This week saw the release of HM Land Registry's latest price paid data report for April. if you're a property geek as we are there are a number of stats in the numbers that you might find interesting and that we thought we mention:There were 394 property sales that...
As any London house hunter knows, if you want to live close to the river, you will have to pay a premium. Studies show that a view of the Thames is a London property’s most expensive asset, commanding price premiums of up to 93 per cent. But for those on the lookout...
The number of house buyers getting a mortgage has climbed to its highest level in over a year.A total of 42,989 mortgages were approved in April, said banking trade body UK Finance, up 11.5 per cent on a year earlier. Lending rose by around £1.8 billion. Streets...
Government data revealed today by the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government makes for grim reading.The least bad news is that overall numbers of housing increased year on year. But the small print of the release demonstrates a number of concerns whereby...
Sunday May 19th 2019,11.20am. Brentwood, EssexThe tension builds as they near the starting line. Nerves are jangling as the motivational music builds and compere Rob Jelly of BBC Essex fame shouts encouragement from his Mad Max-esque podium. Smoke billows,...
Taking a backward step has rarely resulted in forward progress. I mean, if Usain Bolt had stepped back from the starting blocks before starting his 100m world record bid it probably wouldn’t have assisted his time so much. And if Elon Musk had dusted off the...
Not a great week for the fixed fee estate agent PurpleBricks or for the wider online agency sector with the news that they are to close shop in Australia and part with their founder and CEO Michael Bruce.The former was not unexpected as far as I am concerned and, in...
UK house prices grew in April at the fastest annual rate in more than two years according to figures from Halifax.The mortgage lender said prices rose by 5% in the three months to April, compared with the same period a year earlier. It is the fastest annual growth...
