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Sales in the UK increased last month but were well below a year ago
Residential property sales in the UK in December increased month on month but are still some way below where they were a year ago, the latest official data shows. Seasonally adjusted sales increased by 0.2% between November and December 2016 but this was 8.5% lower compared than the same month in 2015, according to the […] The post Sales in the UK increased last month but were well below a year ago appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →
Estate agents record more sales to first time buyers in UK
The number of people looking to buy a home in the UK increased at the end of 2016 with estate agents also recording record December sales to first time buyers. But the number of sales agreed fell despite the heightened interest from buyers overall, according to the latest monthly report from the National Association of […] The post Estate agents record more sales to first time buyers in UK appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →
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 →