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Is the UK Facing A Rising Tide Of Property Fraud?

Property fraud is proving to be an increasingly profitable business for criminals with scams robbing victims of £107,669 on average. What’s more, the total number...

Purplebricks Investors

Turbulent Times Continue For Purplebricks

Purplebricks continues to face serious problems as key financial backer, and leading City fund manager, Neil Woodford reduced his investment over the course of two...

UK city

It’s Official: UK House Prices Leap By 4.7% Year On Year!

According to the latest data from the Land Registry, house prices increased by almost 5pc year on year in September. Data published on Wednesday show...

Record Number Of New Houses Being Built

Record Number Of New Houses Being Built

According to the latest figures for the Office of National Statistics (ONS), in the second quarter of this year there was an increase of 15%...

Mortgage approvals

Banks Pull Cheapest Mortgage Deals As Interest Rate Rise Looms

Banks have begun withdrawing their cheapest mortgage deals from the market as interest rates are due to rise and increase the cost of home loans....

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...

Property prices

4% Rise In UK Property Prices Predicted For 2021

The most upbeat prediction for 2021 is a 4pc increase in property prices, despite the stamp duty holiday and the Covid furlough scheme coming to...

Rental Credit Checks

Rental Payments To Be Included In Credit Scores

More than four million people in the UK are private tenants in the rental sector. With many spending over half their salary on rent, yet...

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...

eMoov Review

Emoov Appoints Administrators After Market Downturn

Online estate agency Emoov has called in the administrators after being unable to find a buyer. The move into administration has been widely anticipated in...

House for sale

Housing Market Hits 16-Year High

The momentum in the housing market that usually builds after the summer lull has escalated rapidly this year, caused by the approaching deadline of the...

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...

Survey results from homeowners

Survey Reveals 60% Of Homeowners Prefer To Pay Estate Agents On Completion

Famed for their low upfront fees and ability to divide opinions in the industry, online estate agents continue to be controversial. Just last month, Housesimple...

House prices in UK

UK House Prices Hit Four-Year High

In September, house prices climbed at the fastest annual rate since the result of the Brexit vote in 2016, according to Nationwide, the UK’s largest...

Estate Agent Dual Fees

Ombudsman To Issue Guidance Over Agents’ Dual Fees

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...

Buying houses

Nearly 70% Of Home Sellers Found A Buyer Over Past Year

The chance of home sellers finding a buyer in the current market has jumped to an all-time high over the last year, the latest data...

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