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![Over 18m UK homes need green upgrades says Rightmove](/upload/images/shutterstock_741888556.jpg)
A huge survey involving analysis of over 14,000 properties suggests an urgent need for the next government to help private rental...
01 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![First Time Buyer mortgage costs soar](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/1-HousePriceRising.png)
A new first-time buyer study from Rightmove reveals that the average first-time buyer mortgage payment has risen by 61% since the...
26 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![High Mortgage Rates and Sluggish Sales Process threaten market](/upload/images/24%2006%2019%20%2004.jpg)
Rightmove reports that the average price of property coming to the market for sale drops by £21 this month to £375,110...
19 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Call for review of mortgage affordability criteria by new government](/upload/images/24%2006%2005%20%2002.jpg)
Rightmove says there should be a review of mortgage affordability criteria undertaken by the next government. The portal’s mortgages expert Matt Smith...
05 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![House Buyers not deterred by General Election - Rightmove data](/upload/images/24%2005%2030%20%2003.jpg)
New data from Rightmove reveals that 95% of people planning to move home say the July General Election will not affect...
30 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Painfully slow house buying process may hit transaction volumes - Rightmove](/upload/images/24%2005%2022%20%2003.jpg)
Rightmove is predicting some 1.1m residential transactions this year - but it says the glacial pace of house buying in the...
22 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Brokers can educate young borrowers on eco-improvements - claim](/upload/images/24%2005%2009%20%2005.png)
Almost three quarters of Millennial and Gen Z buyers - those aged 18 to 34 - think energy efficiency improvements will...
09 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Sales Up, Listings Up, Prices Up - great start to 2024 housing market](/upload/images/240422%20%2001.jpg)
The number of new sellers coming to the market is up by 12% compared to this time a year ago, and...
22 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Top Three Lenders invest in improved house buying process](/upload/images/24%2004%2015%20%20%2002.jpg)
Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide, NatWest - along with Rightmove - have announced a strategic investment in Coadjute, a prominent PropTech business. This...
15 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Selling Surge over Easter Holidays - and it’s still going on](/upload/images/24%2004%2008%20%2005.jpg)
New data from Rightmove reveals that Thursday March 28 was the biggest day for the number of new sellers coming to...
08 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Analysis shows long term rebalancing housing market](/upload/images/240327%20%2002.jpg)
The average volume of UK properties listed for sale month-on-month rose by 58% in 2023 compared to a year previously, underscoring...
27 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Budget Day - Rightmove pours cold water on 99% mortgage idea](/upload/images/24%2003%2006%20%2001.jpg)
Rightmove says the housing market needs a more innovative mortgage initiative than the 99 per cent idea floated by the government. The...
06 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Surge in interest in Energy Efficient Homes - study’s claim](/upload/images/24%2002%2021%20%2003.png)
There’s been a surge in enthusiasm for energy efficient homes according to research from heat pump advocates OVO. It says that a...
21 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Promising start to 2024 House Buying Prospects - Rightmove](/upload/images/24%2001%2022%2005.jpg)
The average price of property coming onto the market for sale rises by 1.3 per cent (equivalent to £4,571 for an...
22 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Bank of England Will Cut Rates sooner rather than later, say experts](/upload/images/24%2001%2008%2002.jpg)
A poll of leading economists for London-focussed business newspaper City AM reveals that some believe a Bank of England base cut...
08 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Housing Market Kicks Off 2024 with strong demand, according to Rightmove](/upload/images/24%2001%2008%2004.jpg)
A record number of sellers came to market on Boxing Day 2023 according to Rightmove. The 26 per cent increase in new...
08 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Surge in Homes Coming To Market for Boxing Day Bonanza](/upload/images/23%2012%2004%2001.jpg)
There’s been a 46 per cent increase in ‘for sale’ stock hitting the market as sellers look forward to a Boxing...
04 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove launching its first broker mortgage product](/upload/images/23%2012%2004%2004.jpg)
Rightmove is launching its first broker product, which will allow customers to access mortgage advice through the property website. The portal,...
04 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove’s Weekly Mortgage Tracker shows more falls](/upload/images/23%2011%2027%2002.jpg)
The average five-year fixed mortgage rate is now 5.21%, down from 5.62% a year ago The average two-year fixed mortgage rate is...
27 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Single First-Time Buyers cannot afford 75% of homes using Mortgage Guarantee Scheme](/upload/images/__thumbs/23%2011%2006%201.jpg/23%2011%2006%201__400x254.jpg)
Rightmove claims that single first-time buyers on an average salary and with a 5.0 per cent deposit could not afford three-quarters...
06 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Average Mortgage Rates Continue To Drop](/upload/images/__thumbs/23%2010%2009%2002%20by%20Graham%20Norwood.jpg/23%2010%2009%2002%20by%20Graham%20Norwood__400x267.jpg)
It’s now the tenth week that average rates of dropped, as the slow but steady downward trend of fixed-mortgage rates continues. As...
09 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Six Weeks of Rate Cuts - and strong hopes of more to come soon](/upload/images/__thumbs/23%2009%2011%201.jpg/23%2009%2011%201__400x267.jpg)
After six consecutive weeks of mortgage rate reductions - and the expectation of more soon - there are hopes of sub-5.0...
11 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Brokers Issue Warning Over ‘Cut Price’ Housing Market](/upload/images/23%2008%2030%202%20Brokers%20Issue%20Warning%20Over%20%E2%80%98Cut%20Price%E2%80%99%20Housing%20Market.png)
Brokers are wanting that the recent Rightmove asking price index does not mean that sellers are necessarily in a position to...
30 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![OneDome on the acquisition trial to buy more brokers](/upload/images/4%20Acquisition-2-400x310.png)
Property portal and end-to-end transaction service OneDome says it wants to acquire more mortgage brokers as it reveals its HomeBuyer service...
25 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Leading lender partners with one of ’big three’ property portals](/upload/images/2%20Leading%20lender%20partners%20with%20one%20of%20%E2%80%99big%20three%E2%80%99%20property%20portals%20by%20Graham%20Norwood.png)
Property portal OnTheMarket - the third major portal, behind clear market leaders Rightmove and Zoopla - has launched OnTheMarket Money, a...
20 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![First-time buyers face record prices as sales recover](/upload/images/First%20time%20buyers%20face%20record%20prices%20as%20sales%20recover%20-%20introducer.png)
New seller asking prices rise by just 0.2% (+£890) this month to £366,247, which is notably lower than the average increase...
25 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Buying property is main goal for 1 in 3](/upload/images/Buying%20property%20is%20main%20goal%20for%201%20in%203%20-%20Introducer.png)
It’s turning into a buyers’ market as sellers are accepting on average £14,000 or 4% less than their asking price, according...
25 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Home buying platform, OneDome, buys broker CMME Mortgage](/upload/images/OneDome%20Intro%201%20ShakingHands-400x310.png)
Technology firm, OneDome, has bought CMME Mortgage and Protection for an undisclosed sum. Describing itself as the world’s first eHomebuying platform, OneDome...
17 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Insight - how homebuyers are searching in the current market](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/AgentsWindow-1-400x310.jpg)
While digital continues to dominate the way we purchase properties, the latest property insight from YourBusinessNumber suggests that homebuyers still find...
07 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![AML expert issues fraud warning amid speedy sales market](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HandingOverKeys-1-400x310.jpg)
This story originally appeared on Estate Agent Today, but has been reproduced here in full for the benefit of Introducer Today...
09 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - March the strongest month to sell as spring surge gathers momentum](/upload/images/Seasonal%20%26%20Holidays/march%20resized.png)
New data from the UK property website, Rightmove, has found that March is the strongest month of the year for prospective...
15 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Early-bird sellers benefit from busiest ever start to a New Year](/upload/images/Logos/RightmoveNewLogo2016-400x310.jpg)
Property website, Rightmove released their housing report and said 2021’s housing market was ‘defined by people’s sustained desire to move coupled...
27 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![UK house prices predicted to climb by 5% in 2022](/upload/images/library/ClientMoneyProtection-1-400x310.jpg)
In a recent UK housing market forecast, Rightmove uncovers what changes the industry can expect throughout 2022. The UK's leading online real estate portal...
02 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Homes for sale with electric car charging points rise six-fold in a year](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/ElectricCar-400x310.jpg)
New data from the property website, Rightmove, has revealed the number of homes listed for sale across Great Britain with an...
04 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Insight – will there be a rise in virtual tour voyeurism?](/img/default/it.png)
Half of UK homebuyers admit to viewing a property without the intention of buying, with 16% going as far as viewing...
08 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![e.surv launches remote valuation service](/img/default/it.png)
The UK surveying provider and property risk service, e.Surv Chartered Surveyors, has launched a remote valuation service. Set to offer mortgage lenders...
16 April 2018
From: Breaking News
![January a ‘solid month’, say market figures](/img/default/it.png)
A slow but steady start was recorded at the beginning of 2018, in line with numerous industry predictions on how the...
06 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage prices fluctuate across the UK](/img/default/it.png)
Purchase prices varied across the UK, with some regions seeing prices increase both month on month and year on year, according...
05 December 2017
From: Breaking News
![Unique data reveals the average length of the whole moving process](/img/default/it.png)
New research estimates that it takes the average home mover six months to complete the entire process. Believed to be an industry...
30 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![Buy-to-let surge turns nasty for first-time buyers](/img/default/it.png)
The surge in buy-to-let transactions in the run-up to the stamp duty surcharge on 1 April has left first-time buyers facing...
16 May 2016
From: Breaking News
![Buy-to-let “chain reaction” drives prices to record high](/img/default/it.png)
Asking prices have hit a record high due to the rush of buy-to-let investors looking to beat the stamp duty surcharge. The...
18 April 2016
From: Breaking News
![Buy-to-let demand collapses as tax changes bite](/img/default/it.png)
Interest in purchasing buy-to-let properties has collapsed as new tax changes start to bite. The number of people planning to buy a...
13 April 2016
From: Breaking News
![Asking prices top £300,000 for first time](/img/default/it.png)
The average price of a property coming to market in England and Wales has passed £300,000 for the first time. Asking prices...
21 March 2016
From: Breaking News
![House prices leap over £8,000 in a month](/img/default/it.png)
The price of property coming to market has leapt by 2.90% this month pushing the average asking price to within a...
15 February 2016
From: Breaking News
![2016 gets off to a flyer](/img/default/it.png)
The property market has made a bright start to 2016 with the average home coming to market priced £1,500 higher than...
18 January 2016
From: Breaking News
![Strong December growth points to buoyant 2016](/img/default/it.png)
The housing market is set for its strongest December since 2006 and next year should be equally buoyant, according to Rightmove. Asking...
14 December 2015
From: Breaking News
![Market shrugs off seasonal November dip](/img/default/it.png)
November has seen the smallest seasonal drop in new seller asking prices since 2011, setting the scene for higher prices in...
16 November 2015
From: Breaking News
![Supply crisis eases as stock levels rise again](/img/default/it.png)
The number of new properties coming onto the market across the UK increased for the second consecutive month in October. Online estate...
11 November 2015
From: Breaking News
![Buy-to-let drives out first-time buyers](/img/default/it.png)
Record high demand for first-time buyer properties has pushed prices up by nearly 10% in the year. Although property prices generally have...
19 October 2015
From: Breaking News
![House prices at new high in record September](/img/default/it.png)
The price of property coming onto the market has hit a new high after the biggest September rise for 13 years. New...
21 September 2015
From: Breaking News
![Strongest August market since credit crunch](/img/default/it.png)
The property market is enjoying its strongest August since the financial crisis with a far lower seasonal fall in prices than usual. Prices fell just...
17 August 2015
From: Breaking News
![Supply crunch pushes average price towards £300,000](/img/default/it.png)
A sharp drop in new property supply is forcing house prices ever higher with the average asking price now just a...