Taylor Wimpey has launched an informative new video guide explaining the recently launched 95 per cent mortgage scheme, NewBuy. The Government and housebuilder-backed initiative has been hailed as a great boost for the industry and is being offered by a number of the major mortgage lenders. NewBuy is available on brand-new properties up to £500,000 and means that credit-worthy first time buyers may now only need to save a five per cent deposit before they can get on the property ladder. Home movers with limited equity in their existing house will also benefit from the increase in … [Read more...]
LSL New Build Index May 2012, powered by e.surv Chartered Surveyors
May 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment
There has been plenty of positive news from the housebuilding industry in recent months, with many reporting rises in both interest and sales. But how do the price of new-build homes stack up year-on year? Are housebuilders dropping prices to grow sales? And, with the UK economy nudging into recession again, are housebuilders building the right units to sustain buyers' interest? The latest LSL New Build Index, powered by e.surv and exclusively revealed here on award-winning new homes portal whathouse.co.uk, shows a mixed picture, not just regionally but also by house type. "The price of … [Read more...]
Halifax launches Home Finder app
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Halifax has today launched the UK's first smartphone app which offers a 'one stop shop' for UK house hunters. The app combines property search facilities, mortgage affordability calculators, local area information and property buyers' guides. Available to download on iPhone, the free Halifax Home Finder app uses state of the art technology to revolutionise the way UK house hunters find and secure their dream home. Offering more support to buyers than any other app, the Halifax Home Finder also incorporates the functionality of social media apps. The app allows users to manage the … [Read more...]
Industry celebrates success as Homes for Scotland 2012 Award winners announced
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Celebrating the key achievements of the home building industry across a range of initiatives, trade body Homes for Scotland has announced the winners of its 2012 Awards. The Awards focused on four key themes which remain critical to the industry’s future success - customers, people, partnership and design. Promoting sustainability and the environmental agenda, approaches to housing delivery and customer experience as well as acknowledging young talent, the following companies and individuals were recognised in front of a 700-strong crowd at the largest such annual industry gathering at … [Read more...]
Pinterest Beyond the Basics: A Marketer’s Guide to Successful Pinning
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In this article, you'll learn... What type of content marketers should pin, and how How to integrate email campaigns with Pinterest Pinterest, the popular image-driven social network, is one of the hottest topics du jour. In the past year, traffic to the virtual pinboard site has shot up more than 9,000% (source: Compete). Companies are jumping on the Pinterest bandwagon, and your brand, too, can benefit from what is now one of the world's largest social networks. The following are tips—beyond the basics—on how to use Pinterest to get results. 1. Don't be the dullest kid … [Read more...]
Self-build solution’ for UK property market
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A new report from MPs is encouraging the Government to tackle the housing crisis by helping people to build their own houses. The advice from the Commons' Communities and Local Government Select Committee is based on research that shows only 110,000 new homes were built last year, while over 230,000 households develop every year. And Clive Betts, the Labour MP who chairs the committee, believes that the Government needs to build on its current housing strategy in order to increase the supply of housing in the UK property market. "There is no silver bullet. We have to muster all the … [Read more...]
A Marketer’s Guide to Pinterest
May 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Everyone seems to love a good Infographic, so I couldn’t resist posting this video infographic on Pinterest, based on the more static version called “The Marketers Guide to Pinterest” that did the rounds a month or two ago… but now appears in full video glory! Created by the guys at MDG Advertising, the video infographic highlights just about all the key Pinterest statistics, stats and facts you might have seen or heard about this year. Enjoy. Sources: Digital Buzz … [Read more...]
Do Portals Need Google Maps?
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Before I dive into the why (and the how for all our neogeo mapping freaks amongst our readership), let me say that Google maps remains a phenomenal service that is continually adding amazingly innovative new functionalities. The boom in online cartography witnessed over the last years was kicked off by the launch of Google maps, and I can still remember the light bulb going on in my head when in early 2005 I saw housingmaps.com, the first Google maps mashup. It was clear I was looking at the future. A little over a year later, in June 2006, we launched Nestoria. So I am the first to recognize … [Read more...]
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