5 February 2021
The number of house-hunters accessing Rightmove has hit a new high for January according to the portal, with visits to the site up by 39% on this time last year and time spent on the site up by...
27 January 2021
The property sector is set to lead the UK out of its Covid slump according to Ernst & Young’s latest forecast. Employment in the real estate sector is forecast to grow by 1.39...
22 January 2021
If you fear the market will slow after Christmas, think again - Rightmove is expecting several months of frenzied transactions to come. The portal is forecasting a robust four per cent average...
22 January 2021
Some 70 per cent of first time buyers in 2020 took out mortgages in excess of 25 years, says the Nationwide. A decade ago, the proportion of first timers doing this was just 45 per cent....
19 January 2021
The House of Commons has confirmed there will be a debate about stamp duty after a petition on the UK government’s website for the current stamp duty holiday until September 2021...
30 December 2020
Due to lockdown, this year, we have spent more time in our homes than ever before. But how much on average are we spending in certain rooms and which are the best value for money? New research...
10 December 2020
As we face a rather unusual, super-condensed Christmas this year, many home sellers may be tempted to forget about their property market endeavours until the dust has settled and 2021 has been...
2 December 2020
The rules are constantly changing, so it's easy to imagine that for homeowners on the move, these are tense times. However, following the government’s latest tiered restrictions update,...
1 December 2020
The housing market may be slowing as we enter December but the latest snapshot suggests there’s still momentum with mortgage approvals at a 13 year high. According to the Bank of...
11 November 2020
Transactions appear to be edging higher than in 2019 for the first time this year - despite lockdowns and concerns caused by Coronavirus. Comparison site GetAgent says transaction volumes...