small family-owned firm to one of the most successful house builders in the UK and is a FTSE 250 company. It is now the…
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Agents & Landlords Urged To Embrace Technology To Build Trust With Millennial Tenants
The lettings industry is facing a new world, with the proportion of households in the private rented sector (PRS) to leap to 22% by 2023. Forecasts by Frank Knight show that the total capital committed to professionally-managed private rented sector accommodation will also rise significantly to £75 billion by 2025. This exponential growth is…
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Tips for Selling Your House with Negative Equity
One of the most common problems in the housing market in the UK is that homeowners typically have almost no or only little equity in their house. It’s not a problem when you are living in the house, but it does come back to bite you when you try to sell your house. It is…
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Should I Hire a Property Manager?
If you own property that generates income, you understand managing the property can stress out the most organized rental property owner. Although it appears a do-it-yourself approach makes financial sense, the fact remains you have to devote several hours a day to keep your rental property running smoothly. This brings us to an important question….
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The Pawfect Affordable Rental Locations for Pet Lovers
A Government overhaul on tenancy contracts could soon see landlords no longer able to pass on a tenant simply because they have a pet, with just 7% of rental properties currently listed allowing pets. With this change on the horizon, leading rental management platform Howsy, has looked at where across the UK offers the best…
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43 or younger? Here’s how to recoup your years of lost pension income by investing
In October this year, the pension age is due to increase from 65 to 66 years old, with a further increase to 67 by 2028 and plans to increase this even further by 2046 to 68 years old. Leading Peer to Peer investment platform, Sourced Capital, has looked at the lost pension income for those…
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Homeowners, know your flanges, pickled finishes, ball cocks and space balls with the trade term dictionary
When the inevitably January DIY turns to failure and you need to turn to the help of a professional it can be a daunting experience if you don’t know your ball cocks from your flanges, and while we try to play it cool when a tradesman is in our house, we all get lost in…
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The best areas to buy new as a first-time buyer
The latest research by new homes specialists, Stone Real Estate, has looked at where is home to the smallest gap between the price paid by first-time buyers and the average price of a new build property. Stone Real Estate looked at the current average cost of buying new across Britain and then compared this to…
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The best London boroughs for new build availability
The latest research by new homes specialists, Stone Real Estate, has looked at which boroughs currently offer the best bet for London homebuyers looking to get on the new build ladder. Stone Real Estate analysed property listings across all of the major portals to find which areas of the capital had the largest proportion of…
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75% of income required to rent in parts of England – here’s how it’s changed in the last 20 years
20 years ago, the average rent accounted for 28.7% of the average income in England. In London, this increased to 41.1% of income required to cover rent. The South East (31.2%) and South West (29.4%) were also amongst some of the highest of all regions. Today, the proportion of income required to…
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UK house prices creep up across the board while London continues to slow
Leading lettings and sales agent, Benham and Reeves, has released the latest of its very own quarterly house price index based on data from the top four existing indices, looking at where the average house price sits and how the gap between buyer and seller expectation and actual sales has changed. The Benham and Reeves…
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Tongue twisters home to higher house prices
The latest research by leading estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk, has looked at the cost of buying in pockets of the nation’s property market with the hardest to pronounce names. GetAgent.co.uk looked at 10 areas that cause the most confusion when it comes to pronouncing the name, the cost of getting on the ladder in…
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What Online Estate Agents Need to Do Better
Handling property sales online can make matters a great deal easier for agents and customers alike. The process tends to be quicker and, thanks to automation and electronic communication, things will usually run smoothly. However, there are a number of pitfalls into which more and more online estate agents tend to fall as they…
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