Here are some top tips to help take first-time sellers from novice to know-it-all. And don’t forget our jargon buster Get a rough idea of what your home’s worth You can see what properties have been going for in your local area quickly and for free at OnTheMarket.com. Simply go to the homepage, click on ‘Sold […]
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Whether you want a relaxing refuge from work or a stimulating study space, here are some tips for decorating your uni room
When Riya Agarwal moved to the UK from India to study for a master’s in art and interior design at the Royal College of Art, she struggled with homesickness and found London “gloomy and dingy”.
As she developed her interior design skills on her course, Agarwal found the best remedy was to decorate her bedroom. “We’re taught as interior designers to address the mindset and psychology of people who inhabit the space,” she says.
Continue reading...Whether you are a tenant or a landlord, read this guide to understand how these compulsory schemes operate Few things have caused more ill feeling between landlords and tenants over the years than deposits. In the bad old days, some landlords would demand a hefty deposit from tenants, then return only a fraction of the […]
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Study shows millennials in east Midlands have seen biggest shortfall in earnings growth from previous generation
Young adults in the east Midlands have seen their living standards fall the furthest behind the previous generation when compared with their peers elsewhere in Britain, according to a study.
At a time when millennials across the country are experiencing lacklustre gains in living standards compared with the generation before them, the Resolution Foundation said the region that includes Nottingham and Leicester had seen the biggest shortfall in earnings growth.
Continue reading...Moving to a new area? Top tips to help ease moving house Are you thinking about moving across the country to start again in a new area? Or even to start a new job? The NAEA Propertymark provides five top tips to ensure moving house runs smoothly. Visit the new area It can take six to eight months […]
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Labour dismisses housing secretary’s plan to allow buyers to boost stake in smaller steps
People seeking to get on the housing ladder through shared ownership may be allowed to increase the proportion of the home they own in smaller steps than currently allowed, the housing secretary, Robert Jenrick, has announced.
Instead of increasing equity in 10% chunks, people who share the ownership of their home with a housing association could buy as little as 1% a time, in what the government described as an effort to make home ownership more accessible to low-income groups and to “level up” the country.
Continue reading...Competition to sell mortgages is strong, but vendors are in no mood to cut and run
These are tough times to be an estate agent. A period of rocketing prices in the middle of the decade has made residential property expensive. Buyers are unable or unwilling to pay the prices demanded by sellers and with unemployment low sellers feel in no need to adjust their expectations downwards.
The result is a flat market with next to no house price inflation. Or so it seemed before the release of the latest UK Finance figures for mortgage lending, which showed approvals at a 28-month high. Boom times are back for the housing market.
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