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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...

High Demand For Land Pushes Prices Up

High Demand For Land Pushes Prices Up

According to research conducted by Savills, prices for greenfield as well as urban land have risen in the first quarter of 2022, due to high...

Landlords Right To Rent Scheme Compliance

Buy To Let Landlords Are ‘Unprepared For Brexit’

The government has been accused of failing to prepare the country’s buy to let landlords for the impact of Brexit, one leading landlord organisation warns....

Housebuilders

Crackdown On Housebuilders In Leasehold Overcharging Scandal

Housebuilder Persimmon and insurer Aviva are to refund leaseholders after a UK ground rent inquiry by the watchdog uncovered evidence of overcharging. Thousands of leaseholders...

The State Of Online Estate Agents

Online Estate Agent Review 2018: Purplebricks & Yopa Show Largest Gains

In what has been a rollercoaster of a year for online estate agents, some agents look set to benefit from the demise of Emoov and...

Homeownership Only Possible In 40s For 20% Of Brits

Homeownership Only Possible In 40s For 20% Of Brits

17 April 2024 – A recent Nationwide poll revealed that young Brits are pessimistic about homeownership. One out of five surveyed expressed that they expect...

It Takes On Average 55 Days To Find A Buyer

It Takes On Average 55 Days To Find A Buyer

11 April 2023 – That the property market has slowed down is evidenced in new data, which shows that it now takes longer to find...

Mortgage decisions

Mortgage Guarantee And Phased SDLT For Homebuyers

The chancellor claimed on Wednesday a phased end to the stamp duty holiday and a government guarantee for 95pc mortgages will turn ‘generation rent’ into...

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Extensive Regeneration Fuels Manchester’s Rental Growth

The English cities that have experienced significant regeneration have seen average annual rent increases of 21% since 2014, in contrast to the national average increase...

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...

Carbon Monoxide Regulations

Government To Review Carbon Monoxide Regulations

Housing Minister Dominic Raab has announced that the Government will be reviewing the current legislation on carbon monoxide alarms in homes to ensure it remains...

5% Fall In House Prices Predicted In Next Two Years

5% Fall In House Prices Predicted In Next Two Years

According to analysts at Capital Economics, in the next two years the continued increase in house prices in the past two years could be reversed...

Right To Buy Scheme Profits

Right To Buy Delivered £6.4bn Profit Since 2000

Tenants who bought their council homes using the controversial Right to Buy scheme racked up £6.4 billion in resale profits, an investigation has found. The...

House on grass

NLA And RLA To Team Up

The National Landlords Association (NLA) and the Residential Landlords Association (RLA),two of the largest landlord organisations in England and Wales, have announced plans to merge...

Average Asking Price 2.6% Higher Than In January This Year

Average Asking Price 2.6% Higher Than In January This Year

18 July 2023 – Despite house prices having fallen slightly in July compared to June, the average asking price is still 2.6% higher this month...

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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