Archive

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...

The proportion of mortgaged homebuyers has hit its highest level for four years, research suggests. Analysis based on conveyancing quote requests on...

Single first-time buyers need to save for almost 6.5 years or 76 months to raise a 10% deposit and cover moving...

When the Chancellor stood up to deliver the Spring Budget on Wednesday, those of us in the property business could be...

Rightmove has joined growing calls for Stamp Duty reform ahead of the Spring Budget next week. The property portal has outlined three...

After a steady increase in mortgage rates, concerns about house prices have been rising too. The Financial Times reported in mid...

An estate agency with a major new homes department claims new build sales are proving more resilient than the mainstream market. Leaders...

We all want more transactions - the Holy Grail when it comes to agencies’ bottom lines - but an interesting aspect...

Research by price comparison service MoneySuperMarket has itemised the additional fees incurred by people moving home. This year’s 12 per cent rise...

A survey says many people under-estimate the costs of moving with conveyancing and mortgage fees often higher than expected. Some 54 per cent of...

Consumer group Which? says the stamp duty holiday has cut more than £4,000 from the average cost of moving home -...

Research by Zoopla has revealed the scale of the mistakes by and regrets for disillusioned home buyers. For large numbers of people...

Last November, as part of the Conservatives’ general election campaign, Boris Johnson made a surprise announcement that his party would introduce...

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

The typical estate agency fee paid by a seller has actually fallen one per cent in the past year according to...

We now have a new Leader of the Conservative Party and, rather more importantly, a new Prime Minister. That individual is Boris...

An annual study of transaction charges shows that house moving costs are now at a record average high of almost £10,000...

If your New Year’s resolution is to move to a four bedroom home in London or the south of England, you...

Hard-pressed buyers who try to minimise house moving costs by doing their own conveyancing have been warned of the disastrous consequences...

Strutt & Parker has repeated its warning that the market in prime central London could see a typical house price fall...

In recent months, there’s been a notable move in the rental market towards deposit replacement products in place of traditional security...

Buyers spent £9.7 billion on moving house in 2017 with the average individual move costing £9,580 according to comparison website Compare...

A survey released this morning shows that estate agents’ fees have risen only four per cent in real terms since 2007...

The average cost of moving home in the UK has increased by £628 over the past year from £10,966 to £11,624...

Jackson-Stops & Staff, a critic of the stamp duty system since its reform in 2014, now says the government should slash...

Homeowners ready to take their second step up the property ladder say it's harder than getting on it in the first...

The average cost of moving home in the UK was £9,472 in 2016 according to a survey by the Centre for...

As the old saying goes, just because it’s on the internet it doesn’t mean it’s true - and certainly a few...

Becky Fatemi of central London estate agency Rokstone says prime areas of the capital are to suffer a “prolonged phase of...

The average cost of moving house now is £10,996 after an alleged 26 per cent rise in typical estate agency fees...

Rising estate agency fees account for more almost half of the increase in average moving costs in the past year, according...

The influential Home Owners’ Alliance pressure group says Britain pulling out of the EU would probably depress house prices. The HOA - a...

A removals firm is warning that changes to the CHAPS system could see home movers paying more to relocate.   This summer...

Is it a stunt or a symptom of the central London’s stagnating housing market? A Knightsbridge estate agents is halving its fees...

The reluctance of existing mortgaged homeowners to move house is starving the market of a source of new supply and risking...

A leading agent's 'ability to buy' measure shows that it is now 77 per cent harder to purchase a home in...