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First-Time Buyer Numbers Reach 12-Year High

The numbers of first-time buyers reached an estimated 353,436 in 2019, the highest level since 2007, according to the Yorkshire Building Society (YBS). First-time buyers...

London

Govt Bans Evictions And Launches Mortgage Holidays

The Government is set to ban evictions and bring in three-month mortgage payment holidays for landlords whose tenants are finding it difficult to pay rent...

7.5% Lower Sales In First Quarter Of 2023 Compared To 2019

7.5% Lower Sales In First Quarter Of 2023 Compared To 2019

30 May 2023 – New data shows that the property market is still subdued, with 7.5% lower sales in the first quarter of this year...

7% Rise In New Property Listings Boosts Market

7% Rise In New Property Listings Boosts Market

22 February 2024 – Signs point to a growing market momentum in the UK property market, as the number of new property listings is rising....

New Regulations For Smoke And CO Alarms Expected Soon

New Regulations For Smoke And CO Alarms Expected Soon

Propertymark warns landlords and agencies that new regulations in relation to the fitting of smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in rented properties could come in...

House Sales Are Down By 23% In 2023 Compared To 2022

House Sales Are Down By 23% In 2023 Compared To 2022

31 October 2023 – While the property market has shown a lot of resilience in the past months, it appears that high inflation and mortgage...

UK Property Price Growth Slows

UK House Price Growth Begins To Slow

Property price increases in the UK began to slow down during 2017 according to the Nationwide building society. Perhaps surprisingly, London was the weakest performing...

UK housing estate

Chancellor Announces Stamp Duty Holiday

On Wednesday, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a stamp duty holiday with immediate effect which means home buyers will pay no tax on properties up to...

Nested Receive Investment

Online Estate Agent, Nested, Receives £120m Cash Boost

Online estate agent, Nested, has received a £120m investment from venture capitalists that include the same people who have backed Spotify, Revolut, and Betfair. Nested...

House improvements

Chancellor To Add Extra £2.3bn Of Funding For Housing

As part of Wednesday’s Spending Review, Rishi Sunak will pump an extra £2.3bn of funding into the Government’s housing budgets over the next four years....

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....

BTL properties

Why BTL Landlords Look To Rental Yields To Drive Profits

New research shows buy-to-let landlords are attaching more importance to higher rental yields and ways to future-proof property investments. The average yield earned by a...

First Time buyer help

Launch Of New Scheme To Help First-Time Buyers

First-time buyers will be able to apply to the new Help to Buy scheme from December 16, 2020, enabling more struggling would-be owners to step...

Bristol

Landlords Take Flight As 100K BTL Homes Sold

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...

Will First-Time Buyers Get Help From The Government?

Will First-Time Buyers Get Help From The Government?

24 October 2023 – There are rumours the Treausry is considering to put in place measures to support the property market. Stamp duty cuts are...

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...

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