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Million home value boom: 1m UK homes see value increases of 50 per cent or more in the last five years, an average gain of £117,400

House values have increased gradually by an average of 20 per cent since the 2020 pandemic, with some areas experiencing more significant value increases than others. This is despite a drop in buyer demand in 2023 caused by higher borrowing costs since 2022.

Homes see biggest increase in value in northern England and Wales

Over half of the homes that have seen their value increase by...

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Elan Secures Bewdley Site For New Homes

ELAN Homes is working up detailed plans to provide new homes in Bewdley, Worcestershire, after securing an 8.25 acre site.

The land on Stourport Road holds an outline planning consent for up to 100 dwellings.

Ben Jowett, head of land at Elan Homes Midlands, said: “We won the site in Bewdley in a competitive bidding process. The site purchase was achieved in a very quick...

Spring energy bill saving set to be eradicated by April price increase

The latest research by tax specialists, RIFT Tax Refunds , has revealed that while the average household was set to save hundreds of pounds on their energy bill due warmer temperatures and longer days, this saving will be wiped out by the energy price guarantee increase due in April.

RIFT analysed how our household energy consumption differs throughout the seasons and how much the...

LRG Appointed to Manage and Maintain BTR properties in popular Medway waterfront development

National property services group Leaders Romans Group (LRG) has been instructed by Medway Development Company to manage and maintain 86 PRS Build to Rent (BTR) properties which are currently being constructed in the popular new riverside development in Chatham, Kent.

LRG will manage 15 two-bed apartments at Garrison Point, a tranquil development of 106 one and two-bedroom apartments...

Elan's Expansion Continues With Energy Efficient New Homes In Lower Darwen Coming Soon

ELAN Homes is continuing to expand across Lancashire with its fourth development in the county due to launch soon. The homebuilder has planning consent to build 76 new homes in Lower Darwen.

Known as Tower Gardens , the latest scheme is taking shape across an 8.64 acre site off Milking Lane and Millbank Road. The land was acquired from Barnfield Blackburn Ltd, a joint venture between...

Andrea Fawell, Sales & Marketing Director at Kebbell

International Women’s Day: 10 Ways to Pursue Gender Equality In The Property Industry

Despite some progress, 48% of buy-to-let investors in the UK are now women, still only 11% of the UK construction industry (made up of over 2.5 million people) are women. In light of International Women’s Day, it is important to explore how we can continue to improve and champion gender equality in the property industry in what still continues to be a male-dominated field.

Andrea...

10 Benefits of Buying a New Build Home

It is easy to take one look at the current climate and feel uncertain as to whether now is a good time to move but new build homes are offering buyers greater security and ease in a fluctuating market. With ‘New Homes Week’ from 27th February – 3rd March, Andrea Fawell, Sales and Marketing Director of Kebbell, reveals the main 10 key benefits to buying a new build home over an older property...

New Homes in Warton Offer Flexible Living

WHETHER you’re climbing onto the housing ladder or scaling up your home, the Snowdon from Anwyl Homes is sure to pique your interest.

The Snowdon is among the three and four-bedroom energy efficient new build homes available in Warton as part of the Mill Green development.

Stefan and Joanna chose the three-storey Snowdon home at another Anwyl development because of its...

Barratt Developments welcomes local MP Nick Fletcher to Kings Lodge development in Doncaster

Late last year saw local housebuilder, Barratt Developments, welcome MP Nick Fletcher to its nearby development, Kings Lodge, to meet with the award-winning Site Manager.

MP Nick Fletcher was welcomed onto the local development by Barratt Developments Yorkshire East’s Managing Director Daniel Smith and Site Manager Darren Thornton, where he received an insightful tour of the site,...

Award-winning Site Manager Overseeing Construction Of New Homes In Poynton

NEW homes in Poynton are being built under the supervision of an award-winning site manager celebrating a decade of working for Elan Homes. Wayne Aron has been appointed the site manager at Hazelfields , on Hazelbadge Road.

A total of 133 new homes are being built across 7.47 acres of a 20.45 acre site, with the balance taken up by open space and woodland.

“I started out as...

Retired couple won over by energy efficient homes by the South coast

Moving house later in life can be a daunting prospect, but retired couple Jenny (65) and Nicholas Porter (68) are thrilled with the lifestyle benefits of living at Dandara’s Paddock View scheme, in the tranquil West Sussex village of Yapton.

The Porters were previously living in a large recently built development in the nearby town of Littlehampton, but were urged to move to reap the...

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