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Fibo introduces new wall panel decors designed to support faster installation and reduced maintenance across multiple sectors

Fibo has announced the launch of a new collection of wall panel decors, developed to support faster installation, reduced downtime and long-term durability across residential, hospitality, healthcare, education, commercial projects and beyond.

Designed and manufactured in Norway since 1952, Fibo's wall panel system provides a fully waterproof wall solution for interior environments and is...

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289,000 new homes estimated to reach the market with snagging defects in 2021

The latest research from new build snagging experts, HouseScan , suggests that while there are currently 294,900 homes currently in the planning permission pipeline, an estimated 289,002 of these will reach the market with snagging issues.

HouseScan’s analysis of Gov.uk data on the number of housing units to have been granted planning permission shows that planning permission...

London property sales see 6% increase in asking price achieved since start of the year

The latest property market analysis by London lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves , has revealed which areas of the London property market are seeing homesellers achieve the highest percentage of asking price, as well as where has seen the biggest increase in asking price achieved.

At 5.2%, London has seen the lowest rate of annual house price growth of all regions , but...

Pandemic uncertainty pushes more tenants towards long-term tenancies

Research from build to rent specialists, Ascend Properties , has further highlighted the important role of the sector in meeting the needs of the modern-day tenant, as an overwhelming majority say they want longer-term tenancies.

The survey of over a thousand UK tenants commissioned by Ascend found that 93% of those asked think that tenancies longer than 12 months should be more...

Kensington house prices fall by more than two times the average annual earnings in the last year

The latest research from the homebuying platform, YesHomebuyers , has revealed that over the last year, house prices in Kensington and Chelsea have fallen by more than twice the annual net salary in the borough.

The average house price across Britain has climbed by almost £24,000 in the last year, just shy of the average annual net earnings of £25,266.

In Hammersmith and...

The most expensive property postcodes of the West Midlands revealed

The latest research by Birmingham estate and lettings agent, Barrows and Forrester , has revealed which pockets of the prime West Midlands property market are currently seeing the highest prices paid for homes at £1m or above.

Barrows and Forrester analysed sold price records from the Land Registry over the last year and found that across the West Midlands county, the average price...

25 places where house prices have hopped the final SDLT holiday threshold since it launched

Research from the national estate agent, Keller Williams UK , has found that high rates of house price growth due to the stamp duty holiday have pushed the average house price in 25 areas of England above the final holiday threshold of £250,000.

While the first extension of the stamp duty holiday has now ended, there is still the opportunity of a stamp duty free purchase on homes up...

Help save Britain’s hedgehogs with ‘hedgehog highways’

the Experts in Property network of independent estate agencies across the South West is urging people to sign a petition to help protect hedgehogs, the UK’s iconic and much-loved garden visitor, which is now officially vulnerable to extinction.

Recently added to the Red List for Britain’s Mammals by the Mammal Society, it is estimated that our hedgehog population has seen a...

70% of homesellers decide immediately whether or not to sell to a buyer

Research by the next-generation, virtual property viewings platform, U-See Homes, has revealed how a bad first impression could be very costly for UK homebuyers

While the market is booming, it’s very much become a seller’s market as huge numbers of homebuyers battle it out for the limited amount of homes currently on the market.

But slim pickings on the supply side could...

Face to face viewings are a thing of the past

By Simon Dempsey - Marketing Director at U-See Technologies, the virtual tour curator

Landlines, steam trains, the telegram, VHS… eventually most things succumb to progress and die out as both technology and consumer attitudes change.

The pandemic has not changed anything but has accelerated everything, especially where digitisation and technology are concerned.

We’...

Leaseholds on the rise with 8% growth in five years

The latest research from Warwick Estates shows that leasehold homes are playing an increasingly significant role in the UK housing market after enjoying significant growth in the past couple of years.

There is an increasingly common narrative around the housing market that leaseholds should be a thing of the past. This argument often starts by saying leaseholds don’t give owners...

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