Affordable housing gets a £.9bn boost
by The Heywoods TeamNearly £900m allocated to boost affordable house building is announced as the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) earmarks £886 million for 160 housing providers across England. The HCA said a to... Nearly £900m allocated to...
Rise of the young renters
by The Heywoods TeamThe English Housing Survey has revealed that a rising proportion of young people have been squeezed out of the housing market in England and are renting privately instead.The proportion o... The English Housing Survey has revealed...
What's Hot, What's Not summer 2014?
by The Heywoods TeamThe sizzling summer of 2014 may go down in history as one to rival the summer of 1976. Not to be outdone by the weather, Rachel Johnston of Stacks Property Search identifies property's hot list.... The sizzling summer of 2014 may...
New high for HTB completions recorded in June
by The Heywoods TeamThe government's Help to Buy loan scheme was used by over 4,000 households in England to buy properties in June, the highest monthly total since the scheme began in 2013. The latest government d... The government's Help to Buy...
FTBs could struggle for over 20 years to save a deposit
by The Heywoods TeamThe average person could take as long as 22 years to save up for a deposit according to a new report today based on CML figures. The latest Money Statistics report, out today, has uncovered that... The average person could take as...
Small property sales soar in hottest July for 7 years
by The Heywoods TeamJuly has reported a 50% rise in sales of smaller properties in Edinburgh, the Lothians and Fife contributing towards the highest overall sales for the month since 2007. According to latest figur... July has reported a 50% rise in...
Market is ‘awash with first-time buyers’
by The Heywoods TeamLast month was the strongest July for house purchase lending for seven years – since the start of the financial crisis – with the market “awash” with first-time buyers.E.surv, part of LSL... Last month was the strongest...
House prices shoot up 10.2% in a year, claims ONS
by The Heywoods TeamHouse prices in the UK went up 10.2% in the year to June, the Office for National Statistics has said.Excluding London and the south-east, UK house prices rose by 6.3%.It says hous... House prices in the UK went up 10.2% in the...
First wave of projects announced for £1bn housing scheme
by The Heywoods TeamEric Pickles announces the first wave of projects to benefit from a £1 billion scheme to provide new homes. Eric Pickles today (15 August 2014) announced the first wave of projects to benefit fr... Eric Pickles announces the...
Landlords reject online agents, social media
by The Heywoods TeamOne of the country’s largest surveys of landlords shows that over half of them would never use an online letting agent over a traditional high street agent. The analysis of responses fr... One of the country's largest surveys of...