Housing Market
News covering issues affecting the UK residential property market, house prices, interest rates and buying and selling trends.
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House prices hold firm in face of global headwinds, Rightmove data shows
Rising inflation fears and higher borrowing costs limiting growth in asking prices, says portal's property expert Colleen Babcock.
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Property fall-through rates edge down despite economic turmoil
New figures from data firm TwentyEA, for the first three months of this year, show a small drop in property deals collapsing.
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Winkworth reveals profit down 11% and warns this year “uncertain”
CEO of property franchise firm says its profit figure fell to £2.11 million in 2025, and gives big warning that 2026 is difficult to forecast.
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Home flipping falls to decade low as profits plunge
Second home Stamp Duty now wipes out nearly half of gross profits, leaving flipping unviable across much of the South, says Hamptons’ Aneisha Beveridge.
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Gulf crisis could deepen housing market downturn, warns leading economist
Ex-Treasury analyst Andrew Wishart says the continuing global disruption puts us in danger of a steep and nasty recession.
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Gulf ceasefire builds hopes for lower mortgage rates
Improved market sentiment has fed into rate expectations, but Capital Economics’ Ruth Gregory warns mortgage costs are unlikely to fall quickly.
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Property market ‘takes a knock’, RICS reports
RICS's Tarrant Parsons says a positive feeling in the housing market has been hit by war in the Middle East, and the outlook is now flat.
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Iran conflict and Mansion Tax wipe £360k off top-end homes, says Savills
Prime country properties have seen some steep price corrections as market volatility hits buyer confidence, says Frances McDonald.
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One in five buyers see offer to completion take six months
The survey by solicitors Lyons Bowe said a total of 22% of buyers saw the process take longer than six months.
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Rising mortgage costs accentuate North/South divide, EXP data reveals
North and Midlands outperforming the South, where values are falling, according to big estate agency boss Adam Day.
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