Property

For most of us, buying a house is the most expensive thing we will ever purchase. Getting onto the property ladder is a huge step in life. So what do you need to consider? Location This is crucial. Location has a huge impact on the price of the property. For example, if you were to buy a 2 bedroom apartment in Bristol BS1 you could spend around £800,000. Yet the same sort of property just over the bridge in Chepstow...

Whether you live in your property or are offering it for rental, you can benefit from renovations. Renovating your property increases its value, and many renovation efforts have a bigger impact on the value of a property than the cost of the improvement itself. By choosing the right projects, you can get an outsized return on your investment while also making the property more enjoyable to live in for yourself or your tenants. Here are some of the best ways...

By Lynda Clark, First Time Buyer Magazine With the Halifax having just announced that first time buyers in the Capital will need a £100,000 deposit to get onto the housing ladder, many Londoners may be left wondering how they will ever be able to secure their first home.  There are, in fact, many different ways that first time buyers might be able to find a way to buy a home of their own for less but they may need to...

The number of new homes been built in England in 2016 was DOWN on the previous year despite the country been in the midst of a housing crisis. Just 140,650 new homes were built in 2016, down from 142,600 in 2015 and well short of the 250,000 the government says required. The problem is most pronounced in London, where new figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that, without accounting for inflation, the average house price in London has grown...

By Andrew Screen, Director at CBRE  Following the recent RICS Real Estate Investors’ Conference, held in Holborn, featured panellist, Andrew Screen, Senior Director at CBRE explores the evolution of the UK’s Private Rented Sector and build-to-rent funding. The Private Rented Sector has undergone much evolution over the past five years, particularly with the creation of the Private Rented Sector Taskforce as well as the Build-to-Rent fund. The Taskforce was created to improve the quality of existing rented accommodation and to...

One of central London's smallest detached homes has been put on the market for the first time in 50 years for a big price -- almost three times the UK average. The pint-sized pad has just 290sq/ft of floor space and is in need of a full renovation. But despite the size and condition, the "gem" is in the middle of Chelsea, so has an asking price of £600,000. Walk through the front door of the home on Britten Street...

By Bea Patel, TLE Property Editor and Director of Shop for an Agent On 7 February 2017, the Government announced its plan to fix the broken housing market, as published in the 104-page housing white paper. The Government admits the housing market is broken and sets to build more affordable houses and help people buy and rent. On average, 160,000 homes have been built a year since the seventies. The Government says we need between 225,000 to 275,000 homes a...

The steady rise of house prices in the capital seems like a subject which is rarely out of the news. Over the past 10 years, despite the threats of the financial crisis and Brexit, the London housing market has not only remained strong, but also grown. New research by online property portal Settled, shows just how much the average price of homes in the capital have grown over over the past couple of decades. Using data sourced from the UK...

An incredible country estate used to film scenes in Braveheart is being sold for £24 MILLION by a descendent of the Guinness brewing family. Luggala is one of Ireland's best-known homes having been used in film and TV and hosted the likes of Michael Jackson. It was built in the 18th century and, in the 1930s, was bought by Ernest Guinness who gave the property to his daughter Oonagh as a wedding present. The main home on the 5,000 acre...