Property News
Housing Regulator Closes Loan Loophole Used by REITs
Wall Street Journal - 12 Jan 2016 23:17
A top federal housing regulator shut the door on mortgage investors who had been using a loophole to access low-cost, government-backed financing.
This $8 million Back Bay townhouse has six stories and a lot of history
Boston - 12 Jan 2016 23:10
225 Beacon Street was once home to the "Father of American Tennis."
Hotelier Turns Over a New Leaf With SoHo Project
Wall Street Journal - 12 Jan 2016 19:21
Property developer Aby Rosen has a reputation for ruffling feathers when competing in rough-and-tumble New York City real-estate circles. But with his latest project in SoHo, he is playing nice this time.
Demand from buy to let landlords for remortgages likely to rise in 2016
Property Wire - 12 Jan 2016 16:32
Buy to let remortgage transactions outstripped purchases by more than two to one in 2015 but this could be reversed in 2016, according to the latest industry sector index report. Remortgages for vanilla buy to let proper...
Annual rent growth in UK outside of London up almost 5% in final quarter of 2015
Property Wire - 12 Jan 2016 15:28
Average annual rent growth across the UK, excluding London, was 4.9% for new tenancies signed during the final three months of 2015 than in same period of 2014, the latest index data shows. It means that the average mont...
Asking prices in UK still going upwards, latest index shows
Property Wire - 12 Jan 2016 14:38
The average asking price England and Wales has increased by 8.2% year on year while the total stock of property had dropped to a new record low, according to the latest residential index. Month on month prices increased ...
New report challenges development in London to consider regeneration
Property Wire - 12 Jan 2016 10:46
London needs to build some 50,000 new homes a year over the next 20 years and some of this requirement can be accommodated by increasing the density of existing places, including local authority housing estates, it is su...