Property News
Real-Estate Shares to Get Own Sector
Wall Street Journal - 30 Aug 2016 18:47
On stock markets around the world, real-estate companies have been lumped into a category with banks and insurance firms since 1999. But property will break free from the financial sector on Thursday into its own dedicat...
New home building set for record year but will decline in next couple of years
Property Wire - 30 Aug 2016 17:34
This year looks like being a record for new home building in Australia but the outlook for 2017 is not buoyant with predictions that it could be very different as new homes sales are falling. The monthly survey of Austra...
Third of UK tenants fund energy improvements instead of landlords
Property Wire - 30 Aug 2016 16:52
A new report reveals that a third of tenants in the UK have paid for energy efficiency improvements despite recent Government legislation that requires landlords to do so. Currently landlords are required to bring their ...
Conveyancing activity in UK saw ups and downs in second quarter of 2016
Property Wire - 30 Aug 2016 13:03
Conveyancing activity in the UK residential housing market increased in the second quarter of 2016 with changes to stamp duty pushing up transactions by 24% year on year, the latest data shows. Sales jumped from 230,430 ...
Demand for rental properties in UK down slightly in July but no marked Brexit effect
Property Wire - 30 Aug 2016 08:50
The number of rental properties on letting agents’ books in the UK is at its highest level this year so far as demand for properties fell marginally in July, according to the latest research. But the private rental sec...
Airbnb Income: How It Can Mess With Your Mortgage 'Refi'
Wall Street Journal - 30 Aug 2016 02:07
Big banks, including Bank of America Corp. and Wells Fargo & Co., are subjecting some refinance customers who rent rooms to additional scrutiny.