Interesting Q&A with MPC member Kate Barker over at the Spectator on why the housing market and the economy hit the skids.
Barker, who did a review of housing supply for the government, makes some pretty strong statements, among them that the target for housebuilding may now be defunct due to demographic changes and that the [...]

I ask because I recently had two blog posts sent my way, one urging investors to buy flats, the other saying, nah, don’t be daft, it has to be houses.
In the flat corner is Robin Bowman of Property Secrets, who argues:
“There is almost always rental demand for good flats in good locations, which are generally [...]

Our guys in the Research Team have some interesting news to report.
On Monday March 23, FindaProperty.com attracted 174,014 unique visitors. This is the highest daily level we have seen since daily tracking records began in mid-2006.

How do we explain this?
It’s partly down to the fact that in the week preceding March 23 we had two [...]

We wrote about this subject on FindaProperty.com ealier in the week.
Here’s a helpful video about the changes, which took effect on April 1.

Thanks to Ciara over at Royals of Rent for alerting us to this YouTube source.

1. Thisismoney Message Boards: “Sanity returns - but at what cost?” wonders greybaby. I’ve often asked myself the same question, baby. Lively discussion of homes, mortgages and house prices from the best personal finance website in the business.
2. SingingPig: Don’t let the name put you off, it’s got nothing to do with farm animals! Busy and [...]

This week’s graph is from the FindaProperty.com Rental Index for March.
The solid line shows the monthly change in rental values while the red dotted line shows the monthly change averaged over three months.
What’s interesting about this is the gradual slowdown in the pace of price falls, a trend matched by the slowdown in the amount [...]

It’s been a busy old week here at FaP Towers.
Yesterday we had the launch of the McDonald’s Best Chance Monopoly – we’re sponsoring the two £300k prizes to buy a home.
Today we’re very happy to be partnering Google in the launch of their innovative Street View addition to Google maps.
Street View allows you to view [...]

We’ve been asking our users what makes a home?
As you probably know, pretty much everyone in Ireland lives in either a castle or a cottage, so to celebrate this undisputed fact, here are some castles you can currently buy there.
Most of them are of Norman provenance, and they obviously weren’t big on floor-to-ceiling windows, the [...]

Thanks to our research team for this week’s graph, which comes from MyHomeLife, their regular consumer survey.
It’s based on responses from 1,000 visitors to Primelocation.com and FindaProperty.com, and it’s fairly self-explanatory.
Most people think the market will bottom out before, or by, autumn of this year.
Do you agree? - send us your views using the Comments [...]

The folks over at Park Let have just emailed us a link to a new tool on their website. Type in a postcode and it will calculate how much you could make per month renting out your parking space.
Apparently, I’d be able to make between £87-106 per month. Or at least I would be if [...]