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Regional Reports
Walsall, West Midlands; Welshpool, Mid Wales and Dartmoor, Mid Devon
Each month we visit three agents across the country to discover what is happening in their businesses and local markets. This month we visit Walsall, West Midlands; Welshpool, Mid Wales and Dartmoor, Mid Devon.
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Foxtons’ profits fall
Foxtons saw pre-tax profits fall by 2.6 per cent in 2015 as the slowdown in the central London housing market, where prices are falling, adversely impacted on its business. The decline in profits to £41 million from £42.1 million was in line with expectations for the FTSE 250 indexed company, which previously warned of property headwinds in the market, causing its shares price to fall. The volume of homes changing hands in the capital fell by seven per cent in November 2015, compared with the corresponding month a year earlier, according to Land Registry figures. But the expansion of Foxtons’ mortgage broking business, which increased revenues by 31.8 per cent, helped to compensate for slower growth in income from sales as well as lettings. But in spite of the fall in profits, group revenue was up for the year to 31st December, rising 4.1 per cent to £149.8 million, supported in part by the opening of seven new branches last year, bringing the total at year end to 58. Foxtons plan to open a further seven offices this year, as part of a wider strategy to increase their coverage within the M25 area to 100 offices within the next five…
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Housing Market
Regeneration of a leading city
Marc Da Silva discovers that there is now a very lively property market in Leeds.
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Prime London market peaks
Marc Da Silva discusses the complex prime central London housing market with the UK’s leading expert in residential property research.
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UK house prices set to rise in 2016
With record-low interest rates for at least another few months and housing supply set to remain low, the general consensus among households across the UK is that property prices will increase in 2016, albeit at a slower rate than in 2015. The latest data from the House Price Sentiment Index (HSPI) from Knight Frank and Markit Economics found that house price growth this year is expected to be led by the East of England and London, with more modest levels of price increases set to be recorded in many other parts of the UK. The future HPSI, which measures what households think will happen to the value of their home over the next year, increased marginally this month to 70.5 from 70.3 in December. This is the highest reading since June 2015, but remains below the peak of 75.1 reached in May 2014. Expectations for residential property price growth among households in the East of England hit an all-time high of 81.1, suggesting that they expect to see the highest rise in property values over the next year. Home prices in London, where an average HPSI reading of 79.1 was recorded, is also expected to outstrip the national average. In…
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Regional Reports
Belfast, North West London and Chelmsford
Each month we visit three agents across the country to discover what is happening in their businesses and local markets. This month we visit Belfast, North West London and Chelmsford.
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Britain’s housing stock worth £7.76 trillion
Britain’s 28.6 million homes grew in value by nearly £1.4 billion per day during 2015, says Zoopla research. Brentford and West Drayton are areas with largest increases in 2015 (24% and 17% respectively) Wales is the region with the lowest price gains over the past 12 months, at 2.2% Edinburgh, Bristol and Glasgow amongst top online property searches in 2015 Zoopla says that the country’s 28.6 million homes are now worth a combined £7.76 trillion (£7,764,650,690,201) — with the total residential stock value rising £519 billion (7.2%) over the past year. The average British property is now worth £290,827 and has risen in value by more than £20,000 (7.4%) on average in 2015 – marking a bigger increase year-on-year than 2014 (6.9%). Homeowners in London have seen the highest price growth in 2015 of any region, with an 11.8% annual uplift. The East of England follows closely with an 11.6% rise – up from 9.6% during 2014. However, property owners in Wales and Scotland saw the lowest growth in house prices in the last 12 months, with values rising just 2.2% and 2.7% respectively. Bodacious Brentford Brentford in Middlesex, Greater London finished the year with the greatest increase in property…
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Housing Market
Residential transactions rise again
Residential property sales in the UK have exceeded 100,000 per month for a fifth month in succession with purchasers taking advantage of low mortgage borrowing rates. The latest official transaction data from HMRC reveals that the provisional seasonally adjusted UK property transaction count for October 2015 was 105,490 residential and 10,160 non-residential transactions. However, sales still remain significantly below the monthly tally of almost 150,000 recorded at the height of the property boom in 2006. This means residential purchases in October fell month-on-month by 0.2 per cent but on a 12 month basis rose by 6.3 per cent comparedwith the 99,290 recorded in October 2014. “In October 2014, the residential market cooled slightly following a busy summer – but this year the market shows little sign of slowing down,” said Brian Murphy (left), Head of Lending at Mortgage Advice Bureau. “Demand from potential buyers remains high, with many taking advantage of the excellently priced mortgage rates available on the market,” he added. Despite a slight correction in property transactions on a monthly basis, the UK housing market remains “head and shoulders above a year ago”, as buyers take advantage of a wave of “low interest rates and attractive mortgage products”,…
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View from the top
Each month we visit three agents across the country to discover what is happening in their businesses and local markets. This month we visit West Sussex, Salford and South East London.
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