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After yet another tumultuous week in the property market, many of those working sector will be breathing a huge sigh of...
30 June 2023
From: Breaking News
The amount of housing wealth owned by the older generation has reached a record level, new figures show. The data, from agency...
02 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt warned tough times were coming ahead of his Autumn Statement yesterday and agents were left with plenty to...
18 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Downsizing could become more attractive to older homeowners as the cost of living crisis intensifies, Savills claims. It comes as analysis by...
01 September 2022
From: Breaking News
If agents wonder why more older home owners don’t sell and downsize, it may be because they’re taking equity out of...
19 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Over-65s saw their property wealth increase by £800 a month recently thanks to frenzied demand during the stamp duty holiday, an equity release...
20 October 2021
From: Breaking News
Older homeowners gifted an average of £42,500 to younger relatives to help them buy in the past year, according to new...
25 February 2021
From: Breaking News
A mortgage has been launched targeting borrowers who believe they are unlikely to complete their purchase before the stamp duty holiday’s...
05 February 2021
From: Breaking News
Homeowners staying at home during another lockdown are doing more than sharing memes of groundhog day or doing family quizzes on...
27 January 2021
From: Features
Even the prospect of a stamp duty holiday is not enough to persuade many buyers and sellers to enter the market...
14 January 2021
From: Breaking News
In the second of a series of articles, Emma Vigus, Managing Director of mio, the Estate Agents Sales Progression platform, explores...
11 July 2020
From: Features
A survey claims that millions of potential sellers would use online estate agents - and bizarrely, this includes an online agency...
06 September 2019
From: Breaking News
An equity release provider says there is now £382 billion worth of equity available within older homeowners’ properties following recent house...
29 July 2019
From: Breaking News
We now have a new Leader of the Conservative Party and, rather more importantly, a new Prime Minister. That individual is Boris...
27 July 2019
From: Features
Equity release, seen by many agents as a reason why fewer older homeowners are downsizing these days, has reported more growth...
07 May 2019
From: Breaking News
The issue of ‘intergenerational fairness’ has been raised in recent weeks, some might say somewhat ironically by a House of Lords’...
04 May 2019
From: Features
As many as one transaction in three is now undertaken by a so-called Last Time Buyer - twice as many as...
09 April 2019
From: Breaking News
A survey by the Centre for Ageing Better recently showed that 72% of people want to see every new home built...
16 March 2019
From: Features
The agency industry has reacted in a broadly downbeat way at the relatively few housing-related proposals that were announced in yesterday’s...
30 October 2018
From: Breaking News
The average over-65 homeowner in Britain has seen her or his property wealth gain £159,000 – or £7,000 annually - in...
01 June 2018
From: Breaking News
Whenever any research is released, part of me can’t help thinking of that old adage, ‘lies, damn lies and statistics’ especially...
02 September 2017
From: Features
A survey from a financial organisation suggests that nearly half of the UK public says they would support a government incentive...
19 April 2017
From: Breaking News
Around six in 10 estate agents say their experience shows that mortgage lending restrictions targeting customers aged 55 or over are...