Estate agents are charging movers fees of 1.4% on average to sell their homes, new research claims. An article by consumer watchdog...
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![Agents’ fees fall but cost of moving home has soared this year](/upload/images/library/MovingHome-Keys-400x310.jpg)
The average cost of buying and selling a home in England this year has soared from £6,877 before the end of...
27 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Conveyancing and mortgage fees blamed for extra moving costs](/img/default/eat.png)
A survey says many people under-estimate the costs of moving with conveyancing and mortgage fees often higher than expected. Some 54 per cent of...
06 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Demand for stamp duty holiday to reignite housing market](/img/default/eat.png)
Rightmove and Knight Frank are today both calling for a series of government incentives to kick-start the market after the Coronavirus...
20 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Huge slump in new sellers as Brexit and Election kill off the market](/img/default/eat.png)
Rightmove is this morning reporting a huge fall in the number of new sellers coming to the market - a drop...
18 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Should equity release be taxed to encourage down-sizing?](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s little doubt that downsizing is less of a factor in the housing market than it used to be - so...
25 August 2018
From: Features
![Stark warning that estate agencies could close in next 12 months](/img/default/eat.png)
A partner at Carter Jonas says that the next 12 months could see stagnation in the market and as a result...
26 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Anger over Chancellor ignoring industry's pleas on stamp duty](/img/default/eat.png)
The industry has reacted angrily to the Chancellor declining to change stamp duty despite pleas from agents and suppliers ahead of the Autumn...
24 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![High-end market 'toxic' thanks to stubborn sellers, foreign buyers, SDLT](/img/default/eat.png)
Estate agency Carter Jonas has made critical comments about the high-end housing market, suggesting a combination of factors have created “a toxic landscape”. Rory...