More Than 1,000 Homes Made Available To Rough Sleepers In Liverpool

More than 1,000 properties have been made available to homeless people across Liverpool. Housing association, Cobalt Housing, said on its website that the rehoming initiative was through a successful collaboration between housing associations and Liverpool Council. They said more than 1,000 properties were provided for the city's homeless who had been temporarily put up in hotels during the coronavirus pandemic. The project has now been shortlisted in the UK Housing Awards. Read more on the Liverpool Echo website.

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/more-200-homes-made-available-21778947 

UK Housing Market 'Still Moving' Says NAEA

NAEA Propertymark has released data covering the housing market for December 2018 and revealed that, despite Brexit woes, the supply of properties available to buy increased to the highest December levels seen for four years. According to the report, as sellers continued to market their homes in December, the supply of available housing increased by a fifth (20 per cent) from 35 in November to 42. This is the highest level seen for the month of December since 2014.In December the number of house hunters registered per estate agent branch increased by eight per cent, from 282 in November to 304. Year-on-year, demand is up 13 per cent, from 268 in December 2017. Read more on the Property Reporter website.

https://www.propertyreporter.co.uk/property/uk-housing-market-still-moving-says-naea.html

Plummeting Lettings Supply Means Higher Rents For London Tenants

The number of available properties to rent is falling at an alarming rate, particularly in Greater London, according to property platform Home. It says this is bad news for tenants, who are facing higher rents and stiff competition to secure the best homes. Rents have already risen by 4.0 per cent in the Greater London area over the last 12 months. The number of available homes to rent in Greater London that have been on the market for 20 weeks or less plummeted by 24 per cent over the last year, from 52,388 in August 2017 to 39,746 in August this year. Read more on the Lettings Agent Today website.

https://www.lettingagenttoday.co.uk/breaking-news/2018/9/higher-rents-for-london-tenants-as-lettings-supply-plummets-24

Supply Of Housing At Six-Month High

The supply of available housing rose to a six-month high in August, according to a report from the National Association of Estate Agents, although demand fell slightly. The average number of houses available for purchase through NAEA agents in August was an average of 41 per branch, the highest level since March when the average was 54. Figures show that the number of sales to first-time buyers increased from 25 collectively in July, to 28 per cent in August, an increase of 8 per cent on August 2015. Read the report on the NAEA website.