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UK house prices fell by 0.2% in March. Nevertheless, the annual rate of house price growth edged higher to 1.6% in...
10 April 2024
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A property software business says its research shows that the housing market revival is driven by the premiums levied on new...
10 April 2024
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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
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Downsizers across England and Wales could unlock an average £305,090 by moving from a four bed to a two bed home,...
28 February 2024
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The Nationwide wants greater government support for first-time buyers as rising costs delay owning a home. As one of the UK’s biggest...
29 November 2023
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Contributors to a quarterly specialist finance publication have reported a 15.3 per cent increase in bridging loan transactions, totalling £191m, during...
13 November 2023
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Research from eXp UK, the network of personal estate agents, has revealed that in 22 UK cities, house prices are continuing to...
28 March 2023
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As a result of the current high rates of upward house price growth, research by property purchasing specialist, HBB Solutions, has...
30 September 2022
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Mortgage broker, Henry Dannell, recently conducted a market analysis which reveals the most expensive postcode districts in London. As England's capital city, it...
30 September 2022
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If you’re on the lookout for some new prime property around the UK, then you’re in luck because the latest research...
20 September 2022
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An interesting notion to contemplate has recently been dissected by the estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk, which looked at what the...
15 September 2022
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Inflation has been a hot topic and research from London lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves, has revealed just what...
01 September 2022
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Homebuyers and professional property investors hoping to make a good return on investment might want to consider new build homes. New data...
11 August 2022
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Since seeing a pandemic inspired boost back in 2019, the latest research by estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk, has revealed that...
11 August 2022
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Despite the London market trailing the rest of the UK where the pandemic house price boom is concerned, research from London...
09 August 2022
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The Commonwealth Games begin this week and will be hosted in Birmingham. Sprinters, swimmers, and more sporting sensations will take part...
28 July 2022
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Estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk recently analysed annual house price growth across all the major UK music festival locations. Up 44% in...
05 July 2022
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The long-awaited Crossrail line is finally set to launch on 24 May 2022. It will connect the east and west of...
19 May 2022
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Despite a strong start of the house price growth this year, the latest analysis from specialist property lending experts, Octane Capital,...
17 May 2022
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Recently a study was done and revealed by Stipendium, the platform that simplifies life’s complex events such as home moving, that...
12 April 2022
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After 37 years on air, popular Australian soap opera Neighbours is due to come to an end, but a positive for...
22 March 2022
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Demand for chain-free homes has skyrocketed as buyers continue to pay a significant premium for a fast, efficient purchase, research from...
17 March 2022
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A study by GetAgent.co.uk has shown how the nation’s property sellers could be left with a particularly sweet taste in their...
01 March 2022
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The latest Nationwide house price index, released yesterday morning, reveals that January has seen the strongest start to the year since...
03 February 2022
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Contemporary estate agent, Nested, recently carried out research about estate agent business expansion in 2022. The research involved a survey with 961 estate agents...
01 February 2022
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New-build sales optimisation platform, Unlatch, recently revealed that over the last year the new-build property stock currently listed on the market...
27 January 2022
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2021 proved to be one of the most hectic years to buy and sell a home. We witnessed prices soaring to...
13 January 2022
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Market analysis has revealed where house price growth could stutter should monthly interest payments start to climb as a result of...
11 January 2022
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A study by MoveStreets, the property portal designed for the mobile generation, has uncovered how much current home sellers are likely...
06 January 2022
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In July 2020 the stamp duty holiday was kickstarted by chancellor Rishi Sunak. It gave first-time buyers and home movers up...
25 November 2021
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Research by GetAgent has revealed how asking prices across many areas of the property market tumbled in the wake of the...
13 August 2021
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The latest mortgage search activity data from Legal & General Mortgage Club (L&G) shows signs that the market is beginning to...
17 June 2021
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Last week Thursday (May 13) marked one year since the property market in England reopened after being hit with lockdown restrictions. Ascend...
18 May 2021
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Some areas of the UK market have seen house price growth slow substantially, suggesting they could be in for a rough...
29 April 2021
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Brexit has caused UK house price growth to half since June 2016, according to property management company Apropos. The digital platform, designed...
19 December 2019
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The time it takes to sell a home across UK cities has hit a three-year high, according to Zoopla. Its September UK...
31 October 2019
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First-time buyers (FTBs) saw their completion rate for mortgage offers through intermediaries reach a three-year high of 89% in Q4 2018. That...
15 March 2019
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Average property prices in the three months to October were 1.5% higher than in the same three months a year ago,...
09 November 2018
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First-time buyers and others with small deposits took a greater share of the market last month than in August, according to...
17 October 2018
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A slow but steady start was recorded at the beginning of 2018, in line with numerous industry predictions on how the...
06 March 2018
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The latest ‘bubble alert’ from One 77 Mortgages found lending in March 2017 was in decline compared to March last year...
17 October 2017
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The latest House Price Sentiment Index (HPSI) from Knight Frank and IHS Markit has revealed that households throughout the UK perceive...
24 February 2017
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Annual house price growth slowed in October, according to the latest Nationwide House Price Index. It fell from 5.3% in September...
07 November 2016
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House prices in the three months to May were 9.2% higher than in the same three months a year earlier, according...
08 June 2016
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House prices in British seaside towns have increased by an average £440 every month for the last decade, new figures show. Prices...
31 May 2016
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Tottenham Hotspur may have missed out on the Premier League title but the local property market has claimed the house price growth...
23 May 2016
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The price of the average home in London broke through the £600,000 price barrier in April for the first time, Home values in...
13 May 2016
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UK house price growth slowed more than expected in the three months to April, further evidence of a slowing property market. House prices in...
10 May 2016
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Two sets of industry data published yesterday suggest that house price growth is finally starting to slow. Nationwide's figures showed annual house price...
29 April 2016
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UK house prices rose 7.6% in the year to February and property experts expect the "unrelenting" growth to continue. This marked a...
13 April 2016
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House price inflation has hit double digits for the first time in almost two years with prices rising more than £20,000 in the...
08 April 2016
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Buy-to-let investors were racing to beat the new 3% duty surcharge right up to midnight on 31 March as a frantic first quarter drew...
04 April 2016
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UK house prices continue to accelerate increasing by 7.9% in the year to January, up from 6.7% in December. Prices were driven...
23 March 2016
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The pace of house price growth has doubled due to a boom in buy-to-let sales ahead of April's stamp duty surcharge, new...
10 March 2016
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Two new sets of figures show house prices continue to power upwards but property experts warn a slowdown could be in sight. The...
04 March 2016
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House prices leapt by 2.5% in January to mark the biggest monthly upswing for 14 years, Land Registry figures show. The average...
29 February 2016
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Chancellor George Osborne's stamp duty changes saved homemovers more than £4,500 on average last year, new figures show. The Chancellor cut stamp...
15 February 2016
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The collapse in the supply of houses for sale has forced prices to new highs with an average increase of £3,500...
05 February 2016
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London property prices rose at double the pace of the rest of the UK last year, new figures show. Prices in the capital...
01 February 2016
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Construction industry output fell by 0.5% in November to put even greater pressure on the UK housing market. The shortage of properties...
18 January 2016
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2016 will be a critical year for the property market as we see the impact of the global economic slowdown and...
18 January 2016
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Continuing property growth will push prices beyond the reach of low to middle earners next year. 2016 will prove a growing struggle...
24 December 2015
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House price inflation in UK cities hit 10% in 2015 led by London, where the average property jumped 13.3% to £52,900. Buyers need...
21 December 2015
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House prices in England and Wales jumped £16,446 in the last year to hit a new record high of £290,640. This is...
10 December 2015
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House price growth will slow in 2016 as buyers struggle to get on the housing ladder and interest rates potentially rise,...
07 December 2015
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House price growth in prime central London is grinding to a halt as higher stamp duty on expensive properties hits growth. Annual growth...
03 December 2015
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UK house prices rose 9.7% in the year to October and should continue climbing over the coming year, according to the...
06 November 2015
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There is further evidence of a slowdown at the top of the market as the pace of house price growth in...
23 October 2015
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House prices fell by nearly 1% in September as the annual pace of growth starts to ease off, new figures show. This...
07 October 2015
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Figures published yesterday by Nationwide Building Society show the widening gap between in property values in London and the South-east and...
01 October 2015
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UK house prices rose 9% in the past year after a strong summer that saw prices leap 3% between June and August,...
11 September 2015
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Two new surveys published today show that the property market scaled new highs yet again in August. The RICS UK Residential Market...
10 September 2015
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House prices now cost six times income even in the most affordable regions of England and Wales as the affordability crisis worsens. In...
03 September 2015
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UK house prices increased 5.7% in the year to June but London is trailing as the capital's property market continues to...
19 August 2015
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Last month was the strongest July for home sales since 2007 with a rise of 13% on June to 90,000. This is the first time...
13 August 2015
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Banks are set to launch a new clampdown on buy-to-let in a bid to stop the boom getting out of control. They are looking...
10 August 2015
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Buy-to-let rental income has surged ahead of both inflation and house price growth to hit an average of £977 a month. The...
10 August 2015
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Chancellor George Osborne's crackdown on buy-to-let tax relief is set to curb lending and temper house price growth. Despite this short-term setback, 2015...
05 August 2015
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Mortgage regulators have given buy-to-let investors an unfair advantage over residential buyers and the balance needs to be redressed, a broker has claimed. Independent...
30 July 2015
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House prices in England and Wales hit a post-crisis high in June with the average price rising to £181,619. That finally tops...
29 July 2015
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The house price sentiment index in positive territory for 28th consecutive month with households in all UK regions saying property prices...
27 July 2015
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House price growth in the UK's leading cities is set to hit 10% this year as the market recovery continues. The Hometrack UK...
24 July 2015
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Confidence in the outlook for UK house price growth slipped back in June, according to the Halifax Housing Market Confidence Tracker. This...
17 July 2015
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House prices in the UK climbed solidly in May as a result of the certainty provided by the General Election result,...
15 July 2015
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A lack of supply of homes has translated into rising housing market values according to the latest Halifax House Price Index. The...
09 July 2015
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Brokers remain confident that house prices will continue to rise this year despite new figures showing a fall of 0.2% in June. The surprise price...
03 July 2015
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Record low interest rates couldn't prevent a decline in lending and house prices in April. UK house prices increased by 5.5% in...