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Britain's most desirable military towns where homes command premiums as high as 51%

The latest research from eXp UK has revealed that homes located close to some of Britain's most prominent military towns command a price premium of up to 51% when compared to property values across their wider local authority areas.

eXp UK analysed property values across 12 postcode districts home to major Army, Navy and RAF locations, comparing the average sold price in each area to that of...

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Barratt Developments welcomes local MP Nick Fletcher to Kings Lodge development in Doncaster

Late last year saw local housebuilder, Barratt Developments, welcome MP Nick Fletcher to its nearby development, Kings Lodge, to meet with the award-winning Site Manager.

MP Nick Fletcher was welcomed onto the local development by Barratt Developments Yorkshire East’s Managing Director Daniel Smith and Site Manager Darren Thornton, where he received an insightful tour of the site,...

Award-winning Site Manager Overseeing Construction Of New Homes In Poynton

NEW homes in Poynton are being built under the supervision of an award-winning site manager celebrating a decade of working for Elan Homes. Wayne Aron has been appointed the site manager at Hazelfields , on Hazelbadge Road.

A total of 133 new homes are being built across 7.47 acres of a 20.45 acre site, with the balance taken up by open space and woodland.

“I started out as...

Retired couple won over by energy efficient homes by the South coast

Moving house later in life can be a daunting prospect, but retired couple Jenny (65) and Nicholas Porter (68) are thrilled with the lifestyle benefits of living at Dandara’s Paddock View scheme, in the tranquil West Sussex village of Yapton.

The Porters were previously living in a large recently built development in the nearby town of Littlehampton, but were urged to move to reap the...

Catalyst’s Award-Winning Newman Place now 85% sold

A reflection of the demand for Shared Ownership homes in Oxfordshire, 85% of properties at Newman Place, Catalyst’s award-winning development in Littlemore, are now reserved.

Shared Ownership is particularly rare in this notoriously expensive area, where the average price of a flat is £359,230*. Providing first time buyers with the opportunity to own a home near Oxford’s city centre...

Key workers most in need of a housing affordability boost

Research by the Gradual Homeownership provider, Wayhome , has revealed which key workers currently face the toughest challenge when it comes to house price affordability, based on their house price to income ratio, as well as which have seen the largest reduction in affordability since the start of the pandemic.

Wayhome analysed current housing affordability across 20 key worker...

What to do if one tenant leaves your property

When you have more than one tenant in your property – whether that’s a couple, two or more friends, or an HMO house share – there’s always the possibility that one of them might leave. A couple may split up, friends might fall out or their financial or other personal circumstances could change during the tenancy, meaning the property is simply no longer suitable or affordable.

While...

Malta offers huge reductions for Golden Passports

Malta offers huge reductions for Golden Passports, but the Caribbean remains the most affordable location

Research by Astons , the international experts on real estate, residency and citizenship through investment, reveals which global nations have seen the largest increases and decreases in the cost and time required to gain citizenship through investment.

There are 13...

Real wage growth at -4.2% across the UK

The latest research by tax specialists, RIFT Tax Refunds , has revealed that real wage growth currently sits at 4.2% across the UK, with just four other G10 nations currently home to a worse balance between wage growth and inflation.

RIFT analysed the current rate of real wage growth based on the increase seen in earnings versus the current rate of inflation across each G10 nation to...

What to do if your tenant stops paying their rent

Allison Thompson, Group Lettings Managing Director, Leaders Romans Group (LRG)

If you’re a landlord over the long term, the reality is that you’ll probably have a tenant default on their rent at some point. They may simply have forgotten to make payment; it could be a bank error, or they might be in financial difficulty and having trouble making ends meet, or they could be...

Few Landlords Plan to Sell Up in 2023 Despite Speculation

In the past year there have been many claims that the days of the amateur landlord making a profit on a buy to let (BTL) property investment are over. But that is far from true, according to research of the landlords themselves by property services specialist Leaders Romans Group (LRG).

In early February, LRG surveyed 271 landlords across its country-wide estate agency brands, from...

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