Housing Market
News covering issues affecting the UK residential property market, house prices, interest rates and buying and selling trends.
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Brexit pushes London house prices into freefall
Official ONS figures show a 2% drop during February and a 3.8% year-on-year drop as the capital's buyers hold off until Brexit is solved.
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Online estate agent share of market has levelled out at around 7%, says new research
Report by TwentyCi shows gains for online and hybrid agents in sub £200,000 market but shrinking share of market elsewhere.
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Estate agent offers house for sale with unusual request from vendor
Retired 64-year-old seller offers his house for sale at huge discount but wants to live in it rent free, says his estate agent Leaders.
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Estate agents facing most price sensitive housing market ‘in many years’
Claim is made by Rightmove which also says Brexit extension could see a short-term 'mini surge' in sales market.
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Brexit chaos continues to be ‘major drag’ on housing market, say surveyors
But major property software firm says buyers are becoming 'tired of waitig for Brexit to happen' and that market activity wil pick up again soon.
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Empty homes: numbers rise across England
The number of empty homes across England has risen for the second consecutive year to 216,000, the highest level since 2012, according to official figures.
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Is Brokenshire planning to end office-to-residential conversions?
Secretary of State yesterday committed to broader review of this controversial type of Permitted Development conversion.
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Brexit creating volatile house price fluctuations, says Halifax
Lender blames sudden 1.6% dip in prices during March on low transaction levels in London and beyond.
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London sales market to see post-Brexit boom claims leading franchised agency
As a slowdown in sales continues at Winkworth in London the company is hanging its hopes on buyers and sellers returning to the market once political uncertainty has ended.
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London property market like a ‘Tesco with half empty shelves’
Leading conveyancer says his firm has seen a significant reduction in volume within the capital's housing market recently as Brexit and Stamp Duty bite.
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