The volume of house sales is increasing across the country — except in Laois where it continues to fall. In Co Cork 3,168 houses were sold last year, a 16% increase on 2012. In Co Galway, it was even higher with a 32% hike. Co Kerry saw a 15% rise in house sales with the [...]
House Sales : Can Social Entrepreneurship Transform House Sales? Can anything make buyers trust real estate agents? A new startup for the housing industry is hoping its service will do just that. Giveback Homes, which launched in August, is a network of real estate agents, home builders, mortgage brokers and interior designers. Members pay $50 [...]
In today's market, when your house goes on sale, you become vulnerable to the entire world. That “For Sale” sign on your front lawn and your listing on real estate websites let everyone know that your home is for sale. While this attracts potential buyers, you could also make your home a target for people [...]
Official statistics have shown there were almost 5,000 residential property sales in the last three months of last year. Prices rose by an average of 4% in 2013, but growth slowed towards the end of the year, according to the latest Northern Ireland Housing Bulletin. The Department of Social Development, which produces the quarterly bulletin, [...]
Property sales throughout the UK surged by 32% during March and additionally vendors are likewise positive with instructions rising by 36%, a new study reveals. In general prices increased by 1% last month making the UK average £212,372, as reported by the most recent index via Sequence, with 300 estate agent branches across the country. [...]
House sales in Wales have increased by 21% in the first three months of the year compared to the same period in 2013. Figures released by HM Revenue and Customs show 10,720 houses in Wales were sold between January and March. It follows the launch of the country's help to buy scheme in January. The [...]
Foreign investment in Spain’s housing market in 2013 was the highest for nine years, at €6.45 billion (US$8.95 billion), up 16% on the previous year, according to the Bank of Spain. British nationals were the biggest buyers with 15.1% of total foreign residential property purchases. The French bought 9.84%, the Russians 8.58%, and Belgians with [...]
House sales complaints rose from 4,261 in 2012, while complaints about letting rose by 1,845 from 8,334 in 2012. In total the Property Ombudsman received 16,378 complaints last year, a 22.9 per cent increase on the 13,321 complaints received in 2012. The ombudsman says 837 complaints about house sales were resolved last year, 236 of [...]
Buying a home in the UK will set you back £235,000 on average, according to the latest figures published this morning by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). “But hold on a minute,” I hear the news-hounds among you say. “Yesterday I read that it was much higher than that.” And indeed you may have. [...]
A property sale delivering a profit of more than £1 million has left Maria Miller facing fresh questions about her financial affairs. The Culture Secretary and her husband Iain Miller bought the property, a five-bedroom Victorian house in Wimbledon, south-west London, in 1995 for £234,000. Ten years later, Mrs Miller was elected as Conservative MP for [...]