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  Property Investment in Manchester – A Guide by Aspen Woolf

  Property experts Aspen Woolf examine property investment in Manchester Manchester stands out as one of the most successful cities in the UK for culture, industry and quality of life. Following decades of industrial decline in the mid-20th century, Manchester completely reinvented itself as the modern, outward facing destination it is today. It’s a city with […]

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  Property Investment in Leeds – A Guide by Aspen Woolf

  Leeds remains one of the most exciting cities in the country in which to live, work and invest. A city that is widely considered the commercial and financial heart of West Yorkshire, Leeds is front and centre of the Northern Powerhouse initiative. Now let’s dive into our guide for property investment in Leeds. Despite its […]

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  What does the 2020 budget mean for the Northern regions?

  How time flies; the “Northern Powerhouse” is already more than 5 years old. But have George Osborne’s plans to bring better connectivity, improve infrastructure and redress the balance between North and South achieved enough? Last year’s report from the Institute for Public Policy Research(IPPR) finds progress has been made now that 47.1 per cent of […]

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  How does property feature in the budget?

  This year’s Budget was largely concerned with the resources needed to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, but there were a few announcements that could stir the interests of property owners and investors. The predominant measures are new taxes for property buyers from outside the UK, funding to remove unsafe cladding, a certain amount of spending […]

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  Demand for rental accommodation reaches record high

  According to the latest report by ARLA Propertymark – the Private Rented Sector Report, January 2020, more tenants than ever are seeking housing as rental stock is becoming scarcer. Before we get into the details of the report, for those who don’t know, it’s worth noting for who ARLA Propertymark is and what they do. […]

• Buy-To-Let

  The property market is booming in early 2020

  Statistics from two of the most important portals in UK property, Rightmove and OnTheMarket show that the property market is exceptionally buoyant at the moment. In January visits to Rightmove surpassed 150 million, the most ever recorded in a January – a 7% increase on January 2019. Also notable is that the time spent by […]

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  Who is Christopher Pincher – the new Minister of State for Housing?

  The man with the name reminiscent of a cold-war spy novel is the UK’s newest housing minister. The new appointment, replacing the very short term of Esther McVey, is the tenth posting of a housing minister in as many years. Who is Christopher Pincher, and what can we expect? The 50 year old Member of […]

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  Mortgage costs are falling!

  Data from a number of sources show that the costs of Buy-to Let mortgages are falling, and residential mortgages are at an all-time low over the last 5 years as lenders are fighting to offer the best deals available. Recent research from Property Master found that the biggest fall was for 5-year fixed rate buy-to-let […]

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  Bradford is the UK’s most improved city!

  A recent study by top accountancy firm PWC and leading cross party think tank Demos, have named Bradford as the most improved city in the UK. PWC’s Good Growth for Cities report aims to create an index for good growth in the UK by taking into account a range of factors considered important to the […]

• Buy-To-Let

  Mortgage Experts Predict Growth in Buy-To-Let

  One of the leading mortgage lenders in the UK, Paragon Bank, is expecting to see an increase in mortgage applications over the next 12 months, according to their FACT research. In Q4 2019, 24.5% buy-to-let mortgages were written for landlords looking to extend their portfolios, the highest level since Q1 2017. Paragon notes that recent […]

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  HS2 to Go Ahead in Full

  Earlier this week (beginning February 10th) Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed that HS2 will go ahead in full. This is big news for a multi-billion pound project that only a couple of weeks earlier looked destined for a write off. Albeit at an almost unreal cost (estimated at £307m per mile), HS2 is due to […]

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  UK House Prices Rises Faster Than Ever Before

  In December 2019, saw the highest rise UK house prices ever seen for that time of year, according to property experts, Rightmove With an average asking price of just over £300,000, the average price of property new to the market jumped by 2.3%. A separate index, belonging to Halifax, showed a 1.7% increase, which combined […]

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  £150 Million Terminal Building Coming to Leeds Bradford Airport

  With the new Terminal Building at Leeds Bradford Airport the connectivity of Northern England could be much better. Northern England’s connectivity could get even better, with Leeds Bradford Airport submitting fresh plans to construct a ‘state-of-the-art’ terminal that aims to improve passenger experience and support economic growth in the region, all while retaining an extremely […]

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  Government Scraps Landlord Licensing in Liverpool

  The government scraps landlord licensing in Liverpool, by revoking the renewal of the licensing scheme for the city council. That rejoiced the landlords in Liverpool. Originally the licensing scheme was introduced in 2015 and determined that all private landlords must obtain a licence for each of their rented properties. Controversially, this decision was brought about […]

• Investment

  Why invest in Preston Property?

   Growth and Economy Preston is a historic town located in the north western county of Lancashire, about 35 miles from both Liverpool and Manchester. Lancashire is one of the largest local economies in the North of England, currently generating over £23 billion in GVA per annum and supporting nearly 620,000 jobs. In the 19th century […]