Housing Market
News covering issues affecting the UK residential property market, house prices, interest rates and buying and selling trends.
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Britain’s most expensive home? Take the property pub quiz
Zoopla has published the key facts for the property industry both serious and not-so-serious – useful for anyone organising an agency pub quiz.
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Buyers use Stamp Duty hike to seal better property deals
Aneisha Beveridge at Hamptons says home buyers are able to use the Stamp Duty increase in April to negotiate lower prices.
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London prime to be hit by non-dom tax rules, says Savills
Savills' research chief says price rises in prime markets in London are forecast to be below the growth rate of posh homes in outer London and the regions.
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REVEALED: UK’s hottest property markets for estate agents
GetAgent survey reveals which major cities have seen the biggest increases in buying activity since the start of the year and Sunderland is top of the list.
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BUDGET: Scots Government must ‘back property investment’
DJ Alexander, one of the biggest agencies in Scotland, says Finance Secretary Shona Robison has to take immediate action to address the country's housing crisis.
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New mortgage guarantee scheme savaged by expert
Labour’s proposed Freedom to Buy scheme is based on a previous model that has already proved to be a failure.
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Million or more mortgages now stretch into retirement years
More than a million home buyers have taken out home loans that will not be paid off until well after they are due to retire, new figures show.
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Lenders must relax mortgage rules, says Zoopla boss
Richard Donnell, data chief at the portal, says 8% stress test rates must change if first-time buyers are to be able to afford mortgages
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Senior property figures predict interest rate to hit 4% next year
Panel of industry property experts takes a look at what 2025 has in store for the property industry including interest rates.
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Sales transactions to rise next year says upbeat Zoopla
Portal's data shows the sales market has already returned to growth with sales agreed this year already 19% up on 2023.
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