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House prices in UK

UK House Prices Hit Four-Year High

In September, house prices climbed at the fastest annual rate since the result of the Brexit vote in 2016, according to Nationwide, the UK’s largest...

William Hale PickandMix.com

From garden shed to million pound confectionery business

How the right industrial space fuelled PickandMix.com's sweet success...
Online Searches For 'Cheap Agents' Up By 53%

Online Searches For ‘Cheap Agents’ Up By 53%

6 March 2024 – Cheap agents are more in demand than ever—at least according to data from Google Trends. The search term’ cheap estate agent’...

House planning

PM Announces Sweeping Reforms Of Planning System

PM Boris Johnson has announced the most sweeping reforms of the English planning system in over seventy years to facilitate the building of better quality...

House interior

New Homes Ombudsman Set To Raise The Bar

There are many good reasons for investing in a new-build property but a new announcement from the Government could prove to be a game changer....

Modest Price Increase And 8% More Buyers In The Market

Modest Price Increase And 8% More Buyers In The Market

17 October 2023 – October has seen a modest monthly price increase of 0.5% compared to last month. But there are more buyers in the...

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...

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...
Covid mortgage holidays

Shock Surprise Result Of Covid Mortgage Holidays

Lenders have punished desperate homeowners who took loan repayment holidays from their bank at the peak of the pandemic with higher mortgage rates and rejections...

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...

Sometimes the process itself is delayed.

One In Four Adults Unable To Fund Lifestyle Without Parental Help

Recent research has found that 24% of those aged 18-44 would be unable to afford their lifestyle without financial help from their parents, although 35%...

cotswold village street

House Prices Slowed To Seven-Year Low In October

The Land Registry has disclosed that the growth in house prices during October slowed to its lowest rate since September 2012 in an index said...

Frustrated First-Time Buyers Flood The Rental Market

Frustrated First-Time Buyers Flood The Rental Market

With rising mortgage rates, many would-be first-time buyers are no longer able to make it onto the property ladder. And these frustrated first-time buyers are...

Client Money Protection Scheme

Client Money Protection Scheme (CMP) Comes Into Force

All property agents who deal with privately rented properties will be required to sign up to a new scheme that aims to protect both renters’...

Purplebricks Valuation

Signs That Purplebricks Could Be Running Out Of Steam

Analysts are speculating that online estate agent, Purplebricks, may be struggling to sustain its rapid growth and that troubled times may be ahead. That’s according...

House Raffle Lottery

Couple Raffling Their Home Forced To Abandon Plan

While the raffling of homes has grown in popularity, one couple has been forced to abandon their raffling plans after the Gambling Commission stepped in....

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