Construction workloads increased in the South West in the final quarter of 2014, albeit at a slightly slower rate, and private housing saw the strongest growth despite the shortage of bricklayers reaching a record high.
Over a third (36% net balance) reported that workloads in the construction sector had grown in the region in Q4 2014 with 57% more respondents saying that the private...
Pace of price growth in the South West accelerated slightly over the last three months and new reform in the Autumn Statement is expected to boost sales
House price growth in the past three months accelerated slightly in the South West and new Stamp Duty reforms see surveyors forecasting a sales boost of between 2-5%, according to the latest RICS Residential Market Survey.
LEADING national housing and regeneration specialist, Keepmoat, is lending a helping hand to local charities in Plymouth.
Keepmoat is donating over £3,000 of kitchen materials to three local charities; Dartmoor Zoological Park, Gables Farm Dogs and Cats Home and local pony sanctuary Ponderosa, will all benefit.
The donation is a direct result of Keepmoat’s partnership with...
The UK housing marketing is entering a new phase. It has been through a boom, a bust and a recovery cycle, and as we head into 2015 and a year that will see the formation of a new Government, we are now entering a more stable, yet still challenging era.
That’s according to leading property consultancy JLL’s new Residential Market Review, published this month which predicts that South...
Raglan Housing celebrated the creation of much-needed affordable rural housing this month with the official opening of Nine Barrow View, a brand-new development of eight rental properties in Steppes, Langton Matravers, on the Isle of Purbeck. The smart new homes - which are close to the popular seaside town of Swanage and exclusively for local people – built by C G Fry & Son were opened by...
If you are interested in building your own affordable eco home with all the professional and technical support you need, come along on Wednesday evening to the Devonport Guildhall in Ker Street at 7.30 to hear more.
We are working with Plymouth City Council who will provide land if there is enough demand.
Please spread the word.
Another meeting on Wednesday 16 July at Plymouth Guildhall in Royal Parade if you can't make this one.
See www.landsociety.org for more details and to sign up
Plymouth City Council have issued an Interim Management Order (IMO) against a city landlord and taken over the management of a large house in Stoke due to poor living conditions.
Following a small fire in the property housing officers discovered that it was being rented by eight tenants but was not licenced as a house with multiple occupants (HMO).
Thousands of renters in the South West are too scared of being evicted to ask their private landlord to fix a problem in their home, according to Shelter research released today.
A YouGov poll of more than 4,500 private renters across the country found that 1 in 12 renters (8%) in the South West avoided asking their landlord to repair a problem or improve conditions in the last year...
Local people must say ‘Yes to Homes’ to repair the South West housing market according to a report by the National Housing Federation (NHF).
The report by the NHF, an industry body which represents the providers of affordable housing in the UK, claims that a shortage of affordable homes resulting in rising house prices means that the South West housing market is now at ‘breaking point...
The number of house sales in the South West has reached its highest point since 2007 according to a survey by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).
The survey showed that sales in December were more than double that f the lowest point of the downturn.
Prices are also rising with a net balance of 56 percent more chartered surveyors reported growing prices in the...
