Housing Market
News covering issues affecting the UK residential property market, house prices, interest rates and buying and selling trends.
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Surge in tenants searching for properties follows tenants fees ban
Rightmove says many tenants have been waiting for the fees ban to come in before moving home, pent up demand that has now been released into the market.
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House prices ‘flatline’ as shocking drops in London drag average down
House prices in London are dropping by 4.4% year-on-year but rising in the many other regions including by 3.4% in the North West.
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Mayor hopeful to take London housing back to ‘golden years’ of the 1950s
“If a politician stands in front of you and promises you more housing under the current scheme, they are mugging you off.”
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Government contradicts its own ‘broken rental market’ claims
Latest English Housing Survey published yesterday shows vast majority of tenants are happy with their lot, its research reveals.
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Online estate agents lose significant market share in London and East of England
The latest market snapshot from TwentyCI shows online agents' share of the property market dropped by nearly 20% year-on-year within outer London and by nearly a quarter within its central postcodes.
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Boris Johnson lands another Stamp Duty bombshell
The Tory leadership hopeful says he is to consider switching the duty from buyers to sellers if he becomes Prime Minister.
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Mainstream property sales market ‘holding steady’ but stock taking longer to sell
Brexit effect is only affecting upper end of market in London and the South but could spread further north, predicts Rightmove.
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Tenant fees ban has ‘already begun pushing up rents’
Rents across the UK have risen by 8% during the three months covering the introduction of the fees ban, says renting platform IdealFlatmate.
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Land Registry moves a step closer to national conveyancing speed ‘revolution’
A significantly faster online 'local search service is now available in Norwich part of plans to offer a national service on the Land Registry website.
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Housing market: Sales, instructions and house prices rise during June, says RICS
Monthly housing report by the institution reveals an unexpected improvement in the housing market, the best monthly figures since the EU Referendum.
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