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Easton in Bristol is this year’s strongest sellers’ market
Rightmove analysis of the year reveals Easton in Bristol is this year’s strongest sellers’ market, with more than eight out of every ten properties for sale being marked sold subject to contract (SSTC) Hoxton is this year’s top buyer market, with nine out of every ten properties that have come to market for sale still…
Read MoreNew Year resolution sellers gearing up for 2022 as closer to normal market beckons
The price of property coming to market sees its usual December dip, down by 0.7% (-£2,234) this month Following a hectic last eighteen months, Rightmove predicts a closer to normal market during 2022: While fully available stock for sale has hit a new record low this month, valuation requests from home-owners are 19% up on…
Read MoreBournemouth is the most in-demand coastal location this year
Rightmove analysis of the year reveals Bournemouth is 2021’s most in-demand coastal location from buyers, followed by Southampton and Brighton The average asking price this year for a property in Bournemouth is £317,449, up 4% from last year Padstow in Cornwall is this year’s top coastal price hotspot, with average asking prices 20% higher than…
Read MoreRightmove forecasts house prices to rise nationally by 5% in 2022, and by 3% in London
Rightmove predicts that the national average price of property coming to market will rise by 5% next year, as strong buyer demand and a historically low level of available property continue to push up prices in 2022. As always there will be sector and regional market variations. Currently the most competitive markets are in…
Read MoreRightmove launches new sale skills training course with Josh Phegan
Rightmove has launched its second modular training course for agents, an exclusive sale skills training course with internationally renowned trainer Josh Phegan. The course is available for agents in four parts on the Rightmove hub, with participants receiving a Continuing Professional Development certificate after successfully completing each module. The cost of the course is usually…
Read MoreHexham 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 MoreBREAKING PROPERTY NEWS – 03/11/2021
Daily bite-sized proptech and property news in partnership with Proptech-X. Propflo property platform is open for business Rightmove market analysis for October points to a positive one Build to Rent demand is growing says Foxtons Propflo property platform is open for business Propflo, a Bristol-based proptech start-up, today announced that it is open…
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 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…
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