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East Herts named ‘UK’s Best Place to Live’
East Hertfordshire has been named the UK’s best place to live, according to a survey. The Halifax Quality of Life annual survey said the area – which contains a number of popular market towns – had hit the top spot due to strong exam results, high life expectancy, excellent health and happiness scores, as well […]
SUNDAY TIMES – Ware selected among best places to live in the country
Ware has been selected as one of the best places to live in England. The Sunday Times Best Places To Live guide, which is published on Sunday (March 13), will feature seventeen locations in the South East of the country. The locations were selected for offering the best quality of life to the widest number […]
Housing 2025
House prices to soar 50% and rent by over a quarter by 2025 Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) and National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) have worked with the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr) to analyse home ownership issues facing the property market over the next 10 years and the steps […]
Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Regulations become law on 1 October 2015
Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Regulations become law on 1 October 2015. The regulations have compliance implications for landlords and letting agents in England. On 11 March 2015 the Housing Minister announced that landlords would be required to install and check smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in all of their properties. Draft regulations were issued and guidance […]
Hertford And Ware Named New ‘Supertowns’ For Commuters
Hertford And Ware Named New ‘Supertowns’ For Commuters Monday, June 22nd 2015 10:13 Hertford and Ware have been named by the Telegraph as new ‘supertowns’ for London’s commuters… They’ve compiled a Top Ten based on figures from Savills estate agents, taking into account affordability, investment returns and rail links. Hertford is at number five in […]
Landlords: 2014 will be even better
Buy-to-let boomed in 2013 and experts say next year looks even rosier. The housing market is “unrecognisable from 12 months ago”, said one property commentator last week, and a wealth of statistics bear him out. During 2013 house price growth has rippled out from the capital to touch every region. Mortgage lending and transaction volumes […]
Rents rise twice as fast as wages
Average rents rose 1.6pc in November, driven by ‘acute’ property shortages Rents are rising at twice the annual rate of earnings, as tenants jostle for limited accommodation – especially around urban centres offering better employment prospects. Average rents across England and Wales reached £753 a month in November, up 1.6pc from November 2012. Wages have […]
Most tenants believe rent is ‘value for money’
Rents may have increased significantly in recent years and wages have, in the main, failed to keep up. Nonetheless, according to new research from the National Landlords Association, most tenants say their rent provides good value for money. Some 73 per cent of tenants said their rent was “good” or “very good” in terms of […]
