UK Property Weekly Update – 24.08.2009

Author: John Cooper / Category: Weekly Summary

Cutting Out The Middle Man

Selling your property online could be the way forward according to Property Ladder’s Sarah Beeny.

In her latest venture – Tepilo.com – homeowners will be able to advertise their properties for no cost at all as well as put up: photographs, professional floor plans, area maps and Home Information Packs, via the website. Read more…

UK Property Weekly update – 4.08.2009

Author: John Cooper / Category: Weekly Summary

Investors Resort To 1950′s Rental Plans

For the first time since the 1950′s large institutional funds such as Aviva, Legal & General and CB Richard Ellis are viewing the rental sector as a viable long term investment.

Determined to replenish the housing market, each of these institutions plans to plough millions of pounds into purpose-built rented housing to help homeowners who have been priced out of the property market to find a home.

Properties Built In A Day

Whilst the successes of property developers Hanse Haus is still limited to Europe, in the last 80 years this German based company has built over 30,000 properties throughout: Austria, Switzerland, Spain, France, Italy, Luxemburg and even in the UK.

Yet the real successes of this firm have to be their unique ability to build environmentally friendly properties in as little as a day.

S1homes To Contain Database of 20K Properties

In a shock turn of events 2 of Scotland’s biggest estate agents are joining forces with a top property website, s1homes to create a database of 20,000 properties – a website that shall rival Rightmove.

And this decision could have a great influence on s1homes current 200,000 monthly subscribers. Advertising on average 18,000 properties at a time, homeowners searching for their ideal home will be able to find it all in one place.

32.3% of Over 30′s Choose to Stay at Home

New research by the Association of Residential Letting Agents (Arla) has revealed some startling statistics about the property market.

Surveying 1,800 18-30 year olds, researchers found a distinct difference between how men and women perceive the property market, with women showing a higher level of independence at an earlier age.