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The Bank of England has just made the decision to hold the base rate to 4.25%

Stephanie Daley, Director of Partnerships at Alexander Hall, commented:

"Although a cut may have been the preferable decision, today's choice to hold the base rate once again will still be welcomed by homebuyers and remortgagers alike, as it reinforces the growing sense of consistency and strength in the mortgage market.

We've continued to see growing borrower engagement in recent months,...

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Average FTB deposit soars in the last five years

Average FTB deposit cost soars in the last five years

Stipendium, the platform that simplifies life’s complex events such as home moving, has revealed that the average cost of a mortgage deposit on a first home has climbed by 54% in the last decade, pushing homeownership further out of reach for the nation’s first-time buyers.

Stipendium analysed the current cost facing...

Help to Buy on the decline, but will housebuilders miss it?

The latest research by the new-build sales optimisation platform, Unlatch , has revealed that the impact of the Help to Buy scheme within the new-build sector has been in slow decline, despite Help to Buy transactions still accounting for a sizable proportion of homes delivered by the nation’s three biggest housebuilders.

Launched in 2013, Help to Buy has been helping homebuyers onto...

London’s most expensive rental homes

London rental platform, Rentd , has revealed that while the average London tenant will pay £1,574 per month, the average cost of residing at the very top of the capital’s rental market comes in at a huge £23,839 - a 1415% rental price premium.

Rentd looked at the average cost of renting in each London borough before comparing this to the most expensive rental listing currently...

AML within the property industry: Why The Two Tier Approach?

Each year there are over 1.5 million homes listed for sale in the UK and the potential sellers of each all require anti-money laundering checks - often there’s more than one check per property in the case of joint ownership.

Since June 2017 property buyers, at the point that an offer is accepted, are required to provide identification for the purposes of the agent carrying out such...

Dandara Easter bunny brings eggcellent gifts to local primary school

This Easter, Dandara Southern, who is building new homes at its Paddock View development in Yapton, East Sussex, is continuing its partnership with Yapton CofE Primary School by having an Easter bunny visit the school to spread Easter cheer and hand out Easter eggs.

To celebrate the Easter holiday, Dandara enlisted the help of their very own Easter bunny, who goes by the name Jonny...

Fast Forward Moving To One Of The Final New Homes in Loggerheads

SELLERS could be just 24 hours away from becoming buyers and securing one of the final new homes in the Staffordshire village of Loggerheads.

Elan Homes is offering a lifeline to those who perhaps fear they will miss out on a move to the popular Brook Meadow development because they have a house to sell.

With the homebuilder’s EasyMove service they won’t have to worry about...

Surrey’s premier luxury housebuilder makes substantial site acquisition

Octagon Developments has acquired Hampton Court Estate, a highly desirable 1.59-acre brownfield site after a competitive bidding process.

The site, located on Summer Road in Thames Ditton, sits at the junction of Hampton Court Way, on the south side of Hampton Court Bridge, just 500m from Hampton Court station and Hampton Court Village.

Full planning permission has already...

First-time buyer homes to launch in Chelmsford’s sought-after new neighbourhood

Property prices in Chelmsford postcodes have outpaced the national average by 30% for the start of 2022, with the cost of the average newbuild home now valued at £446,000 in the area.*

Meeting the demand for affordable first-time buyer homes in Chelmsford, L&Q will launch the next phase of eleven two- and three-bedroom Shared Ownership terraced houses at The Arbour, a growing...

Three essentials to put in place when building a new house

Building a new home is highly exciting. It’s your chance to express yourself, tinkering with different specifics and tailoring each room to your needs and your aesthetic choices. Still, there are some flat-out essentials that every home must possess – and these should always be your first priority in order for your home to operate functionally and with as little disruption as possible. This...

Castle Green Retains Five-Star Rating

A NEW customer portal and a commitment to quality has enabled Castle Green Homes to retain its five-star rating for customer satisfaction while increasing output.

The St Asaph-based homebuilder was named amongst the industry elite by the HBF (Home Builders’ Federation) following its annual customer satisfaction survey .

More than 93% of Castle Green homeowners, surveyed...

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