Property News
3 Ways that Big Data is Transforming the Real Estate Industry
NuWire - 11 Apr 2016 18:16
Big data. The term is thrown around constantly in business conversations, though many people barely understanding what the term really means. In today’s world, there is likely not a single industry that is not being si...
Crowdfunding and Commercial Real Estate - Just a Fad?
NuWire - 11 Apr 2016 18:00
Crowdfunding, where a project or venture is financed from a large number of modest individual donations, was once used mostly to help artists, designers, musicians and inventors make their dreams a reality. However, in r...
Why Mobile Home Parks Do Well During Periods Of Inflation
NuWire - 11 Apr 2016 17:49
There have been numerous recent articles predicting a rise in the U.S. inflation rate, as a result of lower unemployment and growing wages. Since interest rates and inflation run in cycles, it is about time that inflatio...
US holiday home market cooled in 2016, but still second best sales in a decade
Property Wire - 11 Apr 2016 17:34
Holiday home sales in the United States cooled off in 2015 but remained at the second highest amount in nearly a decade, new research shows. The survey report from the National Association of Realtors also shows that inv...
UK prime country house market affected by stamp duty change in first quarter of 2016
Property Wire - 11 Apr 2016 15:41
Prime country house prices in the UK increased by 0.3% on average in the first quarter of 2016, taking annual growth to 2.4%, down from a high of 5.2% in 2014. The easing of price growth since 2014 reflects a greater sen...
Homes in national parks and outstanding rural spots still command a price premium
Property Wire - 11 Apr 2016 11:35
Despite the rise of urban living in the UK, many home buyers are still searching for the ultimate period property in an idyllic green setting, research suggests. In particular, the country’s 15 designated green breathi...
Figures confirm UK landlords rushed to beat April stamp duty surcharge
Property Wire - 11 Apr 2016 10:43
Some 50% of homes sold in the UK in the last two weeks of March were bought by landlords as they sought to beat the new stamp duty deadline on 01 April, new research shows. There has been a lot of anecdotal evidence that...
Call for next mayor of London to form policy that will meet chronic housing shortage
Property Wire - 11 Apr 2016 07:39
The organisation that represents house builders in the UK has issued a blueprint for London’s future housing supply which hopes that politicians in the city will take it on board when forming policy. The Home Builders ...