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How The Government's Green Policies Affect Housing Market

How The Government’s Green Policies Affect Housing Market

26 September 2023 – Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced changes to the government’s green policies that many have described as a watering down of...

Government Bans No Fault Evictions

Government Moves To Put An End To ‘No-Fault’ Evictions

The Government announced today that it will ban landlords from evicting tenants at short notice without good reason, as part of its continued shake-up of...

33% Of Buyers Lower Their Offer Due To Survey Findings

33% Of Buyers Lower Their Offer Due To Survey Findings

28 February 2023 – New data suggests that issues found during a survey are the main reason why buyers lower their offer after a sale...

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,...

rising demand for flats

Rising Demand For Flats Trumps ‘Race For Space’

Experts say the reopening of some offices and the end of the Covid stamp duty break are skewing demand in favour of flats in the...

Tenant Demand

Tenant Demand Soars As Housing Market Picks Up

A surge in house prices and the number of buyers and sellers, together with changes in the lettings market, has brought renewed optimism to the...

It Takes 150 Days To Complete A Purchase

It Takes 150 Days To Complete A Purchase

According to the newest House Price Index by Rightmove, it takes on average 150 days to complete a purchase due to a conveyancing log-jam. With...

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...

Stamp Duty For Downsizers Must Go Say MPs

Stamp Duty For Downsizers Must Go Say MPs

29 February 2024 – Members of the Conservative One Nation Caucus urge Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to make it more affordable for older homeowners to downsize...

Cladding installation

Flat Owners ‘Prisoners’ In Ongoing Cladding Nightmare

Reserve funds raided to pay for replacement cladding are predicted to cause a surge in dilapidated homes. While management firms’ emergency funds are drained to...

King's Speech 2023: What Was In It For The Housing Market?

King’s Speech 2023: What Was In It For The Housing Market?

14 November 2023 – Last week Charles III delivered the King’s Speech, for the first time in 70 years. And two of the 21 laws...

UK Property Asking Prices Rise

Average UK Property Asking Price Rises By £2,000

January saw a rise of £2,067 in the average asking price of properties coming on to the market compared with December. That is according to...

Homeowners moving house every 21 years

Homeowners Moving Just Once Every 21 Years On Average

Research by property website Zoopla shows that the average homeowner moves just once every 21 years. The property portal reached this conclusion after analysing Land...

Buyers Shun UK Property Market

House Buyers Shun The UK Market

Homebuyers in the UK are shunning the property market with demand falling to a six-year low, one survey reveals. According to the National Association of...

Modest 0.2% Monthly Rise In House Prices In April

Modest 0.2% Monthly Rise In House Prices In April

25 April 2025 – April has seen another modest monthly rise in house prices, with the average asking price in the UK now at £366,247....

BTL properties

Why BTL Landlords Look To Rental Yields To Drive Profits

New research shows buy-to-let landlords are attaching more importance to higher rental yields and ways to future-proof property investments. The average yield earned by a...

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