New research by Rathbones Group shows buy to lets and holiday homes in tourist hotspots have been particularly vulnerable, with rising borrowing costs and weaker capital gains undermining their long-term investment case.
The average annual increase in house prices between 2016 and 2024 is around half the 7%+ yearly average recorded between 1995 and 2016:
National property consultancy Carter Jonas has been instructed by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) to advise on the delivery of the regeneration of Catterick Garrison town centre.
Catterick Garrison has grown to be the largest Army base in the UK and requires an area for people to gather and spend their leisure time. The need for a good quality town centre, alongside...
National property consultancy Carter Jonas has secured planning consent on behalf of Pigeon for up to 213 new homes, amenity space, allotments and areas for outdoor play and landscaping on land off Burley Road in Oakham, Rutland. Planning permission was granted by Rutland County Council.
Of the 213 homes, 64 (30%) will be affordable housing. The scheme will also provide a circular...
Searching for a pub or restaurant for sale can be an exciting yet daunting process for those looking to embark on the next stage of their culinary journey. Whether it be identifying the ideal location, choosing between leasehold, freehold and tenancy, or assessing financial viability, numerous factors play a crucial role in finding the perfect premises. Whether you're a seasoned investor or a...
View Property is celebrating a double win in the British Property Awards as each of its offices takes the ‘best in town’ Gold award for the third year running.
The British Property Awards is a unique awards provider that does everything differently. Judging is not based on customer reviews or nominations, and entry is not subject to a fee. Instead, the team of judges independently...
The Government’s ambition for the planning and development sector, as cited in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill, is to achieve ‘full digitalisation of the system’, with the objective of making the planning process faster and more efficient. It proposes that standardised and reusable data be used to inform plan-making, that digitalisation allows both plans and their underpinning data to...
There’s no denying that investment within the private rented sector (PRS) is being challenged. But while individual landlords are increasingly being compromised, the rental sector provides greater opportunity to institutional investors than ever before.
Analysis released by the British Property Federation (BPF) on 20 October states that the sector could be worth £170bn by 2032 as a...
In its revisions to the NPPF, the Government committed to ‘build enough of the right homes in the right places with the right infrastructure’. Unfortunately it has set out to achieve this by blaming the failure to do so on developers – specifically ‘bad developers’ who ‘play the planning system’.
Michael Gove also tabled an amendment to the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill in a...
This Spring, David Wilson Homes’ Ryebank Gate development in Yapton joined Plantlife’s national #NoMowMay 2023 campaign, leaving the designated areas free from lawnmowers until the end of July. This is in light of new research, which recently found that mowing a lawn less frequently can provide enough nectar sugar for ten times the number of pollinating insects, such as bees and butterflies...
This National Walking Month, the sales teams from housebuilder David Wilson Southern Counties have embarked on two walking challenges amounting to 28 miles as part of their fundraising activities for their 2023 charity of the year, St Barnabas House. Thanks to generous local support, the team has raised a total of £3,775 so far for the charity.