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Rental price growth slows in most of UK with landlords reluctant to push them up
Rents in the UK are not surging ahead as some had predicted with the latest lettings index showing that they rose by an average of just 0.8% in February compared to the same month in 2016. This marks a considerable decline in the pace of rental appreciation which was 4.7% in June last year and […] The post Rental price growth slows in most of UK with landlords reluctant to push them up appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →
Report brands new homes in England as unaffordable and of poor quality
The current system of house building in England is failing families by producing high priced and poor quality homes that eight in 10 families cannot afford, a new report claims. Some 83% of families who rent cannot afford to buy a typical new build home across the country even if they used the Government Help […] The post Report brands new homes in England as unaffordable and of poor quality appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →
Lack of supply boosting property sales in hotspots in Scotland
Property sales in Scotland increased by 3% in 2016 and was 9% higher than the 10 year annual average, with lack of supply fuelling growth in popular areas, the latest analysis shows. The growth in sales last year took place despite a drop in mortgage lending and slowdown in the Aberdeen area, according to the […] The post Lack of supply boosting property sales in hotspots in Scotland appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →