{"id":9863,"date":"2017-02-03T12:39:53","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T12:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/?p=9863"},"modified":"2018-10-05T14:00:13","modified_gmt":"2018-10-05T14:00:13","slug":"this-weeks-hottest-property-news-03-02-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/this-weeks-hottest-property-news-03-02-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week&#8217;s Hottest Property News 03.02.2017"},"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>Airbnb offers free accommodation to refugees affected by Donald Trump&#8217;s travel ban &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/donald-trump-muslim-travel-ban-airbnb-free-housing-a7551596.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Independent<\/a><\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_9864\" style=\"width: 546px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Airbnb-Trump-Ban.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9864\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-9864\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Airbnb-Trump-Ban.jpg\" alt=\"Image source\" width=\"536\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Airbnb-Trump-Ban.jpg 1368w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Airbnb-Trump-Ban-260x195.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Airbnb-Trump-Ban-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Airbnb-Trump-Ban-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Airbnb-Trump-Ban-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Airbnb-Trump-Ban-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Airbnb-Trump-Ban-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Airbnb-Trump-Ban-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Airbnb-Trump-Ban-900x675.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9864\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/donald-trump-muslim-travel-ban-airbnb-free-housing-a7551596.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Image source<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Holiday letting company Airbnb, have announced they will provide free <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"Lodging\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/lodging\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/lodging;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.01hjj_;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Lodging\" >accommodation<\/a> to legal green card holding refugees from those countries affected by Trump&#8217;s recent ban, in a kind gesture towards those struggling to find their feet in USA.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Airbnb will offer free housing to refugees affected by Donald Trump\u2019s travel ban, the business\u2019 CEO has announced.<\/p>\n<p>The company is doing so to express solidarity with those who face <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"homeless\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/homelessness\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/homelessness;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.03l7f;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Homelessness\" >homelessness<\/a> under the controversial new ban, citing concerns that the policy is \u201cnot right\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Brian Chesky, co-founder and CEO of the sharing economy accommodation company, announced the new policy on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/donald-trump-muslim-travel-ban-airbnb-free-housing-a7551596.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Londoners at least three times more likely to be gazumped &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.estateagenttoday.co.uk\/breaking-news\/2017\/1\/londoners-at-least-three-times-more-likely-to-be-gazumped\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EstateAgentToday<\/a><\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_9868\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Londoners-Gazumped.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9868\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9868\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Londoners-Gazumped.jpg\" alt=\"Image source\" width=\"400\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Londoners-Gazumped.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Londoners-Gazumped-260x202.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Londoners-Gazumped-100x78.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Londoners-Gazumped-150x116.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Londoners-Gazumped-200x155.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Londoners-Gazumped-300x233.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9868\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.estateagenttoday.co.uk\/breaking-news\/2017\/1\/londoners-at-least-three-times-more-likely-to-be-gazumped\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Image source<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Bad news for <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>&#8216;s Millennials and first-time buyers, as they are the most vulnerable groups to be gazumped in 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> <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"Market (economics)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/market-economics\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/market_economics;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Market_(economics)\" >market<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Perhaps unsurprisingly, a new survey suggests the proportion of London buyers who have lost out on a purchase because of <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/gazumping\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/gazumping;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.04thdp;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Gazumping\" >gazumping<\/a> is three times the national average.<\/p>\n<p>The survey of 2,000 adults undertaken for the lender Market Financial Solutions discovered that 15 per cent those based in London claimed to have lost out\u00a0 on a flat or <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> purchase to a rival buyer despite having an offer accepted.<\/p>\n<p>That is three times the UK figure of five per cent.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.estateagenttoday.co.uk\/breaking-news\/2017\/1\/londoners-at-least-three-times-more-likely-to-be-gazumped\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>End of an era? Industry&#8217;s biggest events Estate Agency and Letting Agency of the Year awards are over &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.propertyindustryeye.com\/end-of-the-industrys-biggest-events-estate-agency-and-letting-agency-of-year-awards-are-over\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PropertyIndustryEye<\/a><\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_9955\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Estate-Agents-Awards-Ceremony.png\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9955\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9955\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Estate-Agents-Awards-Ceremony.png\" alt=\"Image source\" width=\"640\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Estate-Agents-Awards-Ceremony.png 640w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Estate-Agents-Awards-Ceremony-260x135.png 260w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Estate-Agents-Awards-Ceremony-600x311.png 600w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Estate-Agents-Awards-Ceremony-100x52.png 100w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Estate-Agents-Awards-Ceremony-150x78.png 150w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Estate-Agents-Awards-Ceremony-200x104.png 200w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Estate-Agents-Awards-Ceremony-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Estate-Agents-Awards-Ceremony-450x233.png 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9955\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/estateagencyevents.com\/estateagency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Image source<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Sad news for the property industry as their award ceremony has been officially closed down. Let&#8217;s hope they can get through the rest of the awards season without too many tears shed.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The industry\u2019s two biggest awards schemes and their fantastically successful bashes are no more.<\/p>\n<p>Both the <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"Estate agent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/estate-agent\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/estate_agent;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.02dzpr;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Estate_agent\" >Estate Agency<\/a> of the Year and Lettings Agency of the Year have been held for the last time, it is disclosed this morning.<\/p>\n<p>They have finished after nearly 15 years, at the peak of their success, with backers including The Times, Sunday Times and Zoopla.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.propertyindustryeye.com\/end-of-the-industrys-biggest-events-estate-agency-and-letting-agency-of-year-awards-are-over\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>The \u00a3500,000 house that comes with a \u00a31 million painting &#8230;&#8230;. if you can find it &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.countrylife.co.uk\/property\/house-comes-hidden-treasure-1-million-painting-148635\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Country Life<\/a><\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_10002\" style=\"width: 576px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Lost-Painting-House.png\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10002\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10002\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Lost-Painting-House.png\" alt=\"Image source\" width=\"566\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Lost-Painting-House.png 566w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Lost-Painting-House-260x184.png 260w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Lost-Painting-House-100x71.png 100w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Lost-Painting-House-150x106.png 150w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Lost-Painting-House-200x141.png 200w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Lost-Painting-House-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Lost-Painting-House-450x318.png 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 566px) 100vw, 566px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10002\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.countrylife.co.uk\/property\/house-comes-hidden-treasure-1-million-painting-148635\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Image source<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>It&#8217;s not every day that you get a treasure hunt thrown in with your new house, this <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> comes with an exceptional one at that. Talk about cash in the <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/attic\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/attic;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.08l60s;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Attic\" >attic<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the dream USP for any house buyer: a half-million pound property that includes a\u00a0\u00a31m painting\u00a0as part of the deal.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s just one problem: nobody has a clue where the painting might be.<\/p>\n<p>This <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boultoncooper.co.uk\/property\/thorgill-pickering-26524324\/\">stone-built house in Yorkshire\u2019s\u00a0Rosedale Valley<\/a> is delightful in its own right, a spacious a nicely-finished 18th-century home\u00a0boasting three bedrooms, a range of outbuildings and over 10 acres of <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/land\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/land;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Land\" >land<\/a> in the heart of the North Yorks Moors.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.countrylife.co.uk\/property\/house-comes-hidden-treasure-1-million-painting-148635\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Are these the worst insurance policy&#8217;s you can buy? &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/blog\/2017\/jan\/28\/worst-insurance-policies-home-emergency-key-cover?CMP=share_btn_tw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Guardian<\/a><\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_9866\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Worst-Insurance-Policys-You-Can-Buy.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9866\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9866\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Worst-Insurance-Policys-You-Can-Buy.jpg\" alt=\"Image source\" width=\"620\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Worst-Insurance-Policys-You-Can-Buy.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Worst-Insurance-Policys-You-Can-Buy-260x156.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Worst-Insurance-Policys-You-Can-Buy-600x360.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Worst-Insurance-Policys-You-Can-Buy-100x60.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Worst-Insurance-Policys-You-Can-Buy-150x90.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Worst-Insurance-Policys-You-Can-Buy-200x120.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Worst-Insurance-Policys-You-Can-Buy-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Worst-Insurance-Policys-You-Can-Buy-450x270.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9866\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/blog\/2017\/jan\/28\/worst-insurance-policies-home-emergency-key-cover?CMP=share_btn_tw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Image source<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>With so many insurance options and extras for <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> and renters, it&#8217;s easy to get ripped off. The worst <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"Value (economics)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/value-economics\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/value_economics;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.0bhr4z;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Value_(economics)\" >value<\/a> for money policies are revealed in this investigation article.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"drop-cap\"><span class=\"drop-cap__inner\">W<\/span><\/span>hat a nightmare when your boiler breaks down in the middle of winter, or when you lock yourself out of your car after losing your keys. So how handy to have \u201chome emergency\u201d or \u201ckey cover\u201d insurance for that all-important peace of mind. Except that official figures released this week reveal just how many millions of people are overpaying for these policies.<\/p>\n<p>The Financial Conduct Authority has for the first time <a class=\"u-underline\" title=\"https:\/\/www.fca.org.uk\/publications\/data\/general-insurance-value-measures-data-year-ended-31-august-2016\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fca.org.uk\/publications\/data\/general-insurance-value-measures-data-year-ended-31-august-2016\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">published figures that detail, company by company, the frequency that claims are made<\/a>, and how much is paid out. For key cover at some of the insurers, the claims rate is equal to less than once in every 100 years. And even if you live as long as Methuselah, and keep paying the premiums, there\u2019s a one in five chance they\u2019ll reject your claim anyway.<\/p>\n<p>Key cover is probably the worst value, but the figures reveal that we are almost certainly overpaying \u2013 and by a huge amount \u2013 on a whole range of insurances.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/blog\/2017\/jan\/28\/worst-insurance-policies-home-emergency-key-cover?CMP=share_btn_tw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>What does 2017 have in store for the BTL (Buy-To-Let) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/mortgages\" title=\"Mortgage Market\">mortgage market<\/a>? &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.landlordtoday.co.uk\/breaking-news\/2017\/1\/what-does-2017-have-in-store-for-the-btl-mortgage-market\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LandlordToday<\/a><\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_9870\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/BTL-2017.png\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9870\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9870\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/BTL-2017.png\" alt=\"Image source\" width=\"400\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/BTL-2017.png 400w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/BTL-2017-260x202.png 260w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/BTL-2017-100x78.png 100w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/BTL-2017-150x116.png 150w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/BTL-2017-200x155.png 200w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/BTL-2017-300x233.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9870\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.landlordtoday.co.uk\/breaking-news\/2017\/1\/what-does-2017-have-in-store-for-the-btl-mortgage-market\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Image source<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>With Teresa May announcing that article 50 will be triggered in March, the property market braces itself agin for a potential dive.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Can we predict what the next 12 months may bring for the <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 mortgage<\/a> market? Many experts have attempted to do this, but there is some disparity among their ideas.<\/p>\n<p>Even the quickest look at search engine results for news on house price and mortgage predictions for the New Year reveals a wide range of beliefs. Some believe there will be a marginal increase in mortgage <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"lenders\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/loan\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/loan;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.01dnzs;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Loan\" >lending<\/a>, while others have pointed to the likelihood of weaker lending this year. Only time will tell which side has the right answer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.landlordtoday.co.uk\/breaking-news\/2017\/1\/what-does-2017-have-in-store-for-the-btl-mortgage-market\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Garden Deisgner Mary Keen&#8217;s Cotswold home goes on the market &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.countrylife.co.uk\/property\/for-sale-celebrated-garden-designer-mary-keens-cotswold-home-148401\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Country Life<\/a><\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_9872\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Garden-Deisgners-Cotswold-Home.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9872\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9872\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Garden-Deisgners-Cotswold-Home.jpg\" alt=\"Image source\" width=\"630\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Garden-Deisgners-Cotswold-Home.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Garden-Deisgners-Cotswold-Home-260x165.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Garden-Deisgners-Cotswold-Home-600x381.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Garden-Deisgners-Cotswold-Home-100x63.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Garden-Deisgners-Cotswold-Home-150x95.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Garden-Deisgners-Cotswold-Home-200x127.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Garden-Deisgners-Cotswold-Home-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Garden-Deisgners-Cotswold-Home-450x286.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9872\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.countrylife.co.uk\/property\/for-sale-celebrated-garden-designer-mary-keens-cotswold-home-148401\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Image source<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>For Sam Trounson of Strutt &amp; Parker (01285 627680), The Old Rectory at Duntisbourne Rouse, near Cirencester, Gloucestershire, is every country-house agent\u2019s dream\u2014a classic Georgian former rectory, set in 22 acres of gardens, paddocks and woodland in a delightfully unspoilt hamlet in the heart of the Cotswolds.<\/p>\n<p>For Mr Trounson, what makes this very English house, with its unique Cotswold gardens, so special is its \u2018comfortably timeless appeal, with no pretensions whatever to fashionable chic\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The Old Rectory\u2019s charm has long been recognised by admirers of the Duntisbournes, a group of tiny villages and hamlets described by the late writer Candida Lycett Green as lying in \u2018deep, little-visited Cotswold country\u2019, yet only four miles from Cirencester.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.countrylife.co.uk\/property\/for-sale-celebrated-garden-designer-mary-keens-cotswold-home-148401#dKJcu0AxYhYYXgH3.99\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more here<\/a>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][vc_column_text]\n<h2>Find Properties for Sale in London and the Surrounding Area:<\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/barnet\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Barnet<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/bexley\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Bexley<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/brent\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Brent<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/bromley\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Bromley<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/camden\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Camden<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/chelsea\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Chelsea<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/croydon\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Croydon<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/ealing\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Ealing<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/enfield\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Enfield<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/fulham\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Fulham<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a 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Sale<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Haringey<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/harrow\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Harrow<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/havering\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Havering<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/hillingdon\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Hillingdon<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/hounslow\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: 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href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/lewisham\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Lewisham<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/london\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>London<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/merton\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Merton<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/newham\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: 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