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Edinburgh voted the best budget city to attend university in

Glasgow was the only other Scottish city to make the top ten based on overall standard of living Edinburgh is the best city in which to attend university in the UK, a study has revealed.  Be it Edinburgh University, Napier or Heriot Watt, the capital got the best response from students in a survey conducted by accommodation provider ...

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Glasgow Rental Returns Quickest In UK for Buy To Let Property Investment

Glasgow Buy To Let Returns Glasgow rental returns have been found to be the best the UK for returning buy to let property investors original outlay. With Glasgow rental returns averaging £10,140 per annum, the original average property cost of £129,764, plus property tax of £5,190, giving a combined total of £134,954 was recouped ...

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Why are tenants not signing inventories?

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks has raised its concern at the apparent lack of tenants signing inventories, drawing attention to an alarming statistic recently published by money.co.uk which suggests that 79% of student tenants do not sign an inventory when they move in. What's more, some 40% of the 1,000 ...

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Property rentals to outstrip sales for first time since 1930s

The property rental market is booming at the expense of the sales market, making it look as if house-buying will be outstripped for the first time in eight decades next year, as home-buyers face a continued struggle to find properties they can afford. Activity in the sales market has cooled ...

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UK faces shortfall of 1.8m rental homes, warns housing body

The UK is facing a shortfall of 1.8m rental properties unless the government acts fast to slow a sharp drop in the number of available homes, according to a leading housing industry body. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) called on the government to drop reverse stamp duty changes on ...

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UK faces critical shortage of homes to rent, says RICS

The UK is facing a "critical rental shortage" which requires a building programme to focus on providing for tenants, a surveyors' body has said. At least 1.8 million more households will be looking to rent rather than buy a home by 2025, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) claims. It has ...

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ESPC House Price Report August 2016

Read the latest analysis from ESPC on what's been happening in the east central Scotland housing market.     Key findings The average selling price in Edinburgh increased by 7.7% between June and August of this year, compared with the same time period in 2015 Due to a shortage of housing stock, the number of ...

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Increased demand in UK property from overseas post-Brexit

Chinese investors are increasingly looking to buy British property, taking advantage of the low sterling after Brexit. Juwai, China’s biggest international property portal, said the number of Chinese buyer inquiries into UK property  in the month after Britain voted to leave the European Union was 40pc higher than average. Bernie Morris, head ...

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Breaking News …. Annual House Price Growth up 10.1%

PROPERTY prices have soared by an average of more than £20,000 in a year to reach a new record high, according to Britain’s biggest mortgage lender. The market has returned to double-digit growth for the first time in almost two years, says the Halifax house price index. Buyers competing on price as ...

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UK house prices rise at fastest annual pace since mid-2014 – Halifax

British house prices rose in March at the fastest pace in seven months, bringing price growth on an annual basis back into double digits for the first time since mid-2014, mortgage lender Halifax said on Thursday. House prices rose 2.6 percent in March alone following a 1.5 percent drop in February, ...