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Scale-Up Businesses Attitude To Brexit

42% Of Scale-Up Property Businesses Believe They’ll Benefit From Brexit

A new report claims that 42% of scale-up construction and real estate firms believe that the Governments approach to Brexit and international trade will benefit...

40% Of Private Renters Expect To Rent For Their Entire Life

40% Of Private Renters Expect To Rent For Their Entire Life

According to a new survey by business consultancy firm Hargreaves Lansdown, almost four in 10 people who rent privately think they will rent for their...

Holiday lettings

Holiday Lettings Boom Sparks Rental Supply Crisis

Investors flocking to take advantage of the UK staycation boom have helped to undermine rental markets in holiday home hotspots, leaving tenants homeless. The stock...

Very nice student house

Rocky Road Ahead For Landlords Of Student Homes

Many properties currently let as student digs could end up empty as freshers’ weeks are cancelled and universities plan to move lectures online. As students...

easyProperty Review

Evolve Buys EasyProperty.com With Plans To Make It ‘Hybrid’

The easyProperty Services Group, parent company of the Guild and Fine and Country, has sold online estate agency easyProperty to Evolve, a company that has...

Frustrated First-Time Buyers Flood The Rental Market

Frustrated First-Time Buyers Flood The Rental Market

With rising mortgage rates, many would-be first-time buyers are no longer able to make it onto the property ladder. And these frustrated first-time buyers are...

Client Money Protection Scheme

Client Money Protection Scheme (CMP) Comes Into Force

All property agents who deal with privately rented properties will be required to sign up to a new scheme that aims to protect both renters’...

Flooded street

70K Homes Built In Flood Zones In England Since 2009

Surprising though it may seem, 70,000 homes that may be ineligible for Flood Re insurance have been built in the highest risk flood zones (type...

House rebuilding plans

Tory MPs Rout Housebuilding Plans For English Shires

The Government, following a noisy protest by its own MPs, has abandoned plans to use an algorithm that would have increased housebuilding in the Conservatives’...

houses for sale

Experts Divided Over Merits Of SDLT Extension

The chancellor is reportedly planning to extend the stamp duty holiday to June, saving buyers an estimated £1.75bn on 300,000 additional transactions. The move would...

Despite High Borrowing Costs UK Property Market Resilient

Despite High Borrowing Costs UK Property Market Resilient

9 May 2024 – The latest Halifax House Price Index reveals a 1.1% increase from last year, following a +0.4% annual rise back in March....

Blackpool House Prices

Blackpool Property Market Soars To Number One Spot

It’s home to one of the country’s most popular seaside resorts and it now holds the number one spot for the hottest property market in...

Fixed Mortgage Rates Starting To Fall

Fixed Mortgage Rates Starting To Fall

10 January 2023 – As we head into a new year, fixed mortgage rates continue to fall, despite the base rate going up. After the...

Brownfield site

Govt To Build 160,000 Affordable Homes On Brownfield Sites

In his Autumn Budget on Wednesday, Chancellor Rishi Sunak gave details of the Government’s investment in brownfield sites in the years to come. The Government...

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...

Mortgage Approvals Rise

Sharp Upturn In Mortgage Approvals During April

April showed a sharp upturn in mortgage approvals according to residential chartered surveyors e.surv’s Mortgage Monitor as borrowers take advantage of low mortgage rates across...

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