Location: Midlands
Housing Futures: The modern buyers’ property wishlist
The traditional AGA-riddled country cottage or farmhouse is still the nation's home of choice, says Strutt & Parker - just as long as it's in the rural South East, just a short stroll from all the local…
Shopping Around: Waitrose’ 12% house price premium (and Aldi’s 3% discount)
A local Waitrose adds 12% to neighbouring house prices, claims Lloyds, while a handy Sainsbury's is worth an extra 10%. Lidl and Aldi, on the other hand, apparently push prices down by 2% and 3% respectively.
Countrywide still on the prowl after buying four lettings businesses in Q1
Countrywide plc, the UK’s biggest integrated property services group, has been on a buying spree in the first few months of this year, acquiring another four lettings businesses in Q1 to "significantly…
Senior reshuffle for Knight Frank’s regional Residential Development department
Knight Frank has rejigged its Residential Development department, making a bunch of senior new hires and moving some people around internally as part of a recruitment drive "which will see the department…
Sales volumes slip; prices rise – Land Registry
The number of £1m+ property sales has fallen by 4% compared to the same time last year - significantly less than the 11% drop in overall transactions - while average house prices have risen by 6.
Receding rate rise risk lures borrowers to variable deals
More mortgage borrowers are opting for variable rates that at any time since Nov 2012, as the chances of the Bank of England hiking interest rates anytime soon slips back.
Householders’ price perceptions perk up
Marking the first day of Spring and International Day of Happiness, Knight Frank's latest house price sentiment survey shows a blooming of good moods in all regions of the UK during March.
Budget 2015: ‘The sun is starting to shine and we are fixing the roof’
May's looking like a bit of an electoral stalemate according to most of the pollsters, so today's Budget was a splendid chance for the Chancellor to try to put some clear water between the Tories and…
#Budget2015: The prime property industry’s reactions
No surprises in today's pre-election Budget, and not much new that directly affects the top of the market, but there are still some things to have opinions about...
Read about what was announced here.
By Georgian: Developer to restore ‘finest eighteenth century street in the Midlands’
A developer has embarked on a project to restore an entire Grade II/II* listed Georgian street in the centre of Warwick.
Rural property price growth closes in on urban rises – Zoopla
The rate of annual price growth in country areas is catching up to urban increases, says Zoopla, but a £50k rural premium remains.
The ONS' urban / rural map
Urban values have risen by 5.
Newnham crowned ‘Best Place to Live in Britain’
A suburb of Cambridge has been named as the best place to live in the UK.
The Sunday Times reckons Newnham has it licked, combining a village atmosphere with close proximity to a thriving city centre.