April sees monthly dip in valuation market
The latest Housing Market Activity Report by Connells Survey & Valuation saw a drop in activity in the valuations market in April. The total number of residential valuations conducted during April fell by 32% compared with March. The overall valuations market is performing better than a year ago, despite the monthly fall. Connells […]
Shapps says Government on course to smash public land ambition
Housing Minister Grant Shapps has said that Whitehall departments are on target to exceed the ambition of the Prime Minister to release previously-used public land for building new homes. New figures released this week show that Ministers have identified enough surplus public land, including empty offices, unused storage and empty public service buildings, to […]
RICS suggests property market has run out of steam
The RICS Housing Market Survey for April was released this week. Activity levels flattened and prices expectations declined as the optimistic outlook from Quarter 1 started to fade. 19% more Chartered Surveyors reported price falls than rises. Expectations that prices would rise in the next three months dropped from a net balance of-3% to […]
