Increasing Housing Supply For September
The majority of house reports in the past two months have been depressing reading for those in the housing sector. However, the NAEA Propertymark Housing Report for September, offers a mixed bag with suggestions of an improving market in the future. The supply of property available to buy rose by 15% in September and the […]
Rental Prices Show Shallow Growth In September
Private rental prices paid by tenants is beginning to slow according to the recent Office for National Statistics (ONS) ‘Index of Private Rental Prices, UK: Spetember 2018.’ Although the average UK rent has increased by an average of 0.9% in the last 12 months, this is also unchanged from August’s figures. This slowdown has been […]
Difficult Market Conditions Halt SME Construction Growth
Growth with small and medium sized construction firms has slowed considerably this year according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB). Although the third quarter workloads have increased, the growth was considerably slower than quarter two data. Revenue and profit are being scuppered by rising material prices; 86% of SME construction firms have reported increases, […]