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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...

Strike Online Estate Agent Review

Housesimple Rebrands As Strike With Immediate Effect

The apparently successful online estate agent, Housesimple, has surprised everyone this week by rebranding to Strike with immediate effect. The company that created the brand,...

Rural houses

Rural House Prices Rise At Double The Rate Of Cities

As property prices in the countryside in England and Wales surge by 14.2pc a year, fears grow of an affordability crisis for young people. As...

Number Of House Sales Predicted To Fall Over Next 12 Months

Number Of House Sales Predicted To Fall Over Next 12 Months

According to research by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), the number of house sales will decline in the next 12 months, amid fears...

Renters Compromise On Local Amenities

Renters ‘Least Likely To Compromise On Local Amenities’

A survey of renters by property website Zoopla has revealed some surprising information about the factors that renters are unwilling to compromise on when it...

House Raffle Lottery

Couple Raffling Their Home Forced To Abandon Plan

While the raffling of homes has grown in popularity, one couple has been forced to abandon their raffling plans after the Gambling Commission stepped in....

Purplebricks Review

Purplebricks Co-Founder, Michael Bruce, ‘Ousted’ From Position

In a shock move, co-founder of Purplebricks, Michael Bruce, has been ‘ousted’ from his position as Chief Executive of the online estate agent. Michael Bruce...

Number Of Completions 13% Lower in Q2 Compared To Q1

Number Of Completions 13% Lower in Q2 Compared To Q1

25 July 2023 – Cost-of-living crisis and rising borrowing costs continue to impact on the housing market, with the number of completions falling. New data...

Seaside property investment

Around One In Five Landlords Confident To Invest In Property This Year

Research commissioned by Paragon Bank reveals that for the first time in four years more landlords are planning to expand their portfolios than reduce them....

Government Consultation On Leaseholds

Government Announces Consultation On Leasehold Abuses

In an attempt to end the abuse of the leasehold system in the UK, the Government’s Housing Minister, the Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP announced...

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Home Ownership In UK And Ireland Falls by 11% Over Last Decade

The latest research conducted by Swinton Home Insurance shows that home ownership in the UK and Ireland has decreased by 11% over the last ten...

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...

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Details of Council’s first Passivhaus homes for shared ownership released

Details of shared ownership homes at Duncombe Square have been released today (27 August), meaning that the 200 people who have expressed an interest in...

rise of retiree landlords

Welcome To The New Age Of The Senior Citizen Landlord

Lending rules eased by banks have handed a lifeline to retiree landlords previously barred from buy-to-let investing. Minimum income requirements, which specify buy-to-let borrowers must...

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...

Home ownership schemes

New Report Condemns Home Ownership Schemes

A new independent study which reveals flaws in the affordable home ownership schemes introduced over the last 40 years has led to calls for root...

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