Housing Market
News covering issues affecting the UK residential property market, house prices, interest rates and buying and selling trends.
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Estate agents back on TV as posh homes show returns
The super prime property market is booming and competition to court ultra-high-net-worth individuals with money to spend is fierce in the hit Channel 4 show.
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Property sales drop more than 50% as market cools
Every area of the market across England and Wales has seen a decline in market activity when compared to the same period last year.
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Mortgage lenders pull nearly 400 products as swap rates jump
Since the start of last week the number of mortgages has fallen from 5,385 deals to 5,012 and the buy-to-let market has also seen lenders pull fixed deals.
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Sales at a peak but interest rates threaten rest of year – Zoopla
The tentative recovery in the housing market looks set to weaken due to the Bank of England's pressure on interest rates, according to Zoopla.
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Sean Newman to launch self-employed letting agent network
First it was The Property Experts and now The Letting Experts network emerges from the same agency stable.
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Rightmove attempts to stimulate market with big ad campaign
Rightmove’s ‘This Is it’ advert will be played across key programmes including the remaining Premier League football fixtures, Gogglebox and Love Island reaching millions.
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LSL reveals final 40 branches to be franchised ‘imminently’
Of LSL’s 183 formerly direct-owned branches, 143 are now franchises with 40 expected to complete imminently as it seeks to bolster profits.
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HBSG releases industry standard for property data sharing
Maria Harris, Chair of the HSBG says the new version of the schema provides an industry-ready, standardised format for property data that ensures consistency and accuracy.
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BLOG: ‘The left-wing zealots who make up Momentum have not gone away’
Glentree International boss Trevor Abrahmsohn says that if the British electorate are so naïve to believe that the Labour Party has had a Road to Damascus moment they are going to be in for a surprise.
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Former Savills director launches high-end competitor
Lindsay Cuthill's Blue Book agency will target the very top end of the market, especially in the South.
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