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WEEKLY NEWS ROUNDUP – 15/07/2022
A roundup of the week’s top property and proptech news stories in partnership with Proptech-X New property legislation kicked into the long grass Thirty-One Percent of Property Sales Falling Through Before Completion as Lenders Get Tougher Homesearch announce new partnership with Propertymark RICS: Demand and sales continue to cool although pricing trends remain relatively firm…
Read MoreDrop in interest from new buyers in October according to RICS
Latest RICS UK Residential Market Survey – October 2018 headlines ‘Prices, demand and supply all in decline as Brexit uncertainty persists’. In October, the fall in interest from new buyers has led to a more negative trend in house prices, according to the latest RICS UK Residential Market Survey. The report states: In October, the fall…
Read MoreHouse prices remain flat nationally according to latest RICS UK residential market survey report.
Latest RICS UK Residential Market Survey – September 2018 headlines ‘Weak sales outlook causing new homebuyers cold feet.’ The report reveals that demand from new buyers nationally has weakened slightly for the second successive month, making the forward-looking sales indicators also turn a little more pessimistic. Prices remain flat nationally with regional variations still very…
Read MoreGovernment should end stamp duty on certain properties according to RICS
New figures show that nearly half of respondents to the RICS Residential Market Survey suggest using tax incentives to encourage downsizing, while making changes to Stamp Duty and Council Tax would help thousands more young people realise their dream of owning their own home. A housing tax overhaul including ending stamp duty on certain properties…
Read MoreSales trends are stabilising across London according to RICS
RICS Residential Market Survey report – August 2018 published 13th September 2018 headlines ‘Solid housing market in Scotland and Northern Ireland’. The RICS report reveals that regionally, after a sharp fall in activity at the end of last year, current sales trends are stabilising in London. Momentum is still slipping across East Anglia and the…
Read MoreRents in UK expected to continue to rise over next 5 years according to RICS
The latest RICS UK Residential Market Survey – July 2018 released today headlines ‘Rents to continue to rise, as supply of new property to let drops again’. The survey highlights the continued reduction of new property being put on the market in the lettings sector with 22% more respondents seeing a fall rather than rise…
Read MoreUK housing sales remain subdued according to RICS
Latest RICS UK Residential Market Survey published 12th July 2018 headlined ‘UK housing sales remain subdued as rent expectations continue to heat up’. The RICS survey reveals that: significantly, over the month, newly agreed sales have recorded the sixteenth successive month of continued decline, with 7% more respondents reporting a fall in agreed sales. The…
Read MoreUK Housing market saw a stable trend in new instructions in May according to RICS
Latest RICS Residential Market Survey report for May 2018 headlines ‘Residential sales flat in May.’ The survey has shown a few signs of life as houses start to come back on to the market, but overall activity has remained flat and is looking unlikely to gain any impetus in the near term. The report reveals…
Read MoreThe National RICS Price balance figure for April 2018 is the most negative since Novemner 2012
The latest RICS UK Residential Market Survey report – April 2018, released today headlines ‘Buyers enquiries and sales stabilise in April, as house prices dip’. The report reveals that house prices at a national level dipped marginally in April, while they continue to fall in London and the South East in particular. Both new buyer…
Read MoreHousing market at it’s weakest in London and South East according to RICS
The latest RICS UK Residential Market Survey – March 2018 released today reveals that momentum in the UK housing market continues to slow, as buyer demand falls for the twelfth consecutive month. Agreed sales and new buyer enquiries continue to slip at the national level, the national price indicator remains flat, weighed down by London…
Read MoreSalaries for UK property professionals increased to a 10 year high in 2018
The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and Macdonald & Company revealed in their latest salary survey report, that salaries for UK property professionals increased in 2018, to a 10 year high, with RICS chartered status continuing to boost wages. Salaries for London’s property professionals have hit their highest level since the financial crash. The…
Read MoreFewer homes put on market in February according to RICS
RICS UK Residential Market Survey – February 2018 released today headlines ‘Further fall in housing stock as demnd also falls for the eleventh month’ The survey reveals the indicators for future activity in the UK housing market remain subdued. New buyer enquiries fall for the eleventh consecutive month as average stocks on estate agents’ books…
Read MoreUK housing market continues to be weak at start of 2018 according to RICS
The latest RICS UK Residential Market Survey – January 2018 released today reveals that the UK housing market has started the new year off in a similar fashion to the closing stages of 2017. Enquiries, sales and instructions remain negative according to the survey, the picture across the country shows prices have edged higher at…
Read MoreUK Housing market activity continues to drop in December according to RICS
The latest RICS UK Residential Market Survey – December 2017 released today headlines ‘Stamp duty change to have limited impact as new buyer interest drop further.’ The survey reveals that in December, activity in the UK housing market continued to drop. Buyer interest edges lower as sales and new instructions continue to decline. The report…
Read MoreMarked differences in trends across the country according to RICS
Released today the RICS UK Residential Market Survey – November 2017 headlines ‘Activity remains subdued in UK housing market, with little improvement anticipated.’ The report reveals that: Respondents to the November 2017 UK Residential Market Survey suggest activity will continue to be impacted by the continued shortage of new instructions, alongside general economic uncertainty. Simon…
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