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Local schoolchildren open new show home at Zephyr Place, Devizes

Earlier this month, award-winning, independent housebuilder Redcliffe Homes welcomed pupils from The Trinity CE Primary Academy to officially open its new show home at Zephyr Place in Devizes.

Six pupils from the school helped cut the ribbon before touring The Banbury show home, a four-bedroom detached property designed for modern family living. The visit marked an important milestone for the...

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Downsizers release 340,000 bedrooms per year into the UK housing market

Downsizers are helping to ease the housing crisis by putting an average of 343,000 bedrooms a year back onto the UK housing market, according to new data analysis from over-50's property specialists, Quickmove Properties ,

Quickmove Properties has estimated how many property sales downsizers accounted for in the UK in 2023* and, using additional data collected in a recent downsizer...

Major sporting venues bring gold for buy-to-let investors

The latest market insight from London's largest lettings and sales estate agent brand*, Foxtons , has revealed that rental properties within arm's reach of one of the capital's major sporting venues are putting in a stronger performance for buy-to-let investors when compared to the boroughs in which they are located.

Foxtons analysed current market data on both rental and house price...

Homeowners continue to face higher rate of inflation

The latest analysis by estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk , has revealed that while topline inflation (CPI), the Government's main measure of inflation for macroeconomic management purposes, may have eased to 2.2%, the ONS headline measure of inflation (CPIH) which includes costs associated with owning, maintaining and living in a home, remains much higher at 3.1%.

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Public sector driving growth across the lending landscape

The latest analysis by specialist lending experts, Rangewell , has revealed that it's the public administration sector that is one of the key sectors driving growth across the lending landscape, having seen a 26.7% increase in the monthly amount outstanding from UK monetary financial institutions.

Rangewell analysed the latest Bank of England figures* looking at industrial analysis...

Landlords face a £24bn bill to make rental properties more energy efficient

New research from leading property technology provider Reapit reveals that an estimated 2.7 million rental properties across Great Britain will need to be retrofitted with some form of energy efficiency measure, to hit new government EPC targets by 2030.

Reapit reviewed a representative sample of rental properties managed using its platform to estimate how many properties currently...

Prime London remains a buyers market

The latest research London lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves , has revealed which areas of the prime London market are leading the charge when it comes to the highest rate of annual house price growth, as the average price achieved per square foot remains down -2.7% across the top tier of the capital's market as a whole.

Benham and Reeves analysed house price data from...

Harry Parker joins Lanpro’s London office as EIA Technical Director

Harry Parker has joined Lanpro’s London office as EIA Technical Director.

Harry is a consultant with 17 years’ experience within Environmental Impact Assessments and related work. He joins Lanpro from Enviroguide (part of the DNV group) in Ireland where he was Technical Director and EIA division lead, specialising on residential and renewable developments.

Prior to that, he...

Is there a Role for AI in Strategic Planning? by Pete Canavan, Partner, Carter Jonas

I have been a planner in local authority and in private practice. I have written Local Plans, scrutinised economics, and demographics, and I have guided the strategies which deliver significant development schemes.

In my career to date, I have been at the ‘coal face’ policy writing, and I have had to balance the competing (and often sharply political) priorities which abound. I have...

Why is there a need for more energy efficiency in block management? By Robert Poole, Director, Glide (part of LRG)

The shift towards greater energy efficiency within block management is crucial due to environmental, economic, and regulatory pressures. As urban populations grow and the impacts of climate change become more apparent, the need to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions from residential buildings has never been more urgent.

Improving energy efficiency aligns with the British...

Can we build 370,000 homes a year? By Lawrence Turner, Director, Boyer

The new Labour government has committed to building 370,000 homes per year, but is it realistic?

The housing crisis in the UK is a complex issue that has been building for decades. The shortage of homes has led to soaring prices, putting homeownership out of reach for many. Successive governments have pledged to address the crisis by building 300,000 homes per year and the new...

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