July 9, 2008
- UK House Market Falls Dramatically - The One Pound House
Money.co.uk reported this week on the £1 house. Previously valued at £80,000, the North Norfolk home is likely to be washed into the sea at any minute. (…)
January 15, 2008
- Billionaire Pays Highest London Property Price
Lev Leviev has just paid a record amount for a new home in the U.K. (…)
December 19, 2007
- BaleHaus Green Buildings
British company modcell is attempting to create more “green,” housing with the use of straw cladding panels in construction and has created a new project - The BaleHaus - A domestic “carbon bank.” It seems a practical approach to us, but whether this idea takes off and is as environmentally friendly as it appears remains to be seen, and according to their website:
Living more sustainably requires us to develop ways to:live within our environmental means - especially in relation to our carbon footprint;
maintain a healthy and comfortable quality of life;
build strong communities. (…)
December 14, 2007
- British Property Has a Bad Week
CB Richard Ellis, the world’s largest advisory group on property. Has released a disturbing new report on the state of UK property values. (…)
November 11, 2007
- Two years of downturn predicted for UK housing
The housing market will face two years of blight stemming from the impact of the global credit squeeze, with prices falling continuously over much of southern England, a report forecasts today. (…)
November 10, 2007
- House price correction threatens EU growth
An unexpectedly sharp correction in house prices resulting from the global credit squeeze poses a significant risk to growth in Europe, according to the European Commission.The European Union’s executive arm forecast a gradual slowdown in growth from 2007 to 2008 but said continuing financial market turmoil meant the risks were “clearly tilted to the downside”.Among the threats it identifies is a worsening of the financial turmoil that could hit housing markets in Europe as well as the US “thereby deepening and prolonging the ongoing corrections”.So far, those European countries that saw the fastest growth in house prices, such as the UK, Spain, Ireland and France, have generally seen an orderly slowdown this year. (…)
November 6, 2007
- Property development for profit
Buying a house in order to sell for a profit has become quite popular thanks to the plethora of property shows on British TV. Is it really as easy as they make it seem? (…)
October 24, 2007
- First-time buyers: is buy-to-let to blame?
The first-time buyer crisis has been one of the major issues of the housing industry and recent events have ensured it is not about to go away. Nor, as a result, will the scapegoating. (…)
October 19, 2007
- Buy to let market bouyed up by Capital Gains Tax Reforms
The radical simplification of capital gains tax (CGT) announced in this week’s pre-Budget report means owners of buy-to-let properties and second homes are set to be big winners. (…)
October 17, 2007
- London Weathers the UK Storm
According to the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, London is the only region in their monthly survey of house prices and listings around the UK to experience an increase in the amount of listings. (…)
