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Car parks across UK could be used to build new homes, research suggests
Hundreds of thousands of new homes could be built on car parks in the UK without losing parking facilities and helping to boost the number of properties being built, new research suggests. Some 400,000 new homes could be built on 10,500 ‘surface’ car parks in towns and cities around the country, enough to house around […] The post Car parks across UK could be used to build new homes, research suggests appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →
Substantial increase in new home building needed to meet UK targets by 2020
The UK Government’s target of building a million new homes by 2020 will only be met if there is a substantial increase in construction, according to a new report. The need for housing in England has in recent years grown faster than its supply and despite a target of delivering a million new homes by […] The post Substantial increase in new home building needed to meet UK targets by 2020 appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →
Rents outside of London up by 2.3% year on year but flat for fifth month in a row
Rents paid by private sector tenants in Great Britain outside of London rose by 2.3% in the 12 months to December 2016, unchanged for the fifth month in a row, the latest official figures show. In England rents were up by 2.5%, in Wales they increased by 0.3% and in Scotland they were up by […] The post Rents outside of London up by 2.3% year on year but flat for fifth month in a row appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →