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

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

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

If agents wonder why more older home owners don’t sell and downsize, it may be because they’re taking equity out of...

The equity release market is on course for a record year after customers took out £1.049 billion in property wealth in...

Older homeowners gifted an average of £42,500 to younger relatives to help them buy in the past year, according to new...

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

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is considering an extension to the current stamp duty holiday according to media reports today - and the...

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

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

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

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

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

Only 24 hours after the Land registry released data showing a 20 per cent slump in housing transactions, new figures from...

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...

Gross mortgage lending is set to reach its highest level since 2007 despite Brexit, says the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association. But its...

A new report, conducted by the Centre for Economics and Business Research for the financial services group Legal & General, claims...

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