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Online Estate Agents Market Share

Online Estate Agents Maintain 7.2% Market Share

Online estate agents maintained a 7.2% share of all exchanges in the final quarter of 2018, maintaining the share it enjoyed in the third quarter...

Interest-Only Mortgages

Homeowners Seek To Lock In To Decade-Long Fixed Rate Mortgages Ahead Of Brexit Anxiety

Research shows that fears over the economy post-Brexit is making borrowers exercise caution about the type of mortgage they choose, despite the fact that mortgages...

46% Of Mortgage Products Were Withdrawn After Mini-Budget

46% Of Mortgage Products Were Withdrawn After Mini-Budget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caused by the announcement of the mini-budget by Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng, almost half of all mortgage products were withdrawn by lenders....

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...

National Average Rent At New Record High

National Average Rent At New Record High

2 May 2023 – The private rental sector has seen rents rising for the thirteenth quarter in a row. At £1,190 per calendar month, the...

What Is Gazumping?

Gazumping Still Alive And Well According To Research

According to research by Phil Spencer’s consumer service Move iQ, gazumping – the practice of offering a higher price on a property already sold subject...

60% Sellers Prefer Payment On Completion

60% Of Property Sellers Prefer To Pay Estate Agents ‘On Completion’

Are upfront fees dead? Despite many estate agents promoting a ‘pay less upfront’ pricing model, 60% of people considering using an online agent would prefer...

Government House Buying Process Reform

Sellers To Benefit From House Buying Process Reform

In a surprise announcement at the weekend, housing secretary Sajid Javid has revealed plans to tackle the problems of rogue estate agents and gazumping with...

Rightmove Boost Property Market

Rightmove Leads The Way In Property Market Boost

Despite ungrounded grumbles that there may be a slowdown in the property market in 2018, Rightmove have shown that there is still a strong and...

House for sale

Think Tank Warns Of Difficulties For First-Time Buyers

A prominent think tank has warned that the coronavirus pandemic will exacerbate the longstanding inequalities which affect those seeking to buy their first home. The...

Unexpected Repairs At Home

Survey Reveals Top Unexpected Repairs When Moving Home

Buying a new home is a major commitment, and an expensive one. But many householders discover that they face yet more expense when they find...

Stamp Duty Cut For First-Time Buyers

Stamp Duty Cut ‘Ineffective’ According To Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

When the Government announced that stamp duty would be cut for first-time buyers buying a home for up to £300,000 last year, estate agents across...

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...

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...

Home improvements that add value to your property

Survey Reveals Best And Worst Home Improvements For Increasing Property Value

Recent research has revealed the best and worst home improvements when it comes to increasing the value of your home. When selling a home, people...

UK houses in demand

UK Housing Demand Surges On Easing Of Lockdown

Large rural houses are most in demand with plenty of space a top priority, according to the latest report from property portal Zoopla. Demand for...

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