A lack of new investment rather than landlords selling-up is causing rental market supply issues, research suggests. The latest Hamptons Lettings Index...
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![Hamptons: Price reductions decline as sales 'bounce back'](/upload/images/shutterstock_1858158745.jpg)
Price reductions fell to an 18-month low in April as transactions recover faster than prices, new industry data reveals. Figures from Hamptons,...
10 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Share of first-time buyer sales hits record high](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/1-HousePriceRising.png)
The share of homes purchased by first-time buyers so far this year has been pushed to record levels, but most are...
02 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Hamptons: Housing market has “firmly turned the page” as activity improves](/upload/images/shutterstock_165388550.jpg)
The housing market is "turning a page" with fewer price reductions and higher achieved prices, Hamptons claims. A January market activity update...
14 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Average home sale profits drop 9% - which region performed the best?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3-MortgageRates1.png)
The average household in England and Wales who purchased in the past 20 years and sold last year achieved profits of...
22 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Hamptons: Record number of homes sold at a discount in 2023](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BTR%20and%20affordable%20housing%20-%20By%20Andy%20Jones%20Property%20Investor%20Today%20BuildToRent-400x310.png)
A record 50% of homes sold in England & Wales last year were purchased following a price reduction, Hamptons analysis has revealed. The...
10 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Record numbers of first-time buyers leave London to get on property ladder](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
The number of Londoners leaving the capital to move elsewhere in Great Britain has fallen back this year but first-time buyers...
27 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Hamptons: Some sellers still ‘holding out for last year’s prices](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House-pounds_400x310.png)
Agents are securing sales closer to asking price but properties are taking longer to sell, new data suggests. Analysis by Hamptons, using...
05 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Hamptons: ‘House prices are correcting not crashing’](/upload/images/shutterstock_2210566767.jpg)
House prices won’t fall by as much as the 1990s and 2008 financial crashes but it will take until 2025 for...
11 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage rates drive buyers away from London property](/upload/images/shutterstock_696510469.jpg)
Higher mortgage rates have replaced the 'race for space' as the primary reason for buying outside of London this year, research...
07 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Buyer caution isn’t translating into ‘large price discounts’ (yet)](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_balancing-400x310.png)
Properties are taking longer to go under offer but there is no evidence of large discounts on asking prices yet, Hamptons...
14 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Demand shifts to smaller homes amid mortgage pressures - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalDemand-400x310.png)
Higher mortgage rates are pushing buyers to smaller homes and those that are selling are taking longer, research shows. Analysis of the...
06 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Hamptons: We are not in a buyers’ market (yet)](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Help%20to%20buy%20equity%20loan.jpg)
The housing market hasn’t yet tipped in favour of buyers, new agency data suggests. Figures from 550 estate agency branches across Great...
09 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Time on the market rises as vendors ‘hold-out for top prices’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousingMarket_400x310.png)
Agents are taking almost a month longer to sell homes than last year as the market adjusts to new pricing, seller...
11 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Landlords using cash ‘to avoid failing stress tests’ on buy-to-let purchases](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-3-400x310.png)
Higher mortgage rates have meant that new buy-to-let purchases are increasingly being funded by cash rather than a mortgage, new research...
13 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Hamptons: Homes are taking longer to sell but prices are improving](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HouseForSale_400x310.png)
Last month marked the slowest February to sell a home since 2013 but prices are improving, new analysis claims. Insight from agency...
08 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![House sale gains exceed £100k for first time](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HouseForSale_400x310.png)
Homeowners who purchased a property over the past 20 years and sold in 2022 typically made a gross profit of more...
09 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Fewer buyers leaving London but levels remain above pre-pandemic period](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Flags%20%26%20Locations/London2-400x310.png)
Fewer buyers are leaving London to purchase property elsewhere, research suggests. Analysis by Hamptons has found that the share of Londoners purchasing...
28 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Major agency brand predicts 12% drop in home sales next year](/upload/images/library/HouseSold-400x310.jpg)
Hamptons is anticipating an 12% drop in property transactions across Great Britain next year as interest rate rises and the cost of...
02 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![London exodus: Record share of first-time buyers look beyond the capital](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Millennial-PayingCard-400x310.jpg)
A record share of buyers are leaving London to purchase their first home, research shows. Analysis by Hamptons found that a record...
01 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Secret sellers! Off-market sales soar due to stock shortage](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertySold-400x310.jpg)
Record numbers of homes are being sold off-market and for a premium due to the property supply shortage. Off-market sales are traditionally...
06 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Record numbers of homes are being purchased chain-free](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HomeInHands-400x310.jpg)
Record numbers of buyers are now purchasing homes chain-free research suggests. Analysis by Hamptons has found that an increase in the share...
25 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![City exodus: will the return to the office see a reversal of activity?](/upload/images/Locations/London-WestEnd-400x310.jpg)
2020 gave rise to an exodus from the city as work from home became the mandated norm for large swaths of...
11 September 2021
From: Features
![First time buyers flee London in record numbers](/img/default/eat.png)
Londoners purchased over 60,000 homes outside of the capital in the first half of 2021 - and many of those buyers...
03 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stamp duty holiday producing more house moves says agency](/img/default/eat.png)
The share of owners putting their homes on the market within five years of buying is rising again according to an...
11 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![What next for property in 2020?](/img/default/eat.png)
After a year dogged by Brexit deadlock, political turmoil, and slow growth, estate agents’ confidence in the property market hit a...
04 January 2020
From: Features
![Cash no longer King? Proportion of cash buyers hits all-time low](/img/default/eat.png)
A report from Countrywide says the proportion of homes in Great Britain bought with cash fell to a mere 28 per...
25 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Brexit backfires as it brings in flood of foreign buyers - new figures](/img/default/eat.png)
If anyone thought Brexit may allow domestic buyers a bigger share of the market, think again: no fewer than 57 per...