Property News
Construction unions will take less pay in effort to eventually lower rents for some apartments
Boston - 7 Mar 2016 21:04
This could allow rents to be hundreds of dollars less per month in newly constructed buildings.
Tales from Greater Boston's brutally competitive home buying market
Boston - 7 Mar 2016 18:34
There are more buyers right now than listings, with inventory levels (unsold homes) at record low levels and dropping.
Property lenders in UK ready for new European wide mortgage directive later this month
Property Wire - 7 Mar 2016 18:10
UK lenders are ahead of most of their European counterparts in implementing the mortgage credit directive (MCD), a process that is due to be formally completed on 21 March. With UK firms having been given the opportunity...
Property sales in Scotland up 4% in 2015, down from 11% the previous year
Property Wire - 7 Mar 2016 10:27
Residential sales in Scotland increased by 4% in 2015, well below the 11% recorded in the previous year, a new analysis report points out. Tougher mortgage lending conditions during the first half of 2015 impacted the re...
High property prices and deposits preventing people from buying a home
Property Wire - 7 Mar 2016 09:23
High property prices, affording a deposit and associated costs are the biggest barriers to buying or moving home in the UK, new research has found. Some 51% of are considering buying a home or trading-up the property lad...