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Council Approves First Wave of Urban Splash Homes at Wirral WatersThis week, the Advantage team has been taking a look at early impressions of the Urban Splash new factory-built homes, which will be built on the Wirral Waters site. Peel L&P and award-winning...

UK House PricesHalifax has published its uk house prices index, stating that annual house price growth has risen to 4%. Russell Galley, Managing Director at Halifax, said: “Average house prices rose by 4% over 2019, at the top of our predicted range of 2% to 4% growth...

Renting for life? In the latest in our series of blogs looking at how renting has become the new buying in the UK property market, Advantage Home Construction Insurance asks whether more people will be renting for life in years to come. This week, the Advantage...

Investment in infrastructure to unlock thousands of new homes Earlier this month, the Advantage Home Construction Insurance team read that the Chancellor has announced more than £250m in funding will be made available from the Housing Infrastructure Fund to ensure...

Is renting the new buying when it comes to property? Following on from our recent blogs on social and affordable housing, today we’ve been looking at why many of those who rent say they’re happier than ever, with some people stating that they never plan to buy a home....

Multi-million pound affordable housing scheme planned for Wilmslow A multi-million pound affordable housing development is to be built just a half-hour drive away from Advantage’s Birchwood HQ in leafy Wilmslow. As reported by About Manchester, The 52 shared ownership...

Government releases funding for modern methods of construction Here at Advantage Structural Defects Warranty, we couldn’t help but notice that following a lengthy period during which the main political parties vied to share their solutions to the current affordable...

Shortage of homes to let means rents reach record highs across much of Britain Last October, Sales Manager at Advantage Home Construction Insurance, James Topping, wrote a feature for our friends at PBC Today, explaining that we’re starting to feel the tangible...

New rules bring full-fibre to apartment blocks Although the Advantage team works with many developers who have been future-proofing their properties by offering fibre broadband for years, some modern apartment blocks are still lagging behind in terms of connectivity....