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London gardens can add more than £205,000 in value as Chelsea tops table for prime buyers seeking outdoor space

Ahead of this year's Chelsea Flower Show, research by Enness Global has revealed that a garden can add more than £205,000 to the value of a London home, whilst Chelsea fittingly boasts the highest degree of garden availability for high-net-worth homebuyers in the current market. Enness Global has also revealed the top five trends currently shaping luxury outdoor spaces across prime London this spring...

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Key worker deposit scheme launched across Yorkshire

Key workers across Yorkshire can now receive a deposit contribution of up to £15,000 towards a new home thanks to Barratt and David Wilson Homes’ new Key Worker Deposit Contribution scheme.

Key workers will be entitled to a deposit contribution of £750 for every £25,000 spent, and can receive up to the value of £15,000. For example, when purchasing a £300,000 home, Barratt and David...

Help for home-buyers podcast series launched by UK’s largest housebuilder

Home buyers wanting to navigate the property market can access free expert suggestions and guidance in a new podcast series hosted by Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes.

The series is being launched in the run-up to one of the busiest times of year for new build home enquiries – between Christmas to New Year. The ‘New Home Buyers’ podcast tackles a different subject in each edition...

Addressing the undersupply of homes to rent: BTR suburban communities provide hope for 2023

The drastic shortage of rental properties will lessen during 2023, according to property services company Leaders Romans Group (LRG) which has undertaken a substantial study of the future of suburban BTR.

According to figures published by Zoopla recently, demand for rental homes is at its highest level in over a decade and is exacerbated by a lack of supply: the number of homes...

Property Taxes in UK - What taxes must be paid on Property?

Property accounting is all about recording cash inflows and outflows and determining how much profit is made or lost from leasing real estate. With a comprehensive view of rental revenue and costs, landlords and rental company owners (or managers) can plan more effectively and enhance profitability.

Using property accounts allows real estate managers to determine the daily net...

The Castle Green Homes team with Sir Lenny Henry at the Housebuilder Awards

Castle green crowns successful year with four award wins

Revolutionising the way homes are bought and sold, investment in digital technology has paid dividends for Castle Green Homes, earning the business multiple awards.

The introduction of Willow, an online portal which is effectively a “digital new home assistant”, contributed towards the business crowned small housebuilder of the year at the 2022 Housebuilder Awards. The innovative...

School garden blossoms thanks to the Edenstone foundation

A GARDEN in memory of a former pupil has been unveiled at Cwmtawe Community Primary School after the Edenstone Foundation teamed up with the Leon Heart Fund to take on a DIY SOS style project.

Leon’s Garden, named after Leon Montanari, was officially unveiled by rugby stars Justin Tipuric, Dan Baker and Duncan Jones.

A paved area with overgrown planters at the school in...

UK estate agency sale-revenues could drop by 27%

The estate agency industry’s key measure of forward performance is their ‘pipeline’ of booked sales as ‘SSTCs’ (sold subject to contact). The volume and resulting value of this pipeline determines the likely future banked revenue for an estate agency branch and is therefore a key metric.

Research by Nested , the modern estate agent, suggests that in the year to December 2022 the...

Property industry reacts as BofE increases interest rates

CEO of Alliance Fund, Iain Crawford, commented:

“The latest inflation figures suggest that the Bank of England’s aggressive tactics are starting to yield results, with the level of inflation falling marginally between October and November.

With this in mind, some may feel that a further festive hike ahead of the Christmas break is perhaps a tad Scrooge like. However, the...

Who owns the most valuable Christmas movie homes?

With the Christmas season upon us, estate and lettings agent, Barrows and Forrester , reveals that the most valuable home to feature in a popular Christmas film or TV show belongs to the glamorous Edina Monsoon, although even Del Boy is sitting on nearly half a million pounds worth of property.

Over the festive period, families and friends will be gathering around the gogglebox to...

Home repossessions on the decline despite rising mortgage costs

The latest market analysis from property purchasing specialist, House Buyer Bureau , reveals that since the Bank of England started raising interest rates at the end of 2021, the number of homes being repossessed by money lenders has significantly decreased, bucking the expected trend that more and more people would lose their homes as mortgage payments go up.

In December 2021, the...

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