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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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Live mortgage free for a year in a new home near swansea

Reduce your household bills by almost £15,000 with a move to a new home near Swansea.

The savings can be achieved through a combination of an incentive equivalent to having your mortgage paid for a year, up to £12,000, plus the lower energy bills afforded by the energy efficiency of a new build house.

The deal is available on selected Edenstone Group homes at Parc Ceirw...

Octagon Developments have just one apartment remaining at Chapel View in East Molesey

Octagon Developments have just one apartment remaining at Chapel View in East Molesey, following exceptional demand since the launch, with homes being swiftly reserved off-plan. Now ready to move in and with some already in occupation, interest is sure to surge in the coming weeks as buyers look to secure the last remaining home.

Chapel View is an elegant Victorian-inspired building...

New showhome opens doors at development in Llantwit Fardre

House-hunters can now get to look inside a brand new showhome which has been unveiled at a new development in Llantwit Fardre.

Bellway Wales threw open the doors to a four-bedroom Bowyer house type at its Coed Derw development, off Llantrisant Road in the village, at the end of last month.

The developer is building a total of 95 homes at the site. There will be 87 two, three...

Credas Shortcuts Tenant Screening

Data from CIFAS, the fraud prevention database, states a marked increase in both identity fraud and false applications in the UK with increases of 34% and 45% respectively in the lettings sector over the last nine months.

Application fraud poses a significant risk to letting agents with previous research conducted by Credas identifying that rogue tenants cost £34,797 in lost rent,...

Local homebuilder reports significant contributions to Yorkshire communities in 2022

Barratt Developments Yorkshire, which includes the Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes brands, has reported significant social, economic and environmental contributions to the Yorkshire communities in which it builds over the course of the last year.

In 2022, the homebuilder built 1,369 new homes across the region, supporting 3,223 jobs through its own business and that of its...

Can you deck the halls in rental property?

With the festive season in full swing, homes up and down the country are being decked out with twinkling lights, glistening tinsel, and eye-catching Christmas trees. But, while homeowners are free to decorate as they please, Ocasa warns that renters need to demonstrate some decoration caution as to avoid finding themselves in hot water with their landlords.

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What One Small Housebuilder Is Doing To Be More Sustainable

By the team at Kebbell

Homebuyers are progressively valuing nature, lower energy bills and sustainability when searching for a new home. Equally, eco-choices are increasingly becoming embedded as part of new home developments. This includes high levels of insulation, using high-rated energy efficient appliances and, where possible, adding sustainable energy-saving features such as...

Top 5 Tips To Improve Your Home Security

The safety of your home requires your attention. Taking proper home security measures has become critical in the face of rising burglaries in the UK. The Office for National Statistics puts home burglaries in the UK at an average of 34 burglaries per hour, one occurring every 2 minutes.

Most new buyers factor in home security improvements in their purchase, according to Ben, a real...

Catalyst’s Shared Ownership homes now 50% reserved in one of Buckinghamshire’s most expensive postcodes

Catalyst’s new Shared Ownership homes at Kite Meadows have seen high demand since its launch last month, with over 50% of homes now reserved. Interest in this award-winning development remains high, with Catalyst offering an affordable route onto the property ladder in Princes Risborough, one of Buckinghamshire’s most expensive postcodes according to Zoopla.*

With the average...

Property industry reacts as asking prices fall

Director of Benham and Reeves, Marc von Grundherr, commented:

“The wheels may seem to be coming off the UK property market with this, the biggest fall in home asking prices that we’ve seen in quite a while, especially in specific parts of the country such as the South West which is cooling faster than most as it had fared better than other places during the pandemic in increase terms...

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