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UK House Sales Predicted To Fall By 38% In 2020

Global property consultancy, Knight Frank, has updated its short-term forecast for the UK’s property market and predicts a fall in house sales of 38pc for...

Cheltenham House Prices 2017

Cheltenham Had The Fastest Growing House Prices In 2017

Research suggests that the area in the UK that enjoyed the fastest growing property prices in 2017, was Cheltenham. The town in Gloucestershire recorded an...

Over 25% Of New Buyers Looking For Flats

Over 25% Of New Buyers Looking For Flats

31 January 2023 – New data suggests that there is a shift away from houses towards flats. 5% more new buyers are looking for flats...

Help For Property Owners To Make Homes More Energy Efficient

Help For Property Owners To Make Homes More Energy Efficient

In his Spring Statement, the Chancellor has announced a VAT cut on insulation and energy saving products from 5% to zero, to help home owners...

46% Of Mortgage Products Were Withdrawn After Mini-Budget

46% Of Mortgage Products Were Withdrawn After Mini-Budget

Amid the economic chaos caused by the announcement of the mini-budget by Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng, almost half of all mortgage products were withdrawn by lenders....

King's Speech 2023: What Was In It For The Housing Market?

King’s Speech 2023: What Was In It For The Housing Market?

14 November 2023 – Last week Charles III delivered the King’s Speech, for the first time in 70 years. And two of the 21 laws...

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Housing Market Hits 16-Year High

The momentum in the housing market that usually builds after the summer lull has escalated rapidly this year, caused by the approaching deadline of the...

UK Flooding in 2019

How Floods Are Affecting The UK In 2019

With climate change and global warming at the forefront of the news recently, it’s no wonder that port and river towns such as Ipswich and...

Livestreaming

Livestream Open House Viewing Drives Sales

According to the Gavl app, more than one in ten consumers who attend a livestream open house viewing plan to sell a property within the...

Government Bans No Fault Evictions

Government Moves To Put An End To ‘No-Fault’ Evictions

The Government announced today that it will ban landlords from evicting tenants at short notice without good reason, as part of its continued shake-up of...

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....

Chain-Free Buyers Dominating UK Housing Market

Chain-Free Buyers Dominating UK Housing Market

According to analysis by property agency Hamptons, a record-breaking 73% of property buyers in 2022 so far have been chain-free. The research conducted by the...

10.3% More Sales Agreed Than In 2019

10% More Sales Agreed Than In 2019

New data by UK data agency TwentyCi shows that the housing market is as active as the last two years with 358,149 sales agreed in...

What Small Parties' Election Manifestos 2024 Say On Housing

What Small Parties’ Election Manifestos 2024 Say On Housing

26 June 2024 – The UK voting system is such that it’s difficult for smaller parties to get into government. However, they are a vital...

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...

High Street Estate Agents

Only 9% Of House Hunters Start Their Search At High Street Agents

As few as 9% of would-be buyers now start their search for a new home by visiting a local estate agent on the high street....

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