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Rent and inflation climb as first homes slip further away for young people

Rent and inflation climb as first homes slip further away for young people

If you are in your 20s or 30s, and renting, you are not imagining it. Getting onto the property ladder has become harder again this...
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Housing Market In Crisis As Sales Collapse

Property sales are failing at their fastest rate in two years, obstructed by logistical delays, economic chaos and cladding. As the disruption caused by the...

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Stamp Duty Cut Drives Record New-Build Home Enquiries

The cut in stamp duty last week has resulted in a welcome boost to the housing market with record numbers of prospective buyers now house-hunting....

COVID-19

Covid-19 Fears Drive Home Search Results

Uncertainty caused by the second lockdown is putting house buyers under increasing pressure and influencing search results as lenders further reduce their willingness to accept...

London

Govt Bans Evictions And Launches Mortgage Holidays

The Government is set to ban evictions and bring in three-month mortgage payment holidays for landlords whose tenants are finding it difficult to pay rent...

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Home Ownership In UK And Ireland Falls by 11% Over Last Decade

The latest research conducted by Swinton Home Insurance shows that home ownership in the UK and Ireland has decreased by 11% over the last ten...

Failed house purchases

Failed House Purchases Cost FTBs £406m Last Year

Half of all first-time buyers who started the process of purchasing a property saw it fail, despite a rise in the numbers of this group...

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Extensive Regeneration Fuels Manchester’s Rental Growth

The English cities that have experienced significant regeneration have seen average annual rent increases of 21% since 2014, in contrast to the national average increase...

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70K Homes Built In Flood Zones In England Since 2009

Surprising though it may seem, 70,000 homes that may be ineligible for Flood Re insurance have been built in the highest risk flood zones (type...

House Sales Are Down By 23% In 2023 Compared To 2022

House Sales Are Down By 23% In 2023 Compared To 2022

31 October 2023 – While the property market has shown a lot of resilience in the past months, it appears that high inflation and mortgage...

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Future Of Online Estate Agent, easyProperty, In Doubt After Takeover Bid

The future of easyProperty estate agents is in doubt following a takeover bid for the parent company by investment company Toscafund. easyProperty, which also owns...

Drop in houses for sale

Properties For Sale Decrease While Rentals Rise

The number of properties available to buy in March, traditionally the busiest month for listings, hit the lowest level on record, according to the National...

Buyers Are To Blame For Sales Falling Through

Buyers Are To Blame For Sales Falling Through

According to a new study commissioned by ProperPR on behalf of home buying firm HBB Solutions, when it comes to sales falling through, buyers’ issues,...

Autumn Budget 2023: Housing Market Left Mostly Out

Autumn Budget 2023: Housing Market Left Mostly Out

23 November 2023 – On Wednesday (22 November) Jeremy Hunt stepped up the dispatch box to deliver his Autumn Budget 2023. Among the 110 measures...

Carbon Monoxide Regulations

Government To Review Carbon Monoxide Regulations

Housing Minister Dominic Raab has announced that the Government will be reviewing the current legislation on carbon monoxide alarms in homes to ensure it remains...

Downing Street Prime Minister

Next Prime Minister Could Change Rules On Stamp Duty

Conservative Party leadership contender Boris Johnson has suggested that the burden of stamp duty – paid when a property is sold – should be switched...

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