After the Prime Minister’s housing announcement last week, agency trade body Propertymark is calling on the government to do more to boost the housing supply....
27 June 2023 – After the Bank of England raised the base rate for the 13th consecutive time, the Chancellor met with lenders to agree...
New research from TSB has found that, following new changes to planning regulations, 41% of home owners would rather build an extension than move house....
With growing numbers of home sellers complaining to The Property Ombudsman (TPO) over dual fees means there will be new guidance issued to estate agents...
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...
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,...
29 August 2023 – High property prices and mortgage rates have made buying a house more difficult in the past two years. So it’s no...
According to Nationwide, the UK’s largest building society, house prices fell in January for the first time since June as demand eased ahead of the...
3 October 2023 – With mortgage rates still at an elevated level, many buyers adjust their wishes and go for smaller properties and longer-term mortgages...
Social media giant Facebook has joined forces with online property portals Zoopla & OnTheMarket. The deal means that hundreds of thousands of properties will now...
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...
Harsh tax reforms have resulted in the sale of more than 100,000 homes and many landlords now plan to leave the market by selling up...
With climate change and global warming at the forefront of the news recently, it’s no wonder that port and river towns such as Ipswich and...
New research suggests buyer demand has fallen by 33% since the mini-budget was announced in September, despite increased supply in recent weeks and months. According...
Buying your own home is probably the biggest financial commitment any of us will ever make. Yet many people put in an offer without doing...
