Countrywide has launched a specialist financial advisory service for the new homes sector. The mortgage broker will be deploying over 70 mortgage consultants on housing developers’ sites, seven days a week. Chief executive, Grenville Turner, comments: “Our aim is to provide an all-round compelling and powerful proposition estate agency, financial services and conveyancing for house [...]
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Early signs of improvement in property market
February saw some signs of improvement in the UK residential housing sector, with buyer, tenant and mortgage demand increasing, according property services group, Countrywide.
Property viewings increased by 40% across the group’s network of 1,300 estate agency and lettings offices, and the number of house sales agreed also rose 47%, when compared with January, although sales [...]
Private rental voids cut on supply shortage
UK private rental properties are being let within 15 days on average, according to property services group, Countrywide.
The firm’s latest quarterly survey shows that the time taken to secure a tenant has fallen by five days in a year, as an average 4.4 tenants line up for each available home.
In the final three months of [...]
