Average house prices and mortgage approvals hit new highs during the summer months, in a positive sign for the property market. Nationwide...
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02 September 2024
From: Breaking News
The number of property sales registered with HMRC rose in July but remains below pre-pandemic levels, official data shows. HMRC property transactions...
02 September 2024
From: Breaking News
The number of home sellers entering the market increased by almost a quarter in the two weeks following the Bank of...
30 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Agency stock has hit a seven-year high but realistic pricing is essential, Zoopla warns. The portal’s latest House Price Index for August...
28 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Knight Frank has left the door open to revise its house price forecasts after the chancellor’s first Budget in October. Chancellor Rachel...
27 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Spicerhaart is reigniting its acquisition strategy with a multi-million pound investment in its estate agency and lettings businesses after posting a...
23 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Mortgaged buyers have continued to drive the property market even in the two years since mortgage rates peaked, research suggests. Property brand...
20 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Average asking prices for new property listings had their usual summer drop this month but Rightmove is predicting a busy Autumn. The...
19 August 2024
From: Breaking News
One key point of difference in the parties’ housing policies during the recent general election campaign was that the Conservative Party...
17 August 2024
From: Features
When I first started working as an estate agent there was one thing I never saw coming… and that was having...
16 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Annual house price growth remained at 2.7% ahead of the general election in June and was up just 0.5% on a...
15 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Inflation has increased for the first time this year during July, dashing hopes of a further interest rate cut. The rate of...
15 August 2024
From: Breaking News
The director of a London estate agency claims a buyer needs an income of £100,000 a year to purchase a home...
12 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Now that a new government has been elected and interest rates appear to be on their way down, many buyers who...
10 August 2024
From: Features
The three months of May-July provide welcome news for both active buyers and sellers, and those thinking of buying or selling...
10 August 2024
From: Features
The most predictable event of the year is underway. After months of talking about how taxes won’t rise for working people,...
09 August 2024
From: Breaking News
The UK’s largest multi-brand property franchise business, TPFG, says a brace of acquisitions in the past six months have been “transformational”. Since...
08 August 2024
From: Breaking News
The latest RICS Residential Property Survey found the UK's residential property sector brightened slightly in July. Average mortgage rates lowered slightly during...
08 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Estate agents are braced for a busy Autumn selling season after the first interest rate cut since March 2020. The Bank of...
02 August 2024
From: Breaking News
House price growth hit its highest level for almost two years during July, Nationwide data shows. The latest Nationwide House Price Index...
02 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Foxtons’ market share for exchanges rose by 30% in the first half of the year as the London agent revealed double-digit...
31 July 2024
From: Breaking News
The UK housing market is heating up, with buyers now agreeing to pay 96.8% of asking price, Zoopla claims. The figure is...
30 July 2024
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Estate agents remain largely split on whether Labour’s General Election win will be positive for the housing market. A survey of almost...
30 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Higher mortgage rates will push more people than expected into poverty, research warns. Analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) highlights...
26 July 2024
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Mortgage rates are dropping faster than many expected, Rightmove claims. Nationwide unveiled a 3.99% five-year fix for home purchases this week –...
25 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Best buy mortgage rates have fallen below 4% for the first time since the start of the year. Nationwide is the first...
24 July 2024
From: Breaking News
HSBC has promised rate cuts this week as mortgage pricing continues to drop, but it is unclear how much further pricing...
23 July 2024
From: Breaking News
The Government will need the financial markets to play ball if its housebuilding plans are to be successful, a property expert...
23 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Two years of rising interest rates, the withdrawal of first-time buyer support, planning delays and a string of broken promises has...
20 July 2024
From: Features
There’s been a “substantial rise” in landlords exiting the market or downsizing their portfolios, analysis by TwentyEA has found. Figures from the...
18 July 2024
From: Breaking News
The rate of inflation held steady last month, raising hopes that the Bank of England will give homebuyers a boost with...
18 July 2024
From: Breaking News
A mixture of buyer reluctance to take on high mortgage rates, the availability of home loans and inefficiencies in the homebuying...
16 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Asking prices dropped at the start of July as estate agents and sellers attempted to attracted buyers who have been distracted...
15 July 2024
From: Breaking News
On balance, a stable new government with a large majority is good news for the sales market. Labour’s costed spending plans,...
06 July 2024
From: Features
Agents are being urged to prepare for a surge in enquiries following the General Election this week Many agents have reported that...
04 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Agency sales supply and demand dipped in May as buyers and sellers await the election outcome, Propertymark members claim. The agency trade...
03 July 2024
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Buyer demand levels climbed significantly between the first and second quarters of this year, research suggests. GetAgent’s Hotspots Demand Index monitors quarterly...
03 July 2024
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High mortgage rates continued to weigh on the housing market in June, leaving house price growth relatively flat. Nationwide’s latest House Price...
02 July 2024
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The General Election and increased hopes of an interest rate cut seems to have boosted buyer confidence but not necessarily seller...
28 June 2024
From: Breaking News
Major lenders have started cutting their mortgage pricing in anticipation of an interest rate cut in the coming months. The Bank of...
27 June 2024
From: Breaking News
Affordability concerns are prompting many first-time buyers to consider moving more than 30 miles on average from their preferred location to...
27 June 2024
From: Breaking News
The recent dip in inflation to 2% for the first time in three years brings a glimmer of optimism in the...
26 June 2024
From: Features
The announcement by the Bank Of England that interest rates will remain fixed at 5.25% for the seventh month in a...
24 June 2024
From: Breaking News
Interest rates were held for the sixth consecutive Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting yesterday, as agents expressed hope of a cut...
21 June 2024
From: Breaking News
The rate of inflation slowed to 2% in May, hitting the Bank of England’s target. Data from the Office for National Statistics...
20 June 2024
From: Breaking News
The latest inflation figures this morning are expected to show that the cost of living measure has slowed to the Bank...
19 June 2024
From: Breaking News
It is currently one of the best times to be a homebuyer, Knight Frank claims. The agency brand has highlighted that a...
18 June 2024
From: Breaking News
There’s a growing supply-demand imbalance in the sales market according to the prominent industry asking price index, Home. It says despite greater...
14 June 2024
From: Breaking News
The latest residential market sentiment survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests confidence in the housing market is beginning...
13 June 2024
From: Breaking News
Win, lose or draw for the political hopefuls standing as candidates in the upcoming general election, it is likely that the...
08 June 2024
From: Features
Major lenders including Barclays, HSBC, and TSB have reduced their interest rates on new fixed mortgages, offering a glimmer of hope...
08 June 2024
From: Features
In the second of their Election Wishlist series, Leaders Romans Group turn the spotlight on the Private Rented Sector (PRS). Here, National...
08 June 2024
From: Features
The majority of estate agents expect a summer interest rate cut to help revitalise buyer market activity, however, they remain split...
04 June 2024
From: Breaking News
House prices appear to have benefited from a Spring bounce but sales and mortgage approvals have struggled. It comes after a busy...
03 June 2024
From: Breaking News
Affordability is a bigger factor for buyers than the confirmed General Election, Savills claims. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has set a date...
24 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak yesterday confirmed a date for the General Election. Voters will go the polls on 4 July, meaning the...
23 May 2024
From: Breaking News
The rate of inflation slowed to 2.3% in April, Office for National Statistics (ONS) data shows. It means the consumer price index...
23 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Hopes of an interest rate cut have been raised after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) suggested the UK economy is recovering faster...
22 May 2024
From: Breaking News
High interest rates, slow price growth and more stringent tax rules have eroded Buy-to-Let’s (BTL) charm for a number of landlords,...
18 May 2024
From: Features
Rightmove posted a bullish trading update and raised performance expectations for the year ahead on Friday but the markets seemed less...
13 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Britain's housebuilders are seeing a recovery in buyer interest and land purchasing activity in early 2024, according to the latest Knight...
11 May 2024
From: Features
Agents remain typically optimistic about the property market after interest rates were been held at their 16-year high of 5.25% by...
10 May 2024
From: Breaking News
It was the news we were all expecting. But I still feel a sense of disappointment as I digest the fact the...
10 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Agency stock has hit a three-year high but sales expectations have dipped as hopes of an imminent interest rate cut fade,...
09 May 2024
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Help to Buy has been ranked as having the most positive influence on the property market in recent times. Agency comparison website...
08 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Savills has today upgraded its five-year UK mainstream house price forecast to reflect the stronger than expected start to the year...
07 May 2024
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A stamp duty cut would see house prices go up and evictions soar, a property industry commentator claims. Reports in the past...
07 May 2024
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Typical consumer spending on mortgages and rents increased 3.6% in April – the first increase in the rate of growth since...
07 May 2024
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Market appraisal volumes dropped 7% in March according to Propertymark’s latest market snapshot, based on data from up to six weeks...
07 May 2024
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Prominent housing and mortgage experts are downplaying the chance of an interest rate cut following the Bank of England monetary policy...
03 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Just as the Nationwide showed the impact of rising mortgage costs on house prices, so another raft of lenders have made...
02 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Only realistic sellers willing to negotiate prices are successful in the current market, says one of the country’s leading estate agents. The...
02 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Higher mortgage rates are a drag on house price growth says Zoopla - and it’s produced startling figures to prove it. The...
29 April 2024
From: Breaking News
UK house prices may be broadly static but sales volumes are up 12% year on year according to Zoopla data out...
29 April 2024
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Big demand for small properties has helped to drive growth in UK property prices in the early months of this year,...
29 April 2024
From: Breaking News
We all know that first-time buyers have had a tough time of it lately. Mad mini-budgets resulting in higher interest rates...
27 April 2024
From: Features
An analysis by Rightmove reveals that the average interest rate for a two year fixed mortgage at 95% loan to value...
25 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Lloyds Bank has issued figures showing a 28% profits plunge for the first quarter of the year - but it nonetheless...
25 April 2024
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A report in the Times newspaper says Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is planning a stamp duty cut in the early autumn. The paper...
22 April 2024
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Inflation has eased to 3.2% down from 3.4%, official figures from the Office for National Statistics show, the lowest level since...
18 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Strike remained in the red in the run up to its acquisition of Purplebricks last year and has new financial backing...
16 April 2024
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OnTheMarket president Jason Tebb has cautioned buyers against waiting for an interest rate cut and General Election before making a transaction...
15 April 2024
From: Breaking News
The European real estate market is the most distressed sector across Europe, research suggest. The latest Weil European Distress Index suggests the...
15 April 2024
From: Breaking News
When we talk in general terms about the UK housing market, we tend to draw a picture of generality. Facts and figures...
13 April 2024
From: Features
Average house prices fell on a monthly basis for the first time since September 2023 during March as higher mortgage rates...
08 April 2024
From: Breaking News
House prices dipped on a monthly basis during March but annual growth improved, Nationwide data shows. The latest Nationwide House Price Index...
03 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Borrowers are currently rolling off relatively favourable two-year fixed-rate deals agreed at the start of 2022, but the pain from higher...
30 March 2024
From: Features
Stress tests are a valuable tool for measuring resilience and the Scottish residential property market was put through a fairly gruelling...
30 March 2024
From: Features
Global property consultancy Knight Frank has launched its latest UK Build to Rent Market Update, revealing that investment in the UK...
23 March 2024
From: Features
Interest rates were held for the fifth consecutive time after the latest Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting yesterday. The...
22 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Inflation has hit a new two-year low as the cost of living measure slowed to 3.4% in February. The figure is down...
21 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The ripple effect of a property sale that falls through is, without exception, one of the most frustrating and disappointing events...
20 March 2024
From: Features
The gap between the price a seller wants and what a buyer is willing to pay is at risk of widening,...
19 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Seller confidence has improved in anticipation of the traditionally busier Spring market and interest rate cuts in the months ahead, research...
18 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The Spring Budget last Wednesday rounded out to be mostly a disappointment for the property industry, but it was also perhaps...
16 March 2024
From: Features
Savills has claimed most of the property markets It operates in are past “peak uncertainty” after posting lower revenues and profits...
15 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Property market conditions in the new-build sector are likely to remain subdued this year. Persimmon has claimed. An outlook in the house...
13 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The prime London sales market has made a hesitant start to 2024, Knight Frank has said. Despite the agent and property brand...
12 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Average house prices rose for the fourth consecutive month during February, figures from Halifax show, but it is unclear how long...