The rate of inflation held steady last month, raising hopes that the Bank of England will give homebuyers a boost with...
Archive
Downsizers across England and Wales could unlock an average £305,090 by moving from a four bed to a two-bed home, according...
22 February 2024
From: Breaking News
The total value of all homes across the UK has dropped for the first time since 2012. Research by Savills shows the...
14 February 2024
From: Breaking News
The Scottish housing market is at a serious crossroads, a major estate agency brand in the country has warned. Lomond Group-owned agent...
04 January 2023
From: Breaking News
When it comes to housing policy, the Conservative MPs have given their party a choice between Tweedle Dum and Tweedle DumDum. Rishi...
23 July 2022
From: Features
Agents are preparing their businesses for the cost of living crunch, with considerations on fuel use, heating and window display lighting. Much...
07 April 2022
From: Breaking News
By the time I next write this column, we’ll be just days before the next Budget and Autumn Statement. So I’ll...
02 October 2021
From: Features
A new survey shows that there’s just a 1.7 per cent house price premium on homes with EPC ratings A or...
31 August 2021
From: Breaking News
At first sight it’s a tough ask to defend holiday homes when there’s evidence that many who want to buy can’t,...
10 July 2021
From: Features
A broker has launched the UK’s longest-ever fixed rate mortgage, with no early repayment charge or exit fees - the first product...
11 March 2021
From: Breaking News
There’s one key takeaway for agents from the weekend’s announcements on the next England-wide lockdown - the housing market is staying...
02 November 2020
From: Breaking News
Another attempt is being made to introduce property logbooks to the selling and buying process, and agents are invited to play a...
26 October 2020
From: Breaking News
A new paper from a think tank warns that many low income owner occupiers risk losing their homes when the mortgage...
07 October 2020
From: Breaking News
A taxation institute is urging the government to delay Capital Gains Tax changes relating to housing transactions until the virus crisis...
03 June 2020
From: Breaking News
The 2010s were a good decade for disrupters. Early on, Airbnb and Uber shook up the holiday lettings/hospitality and traditional black...
15 February 2020
From: Features
The proportion of 25 to 34 year olds who own their own home in England has risen for the first time...
24 January 2020
From: Breaking News
An online agency has struck out against the conventional wisdom that it’s tougher than ever before for first time buyers to...
13 August 2019
From: Breaking News
The latest report commissioned by the Labour party to resolve the UK’s housing problems would crash the housing market rather than...
28 June 2019
From: Breaking News
An ex-housing minister and ex-Brexit secretary says he wants to radically change taxes on buy to let capital appreciation to help...
16 April 2019
From: Breaking News
Mortgage lenders are relaxing age limits so that house buyers can still be paying off their home loan well into their...
12 February 2019
From: Breaking News
Conventional wisdom appears to have it that there are fewer owner-occupiers and more renters these days - but that’s not what...
01 February 2019
From: Breaking News
One of London’s most prominent buying agencies says post-Brexit the interest in buying in the capital will return - whether there...
24 October 2018
From: Breaking News
There’s little doubt that downsizing is less of a factor in the housing market than it used to be - so...
25 August 2018
From: Features
Boris Johnson is calling for a cut to Britain’s “absurdly high” stamp duty. Writing in this morning’s Daily Telegraph - the same newspaper...
13 August 2018
From: Breaking News
There’s been another drop in mortgage arrears and possessions for owner occupiers - although an increase for some elements of the...
10 August 2018
From: Breaking News
A service that tracks different types of mortgage demand reveals that remortgaging is on the rise while borrowing for new purchases...
16 May 2018
From: Breaking News
House price growth in London has hit a seven year low according to Hometrack, with prices actually down across 42 per...
27 March 2018
From: Breaking News
A 1.0 per cent interest rate rise would add £930 a year to the cost of servicing the average mortgage, according...
27 February 2018
From: Breaking News
Black Brick says its turnover in 2016 tripled to £3m with new business so far this year focussing increasingly on owner-occupier...
15 August 2017
From: Breaking News
With several agent partner programmes available across the country, estate agents can often increase business by offering sales by auction, with...
22 July 2017
From: Features
Just 27% of property valuations in May were requested by prospective home sellers, according to the latest data from Connells Survey...
16 June 2017
From: Breaking News
Data from the Council for Mortgage Lenders show that loans taken out by buyers have hit a near two-year low. Home buyers...
15 March 2017
From: Breaking News
A London property investment firm says the government has enjoyed a tax take of £394m since introducing the Annual Tax for...
21 February 2017
From: Breaking News
First-time buyers borrowed £5.1 billion from mortgage companies in December, far above the same month in 2015, and the highest December...
16 February 2017
From: Breaking News
The number of properties taken into possession last year declined by almost 25 per cent and has hit the lowest level in 35...
10 February 2017
From: Breaking News
Home ownership rates among 25-year-olds have plummeted by more than half in 20 years, council leaders have warned. New analysis for the...
22 December 2016
From: Breaking News
With a number of agent partner programmes available nationwide, estate agents can often increase business by offering sales by auction, especially...
15 July 2016
From: Features
Home-owners borrowed £8.1 billion for house purchases in April, which was four per cent down on the same month a year ago. There...
16 June 2016
From: Breaking News
There has been a 58 per cent rise in the past year for mortgages for house purchase purposes, according to the...
18 May 2016
From: Breaking News
The summer term – rounders, cricket and hayfever. It's also the last dash before the housing market supposedly closes down for...
23 April 2016
From: Features
Buy to let mortgage sales - one of the key indicators of buy to let property sales - fell drastically in...
21 April 2016
From: Breaking News
We talk about the unstoppable rise of buy-to-let and forget that it was only as recently as the early 1970’s that...
08 April 2016
From: Features
The goverrnment says new figures show that after a year-after-year decline in the number of people owning their home, starting in...
19 February 2016
From: Breaking News
Analysis of government data suggests there are 3,990 properties valued over £500,000 which are owner-occupied but purchased by so-called ‘corporate wrappers’...
16 February 2016
From: Breaking News
There was a remarkable 52 per cent increase in valuations undertaken by Connells in January this year compared to the same...
05 February 2016
From: Breaking News
I make no apologies for returning to Build To Rent, the institutional investment in building and managing blocks of flats to...
13 November 2015
From: Features
Around one million homes that were owner-occupied in 2005 have in the intervening decade been sold and switched to being privately...
09 November 2015
From: Breaking News
Owner occupation in Britain will plummet from its current level of about 68 per cent of homes to around 60 per...