Research has shown that buyers overwhelmingly prefer floorplans on property details in addition to the usual description and written dimensions. There are several good reasons behind this preference: Firstly, where several properties are competing for a buyer’s attention, the particulars that include a floorplan always make an immediate impression. The layout of a property is a major consideration when choosing a...

Towards the end of last year, a number of like-minded and overweight friends got together and formed the ‘FAT BOYS CYCLE CLUB’ in an effort to shed a few pounds – or at least that’s what they told their wives! In reality they gathered together on a Sunday morning and set off to find the Café selling the best Ulster...

Property News has teamed up with Northern Ireland’s premier garden festival to offer our readers the exclusive chance to win a luxury double hammock courtesy of Festival participants Hammockology plus 10 pairs of  tickets to this years Airtricity Garden Festival which takes place between 17th and 19th May in the private gardens of Hillsborough Castle. The 2013 Airtricity Garden Festival is...

Ulster Bank today launches a major new campaign to further support mortgage lending in Northern Ireland, having already almost doubled its share of the local market Ulster Bank has lent over £1.5billion into the Northern Ireland mortgage market since the property price peak. In 2012, the bank ended the year accounting for almost one in five mortgages in Northern Ireland compared...

One of Northern Ireland’s longest-established estate agents Templeton Robinson has today 24th April, opened a new office in Lisburn city centre creating two new jobs. The opening coincides with the company’s 20th year in business, a corporate rebrand and the appointment of four Associate Directors. Templeton Robinson now has five offices in Northern Ireland – Belfast, Holywood, Bangor, Ballyhackamore and Lisburn...

You biggest expenditure whilst you are a student is probably your rent, so know your rights and make sure you are organized before signing a rental agreement. Not having to worry about being evicted or losing your deposit means you can party (and study!) with a lot less worry…. 1. Landlords have a legal obligation to provide their tenants with a...

Ok, so you’ve just moved in with your mates and you’re ready to party, or perhaps you’ve never met your new flat mates but hey, it’s going to be great, right? Not always! So although no one really wants to sound like their parents by setting out the ground rules, it’s best to have a open chat with everyone about how...

TV architect George Clarke is offering Northern Ireland homeowners a unique opportunity to improve their home by signing up to Architect in the House 2013. The scheme matches homeowners with local RSUA (Royal Society of Ulster Architects), while raising money for local charity Housing Rights Service. New research has shown that nearly two-thirds of homeowners have lived in the same home...

Marketing students who achieved academic success while studying at the University of Ulster have been recognised at an awards ceremony today.The Department of Marketing, Entrepreneurship and Strategy’s Marketing Excellence Awards, sponsored by local companies, celebrates the hard work and dedication of marketeers from Ulster’s class of 2011/2012.At the annual Awards ceremony in the Jordanstown campus, Associate Head of Department, Dr...

Sales activity continued to increase last month and price falls continued to ease, according to the latest RICS and Ulster Bank Northern Ireland Housing Market Survey. A net balance of minus 13% of surveyors said that prices fell in the three months to the end of February (28% saying prices were lower, 56% saying they remained the same, and 16% saying...