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The latest research from Halifax has revealed that flat prices have grown by 53% in the last seven years compared with growth of 39% for all property types – typically rising an average of £1,008 per month from £159,292 in Q4 2009 to £243,936 in Q4 2016. According to the data, the 53% increase in the average price of a flat is significantly greater than the 39% rise for all property types over the same period. Terraced homes have recorded the next largest increase in average prices with a rise of 43% over the past seven years, and detached homes the smallest rise (19%). A considerable proportion of the national rise in flat prices since 2009 […]

The home buying process in the UK will become easier and cheaper if the Conservative Party wins next month’s general election and new home building will be speeded up with more housing for specialist groups. The party’s manifesto, which has just been launched, will crack down on what it believes are rip-off conveyancing fees and other legal fees associated with buying a property. The current pledge to get rid of letting agent fees is also likely to be carried forward after the 08 June if the party wins. At the launch of the manifesto in Halifax Prime Minister Theresa May also said there will be measures to help out renters by ending unfair leaseholds and increasing […]

New research by hybrid estate agent, eMoov.co.uk, has revealed that the average house price across the UK is 6.05 times that of the average wage, with a gap of £6,111 between the current average wage and the wage required for a general mortgage approval of 4.5 times the salary. eMoov compared the latest Land Registry house price data with the recently updated Office for National Statistics wage data, to highlight where across the UK presents the biggest obstacle for aspiring homeowners both in terms of the wage to house price ratio and the reality gap between the average wage available and the wage required to secure a mortgage in each area. The average property price was […]

The latest research from the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association has found that the majority of mortgage lenders and brokers believe that greater government support for lending to SME housebuilders would help fix the UK’s lack of housing supply. IMLA found that 61% of lenders and 57% of brokers believe that government support for development finance would improve the lack of housing supply. In the run-up to the general election on 8th June 2017, IMLA is urging policymakers to support lending to small and medium-sized housebuilders. Successive governments have failed to address the supply-side issues challenging the UK housing market, despite an array of different initiatives. IMLA was critical of the government’s recent Housing White Paper, which […]

The cost of upgrading an older property to the same standard as a new build home in England and Wales could be as much as £50,000, new research has found. The study from the Home Builders Federation (HBF) looked at the work that might need to be carried out when people buy a new home compared with the standard of a new build with its warranty protection. It found that the benefits of buying a new build home includes the property being more energy efficient and that could save home owners hundreds of pounds on utility bills each year. Other benefits of new homes include brand new fixtures and fittings that come as standard. For example, […]

A new white paper by accountancy firm, Moore Stephens, has revealed that the outcome of the general election and Brexit negotiations are key to the outlook and positivity of UK real estate and construction owner managed businesses. It also reveals that as they wait, real estate bosses are showing less strategic ambition for growth than their counterparts in other sectors, but that they are also less efficient at taking advantage of government funding initiatives and tax credits. The findings within the white paper are based on a survey carried out by Moore Stephens of around 700 owner managed businesses (OMBs), including 80 real estate and construction OMBs, and looks at the confidence and ambitions of firms […]