Housing Market
News covering issues affecting the UK residential property market, house prices, interest rates and buying and selling trends.
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Exclusive blog: What is behind the subdued supply?
Landmark Estate Agency's MD looks at the drivers behind the current property listings drought in the market.
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Rental market booming as tenants push demand to ‘all time high’
Research among landlords by leading BTL lender Paragon reveals two-thirds reporting hot demand for properties.
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Broker laments HGV ‘omnishambles’ as driver shortages hit removals firms
Lewis Shaw of Shaw Financial Services laments the damage current transport crisis is inflicting on the economy.
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Property listings drought continues as numbers tumble by 9%
Latest figures from Landmark Group show dearth of properties for sale continuing for a fifth month in a row.
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Super-prime London rental supply at lowest level since 2016 – Knight Frank
London has become a landlord’s market with rental values in prime central London rising by 2.8% in the three months to September.
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Inflation could undermine house-price growth, says latest survey
Asking Price Index from Home.co.uk says price growth is tailing off, but rental growth has returned and demand is strong.
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House prices stabilising post-Covid, says agency MD
Fine & Country boss says this is the 'new normal' with constrained supply and the search for space an enduring legacy of pandemic.
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Value of British homes now £9.2 trillion – four times greater than UK GDP
UK’s 11.9 million homes have increased in value by average of £49,000 since 2016 – with total value rising by £550 billion in last year.
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Detached homes are the hottest rental properties, report says
Rents on detached homes increased twice as fast as the average for all UK properties during Q3 2021, according to The DPS.
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Competition for business across the UK hots up as more new agents pile in
Research by hybrid agent Nested has found that an increase in the number of estate agents means there’s now tougher competition amongst those looking to list and sell homes – despite the housing boom.
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