Rents across most of the UK look set to increase as rising demand from prospective tenants puts upward pressure on values, according to the February 2020 RICS UK Residential Market Survey. Demand for property has increased in recent months, but the number of homes coming on to the private rented market has remained at a […]
Energy firms are putting in place new measures to help prepayment customers unable to top up during the coronavirus pandemic. We’ve company-by-company info below, but plans include posting cards loaded with emergency credit to those unable to leave home as they need to self-isolate. Important: This is a fast-changing situation. The info below is the best […]
How about some good news? China has closed down its last coronavirus hospital. Not enough new cases to support them. Doctors in India have been successful in treating Coronavirus. Combination of drugs used: Lopinavir, Retonovir, Oseltamivir along with Chlorphenamine. They are going to suggest same medicine, globally. Researchers of the Erasmus Medical Center claim to […]
The Latest Halifax house price index report for February is indicating prices in February were 2.8% higher than in the same month a year earlier with the average house price of now £240,677 nationally. On a monthly basis, house prices rose by 0.3% and in the latest quarter (December to February) house prices were 2.9% […]
If you have recently entered the buy-to-let market for the first time, here are a few tips to help you ensure that you property investment is a success. Where do you start? Know the law Like anything else, being a landlord involves following the rules and guidelines set in place by the law to protect […]
Housing market sentiment turned positive for the first-time in three years at the beginning of this month, the latest property tracker from the Building Societies Association has revealed. However, the YouGov poll of 2,000 adults was carried out between February 28 and March 2, before the full impact of the Coronavirus outbreak had been realised […]
The Bank of England’s extraordinary decision to cut interest rates to just 0.25% yesterday with no warning, reflecting the level of seismic coronavirus tremors running through the economy, has been welcomed by many property professionals and investors. While lower interest rates are bad news for savers, they are good news for borrowers, including those taking […]
Local authority planning decisions are set for a widespread overhaul as part of government plans to get to grips with the housing crisis and build 300,000 new homes a year. Freeing up brownfield sites, residential development of flagging high streets and a £12 billion cash injection into affordable home building are features of a multi-year […]
With savers receiving poor returns from banks and building societies, thousands of people unsurprisingly continue to turn to residential property as a means of supplementing their income, supported by low mortgage borrowing rates, solid demand from tenants and stable yields, as buy-to-let consolidates itself as the investment of choice. Despite a challenging few years for the buy-to-let […]
As we enter a new decade, research conducted by the National Landlord Investment Show points to an upward, positive trajectory for interest in the UK’s buy-to-let market by existing and prospective landlords. Research found over half (60 per cent) of UK landlords and property investors who attend the UK’s leading buy-to-let exhibition show are looking to invest […]