{"id":22049,"date":"2018-11-16T12:12:40","date_gmt":"2018-11-16T12:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buyassociation.co.uk\/?p=22049"},"modified":"2018-11-16T12:12:40","modified_gmt":"2018-11-16T12:12:40","slug":"top-7-recent-stories-in-housing-and-property-investment-16-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/news\/top-7-recent-stories-in-housing-and-property-investment-16-november\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 7 recent stories in housing and property investment: 16 November"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>Here\u2019s our round-up of some of the best stories that we\u2019ve posted on\u00a0BuyAssociation\u00a0recently.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Some towns and cities are behind on their new build targets, Stockport is a big mover in the best buy-to-let area charts, and there\u2019s a call to allow more humans to share rented properties with their cat overlords.<\/p>\n<h4>1.Letwin Report: Towns and cities behind on new build targets<\/h4>\n<p>Towns and cities across England are finding it hard to meet their new house building targets according to a housing review <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2018\/11\/12\/towns-and-cities-behind-on-building-targets-for-new-homes\/\">undertaken by Sir Oliver Letwin MP.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-21966\" src=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/new_builds_uk_november-_2018-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Bew build houses in the United Kingdom\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>2.Mixed picture for London and regions in new Your Move figures<\/h4>\n<p>Annual house price growth fell substantially in London while falling less dramatically across England and Wales, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2018\/11\/12\/london-growth-falls-on-annual-basis-in-new-figures-for-october\/\">according to new figures from Your Move.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-10980\" src=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/london-2363601_1280-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"London\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>3.Stockport into best buy-to-let investment area Top Ten<\/h4>\n<p>Stockport has entered the top 10 of buy-to-let investment areas in England and Wales, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2018\/11\/13\/stockport-into-best-buy-to-let-investment-area-top-ten\/\">in new data published by specialist mortgage lender LendInvest.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-21991\" src=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/stockport_view-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Stockport viaduct, a fine example of a multi-linked railway support structure, and Stockport Pyramid beyond\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>4.Government reveals Housing Court plans for landlord-tenant disputes<\/h4>\n<p>The Government has revealed plans for a Housing Court that aims to speed up and improve <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2018\/11\/14\/government-reveals-housing-court-plans-for-landlord-tenant-disputes\/\">the quality of decisions in property disputes for landlords and tenants.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-13887\" src=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/law-1063249_1280-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>5.Midlands property prices head north with steady growth<\/h4>\n<p>The most recent house price index published by Your Move reveals that the Midlands is leading the way with property values <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2018\/11\/13\/midlands-property-prices-head-north-with-steady-growth\/\">showing growth month on month.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-22004\" src=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/midlands_map_november_2018-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Birmingham map of west Midlands\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>6.Retired borrowers set to become the fastest-growing mortgage sector<\/h4>\n<p>Lending into retirement is expected to be the fastest growing segment in the specialist mortgage market <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2018\/11\/14\/retired-borrowers-set-to-become-the-fastest-growing-mortgage-sector\/\">over the next two years.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-22022\" src=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/iStock-478528298-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Older couple smiling\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>7.\u00a0Landlords urged to rethink no pets policies<\/h4>\n<p>A leading animal welfare charity is urging landlords to allow more of their tenants to own a cat in rented accommodation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2018\/11\/14\/landlords-urged-to-rethink-no-pets-policies\/\">with benefits for both humans and felines.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-22006\" src=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/cat_laying_down-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s our round-up of some of the best stories that we\u2019ve posted on\u00a0BuyAssociation\u00a0recently. Some towns and cities are behind on their new build targets, Stockport is a big mover in the best buy-to-let area charts, and there\u2019s a call to allow more humans to share rented properties with their cat overlords. 1.Letwin Report: Towns and<a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/news\/top-7-recent-stories-in-housing-and-property-investment-16-november\/\" title=\"ReadTop 7 recent stories in housing and property investment: 16 November\">&#8230; Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3875,"featured_media":6119,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,59,6],"tags":[341],"class_list":["post-22049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archived-news","category-trending-news","category-uk-housing-market","tag-newsletter"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3875"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}