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![North East home sales least affected by market slowdown - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HouseForSale_400x310.png)
Homebuyer appetite has abruptly fallen across all regions this year, new data suggests. Property purchasing specialist the House Buyer Bureau measured transactions...
15 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Fall-throughs are starting to rise – warning](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3-MortgageRates1.png)
The number of property transactions estimated to have collapsed across the UK market has started to climb after two quarters in...
27 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Revealed! The best areas for sellers to find a chain-free buyer](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Almost a third of homes sold across Britain have been purchased by a cash buyer, new research shows. Analysis of the latest...
14 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Sellers admit to ‘hiding’ property problems from buyers](/upload/images/shutterstock_246221122.jpg)
A large proportion of sellers have admitted to hiding problematic parts of their property from potential buyers. A survey of more than...
16 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Sellers risk losing home sales due to nightmare neighbours – research](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HouseForSale_400x310.png)
The majority of buyers would offer less for a property or even pull-out of a transaction if they discovered a nightmare...
02 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Housing affordability ratio more than doubles since 1970s – research](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
New research aims to address the age-old debate of which generation has it worse when it comes to housing affordability. Quick-buy firm...
05 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency stock surges amid ‘stagnant market’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BTR%20and%20affordable%20housing%20-%20By%20Andy%20Jones%20Property%20Investor%20Today%20BuildToRent-400x310.png)
Sale stock levels have surged by 15% since the start of the year due to the ‘stagnant market,’ research claims. Quick-buy firm...
28 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Level of fall-throughs decline - but for how long?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
Fall-throughs are at their lowest quarterly level since the start of 2019, new data suggests. Analysis by House Buyer Bureau has found...
23 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Fewer sales are collapsing – but for how long?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/CoupleMakingOffer-400x310.png)
The number of fall-throughs declined during the final three months of 2022 but this trend may not last, new data suggests. Analysis...
11 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Third of home-sellers being gazundered - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/CoupleMakingOffer-400x310.png)
Almost a third of UK home sellers are being gazundered by their buyers, many of whom are seeing their potential buyer...
24 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Sellers are slashing asking prices by up to 20% - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePriceDrop-400x310.png)
Vendors are cutting asking prices by as much as 20% on average to secure a sale, new research claims. Quick-buy firm House...
08 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Increase in quick-sale vendors hitting the market](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HouseForSale_400x310.png)
The number of home sellers looking to sell their home quickly in the current market has increased by 12%, new research...
25 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Property sales fall-throughs hit five-year high](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HouseMarketConfusion-400x310.png)
The number of fall-throughs hit a five-year high during the third quarter of 2022, research suggests. Analysis of TwentyCi fall through data...
05 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Property sales down by a quarter as market ‘grinds to a halt’ - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RightToRent1-400x310.png)
The level of property sales fell by a quarter in the first half of this year in what is being described...
09 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Fall-throughs on the rise as mortgage costs spiral - warning](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Acquisition-400x310.png)
The number of property sales falling through has increased for the first time since the height of the pandemic market boom...
03 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![‘Slow to sell properties’ command discounts of up to 17% - research](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Balance-400x310.jpg)
Properties that are slow to sell are typically commanding a discount of up to 17% off England’s average house price, research...
12 September 2022
From: Breaking News
01 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Vendors may pull listings if house prices drop - warning](/upload/images/library/House-MagnifyingGlass-1-400x310.jpg)
Inflation remains a bigger concern to homeowners than house prices but potential vendors may get sensitive if prices drop, research suggests. A...
25 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Relisted homes coming back up to £21,000 cheaper – claim](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/GenerateRevenueImage-400x310.jpg)
Homes that agents are putting back on the market after a fall-through are being relisted for as much as £21,000 cheaper,...
02 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Fall-throughs predicted to drop but costs may rise](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyTransactionsConcept-400x310.jpg)
Estate agents and sellers could be set to benefit from fewer fall-throughs this year but the costs of a collapsed sale...
08 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents reveal most common culprit when it comes to fall-throughs](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/LandlordStressed-400x310.png)
Buyer issues have been cited as the main cause of fall-throughs, according to new research. A survey of more than 940 agents,...
31 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![One in 30 homes are being downvalued by lenders - claim](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MortgageApplicationForm-400x310.png)
Mortgage brokers have warned that an increase in downvaluations is starting to hit the property market. Lenders and their valuers are cutting...
03 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Qué? It is quicker to learn a language than to sell a house - claim](/upload/images/library/ParisFrance-400x310-min.jpeg)
The typical time taken to sell a property has got so long that people could learn a language before a transaction...
07 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Gazumping: Public have had enough and want it made illegal](/upload/images/library/Gazumping-400x310.png)
The overwhelming majority of buyers want the gazumping to be made illegal, a poll shows. Some 89 per cent think it’s wrong...
28 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![The presents agents need for Christmas to improve their business in 2022](/upload/images/Today%20Site%20Images/Xmas%2C%20Easter%2C%20Halloween/ChristmasScene-400x310.jpg)
With 2022 swiftly approaching, businesses in the property industry are likely to be reflecting on the trials and tribulations that have...
04 December 2021
From: Features
![Be open to new ideas to stop fall-throughs, agents urged](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket2020-400x310.jpg)
Agents are being urged to be more open to new methods of stopping deals falling through. HBB Solutions - a part exchange...
18 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Autumn Budget: will Sunak’s pledges create opportunities for agents in the new-build sector?](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/RishiSunak-400x310.jpg)
At first glance, Rishi Sunak’s Budget speech earlier this week didn’t offer much from a property perspective. But digging down a little...
30 October 2021
From: Features
![Part exchange – why agents should be including it as part of their pitch to developers](/upload/images/library/HandingOverKeys-1-400x310.jpg)
It’s certainly the case that awareness of part exchange isn’t very high in the property and agency world, despite the potential...
22 September 2021
From: Features
![Agents urged to diversify by linking with retirement developers](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/RetirementLiving-1-400x310.jpg)
Estate agents are being urged to future-proof and diversify by linking with retirement developers via part-exchange services. Property investment service HBB Solutions...
08 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Fall-through rate “supercharged by stamp duty deadline” - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
The already-high fall-through rate for transactions is likely to be supercharged by the impending end of the tapered stamp duty holiday...
28 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![We could see more chains breaking down – why agents need a plan B](/img/default/eat.png)
By any measure, the housing market has been unprecedently busy in recent months, fuelled not just by the stamp duty holiday...
03 July 2021
From: Features
![Prepare for surge in stamp duty sales collapsing - warning](/img/default/eat.png)
Agents should prepare for a surge in fall throughs and collapsed sales thanks to the first stamp duty holiday period expiring...