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News & Press
February 20 2020 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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News & Press
February 18 2020 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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News & Press
February 11 2020 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 […]
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UK
February 7 2020 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, […]
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News & Press
February 4 2020 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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Investment
January 29 2020 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 […]
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Leeds
January 24 2020 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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News & Press
January 23 2020 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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News & Press
January 21 2020 £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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News & Press
January 16 2020 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 […]
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News & Press
January 10 2020 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 […]
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Investment
January 10 2020 7 Reasons To Invest In Bradford Buy To Let
Bradford property investment has definitely been an interesting topic to explore these past few years. In this article, we’ll take a look at the top 7 reasons to invest in Bradford property. The Northern city of Bradford is experiencing a remarkable level of investment and regeneration. Recently named 2025 City of Culture, the youngest city […]
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News & Press
October 24 2019 There Are An Estimated 1.1m Female Landlords in the UK
When it comes to business, there are more women turning hard work into success than ever before. In decades gone by, women didn’t have the same financial goals as men nor did they have the opportunity but that is all changing. For example, research carried out just a few years ago found that over half of […]
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News & Press
October 8 2019 Bradford is bidding to become UK City of Culture 2025!
The West Yorkshire city of Bradford is due to spend £1.4 million on a bid to become the UK’s City of Culture in 2025. A number of the city’s key cultural institutions have come together to form the Cultural Place Partnership which will drive the bid forwards as they contest against the likes of Chelmsford, […]
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News & Press
September 27 2019 Why Invest in Sunderland Property?
Like many cities in Northern England the northeastern maritime city of Sunderland was once a giant of manufacturing. With times and technologies changing, these entire regions have tended to fall by the wayside, certainly when compared to London and the South East. However, there are strategic drives from government at both a national and local […]