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House Sales Are Down By 23% In 2023 Compared To 2022

House Sales Are Down By 23% In 2023 Compared To 2022

31 October 2023 – While the property market has shown a lot of resilience in the past months, it appears that high inflation and mortgage...

World Cup House Prices

House Prices 106 Times Higher Than When England Last Won The World Cup

Property prices in the UK are now 106 times higher than they were in 1966 when England last won the World Cup. That’s according to...

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...

Help to buy scheme

Possible Extension Of Help To Buy For First-Time Buyers

The Government is said to be considering extending the Help to Buy scheme to enable more first-time buyers to benefit from an equity loan and...

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...

The Thames

HOST 2019 – The New Business Of Accommodation

The largest event dedicated to the rentalpreneur and holiday rental community will be held for the first time at the Business Design Centre, London, from...

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...

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...

Mortgage Deals For New Customers Are Getting Scarce

Mortgage Deals For New Customers Are Getting Scarce

13 June 2023 – Following the release of new inflation figures and the recent rise of interest rates, more and more lenders withdraw mortgage deals...

Government Housing Experts

Government Unveils Plans To Raise Property Agent Standards

The Government announced plans on Friday for a new body of experts tasked with raising property agent standards. Chaired by Lord Best, the new working...

UK Rents Rise Despite Brexit Uncertainty

Landlords See Rents Rise Despite Brexit Uncertainty

There’s good news for landlords, as figures show that rents in the UK’s private rental sector rose by 0.97% in the year between November 2017...

Cash Property Buyers

Cash Property Buyers Hit A 10-Year Low

The number of cash investors and buyers for a property has hit a record 10-year low with growing numbers apparently heading for the exit. The...

Rent and inflation climb as first homes slip further away for young people

Rent and inflation climb as first homes slip further away for young people

If you are in your 20s or 30s, and renting, you are not imagining it. Getting onto the property ladder has become harder again this...
Big Ben

RLA Comments On Parties’ Housing Manifestos

The three main political parties have all now published their manifestos as they seek to form the next government. What are their policies for the...

UK high street

RTPI Warns New Planning Law Risks Damaging Communities

New planning regulations enabling unused commercial buildings to be converted into homes risk damaging the ‘fabric’ of local communities and threatening the prosperity of high...

Which? Website Investigation

Undercover Investigation Reveals Living Nightmare For Renters

A new campaign has been launched by consumer watchdog Which? urging tenants to share their horror stories of agent mistreatment. The campaign follows an undercover...

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