The allure of Victorian architecture continues to captivate homebuyers, Rightmove suggests. Analysis by the portal shows Victorian homes are the most searched...
Archive
The number of new sellers coming to the market is up by 12% compared to this time a year ago, and...
22 April 2024
From: Breaking News
New data suggests Thursday 28 March was the biggest day for the number of new sellers coming to market so far...
05 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Time on the market for property listings has hit a five-year high, according to Rightmove. Data from the portal shows it is...
28 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The number of sales agreed is on the rise and the Somerset town of Chard has become a new hotspot, Rightmove...
21 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Average asking prices have increased at their highest rate for 10 months during March but the property market remains sensitive, Rightmove...
18 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Rightmove has joined growing calls for Stamp Duty reform ahead of the Spring Budget next week. The property portal has outlined three...
28 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Searches on Rightmove for the region of Tuscany and the city of Lucca have soared recently, the portal suggests. It coincides with...
27 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Average asking prices have grown on an annual basis for the first time in six months but properties are taking longer...
19 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Record numbers of future vendors sent a request for an estate agent to come and provide a market appraisal of their...
08 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Most agents may argue that every month is the best time to list but Rightmove has identified February as the optimum...
25 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Buyers and sellers, along with their agents, appear to have started the new year with renewed confidence as Rightmove data shows...
15 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Record number of sellers came to market on Boxing Day, according to Rightmove. The portal said it recorded a 26% increase in...
04 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Rightmove is forecasting a Boxing Day bounce this festive period. Analysis by the portal suggests that the number of new properties coming...
14 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Average asking prices in December have fallen more than usual for the seasonal slowdown, Rightmove claims. The portal’s latest House Price Index...
11 December 2023
From: Breaking News
The borough of Richmond upon Thames in London has been crowned the happiest place to live in Great Britain, according to...
06 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Rightmove is anticipating a 1% average drop in national asking prices by the end of next year. The latest forecasts from the...
04 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Almost three quarters of homes on the market would be exempt from Stamp Duty for home-movers if the Chancellor introduced a...
21 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Asking prices for newly listed homes dropped by the largest rate for November in five years, Rightmove has revealed. The portal’s latest...
13 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Average asking prices have increased as usual between September and October but at the slowest rate since 2008, Rightmove has revealed. The...
16 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Homes with the number 13 typically have the lowest property valuations, Rightmove data suggests. Analysis by the portal, using property valuations from...
13 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Fixer-upper homes have become the most in-demand properties, Rightmove claims. The portal has analysed the home features that are driving the most...
27 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Asking prices have fallen by the largest level since March 2019 and discounts are at their highest in more than a...
18 September 2023
From: Breaking News
When it comes to plain English, we in the property world are our own worst enemies. I don’t just mean the cliches...
26 August 2023
From: Features
Asking prices of new listings have dropped 1.9% this month, the largest fall in August since 2018. Data from Rightmove shows asking...
21 August 2023
From: Breaking News
St. George in Bristol has been identified as the UK’s strongest sellers’ market. Analysis by Rightmove found eight in ten homes listed...
16 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Rightmove has launched a new tool to help agencies manage their training with the portal. The new tool ‘Teams View’ is available...
02 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Increasing numbers of agent listings are highlighting green features as key selling points, Rightmove claims. It comes as the portal call for...
28 July 2023
From: Breaking News
The level of sales agreed has fallen below its normal market trend for this time of year but the “right-priced” properties...
17 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Agents have been urged to price realistically as Rightmove revealed data showing the impact of asking price reductions. Tim Bannister, director of...
28 June 2023
From: Breaking News
Asking prices have fallen on a monthly basis at this time of year for the first time since June 2017 as...
19 June 2023
From: Breaking News
Sellers and their agents have become more confident about pricing but there are still some signs of “over-optimism” for higher priced...
22 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Sellers are becoming more realistic about pricing despite asking prices of typical first-time buyer properties hitting a new high, Rightmove claims. The...
24 April 2023
From: Breaking News
The number of home sales being agreed is now back to its pre-pandemic level for the first time since before the...
12 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Falkirk has been named as the UK’s fastest-selling market. New figures from Rightmove show sellers in the area are finding a buyer...
06 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Some sellers remain optimistic about their price expectations as sales at the top end of the market begin to lag, Rightmove...
20 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Property listings and sales remain down on pre-pandemic levels but there are signs that sellers are starting to heed agent advice...
20 February 2023
From: Breaking News
New year, old worries: what’s happening in the housing market? We’ve asked experts and collated forecasts, 15 in total. On the one...
07 January 2023
From: Features
Agents in the North East recorded the largest increase in asking prices on listings last year, Rightmove has revealed. It comes as...
06 January 2023
From: Breaking News
A record number of new sellers put their property up for sale on Rightmove on Boxing Day, Rightmove claims. The portal said...
05 January 2023
From: Breaking News
An interest rate drop is top of the new year wish list among property professionals, a survey claims. A webinar poll among...
29 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Rightmove is forecasting a ‘less urgent’ market in 2023 and is predicting asking prices will drop by 2%. It comes as the...
12 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Would-be buyers are looking to the rental market as they pause their property purchase plans until there is clarity on mortgage...
25 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Determined first-time buyers are cutting back on going out and energy usage to still be able to save up for a...
17 November 2022
From: Breaking News
The housing market is becoming more price sensitive as listing values drop and cuts rise, Rightmove claims. The portal’s latest data shows...
14 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Property professionals heralded the end of the low interest era yesterday after the latest Bank of England base rate hike. The Bank...
04 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Agency stock has hit the highest level so far this year but it seems to coincide with a decline in demand...
17 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Rightmove insists the housing market is still moving as more lenders removed deals yesterday. Data from comparison website Moneyfacts shows there were...
30 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Agency stock has returned to 2019 levels as demand eases, Rightmove claims. The portal’s latest data revealed that the number of homes...
26 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Agents and other property professionals have, perhaps unsurprisingly, reacted positively to rumours of a Stamp Duty cut. Prime Minister Liz Truss and...
22 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Forget large driveways and gardens, it turns out agents need to advise their sellers to add air conditioning units to their...
26 August 2022
From: Breaking News
The latest research from Rightmove has revealed that the price of property coming to the market has witnessed its first fall...
15 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Homeowners are getting as much as 16% extra on average when selling their properties if the energy performance certificate (EPC) rating...
27 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Asking prices for typical first-time buyer homes and equivalent rents have risen three times faster compared with the pre-pandemic years, Rightmove...
25 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Rightmove has upped its house price forecasts for this year as new stock supply fails to keep up with demand. The portal...
18 July 2022
From: Breaking News
The number of prospective sellers contacting estate agents to have their home valued has hit its highest level since January, Rightmove...
06 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Fewer sellers have cut prices over the past months but agency instructions have dropped, figures suggest. Analysis by property data and estate...
15 June 2022
From: Breaking News
Property professionals and MPs were left wanting more after Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s much-anticipated housing announcements yesterday. Johnson yesterday promised a review...
10 June 2022
From: Breaking News
Average asking prices have hit new highs but there are signs of the market easing, Rightmove claims. The portal’s latest listings data...
23 May 2022
From: Breaking News
It is no longer significantly cheaper to rent compared with making monthly mortgage payments, Rightmove claims, but raising a deposit remains...
23 May 2022
From: Breaking News
Properties are selling faster than ever either at or above asking price, Rightmove claims. It comes as the portal revealed that the...
25 April 2022
From: Breaking News
The trend for remote working could continue to influence the property market into next year, Rightmove claims. The portal’s data shows there...
25 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Rightmove has created a league table to identify where new buyer competition is hottest across the UK housing market. Across the country...
01 April 2022
From: Breaking News
The jury is still out on whether the Ukraine crisis will damage public confidence in the UK housing market. Rightmove’s property data...
21 March 2022
From: Breaking News
Rightmove - which issues its annual figures to shareholders later this week - has released a bullish snapshot of the housing...
21 February 2022
From: Breaking News
The supply of new properties coming to the market is up on this time last year in every single region of...
31 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Rightmove claims its visits over the Christmas period were its busiest ever with what it calls ‘buyer demand’ up 23 per...
05 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Rightmove has revealed the UK’s property hotspot of 2021 - where prices have risen 31 per cent in just a year. The...
20 December 2021
From: Breaking News
Rightmove has identified the UK’s strongest sellers’ market - and it’s in Easton, Bristol. Four of the top 10 sellers’ markets are...
16 December 2021
From: Breaking News
Data out today from Rightmove shows the predictable seasonal effect of around 0.7 per cent knocked off the typical asking price. The...
13 December 2021
From: Breaking News
New data from Rightmove has analysed millions of supply, demand and pricing data points across the property market, to assess activity...
03 December 2021
From: Breaking News
House prices will rise next year says Rightmove - but it warns that tax hikes will curb price rises, particularly later in...
01 December 2021
From: Breaking News
Rightmove claims to have found the happiest place in the UK - and it’s in Northumberland. The market town of Hexham has...
24 November 2021
From: Breaking News
The average asking price of homes coming to the market has dropped by over £2,000 in the past month - the...
15 November 2021
From: Breaking News
Rightmove has revealed the strongest markets for sellers and buyers this autumn. Grays in Essex has topped the list of the strongest...
10 November 2021
From: Breaking News
The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee has defied expectations by keeping base rate at its historic low of 0.1 per...
05 November 2021
From: Breaking News
There’s been a huge rise in references to electric car charging within property listings submitted to Rightmove. The number of homes listed...
04 November 2021
From: Breaking News
Rightmove has estimated how many people benefitted from the holiday and the estimated total saving in England. It says some one million...
04 October 2021
From: Breaking News
Parts of Britain are so short of homes for sale they have only half the number of listings to be expected...
01 September 2021
From: Breaking News
The average asking price, as recorded by Rightmove, has fallen for the first time this year. In another sign that the market...
16 August 2021
From: Breaking News
The busiest first half of a year ever recorded by Rightmove has led to a raft of new records for the...
19 July 2021
From: Breaking News
Rightmove estimates that 1.3m buyers have benefitted from the stamp duty holidays across Great Britain since they were announced in July...
01 July 2021
From: Breaking News
Data from Rightmove shows that no less than 37 per cent of homes early this year sold for the asking price...
25 June 2021
From: Breaking News
17 May 2021
From: Breaking News
The number of properties coming on the market is still not meeting the huge demand from buyers, but the level of...
14 May 2021
From: Breaking News
Another week begins, another record tumbles - Rightmove this morning reports a monthly price surge of 2.1 per cent has propelled...
19 April 2021
From: Breaking News
New research shared with Estate Agent Today suggest that in areas of the country almost four in 10 homes for sale...
16 April 2021
From: Breaking News
Rightmove has so far this year recorded 20 of its busiest ever days for visits to the site as the current...
14 April 2021
From: Breaking News
With just days before the launch of new portal Boomin, Rightmove says it’s hit a record 9.1m visits in a 24...
29 March 2021
From: Breaking News
Data from Rightmove suggests a sharp increase in the number of chain-free properties on the market because sellers are increasingly willing...
26 March 2021
From: Breaking News
Rightmove says the excess of demand over supply right now is bigger than at any time over the past decade -...
15 March 2021
From: Breaking News
Rarely do Budgets produce positive sentiments from the agency industry but Chancellor Rishi Sunak appears to have won widespread support for...
04 March 2021
From: Breaking News
The Chancellor’s rumoured six week extension to the stamp duty holiday has been backed by Rightmove. Over last weekend the Daily Telegraph,...
17 February 2021
From: Breaking News
After high levels of publicity for Zoopla and Boomin in recent weeks, Rightmove has struck back with figures suggesting it’s enjoyed...
05 February 2021
From: Breaking News
The latest Rightmove analysis shows it now takes 126 days from the time an offer is accepted until legal completion -...
18 January 2021
From: Breaking News
Rightmove says it’s recorded the busiest ever start to a New Year in its two decade history with visits to the...
08 January 2021
From: Breaking News
If you fear the market will slow after Christmas, think again - Rightmove is expecting several months of frenzied transactions to...
14 December 2020
From: Breaking News
Asking prices are down for the first time in many months. It’s a small drop - an average of 0.5 per cent...
16 November 2020
From: Breaking News
A new analysis of searches and leads to agents by Rightmove suggests buyers in London are deserting central locations in favour of...