Property

Green Party supporters own the most expensive properties in the UK, according to new research, with Liberal Democrats ranking in second place. The findings from Bridging Loan Hub reveal that, when analysing the average house price in all 650 UK constituencies, at £394,577, the sole Green constituency (Brighton, Pavilion) pips the Lib Dems, with an average value of £368,517. Despite a reputation for ‘looking after the rich’ Conservative seats are only the third most expensive in Britain, averaging £330,585 per home. That...

120 new lifestyle-focused rental properties will soon to ready to lease at the Wembley Park development - and you'll want to get your hands on them. The park is set to become the largest single-site purpose built Build to Rent development on a single site anywhere in the UK with 5,000 new homes. And now new lifestyle apartments are being launched with a red carpet perks package. The 120 rental homes in the brand new Alto building at Wembley Park...

A flat in Glasgow has become the first property in the country to be paid for using a digital currency. Peter McGowan purchased the two-bedroom apartment for 10 million Scotcoins, the equivalent of £60,000. He bought the flat from his friend and business colleague David Low, who owns Scotcoin's intellectual property. The businessmen met more than 20 years ago when Low, the prime mover in Fergus McCann's takeover of Celtic Football Club, fronted a Celtic roadshow in Corby. Both McGowan...

Leaving dirty dishes in the kitchen and posting social media updates hinting the house is occupied are amongst the most common home security hacks adopted by Brits. Researchers also found other savvy holidaymakers allow neighbours to park on their driveway, and put the recycling out for them on bin day. Other tactics include putting paperwork which has personal information on out of sight, and hiding smaller, easy-to-steal items such as jewellery. It also emerged the more creative among us even...

Britain is becoming a nation of haves and have nots after new research revealed one in ten UK adults now own a second property while four in ten own no property at all. Last week we reported that empty property numbers have risen to their highest level in 20 years in Britain despite the number of homelessness increasing. But it would seem that our property market is being skewed across the board. According to research carried out by the Resolution Foundation 5.2...

After the Grenfell tower disaster that claimed at least 80 lives, shocking new details have emerged of the health and safety conditions of private rented homes in London and around the country. Now, one leading letting agent in the capital has urged landlords to improve their professional standards, saying many rental properties are just not up to standard. A total of 1.4 million rented flats and houses in Britain today — housing millions of people — pose a health and...

A look at where most footballers live in North London.

Selling a property isn’t something that everyone has the privilege of experiencing. For many, house sales can drag on for extended periods of time, and hopelessness can really begin taking its toll on you. When selling a home or apartment in London, however, you will generally have several people eagerly approach you within days of having put your property on the market. The Positioning of Your Home While everyone needs a place to live, the reality of selling your house...

For renters in London there are only two certainties in life; you're destined to always pay someone else's mortgage and you will pay extortionate sums for the privilege of doing so. Just months after the government announced new measures to provide a fairer deal for renters by banning unfair letting agent fees it's clear to see cowboy estate agents are still thriving in the capital. Castle Estates, a small outfit based in Wandsworth, join a host of other low-key businesses who...