The Home Show

Candidates Wanted Most of us dream of owning our own home but for a lot of first time-buyers it will stay a dream for a very long time as soaring property prices and needing a big chunk of money for...

Britain’s Biggest Buy-to-Let Landlord Bans “Coloureds” & Battered Wives

Britain’s biggest buy-to-let landlord has banned so called “coloureds” from renting his properties “because of the curry smell.” In an email to letting agent Evolution Properties, Fergus Wilson ordered: “No coloured people because of the curry smell at the end of...

£2bn Birmingham-Chinese Housing Agreement

City council leader John Clancy has agreed a deal with Country Garden, a Chinese housing developer, to invest and build in Birmingham in a move that could be worth £2bn to Birmingham’s economy. Country Garden, based in Guangdong, is to...

More People To Live With Parents

According to the insurance company Aviva, millions of young people are expected to find themselves living with their parents over the next decade. The core reason for this is the affordability of housing, which is increasing more and more. The study...

Now Cheaper to Rent than Buy in British Cities

According to new data released by property website Zoopla, it is now cheaper to rent a property in a British city as opposed to buying one. Zoopla analysed the monthly cost of renting a two-bedroomed home, compared to servicing a mortgage,...

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%. ...

Young Entrepreneur Tani Dulay leads on £13m Midland regeneration scheme

Developer Woodbourne Group has this week submitted a planning application for a 70-unit home scheme at West Bromwich’s Black Lake. The planning application seeks permission to demolish the part-derelict industrial estate to make way for a £13m project. If the...

Home Reposessions Fall

Numbers at their Lowest Since 2006 The figure of homes being reposed has fallen by 26% compared to the previous year, the lowest since 2006. Out of the 21,000 the total number of repossessions, 16,100 were on owner occupied properties, and...

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...

Solihull to receive an influx of homes

Restructured proposals to build thousands of homes across Solihull are set to be put to the public. Residents are to be asked their views on sites assigned for development. The latest draft of the council's Local Plan Review, which would...