UK has become a ‘Come Dine with Me’ nation!
Home-owners are forking-out almost twice as much on their kitchens than any other part of the home, a new study by Rightmove can reveal.
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London has become a ‘Come Dine with Me’ capital
On average London home-owners spent £35 in every £100 of their home improvement budget on the kitchen in the last 12 months, the largest proportion of spend in the country with the national average standing at £33.
Wales has become a ‘Come Dine with Me’ nation
On average Welsh home-owners spent £31 in every £100 of their home improvement budget on the kitchen in the last 12 months, although this was slightly lower than the national average of £33.
UK home-movers confident of price recovery by 2011
The latest Rightmove Consumer Confidence Survey finds that the proportion of people that expect prices to be higher one year from now has dropped from 50% to 41% since last quarter.
Home-movers in Wales confident of price recovery by mid-2011
The latest Rightmove Consumer Confidence Survey finds that the proportion of people in Wales expecting prices to be higher one year from now has dropped from 50% to 35% since last quarter.
Home-movers in Greater London confident of price recovery by mid-2011
The latest Rightmove Consumer Confidence Survey finds that the proportion of people in Greater London expecting prices to be higher one year from now has dropped from 53% to 43% since last quarter.
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Asking prices in Wales buck the national trend by increasing 0.9% in July
New sellers coming to the market this month in Wales have increased their average asking prices by 0.9%. This bucked a trend across the UK where fresh property stock came onto the market at 0.6% less than the previous month.