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Average house price could rise by £19k due to new mortgage rule
Daily Express
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June 2, 2025
Relaxed mortgage rules could drive house prices significantly higher than expected over the next five years, adding as much as £19,425 to the average UK home, according to analysis by estate agent Savills.The uplift, equivalent to a 7.5% increase,...
Kyiv ex-Councilor’s Apartment Sales Linked to Possible Land Fraud Scheme
Slidstvo.info
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June 2, 2025
Denys Komarnytskyi, a former Kyiv City Council member, and his wife, Iryna, owned and quickly sold 52 apartments in the capital’s Comfort Town residential complex between 2016 and 2018. Slidstvo.Info interviewed current apartment owners, many...
Is metro Detroit in a seller's or buyer's market for homes? Here's what a local agent says
WMYD - Michigan
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June 2, 2025
(WXYZ) — Nationally, it appears the tides of the housing markets are starting to turn. According to a recent report from the housing website Redfin, the U.S. housing market has nearly 500,000 more sellers than buyers. That could mean good news for...
Beach hut on market for same price as a terraced house in Gwynedd
NorthWalesLive
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June 2, 2025
A beach hut on an exclusive stretch of sand is on the market for the same price as an average terraced house. The shack on Abersoch's Porth Mawr only measures 12ft by 10ft internally, with its total floorspace extended by a balcony area. You also...
Rising costs and buyer hesitancy stall Portland housing projects
Mainebiz - Oregon
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Two high-end condominium developments and a 327-unit apartment complex targeted to middle-income households are all now on hold. All were fully approved. A luxury condo project planned for 64 Pine St. is not currently an affordable build,...
Nationwide: Annual house prices nudge higher after post-stamp duty change slump
MoneyWeek
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June 2, 2025
House prices edged higher in the year to May, according to the latest Nationwide House Price Index, beating back previous figures that showed a slowdown. The annual rate of house price growth increased marginally in May to 3.5%, compared to 3.4%...
Escape to the Country buyer 'blown away' by price of North Wales home
Liverpool Echo
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June 2, 2025
A buyer on Escape to the Country was completely "blown away" after hearing the price of a two-bedroom property in North Wales. Jules Hudson was helping a buyer kickstart a new lifestyle in the Welsh countryside. Speaking about his love for the...
Harbor Group reportedly acquires 3,590 apartment units for $625M
Multifamily Dive
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Properties: 11 Buyer: Harbor Group International Seller: David Werner, Onyx Partners and Carlton Associates Property type: Garden style Units: 3,590 Location: South Carolina, Louisiana, Georgia and Tennessee Total purchase price: $625 million...
House prices rise in May
LondonlovesProperty
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June 2, 2025
House prices rose in May to 3.5% compared to 3.4% in April, month-on-month prices have increased by 0.5%. House prices in predominantly rural areas have risen by 23% over the last five years, compared to 18% in more urban areas. Robert Gardner,...
Six-unit apartment building on south side of Greenwich sells for $2.08M
Hartford Business Journal - Connecticut
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A six-unit, three-story apartment building on the south side of Greenwich has exchanged hands for $2.08M, according to a broker representing the seller. Matthew Rinklin, of New York City, and Benjamin Spiegel, of Greenwich, bought the...
First-time buyer shares 'easy' hack that made her £129 when moving into new house
Devon Live
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June 2, 2025
A new homeowner has revealed an "easy" and savvy method which earned her over £100 shortly after moving into her new house, which she is currently renovating and decorating. Climbing the property ladder is an enticing prospect, although achieving...
OPEN HOUSE - BETHANY BAY - 37329 LEE LANE
Cape Gazette - Delaware
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OPEN HOUSE - BETHANY BAY - 37329 LEE LANE - OCEAN VIEW DE SATURDAY 6/6 FROM 11:00AM - 1:00 PM HUGE PRICE DROP - Welcome to this stunning ranch-style home in the sought after Bethany Bay community. This 3 bedroom, 3.5 bathroom condominium offers...
Pennsylvania House passes bill to create retirement accounts for employees lacking them
WVIA - Pennsylvania
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June 2, 2025
A recently passed House bill that would allow employees to voluntarily contribute to state-managed retirement savings accounts faces an uncertain future in the Senate. State Rep. Kyle Mullins, D-Lackawanna, the bill’s chief sponsor, said the...
UK Mortgage Approvals Fall Unexpectedly; House Prices Rise
RTTNews
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June 2, 2025
UK mortgage approvals declined unexpectedly to the lowest level in more than a year in April as stamp duty holiday ended in March, data from the Bank of England revealed Monday. Elsewhere, data from the mortgage lender Nationwide Building Society...
Mortgage lending crashes as stamp duty change deters buyers
Mortgage Professional Australia
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June 2, 2025
The BoE’s findings are consistent with a separate report, also released today by UK Finance. That report suggested the slowdown in April followed a surge in activity earlier in the year, driven by buyers rushing to complete transactions before...
France's upper house debates fast-fashion bill
The Victoria Advocate - Texas
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France's Senate on Monday debated a bill to regulate the influx of environmentally unfriendly, low-quality clothes into the country, many from China. The lower house of parliament adopted a version of the so-called "fast fashion" bill in March...
The 10 interior design blunders that make your house unsellable – from fake plants to ‘sloppy’ curtains
The Sun
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June 2, 2025
WITH summer fast approaching, brighter days and warmer nights are on the horizon - which means the housing market is starting to come alive. And experts have said that now is the perfect time for homeowners to put their properties up for sale as...
House prices are dropping across London – but people are still having to leave the capital to buy
The Independent
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June 2, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Streamlining New Sample Development in Export Houses: A Case Study on Spanish Buyers
Textile Value Chain
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June 2, 2025
Priyanshi Rakesh Maurya, Post Graduate Academic Scholar, Department of Fashion Management Studies, National Institute of Fashion Technology, Ministry of Textiles, Govt of India, Daman Campus. Dr. Rahul Kushwaha, Assistant Professor, Department of...
We moved to a seaside house in Suffolk — and found peace
The Times
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When I told the kids we were moving to Suffolk they hated the idea, and they hated me too [says Louise Connolly, 51]. They were saying things like, “Why are you doing this to us?”, “We are happy where we are”. It went down like a lead balloon. We...