Property of the Week: We visit the Clerkenwell house that’s half tech-savvy palace and half Georgian period treasure June 24, 2016 If you love the charm of a period townhouse, but want all the convenience and comforts of modern living, this completely remodelled house in the heart of Clerkenwell might be for you. It appears to be a completely typical three-storey Georgian house from the outside, but there’s a lot going on behind those closed doors. [...]
Here’s how Brexit will affect house prices, according to experts June 24, 2016 It's official: we're out, after almost 52 per cent of the UK population voted in favour of Brexit. There had been conflicting views of how a vote to leave the EU would affect house prices before the referendum took place, with some suggesting a falling pound would cause foreign buyers to flock to the UK property market, [...]
Housebuilding shares are being hammered by Brexit June 24, 2016 Shares in FTSE 100-listed housebuilders were hammered in early morning trading as investors panicked over the outcome of the EU referendum. Shares in Taylor Wimpey lost a third of their value, falling to 128.9p in early trading, while Persimmon fell 27.5 per cent to 1,520p and Berkeley Group fell 26.9 per cent to 430.2p. Meanwhile, Berkeley [...]
I’ve already voted, but I’ve changed my mind – and it’s all to do with house prices… June 23, 2016 I’ve long been a eurosceptic – suspicious of the EU regime and its unelected, barely accountable opacity-swathed ethos. I’m a democrat and a free markets kind of guy who objects to a lurching federal super-state, any hint of a single currency or a loss of our sovereignty. Unelected autocrats in expensed Mercedes doing as they [...]
Game, set and house: Wimbledon residents are quids in thanks to tennis tournament Airbnb rentals June 22, 2016 Lucky Londoners located in Wimbledon are quids in from hosting the annual tennis tournament at the All England Lawn Tennis Club. Residents renting out their homes or rooms to visitors wanting to watch a match and perhaps sample an afternoon tea are raking in more than £1,000 each over the next two weeks, according to Airbnb. The sharing [...]
Sadiq Khan slams Boris Johnson’s “toothless” Concordat housing scheme at Mayor’s Question Time June 22, 2016 Sadiq Khan has slammed former mayor Boris Johnson's flagship housing scheme for failing to stop new London homes being sold as "golden bricks" to overseas investors. Johnson's Concordat scheme, which was launched in 2014, was pitched as the solution to stopping major developers advertising London homes abroad first for overseas buyers, who had months more [...]
These are the best seaside areas for landlords to invest in June 22, 2016 Beach holiday hot-spots such as Brighton and Eastborne have lost out to northern beaches as the best places for landlords to invest in rental properties. Forget the donkey rides at Brighton pier – Hull has been named as the top seaside area for landlords in England and Wales; property investors in the postcode enjoy rental yields up to 10.7 per cent [...]
Eurozone buyers are getting a £26,000 discount on the price of London property June 22, 2016 Buyers from the eurozone are bagging £26,000 discounts on London property due to sterling's depreciation over the past weeks as markets react to the UK's vote on its membership of the European Union. London estate agents Stirling Ackroyd have estimated that the depreciation of sterling in June has meant that the average house price in London stands [...]
Experts are not impressed by HSBC’s new 0.99 per cent fixed rate mortgage June 21, 2016 Money experts have slammed HSBC's latest mortgage offering as a marketing move that shuts out most borrowers. The bank has launched a mortgage with a rate fixed at a record low of just 0.99 per cent for two years. The next lowest available is a two-year deal at 1.14 per cent from the Yorkshire Building Society. [...]
Property transactions edged up in May, but the market stayed sleepy ahead of the EU referendum June 21, 2016 The property market was subdued in May as the EU referendum kept buyers at bay and buy to let landlords took a break from snapping-up second homes. Property transactions increased by 1.5 per cent between April and May, as sales rebounded somewhat from the dramatic slump after the stamp duty hike hit at the beginning of April, but [...]