Flat to Rent Levita House, Chalton Street, London NW1

Flat to rent Levita House, Chalton Street, London NW1

£290 pw (£1,257 pcm)

A recently refurbished one bedroom apartment located on the first floor of this ideal purpose built block. located moments from the British Library, the property is in close proximity to both Kings Cross and Euston Stations.

The apartment benefits from a double bedroom with large built-in storage, new bathroom, fully fitted modern kitchen and wood flooring throughout.
RECENTLY REFUBISHED ONE BEDROOM FLAT
NEW BATHROOM
FULLY FITTED MODERN KITCHEN
WOOD FLOORING
FIRST FLOOR
MOMENTS FROM BRITISH LIBRARY


Flat to rent Levita House, Chalton Street, London NW1

Covent Garden Lettings & Estate Agents: "Time to invest in London is now”- Hindu Times

Covent Garden Lettings & Estate Agents: "Time to invest in London is now”- Hindu Times

Bike Sheds and Cycle Paths Rival Tube Stations and Car Parking

Secure bike storage and proximity to cycle paths are rivalling Tube stations and car parking in determining London's most sought-after properties.

Estate agents have reported a surge in tenants and first-time buyers asking for bike space as cycling's popularity - as well as bike theft - increases.

They said the increase in cycling commuters had transformed the property market; It used to be the case that proximity to a Tube station was critical to rent and house prices. Now that's becoming less decisive. The location of a cycle path can be a stronger selling point to a cyclist than a Tube stop.

Thisislondon

House Price Rises to Slow Down Towards Christmas

The unexpected “mini-boom” in house prices continued in September, according to the latest official figures, but analysts have said that a slowdown in the pace of the recent rebound has begun.

Figures from the Land Registry showed a rise of 0.9 per cent in prices last month, taking the price of the average house in England and Wales to £158,377 and bringing the annual decline to 5.6 per cent.

However, estate agents have said that transaction levels remain low and have sunk further in the first few weeks of October as homebuyers and sellers begin to hunker down in the run-up to Christmas.

Times online

Londoners Pay Less To Rent Than Buy

First-time buyers would be better off buying a property than continuing to rent, according to new research from Abbey Mortgages.

The only exception is those looking to buy in London who would pay less to rent.

The average monthly rent in the UK i s £434, while those buying a similar type of property with a 25 per cent deposit would see a mortgage bill of £382 – an average saving of £52. Prospective buyers in Wales could make the biggest monthly saving of £90.91, followed by those in the North-west, £87.43, and Yorkshire, £77.06. Buyers in East Anglia will see only a marginal saving of £2.59. "It's now cheaper in all bar one of the regions to buy rather than rent which shows that saving for that all-important deposit is worthwhile too," said Nici Audhlam-Gardiner, a director of Abbey Mortgages.

In the capital, though, renting seems a more sensible option. The average rent for a flat is £650 per month, but because of inflated house prices, even those with a 25 per cent deposit would have mortgage payments of £1,116 for the same property.

But buying may be beyond the reach of many; in order to get the best mortgage rate deals buyers have to have deposits of 25 per cent or more. People with smaller deposits can find it hard to secure a mortgage or have to pay well over the odds.

The Independent on Sunday

Estate Agents in Bloomsbury, London WC1

Bloomsbury, London WC1: Nearby areas include: Kings Cross, Camden Town, Clerkenwell, Holborn, Fitzrovia, Soho, Covent Garden and Farringdon

Its plethora of stations makes Bloomsbury easily accessible from all over London. King's Cross is the system's busiest interchange, while Goodge Street and Russell Square are most central for the sights. Buses run frequently along Tottenham Court Road, Gower Street, Euston Road and New Oxford Street.

Bloomsbury is also home to the disused British Museum tube station.

Estate Agents in Bloomsbury, London WC1

Buy to Let or Buy to Live is Still the Best Investment

With prices low and rents on the up, buy-to-let is still a good investment, writes Jeremy Hazlehurst

It might not be the most popular thing to say right now, but people are going to get bonuses this year. In the years preceding 2008, the bonus season meant one thing in London – a boost to the buy-to-let property market as bankers sunk their money into bricks and mortar. The world has changed since the boom years, but if you are in line for a pay-check soon, is buy-to-let still a sensible option?

According to a new survey carried out by the Property Investor Show and OPP Live, yes it is. A nationwide survey of 93 sales agents said that they had seen an increase in demand for properties in the past six months.

Furthermore, there are a lot of bargains out there. The survey says that 50.4 per cent of properties are currently selling for up to 10 per cent below asking price. (Although, as they are less keen to point out, over 25 per cent of properties that sold went for asking price or above.)

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