The city of York has the hottest residential property investment market in the north of England, according to a Yorkshire estate agent.
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Bruce Burkitt, Founder & Managing Director of Property Experts says that office-to-resi developments could revitalise the high street and provide help solve the UK's housing crisis…
By Zvi Noé (pictured), founding partner of Capreon, Noé Group – There’s no denying that many trends rapidly accelerated over the course of the pandemic. This is nothing new. With Covid-19 restrictions forcing people to stay at home, there was an absolute necessity to use technology for everyday tasks. The result was a fundamental shift in the way people work and shop, thus having wide repercussions for the commercial property industry.
Property prices in the UK have soared to reach record breaking highs with the average house price standing at GBP261,743 and the annual house price growth rate hitting a seven year high of 9.5 per cent, according to the latest Halifax House Price Index figures.
Latest government tax receipts show that there were a record 213,120 residential property transactions last month, say leading tax and advisory firm Blick Rothenberg.
By Alex Brunner, COO, Clockwise – Over the last year there has been no shortage of predictions about the post-pandemic future of work filling airwaves and thought pieces in the UK. The office was proclaimed dead: our work-from-home reality would become a permanent party of sourdough, home-schooling, and a work-life balance tipped firmly towards the latter. A winter locked inside soon changed the forecast.
By A Paris — From the appeal of no income tax, to the supportive business community and the weather and lifestyle it offers, Florida has continued on its upward trajectory as an attractive location for financial and technology firms.
While California continues to ease restrictions and life gets back to normal, the past year has changed the way real estate transactions will move forward. As a result of lessons learned from the pandemic, leases and purchase and sale contracts include new provisions that are not likely to go away, according to Los Angeles-based law firm Greenberg Glusker.
Ryan Hughes, head of active portfolios at AJ Bell, comments on the delay to the outcome of the FCA consultation on open-ended property funds.