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Property values in the UK can vary wildly from postcode to postcode, shifting with the types of housing stock available, transport links, schools, culture and job prospects. Zooming out slightly and looking at the overall picture in the UK, it’s clear...

Late last year, it emerged that following consultation, Leeds City Council would debate cut their housing target from 70,000 by 2028 to just shy of 52,000 . The reasons for the potential change were numerous, including a lower than initially thought demand...

  Transport has, for decades, been a central driving force for change within Leeds. From the 1970’s dream of the motorway city to endless aborted attempts at creating tram and trolley bus routes, Leeds has constantly shifted and changed in...

Leeds is, to use an overused phrase, most certainly a ‘city on the up’, but equally, it’s now difficult to remember a time when that wasn’t the case. Smart investment, a vast legal and financial sector, ideal transport links, superb...

Leeds is something of a development paradise at the moment, with countless developers unveiling grand plans to transform some of its lesser developed areas. Spurred on by a favourable planning environment and strong support from Leeds City Council, there are...

Over the centuries, Leeds has always been something of a proving ground in the field of council housing. From back to back terraces to tower blocks via iconic structures like the now demolished Quarry Hill Flats, Leeds has often been a bellwether for...

A Leeds industrial estate which was vacated following the devastating floods of Boxing Day, 2015, could be redeveloped into homes if Prospect Estates “pre-application” information is accepted. The developer wants to create a “new major...

House prices across Yorkshire and the UK have fallen at their fastest monthly rate for almost eight years in April, adding to signs that the UK housing market is weakening, according to Halifax.   The drop, measuring 3.1%, is the largest since...

Rivals they may be on the pitch, but there’s something that Huddersfield and Leeds have in common – huge industrial estate deals. Over in Huddersfield, news has hit that global property firm Stenprop has purchased a fully-let industrial estate...

The rising price of home ownership is traditionally framed as an issue which only affects those in and around London, but the reality of the situation is that despite less rampant growth, everywhere is affected by the issue. Coupled together with rising...