Housing Market
News covering issues affecting the UK residential property market, house prices, interest rates and buying and selling trends.
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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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ECONOMY: Mortgage rates ‘set to drop’ as inflation falls
The Bank of England is expected to annouce a lower inflation figure, which could prompt lenders to reduce mortgage rates.
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Off-plan property sales plummet as ‘investors back out’
New research from Hamptons shows off-plan sales at lowest level in 10 years and only a fifth bought by investors.
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Traditional north-south divide in London sales market narrowing
House sales and price growth in South London outstrip the north side of the capital as the gap grows smaller.
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BLOG: ‘I have the answer to the biggest problem in property’
Ed Mead, Co-founder Viewber, has an idea to get the housing transaction motoring – and it's oh so simple.
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Prices hit record high as new sellers respond to improving market
The monthly increase is the biggest of the year so far and is higher than the historic average May rise of 1%.
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