Buying a new-build home can be daunting, and all too often homeowners can feel out of their depth without the right tools and support to help guide them through the process.
Not only are buyers being lumbered with homes that are unfit for sale and burdened with the responsibility of organising repairs - but developers are also affected, with snags leading to wasted resources, time,...
On Wednesday 9 November, the Environment Bill passed into law, creating a statutory requirement that new development achieves a minimum 10% biodiversity net gain (BNG).
Kieron Gregson, Associate Partner and Mark Russell, Partner and Natural Capital Lead at national property consultancy Carter Jonas, comment on the change and its impact on planning and development.
The latest research from Warwick Estates reveals that while the majority of homebuyers would be undeterred about buying a brownfield new-build, more than half would want to pay less because it was developed on a brownfield site.
With the government finally turning their attention to brownfield sites to help solve the housing crisis, an estimated 160,000 new brownfield homes could...
Research by MoveStreets, the property portal designed for the mobile generation, has revealed which areas of the nation offer the highest levels of Help to Buy availability for first-time buyers, as well as where the scheme is highest in demand.
MoveStreets analysed current property stock listed across each county and how many of these homes offer Help to Buy eligibility for those in...
Research by Nested , the modern estate agent, has revealed that estate agents earn one of the lowest basic salaries of all sales professions, with just insurance, retail and telesales seeing a lower level of guaranteed pay.
Nested analysed the base salary, excluding commission, of 12 of the most common sales professions and found that on average, the basic take-home pay is £26,338...
Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, last week announced that the government would finally utilise Britain’s brownfield to help address the housing crisis, investing £1.8bn to deliver 160,000 new homes on 15 hectares of currently dormant land.
However, the latest research from the real estate debt advisory specialists, Sirius Property Finance , has revealed just how...
Data from central London estate agency, Bective , has shown how tenant demand has returned to the capital’s rental market as the pandemic freeze continues to thaw.
Bective’s analysis of new lettings applicants shows that in the six months between October 2020 and March of this year, the number of new applicants climbed by 34% when compared to the previous six months (April 2020 to...
The latest research from Warwick Estates reveals where Britain’s most profitable new-build markets are and, therefore, where developers are best focussing their attention.
Warwick Estates looked at the average cost of constructing a new-build home per square foot across seven major British cities, including the cost of materials, labour, first and second fix costs, a contractor’s...
Research by the estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk , has looked at how a move to city status could bring about a considerable boost to Southend-on-Sea’s housing market.
In honour of Sir David Amess, the Queen has officially granted city status to Southend-on-Sea, a resort town with a population of around 190,000. It’s a fitting memorial for a man who long lobbied for his...
The Midlands office of Boyer (part of the Leaders Romans Group ) has appointed Simon Atha as an Associate Director. He will work across the Midlands region on strategic residential land promotion, hospitality, leisure, retail and commercial development projects.
Simon will be involved in leading on strategic residential and commercial projects for clients across the region....
