Housing Market
News covering issues affecting the UK residential property market, house prices, interest rates and buying and selling trends.
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Sales agreed and stock growth both in ‘double digits’ says Zoopla
Estate agents looking for good news should look at the portal's latest snapshot which reveals a market that continues to motor.
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OTM owner suffers revenue plunge but bids for Aussie portal
CoStar, which bought OnTheMarket in 2023, sees its revenue plummet as it places massive bid for Australian number two Domain.
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Size of first-time buyer ‘Stamp Duty bomb’ becomes clearer
Stuart Haire at Skipton Group says number of areas where Stamp Duty will hit first-time homes is set to quadruple overnight.
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Housing market still behind pre-pandemic activity levels
Moverly’s analysis of transaction data shows the property market is running 9% below typical 2014 – 2019 levels.
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BLOG: It’s time conveyancers and estate agents ‘buried the hatchet’
Solicitors and agents need to forge better relationships – it will make everyone's jobs easier and speed up property sales, says Adam Bainbridge of RG Law.
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REACTION: Inflation rise deals blow to hopes of Base Rate cut
Property industry leaders react to latest figures showing inflation rose more than expected last month to hit 3%.
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83% of buyers will pay more Stamp Duty from 1st April
Zoopla’s figures show a huge rise in the number of people paying Stamp Duty after the April rise.
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Ministers step up efforts to boost first-time buyers
The Government launches a new mortgage guarantee scheme, and backs plans to relax mortgage application criteria.
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April stamp duty deadline ‘shaping housing market’
Rightmove is reporting housing market is 'muted’ as April’s rise in Stamp Duty looms.
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First time buyers hit record numbers ahead of Stamp Duty hike
New figures from Halifax reveal a big jump in FTBs coming to the property hoping to beat the Stamp Duty rate change.
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