East Midlands has had 19,743 property purchases with Help to Buy equity loan
* Over 169,102 completed Help to Buy equity loan purchases have been made since 2013.
* Leicestershire has had the most completed Help to Buy property purchases (5,177).
* Rutland revealed to have had the least property sales from Help to...
Landlords Predict Slower Rent Rises
Landlords Estimate That Rents Will Increase By 1.8% In The Next Year.
Landlords in the UK expect rent rises to slow over the next 12 months to below the target rate of inflation, according to a the latest survey from...
Jewellery Quarters New Apartment Project
A new development is set to make
way for apartments after a series of run-down industrial buildings in the
Jewellery Quarter are to be partially demolished.
The project at 27-33 Great Hampton
Street will be created...
Dubai Property Prices
IMF No Longer ConcernedThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) has announced that it is no longer concerned about a property price bubble in Dubai.
According to Masood Ahmed, head of the IMF's Middle East and Central Asia Department, price growth on...
Selly Oak Hospital Home for Nurses to be Renovated into Luxury Apartments
A home for Selly Oak Hospital nurses on Willow Road, Bournville is to be renovated into 18 luxury apartments
The landmark was built in 1907 to help provide accommodation for nurses at Selly Oak Hospital. The conversion and restoration work...
Low-Income Tenants Struggling With Rising Rents
New research indicates low-income tenants are now spending an average of 28% of their wages on rent, up from 21% in the mid-1990s.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies says low earners have been hit by substantial cuts to housing benefit,...
A Landlord Fined More Than £180,000
A "rogue landlord" who left tenants living in unacceptable living conditions in Selly Oak and Edgbaston has been ordered to pay a ground-breaking fine.
Leila Amjadi, who runs Vertu Capital Ltd, was found guilty of 35 offences against four properties...
Buyers Paying More for a Home
Sales of Homes Stay LowAs the supply of homes for sale in the UK remains low, one in five buyers are paying more than the asking price to secure their dream property, according to the National Association of Estate...
House Lending Almost 10% Up
Fastest Month on Month IncreaseHouse lending approvals have seen the fastest month on month increase in over five and a half years, up 9.1%.
There were 65,778 house purchase approvals but on an annual basis they fell 12.9%. ...
‘Political Uncertainty’ to blame for UK housing market decline
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) has indicated that ‘political uncertainty’ around issues such as Brexit are at the source of the halt in the UK property market.
The official surveyors’ body, which reports that the market has dropped...
