{"id":9674,"date":"2018-01-12T12:40:23","date_gmt":"2018-01-12T12:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buyassociation.co.uk\/?p=9674"},"modified":"2018-01-12T12:40:23","modified_gmt":"2018-01-12T12:40:23","slug":"this-week-healthy-housing-market-hotel-boom-and-buy-to-let-boost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/news\/this-week-healthy-housing-market-hotel-boom-and-buy-to-let-boost\/","title":{"rendered":"This week: Healthy housing market, hotel room boom and buy-to-let boost"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lots of positive news has come out of the industry this week, as the housing market continues to make headlines and attract attention from the government. Housebuilding continues to be a strong sector, while hotel investments are also proving a lucrative investment choice for many investors, although traditional buy-to-lets are still holding their own despite the regulatory changes afoot. Here are seven things you might have missed this week…<\/p>\n

1. UK affordable housing backed by world’s largest property investor<\/h4>\n

New-York based private equity fund Blackstone is investing in the UK’s Sage Housing Association to help the firm buy affordable housing allocations<\/a> from developers.<\/p>\n

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2.\u00a0London house prices fell in 2017: what\u2019s next for the capital?<\/h4>\n

For the first time in eight years, property prices in London<\/a> went into reverse with a 0.5% dip in value, while the rest of the UK saw a minor rise.<\/p>\n

\"London\"<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Theresa May\u2019s cabinet reshuffle makes housing a top priority<\/h4>\n

Prime Minister Theresa May has overhauled her cabinet<\/a> with an array of sackings and promotions, making Sajid Javid the UK\u2019s new housing secretary.<\/p>\n

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4.\u00a0Top UK housebuilder sees revenues soar in \u2018healthy\u2019 housing market<\/h4>\n

The UK\u2019s second largest housebuilder<\/a>, Persimmon Homes, recorded a 9% boost to its revenues in 2017 with full-year profits expected to be 20% higher than the previous year.<\/p>\n

\"Building\"<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0If you\u2019re considering investing in the hotel market, business is booming\u2026<\/h4>\n

The UK hotel market<\/a> finished 2017 with gains of 32% on the previous year, hitting a total \u00a35.4bn worth of investments from both the UK and overseas.<\/p>\n

\"Hotel\"<\/p>\n

6.\u00a0Smaller cities and towns in north-west could see revival in 2018<\/h4>\n

With the Greater Manchester Metro Mayor Andy Burnham expected to be given more powers in the coming year, we could see a greater focus on non-core areas of the north-west<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"north-west\"<\/p>\n

7.\u00a0Here\u2019s why the future\u2019s looking brighter for buy-to-let<\/h4>\n

The buy-to-let market<\/a> has seen some significant changes recently, leaving many wondering what the future has to offer in a tough marketplace in 2018.<\/p>\n

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Lots of positive news has come out of the industry this week, as the housing market continues to make headlines and attract attention from the government. Housebuilding continues to be a strong sector, while hotel investments are also proving a lucrative investment choice for many investors, although traditional buy-to-lets are still holding their own despite… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1069,"featured_media":6119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,59,6],"tags":[341,342],"class_list":["post-9674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-investment","category-trending-news","category-uk-housing-market","tag-newsletter","tag-roundup"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9674","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\/1069"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9674\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}