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London’s ultra-prime housing market for multi-millionaire and billionaire buyers rose by 10% in unit sales and 25% by value of property...

Home sales and house prices may have struggled in 2023 but more affluent buyers and sellers may not have noticed. Analysis by...

Average house prices fell annually for the second consecutive month during October, Land Registry figures show. The data may only reflect activity...

Higher mortgage rates have meant that new buy-to-let purchases are increasingly being funded by cash rather than a mortgage, new research...

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

Cybersecurity and cryptocurrencies have been identified among the main risks facing conveyancers. The latest Risk Agenda report from the Council for Licensed...

Lenders’ umbrella group UK Finance has given its housing and mortgage market forecasts for 2022 and 2023 together, plus a year-end report for 2021. It estimates...

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...

A government minister has made a pointed jibe at estate agents who appear not to regard cash purchases of high-value properties...

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

Investment consultancy London Central Portfolio has launched a new index which it claims uses “the most comprehensive data available” to assess...

One one in every 300 property purchases by overseas buyers trigger a so-called ‘red flag’ with the National Crime Agency -...

Cash is becoming an increasingly large proportion of the funding used to buy homes according to a new analysis of transactions...

The rapid growth in popularity of buy-to-let in recent years, fuelled in part by the failings of the pensions industry, has...

Buy to let investors and second home owners were behind three in five property purchases made in prime London during the...