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 slam Welsh Stamp Duty hike plans for second homes
Stamp Duty or LTT variation would complicate the buying process, and negatively impact the market, says Propertymark.
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Online lettings giant OpenRent reaches No.1 for instructions
The online-only agency attracted more than 100,000 instructions in first six months of 2022, well ahead of its rivals.
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More property sales faltering between SSTC and completion, says Landmark
Property data firm claims sales are taking longer to reach completion as gloomy economic news makes buyers and lender nervous.
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New home buyer enquiries dwindling reports latest RICS survey
Surveyors' trade organisation says although house price rises continue market is clearly softening as buyer numbers cool.
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Viewber: older agents still resistant to outsourcing viewings
Viewings outsource firm boss Ed Mead says all agents need to accept the need to fit around customers.
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Winkworth predicts ‘wave of sales’ during remainder of year
The company's directors are confident there are lots of sale transactions queued up and ready to come through despite a revenue slump.
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LSL continues huge push to take more of mortgage market
The agency giant acquires a buy-to-let specialist as its drive to secure more of the mortgage brokerage business takes the next step.
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Sale times slip as property industry grapples with pandemic backlog
A logjam of properties is to blame for times increasing, according to quick-sale specialist HBB.
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Purplebricks chairman under pressure from ‘activist investor’ to step down
The troubled agency raises its fixed-fee charges, and will scrap the money-back guarantee later this month.
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Land Registry digital home sales scheme stalls as councils are slow on take-up
Only around one in seven local councils have signed up to the land charges register four years after it was set up and despite cash incentives.
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