People commonly have claims rejected due to pets
Insurers have rejected £801.8 million worth of home insurance claims for damages caused by pets, as many Brits don’t realise it is often excluded from home cover, research from Go.Compare…
Social homes to be retrofitted via government-backed fund
Lloyds Banking Group and Peabody have signed a £60m loan agreement to fund the sustainable retrofit of thousands of social homes across London and the Southeast. The loan, partially guaranteed…
House prices remain flat after “pushing affordability to the limit”
Property prices were flat in June after falling by 0.3% in May, Halifax’s house price index has revealed. The long-term trend has still been a price uplift however, as the…
A third of Central London homes are vacant
Some 32.9% of homes in the City of London are vacant, analysis from Compare My Move found. This effect has been worsened by a 27% increase in people leaving London…
First-time buyers neglecting coastal regions
Few first-time buyers are looking to buy property on the coast, with most instead gravitating to the cities, Rightmove analysis shows. The number of future first-time buyers looking to move…
Rooftop solar held back, says expert
The lack of a government-backed guaranteed price for selling back surplus clean power to the UK energy grid is discouraging the installation of solar PV systems, according to energy consultancy…
Developer wins landmark cladding case against designer
A developer has won a case against a high-rise building designer – after opting to carry out remedial works. Following the Grenfell Tower disaster developer BDW Trading investigated a number…
One year of Labour: Investors frustrated at wait for planning reforms
After exactly one year of the new Labour government, its biggest failures relating to the property market are ineffective planning reform and a lack of incentives for developers and investors.…
Mortgage holders waiting for June base rate cut
Online remortgage searches dropped by 10% in June, indicating that many are waiting for an expected base rate cut. That is according to tech firm Twenty7tec, which found that searches…
Prime Central London an ‘anxious market’ due to falling prices
The Prime Central London market is the most ‘anxious’ it’s been for over a decade, according to London property broker Black Brick. Much of the anxiety steps from the departure…