Posts Tagged ‘rightmove’
Rightmove (HPI) report June 2016
Rightmove released their House Price Index (HPI) report earlier today with the headlines “Asking prices hit record high despite looming EU vote” In the report they highlight: Housing market momentum pushes price of property coming to market up by 0.8% (+£2,320) to new high of £310,471 Desire to buy and lack of supply lead to…
Read MoreZoopla leads in Brand Awareness
According to a recent Zoopla news release, recent research conducted by Harris Interactive revealed that following Zoopla’s latest marketing campaign it has now achieved a record level of national brand awareness. On prompted brand awareness, where consumers are asked if they recognise certain brands, Zoopla has now taken the top spot amongst UK property portals…
Read MoreRightmove House Price Index (May)
The latest Rightmove House Price Index report headlines buy-to-let feast leaves higher prices for first time buyers. Modest May rise of 0.4% (+£1,118) in price of property coming to market in the last month masks nasty spring surprise for first-time buyers. An 80% uplift in March transaction numbers has left behind a property drought and…
Read MoreAverage asking price hits record high
According to the most recent Rightmove House Price Index, buy-to-let ignites chain reaction, driving prices to record high Average price of property coming to market up by 1.3% (+£3,843) to set a record high of £307,033 A last minute rush from investors to buy before April 1st helped to ignite an onward chain reaction: Stamp…
Read MoreUBS… Zoopla downgraded
According to London ShareCast News – UBS has downgraded Zoopla to a ‘neutral’ recommendation from ‘buy’ due to continued competetive pressures from rival OnTheMarket, but left Rightmove at ‘buy’. UBS said its Evidence Lab research team had unearthed data on the UK property portal marketplace that indicated estate agency collective OnTheMarket had continued its momentum…
Read MoreA generation unable to afford a home of their own.
Large majority of people fear buying a home of one’s own is looking less and less likely for future generations, according to recently published research for the housing charity Shelter. This news comes just as the average house price in England went above the £300,000 mark for the first time, according to the property website…
Read MoreAverage house price breaks the £300,000 mark
The average house price now in England and Wales has now gone above the £300,000 mark for the first time, according to the property portal Rightmove today. The rush to beat the property tax rise announced back in November and coming into force at the beggining of April for those looking to rent out or…
Read More‘It’s great to see OnTheMarket.com challenging the duopoly of Rightmove and Zoopla’, says Partner at Strutt & Parker
Michael Fiddes, Partner at Strutt & Parker and a Non-Executive Board Director of Agents’ Mutual, comments on the growth of OnTheMarket.com over the past 12 months: Michael Fiddes, Partner at Strutt & Parker, said: “From a standing start at the beginning of 2015, OnTheMarket.com has come a tremendously long way over the past 12 months. We…
Read MoreRightmove HPI February
The Rightmove House Price Index February 2016 Prices and demand at all – time highs as Year of the First-Time Buyer kicks in. Price of property coming to market increases by a substantial 2.9% (+£8,324) this month, hitting a new record of £299,287 and surpassing the record set in October 2015 by over £2,700 Housing…
Read MoreGood news for first-time-buyers.
Rightmove reports today that there is surprisingly good new for first time buyers with prices coming to a standstill and more “fresh” property choice. Fist time buyers saw a 6% year-on-year jump in newly marketed-properties in their favoured market sector, prices have hardly risen suggesting the impending stamp duty levy could be having a calming…
Read MoreRightmove predict 6% rise in 2016
According to Rightmove House Price Index report, the strongest December since 2006 and a forecast of 6% rise in 2016. In their latest report Rightmove urges first time sellers and financially-stretched landlords to sell by April, while first-time buyers may want to wait for a better deal until additional stamp duty on buy-to-let properties gives…
Read MoreConfidence high amongst home-owners says Rightmove
Research from Rightmove shows home-owners are in a confident mood and largely unfazed by the risk of higher interest rates in 2016, sellers who come to market in the run-up to Christmas typically set lower asking prices as buyers are harder to attract at this time of year. Rightmove noted this November’s price-dip of 1.3%…
Read MoreRightmove HPI October 2015
Rightmove October HPI highlights that First-time buyer prices surge nearly 10% in a year. Highest ever national average price of property coming to market, up by 0.6% (+£1,715) this month to £296,549- and 5.6% more expensive than a year ago. New record fuelled by high demand for first-time-buyer properties, with prices up 4.9% on last…
Read MoreHouses.co.uk domain for sale.
Just two years after the launch of Houses.co.uk the domain name is now up for sale, that is according to a recent blog on the Sellingup.com website, ‘an independent guide to how to sell your property for the maximum profit with the minimum stress’. The domain name of www.finelocation.com and www.finelocation.co.uk are also for sale…
Read MoreRightmove HPI September
Asking prices for houses in England and Wales saw their biggest rise in the month to mid-September for 13 years as cheap borrowing and a lack of properties on the market led to market “extremes”. According to the Rightmove HPI overview, the price of property coming to market continues to rise at a time of…
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