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Honey i shrunk the house !!
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...
We buy more than just houses
At Stewardson Developments, we buy more than just houses. We also buy shops, industrial spaces and land. We will consider properties in any condition. Our aim has always been to treat property as a long term investment & we endeavor to unlock the value in property...
Buy-to-let loans pulled at fastest rate for 8 years
Buy-to-let loans have been pulled at their fastest rate for nearly eight years as lenders braced themselves for tougher affordability rules. An article online at Primelocation says, 'a total of 74 deals were withdrawn from the market during December, the biggest...
11 house hunters for every property on the market
Britain’s housing crisis is worsening, new research suggests as it reveals that 11 house hunters are competing for every property on the market. Research by the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) suggested an average of 425 prospective buyers were registered...
Homebuilding & Renovating Show NEC
The biggest homebuilding and renovating event in the UK is coming to the NEC from 23rd-26th March. Event Details If you’re planning to add a new extension, remodel the internal layout or create a brilliant new kitchen overlooking a landscaped garden, a visit to The...
Housing market slumps – a quick sale could be the answer
Homeowners are waiting up to ten months to sell their properties, research by The Times has indicated, as inflated asking prices and economic uncertainty cause the housing market to stall. This has left many sellers trapped in homes that they would rather leave,...
Homebuyers most swayed by kitchen
In an article on Zoopla: 'According to a survey by home services marketplace Plentific, almost half (47%) of would-be buyers are most influenced by a new kitchen. And more than a quarter (28%) would be prepared to relax the purse strings and offer a higher price as a...
White Paper: Housing key points
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 outlines...
Build-to-Rent sector challenges in the UK
What are the biggest challenges facing the UK's Build-to-Rent sector? The Build to Rent (BTR) sector, a sub-sector of the UK's Private Rented Sector (PRS), has come a long way in the last six years with new Government-backed measures, an increasing number of local...