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Over 50s renting property

Record Number Of Over-50’s Living In Rented Accommodation

Renting among the over-50s has hit record highs, with more than 790,000 homes across the UK now being rented by this age group. Experts blame...

LTV mortgages

Increase In High LTV Mortgages Offers Hope For FTBs

A raft of new 10pc deposit mortgage deals together with increased incentives offers hope for would-be first-time buyers. Figures published last week showed the number...

Electrical Regulations For Landlords

Landlords To Face Tough New Electrical Safety Rules

As part of its commitment to drive up safety standards in the private rented sector, the Government has announced tough new regulations relating to electrical...

House Prices Now 4.6% Below August Peak

House Prices Now 4.6% Below August Peak

4 April 2023 – New data shows that annual house price growth has fallen by 3.1%, with house prices now 4.6% below the august peak....

Slowdown in house price increases

Slowdown In House Price Increases

While house prices are still rising, the Halifax has announced a slowdown in house price increases. According to the latest Halifax House Price Index, property...

Keys to property market

Consumers Drive Recovery In UK Housing Market

Traffic to Rightmove’s property portal returned to normal levels the same day as the lockdown restrictions on the UK’s housing market were lifted, latest figures...

Buying houses

Nearly 70% Of Home Sellers Found A Buyer Over Past Year

The chance of home sellers finding a buyer in the current market has jumped to an all-time high over the last year, the latest data...

easyProperty Review

Evolve Buys EasyProperty.com With Plans To Make It ‘Hybrid’

The easyProperty Services Group, parent company of the Guild and Fine and Country, has sold online estate agency easyProperty to Evolve, a company that has...

Wood Burner Pollution

Plan To Ban Polluting Open Fires And Wood Burners

The Environment Secretary Michael Gove has announced an ‘ambitious strategy’ to tackle air pollution in the UK, in an attempt to reduce exposure to particulate...

Annual House Price Growth At 4.4% In November

Annual House Price Growth At 4.4% In November

6 December 2022 – House prices have fallen for the third month in a row, slowing down the annual house price growth for this year....

Rising Interest Rates Taking Its Toll On Housing Market

Rising Interest Rates Taking Their Toll On Housing Market

8 November 2022 – Rising interest rates put further pressure on already tight household budgets and the housing market now shows clear signs of slowing...

New homes

2m New Homeowners Pledge Bemuses Lenders

Boris Johnson’s conference promise to create two million new homeowners with 95pc loans leaves the the mortgage industry bemused as to how it can be...

Green home improvements

Green Homes Grant Scheme Scrapped One Year Early

The Government has scrapped the Green Homes Grant, a voucher scheme it was hoped would transform energy efficiency in the private rental sector and result...

Countrywide Estate Agents

Countrywide Continues To Face Financial Difficulties

Estate agency Countrywide continues to face turbulent times, with the announcement that a number of branches are to close, accompanied by a harsh tumble in...

Brits Don't Get Value For Money For Properties

Brits Don’t Get Value For Money For Properties

27 March 2024 – Aside from being tagged as scarce in supply, the UK housing stock has a new moniker, “worst value for money.” A...

Homeowners moving house every 21 years

Homeowners Moving Just Once Every 21 Years On Average

Research by property website Zoopla shows that the average homeowner moves just once every 21 years. The property portal reached this conclusion after analysing Land...

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