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US real estate prices growing at fastest annual pace since 2006
National prices across the United States increased at their fastest annual pace since 2006, near the peak of the housing bubble, the latest index data shows. Home values are 6.5% higher than in November 2015, according to the Zillow Home Value Index which reached $192,500, just 2% short of the records set in 2007. However, […] The post US real estate prices growing at fastest annual pace since 2006 appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →
Calls for leasehold new build sales to end in the UK
Newly built homes in the UK are being left unsaleable after catching house buyers in a leasehold property trap, with owners being asked to fork out five figure sums for freeholds, it is claimed. With a 999 year long lease and marketing describing them as ‘virtually freehold’, new build properties are becoming increasingly attractive to […] The post Calls for leasehold new build sales to end in the UK appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →
Scottish prime property market activity remains robust despite tax change and Brexit
It has been a year of adjustment for Scotland’s prime property market with further changes to property taxation and wider economic uncertainty affecting prices. Prices fell by 0.4% between October and December and year on year prime prices are 1.1% lower although activity levels remain robust, according to the latest index report from real estate […] The post Scottish prime property market activity remains robust despite tax change and Brexit appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →




