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Hexham regains crown of happiest place to live in Great Britain
The Northumberland market town of Hexham has topped Rightmove’s annual Happy at Home Index for 2021, regaining the top spot which it last held back in 2019 Richmond in London rises up the ranks to take second place nationally this year, as well as being the happiest place to live in London for the seventh…
Read MoreRightmove House Price Index – Biggest price drop since January as sellers tempt bargain-hunting pre-Xmas buyers
The price of property coming to market drops by an average of 0.6% (-£2,044) compared to last month, the largest monthly fall since January This pre-Christmas price lull aims to attract festively distracted buyers and offers a small window of opportunity for bargain hunters before the traditional Boxing Day buyer boom: The number of people…
Read MoreGrays named strongest seller market with eight out of ten properties sold
Grays in Essex has topped the list of the strongest seller markets this Autumn, with more than eight out of every ten properties for sale on Rightmove already sold subject to contract (SSTC) Chelsea in London is the top buyer market right now, with around just one in every ten properties for sale marked as…
Read MoreHomes listed for sale with access to electric car charging points increase six-fold in a year
The number of homes for sale across Great Britain with an electric car charging point on the property or nearby has increased six-fold compared to this time last year (+541%) A third of the total number of homes that mention electric car charging points have been added to Rightmove since the start of September, with…
Read MoreSmaller sales pipeline speeds up home-moves by almost a month
The conveyancing log-jam is starting to ease, with the average time from a sale being agreed until a purchase completes dropping from an average of 154 days in July to 127 days in October Number of homes currently going through the legal process is 550,000, a more manageable number for conveyancers than the record 700,000…
Read MoreGreen upgrades help sellers pocket up to 16% more for their home
Homeowners making energy efficiency improvements before selling are banking as much as 16% extra on average, compared to those who haven’t made any improvements The unique study found that upgrading from an F to a C EPC rating adds an additional 16% on average to the sold price of a property, while moving from an…
Read MoreRightmove HPI – Price records in all regions & sectors mark ‘full house’ for first time since 2007
Price of property coming to market jumps by 1.8% (+£5,983) this month, the biggest rise at this time of year since October 2015 Market delivers a ‘full house’ for first time since March 2007, with price records in all regions of Great Britain and in all property market sectors (first-time buyer, second stepper and top…
Read MoreBoomerang tenants help city rents grow & competition double for flats
As tenants boomerang back to cities, a number of city centres across Great Britain have seen double digit growth in rents, after a year of falls: In Bristol, Nottingham and Glasgow, rents are now over 10% higher than pre-pandemic levels High demand and properties being let out quickly has led to rents outside London rising…
Read MoreRightmove expands Online Conditional Auction feature with four new providers
Rightmove today announces that four new Online Conditional Auction providers have signed up to use its industry-first digital feature for agents. SDL Property Auctions, Pattinson Auctions, GOTO Group and Bamboo Auctions join existing provider iamsold in enhancing agents’ listings on Rightmove with the innovative feature. The digital feature enhances listings with more information about this…
Read MoreSuburban & rural rents jump by 11%, versus just 2% rise in urban areas
Increased demand from renters to live further away from cities has led to asking rents in suburban and rural areas jumping by 11% since before the pandemic started, compared to just 2% in urban areas A drop of 45% in available homes to rent in suburban areas and a 61% drop in rural locations means…
Read MoreSeaside resorts see biggest rental shortage as tenant competition quadruples
The Isle of Wight has seen the biggest decline in the number of available rental properties compared with summer 2019, with UK holiday resorts making up the top ten list of most affected areas Competition among tenants for available properties is quadruple that of 2019 on average in the top ten areas, and in some…
Read MoreScotland overtakes London as fastest million-pound market as capital loses share
Scotland has overtaken London as the fastest-moving market for million-pound properties, with homes finding a buyer 25 days quicker on average than before the pandemic London has seen a 7% drop in its overall share of total million pound sales across Great Britain, with 40% taking place in the capital over the past year compared…
Read MoreNewmarket tops supply shortage hotspots as home sales surge by 79%
Newmarket in Suffolk is revealed as the top new supply shortage hotspot, seeing the biggest gap over the past year between the number of homes selling and new sellers coming to market: The number of sales being agreed in the town is up by 79% on last July, while new sellers putting their properties up…
Read MoreDemand for pet friendly homes more than doubles during pandemic
Demand from tenants looking for pet friendly properties has increased by 120% over the past year, compared to total demand from tenants being up by 13% Homes with a balcony have seen the second biggest rise in demand, up by 70%, while the need for parking is up by 48%, gardens are up by 39%…
Read MoreRightmove House Price Index – Mass-market prices hit new record as upper end cools
New record highs in price of property coming to market in the mass-market sectors, made up of first-time buyer properties, up by £1,328 (+0.6%) in the month, and second-stepper properties, up by £975 (+0.3%) in the month Cooling of the upper-end four-bedroom-plus sector, down by £4,699 (-0.8%) in the month, with buyers no longer making…
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