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£10 could win you a £2.1m Kentish Town house comp with a difference
House competitions are nothing new and Brexit uncertainty has seen many attempt them to secure the price they want while market conditions are saying otherwise. However, the reams of legal red tape that must be overcome to run an above the board competition have left many tangled and some less than transparent competitions have failed,…
Read MoreBiggest housing concerns driven by affordability issues
Leading property finance specialists, One 77 Mortgages, has looked at what concerns are still weighing heavy on the mind of UK home buyers and sellers and how this has changed over the last few years. According to Statista, issues of affordability dominate the greatest concerns within the market with the financial hurdle for first-time buyer…
Read MoreLatest data shows home sellers are achieving 96% of asking price – here’s the postcodes outperforming the national average
Research by estate agent comparison website GetAgent.co.uk has revealed the areas in England and Wales where home sellers are achieving the best and worst prices in comparison to the initial asking prices listed for properties for far in 2019. The website’s research shows that across England and Wales, home sellers are currently securing an average…
Read MoreSemi-detached homes are streets ahead for property price growth since the financial crash
Research by national fast sale estate agency Springbok Properties has revealed which property type has been the best for investment in the United Kingdom since the end of the market crash and where has seen the strongest price growth. Across the UK Since September 2008, semi-detached homes have proven the most profitable properties to own…
Read MoreHometrack Cities Index shows annual price growth up 1.7%
Director of Benham and Reeves, Marc von Grundherr, commented: “City living remains extremely desireable and therefore conditions in these property hotspots are far more stable than other areas of the market and continue to see prices climb as a result. The cities to have benefited from larger levels of buyer demand in the past are,…
Read MoreBeach hut rental premiums top Kensington and Chelsea for average monthly cost
Innovative lettings platform Howsy, has looked at the cost of renting a beach hut in some of the most prestigious spots on the coast and where these eye-watering costs rank in the national rental market. Howsy looked at the average cost of renting a beach hut across some of the most notoriously expensive and best…
Read MoreThe rise of the silver room sharer – over 50 housemate numbers up 74%!
The latest data from leading room share platform, ideal flatmate, has looked at the changing face of the house share landscape and how more and more people above the age of 50 are turning to a house share as a viable way of living either as a live-in landlord or as a roommate. Data from…
Read MoreHomebuyers spending as much as half of their annual salary on stamp duty tax
With the new prime minister looking to potentially transfer stamp duty to the responsibility of the home seller, research from property finance specialists, One 77 Mortgages, has looked at just how much UK homebuyers are currently paying in addition to the monumental task of saving for a mortgage deposit. One 77 looked at the average…
Read MoreVyomm’s £1m+ Property Index: The best performing £1m+ property postcodes so far this year
Where in England and Wales has seen the most prime sales so far this year and for the highest value? Prime and super-prime property portal, Vyomm, has looked at where across England and Wales is home to the highest average house price and the largest number of transactions in the prime and super-prime markets so…
Read MoreThe postcodes where home sellers are paying £36.5k to sell – UK estate agent fees revealed
Estate agent comparison website, GetAgent.co.uk, has revealed where home sellers are forking out the most money to sell their home based on the average percentage fee being charged and what this translates to on the average house price in that area. GetAgent’s data shows that estate agents across the UK are currently charging an average…
Read MoreFollowing the herd will cost you £15,000 more in property prices
National fast sale agent, Springbok Properties, has looked at where across the UK home buyers are upping sticks and moving to and what this means for the price they are paying for property Springbok looked at the latest internal population migration statistics from the ONS for 19 major cities as well as Scotland and Northern…
Read MoreMonthly mortgage approvals hit second highest level in over two years
Managing Director of One 77 Mortgages, Alastair McKee, commented: “While slightly below forecast, the latest figures show a very healthy level of mortgage approvals and the second-highest monthly total in over two years. This is a very positive sign for the UK property market and suggests that things are finally heading in the right direction…
Read MoreRentrification hotspots: 12 cities outperforming national rental growth
The latest research by letting platform, Bunk, has looked at the impact of gentrification on rental prices, and how rental growth in cities to have seen extensive regeneration compares to the national average. Looking at 12 cities in England to have seen some of the largest levels of regeneration, Bunk found that the average rental…
Read MoreHMRC shows transactions down 9.6% month on month – Industry reaction
Director of Benham and Reeves, Marc von Grundherr, commented “Scary reading on the face of it, but it’s important to note that this data is reported with a bit of a lag and so the level of transactions being relayed are really those accepted back in March. With many of us, perhaps foolishly, believing we…
Read MoreHousing market will remain Bojo proof as Boris gets the keys to No.10
Director of Benham and Reeves, Marc von Grundherr, commented: “A new prime minister and a clean slate can bring a rejuvenated air of confidence to the UK housing market but while Boris does have a fairly good track record when it comes to housing, he’s probably not the steady hand on the tiller that many…
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