Housing Market
News covering issues affecting the UK residential property market, house prices, interest rates and buying and selling trends.
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March boomed and so will the summer months, says RICS report
Agents say Chancellor's decision to extend Stamp Duty holiday saw sales, appraisals and buyer enquiries increase last month.
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Minimum energy rating increase for rental sector ‘will lead to housing shortage’
Government move has not been thought through, says The Lettings Industry Council, as industry body calls for phased approach.
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Help to Buy scheme changes ‘will mean 25% drop in number of eligible homes’
New price caps mean that 80% of four-bed homes will be too expensive, with the North hardest hit, according to Hamptons.
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Rightmove’s record-breaker: over 6,000 visits by homebuyers every minute
Property portal sees unprecedented activity as extended Stamp Duty holiday creates home-buying frenzy.
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The best and worst places to sell a property in England and Wales revealed
New survey shows the towns with the shortest – and the longest – times to go through to sale.
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NRLA backs MPs’ call for urgent action to tackle rent debt crisis
Landlords' association backs call by MPs for government to come up with plan to deal with Covid rent arrears crisis.
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Demand for rentals grows as number of prospective tenants continues to rise
Demand from prospective new tenants rose for the second month in a row, according to new figures released by ARLA Propertymark.
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House price growth slows as March figures show slight fall, according to Nationwide
House Price Index for March show a slowdown in house price growth with 0.2% month-on-month fall and long-term outlook 'uncertain'.
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Competition driving extreme home mover behaviour, says Rightmove
Portal reports surge in vendors who have no onward property to buy and who are renting instead to be 'no chain' buyers later.
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Exclusive: Land Registry to work with industry to speed up property sales
Source tells The Negotiator that Land Registry wants to encourage greater innovation within conveyancing and help agents and their clients.
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