By Bea Patel, TLE Property Editor and Director of Shop for an Agent - the estate agent comparison site On 4 October 2016, The Property Ombudsman (TPO) scheme released its latest annual report revealing an increase in the number of consumers contacting the scheme for help. In the Ombudsman’s first...
By Bea Patel, TLE Property Editor and Director of Shop for an Agent - the estate agent comparison website An alarming 64 per cent of UK homeowners renovating their property were unaware that not being properly insured when undertaking building work could put them in breach of the terms of...
By Bea Patel, TLE Property Editor and Director of Shop for an Agent The youngest city in Europe, with 50 per cent of its population under the age of 30, Birmingham is a city full of drive, ambition and entrepreneurialism. This is already clear from the city's booming life science,...
By Bea Patel, TLE Property Editor and Director of Shop for an Agent The spiralling cost of home ownership in the UK has continued to see many priced out of the market, with those fortunate enough drawing on the bank of mum and dad as the only option in getting...
By Bea Patel, TLE Property Editor and Director of Shop for an Agent New research reveals areas who voted for the UK to leave the EU have seen a positive effect on their local property market. But areas that voted ‘Remain’ have seen a significant drop in activity. The figures...
By Bea Patel, TLE Property Editor and Director of Shop for an Agent On 4 August 2016, the Bank of England (BoE) cut interest rates from 0.5 per cent to 0.25 per cent after a record seven years. The record low cut comes as an attempt to offset the threat...
By Bea Patel, TLE Property Editor and Director of Shop for an Agent The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has approved plans for the first major housing development at the Old Oak regeneration site in West London. The Oaklands development will see 605 new homes built, together with a nursery,...
By Bea Patel, TLE Property Editor and Director of Shop for an Agent The Bank of England has cut interest rates from 0.5 per cent to 0.25 per cent after a record seven years. The cut comes as an attempt to offset the threat of a post Brexit vote recession....
By Bea Patel, TLE Property Editor and Director of Shop for an Agent 18 million people could currently be living with leaks at home. A study by HomeServe Labs revealed that 19.1 per cent of UK adults currently have a dripping tap at home, and 8.5 per cent are stuck...