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Industry reacts as property values cool

CEO of Alliance, the Real Estate Fund, Iain Crawford commented:

“Despite the challenges of economic uncertainty the housing market continues to hold up pretty well, with the latest figures showing prices marginally down when compared to last month. As expected, challenges such as increased mortgage costs and the usual seasonal slowdown at this time of year have started to bring us...

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Industry reacts as property values cool in October

CEO of Alliance Fund, Iain Crawford, commented:

“The property market is still standing firm, but we’re now seeing concrete signs that the marathon period of double-digit price hikes spurred by the pandemic are coming to an end.

While this certainly doesn’t signal that a market collapse is on the horizon, the latest mortgage approval data From the Bank of England also shows...

Property values climb 15.5% Industry reaction

Property values climb 15.5% - Industry reaction

Property values climb 15.5% - Industry reaction Property industry reaction to the latest UK House Price Index

The latest index shows that house prices climbed by 15.5% annually in July, up by 2% on a monthly basis alone.

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

“The extreme resilience demonstrated by the property market so far this year continues to...

Andrew Williams Comment on the new Prime Minister and Secretary of State from a Property Perspective

Comment on the new Prime Minister and Secretary of State from a Property Perspective

Comment on the new Prime Minister and Secretary of State from a Property Perspective Andrew Williams, Managing Director, Boyer (part of Leaders Romans Group )

Practically every senior role in the political administration of the country is now new to their role.

With a new Prime Minister and a new Secretary of State for Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities, we could...

Monday 20th June Rightmove House Price Index - Industry reaction

Monday 20th June Rightmove House Price Index - Industry reaction

Monday 20th June Rightmove House Price Index - Industry reaction The latest index shows that: -
  • Price of property coming to market hits a fifth consecutive record of £368,614, albeit only up by a modest 0.3% in the month (+£1,113), as the pace of price growth slows
  • Affordability constraints, a better balance between supply and demand, and usual seasonal price drops will
  • ...
Street scene plans of the Barratt Homes development at Highgrove at Wynyard Park

Wynyard community set for £1.6m investment thanks to Barratt Developments

Wynyard is set for investment of over £1.6 million thanks to a new housing development by Barratt Developments North East.

The highly anticipated new development, Highgrove at Wynyard Park will offer prospective buyers the choice of a new home within a prestigious estate from a collection by both Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes, the leading brands from the 5-star housebuilder...

New-build market transactions plummet during the pandemic

New-build market transactions plummet during the pandemic

The top 20 towns and cities driving £6bn worth of new homes purchases

The latest research by the new-build sales optimisation platform, Unlatch , has highlighted which towns and cities in England and Wales saw the highest value of new homes sold in 2021 as almost £6bn worth of new-build property was purchased.

Unlatch analysed property transaction records from the Land Registry...

New Appointment to Support Kingswood Homes Growth Plans property

New Appointment to Support Kingswood Homes Growth Plans

Kingswood Homes is sharpening its skills set after welcoming new senior planner Kieran Blaydes to support its growth plans

The ambitious housebuilder aims to increase its output from 100 to 200 homes a year and progressing developments through the planning process will be key to achieving those targets.

“I previously worked as a planning consultant to housebuilders preparing planning...

Top 10 cities to flip a house revealed by new report property

Top 10 cities to 'flip' a house revealed by new report

The top 10 cities to ‘flip’ a house in the UK revealed
  • New report names Manchester as the best place to ‘flip’ a house for profit
  • Renovators in Liverpool are adding the most value with +£20,000 on average
  • Seven of the top 10 cities are in Northern England or Scotland

A new report has named Manchester as the best place to ‘flip’ a house by analysing...