Property News

Increasing demand, together with the continued shortage of homes, means house prices and rents are still rising, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). This has prompted the...

Most people in the UK are hoping to hear that the current stamp duty holiday will be extended by Chancellor Rishi Sunak in next week’s budget, according to recent research. The reduction in the rate...

The UK’s first homes with household appliances fuelled entirely by hydrogen are set to be completed by April. The two semi-detached properties, funded with the help of the UK government’s Hy4Heat...

Leading industry figures are becoming more vocal in their call to the government to extend the stamp duty holiday. With seven weeks to go until the tax break ends, there has been growing pressure on Chancellor...

Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) has won the design competition to build a multi-dimensional vertical “city” of two towers in Shenzhen, China. Tower C will sit within the business and financial...

Detached homes saw the biggest price increases of all home types in the UK last year, according to research by property portal OpenBrix. Following the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic and the first national...

Rightmove has recorded its busiest ever start to a new year, with visits to the site up 30 per cent on the same time period in 2020. There are very early signs of activity continuing to grow during lockdown,...

National average house prices will grow by a robust four per cent in 2021, according to Rightmove. There is strong evidence that people will continue to have their reprioritised housing needs high on their...

Approximately 84 per cent of those who own a property aim to make their home more environmentally friendly within the next 12 months, according to new research from City Plumbing. The report from the plumbing...

Demand for new properties and the flow of homes being listed for sale across the UK’s housing market has remained strong over the past month. The October 2020, RICS (Royal Institute of Chartered...

Those currently undergoing extension, renovation, conversion or other building work on their homes have been reassured that the work can continue during lockdown. Although there has been no official full...

Howie Architects are very much aware of the ever-changing situation and of the growing concerns around Coronavirus (Covid-19), we therefore we want to make our clients aware of some of the precautionary...