In the news this week<\/a>: asking prices up 1%: UK property market sees a 30% surge in house sales; and landlords remain optimistic about their property investments…<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cAlmost two thirds (58%) of landlords have said they think buy-to-let property investment is \u201chighly attractive\u201d in the current climate, despite talk of reform and the upcoming Budget sparking debate across the industry.<\/p>\n This is according to a new survey released by Butterfield Mortgages Limited, which also found that the highest proportion of landlords (49%) plan to maintain the size of their existing property portfolio, while 38% said they will increase it over the next 12 months. Meanwhile, 10% said they would reduce their portfolio size\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n \u2060–\u00a0Eleanor Harvey, BuyAssociation<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Read the full article<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cBut while prices are largely flat, market activity remains strong, according to Rightmove data. The number of sales being agreed is up by 29% year-on-year, a strong rebound from the weaker market in 2023.<\/p>\n Underlying buyer demand remains strong, with the number of people contacting agents about homes for sale up by 17% compared with this time last year, despite uncertainty caused by what might be included in the upcoming Autumn Budget on 30 October\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n –\u00a0Jo Thornhill, Laura Howard, Forbes<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Read the full article<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cAmidst the uncertainty surrounding the forthcoming Autumn budget, the UK property market has seen a surge in activity, with buyers undeterred by economic concerns. Following the Bank of England’s decision to slash interest rates, the property sector experienced a significant increase in sales, with transactions up by one-third compared to the previous year\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n –\u00a0Amber Murray, BusinessLive<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Read the full article<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cPiling is planned to be completed by mid-2025, with the installation of further foundations on top of the piling starting next year. The design of the station will also be finalised over the next year, focusing on the details of features including the roof and the internal fit-out of the station\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n –\u00a0Grant Prior, Construction Enquirer<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Read the full article<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cPlans for an 80-room hotel by the Bramley-Moore Dock Stadium site off Fulton Street in Liverpool will go to committee next week\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n –\u00a0Charlie Valentine, Place North West<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Read the full article<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The 7am Cut BuyAssociation curates a weekly news letter of the top property news headlines \u2013 to receive your weekly round up of property news,\u00a0register today. In the news this week: asking prices up 1%: UK property market sees a 30% surge in house sales; and landlords remain optimistic about their property investments… Landlords… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4212,"featured_media":6102972,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[349,716,59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6102971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-manchester","category-the-7am-cut","category-trending-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6102971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4212"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6102971"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6102971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6102973,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6102971\/revisions\/6102973"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6102972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6102971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6102971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6102971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Landlords remain optimistic about their property investments<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Asking prices up 1% in muted pre-budget market, says Rightmove<\/strong><\/h3>\n
UK property market sees 30% surge in house sales ahead of Autumn Budget<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Piling starts on HS2 Curzon Street Station<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Approval expected for hotel near Everton stadium<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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