Housing Market
News covering issues affecting the UK residential property market, house prices, interest rates and buying and selling trends.
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Fixed rate mortgages now cheapest since Liz Truss ‘Mini Budget’
Rachel Springall at Moneyfacts says lenders have reduced their two and five-year rates to their lowest since the disastrous Budget of 2022.
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Property transactions to ‘hold steady’ at 1.15 million in 2026
Falling mortgage rates and easing inflation should lift confidence next year, says Hamptons, but warns tax pressures and policy shifts will limit any recovery.
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Prime property owners in ‘unusual position’ following Mansion Tax
Research shows top-end homeowners would need to reduce their mansions by almost half in size to escape the Mansion Tax, according to Enness Global.
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AGENT: How we priced low to achieve 20% above asking price
In a challenging market, Maskells sold a property in Chelsea for more than 20% above the advertised amount - Jamie Hope explains how they did it.
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House hunters ‘keen to do Xmas Eve and Boxing Day viewings’
Buyers so keen to get moving again that they are willing to go house hunting over the festive period, says EXP boss Adam Day.
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‘Pivotal’ Xmas surge to be ‘launchpad’ moment for property market
Nathan Emerson, CEO at Propertymark, says the 'Boxing Day Bounce' gives agents a big opportunity to capitalise on motivated buyers.
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Property market has ‘biggest sales pipeline’ since 2021 says Zoopla
But over-stretched budgets in both the sales and rental markets mean estate agents must “engage with the market in a different way” to be successful, says Zoopla's Richard Donnell.
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Leading figures question mandatory qualifications for estate agents
A panel of industry heavyweights at The Negotiator Conference set out the major challenges facing the property sector including Labour's desire to see all agents reach a minimum qualification.
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Property market ‘set to bounce back’ now Budget uncertainty over
Richard Donnell, Zoopla's Executive Director, says home-movers who hit the pause button will return with "greater confidence".
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Surveying giant’s research debunks popular property marketing myth
Property industry giant e.surv says its data crunching shows seasons shape activity but not prices, contrary to what many buyers believe.
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