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Property Asking Prices Fell By 1.9% In December Vs November

Property Asking Prices Fell By 1.9% In December Vs November

12 December 2023 – Rightmove’s latest House Price Index suggests that property asking prices fell by 1.9% this month compared to last month, contradicting figures...

Help to Buy issues

Help To Buy: Issues Persist In The Market

Hailed by the Government as the fix for first time buyers entering the property market, the scheme is apparently not making property more affordable, making...

How Long To Spend Viewing A Property

22% Of House Buyers Spend Less Than 30 Minutes Viewing A Property

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...

What The Conservative Manifesto 2024 Promises On Housing

What The Conservative Manifesto 2024 Promises On Housing

13 June 2024 – The Tories pledge 1.6 million new homes for all Brits for the next Parliament in their manifesto. The recently published Conservative...

Does An Extension Add Value To Your House?

Relaxation In Planning Rules For Extensions In England

Those homeowners looking to extend their properties will be able to do so quickly and easily without the need for a full planning application, with...

Offshore property

Leaked Papers Reveal Extent Of UK Property Worth £4bn Held Offshore

The so-called Pandora Papers constitute the largest ever cache of leaked data to expose offshore tax haven secrecy involving world leaders, monarchs, oligarchs and tycoons....

Boxing Day Property Viewings

Online House Viewings Tripled On Boxing Day

It’s good news for those looking to sell their home, as property website Rightmove revealed that 40 million individual property listings were viewed on Boxing...

EPC Ratings Influence Property Value New Research Suggests

EPC Ratings Influence Property Value New Research Suggests

6 June 2024 – Location and property type may have been the most significant factors affecting a property’s value. However, a new green feature has...

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,...

Designer houses

Why Quality Matters In A Competitive Market

Choosing the type of property that guarantees the success of a business plan is essential to maximise returns for the investor. The wide variety of...

Vintage Uk house

New Graduate Work Visa Could Boost Private Rental Sector

A new two-year post-university work visa allowing more graduates to stay in the UK for longer could fuel a boom in the private rental sector...

houses for sale

Experts Divided Over Merits Of SDLT Extension

The chancellor is reportedly planning to extend the stamp duty holiday to June, saving buyers an estimated £1.75bn on 300,000 additional transactions. The move would...

Drop in houses for sale

Properties For Sale Decrease While Rentals Rise

The number of properties available to buy in March, traditionally the busiest month for listings, hit the lowest level on record, according to the National...

It Takes On Average 55 Days To Find A Buyer

It Takes On Average 55 Days To Find A Buyer

11 April 2023 – That the property market has slowed down is evidenced in new data, which shows that it now takes longer to find...

Houses and money

Nationwide Ratchets Up Lending Criteria For Mortgages

Nationwide Building Society has redefined its lending criteria for new mortgage applications, excluding bonus, overtime and commission as income, in response to the worsening coronavirus...

Buy To Let

RLA And NLA Issue Blunt Warning For UK BTL Market

The leading landlord associations are warning that the Government’s strategy for the housing market will backfire because the Budget did not provide any relief for...

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