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Greenwich leads market with house prices up by quarter in 2014: The London borough of Greenwich tops a list of towns and cities recording the largest increase in house prices in 2014, according to the U.K.’s largest mortgage lender.
Londoners miss out as homes built as ‘safe deposit boxes’ for foreign buyers: The control of plans for tens of thousands of new homes in London is now in the hands of foreign investors who are increasing their grip on the capital’s prime property assets, figures obtained by the Guardian have revealed.
Scottish rents hit record high Returns for landlords rise to 8.4% per year
U.K. home sales fall below 100,000 for first time in a year: The number of homes sold in the U.K. fell below 100,000 in November for the first time in a year, Government figures have shown.
Record number of rich Russians head to UK Granting of investor visas up 69% this year as Moscow economic woes worsen
House prices in London fell below the £500,000 mark on average in November, reports the Guardian. According to figures from real estate agency Haart, while prices rose nationally by 0.6% in the past month, they fell by 1.9% in the capital. Prices in North London fell 6.7% in November, while prices in the south west of the capital were down 14% year-on-year.
Chinese buyers eye new build city property: Chinese interest in the investment potential of high-end Scottish residential property may help prop up a slower market, according to letting and estate agents DJ Alexander.
Hate walking to Harrods? Then you’ll have to pay an extra £1 million for a house: Homes close to London’s Harrods department store are so in demand that the average price within a five minute walk has soared to £2.4 million – almost double the average for the borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
London’s most unpopular borough in which to buy a house: Demand to buy a house in Westminster has plummeted this year as the central core of London’s property market continues to suffer following George Osborne’s radical stamp duty overhaul.
House prices falling in a third of U.K., study shows: House prices are falling in almost a third of the U.K.’s local housing markets, according to research findings that suggest tighter mortgage lending rules have cooled the market boom.
U.K. house prices to rise ‘just 3%’ next year but London will flatline as expensive boroughs are hit by stamp duty changes: Property prices in Britain will rise three % next year with strongest growth in the North West, South East, West Midlands and Yorkshire and Humber, according to latest predictions from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
MerryXmas Mate
Making a mint this Christmas: Aristocratic London property dynasty gets a £36 million cash injection thanks to property boom in the capital: The aristocratic family behind property firm The Howard de Walden Estate, which is focused on London’s Marylebone, have shared £36 million in dividends.
Merry Christmas and thanks for all your posts !
Private developers boost housebuilding: Housebuilding levels have hit a post-2008 high thanks to private construction, but levels of public building have been falling sharply, according to new figures.
Don't worry, I quite often read your updates but I've just had nothing to say. Ex div today :-)
One in three property sellers cut asking prices, says Zoopla: A third of homeowners trying to sell have cut their asking prices since putting their homes on the market, according to the property website Zoopla, as the slowdown in the housing market forces sellers to be more realistic about their expectations.
Russian economic meltdown sparks wave of panic buying London homes: Wealthy Russians, desperate to get their money out of Moscow in the wake of the Russian economic crisis, are panic-buying in London this week, according to high-end estate agents.
UK average earnings excluding bonus rose as expected in the August-October 2014 period In the August-October 2014 period, the average earnings excluding bonus climbed 1.60% on a YoY basis in the UK, meeting market expectations. In the May-July 2014 period, the average earnings excluding bonus had recorded a revised rise of 1.20%.
I am an investor mate and do not work for the company.
called in to see what is doing, Seems to be a lonely corner? MY21 who are you writing to? No-one else has been on here for weeks. Are you writing for yourself? Why not write your own diary? My guess is that you may have scared everyone else away. But good luck, hope you find a friend. Maybe you work for the Company?
House prices rise just 0.1% as inflation cools across U.K.: U.K. house prices rose at their slowest pace for seven months in October in the latest sign of a cooling housing market.
The Russians are going: Russians have been lucrative clients for service businesses based in London ranging from estate agents to investment banks. The impact of the rouble crisis will thus be felt in Pimlico as well as St Petersburg. Russian buyers have helped pump up prices for so-called “super-prime” mansions and apartments. The typical oligarch has seen a London dwelling as both a good investment and handy bolt-hole if he falls from favour with the Kremlin. But according to one Russian expatriate: “Many wealthy Russians are only billionaires in shares. The stock market collapse means they are likely to sell their houses in the U.K..” Jonathan Hewlett of Savills, a property group with an upmarket estate agency, says this is “a strong possibility”. The price bracket he has in mind is £15 million plus. So Daily Mail readers need not worry that the value of their Sidcup bungalows will be hit. Mr Hewlett adds that disposals may be offset by an influx of flight capital in dollars that Russians wish to invest. Lombard’s rule of thumb, however, is that the weight of a bear factor in a rout is always greater than that of a countervailing bull point.
House prices fall by £30,000 in just four weeks in some parts of U.K.: Average asking price of a property coming to market in England and Wales drops by almost £9,000 between November and December, as asking prices in the capital fall by £30,000 in just 30 days.
Countryside to double building rate to combat homes shortage: Countryside has set out an ambitious expansion plan to double in five years the number of homes it builds as it aims to join the ranks of Britain’s biggest developers