Multi award-winning developer Renaissance Villages is pleased to announce the unveiling of a stunning new show home at Exeter’s only age-exclusive retirement village, Millbrook Village.
The launch event will take place on Friday 17th April between 11am and 3pm and visitors are invited to join the Millbrook Village team for light refreshments and to find out more about the unique lifestyle this prestigious new village provides.
With potential interest being so high, guests are encouraged to book their appointment to view by calling 01392 275335 or emailing sales@...
A new poll reveals the negative perception that Brits have of becoming a landlord, with 36% of UK adults saying it's extremely risky being a buy-to-let landlord.
Despite the negative perception, millions of buy-to-let landlords are reaping the benefits with data from HM Revenue & Customs showing that the number of buy-to-let investors in the UK is around 1.6 million, after an increase of 120,000 in 2014.
The research asked 2,000 people what their biggest concerns would be with investing in buy-to-let property. Making repairs to toilets (63%), and risking tenants...
New research identifies emerging social tribes –‘first time flyers’, ‘first time triers’ and ‘renting lifers’
Families in the South West who are never able to get on the property ladder will be more than £603,800 worse off over their lifetime than those who can buy a home in their twenties, new research from Shelter shows.
The unique study by the housing charity paints a picture of the huge financial, social and psychological implications of England’s housing shortage on people left locked out of a home of their own.
By analysing the income and assets of ‘first time...
Exeter businesses are being warned they may become “April fools” by sacrificing tens of thousands of pounds in rating refunds and savings if they do not act quickly.
The alert has come from Matthew Midwinter, partner with leading national property consultancy and chartered surveyor Sanderson Weatherall, which has offices in Exeter.
Mr Midwinter explained: “The rates that businesses pay on their premises are linked to valuations which have previously changed every five years. The last such review took effect in April 2010 but the government announced a couple of years ago...
The South West property market has seen the pace of price rises start to accelerate again due to the demand supply imbalance, according to the latest RICS UK Residential Market Survey.
While nationally Northern Ireland and Scotland continue to outperform the rest of the UK, there were upward shifts in price growth across the South West and the South East, while London saw its sixth consecutive monthly price decline.
The upward shift in prices is in part being driven by a decline in the number of houses coming onto the market in the region, as 31% more surveyors saw declines...
Fire chiefs have welcomed today’s announcement that the government plans to introduce vital life-saving legislation on smoke alarms in rented properties ahead of the General Election.
New regulations which make it compulsory for all landlords to fit smoke alarms in rented homes are to be issued by the Government it was announced today at the Local Government Association (LGA) conference in Gateshead. Preparations for the new powers requiring landlords to fit smoke alarms / carbon monoxide detectors in private rented homes having been completed, the legislation will now be laid...
Close on the heels of scooping four golds in the 2014 allAgents Awards, Crediton-based sales and lettings agency, Helmores, is celebrating after winning yet another national award.
For the second year in a row, the 300-year-old firm has been crowned Best Single Estate Agency in the South West at The Sunday Times Estate Agency of the Year Awards, and this year added the accolades of Best Innovation and Best Agency to Work For.
The news was revealed at a glittering awards ceremony in front of over 650 leading estate agents at The Lancaster London Hotel opposite Hyde Park. The...
Pace of price growth in the South West accelerated slightly over the last three months and new reform in the Autumn Statement is expected to boost sales
House price growth in the past three months accelerated slightly in the South West and new Stamp Duty reforms see surveyors forecasting a sales boost of between 2-5%, according to the latest RICS Residential Market Survey.
Despite a net balance of 17% more surveyors reporting a decline in new buyer enquiries in the South West, supply in the region has improved in November and surveyors are expecting more house sales in...
Long-established Crediton estate agency, Helmores, believes that the recent changes to Stamp Duty charges, announced in the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s Autumn Statement on 3 December and in effect now, is a much fairer system for home buyers.
Under the new rules, George Osborne has said that 98% of homeowners in England and Wales will pay less Stamp Duty as of midnight on 3 December, meaning that home buyers could save an average of £4,500 on stamp duty (for a property costing £275,000), which bring down the cost of buying a property for all but the highest valued properties....
Police investigating a series of burglaries in East Devon are hoping to return a number of items to their rightful owners.
Officers found the property following their investigations into a burglary in Sidmouth but police do not know who the items belong to or where they came from.
The recovered property includes a key fob which says “lounge french door”, a tea towel with ladybirds and daisies, and an envelope with a horse on which contained some old bank notes.
Anyone who believes the items are theirs should call DC Matt Burnell on 101.
