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EVER since Rishi Sunak stood in the rain and effectively announced he’d soon be moving house, Labour have been saying the...

A specialist lender is reintroducing a suite of mortgage products aimed at what it call “overlooked customers”. It turns out these are...

New data from one of Britain’s largest mortgage lenders shows that nearly one in five first-time buyers are now aged 40...

Borrowers are currently rolling off relatively favourable two-year fixed-rate deals agreed at the start of 2022, but the pain from higher...

Properties favoured by first-time buyers are typically selling for an average of 8% or £20,300 below the local market average, Zoopla...

Compared with a decade ago, today's first-time buyers are older, more likely to buy with a partner and more likely to...

After years of saving, hard work, and market watching, being able to view and make an offer on a property is...

The times, they are indeed a-changin’. But what Dylan may not have appreciated, however, was how fast that change would be...

Large language models, machine learning, artificial intelligence, artificial general intelligence, and 'the singularity' change everything, but there again, they change literally...

Simon Jackson is Managing Director of SDL Surveying If we look at the latest data, it looks like there is something of...

Estate agency has changed. No longer is it required to sit in a high street office working the old way. Provide a...

I sometimes wonder just how far our national obsession with buying our own homes will stretch. First-time buyers are prepared to save...

The term mixed-tenure development usually refers to residential developments where different residential tenures are provided on the same site. Typically, tenure was...

Success with your chosen CRM solution should not be a one-and-done package. Once you team up with a stellar CRM provider,...

CRMs can be superheroes for your business, but not all of them possess the necessary powers to save the day. As...

By adopting a top-notch Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution, you're not only opening doors to acquiring new customers and nurturing existing...

The average first-time buyer in Britain has seen the cost of a home increase by £25 per day since interest rates...

As Tennyson once observed…’.In the Spring, a young man’s fancy turns to thoughts of love…’.but not really. At the moment the...

Black mould associated with condensation is becoming an increasing problem for homes in the UK and following the tragic death of...

Lies, damned lies, and statistics this week. I don’t know about you, but sometimes I feel as though I’m being bombarded...

Property website Rightmove has calculated that yesterday’s interest rate rise – up 0.5% to 1.75% - will mean new first-time buyers...

As Britain’s housing boom continues,  SDL Property Auctions has warned of ten ways new homeowners could be fined up to £5,000...

The other day I read a story here on Estate Agent Today, which was both depressing and inspiring. It reported a study...

The Bank of England raised interest rates for the fifth consecutive month yesterday. The cost of borrowing is now at a 13-year...

There’s been a huge rise in the amount of money contributed to the housing market by first time buyers. They paid over...

The average age at which someone buys their first home has risen to 32, up from 29 in 2011 and is...

The average first-time buyer’s home across Britain has increased in price by approaching £9,000 a year for the past decade. FTBs are...

A new Home Buyer App has been launched by the Mortgage Advice Bureau in a bid to educate first time buyers...

The distribution of home ownership across different generations has been a cause of strife according to a think-tank. The Resolution Foundation’s latest...

One one in five first time buyers have been able to get a mortgage on the first attempt over the past...

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...

Figures just released from HM Revenue & Customs show just how much stamp duty buyers pay, at least before the current holiday...

The housing market’s recovery will be threatened with drastic consequences for buyers and sellers if the stamp duty holiday isn’t extended beyond...

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

A new survey reveals the uphill struggle first time buyers appear to be having in securing a mortgage. A study of 1,000...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he wants to create a ‘Generation Buy’ to help young people purchase homes with low-deposit mortgages. In...

Almost half of the country’s first time buyers say their plans have been delayed - or worse - thanks to Coronavirus,...

Data from NAEA Propertymark shows that in August, some 13 per cent of properties sold for more than the original asking...

Few figures for the housing market can be truly representative in the current circumstances but NAEA Propertymark’s latest snapshot is showing...

New research of the buying habits of first-time buyers in the UK we’ve undertaken here at reallymoving.com shows that Shared Ownership...

A survey suggests that 77 per cent of first time buyers do not purchase their initial property in the same town...

New figures from the National Association of Estate Agents show a big surge in demand despite the winter weather since the...

There are reasons to be optimistic that a majority government will improve the housing market, simply by ending political and economic...

Recent Zoopla reports stating that first-time buyers are deciding against purchasing one-bedroom flats came as no surprise to me, or I’m...

A study from Santander Mortgages has blown the cover on first time buyers, suggesting they know almost nothing and research very...

A former Foxtons estate agent has set up a property finding service which is exclusively for first time buyers - believed...

First time buyers will constitute the largest single group of purchasers in 2019, despite the apparent difficulties of deposits and securing...

No less than 56 per cent of properties across the UK are in areas that are affordable for first time buyers...

New research has identified those local housing market potentially worst hit by the planned changes to Help To Buy in 2021,...

There may be rain outside but the housing market is now officially in a drought according to the National Association of...

The National Association of Estate Agents says the number of house hunters registered per branch fell 15 per cent in February...

Figures released this morning show a surge in first time buyers securing mortgages in recent months, despite the market showing continued signs...

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

It’s not just the high-end market for homes in the south east that’s hit by Brexit according to the Guild of...

If former Chancellor George Osborne thought his 2014 stamp duty reform would produce more income for the government, it appears he...

More than 75 per cent of first time buyers have benefited from the changes to stamp duty thresholds for introduced a...

The agency industry has reacted in a broadly downbeat way at the relatively few housing-related proposals that were announced in yesterday’s...

New figures from the Mortgage Advice Bureau give an insight into the changing demographics of home buyers and buy to let...

Sales of properties to first time buyers have hit their lowest level for three years according to data from the National...

Another day, another housing minister – at least that’s what it feels like! The resignation of the Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson...

Only one property in every eight sold in the current market succeeds in achieving its asking price - while no fewer than...

Figures from the Treasury suggest that the annual revenue from stamp duty for the year to the end of March is...

A new study reveals precisely how little first time buyers apparently understand about the buying process.  In a survey of 500 people...

The proportion of first time buyers in the market is still 11 per cent below the level seen before the 2008...

The National Association of Estate Agents says the government’s first time buyer stamp duty incentive “seems to be having the desired...

Mystery surrounds a claim made by Prime Minister Theresa May that the stamp duty changes for first time buyers made in...

No fewer than 85 per cent of properties sold for less than the asking price in November, the highest seen since...

The government has defined the ‘first time buyers’ who will benefit from its immediate scrapping of stamp duty for FTB purchases...

Housing may have taken centre stage in the Budget but most of the industry appears to remain sceptical of whether the...

Stamp duty reform for first time buyers has taken pride of place in the Budget speech of Chancellor Phillip Hammond.   From today,...

Two thirds of first time buyers over-estimate the cost of purchasing a home according to a survey from the NatWest. The NatWest’s...

Figures in the property industry have sharply criticised the announcement made at the Conservative party conference to pump an estimated £10...

Figures just released by the National Association of Estate Agents suggest that the number of house hunters registered at agencies dropped...

An online platform has been launched with the aim of allowing first time buyers to seek crowdfunding to raise enough cash...

First time buyer registrations in the past month have jumped nearly 20 per cent across the UK and almost 30 per...

There are more first-time buyers (FTBs) finding a way on to the property ladder than at any time since the Financial...

The National Association of Estate Agents says the number of sales agreed rose to a 10 year high in February. The NAEA...

Nationwide has introduced what it calls a ‘Family Deposit Mortgage’ in a bid to help first time buyers. It is aimed at...

It seems prop-tech is exploding at a scary rate, and the latest brands are all trying to grab our attention by...

Jeremy Leaf, the London estate agent and former RICS residential chairman, is the latest industry figure to call for the government...

The average number of prospective buyers registered in each branch in January was 425, a 10 per cent rise from December...

Annoying isn’t it. You take on a stunning property, agree a compelling asking price and your Vendor is desperate to get the...

The East of England, which takes in areas from Hertfordshire to Norfolk, has recorded the biggest hike in property prices over...

The government’s blizzard of New Year announcements about new homes has received a distinctly frosty welcome from many within the property...

House prices will stall in 2017 and there won’t by any significant improvement in affordability for many hard-pressed buyers - but...

Almost a third of total sales in October were to first time buyers according to the National Association of Estate Agents...

The average number of house hunters registered at each branch of the National Association of Estate Agents rose to 333 from 287...

Three quarters of properties sold by National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) member branches in August were for less than the...

What is Properstar? Properstar helps UK estate agents cross the chasm from local to global in respect of advertising their properties. Using...

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This week, 25 years ago the world's first website went live to those of us who were around then.  Amazingly, despite the...

Uncertainty - even that which existed before the EU referendum just a week ago today - means demand for property has...

So what is it with young people failing to stand up for themselves and not making the most of their money...

The National Association of Estate Agents says there is light at the end of the tunnel for first time buyers seemingly...

A new survey suggests that it is the other fees associated with moving house - not estate agents’ charges - that...

Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron is claiming that the government’s flagship Starter Homes project could allow properties to be bought by...

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The number of first time buyers is estimated to have totalled 310,000 in 2015, virtually unchanged over the past year despite...

The number of sales made to first time buyers has risen for the second month running, to the highest level in...