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UK Falling Behind Other Major Housing Markets

The UK is set to be one of only three of the worlds major housing markets who will not see property price increases during 2018....

19% Of First-Time Buyers Opt For Longer Fixed-Term Mortgages

19% Of First-Time Buyers Opt For Longer Fixed-Term Mortgages

6 June 2023 – To get mortgage payments to an affordable level, buyers take out longer fixed-term mortgages. A record 19% of first-time buyers took...

Which? Website Investigation

Undercover Investigation Reveals Living Nightmare For Renters

A new campaign has been launched by consumer watchdog Which? urging tenants to share their horror stories of agent mistreatment. The campaign follows an undercover...

Modest Price Increase And 8% More Buyers In The Market

Modest Price Increase And 8% More Buyers In The Market

17 October 2023 – October has seen a modest monthly price increase of 0.5% compared to last month. But there are more buyers in the...

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Home-Working Is Changing The UK Housing Market

The property sector is undergoing change as thousands of people start their fifth month of home-working and more firms commit to making long-term arrangements for...

Modular houses being built

Audit Condemns Most New Housing As ‘Substandard’

The design of new housing developments in England is overwhelmingly “poor” or “mediocre”, according to a national audit conducted by University College London (UCL) for...

When Is The Best Time To Sell A House?

Want To Sell Your Home? – Find Out The Best Time To Put It On The Market

Ever wondered if there is a best time to sell a house? Well, there is, and also a worst time to put your house up...

0.9% Increase In Asking Price In First Few Weeks Of 2023

0.9% Increase In Asking Price In First Few Weeks Of 2023

17 January 2023 – The housing market has started the new year strongly, with a 0.9% increase in asking price this month. According to new...

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...

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...

Online Estate Agents Market Share

Online Estate Agents Grab More Market Share

A new report claims that online estate agents now have a share of 8% of the overall market. This is up from 7% in the...

UK house price growth slows

UK’s House Price Growth Hits A Five-Year Low

Signs that the UK’s housing market is continuing its slow down have been highlighted by one index that reveals that price growth has hit a...

23% can't get on property ladder due to Stamp Duty Land Tax

Stamp Duty Land Tax Prevents 23% From Buying Home

According to a survey commissioned by Butterfield Mortgages, almost a quarter of participants stated, that the Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) is the reason, why...

Number Of Sales 25% Down Compared To May Last Year

Number Of Sales 25% Down Compared To May Last Year

4 July 2023 – The latest figures from HMRC confirm that the market is cooling, with the number of sales falling by 25% compared to...

Monthly Asking Price Increase By Only £14 In February

Monthly Asking Price Increases By Only £14 In February

21 February 2023 – New data shows that house prices have remained stable, with the smallest monthly asking price increase from January to February ever...

Three Million New Homes Needed

Three Million New Homes Needed According To Charity

With ever increasing pressure on housing in general, and particularly social housing, a charity has called on the Government to build three million new homes...

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