Housing Market
News covering issues affecting the UK residential property market, house prices, interest rates and buying and selling trends.
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Prime London sales market off to a bumpy start in 2024
Knight Frank’s Tom Bill says stubborn underlying inflation and increasing mortgage rates have taken the shine off future expectations.
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Wealthy investors ‘exploit uncertain market and target UK property’
Cheryl Quinn at Investec Bank says high net worth investors are earmarking the UK property market as a priority.
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Vendors and buyers reveal shocking conveyancing ignorance
Research by the HomeOwners Alliance has found that only two out of five adults understand conveyancing.
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BLOG: Will abolishing ‘non-dom’ tax rules damage prime London?
Leading London prime figure Jeremy Gee explores what Hunt's decision on Wednesday might mean for his agency's wealthy clients.
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OPINION: ‘Boris and Liz should hang their heads in shame’
Jeremy Prior says many have been left disappointed by the Government’s lack of proposals to support the property market.
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Traditional ‘Spring bounce’ will return this year, says big agency
Fine & Country’s Nicky Stevenson says there is cautious optimism amongst industry experts and homeowners alike as Spring approaches.
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Vendors still making big profits from property sales, says Zoopla
Homeowners who sold their property in 2023 made an average gain of £74,000 with Londoners seeing the largest capital gains at £137,000, according to the portal's senior researcher.
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EXCLUSIVE: Foxtons targets national market in growth plans
Foxtons CEO Guy Gittins tells The Neg his vision for the London agency is expansion across the whole of the UK with 500-600 offices.
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Regulator ‘must have teeth’ to suspend estate agencies, Lords told
Timothy Douglas from Propertymark says a new regulation body needs to have powers to stop rogue agencies operating.
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Chancellor ‘must help first time buyers’, Emerson tells Phil Spencer
Comments are made by Propertymark boss Nathan Emerson during and interview with MoveIQ's Phil Spencer.
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