UK's £166m knotweed problem could be tip of the iceberg
Knotweed is losing the UK “hundreds of millions of pounds” each year and far outstripping Government estimates of £166 million according to experts. Will Sillar is part of the team who founded the National Knotweed Survey to catalogue the effect of the invasive and destructive plant and believes there is a huge problem with those […]
House prices up 9% year on year
House prices have risen 9% for the three months to November compared to the same three months last year, according to the latest figures from Halifax. Prices have also risen 1.4% in the last three months compared to the three months before. However prices have fallen slightly month to month, with prices in November down […]
Build-to-Rent investment predicted to triple by 2020
The size of the Build-to-Rent market is predicted to treble in size in the next five years, according to research by Knight Frank. Currently Build-to-Rent makes up 2% of all private rented housing stock by value. But researchers believe that will increase to 5% by 2020. Its total value is forecast to be £50 billion, […]
Unwanted Christmas present
In just over a fortnight’s time it will be Christmas Day. We will be sat with a mimosa, surrounded by 6ft high piles of wrapping paper, cardboard boxes, children demanding our attention and more than likely an unwanted Christmas present or two. Some of us will have attended midnight mass and others will be getting […]