Generation rent? Now the government wants to help you out February 5, 2017 The government will this week turn its attention to so-called generation rent, with promises of new measures aimed at helping those who are unable, or not yet ready, to jump on the housing ladder through home ownership. It is pledging to look at new ways of encouraging the building of more affordable rented homes across the [...]
Opinion: Is Bournville Village the key the solving the housing crisis? February 4, 2017 There’s nothing new about employers building houses for their employees. George Cadbury wanted to build a place full of green spaces, where industrial workers could thrive, away from city pollution. By 1895, 143 cottages had been built and Bournville Village was born. Another business industrialist with similar philanthropic ideals was the ‘soap king’ Lord Lever [...]
Interiors: Pick up the perfect craft piece at Collect at the Saatchi Gallery this weekend February 3, 2017 Do you need a stunning centrepiece for the coffee table? Or a trio of pots for the console, or a stunning piece of art glass for a spot-lit plinth? This weekend the Collect fair at the Saatchi Gallery, the “Frieze” of the craft world, brings 37 galleries together from across the globe in a selling [...]
New Builds: New homes on sale this weekend in London in East Finchley, Stratford, Greenwich, Hampstead and Notting Hill February 3, 2017 Ethan Drive, East Finchley £1.25m to £1.75m Sporty families will like these new four and five bedroom detached houses opposite the Chandos Lawn Tennis Club. Finchley Cricket Club and Pure Gym, where buyers will get a year’s family membership. Set in a private gated road, they come with modern luxuries like Hacker kitchens, underfloor heating [...]
Investec is putting £30m towards this Fulham development February 3, 2017 Invetec is providing a £30m financing facility to developer Meyer Homes for the construction of 58 new homes in Fulham. The 24 month facility will also go toward the building of 9,000 square feet of retail space. In total, the plot is across one acre on Fulham High Street. The development will comprise 48 apartments – [...]
Number of new homes registered in London dropped by a third last year February 3, 2017 New home registrations in London dropped by a third last year as developers put the brakes on building following stamp duty reforms and the Brexit vote. The number of registrations – or homes developers plan to build – dropped from 25,760 in 2015 to just 17,322, according to figures from the National House Building Council [...]
Zoopla has changed its name in the most boring way possible February 3, 2017 Zoopla Property Group – more widely known as Zoopla – has changed its name to ZPG. The company currently trades under the ticker ZPLA, but from 8am next Monday this will change to ZPG. The decision was made at Zoopla's annual general meeting yesterday. Read more: Zoopla is splurging £120m on this property data company [...]
In our rush to solve the housing crisis, we’re forgetting about one thing February 3, 2017 Greenwich Peninsula has never been thought of fondly. Once desolate marshland, by the turn of the 20th century it was best known for the difficult-to-love Blackwall Tunnel. A century later, the controversial Millennium Dome had joined it, along with the fiscally-questionable Emirates Air Line cable car. So yesterday’s high-profile launch of 600 shiny apartments on the [...]
Whisper it, but Britain may be about to get a housing policy fit for the crisis we actually face February 3, 2017 A quiet, but very optimistic, cheer for the communities secretary Sajid Javid. Many politicians use the UK’s cost of living crisis as a talking point, but Javid’s blueprint for a new housing policy – set to be fully published next week – looks like it was designed to actually start tackling it in a meaningful [...]
Renters rejoice: Homelet predicts a fall in housing costs for February February 3, 2017 London renters don't often have much to smile about: crazy demand to see 'cosy' apartments, sky-high agency fees (although they will soon be a thing of the past), and the endless march of rents taking an ever-larger chunk of our pay…until now. Renters in the capital may get a small respite this month, with Homelet [...]