Property News
Foreign buyers face new 15% extra property tax in certain parts of Vancouver
Property Wire - 29 Jul 2016 15:46
A new tax for foreign property buyers is being introduced in British Columbia in Canada in an attempt to cool escalating house prices. The 15% foreign buyer tax will come into effect on 02 August 2016 at a time when pric...
Apartment market 'increasingly jittery' for investors
CNBC - 29 Jul 2016 15:27
Rents are soaring and demand for apartments is historically high, but some developers are overestimating the market.
Steady rise of equity release in UK housing market continues
Property Wire - 29 Jul 2016 12:56
Some £8.2 million of housing wealth was withdrawn in the UK every working day in the second quarter of 2016 as equity release lending passed £0.5 billion for the first quarter on record. Overall there was £514.4 milli...
Property price growth in UK set to fall to 5.7% by end of 2016 and 2.2% in 2017
Property Wire - 29 Jul 2016 09:14
Residential property price growth in the UK will half in the rest of 2016 but house prices are set to by 5.7% over the whole of the year, a new analysis suggests. The fall in growth in the rest of the year will largely b...
Brexit could create opportunities for UK farm land market
Property Wire - 29 Jul 2016 08:51
The decision by the UK to leave the European Union has created uncertainty for farm land values but it could also create opportunities, according to new research. In the short term the effect could be muted, according to...
Poll shows over half of UK landlords refuse requests to improve energy efficiency
Property Wire - 29 Jul 2016 07:52
Over half of UK tenants claim their rental property is cold and draughty and 58% say their landlords has refused to make energy efficiency improvements, a new poll shows. Since the beginning of April 2016 tenants living ...