Housing Market

In-depth articles covering issues affecting the UK residential property market, house prices, interest rates and buying and selling trends.

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23rd Oct 2019
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Brexit means move… Brexit means stay…
Designs on Property tracks and summarises the property indices. Kate Faulkner says, “We currently have two types of buyers and…
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18th Sep 2019
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Brexit worries continue to unsettle the market
Designs on Property tracks and summarises the property indices.
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27th Aug 2019
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The market: strong… ish not necessarily stable
Designs on Property tracks and summarises the property indices. Kate Faulkner says, “With prices showing little movement in 12 months,…
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23rd Jul 2019
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Wobbling transactions, withering confidence
Kate Faulkner says, “Considering there is now talk of a recession, it’s hard to see in some areas how property…
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18th Jul 2019
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Spotlight: what’s the market like in Wakefield, Derry and Congresbury.
Each month we visit three agents across the country to discover what is happening in their local market. This month…
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Features
1st Jul 2019
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Potential buyers priced out of the market
Kate Faulkner says, “Despite better volumes and faster selling times, prices aren’t showing much movement. Improved transaction levels typically mean…
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31st May 2019
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First Time Buyers come to the market!
Designs on Property tracks and summarises the property indices. Kate Faulkner says, “The current generation of FTBs are more savvy…
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23rd Apr 2019
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UK property market ‘on hold’
Designs on Property tracks and summarises the property indices. Kate Faulkner says: “Year-on-year, demand in the UK has fallen by…
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25th Mar 2019
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Kate Faulkner: Brexit freezes the housing market
Designs on Property tracks and summarises the property indices. Kate Faulkner says: “Nearly all the indices are heading to a…
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12th Feb 2019
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Fit for human habitation?
2019 arrived without much fanfare and already we are well over the festivities, but, says Frances Burkinshaw, are we all…
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REVEALED: Why Labour suddenly dropped pet damage insurance rule

Q Tenant: Do you earn 2.5 times the annual rent? Yes Q Employer: Does your employee work more than 10% of their time from home? No You cant have a pet...

Usually a tenant who leaves a property with substantial pet damage hasn't bothered to pay the last months rent, clean the property or the oven which l...

We used to charge an extra £100 deposit if they had a pet and no one had an issue with that. We now charge an extra £25 per month and no one has an is...

Council claims landlords don’t need ‘expensive’ letting agents

And they desert us in a years time when the Council staff member moves, the tenant goes wayward, and we left to pick up the mess. No consistency among...