Wednesday morning linkage - modern architecture... the rules
Faron Sutarian and six other agents all to become John D Wood offices [Property Industry Eye]House purchases hit by Brexit [Independent]London’s winners and losers [Mortgage Introducer]Bank of England...
View ArticleMarket report - Nationwide index rises against the odds
The odds being… post-Brexit vote uncertainty and punitive tax measures designed to hit landlords and second homes owners. The index rose 0.6% in August and annual growth increased from 5.2% to 5.6%....
View ArticleAre professional landlords shifting to short Airbnb lets for the tax breaks?
Possibly, according to a report by the Residential Landlords Association, which sites figures showing 27% increase in London listings in the last four months, coinciding with a 6% rise in long-term...
View ArticleMonday morning linkage - not elite enough
Government still focussed on helping to buy, rather than helping to build [Property Industry Eye]Seven feet wide, but £1.25m [Sunday Express]Not elite enough [Spectator]Happy 40th to Ikea’s most iconic...
View ArticleChinese developers show faith in London property
The Greenland Group will build a 67-storey tower in West India Quay at a cost of £800m. The tallest residential development in Europe, it will feature gym, cocktail bar and an infinity pool....
View ArticleIt's never too old to take out a mortgage, apparently
Eighty-year-old prospective borrowers will now be considered for a Leeds Building Society mortgage. The lender has shifted the maximum application age in response to rising life expectancy and a trend...
View ArticleThursday linkage - weakest growth in three years, the Brits yearn for butlers
New property search engine to launch with print, TV and radio campaign [Property Industry Eye]inside an interior designer’s Chelsea home [Yorkshire Post]Brits hiring help like it’s the old days...
View ArticlePrime London battered by Brexit
Let’s be clear, the top end of the London residential market wasn’t in great shape before the vote, but new data from UBS shows £1.5m+ properties for sale outnumbering properties sold subject to...
View ArticleMonday morning linkage - in the percentages
Eighty per cent of tenants pay asking price [Property Industry Eye]Ninety-five per cent mortgages for first-time buyers unaffected by property market jitters {Daily Telegraph]Five point two per cent...
View ArticleHSBC asks, why are rent rises slowing?
HSBC takes a different view to Your Move on rent rises, pinning current annual growth at well under 1.5% and charting a dramatic fall since the beginning of the year. The question - asked here - is...
View ArticleMarket report - annual growth slows
The ONS’s property price data for July are out and they show average prices up 8.3% on the year (down from 9.7% the previous month). Wage growth for the same period was just 2.4%. In London, prices...
View ArticleCan beer predict the next house price hotspot?
Online agents EasyProperty claim to have identified a relationship between craft breweries and resilient house prices in the capital. The theory is… when a craft brewery appears, usually in a light...
View ArticleFriday morning linkage - Foxtons, dropping by to make you feel better
Experts predict shift to more “professional” private rented sector [Property Industry Eye]CML: mortgage borrowing down in July [The Week]Avoiding marriage to avoid the Stamp Duty surcharge [The...
View ArticleMonday morning linkage - estate agent will pay you to let them inside
House prices physically divide the generations [Observer]London Mayor’s plans for affordable house building [Guardian]First-time buyers hit by pre-Stamp Duty surcharge surge [Telegraph]Brixton estate...
View ArticleHarry Potter's Private Drive house for sale
It’s the Bracknell three-bedroom cul-de-sac property used in the film as 4, Privet Drive. Virtually unchanged - apparently - and still featuring a cupboard under the stairs (not photographed in the...
View Article61% of private renters are over 35
And almost half are over 46, according to new research by YourMove. And while 80% of 18 to 25-year-olds wanted to own their own homes in the future, 81% of tenants across the age groups said that...
View ArticleSavills bearish on prime central London until 2019
Expect falls of 9% in London’s top postcodes this year and don’t expect an upturn until 2019, says Savills. The EU referendum result has only added momentum to a market hat has been on a downturn for...
View ArticleBut will that $11m beach front property really make you happy?
An estate agent gets asked some searching questions about Leo DiCaprio’s Malibu beach house. Technorati Tags: property, real estate...
View ArticleFriday morning linkage - two more Foxtons branches imminent
Hometrack reports slowing price growth [Property Industry Eye]Surge in planning might contribute to falling house prices in Tower Hamlets [City AM]It takes seven years longer to get on the property...
View ArticleMonday morning linkage - a closer look at gentrification
Save £450k by living an hour’s commute from London [Mortgage Introducer]Incoming celebrity alert… are Emily Blunt and John Krasinski planning a London move? [IB Times]Gentrification, a closer look...
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