Average house prices in England and Wales fell by 0.2% in September according to the Land Registry. This is the biggest monthly fall in nearly a year, according to the Land Registry. However, in Wales prices rose by 0.4% and activity, certainly in West Wales, was well up. Annual house price inflation also fell, … [Read more...]
Could this be an Answer to the Flooding Problem?
When friends of ours, Nicki and Andrew Bruce, bought a small plot, upon which there was a dilapidated bungalow, on an island in Marlow and showed it to us with much glee, declaring they were going to build the first “floating house”, we were intrigued but wondered if they would ever manage it. Would they regret … [Read more...]
Award Winning Property Finders Start New West Wales Venture
Carol & Rayner Peett have launched West Wales Property Finders to fill a niche in the growing Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion & Gower property market. Formerly with leading search agents, County Homesearch during which time they won numerous awards including the Best Property Finder UK and Best … [Read more...]
The Draw of Childhood Homes
Young people are given unreasonably high expectations for purchasing their first homes by memories of their childhood homes, according to a survey by Lloyds Bank Insurance. Many first time buyers admitted that their first homes would never live up to the memories of where they grew up and one in four property owners … [Read more...]
House Prices in National Parks
The average house price in National Parks has risen by £91,265 or around 36%, over the past 10 years; £10,000 more than the average price increase for all properties in England and Wales. Pembrokeshire Coast National Park saw a growth of 36% and is Wales’s most expensive for property, with average prices standing at … [Read more...]
