- Great British ping time
The latest edition of travel bible Lonely Planet has painted a rather unsavoury picture of Britain – splitting society into two distinct groups – banking fat cats and binge drinking whiners obsessed with the weather – so what exactly has happened to ‘Great’ Britain?..
(Filed: Fri May 29 2009)
- Outlook improves for housing market
The first signs that the UK property market may be starting to improve include an increase in transactions (although prices have yet to rise), an increase in mortgage applications, and the most positive monthly report from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) since January 2008.
(Filed: Fri May 22 2009)
- Young London Stands up to Rogue Agents
Young London is the latest agency to join up to the National Approved Letting Scheme (NALS), accreditation set up to provide a much needed industry benchmark to protect landlords and tenants from the perils of ‘cowboy’ agents.
(Filed: Tue May 19 2009)
- Bruntwood confirms progress of McLaren office renovation
Bruntwood, commercial property company, announces its £7m redevelopment of the McLaren office building in Birmingham's city centre is progressing well and confirms the scheduled October completion date
(Filed: Fri May 15 2009)
- Firm Foundations for Crossrail Boost
Commenting on the laying of foundations for the new Isle of Dogs Crossrail station at Canary Wharf, Neil Young, CEO of property portfolio managers Young Group, welcomes the boost to property market confidence that the project will bring.
(Filed: Fri May 15 2009)
- LACORS ACCEPTS RLA GUIDANCE
Two fire safety issues, raised by the Residential Landlords Association, have been incorporated into national guidelines for rented property.
(Filed: Thu Apr 30 2009)
- Overview of the UK rental market
Keshav Thukaram, managing director of landlord property services website Smartlandlord.co.uk, comments on the UK rental market.
(Filed: Thu Apr 30 2009)
- Sellers still setting prices too high
Despite the fact that UK house prices are still down by approximately 17% year on year, many sellers seem to be ignoring the market realities and listing their properties at unrealistically high prices, which they then have to negotiate downwards.
(Filed: Thu Apr 23 2009)
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