Top tips for getting your garden ready for entertaining again
The first tentative steps towards the easing of lockdown are being taken and from this week in England we should be able to welcome friends and family into our gardens again. It has been a long hard winter and we are all looking forward to being able to socialise more while spending more time out […]
Norwich – A Happy Place
Norwich has been ranked fifth in a list of the most family-friendly places to live in the UK. Research conducted by online retailer Play Like Mum, looked at the places those with young children might consider moving to in the country. Among the factors considered were the cost of childcare, percentage of outstanding schools, recorded […]
Rents and house prices expected to continue to grow
Increasing demand, together with the continued shortage of homes, means rents and house prices are still rising, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). A regular survey by RICS revealed an increase in tenant demand in the three months to February and an expectation that rents will rise over the coming year in […]
Heritage paint ranges for period properties
In recent times, homeowners, including landlords, with period properties have increasingly chosen to consider heritage ranges when renovating or redecorating. Recognising that certain shades work especially well with properties from particular eras they are perhaps more selective now than they have been in the past. As a result, many big name manufacturers continue to expand […]
Hope for a stamp duty holiday extension
Most people in the UK are hoping to hear that the current stamp duty holiday will be extended by Chancellor Rishi Sunak in next week’s budget, according to recent research. The reduction in the rate of stamp duty to zero per cent for all properties valued at £500,000 has been credited as being instrumental in keeping the […]
Build-to-rent housing supply increases
The number of completed build-to-rent homes increased in 2020, with the East of England seeing particularly high growth in future supply, despite the Covid-19 pandemic. Research published by the British Property Federation (BPF) shows the number of completed build-to-rent homes increased by 23 per cent in 2020. When looking at government EPC data on total […]
Students are looking for new homes
It’s that time of year again where students are considering where to live for the next academic year. It always seems very early, given that most of them won’t be moving in until early autumn or possibly the summer. And, with snow still on the ground and temperatures low, it is hard for many of […]
High tenant demand
Tenant demand reached a five-year high during the final quarter of 2020, research conducted on behalf of Paragon Bank has revealed. Nearly a third (32 per cent) of landlords reported increasing levels of tenant demand during the final three months of the year, the highest level since early 2016. The figure was up from 29 […]
Mirroring lettings process could help with conveyancing
Elements of the way agents let homes should be implemented by those selling properties, according to estate agency platform Gazeal. The antiquated conveyancing system could be more effective if it mirrored some of the best practice from the lettings process, it has stated. The digital platform says that the additional pressure on the conveyancing process […]
Top tips for setting up a home gym or workout area
The past year has seen lifestyle changes for all of us and for many this has meant exercising, as well as working and schooling our children, from home. Across the country, people have certainly been getting out and about more to go walking, running or cycling, and many have also been finding a corner of […]