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Survey Reveals Why People Are Turning To Online Estate Agents

A recent survey has revealed the most important factors to vendors when choosing a company to sell their home. Conducted by a digital research company...

40% Of Private Renters Expect To Rent For Their Entire Life

40% Of Private Renters Expect To Rent For Their Entire Life

According to a new survey by business consultancy firm Hargreaves Lansdown, almost four in 10 people who rent privately think they will rent for their...

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House Viewings Up By 29% Due To SD Holiday

House viewings and instructions increased significantly in July as a result of the stamp duty holiday announced by the Chancellor earlier in the month, according...

Strike Online Estate Agent Review

Housesimple Rebrands As Strike With Immediate Effect

The apparently successful online estate agent, Housesimple, has surprised everyone this week by rebranding to Strike with immediate effect. The company that created the brand,...

Desirable property

BTL Landlords Urged To Expand Portfolios Or Remortgage

Investors are being encouraged to review their portfolios promptly as the market for buy-to-let landlords seeking mortgages has improved greatly over the last few weeks....

how interest rate increase could affect UK housing market

How Interest Rate Increase Could Affect UK Housing Market

It is expected that the Bank of England (BoE) will raise the base rate, also called interest rate, to 0.75%. This will be the third...

0.9% Increase In Asking Price In First Few Weeks Of 2023

0.9% Increase In Asking Price In First Few Weeks Of 2023

17 January 2023 – The housing market has started the new year strongly, with a 0.9% increase in asking price this month. According to new...

First Time buyer help

Launch Of New Scheme To Help First-Time Buyers

First-time buyers will be able to apply to the new Help to Buy scheme from December 16, 2020, enabling more struggling would-be owners to step...

Purplebricks Investors

Turbulent Times Continue For Purplebricks

Purplebricks continues to face serious problems as key financial backer, and leading City fund manager, Neil Woodford reduced his investment over the course of two...

Housing market in crisis

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...

Number Of Completions 13% Lower in Q2 Compared To Q1

Number Of Completions 13% Lower in Q2 Compared To Q1

25 July 2023 – Cost-of-living crisis and rising borrowing costs continue to impact on the housing market, with the number of completions falling. New data...

Mortgage rejection

Mortgage Application Rejections Threaten Property Market

The rejection of mortgage applications and delays caused by the coronavirus threaten the property market, according to research among home buyers conducted by Butterfields Mortgages....

UK house price growth slows

UK’s House Price Growth Hits A Five-Year Low

Signs that the UK’s housing market is continuing its slow down have been highlighted by one index that reveals that price growth has hit a...

Local Land Charges Go Digital by 2025

Local Land Charges Go Digital by 2025

HM Land Registry (HMLR) has set 2025 as deadline to implement a fully digital local land charges (LLC) service for England and Wales. To bring...

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...

Record Number Of New Houses Being Built

Record Number Of New Houses Being Built

According to the latest figures for the Office of National Statistics (ONS), in the second quarter of this year there was an increase of 15%...

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