It’s safe to say that, for quite some time, cities with a very similar investment story have been the focus of investors in the UK. These are the cities where residents had to both live and work. But when a pandemic comes along, those driving factors change. Never before have where we live, our health […]
As people young and old take to the streets to highlight the issue of climate change, it’s a good time to look at what positive steps London is already taking to address the problem. Mayor Sadiq Khan is aiming to make the UK capital the world’s first National Park City, with over 50% green space. […]
I set up Dockleys as an East London estate agency in 2017, selling and letting residential and commercial property. Since then, it’s gone from strength to strength, meaning that I have to recruit people to help me! I’ve got some great team members already and I hope to find even more. Here’s why you might […]
Great News! If you missed me speaking on the Property and Lifestyle show on the hoxtonradio last month (or months), I have great news! Here’s the link to the show!! It was great fun with Helen Shephard, The Preshaah and my guests and I can’t wait for the next shows! When? I’ll keep you updated! Stay tuned. […]
Barclays has launched what it claims is Britain’s first “green mortgage”, with a deal offering preferential rates for borrowers buying a new property which has an A or B energy rating from builders including Barratt and Redrow, with plans to parner with more builders by the end of the year. Barclays Mortgages will offer the preferential interest rates […]
Figures from the ONS and Land Registry show that UK house prices dipped by 0.3% month-on-month in January but climbed 4.9% on a year ago to an average of £225,620. The annual growth rate slowed from 5% in December. In England average prices increased by 4.6% in the year to January, climbing to £242,000. In […]
The so called Northern Powerhouse cities of Manchester, Leeds and Liverpool have joined the Bangkok, Lisbon and Berlin at the top of a list of global property investment hotspots, according to a new ranking report. These cities could soon also be joined by Newcastle and Seattle at the top of the table, offering the best […]
Mortgage approvals bounced back in January – despite the base rate hike to 0.5%. Some 67,478 mortgage applications were approved, which is the highest number in six months, according to the Bank of England. Remortgage numbers also ticked up on the month to 49,242, though this remains below the recent high of 54,010 in November. […]
Britain has 768,553 homes valued at £1m or more, analysis by Zoopla shows, with the figure accounting for 2.7% of the nation’s housing stock. The figure is 143,476 up on August 2016, marking a 22.95% increase. Of the total, 430,720 of the properties are in London. Westminster is the capital’s million-pound property hotspot, with 54,231 homes worth at […]
The most affordable areas for single home buyers to buy a one-bed flat in England and Wales outside London are revealed in a new Zoopla survey. Newcastle-under-Lyme topped the list, with buyers typically needing to sacrifice 10.84% of their monthly wage in mortgage payments there. The entire top five is comprised of northern locations, with […]
