Property
Cast your vote for the First Time Buyer Awards
By Bea Patel, TLE Property Editor and Director of Shop for an Agent The First Time Buyer Awards is in its seventh year. The industry-recognised awards celebrate initiatives undertaken by UK-wide companies who provide support to first time buyers looking to get onto the property ladder. The judges have announced their short-listed categories for 2016. For the first time, the short-listed awards are now open to a readers vote online through the company's First Time Buyer Magazine. Lynda Clark, editor...
The London Underground Property Price Tube Map
By Bea Patel, TLE Property Editor and Director of Shop for an Agent Across the tube network, one stop can make a huge difference in property price. Of the 280 tube stations on the London underground network, research by eMoov shows which tube stops offer the best value where house price is concerned, as well as the largest gap in average house prices between two stops. The most notable difference is Wembley Park to Finchley Road. Although it isn’t the...
British homebuyers confused by ‘unfair’ property buying process
By Bea Patel, TLE Property Editor and Director of Shop for an Agent A new survey of 2001 homebuyers who have bought a house in the past year, are in the process of buying, or are planning to buy in the next 12 months unveiled that Brits find the UK property buying process confusing and unfair. The survey, conducted by estate agent Tepilo revealed that 61 per cent of those surveyed admitted they find the whole buying process confusing -...
Launch of new Property Finance Expo
By Bea Patel, TLE Property Editor and Director of Shop for an Agent The Property Finance Expo will launch this year, designed to make the property finance sector better connected. Aimed at investors, developers, buy-to-let professionals and both accomplished and first time landlords, the show will take place on 15th September 2016 at Old Billingsgate in Central London. The event will take a fresh new approach on the traditional landlord show, uniting a wide range of delegates, lenders, and providers...
Bridget Jones’s London bachelorette pad rises in value from £190,000 to £650,000
By Bea Patel, TLE Property Editor and Director of Shop for an Agent In 2001 – in the film Bridget Jones’s Diary – Bridget’s bachelorette pad was above a pub in London’s Borough. If she was to make her big screen debut today, it’s unlikely her flat would be located here. Ahead of the release of the third film – Bridget Jones’s Baby – later this year, research from property portal OnTheMarket.com found mid-30s single women would struggle to afford...
Snap up a world-class address in Westminster
By Bea Patel, TLE Property Editor and Director of Shop for an Agent Westminster’s concentration of historic landmarks and visitor attractions is one of the highest in London. It includes the Palace of Westminster, Buckingham Palace, Westminster Cathedral and Westminster Abbey. Now there’s a rare opportunity to buy a home there. A luxury two-bedroom show home has opened to the public for the first time on Saturday 30 January 2016 - the final phase of apartments at Berkeley Homes' new...
How Will The New Cross Rail Station Impact On London Property Prices?
If you have not yet heard about the new cross rail project in the UK, you have missed out on one of the most innovative and talked about building projects for generations. It will essentially provide fast and accessible transportation links between London and the surrounding regions in the South West and South East. The project has been inspired by a rise in the number of people who desire to work in the capital while living in surrounding, nearby regions...
Could your house pay for your commute in just seven days?
By Bea Patel, TLE Property Editor and Director of Shop for an Agent With rising rail fare prices hitting commuters across the UK in 2016, could your house pay for your commute? Website data analysed by Zoopla from 2015 compared average annual house price increases in some of the UK's most popular commuter towns over the previous 12 months, to the cost of an annual train ticket. Results revealed how long it can take houses to increase in value enough...
Which emerging real estate markets should you be watching this year?
By Bea Patel, TLE Property Editor and Director of Shop for an Agent 2015 was an interesting year for real estate in the emerging markets. While there were a number of challenges because of fluctuating oil prices, currency stability and changing investment laws, the New Year may bring new prospects. But what will the next 12 months hold for developing countries and their real estate markets? Global real estate platform Lamudi reveals the real estate markets to watch this year....