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• News & Press

  Stamp Duty Announcement: Here’s how to make huge savings

  Stamp Duty Announcement: How to make huge savings As the property market picks up once again, Chancellor Rishi Sunak took extra steps last week to prompt a quick and healthy recovery. Thanks to the Stamp Duty Announcement for property worth up to half a million pounds, the number of query requests has increased sharply, with […]

• Investment

  Potential visa changes prompt surge in UK property demand from Hong Kong

  Potential visa changes prompt surge in UK property demand from Hong Kong After China threatens Hong Kong with extra security laws, a proposed visa change is already prompting a boost in demand for the UK property market. News of protests in Hong Kong have been a mainstay of the headlines for the last year after […]

• Coronavirus

  Looking Ahead in 2020 – Reasons to be Confident in the Property Market

  Looking Ahead in 2020 – Reasons to be Confident in the Property Market As the housing market reopened in England in the middle of May, and lockdown restrictions begin to relax at the beginning of June, all elements of the housing industry are ready to hit the ground running and return to the post-COVID heights […]

• Bradford

  Conditioning House Races Ahead!

  Conditioning House Races Ahead!   Priestley Homes’ flagship project, Conditioning House, continues to race towards completion. In the past few weeks, there has been made major advances with the internal fit-out, with all apartments in Mill One now fully formed, and 75% in Mill Two. Around three quarters of the total 600 windows are now fitted, […]

• UK

  Why pandemic effects on property are expected to be short-term

  We think it’s high time for a little reassurance in light of the current global situation. The present COVID-19 pandemic has seen economies across the world grind to a halt. This is obviously concerning for a wide range of people across many industries. Property is no different, as businesses across the property spectrum struggle with […]

• Liverpool

  Property Investment in Liverpool – A Guide by Aspen Woolf

  Independent property experts at Aspen Woolf look at why Liverpool is popular with property investors. So read on to see all the opportunities property investment in Liverpool holds!   Liverpool is one of the most iconic cities in England. From its musical and sporting legacy to its famously proud community, Liverpool is a thriving city packed […]

• News & Press

  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 […]

• News & Press

  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 […]

• News & Press

  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 […]

• News & Press

  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 […]

• Investment

  Masterplan Makes Bolton Booming For Property Investors

  In 2017, 88% of readers of the Bolton News voted that Bolton was in need of a town centre transformation. The Masterplan that is currently underway will not disappoint them. Stretched across five main sites, the planners truly have thought of everything and managed to come up with something for everyone. With a growing university, […]

• Investment

  Taking a Look at UK Rental Rates

  The Office for National Statistics’ latest release of the Index of Private Housing Rental Prices names Yorkshire and the Humber as one of the highest growth regions for rental rates in the last year. Rates increased 1.9% over the twelve months up to December 2019. That puts rental rates in the region above that of […]

• News & Press

  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 […]

• News & Press

  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 […]

• UK

  £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 […]