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Average homeowner could save £1,000 a year under council tax shake up, but London and South East to pay more

The latest research by Yopa has revealed that the average household across England could be set to save £1,000 per year should the government decide to scrap stamp duty and replace current council tax with an annual homeowners tax.

Yopa analysed* the current average annual council tax bill across every local authority in England, then modelled what an annual homeowner tax could look like using...

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Local homebuilder reports significant contributions to Yorkshire communities in 2022

Barratt Developments Yorkshire, which includes the Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes brands, has reported significant social, economic and environmental contributions to the Yorkshire communities in which it builds over the course of the last year.

In 2022, the homebuilder built 1,369 new homes across the region, supporting 3,223 jobs through its own business and that of its...

Can you deck the halls in rental property?

With the festive season in full swing, homes up and down the country are being decked out with twinkling lights, glistening tinsel, and eye-catching Christmas trees. But, while homeowners are free to decorate as they please, Ocasa warns that renters need to demonstrate some decoration caution as to avoid finding themselves in hot water with their landlords.

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What One Small Housebuilder Is Doing To Be More Sustainable

By the team at Kebbell

Homebuyers are progressively valuing nature, lower energy bills and sustainability when searching for a new home. Equally, eco-choices are increasingly becoming embedded as part of new home developments. This includes high levels of insulation, using high-rated energy efficient appliances and, where possible, adding sustainable energy-saving features such as...

Top 5 Tips To Improve Your Home Security

The safety of your home requires your attention. Taking proper home security measures has become critical in the face of rising burglaries in the UK. The Office for National Statistics puts home burglaries in the UK at an average of 34 burglaries per hour, one occurring every 2 minutes.

Most new buyers factor in home security improvements in their purchase, according to Ben, a real...

Catalyst’s Shared Ownership homes now 50% reserved in one of Buckinghamshire’s most expensive postcodes

Catalyst’s new Shared Ownership homes at Kite Meadows have seen high demand since its launch last month, with over 50% of homes now reserved. Interest in this award-winning development remains high, with Catalyst offering an affordable route onto the property ladder in Princes Risborough, one of Buckinghamshire’s most expensive postcodes according to Zoopla.*

With the average...

Property industry reacts as asking prices fall

Director of Benham and Reeves, Marc von Grundherr, commented:

“The wheels may seem to be coming off the UK property market with this, the biggest fall in home asking prices that we’ve seen in quite a while, especially in specific parts of the country such as the South West which is cooling faster than most as it had fared better than other places during the pandemic in increase terms...

Tenants worse off as rents increase by up to 15% since last Christmas

The latest insight into the UK rental market from Ocasa , reveals that tenants in London have endured bigger rent price increases than anywhere else in the UK since last Christmas.

Tenants are struggling this Christmas. Along with the rest of the nation, they’re dealing with a cost of living crisis, driven by rising energy prices, and adding to this pressure is the rising price of...

The war in Ukraine dominates investment performance, but property remains one of the most reliable assets

Market analysis by Alliance Fund , the end to end real estate fund, reveals that, in a world of economic chaos and uncertainty, real estate continues to be one of the most reliable investment assets money can buy.

A lot has been said about the future of property values. After years of COVID-fuelled price booms, the economic uncertainty that much of the world now faces has led many...

Can Jeremy Hunt’s stretchy mortgage idea trump rising interest rates to help homeowners?

The latest mortgage market analysis by specialist property lending experts, Octane Capital , reveals that, with homeowners paying increasingly expensive mortgage repayments, Jeremy Hunt’s proposed idea of stretchy mortgages could save them more than £170 per month.

The current economic turbulence in the UK and beyond is causing some concern for homeowners who are seeing their monthly...

England’s 240,000 empty homes could provide shelter for the homeless this Christmas?

Research by London lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves, reveals that there are almost 240,000 vacant homes in England this Christmas which could, if the right authorities would enable it, provide immediate winter shelter for the nation’s homeless community.

As Christmas approaches, the majority of people will be looking forward to spending the festive period at home with...

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