Property News
Immigrant Visa Program Divides Big Builders
Wall Street Journal - 10 Nov 2015 22:55
Key real-estate industry players are lining up against giant rival Related in a fight to shape the future of the federal EB-5 immigrant investor program.
D.R. Horton Sees Jump in New-Home Deliveries
Wall Street Journal - 10 Nov 2015 22:14
Home builder D.R. Horton Inc. sidestepped the labor shortages plaguing many of its peers, posting a 23% year-over-year gain in delivered homes for its fiscal fourth quarter ended Sept. 30.
Hancock home older than America had the town's first indoor 'privy'
Boston - 10 Nov 2015 20:19
The 1767 home has been used as both a private residence and an inn during its long history.
Property prices down in Cyprus, but decline is slowing
Property Wire - 10 Nov 2015 13:57
The residential property market in Cyprus is still struggling despite the island’s economy showing signs of stability in the third quarter of 2015, with sales volumes low. Across Cyprus house prices fell by 0.5% and ap...
Top end of prime central London property market still seeing low activity
Property Wire - 10 Nov 2015 13:36
Buyers in the prime central London property market are still cautious with the £5 million plus sector seeing particularly low activity levels, according to new research. There is an increasingly polarised market in this...
High loan to value lending declining in overall UK mortgage market
Property Wire - 10 Nov 2015 11:45
The UK government’s Help to Buy scheme is boosting lending to first time buyers but high loan to value lending activity has fallen year on year, new data shows. Overall 95% LTV mortgage almost doubled under Help to Buy...
Residential rent gap between London and rest of UK widens again
Property Wire - 10 Nov 2015 11:43
The gap between the pace of annual rent rises in London and the rest of the UK has widened again after converging over the summer months, the latest index report shows. Rents were up 7.5% year on year in London and 3.5% ...
Not all estate agents ask about neighbours when selling a house
Property Wire - 10 Nov 2015 11:37
Only 40% of estate agents ask people selling their home if they have issues with their neighbours at a time when issues from next door can knock thousands off the price of a property, new research shows. It is clear that...
Why 'trickle-down' is bad news for renters
CNBC - 10 Nov 2015 06:23
Renters are being handed rent increases, but those at the bottom-end of the housing market are getting hit hardest.