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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....

Cladding

Jenrick Passes Buck To Leaseholders In Cladding Crisis

Thousands of leaseholders in a minimum of 239 apartment blocks will be unable to sue developers as the buildings are too old. While ministers publish...

Rents Set To Rise 15%

RICS Survey Suggests Rents Could Rise 15% By 2023

Unless changes are made to buy-to-let market, tenants could see their rents rise by as much 15% by 2023. That’s according to a new survey...

COVID impact on housing market

Buyers And Sellers Take Fright Due To Coronavirus

Buyers and sellers of property are staying at home, causing problems for people desperate to move. As activity in the housing market hits a Covid-19...

Inside of an apartment

Top Reasons Why Brits Want To Move House

The number one reason why home owners want to move house is the desire for more room (64%), followed by the need for a more...

Rising Mortgage Rates Will Impact First-Time Buyers

Rising Mortgage Rates Will Impact First-Time Buyers

According to Zoopla‘s latest House Price Index, 35% of all transactions in the housing market this year were made by first-time buyers. But rising mortgage...

Purplebricks Germany

Homeday Provides Purplebricks With A German Home

Purplebricks has announced it is entering the German real estate market which will be the online estate agent’s first move into Europe. The agency has...

Flooded Street

Flood Risk Assessment Product Launches To Mortgage Market

A UK environmental consultancy has launched a new product aimed at enabling insurers, risk managers and mortgage lenders to assess flood risk accurately. GeoSmart Information‘s...

Bird feeders

Landlords Voice Their Views On Future Of Buy-To-Let

The majority of buy-to-let landlords own between two and four properties and 10% now use a limited company structure for their investments. Research conducted by...

Estate Agent Branch Closures

Huge Branch Closures Announced By LSL

LSL Property Services has announced a major restructuring that includes a substantial number of branch closures, despite a ‘resilient performance’ during the second half of...

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...

Brexit uncertainty Hits UK Property Market

UK’s Property Market Endures Brexit Freeze

A slump in the number of homes being put up for sale is being blamed on a Brexit freeze that has also seen the lowest...

House improvements

Chancellor To Add Extra £2.3bn Of Funding For Housing

As part of Wednesday’s Spending Review, Rishi Sunak will pump an extra £2.3bn of funding into the Government’s housing budgets over the next four years....

Modern houses

UK Home Buyers Still Rate Traditional Features Highly

When it comes to the most important features of a new-build home, buyers still value traditional resources the most when viewing properties, according to research...

Record house sales

Record Number Of Homes Sold In One Month In UK

June 2021 became the busiest month since records began, thanks to frenzied activity in the housing market before the changes to the stamp duty rules...

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...

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