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Gap between London house prices and rest of England and Wales widens
The gap in average house prices between London and the rest of England and Wales has significantly widened over the past 20 years, new research shows. Overall the research from Lloyds Bank shows that London house prices are now nearly 12 times average earnings and the private housing stock in London is worth £1.27 trillion, […] The post Gap between London house prices and rest of England and Wales widens appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →
Property prices in Ireland up over 8% in 2016
Residential property prices in Ireland increased by 8.1% in the year to December 2016 with the growth led by the housing market outside of Dublin, the latest index figures show. The annual increase was down slightly from the 8.2% recorded in the 12 months to November but much higher than the 4.6% in the year […] The post Property prices in Ireland up over 8% in 2016 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 →