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Young landlords turning to TikTok for buy-to-let advice, specialists warn

Millennial and Gen Z landlords now make up 60% [1] of new buy-to-let investors in England and Wales. However, new analysis from Just Landlords reveals that many may be relying on social media for investment guidance, sparking concerns that they could be missing out on professional advice and vital legal know-how.

There are currently over 516,000 posts under #PropertyInvestment on TikTok, with...

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From Big Ben to Burnham: well-connected living for countryside newbies

For the first time on record, 2021 saw first-time buyers make up nearly a quarter (24%) of Londoners buying outside the capital. The capital’s loss is the home counties gain with these buyers prepared to move 24% further out of the city than pre pandemic, as hybrid working looks set to continue. *

With this change in preference for first time buyers comes a huge demand for properties...

Average time to sell a home drops as pandemic market backlog clears

Estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk has released its latest look at the time it’s taking to sell a home, with the data showing the huge market delays experienced during much of the pandemic have finally started to clear.

GetAgent tracks the average time to sell a home across England and Wales based on the point at which a property is listed for sale and the point at which...

Housebuilder puts new homes in reach for first-time buyers

Local housebuilder Barratt Homes has launched its brand-new Home Reach scheme alongside partner heylo at its Aylesham Village development on Dorman Avenue North. Buyers need only a five per cent deposit the part buy - part rent scheme, to secure their first one or two-bedroom apartment.

The scheme aims to provide an alternative low cost route to allow more first-time buyers to get...

Carter Jonas Achieves Planning Consent for Barratt and David Wilson Homes in Cambridge

National property consultancy Carter Jonas has secured planning consent on behalf of Barratt and David Wilson Homes (Eastern Counties) to deliver 410 homes (of which 40% are affordable housing) in North West Cambridge, on part of a larger scheme known as Darwin Green 1.

Consent was awarded by Cambridge City Council on 15 December.

The Reserved Matters planning consent is for...

NEW YEAR, NEW HOME: NEW PHASE LAUNCHES AT BARRATT LONDON’S SPRINGFIELD PLACE, TOOTING

A new phase launched at Barratt London’s popular Springfield Place development in Tooting Bec. Foxglove House will consist of 18 one, two and three-bedroom apartments, available for private sale from £450,000.

Due to complete in summer 2022, the phase is expected to sell exceptionally quickly, having already attracted a large number of first-time buyers priced out of neighbouring...

ASHRIDGE GRANGE LAUNCHED WITH POST-PANDEMIC LIVING IN MIND

On Saturday 29th January 2022, David Wilson Homes will launch its brand new Ashridge Grange development in the award-winning market town of Wokingham. Once complete, the development will provide local buyers with a selection of one, two, three and four-bedroom homes. The UK’s leading housebuilder has recently started work on the development, with the show home scheduled to be unveiled in the...

Carter Jonas Confirms Sale of Land at Cayton, Scarborough to Barratt Developments

National property consultancy Carter Jonas, acting on behalf of private landowners, has sold a residential development site on Church Lane in Cayton, near Scarborough, to Barratt Developments plc, the UK’s largest housebuilder.

Carter Jonas was instructed to sell the development site with the benefit of outline planning permission. Barratt was selected as the preferred...

FIRST TIME BUYER HOME SHOW RETURNS TO LONDON

First time buyers in London struggling to find a way onto the property will once again be able to find out all they need to know at the First Time Buyer Home Show. The independent, advice-focussed property show is set to return to London on Saturday 19th March, in conjunction with National Home Buying Week – a campaign designed to educate and inspire homeownership.

Taking place at...

Carter Jonas Confirms Promotion Agreement Entered into for Land in Malmesbury, North Wiltshire

National property consultancy, Carter Jonas, acting on behalf of a private landowner client, has agreed a Promotion Agreement with Hill Residential , in this popular North Wiltshire market town.

The 64 acre site, which is currently agricultural land adjoining the town boundary, will be promoted for a residential-led development of up to 500 dwellings with ancillary uses as necessary...

Now is the time to sell to take advantage of the homebuyer spring surge

Research by estate and lettings agent, Barrows and Forrester , has revealed that now is the time to list your home on the market in order to take advantage of the spring surge in market activity that’s about to hit the property market.

Barrows and Forrester analysed residential transactions across England and Wales by month over the last five years, looking at the average number of...

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