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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 →
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 →