Headlines for Wednesday 20th March 2019
These four years saw average house prices double within five years
The average value of a home rocketed by 100% within five years of 1974, 1980, 1989 and 2004; it took 16 years for the same growth to be recorded to the end of 2018.
Mixed picture for house prices across England & Wales as market conditions remain ‘challenging’
Annual change currently at -0.5%, reports LSL & Acadata, after marginal monthly rise; transactions slip to 59,100, marking the lowest February figure since 2015
MPs set out blueprint for leasehold reform
HCLG Committee ‘demolishes’ the current system with a series of wide-ranging recommendations, including a wholesale shift to commonhold ownership and a lid on ground rents
12% of HNWIs ‘have been turned down for a mortgage’ in the last ten years
New research by Butterfield Mortgages lambasts ‘tick box’ methods of high street lenders
Historic TfL HQ headed for the open market
Charles Holden’s Grade I listed landmark above St James’s station has planning for a resi-led transformation designed by TateHindle
