Perhaps surprisingly, structural movement is common to every home in the country. Whilst almost all houses experience some level of movement, the effects are usually so minimal as to pass unnoticed.
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How close is too close, when it comes to trees in your garden?
The roots of trees can heave your greatest asset into the air, or they can remove all the moisture from the ground causing cracks outside your front door – and up the wall!
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Has Brexit affected housebuilding?
During August 2016, the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) conducted a survey of 108 Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), asking how the Brexit vote had affected their businesses.
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Happiest place to live and work?
Happiness may be subjective, but that doesn’t stop various organisations conducting surveys to discover the happiest place to live (and work) in Britain. How does your home town measure up?
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New Barn Conversions in decline
The demand for Barns and other redundant agricultural and industrial buildings to convert into residential accommodation is now significantly in decline.
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Number of Neighbourhood Plans passes 200
Following the approval of 3 plans in Herefordshire earlier this month (August 2016), the total number of neighbourhood plans currently in place has now risen to 200. This is on top of almost 1,900 communities across England that are in the process of implementing their own plans.
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Home ownership slumps to pre-millennium levels
Research by the Resolution Foundation has shown that the ratio of home-owners to tenants in the United Kingdom has dropped considerably over the last decade or so.
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A surveyor’s view on adding value to your home
For as long as you are simply living in the property without thought of the next stage, its value won’t be your highest concern. But when it comes to selling up, you will be pleased that you put some forethought into achieving the best possible value early.
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The Property Market Monthly Fact File – July 2016
The property market fact file is a collection of data compiled each month by our Chartered Surveyors and the propertysurveying.co.uk team; collating survey data, statistics, trends and information from the property market. This aims to provide a single place where anyone with an interest in UK property can find the information they need.
The Property Market Monthly Fact File – June 2016
The property market fact file is a collection of data compiled each month by our Chartered Surveyors and the propertysurveying.co.uk team; collating survey data, statistics, trends and information from the property market. This aims to provide a single place where anyone with an interest in UK property can find the information they need.
To read the monthly fact file, click here.