Up My Street, House Prices In My Area

Up My Street, find out further information on house prices in your street, local schools in your catchment area, crime rates in your street and neighbourhood and if the street you are living in or planning to move to is the right place for you and your family. Up My Street is run by USwitch and uses postcodes as a way to determine all manner of facts about any given local area. Their mailing address is, UpMyStreet Portland House, 10th Floor Stag Place London SW1E 5BH January news on house prices House prices in London and the South East continues to rise last year whilst house prices in the North of England fell. One of the biggest house prices rises was in Woking, Surrey. Where there are areas of employment house prices rose, typically this is in the South East and London.   House prices in my area Up my street, what is happening to rental prices on my street? Home ownership in the UK is at its lowest for 20 years and that means that with the low availability of mortgages unless you have a high deposit that there is a shortage of housing for those that wish to rent. Paragon has conducted a survey which shows that over 40% of landlords plan to increase rental rates in 2011. The average rental increase on a property is expected to be around 4% but some landlords plan to increase rentals by as much as 8%. If you are a tenant facing a rental increase and you have been a reliable tenant, then use this as leverage with the landlord to come up with a rental increase somewhere in the middle. Many landlords will be charged by a rental agency, particularly in London, several hundred pounds if they have to find a new tenant, for new contracts etc and they will then have the concern that the tenant may not pay their rentals. If you are someone who has always paid their rental, then you are in a good position to negotiate with your landlord. London prices in luxury areas have jumped nearly 10% in the past year. Mayfair and Chelsea have soared over 7% as overseas investors have turned to London as a haven for their money. A spokesmen for Knight Frank said " "In the last month our offices have seen more interest from buyers from continental Europe."