Docklands News

Local councils in affordable homes battle

21st February 2014

Private landlords are benefiting from a shortage of affordable homes in London that is forcing councils into a “dogfight” for low-rent housing.

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Battersea flats to be offered to Brits first

21st February 2014

Battersea power station’s developer has moved to defuse the growing row over foreign ownership of London homes by promising to offer all its properties for sale in Britain first.

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London's “ghost mansions”

21st February 2014

More than 700 “ghost mansions” worth a total of over £3bn lie empty and unused in London, an Evening Standard investigation reveals.

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House prices up

21st February 2014

LSL Property Services has reported that average UK house prices rose by £1,348 in January compared with the same month a year earlier.

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Asking prices up, and more listings

21st February 2014

Rightmove has revealed that the average asking price of houses has increased to £251,964 across England and Wales, a rise of 6.9% on the same time last year, the biggest rise for seven years.

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Buy-to-let lending on the rise

21st February 2014

According to figures from the Council for Mortgage Lenders, buy-to-let lending for house purchases increased by 18.6% in 2013.

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