Housing Market
News covering issues affecting the UK residential property market, house prices, interest rates and buying and selling trends.
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Agent says Brum council collapse ‘won’t crash the city’s housing market’
Barrows and Forrester says Birmingham City Council collapse is unlikely to phase a housing market that has performed strongly over the last year.
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Agents need to work together to combat rise in gazundering
With house prices falling and buyers holding all the cards, gazundering has once again become rampant in some parts of the country.
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Bank of England boss casts doubt on future interest rates
Andrew Bailey hinted to MPs this week that the Bank is through with lifting interest rates and stressed inflation was on course for a ‘marked’ decline.
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Belvoir boss backs BTL on national TV
CEO of Belvoir Group, Dorian Gonsalves was interviewed by financial journalist and broadcaster Ian King, delivering a fair yet alarming appraisal of the current property market.
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Rents remain ‘red hot’ across England during August
Goodlord boss William Reeve says year-on-year averages are increasing with the £1,300 per month barrier now broken for a second month in a row.
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BLOG: Home sales slump ‘a major issue for the economy’
Tax expert Heather Powell says the Government needs to act to reinvigorate the property market and support estate agents.
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Estate agency caught up in ‘hypocrisy row’ over Labour HQ
Ashtons in York is marketing a former HQ owned by the party, which is at the centre of a political argument in the city.
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Estate agency launches ‘new model’ that helps partners grow business
Yorkshire firm Preston Baker is offering self-employed agents the chance to become 'associate partners' - an approach which has grown its market share by 27%.
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Home moving costs increase significantly, new research reveals
Barrows and Forrester found solicitors' fees, removal and self storage expenses rose 4.9% in the last year.
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No Armageddon for housing market despite economic backdrop
eXp boss Adam Day says 2023 looks to be a year where the markets weather the storm and a long way away from previous meltdown years.
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