Property News
How Eco-friendly are Boston Homes?
- 11 Jun 2021
And how new Gov’t rules will mean draughty low-eco Boston homes will drop in value ‘It’s Not Easy Being Green’, was the song that Kermit sang on Sesame Street.
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Your Great-Great Boston Grandfather Would Have Only Paid £215 8s 2d for His Boston Home in 1871
- 1 Jun 2021
Would it surprise you even more when I said the ratio of house prices to wages are still lower today when compared to 1871? Yes, you read that correctly, as a proportion of average wages British house prices are 17.6% proportionally cheaper today than they were in 1871.
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36.7% of Boston Landlords Could be Fined £5,000 Each With New Energy Regs
- 24 May 2021
As the UK has committed to a legally binding target to be carbon neutral by 2050, one of the biggest producers of greenhouse gasses are residential properties. To hit that target, every UK property will need to achieve a minimum grade of C on their Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) by 2035. The issue is, two thirds of UK’s homes (around 19 million households) are rated D or below.
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Boston Buy-to-Let Property Market Going into Crisis?
- 6 May 2021
Boston landlords, sell your property portfolios, your tenants will soon be leaving in droves as they buy their first home with the new 5% deposit mortgages backed by the Government’s new mortgage-guarantee scheme revealed in March’s budget! These 95% mortgages are to be supported by the Treasury, lessening losses for mortgage lenders should the borrower be incapable of repaying and get repossessed, as the Government want Generation Rent to turn into Generation Buy.
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Will Boston house prices fall in 2022?
- 28 Apr 2021
As 1 in 5 Boston homes are selling within a fortnight
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