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Prime buying agency Black Brick has seen cash buyers double this year. Data from the buying agent shows 66% of clients have...

This year has seen an ongoing cost-of-living crisis, fluctuating mortgage rates, rising rents, and the threat of falling property prices. Although average...

By Kevin Shaw, National Sales, Managing Director, Leaders Romans Group This year has seen an ongoing cost-of-living crisis, fluctuating mortgage rates, rising...

The UK’s housing market is past ‘peak pain’ and looks set to bottom out in mid-2024, according to Savills. The agency giant’s...

Agents are securing sales closer to asking price but properties are taking longer to sell, new data suggests. Analysis by Hamptons, using...

Almost a third of homes sold across Britain have been purchased by a cash buyer, new research shows. Analysis of the latest...

Despite a 15-year peak in interest rates, one of Glasgow’s leading estate agents, Corum, has reported a 10% surge in viewings...

Agents insist the market is still moving – albeit among cash buyers – after HMRC data shows another dip in sales activity. HMRC’s...

Cash purchasers, younger needs-based buyers and relocators are the driving force behind the current prime UK property market, according to research...

Price sensitivity and a flight to quality is dominating prime London markets, research suggest. Analysis of second quarter property market activity by...

The flat market in prime central London (PCL) is undergoing a resurgence, a buying agent claims. Residential and investment buying agency London...

Over the last few years, the property industry has been focusing on the need to provide more information to buyers ‘up...

Cash buyers are securing properties 6% below the average UK house price. Research by national agent Jackson-Stops has revealed the regions where...

Energy efficiency will become key considerations for buyers next year while those with cash will be preferred purchasers, Jackson-Stops has predicted. The...

Over the later part of 2022, we have experienced unprecedented economic and political turmoil, which will remain as we head into...

As economic signs increasingly point to a contraction in the property market, competition for new business will inevitably heat up. But...

Buyers are facing hesitant sellers and a continuing shortage of properties, Chestertons claims. The agency reported that the number of property viewings...

Property professionals heralded the end of the low interest era yesterday after the latest Bank of England base rate hike. The Bank...

House prices could fall by 10% next year as higher mortgage pricing and rising inflation dampen buyer budgets, Savills has warned. The agency...

Mortgage rate hikes have already halved landlord profits according to latest research, and a base rate rise to 2.5% will see...

The housing market is set to turn “sluggish” rather than experiencing a major slump, new predictions claim. Agency and property consultancy brand...

The latest research from property consultancy Knight Frank has set out which areas of the UK have the largest proportion of...

Knight Frank expects prices to fall by 3% next year in Prime Central London (PCL) before rising modestly in the years...

Sellers are willing to cut their asking price expectations by as much as £150,000 to attract a cash buyer for a...

As inflation passes the 10% mark, it’s no surprise that many landlords are hurriedly reviewing the health of their buy-to-let portfolio. You...

With so many benefits including lower fall-through rates and quicker sales, it is no surprise that selling a property via auction...

Cash buyers may no longer be king in the property market. The level of demand and lack of supply in the current...

A third of first-time buyers have had to reduce their budgets as a result of recent interest rate hikes and the...

In a new column, solicitor Colum Smith, an expert in combating fraud at Taylor Rose MW Solicitors, explains why those looking...

Scotland and the south west of England have been identified as cash buyer hotspots. Analysis by Barrows and Forrester, found 27 per...

Independent agents come in all shapes, sizes and looks, many with their own USPs and little quirks. It is this variety...

A first-time-buyer couple in a part of the country renowned for its second homes and shortage of stock has praised a...

A prominent London agency says cash buyers are securing substantial discounts in prime areas of the capital. The biggest cash discount currently...

Purplebricks recently launched a meditation service to help buyers and sellers manage stress. You might disagree with the idea, but moving...

A property developer has set up an estate agency that charges no commission to sellers but instead levies a non-refundable reservation...

One of prime central London’s most respected estate agencies is warning that it could take until spring 2021 for the luxury...

A new study suggests cash buyers secure lower sale prices than mortgaged purchasers - but is that really the case? The survey by...

A report from Countrywide says the proportion of homes in Great Britain bought with cash fell to a mere 28 per...

Cash buyers have fallen in 90 per cent of major UK cities over the past three years according to a Zoopla...

First time buyers will constitute the largest single group of purchasers in 2019, despite the apparent difficulties of deposits and securing...

The number of cash buyers in London has recently plummeted by very nearly a fifth - and every other part of...

As many as one transaction in three is now undertaken by a so-called Last Time Buyer - twice as many as...

The Money Laundering Regulations require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation to...

The first set of figures for the year from HMRC show that there were 0.8 per cent more residential property transactions...

The number of movers has declined by around 50 per cent since the halcyon days of 2006, before the global financial...

Savills has issued its forecast for the housing market for the next five years, and while it highlights some bright spots...

Cash used to be king in the housing market but new figures released today show that in the first half of...

If you’re an estate agent and have a property that is difficult to sell or the homeowner simply needs a fast...

Research from the Nationwide suggests that the share of cash transactions has declined over the past 18 months, at least partly...

While there is a distinct market for flats held on particularly short leases, there is a middle ground where flat owners...

Savills has given a pessimistic outlook for the mainstream housing market for the next five years.  It says average house prices across...

The buying agency Black Brick says 38 per cent of its transactions the first half of the year were off market...