Housing Market
News covering issues affecting the UK residential property market, house prices, interest rates and buying and selling trends.
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Is the housing market walking into stamp duty deadline disaster?
Property search firm claims too many agents and home movers don't realise the urgency of the situation despite the cut-off date being five months away.
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Conveyancing delays: 365,000 sales to miss deadline, claims report
Property data firm TwenctyCi estimates that conveyancing delays are worst in South, South West, North West and East of England regions.
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Stath Lets Flats returns to TV following multi-BAFTA success
New series has been commissioned by Channel 4 for a third series featuring the eponymous, hapless letting agent.
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It’s official! City dwellers really are escaping to the country
Latest research into Covid's effect on the housing market by TwentyCI reveals the extraordinary changes wrought on buyers' habits this year.
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Do you agree? ‘It’s time to scrap conveyancing panels for SME estate agents’
Leading legal firm CEO David Jabbari of Muve questions whether the conveyancing panels used by smaller firms have outlived their purpose.
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RICS: September was booming marvellous for agents, but what about next year?
Buyer enquiries, agreed sales and new listings all increased last month and will continue to do so until Christmas, say RICS estate agents
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PM’s new 95% LTV mortgages will ‘add two million owner-occupiers to market’
But commitment today by Boris Johnson to introduce fixed-rate long-term mortgages gets mixed response from industry.
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A third of private rented homes are sub-standard, claims Shelter
In a thinly veiled attack on private rented sector landlords and agents, the charity says the government must step in after 'decades of decline'.
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Breaking: House price rises hit 5% as people rush to move before another lockdown
Latest Nationwide index reveals increased demand but agents says latest surge is likely to be the peak before slowdown.
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Industry predicts: “What happens when the housing boom ends?”
Leading housing market commentators tell Reuters and The Negotiator what next year and beyond holds for estate agents.
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