Australasia
New home sales and approvals falling in Australia
New home sales in Australia fell by 8.5% in October to a two year low but the slum is not unexpected as the housing market is coming to the end of its longest and strongest building upturn. The figures from the Housing Industry Association (HIA) report show that detached house sales fell by 8.2% and […] The post New home sales and approvals falling in Australia appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →
Research reveals the costs of setting up as a buy to let landlord
More than one in five, some 21% of UK landlords have to wait longer than four months before signing up their first tenants, according to new research into buy to let purchasing. But 53% of landlords have paying tenants within a couple of months of completing their first buy to let but for other delays […] The post Research reveals the costs of setting up as a buy to let landlord appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →
Change could let developers build homes on green belt land
A Government initiative to remove protections on one part of the UK’s green belt in return for creating a new area of protected land elsewhere is expected to be given the go ahead next month. The move is expected to be publicly backed by ministers in a White Paper in December and is seen as […] The post Change could let developers build homes on green belt land appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →