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Budget 2018: Great News For FTBs But Bad News For Landlords

First-time buyers in the UK have been given a helping hand from Chancellor Philip Hammond in his last budget before Brexit. However, the move comes...

Property Price Boom

UK Property Boom Drives Surge In Asking Prices

House prices look set to continue their meteoric rise over the summer as demand soars offset by a limited supply of stock. The Nationwide House...

Softcat Manchester Office Opening

Softcat opens new Manchester office at Manchester Goods Yard

Softcat has officially opened its new Manchester office in the Goods Yard Building at St John’s, the city’s fast growing creative district....
Online Estate Agents v High Street Agents

Council Bids To Ban Estate Agent Boards From Borough

A London council is making a controversial attempt to ban the display of all estate agent boards in several areas of its borough. The attempt...

William Hale PickandMix.com

From garden shed to million pound confectionery business

How the right industrial space fuelled PickandMix.com's sweet success...
Purplebricks Valuation

Signs That Purplebricks Could Be Running Out Of Steam

Analysts are speculating that online estate agent, Purplebricks, may be struggling to sustain its rapid growth and that troubled times may be ahead. That’s according...

Countrywide Estate Agents

Countrywide Continues To Face Financial Difficulties

Estate agency Countrywide continues to face turbulent times, with the announcement that a number of branches are to close, accompanied by a harsh tumble in...

House Prices Could Fall By 4% In The Next Year

House Prices Could Fall By 4% In The Next Year

19 December 2023 – As the year draws to a close, predictions about what property prices will do next year abound. Two of the biggest...

Country house

Has The Country House Price Boom Hit Its Post-Covid Peak?

There are signs that the country house boom has now peaked and buyers are returning to urban life as price growth spikes in city locations....

mortgage interest rate rule

Bank Of England Plans To Scrap Interest Rate Rule For Mortgages

The Bank intends to abolish the rule that borrowers must be able to afford a rate rise of three percentage points. The Bank of England...

Homeownership Only Possible In 40s For 20% Of Brits

Homeownership Only Possible In 40s For 20% Of Brits

17 April 2024 – A recent Nationwide poll revealed that young Brits are pessimistic about homeownership. One out of five surveyed expressed that they expect...

Landlords Waiting Five Months To Reclaim Properties

Landlords Now Waiting An Average Of Five Months To Reclaim Properties

Every landlord knows the difficulties of repossessing a property from a bad tenant, but the situation is worse than originally thought. It’s now taking more...

Do You Need Life Insurance for Your Mortgage?

As mortgage rates continue to rise more and more homeowners are searching for ways to protect their family financially should anything happen in between. If...

Landlords EPC Legislation

Landlords Appear Unprepared For New EPC Legislation

Landlords across England and Wales are risking fines of up £5,000 by failing to prepare for a new law that comes into effect next month....

10.3% More Sales Agreed Than In 2019

10% More Sales Agreed Than In 2019

New data by UK data agency TwentyCi shows that the housing market is as active as the last two years with 358,149 sales agreed in...

Leasehold Reform Bill Could Lead To 10% Price Increases

Leasehold Reform Bill Could Lead To 10% Price Increases

28 November 2023 – Yesterday the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities unveiled the long-awaited Leasehold Reform Bill in parliament. But a...

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