News Tag: houses
November 26, 2009
Being near a top performing primary school in England can add as much as £19,500 to the value of a home, research by Nationwide Building Society has found. Houses near a school where every 11-year-old achieves at least a level four in their Sats exams are worth 11% more than average, Nationwide discovered. However, just 2.4% of primary schools in England achieve this 100% pass rate. A 10% increase in Sats pass rates ...
Homes near top schools worth £20,000 more
by David MastersBeing near a top performing primary school in England can add as much as £19,500 to the value of a home, research by Nationwide Building Society has found. Houses near a school where every 11-year-old achieves at least a level four in their Sats exams are worth 11% more than average, Nationwide discovered. However, just 2.4% of primary schools in England achieve this 100% pass rate. A 10% increase in Sats pass rates ...
September 3, 2009
Flats and apartments are now more popular than houses in the high-end property market, it emerged this week.
London-based property consultancy firm Black Brick said whereas 12 months ago people were looking for big houses to live in as a home or second home, the focus now is on buying flats and apartments as an investment.
"We've noticed a real demand for apartments as ...
Apartments popular for high-end investors
by David Masters
January 7, 2009
Upmarket estate agent, Knight Frank, has reported that owners of prime country houses are becoming more realistic when it comes to selling.
Prices for prime country residences fell by an average 16% during 2008 but the decline accelerated in the last three months of the year, when values plummeted by 9%.
City job losses in the fall out from the ...
Prime country houses catch up with market downturn
by Gill Montia
December 22, 2008
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) is urging the Government to make use of an estimated 750,000 empty homes to house people who are already homeless or will become so by being repossessed.
Since June 2006, local authorities in England and Wales have had the power to issue Empty Dwelling Management Orders (EDMOs) on properties that have been vacant for ...
Rics wants government action on empty houses
by Gill Montia
November 24, 2008
House building figures for the three months to the end of September have been released by the Department of Communities and Local Government.
The statistics show that new housing starts in England stood at an estimated 22,200, with the seasonally adjusted figure down 33% of the previous three months and 48% lower than a year earlier.
During the three months to the end of ...
New housing starts fall 48%
by Gill Montia
October 2, 2008
Barratt Developments is less than optimistic about the future direction of UK property prices.
According to reports in The Telegraph and Daily Mail, the housebuilder is offering a huge discount to property investors who are prepared to buy five or more flats or houses from its Yorkshire East division.
This week, Nationwide reported that UK house prices fell by 12.4% in the ...
Barratt offers 43% discount on new homes
by Gill Montia
August 26, 2008
Accountancy firm, BDO Stoy Hayward, has revealed the extent to which criminals are targeting housing associations in scams that are costing the sector up to £400 million a year.
BDO head of fraud services, Simon Bevan, believes that fraudsters are attracted to social landlords because they make easier prey than the banks.
Last year the firm was instructed in four investigations relating to housing associations ...
Fraudsters infiltrate housing associations
by Gill Montia
