Estate agents are being urged to adopt a personal safety code in a campaign launched 30 years after Suzy Lamplugh disappeared after meeting a man to view a house in London. She was just 25 years old when she went missing at a time when there were no mobile phones with the only clue left […] The post Personal safety code for estate agents launched 30 years after Suzy disappeared appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading
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UK sees first time buyer mortgages rise as buy to let slows
Home owners in the UK borrowed £12.2 billion for house purchases in August, up 14% month on month and 11% year on year, according to the latest data. They took out 66,000 loans, up 13% on July and 9% on August 2015, the figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) show as house purchase […] The post UK sees first time buyer mortgages rise as buy to let slows appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →
Asking prices up across all of UK but sellers are too optimistic, index suggests
Residential asking prices in the UK increased by 0.7% since September, led by the East of England, but sellers could be being too optimistic with their pricing, says the latest index report. Month on month asking prices increased by 0.7% in England, by 0.3% in Scotland and by 0.2% in Wales and are 4.4%, 5.3% […] The post Asking prices up across all of UK but sellers are too optimistic, index suggests appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →