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What Home Buyers Most Dislike About Property Listings

As the housing market continues to recover and the number of prospective buyers grows, the quality of a property listing becomes increasingly important. In a...

Labour Manifesto 2024: What's In It For Housing?

Labour Manifesto 2024: What’s In It For Housing?

19 June 2024 – Last Thursday, the Labour Party released their manifesto entitled “Change.” Although the document covers Labour’s pledges from delivering economic stability to...

House rebuilding plans

Tory MPs Rout Housebuilding Plans For English Shires

The Government, following a noisy protest by its own MPs, has abandoned plans to use an algorithm that would have increased housebuilding in the Conservatives’...

Tide garden and home

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...

Rental property search

Rents Rise In Line With Demand In UK PRS

Robust demand coupled with a dearth of rental properties has resulted in rising rental values across most of the UK, as shown by the latest...

How to sell your home during the coronavirus pandemic

How To Sell Your Home During The Coronavirus Pandemic

It’s an outbreak that’s helped to bankrupt airlines, shut down borders, and self-isolate entire countries. But, what does the COVID-19 mean for those wanting to...

UK Flooding in 2019

How Floods Are Affecting The UK In 2019

With climate change and global warming at the forefront of the news recently, it’s no wonder that port and river towns such as Ipswich and...

Modern houses

UK Home Buyers Still Rate Traditional Features Highly

When it comes to the most important features of a new-build home, buyers still value traditional resources the most when viewing properties, according to research...

35% more first-time buyers in 2021

35% More First-Time Buyers In 2021 Compared To Last Year

Even though house prices have seen a 9% increase in 2021, the highest number of first-time buyers since 2002 have made the step onto the...

Stamp Duty Cut For First-Time Buyers

Stamp Duty Cut ‘Ineffective’ According To Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

When the Government announced that stamp duty would be cut for first-time buyers buying a home for up to £300,000 last year, estate agents across...

Electrical Regulations For Landlords

Landlords To Face Tough New Electrical Safety Rules

As part of its commitment to drive up safety standards in the private rented sector, the Government has announced tough new regulations relating to electrical...

For rent sign

Which Areas Are Best For Buy-To-Let Properties?

According to new research from lettings management platform Howsy, high income districts rarely generate high rental yields for buy-to-let properties. The company examined the average...

Mortgage Approvals Rise

Sharp Upturn In Mortgage Approvals During April

April showed a sharp upturn in mortgage approvals according to residential chartered surveyors e.surv’s Mortgage Monitor as borrowers take advantage of low mortgage rates across...

Energy efficient houses

Most UK New House Buyers Make Energy Efficiency Top Priority

A majority (61pc) of UK house buyers prioritise energy-efficient heating systems and appliances when looking for a new home, according to a recent study covering...

Cladding

Jenrick Passes Buck To Leaseholders In Cladding Crisis

Thousands of leaseholders in a minimum of 239 apartment blocks will be unable to sue developers as the buildings are too old. While ministers publish...

upgrading energy efficiency

Energy Upgrade Crackdown Will Trigger Landlord Exodus

Experts have warned that an imminent crackdown on energy upgrades will trigger an exodus of landlords from the private rented sector. The Government intends to...

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