by admin | Jun 8, 2017 | Construction, National News
With The Royal Association of British Architects (RIBA) warning that more than half of new homes being built are to a scale too small for families to live in & the UK having the smallest homes by floor area in Europe . A recent article in The Telegraph mentions...
by admin | Feb 24, 2017 | National News
The long-awaited housing White Paper published this week ran into 104 pages. Here is a round up of the main points to takeaway from it, from Zoopla. Firstly, what is White Paper? ‘A White Paper is a detailed policy document published by the Government that...
by admin | Jan 20, 2017 | Buying, Landlord, National News
An article online at The Telegraph suggests that the UK commercial property market is ‘overly dependent’ on foreign capital. ‘Commercial property values could fall, as foreign investors withdraw and domestic investors fail to fill their place because...
by admin | Jan 18, 2017 | House Prices, National News
An article online at Money Week gives some interesting figures in favour of renting, explaining that there is not a housing crisis in the UK. In a housing supply crisis, it would be expected that the cost of renting would rise quickly, however, the rate at which rents...
by admin | Jan 18, 2017 | Advice, National News
Universal Credit is a new type of benefit designed to support people who are on a low income or out of work. It will replace six existing benefits and is currently being rolled out across the UK useful site. The new system is based on a single monthly payment,...
by admin | Jan 11, 2017 | Landlord, National News
An article online at Reuters today says: ‘British commercial property capital values fell 2.4 percent in 2016, hurt by changes to stamp duty tax and Britain’s vote to leave the European Union, real estate firm CBRE said on Tuesday. Retail property capital...
