housing market

housing market

Housing marketing changes: who benefits?

16 December, 20150 Comments
In the UK, buying property is big news. A recent survey conducted by Leeds Building Society has revealed that across the UK, 40% of 25 to 35 year-olds are saving money either for a deposit for their first property, or to move to a new
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Another landlord licensing scheme to throw the voters off ? …

24 April, 20140 Comments
Stoke-on-Trent City Council is to introduce a Selective Licensing scheme in the Portland Street area of Cobridge. The area is well known for anti-social behaviour, being the second most deprived in Stoke-on-Trent, and according to council figures 88% of people in the area have a problem with ASB. Of the 797 properties in Portland Street, 394
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Can you get an advantage when selling your house in a Buyers market?

03 February, 20140 Comments
Everyone knows that the housing market has been struggling over the last few years and that is putting it mildly. However over the summer and autumn of 2013, I noticed that the market was starting to pick up, there were quite a lot of houses going onto the market, which is promising, but are they
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Current Rental Market Feb 2013

22 April, 20132 Comments
Over the past several years the UK’s housing market has seen a gradual shift from a nation of homeowners to a nation of renters. The previous year has seen significant growth in the rental sector as more investors begin to move into the property sector, with rental prices rising across the country. According to the
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WARNING! Rent-to-Rent on the increase

19 February, 20130 Comments
There are increasing concerns regarding the new development in the residential lettings market known as ‘Rent-to-Rent’ ; tenants who rent a residential property and then sub-let it for profit. As tenants find it increasingly difficult to find rental accommodation the problem of subletting property without consent has increased considerably within both the private rental market
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