http://blogs.independent.co.uk| Blogs from the Independent newspaper - news, views and features from the world's most free-thinking newspaper| Sat, 18 May 2013 09:28:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2| en hourly 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/01/18/property-news-roundup-18012013/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/01/18/property-news-roundup-18012013/#comments Fri, 18 Jan 2013 14:57:47 +0000 Alex Johnson http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=31759 Landlords investing more, rents falling, increased first-time buyer activity]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/01/18/property-news-roundup-18012013/feed/ 0 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/01/03/more-than-a-million-days-wasted-every-year-sorting-out-house-moves/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/01/03/more-than-a-million-days-wasted-every-year-sorting-out-house-moves/#comments Thu, 03 Jan 2013 13:19:10 +0000 Alex Johnson http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=31238 More than 80% of people spend at least an hour a day looking at property online]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/01/03/more-than-a-million-days-wasted-every-year-sorting-out-house-moves/feed/ 14 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/10/12/friday-fives-homes-in-glasgow/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/10/12/friday-fives-homes-in-glasgow/#comments Fri, 12 Oct 2012 09:44:58 +0000 Alex Johnson http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=29103 From a £45,000 3-bedroom terrace to a £995,000 home built around 1800]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/10/12/friday-fives-homes-in-glasgow/feed/ 11 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/09/19/a-third-of-homeowners-are-very-likely-to-use-an-online-estate-agent/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/09/19/a-third-of-homeowners-are-very-likely-to-use-an-online-estate-agent/#comments Wed, 19 Sep 2012 08:48:44 +0000 Alex Johnson http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=28500 Online estate agents currently account for around 1% of property sales in the UK]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/09/19/a-third-of-homeowners-are-very-likely-to-use-an-online-estate-agent/feed/ 2 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/09/14/property-sales-and-misleading-information-be-aware-be-very-aware/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/09/14/property-sales-and-misleading-information-be-aware-be-very-aware/#comments Fri, 14 Sep 2012 15:40:32 +0000 Alex Johnson http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=28424 The law is changing on what a buyer is entitled to know, and what a seller (or its agents) are obliged to tell them]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/09/14/property-sales-and-misleading-information-be-aware-be-very-aware/feed/ 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/06/extra-90000-needed-to-live-in-a-national-park/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/06/extra-90000-needed-to-live-in-a-national-park/#comments Mon, 06 Aug 2012 08:39:35 +0000 Alex Johnson http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=27120 National Park homes now cost over ten times average earnings]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/06/extra-90000-needed-to-live-in-a-national-park/feed/ 2 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/25/40-of-househunters-have-decided-to-buy-before-they-get-past-the-hall/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/25/40-of-househunters-have-decided-to-buy-before-they-get-past-the-hall/#comments Wed, 25 Jul 2012 00:36:28 +0000 Alex Johnson http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=26725 Nearly 30% made up their minds when they first arrived or first set foot in the door]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/25/40-of-househunters-have-decided-to-buy-before-they-get-past-the-hall/feed/ 0 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/04/17/why-house-sales-fall-through/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/04/17/why-house-sales-fall-through/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 08:43:31 +0000 Alex Johnson http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=23260 How does the number of buyers in a property chain affect the chance of completion?]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/04/17/why-house-sales-fall-through/feed/ 0 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/04/16/prices-rising-transactions-rising-but-is-it-a-recovery/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/04/16/prices-rising-transactions-rising-but-is-it-a-recovery/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 09:48:14 +0000 Alex Johnson http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=23228 Local research still vital despite figures indicating growth in price and sales]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/04/16/prices-rising-transactions-rising-but-is-it-a-recovery/feed/ 0 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/04/02/property-news-update-02042012/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/04/02/property-news-update-02042012/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 09:12:59 +0000 Alex Johnson http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=22890 A look at what's been happening in the property world over the last week]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/04/02/property-news-update-02042012/feed/ 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/03/30/spring-property-sales-news-roundup/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/03/30/spring-property-sales-news-roundup/#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2012 10:46:54 +0000 Alex Johnson http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=22842 There are signs of growth in the spring property market]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/03/30/spring-property-sales-news-roundup/feed/ 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/03/29/is-the-national-policy-planning-framework-a-step-forward/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/03/29/is-the-national-policy-planning-framework-a-step-forward/#comments Thu, 29 Mar 2012 11:46:12 +0000 Alex Johnson http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=22811 Emotions have certainly been running high in the runup to the new National Policy Planning Framework (NPPF) announced yesterday. ]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/03/29/is-the-national-policy-planning-framework-a-step-forward/feed/ 0