A tenement block used by mill workers in the conservation village of New Lanark is to be restored after being awarded Heritage Lottery Fund cash.
Double Row, the last derelict tenement row in the 18th century village, is part of a £1.6m project, which the fund has agreed to support. The grant means they can restore seven of the tenements for residential use. The eighth, Museum Stair, will become a 3D visitor attraction.
New Lanark in South Lanarkshire, founded in 1785, became famous as a model industrial community under the "enlightened" management of Robert Owen in the early 19th century.
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The average price of a house across the UK has hit £250,000 for the first time, according to official figures. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the figure was reached at the end of 2013. The news suggests that tens of thousands more buyers will be paying stamp duty at the 3% rate, which starts at the £250,000 threshold.
However other measures, such as those produced by the Halifax and the Nationwide, suggest prices are lower. Their latest price indices put average prices at about £175,000.
Overall, the ONS said, house prices were now 1.6% higher than in the pre-financial crisis
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The UK economy is starting to show signs of recovery but what does this mean for the housing market? Romans explored results from the last few years, focusing on property valuations and what changes there have been specifically across Berkshire, Hampshire and Surrey.
Property values depend on the quality of a house or flat, its location and more importantly what a potential buyer will pay for it. There is no doubt that
Graham Penny Auctions’ first sale of the year has secured a 70% success rate and more than £1.3m in sales for its clients. The auction saw 27 residential and mixed use property and development land lots go under the hammer in front of a packed auction room of excited bidders.
Newly appointed Vejay Pal, senior valuer at Graham Penny Auctions, said: "There was a really positive attitude in the auction room this month with many of our vendors achieving sale prices above their expectations and several buyers getting their target property under their maximum budget."
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House prices in Northern Ireland were marginally higher at the end of 2013 than the start of the year, according to research.
The figures are contained in the latest University of Ulster quarterly house price index. They show that in the first quarter of 2013 the average price was £131,128 and by the end of the year it was £132,922. The price figure is based on 1,758 transactions, the highest number of sales since 2007.
The report is produced in partnership with the Northern Ireland Housing Executive and the Bank of Ireland. Alan Bridle, UK economist at the bank, said the Belfast market was
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Ten of London's fire stations have been put on the market for conversion into homes, along with major public buildings in Knightsbridge and Westminster.
The move is part of a government drive to offload land and public buildings for housing development. Police stations, including New Scotland Yard, are up for grabs, too, along with high-profile former ministry buildings such as the old War Office in Whitehall.
A website enabling individuals, communities and businesses to submit online applications to buy sites is being set up, paving the way for thousands of new homes. Coinciding with this is
UK house prices increased by 0.7% in January, and were up 8.8% from the same month in 2013, according to the Nationwide Building Society.
Robert Gardner, chief economist at Nationwide, said activity in the housing market was returning to "more normal" levels. He said the momentum was the result of rising employment, low mortgage rates and higher confidence.
The average price of a home stood at £176,491, the building society said.
The Nationwide's figures, based on its own mortgage data, come after surveys showed a sharp increase in housing market activity towards the end of 2013.
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