Residential Property Market Survey
The October RICS Residential Market Survey shows the improvement in market conditions is becoming more widespread. The pace of demand exceeded that of supply in every part of the country, pushing up prices.
Help To Buy creates 75 homeowners a day: Cheap mortgage scheme a success, says Prime Minister
The controversial Help To Buy mortgage support scheme is enabling 75 families to buy a home every day, David Cameron will say today. The first figures on Help To Buy, in which taxpayers are expected to underwrite the mortgages of hundreds of thousands of homebuyers, suggest it is more popular than predicted.
Just over a week to go until Estate Agency Conference
JW Wood will join fellow agents from across England, Scotland and Wales on 15 November to attend a national estate agency conference in London. Hosted by estate agency organisation Relocation Agent Network, the event is exclusively for its members and a great opportunity to find out the very latest industry innovations and best practices.
JW Wood nominated for the 2013 Best Agent North East Region Award
Local independent estate agent JW Wood from County Durham is pleased to announce that the company has been shortlisted by Relocation Agent Network, a national network of independent estate agents, for the 2012 Best Agent North East Region Award.
County Durham charity auction bidders pay £9,000 for deflated football
A hat-trick of generous bidders has paid £9,000 for an old, deflated Hartlepool United football. The football is traditionally auctioned off at a sportsman\'s dinner held annually in County Durham for children\'s charity Barnardo\'s. The winning bidder usually takes the ball home before returning it ahead of the following year’s event.
Help to Buy Scheme Welcomed by JW Wood
Your local estate agent, JW Wood has welcomed the news that the Government has launched their Help to Buy scheme three months earlier than planned.
Tens of thousands of home buyers will today be offered 95 per cent mortgages
Tens of thousands of home buyers will today be offered 95 per cent mortgages by state-owned banks in a move which David Cameron says will make the “dream of home ownership a reality”.
Fundraising drive boosted by deflated football
A deflated Hartlepool United football has helped raise more than £260,000 for disadvantaged children. Every year the ball is auctioned off as the booby prize at an annual sportsman\'s dinner and every year the ball is returned to go under the hammer again.
Good News for Buyers and Sellers!
This year, reports in the news have begun to indicate signs of a recovery in the UK housing market. And our membership organisation, Relocation Agent Network has added to this good news with the publication of their September Property Survey...
First time buyers accounted for a quarter of all sales in UK last month
Low interest rates and budding buyer confidence has given an unexpected Summer boost to the UK housing market with first time buyers accounting for a quarter of all sales.
Price expectations turn more buoyant
The August 2013 RICS Residential Market Survey underscores a further improvement in market conditions. The results indicate that increases in prices, buyer enquiries, new vendor instructions and sales are becoming increasingly widespread across the country.
Continued improvement in the housing market
There have been various reports in the press in recent weeks about improvements in the general economy. Coupled with this there have also been encouraging references to signs of a recovery in the housing market.
