George Osborne has announced new transport initiatives to boost a number of living locations in the UK.

The Chancellor said in his Autumn Statement that 35 rail and road schemes will be launched in North Cambridge, North Bucks/Oxfordshire and Battersea, South London which is great news for the housing market and might even increase local house prices.

The new or improved transport infrastructure can make a significant difference to house owners and house hunters because if it is easier to commute to a nearby city, a house for sale may become more valuable. Location is key when it comes to buying a property and if the travel is eased, the home may be more sought-after.

And if improvements are made to certain roads, certain employment hotspots can be enhanced.

The Chancellor has promised support in Cambridge to the A14 and there are hopes for North Buckinghamshire and North Oxfordshire. There is a proposed East-West train link from Cambridge to Oxford and beyond via Milton Keynes and Bedford.

What is more, there is the projected HS2, a controversial high-speed line that will cut a swathe past Aylesbury and to the west of Buckingham to Birmingham and beyond. Winslow has also wished-for a stop.

If you are fortunate enough to entice bidders for your house that is on the market, due to the suggested rail and road schemes, make sure you hire expert removals services from the professionals Robinsons UK International Movers.

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More and more people are hiring international removals and moving abroad for work.

As a result, the BBC have launched a new series  where they will look at the problems and successes that come with uprooting to a foreign country.

‘At Home Abroad’ will explore all the trials and tribulations of moving overseas from marital issues to relocation dreams and migration numbers.

The first part of the series discusses how an overseas job can affect family life and it interviewed many adults to find out how it affected the spouses and home life in general. On average, about 80% of expatriate workers move with their spouses.

Moving an employee abroad is expensive with regards to relocation allowance, benefits and living expenses.

TRAILING SPOUSES

One case included a woman called Nicki Thorogood, when in 2008 her husband’s company moved him from England to New York and the transition wasn’t easy. She moved four months earlier because she didn’t want to move the three children halfway through a school year and the mother had to move the boys into a new house, a new town and country she didn’t know by herself.

Situations like this can be extremely difficult, especially because she had to leave her own job and many can find suburban life a struggle when compared to living in a small village in England. Even three years later, she still dreams about returning to the UK.

LACK OF SUPPORT

According to a 2011 study of global employment trends, 60% of trailing partners were employed before relocating but only 15% found work after moving. And according to a 2009 survey conducted by the Permits Foundation, only 18% of spouses felt they had been adequately supported by their partner’s companies.

Andrew Walker, the director of global mobility at WorleyParsons, which oversees more than 3,000 employees who move abroad, told the BBC: “The number one reason for assignment failure is the family’s inability to acclimatise and adjust to the new location.”

VISAS

Another issue highlighted in the series is spouses being given visas and even the workers themselves have to reapply for working visas every few years. It is said that countries China, Japan, Brazil and India are the hardest places for spouses to look for work after relocation. Australia is reportedly the best place that is the most hospitable to expatriates’ significant other.

And BBC reports that the stress of visas and culture shock can lead to marital discord. During and after a move there is emotional fallout and one interviewee said that couples usually come home very married or extremely divorced.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

But the series has pointed out the benefit which is an increase in entrepreneurship among trailing partners in creating business opportunities for themselves.

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The number of celebrities moving home to start 2012 afresh is on the increase.

Only recently we reported how the Saturdays’ singer Mollie King was considering moving to India with her model boyfriend, and how Destiny’s Child star Kelly Rowland was thinking about setting up roots in the UK to be a judge again on the next series of X Factor.

And Britney Spears has now joined the ranks as she has reportedly moved into a luxurious mansion to have a new start with her partner and Hollywood agent Jason Trawick and her children.

The “Hit Me Baby One More Time” songstress has had a difficult few years with her very public breakdown but the starlet is turning a corner in her professional career as well as her personal life and is moving into a new home to commemorate turning 30 years-old.

The American recording artist has chosen a lavish mansion in California which costs $25,000 a month. The pop star is allegedly downsizing and moving into a smaller place in a coveted gated community but it is still a two-storey deluxe house that has over 10,500 sq. ft., five bedrooms and six and a half bathrooms (although we’re not quite sure how one can have a ‘half’ bathroom.)

The spacious home includes a large entertainment room, custom theatre, library and a swimming pool which her sons Sean Preston (6) and Jayden James (5) will definitely enjoy. There is a large back yard for the kids to run around in and the residence looks over a nearby golf course.

Rumours are rife that Jason, 38, is soon to pop the question to Britney after their two-year relationship.

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