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Homeowners of five-bedroom properties without a mortgage could unlock almost £500,000 by downsizing, research suggests. Analysis by Rightmove highlights the cash-equity release...

A building society is calling for stamp duty reforms to incentivise downsizing. A statement from the Suffolk Building Society says it believes...

With more than 25 years’ experience as an estate agent, Liza Daniels heads up our outsourced call service, Managed MovePal. She...

There’s been a “substantial rise” in landlords exiting the market or downsizing their portfolios, analysis by TwentyEA has found.   Figures from the...

The Conservative Party’s General Election manifesto has committed to resurrecting the Help to Buy Equity Loan Scheme and temporarily removing Capital...

With election day looming, in the first of a series of articles, experts from property services organisation, Leaders Romans Group, offer...

A prominent estate agent has started an online petition to reverse stamp duty so it is paid by the vendor, not...

The cost and time consuming nature of the house moving process is deterring older owners from downsizing, it’s been alleged. An upfront...

Homeowners, particularly those in larger homes are staying put for longer, research shows. Analysis of Land Registry data between 2019 and 2022...

Downsizers across England and Wales could unlock an average £305,090 by moving from a four bed to a two-bed home, according...

The Autumn Statement ended up being silent on Stamp Duty reforms and direct housing market stimulus but there were some nuggets...

Rumours about tax cuts in this week’s Autumn Statement are continuing but there are warnings that a Stamp Duty cut may...

Agency brand Chestertons has joined calls for Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to include Stamp Duty reform in his Autumn Statement. Hunt will deliver...

By Kevin Shaw, National Sales Managing Director, Leaders Romans Group As the cost-of-living crisis continues to impact the UK, many of us...

There’s growing evidence that wider family members - not just Mum and Dad - are stumping up cash to help younger...

A lack of stock and emotional attachment are the biggest constraints stopping homeowners from downsizing, research suggests. Analysis by Savills found half...

A third of those opting to move home in the current market are downsizers, research claims. However, it’s not the increased cost...

A quarter of homeowners are considering selling up and going back to renting amid rising mortgage costs. New Moneyfacts figures shows the...

Mortgage rates have officially broken the 6% barrier. Average rates for home loans are now back at the level that prompted the...

The average age of a UK home mover has dropped but the number of actual moves has hit a record low,...

The cost of moving home has soared in the past year, new figures reveal. According to new data compiled by insurers Admiral...

Housing policy formation must go beyond electoral cycles, academics have warned. A group of Cambridge University alumni has teamed up to urge...

Higher energy costs and rising interest rates are leading to a surge in the number of homeowners looking to downsize, a...

The property market is broken, Housing Secretary Michael Gove acknowledged yesterday. Despite the Conservative Party being in power since 2010, Gove insisted...

A more competitive mortgage market may actually dampen hopes of a downsizing boom, an agent has predicted. Many property professionals last year...

From first-time buyer support to Stamp Duty changes or just doing nothing at all, there is plenty that agents and property...

Record energy bills and the cost-of-living crisis has prompted a surge in downsizing activity over the past 12 months, new research...

Winkworth agents ranked second when it came to property exchanges in London last year, the franchise agency brand claims. A trading update...

Homebuyers have highlighted the most stressful aspects of a property purchase, and agents appear to be off the hook. Analysis by conveyancing...

Homeowners are starting to consider solutions to deal with their rising monthly mortgage costs including downsizing, research claims. A survey of more...

Downsizers could help drive the sales market as owners look to cut energy and maintenance costs, Winkworth claims. Dominic Agace, chief executive...

A third of adults are struggling to pay their monthly rent or mortgage payments, new data shows. The figures from the Office...

Empty nesters may be considering downsizing their home this September as their children set off to university, whilst other downsizers are...

Downsizing could become more attractive to older homeowners as the cost of living crisis intensifies, Savills claims. It comes as analysis by...

There are whispers in Whitehall about plans to encourage pensioners to downsize with a stamp duty tax break. The move, first reported...

A scheme to help people to get on the housing ladder in one of the UK’s most expensive local housing markets...

Rightmove says the level of business owners enquiring about leasing office space has now surpassed even pre-pandemic levels in January. Demand is...

Research suggests there are substantial numbers of older Londoners using too-large properties but unable to downsize because of a lack of...

There’s a rising number of over-65s but a short supply of suitable affordable properties for them, Propertymark has told government. The agents’...

In this thought leadership article, Videosign CEO Steven Tallant looks at electronic signatures and conveyancing and whether the time is nigh for the...

An interesting demand has been made of Chancellor Rishi Sunak - to consider reforming stamp duty with thresholds revised to reflect...

Day in, day out, I see how good estate agents really are.  Whether it’s in my day job on Location, Location, Location...

Agents have given their backing to the government’s First Homes initiative, offering discounted houses for local people and key workers and...

Pressure is building for widespread property tax reform beyond short term issues regarding stamp duty. Many MPs in this week’s 65-minute special...

A mortgage has been launched targeting borrowers who believe they are unlikely to complete their purchase before the stamp duty holiday’s...

The caveat emptor of buying a new house is ‘Let The Buyer Beware.’ This is especially the case for homes that have an ageing boiler.  Before...

The so-called hub model of estate agency adopted by a growing number of firms appears to be part of a wider...

The National Association of Estate Agents wants the government to initiate a mortgage guarantee scheme to encourage more 95 per cent...

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of PJT - we know some agencies are reshaping their structures and downsizing but this...

In the second of a series of articles, Emma Vigus, Managing Director of mio, the Estate Agents Sales Progression platform, explores...

Family houses are under-occupied and only incentives to downsize can help improve the housing market - with a stamp duty cut...

Savills has given the industry an insight into how buyers’ and sellers’ priorities may change as the industry returns to work...

NAEA Propertymark has today launched a campaign for the government to introduce what it calls a Property Sector Support Package. This would...

A new website called Silver Sharers says it’s chief objective is to help older home owners remain in their properties without...

It looks like the Equity Release bubble may have burst, with latest figures showing a four per cent fall in the...

It’s easier than you might think. For any agent the challenge of making a business successful is hard work with the focus...

An equity release specialist says the scrapping of stamp duty for so-called last time buyers would lead to more downsizing, freeing...

A blog for the British Property Federation has come up with three radically different proposals for stamp duty, providing food for...

Yes it’s Monday, so it’s another edition of PJT, your guide to the key moves and changes in the agency and...

Speculation surrounding whether Boris Johnson will honour his pledge to reduce stamp duty risks bringing the housing market “to a grinding...

A report by Santander says stamp duty cuts should be used as incentives for older home owners to downsize and allow...

An equity release provider says there is now £382 billion worth of equity available within older homeowners’ properties following recent house...

There’s more ammunition today for those agents who argue that equity release stops people moving and thus cuts the number of...

Specialist providers catering for the over-50s has welcomed a move by high-end estate agency Knight Frank to move into equity release. Commenting...

Retired homeowners are increasingly using property wealth to clear unsecured debts and mortgages to strengthen their later life finances, a new...

An outspoken building society chief has taken the unusual step of calling for stamp duty to be replaced by capital gains...

Equity release, seen by many agents as a reason why fewer older homeowners are downsizing these days, has reported more growth...

The issue of ‘intergenerational fairness’ has been raised in recent weeks, some might say somewhat ironically by a House of Lords’...

Low risk letting is everyone’s aim, but unless legitimate guidelines are followed it’s difficult to know if a tenant will prove...

New figures from the Equity Release Council suggest more growth in this sector, alarming those agents who see this as a...

A survey by the Centre for Ageing Better recently showed that 72% of people want to see every new home built...

Estate agent anti-money laundering (AML) compliance is under scrutiny again following the publication of figures detailing the fines levied for AML...

A couple of weeks ago, SoftBank’s Vision Fund led a whopping $200 million investment injection into Clutter, the US-based on-demand storage...

The number of movers has declined by around 50 per cent since the halcyon days of 2006, before the global financial...

There’s been more growth in the equity release sector, suggesting that fewer older owners are downsizing and are instead using their...

It’s the word on everyone’s lips: after two and a half years of debate, and months before that leading up to...

For any business, regardless of size, age or industry, operating efficiently is fundamental to your success. When faced with challenges like we...

A service which describes itself as an alternative to part exchange has been launched to facilitate sales to ‘corporate property buyers’. It’s...

The rise and rise of Equity Release continues with a more-than-doubling of the number of product options on the market in...

Over a fifth of pensioners say they would be encouraged to downsize if there was a stamp duty incentive - particularly...

There’s little doubt that downsizing is less of a factor in the housing market than it used to be - so...

There’s been another call for the government to reform stamp duty - and this time the request is that the duty...

An equity release consultancy says the result of its survey of estate agencies suggest an increase in interest from prospective downsizers. The...

House prices in London are projected to fall in the short-term, down by two per cent by the end of 2018...

Prime London’s transactions are now the preserve of so-called ‘needs-based buyers’ and not investors according to high-end agency Knight Frank -...

The retirement housing sector has increased its market share considerably in the last two years, creating a 'perfect storm' for estate...

The massive wealth of owners over 55 has been revealed by a new survey. They own £938 billion of UK housing, a figure...

Some 45 per cent of so-called Empty Nesters - older owners whose children have left home permanently - say they are...

There has been a big rise in activity in the equity release market based on data from the first quarter of...

The well-respected buying agency Black Brick has revealed the scale of discounts it secures on prime properties being sold for different...

It’s not breaking new ground to say that younger people have what many regard as the raw end of the deal...

Stamp duty on property sales is gumming up the housing market, stopping people from moving to the jobs they need, and...

Whenever any research is released, part of me can’t help thinking of that old adage, ‘lies, damn lies and statistics’ especially...

An analysis of data from HM Revenue and Customs reveals that inheritance tax paid by UK families has topped £5 billion...

In their election rhetoric all the political parties informed us that the UK is experiencing a ‘housing crisis’, with all promising...

The vast majority of estate agents believe that not enough people are downsizing to free up family homes, according to conveyancing...

A research report compiled by Strutt & Parker in partnership with Octopus Healthcare has revealed what the baby boomer generation expects...

New research gives an insight into the difficulties that older home owners have coping with their properties - and highlights the...

The boss of the UK's largest independent agency has called on the government to be 'radical' and consider a range of...

A survey from a financial organisation suggests that nearly half of the UK public says they would support a government incentive...