{"id":10772,"date":"2017-03-17T13:11:47","date_gmt":"2017-03-17T13:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/?p=10772"},"modified":"2018-02-14T05:47:37","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T05:47:37","slug":"this-weeks-hottest-property-news-17-03-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/this-weeks-hottest-property-news-17-03-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week&#8217;s Hottest Property News &#8211; 17.03.2017"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- SEO Ultimate Plus (https:\/\/seoultimateplus.com) - Code Inserter module -->\n<script async>(function(s,u,m,o,j,v){j=u.createElement(m);v=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0];j.async=1;j.src=o;j.dataset.sumoSiteId='b68b392479b5981b8acf46565e9fe32a0734fc21a1f7c1e60121eaa6ca1a1c64';v.parentNode.insertBefore(j,v)})(window,document,'script','\/\/load.sumo.com\/');<\/script>\n<!-- \/SEO Ultimate Plus -->\n\n<h1>How <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/compare-estate-agents\" title=\"estate agents\">estate agents<\/a> trick buyers into spending more &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2017\/03\/10\/the-great-mortgage-fix-how-estate-agents-trick-buyers-into-spending-more-6476355\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Metro Online<\/a><\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_10842\" style=\"width: 634px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10842\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-10842 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Estate-Agents-Tricking.jpg\" alt=\"Image source\" width=\"624\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Estate-Agents-Tricking.jpg 2500w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Estate-Agents-Tricking-260x173.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Estate-Agents-Tricking-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Estate-Agents-Tricking-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Estate-Agents-Tricking-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Estate-Agents-Tricking-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Estate-Agents-Tricking-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Estate-Agents-Tricking-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Estate-Agents-Tricking-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10842\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2017\/03\/10\/the-great-mortgage-fix-how-estate-agents-trick-buyers-into-spending-more-6476355\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Image source<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>The dirty underbelly of the <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/property\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/property;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.05wrt;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Property\" >property<\/a> world has been revealed, as mortgage brokers and <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"Estate (law)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/estate-law\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/estate_law;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.038t85;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Estate_(law)\" >estate<\/a> agents are not as impartial as they claim, in order to squeeze more money out of a sale.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Brokers make a commission from the mortgage lender as well as the buyer, meaning they often aren\u2019t as neutral as many proclaim to be.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018What you don\u2019t want is a mortgage broker who goes for whoever gives the most commission and will only offer you a certain product because it is someone they know and like and they get lots of money from,\u2019 Higgins explains.<\/p>\n<p>Those selling their property can miss out on the best deals too, with some estate agents preferring offers from <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"Buy to let\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/buy-to-let\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/buy_to_let;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.083ycg;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Buy_to_let\" >buy-to-let<\/a> investors over other offers because they can make \u2018double commission\u2019 on both the house sale and the subsequent <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"Renting\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/renting\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/renting;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.01y857;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Renting\" >rental<\/a> income, Higgins says.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2017\/03\/10\/the-great-mortgage-fix-how-estate-agents-trick-buyers-into-spending-more-6476355\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>What can you buy around Britain for the price of an average home? \u00a3300k will get you a four-bedroom Scottish castle or a studio flat in London&#8217;s outskirts &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/property\/article-4297602\/Find-far-299k-stretches-UK-property-market.html?ITO=1490&amp;ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_campaign=1490\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Daily Mail Online<\/a><\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_10846\" style=\"width: 644px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10846\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-10846 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Scottish-Castle.jpg\" alt=\"Image source\" width=\"634\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Scottish-Castle.jpg 634w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Scottish-Castle-260x173.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Scottish-Castle-600x398.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Scottish-Castle-100x66.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Scottish-Castle-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Scottish-Castle-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Scottish-Castle-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Scottish-Castle-450x299.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10846\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/property\/article-4297602\/Find-far-299k-stretches-UK-property-market.html?ITO=1490&amp;ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_campaign=1490\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Image source<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><strong>An interesting experiment\u00a0pushes the budget of an average <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"homes\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/home\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/home;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.01l0mw;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Home\" >home<\/a> to the limit and with interesting results. Londoners should think more seriously about moving to Scotland where the property is cheap and <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"Room\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/room\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/room;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.06ht1;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Room\" >rooms<\/a> aplenty!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Location is key when it comes to making your money go further in the UK&#8217;s <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"Real estate economics\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/real-estate-economics\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/real_estate_economics;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.04t2q1;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Real_estate_economics\" >housing market<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Across the country, the average home is going up for sale for \u00a3299,764, price data from Zoopla has revealed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In areas like the South East and <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/london\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/london;http:\/\/sws.geonames.org\/2643743\/;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.04jpl;http:\/\/yago-knowledge.org\/resource\/London;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/London\" >London<\/a>, you&#8217;ll be lucky to bag a one bedroom flat or studio for \u00a3300,000, while in Scotland or the North East, the same amount stretches to a four-bedroom home.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/property\/article-4297602\/Find-far-299k-stretches-UK-property-market.html#ixzz4bPqAnHHN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Landlords warned about using Gumtree &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.propertytribes.com\/landlords-warned-about-using-gumtree-t-127628809.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Property Tribes<\/a><\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_10867\" style=\"width: 578px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10867\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-10867 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Property-Tribes.png\" alt=\"Image Source\" width=\"568\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Property-Tribes.png 568w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Property-Tribes-260x101.png 260w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Property-Tribes-100x39.png 100w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Property-Tribes-150x58.png 150w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Property-Tribes-200x77.png 200w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Property-Tribes-300x116.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Property-Tribes-450x174.png 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10867\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.propertytribes.com\/landlords-warned-about-using-gumtree-t-127628809.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Image Source<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p><b>New TV show uncovers the scary truth for private <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"Landlord\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/landlord\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/landlord;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.02mx_6;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Landlord\" >landlords<\/a> who use Gumtree to list their properties.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Landlords warned about using Gumtree on tonight\u2019s <i>\u201cNightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords\u201d <\/i>Channel 5 TV show.<\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cNightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords\u201d<\/i> airs its second episode of the third series tomorrow night at 9pm on Channel 5 which explores the fallout one landlord faces after deciding to let her property through Gumtree.<\/p>\n<p>Despite not knowing much about how Gumtree operates, Vicki McNaught made the decision to list her property on the site as it was a cheaper alternative to using a <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/letting-agent\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/letting_agent;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.02qpgdf;http:\/\/yago-knowledge.org\/resource\/Letting_agent;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Letting_agent\" >letting agent<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.propertytribes.com\/landlords-warned-about-using-gumtree-t-127628809.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>New York&#8217;s highest penthouse for sale $40m, with views that are truly priceless &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.countrylife.co.uk\/property\/view-new-yorks-highest-penthouse-apartment-152081\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Country Life<\/a><\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_10889\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10889\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-10889 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DBOX_432_Behun_model_92B_Living_Room-630x400.jpg\" alt=\"Image source\" width=\"630\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DBOX_432_Behun_model_92B_Living_Room-630x400.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DBOX_432_Behun_model_92B_Living_Room-630x400-260x165.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DBOX_432_Behun_model_92B_Living_Room-630x400-600x381.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DBOX_432_Behun_model_92B_Living_Room-630x400-100x63.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DBOX_432_Behun_model_92B_Living_Room-630x400-150x95.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DBOX_432_Behun_model_92B_Living_Room-630x400-200x127.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DBOX_432_Behun_model_92B_Living_Room-630x400-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DBOX_432_Behun_model_92B_Living_Room-630x400-450x286.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10889\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.countrylife.co.uk\/property\/view-new-yorks-highest-penthouse-apartment-152081\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Image source<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Penthouse with ridiculous\u00a0views goes for an even more ridiculous price in New York.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"penthouse\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/penthouse-apartment\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/penthouse_apartment;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.02r5zl;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Penthouse_apartment\" >penthouse apartment<\/a> in New York.\u00a0After seeing so many in films and TV shows featuring the Big Apple, it\u2019s almost a cliche.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed,\u00a0the very concept of aspiring to life\u00a0in the clouds \u2013 the\u00a0modern world\u2019s equivalent to Mount Olympus \u2013 is such a part of American popular culture that it even inspired the name of, ahem, a popular\u00a0men\u2019s magazine.<\/p>\n<p>But never before have we seen a penthouse apartment quite like this one. Located in the heart of Manhattan, at 432 Park Avenue, this 92nd-floor living space is\u00a0currently the highest living space New York City can offer,\u00a0at 1,224ft above the traffic.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.countrylife.co.uk\/property\/view-new-yorks-highest-penthouse-apartment-152081\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more here\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Where to live in Zone 2: popular areas for first time buyers in London, north and south of the river &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.homesandproperty.co.uk\/property-news\/buying\/where-to-live-in-zone-2-popular-areas-for-firsttime-buyers-in-london-north-and-south-of-the-river-a108921.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Evening Standard<\/a><\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_10886\" style=\"width: 717px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10886\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-10886 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Interior.png\" alt=\"Image source\" width=\"707\" height=\"523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Interior.png 942w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Interior-260x192.png 260w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Interior-600x444.png 600w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Interior-100x74.png 100w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Interior-150x111.png 150w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Interior-200x148.png 200w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Interior-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Interior-450x333.png 450w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Interior-900x666.png 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 707px) 100vw, 707px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10886\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.homesandproperty.co.uk\/property-news\/buying\/where-to-live-in-zone-2-popular-areas-for-firsttime-buyers-in-london-north-and-south-of-the-river-a108921.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Image source<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>With London&#8217;s ever increasing property prices, first time buyers have to get more and more creative when getting their feet on the property ladder.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Despite spiralling prices many first-time buyers still dream of\u00a0a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.homesandproperty.co.uk\/topic\/zone-2\">Zone 2<\/a> address \u2014 for a quicker commute to work, a cheaper Uber ride home Friday night, and the indefinable cachet that still comes with living on the fringes of central <a href=\"http:\/\/www.homesandproperty.co.uk\/topic\/london\">London<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some favourite hunting grounds&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brockley: For families<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The leafy Victorian charms of this south east London outpost have sent prices shooting up. It is particularly popular with Docklands workers, since it is only three stops from Canada Water and easy for Canary Wharf.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.homesandproperty.co.uk\/property-news\/buying\/where-to-live-in-zone-2-popular-areas-for-firsttime-buyers-in-london-north-and-south-of-the-river-a108921.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Ten places your home would have made more than your job: Homeowners &#8216;earn&#8217; up to \u00a391k more from their properties than going to work &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/property\/article-4290586\/Homeowners-earn-property-work.html?ITO=1490&amp;ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_campaign=1490\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Daily Mail Online<\/a><\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_10850\" style=\"width: 644px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10850\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-10850 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3E120B7900000578-4290586-image-a-16_1488970769610.jpg\" alt=\"Image source\" width=\"634\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3E120B7900000578-4290586-image-a-16_1488970769610.jpg 634w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3E120B7900000578-4290586-image-a-16_1488970769610-260x192.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3E120B7900000578-4290586-image-a-16_1488970769610-600x442.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3E120B7900000578-4290586-image-a-16_1488970769610-100x74.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3E120B7900000578-4290586-image-a-16_1488970769610-150x110.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3E120B7900000578-4290586-image-a-16_1488970769610-200x147.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3E120B7900000578-4290586-image-a-16_1488970769610-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3E120B7900000578-4290586-image-a-16_1488970769610-450x331.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10850\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/property\/article-4290586\/Homeowners-earn-property-work.html?ITO=1490&amp;ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_campaign=1490\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Image source<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><strong>Our homes are &#8216;earning&#8217; more money than us! Find out how much your home made in the last year, as <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"House price index\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/house-price-index\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/house_price_index;http:\/\/yago-knowledge.org\/resource\/House_price_index;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.0gn3x3;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/House_price_index\" >house prices<\/a> are skyrocketing across the UK.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"Home insurance\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/home-insurance\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/home_insurance;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.0313mp;http:\/\/yago-knowledge.org\/resource\/Home_insurance;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Home_insurance\" >Homeowners<\/a> are &#8216;earning&#8217; more from their properties than from turning up for work, new research suggests.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The average rise in <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"houses\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/house\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/house;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.03jm5;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/House\" >house<\/a> prices is outstripping post-tax earnings in a third of local authority districts, according to the report by Halifax, which highlights the gulf between wages and property inflation that is triggering a property crisis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The biggest gap between house prices and earnings is in London&#8217;s Haringey, where the average home rose in value by \u00a391,000 more over two years than the median earner living there took home after tax.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/property\/article-4290586\/Homeowners-earn-property-work.html#ixzz4bPtHihH4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more here\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>The transformation of Kensington Palace: from Christopher Wren&#8217;s pavilions to Kate and William&#8217;s mega-basement &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.homesandproperty.co.uk\/luxury\/property\/the-transformation-of-kensington-palace-from-christopher-wrens-pavilions-to-kate-and-williams-plans-a108791.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Evening Standard<\/a><\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_10882\" style=\"width: 574px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10882\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-10882 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/williamandkatecreditpa.jpg\" alt=\"Image source\" width=\"564\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/williamandkatecreditpa.jpg 564w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/williamandkatecreditpa-260x192.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/williamandkatecreditpa-100x74.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/williamandkatecreditpa-150x111.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/williamandkatecreditpa-200x148.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/williamandkatecreditpa-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/williamandkatecreditpa-450x332.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10882\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.homesandproperty.co.uk\/luxury\/property\/the-transformation-of-kensington-palace-from-christopher-wrens-pavilions-to-kate-and-williams-plans-a108791.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Image source<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>With the <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"cellars\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/basement\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/basement;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.02q_2q;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Basement\" >basement<\/a> boom spreading across the well heeled homes of London, it&#8217;s no surprise that Kate and Will&#8217;s are planing their own plush, two-<a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"floors\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/storey\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/storey;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.02vk6kk;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Storey\" >storey<\/a> number at their London residence. The question is will it be a cinema room, indoor swimming pool or underground car park that will find itself underneath the old palace?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge&#8217;s <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"plans\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/plan\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/plan;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.018jrr;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Plan\" >plan<\/a> for a two-storey basement makes them the latest in a long line of royals to play with the layout of Kensington Palace.<\/p>\n<p>The royal family has owned <a href=\"http:\/\/www.homesandproperty.co.uk\/topic\/kensington\">Kensington<\/a> Palace since 1689 and it&#8217;s rare for a monarch to live there without putting their own stamp on the complex of buildings and grounds &#8211; Kate and William are no different.<\/p>\n<p>The couple, who have two children, are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/news\/london\/plans-revealed-for-huge-twostorey-basement-at-kensington-palace-before-kate-and-william-move-in-a3487891.html\">hoping to build<\/a> a 16,000sq ft, two-storey basement in the grounds of the palace in order to house 100 members of staff.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.homesandproperty.co.uk\/luxury\/property\/the-transformation-of-kensington-palace-from-christopher-wrens-pavilions-to-kate-and-williams-plans-a108791.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How estate agents trick buyers into spending more &#8211; Metro Online The dirty underbelly of the property world has been revealed, as mortgage brokers and estate agents are not as impartial as they claim, in order to squeeze more money<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/this-weeks-hottest-property-news-17-03-2017\/\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":10867,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wl_entities_gutenberg":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","spay_email":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"wl_entity_type":[602],"modified_by":null,"_wl_alt_label":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Property-Tribes.png","wl:entity_url":"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/post\/this_weeks_hottest_property_news_-_17-03-2017","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10772"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10772"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14297,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10772\/revisions\/14297"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10772"},{"taxonomy":"wl_entity_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wl_entity_type?post=10772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}