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House prices rocked but pace of sales set to slow
House prices have continued to rocket upwards over the last few months, the latest findings from Halifax confirm. The mortgage lender put the average price…
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Heating consultation on zero emissions
Heating systems in all Scottish new-builds approved after 2024 will have to be zero-rated for emissions, under a proposed New Build Heat Standard published by…
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Scotland’s hardship fund opens for business
Scotland’s £10m Tenant Hardship Loan Fund offering interest-free loans to tenants struggling with Covid-induced rent arrears has opened for applications, the Scottish Government has announced….
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Connells ups offer for Countrywide
Connells this week told Countrywide shareholders that its revised offer to buy the company, valuing it at £104m, was ‘the only tangible and actionable proposition…
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Race is on to beat stamp duty deadline
Falkirk, Scotland is the fastest moving property market in the UK, with properties taking an average of just 20 days from listing to ‘sold subject…
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It’s so very nice to be beside the seaside
St Ives, in Cornwall, is the happiest place to live in Great Britain, the property portal Rightmove has decided. Its annual Happy at Home Index…
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Scotland’s rents up by 1.1 per cent
Average rents for new-to-the-market two bedroom properties in Scotland, the most common type of private rented property, increased in the year to September at a…
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New Right to Rent regs but full review delayed
Delays caused by the Coronavirus pandemic have meant that planned changes to the Right to Rent rules will not now be made before the spring…
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Official figures confirm summer housing boom
Latest Land Registry figures, published last week, largely confirm that the house sales boom over the summer months shows little sign of slowing. UK house…
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Mumbles house prices are something to shout about
Mumbles in Wales is currently Britain’s top coastal house price hotspot. Property portal Rightmove has reported. ‘The quaint seaside town, nestled on the coast of…