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29 June 2024
From: Features
![Labour and Tories may be hiding property taxes and more - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Taxes-400x310.png)
The manifestos of all major parties tell us little about their true tax and public service plans, a respected financial think...
25 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![House prices to grow by 6.3% by end of 2025](/upload/images/shutterstock_2218189005%20(1)(3).jpg)
A new house price forecast by peer-to-peer real estate investment platform, easyMoney, reveals that recent optimism in the UK property market could...
22 June 2024
From: Features
![Knight Frank revises prime central London price forecasts](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Forecast-400x310.png)
Knight Frank has revised its house price forecasts for prime central London (PCL) and now expects values to fall this year. The...
28 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Savills makes drastic U-turn on housing market forecast for 2024](/upload/images/shutterstock_2371809077.jpg)
Savills has today upgraded its five-year UK mainstream house price forecast to reflect the stronger than expected start to the year...
07 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Interest Rate Cut - Experts downplay chances for next week](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageRatesdecrease_400x310.png)
Prominent housing and mortgage experts are downplaying the chance of an interest rate cut following the Bank of England monetary policy...
03 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Three interest rate cuts and house prices to rise - Lloyds Bank](/upload/images/shutterstock_1972716101.jpg)
Lloyds Bank has issued figures showing a 28% profits plunge for the first quarter of the year - but it nonetheless...
25 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Strike secures another year of investor backing after posting 2023 loss](/upload/images/shutterstock_662011453.jpg)
Strike remained in the red in the run up to its acquisition of Purplebricks last year and has new financial backing...
16 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Better news for economy gives confidence boost to property market](/upload/images/Better%20news%20for%20economy%20gives%20confidence%20boost%20to%20property%20market(1).png)
The best news for the property sector to come from Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget statement came not from any fiscal...
20 March 2024
From: Features
![Newborns face paying £500,000 for homes when they hit first-time buyer age](/upload/images/shutterstock_451758460.jpg)
A baby born today will need to earn £95,121 to get on the property ladder, research suggests. The analysis forecasts that the...
20 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Spring Budget disappoints but OBR revises housing forecasts](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Forecast-400x310.png)
The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has almost halved its house price forecasts after another relatively quiet fiscal update for the...
07 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Bob Dylan Was Right About Changing Times!](/upload/images/Phil%20Spencer%20NEW%20image(1).png)
The times, they are indeed a-changin’. But what Dylan may not have appreciated, however, was how fast that change would be...
08 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![House prices to drop 3.6% in first quarter of 2024 – research](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePriceChange.png)
Average house prices will fall 3.6% in the first quarter of the year, according to forecasts by reallymoving.com. The research is based...
05 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Architecture and interior designer launches pre-offer advice service for prime buyers](/upload/images/shutterstock_547272463.jpg)
A new service has launched to provide buyers of prime and super-prime residential properties with an appraisal of the property’s suitability,...
02 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Analyst raises house price expectations but warns correction isn’t over](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePriceRising_400x310.png)
The UK and Europe’s “house price correction” isn’t over yet but the market will perform better than expected, a ratings agency...
26 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla: ‘We are locked in a buyers’ market’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/CoupleMakingOffer-400x310.png)
The housing sector remains locked in a buyers’ market and prices are unlikely to rise nationally this year, Zoopla claims. While some...
22 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Knight Frank: House prices will rise this year](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/1-HousePriceRising.png)
Knight Frank has revised its house price forecasts and said it now expects average values to rise this year rather than...
15 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Winkworth: ‘Why we are more optimistic about 2024'](/upload/images/shutterstock_1017959890.jpg)
Winkworth's network completed sales for the year fell by some 19% in 2023, the agency franchise brand has revealed but it...
11 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage lending to remain weak in 2024](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageCalculated.png)
Mortgage lenders are expecting a quieter year for home loans in 2024. Forecasts from banking trade body UK Finance suggest lending for...
28 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Hamptons: Lower rates will bring some buyers back to the market in 2024](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property%20Budget.jpg)
Lower interest rates and real wage growth will halt price falls next year but sales will remain lower, Hamptons has predicted Forecasts...
28 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![The Housing Market and the Election - Does It Matter Who Wins?](/upload/images/EAT%20-%20IndustryViews%20Will%20the%20election%20result%20affect%20the%20housing%20market.jpg)
The factor most likely to influence the housing market next year is entirely outside the industry’s control: the General Election. Knight Frank...
16 December 2023
From: Features
![Rightmove predicts 1% asking price drop in 2024](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePriceChange.png)
Rightmove is anticipating a 1% average drop in national asking prices by the end of next year. The latest forecasts from the...
04 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove signals move into mortgages as agency revenues rise](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageApplyNow_400x310.png)
Rightmove is expecting more money from agents this year and is also looking to grab a slice of the mortgage market. A...
28 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![OBR expects 7.6% 'peak to trough' house price dip](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MPowered%20Mortgages%20cuts%20rates%20MortgageRatesdecrease_400x310.png)
House prices will fall 7.6% 'peak to trough' by the end of 2024, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has claimed...
23 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Housing market is past ‘peak pain’ - Savills](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Housing_Market-400x310.png)
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...
08 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Phil Spencer - Take Back Housing Market Forecasting Control!](/upload/images/Phil%20Spencer.png)
It’s that time of year already: Halloween’s happened, Bonfire Night’s blown itself out, and there’s now a feast of festivities leading...
07 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Knight Frank lowers house price expectations after ‘volatile summer’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_balancing-400x310.png)
Knight Frank has revised its house price forecasts and now expects a steeper market drop. The agent previously predicted a 5% fall...
02 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
![House prices falling at fastest rate since 2009 - Halifax](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/DemandDown-400x310.jpg)
House prices have fallen at the steepest rate since 2009, Halifax data shows. The latest Halifax House Price Index for August suggests...
08 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Housing outlook remains positive, unlike England’s rugby chances](/upload/images/__thumbs/2%20Rugby%20piece%20EAT%20article%20by%20Simon%20Jackson%20SDL)%2030_08_23.jpg/2%20Rugby%20piece%20EAT%20article%20by%20Simon%20Jackson%20SDL)%2030_08_23__400x256.jpg)
If, like me, you’re an ardent England rugby fan or indeed a fan of rugby in general, you’ll be counting down...
02 September 2023
From: Features
![‘Bank of Family’ to fund record number of property purchases claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
Record numbers of homebuyers are set to get on the property ladder with the help of the “Bank of Family” this...
30 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage approval totals to fall sharply this year - forecast](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Mortgage%20approvals%20down%20MortgageApplication_400x310.png)
It won’t come as a surprise that forecasts show mortgage approvals will fall this year. But a new analysis says the drop...
10 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![OnTheMarket admits agent cancellations running higher than expected](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
OnTheMarket has admitted to shareholders that the cancellation of agent contracts has been “higher than expected”. In results from the company issued...
10 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![The Property Franchise Group posts record results for 2022](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousingMarket_400x310.png)
The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) has described its sales business as ‘operationally challenging’ for last year despite posting a record financial...
18 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Spring 2023 – what’s in and what’s out in the housing market](/upload/images/Spring%202023.jpg)
THE PROPERTY market continues to hold pretty firm - despite fears voiced by many that 2023 would herald a crash in...
15 April 2023
From: Features
![Property Natter - No dire straits…but no money for nothing, either](/upload/images/Property%20Natter.jpg)
The RICS Residential Survey Report for March caused a bit of a stir this week – despite the fact that it...
15 April 2023
From: Features
![First flush of spring sees increased buyer choice](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/NewHomeowners-400x310.png)
The start of spring has coincided with buoyant housing market forecasts. Reflecting on a first quarter of 2023 which saw buyer choice...
13 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Mini-Budget ‘hangover’ pushes property sales to record low](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310.png)
February marked the slowest month for residential transactions in almost a decade, HMRC data suggests. New HMRC transaction figures shows the taxman...
22 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Guild boss identifies housing market ‘green shoots’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Forecast-400x310.png)
Lower mortgage rates than the end of last year and slowing inflation should sustain the housing market as it enters the...
21 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Knight Frank: Better economic climate won’t stop house price declines](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Housing_Market-400x310.png)
House prices will still come under pressure despite a better-than-expected economic outlook, Knight Frank claims. New analysis from the property brand claims...
20 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Budget 2023: OBR revises house price forecasts](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePriceDrop-400x310.png)
The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has increased its expectations of a house price decline. The OBR, which keeps an eye on...
15 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Listings rise in Scotland as sellers ‘try to avoid price drops’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HouseForSale_400x310.png)
The number of properties advertised for sale in Scotland has increased by 75% in some parts of the country as vendors...
10 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Everything You Need To Know About the 2023 Housing Market](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Seasonal%20Photos/2023HappyNY-400x310.png)
New year, old worries: what’s happening in the housing market? We’ve asked experts and collated forecasts, 15 in total. On the one...
07 January 2023
From: Features
![Chestertons: Drop in sales more likely than decline in prices](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HouseMarketCrash-400x310.png)
Chestertons has released its housing market forecasts for 2023, predicting that prices will only see a “slight dip” next year before...
15 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Sales to decline by 23% in weaker mortgage market - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/ManSavingMoney_400x310.png)
The cost of living crisis and rising interest rates will lead to a decline in property transactions and mortgage lending next...
12 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![2023 - this is what’s going to happen](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Seasonal%20Photos/HappyNY-400x310.png)
Is it really just a year ago that we were nervously wondering whether yet another Christmas would be Covid-affected? Little did we...
10 December 2022
From: Features
![Agents urged to believe in the Santa property rally](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Seasonal%20Photos/ChristmasSanta-400x310.png)
There are Christmas gifts aplenty waiting for agents who maintain their focus on marketing plans throughout December, according to The ValPal...
07 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property market ‘recalibration’ is underway - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_400x310.png)
The property market is ‘recalibrating’ but should be seen in context of economic events, agents are being urged. Kris Mclean, managing director...
06 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![OBR predicts 9% house price drop](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/DemandDown-400x310.jpg)
House prices are set to fall by 9% over the next two years, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) claims. The OBR,...
17 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents facing increased AML fines ‘by accident’ - warning](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Fine-400x310.png)
Most agents are falling foul of anti-money laundering (AML) rules by accident but the sector could face more compliance-related fines by...
09 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Major agent predicts 10% house price decline next year](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/DemandDown-400x310.jpg)
House prices could fall by 10% next year as higher mortgage pricing and rising inflation dampen buyer budgets, Savills has warned. The agency...
04 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Major agency brand predicts ‘sluggish’ market ahead](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousingMarket_400x310.png)
The housing market is set to turn “sluggish” rather than experiencing a major slump, new predictions claim. Agency and property consultancy brand...
01 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - the movers, shakers and people in the news](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyJobsToday-400x310.png)
There have been plenty of new jobs being started outside of Wesminster this month. Here are some of the latest moves that...
31 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![MPs back Stamp Duty cut as Labour queries its benefits](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Labour-logo400x310.png)
A Bill to bring the Government’s Stamp Duty reductions into legislation reached its second reading in the Houses of Parliament this...
26 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Chancellor sacked as Truss U-turns on corporation tax cut](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/_Kwasi%20Kwarteng_400x310.png)
In a dramatic, fast-moving day, the Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng was sacked ahead of a press conference by Liz Truss which reversed the...
14 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Price rises of up to 5% into 2023 still possible, says property expert](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_400x310.png)
House prices in some regions of the UK could continue increasing, despite concerns over the economic downturn and forecasts of house...
10 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Lenders warn of drastic drops in mortgage options for buyers](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MortgageReview-400x310.jpg)
Lower income households and homebuyers could start seeing their mortgage options dwindle as interest rates rise and the cost of living...
09 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency stocks brush off HSBC’s warnings of housing market downturn](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket-3-400x310.jpg)
Estate agency share prices had a mixed response to dire warnings about housing demand and prices issued by HSBC last week. The...
05 September 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
![Property market aims to define a housing crash](/upload/images/library/HousePricesFall-400x310.jpg)
Property professionals and commentators have begun pondering an official definition of a house price crash. It comes amid forecasts that house prices...
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
![Agents urged to avoid becoming 'downturn deniers'](/upload/images/library/Mortgage%20advisor%20360x280.png)
Agents have been warned that they risk letting down their clients by denying the prospect of a housing market correction. Charlie Lamdin,...
24 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![House price slowdown on the horizon, claims leading property association](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UK-Houses-Row-2019-400x310.jpg)
A leading property association argues it won’t be long before we start to see house price growth slowing. According to the National...
12 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Opinion: BoE turns gloomier as base rate rises - how will the market respond?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket-5-400x310.jpg)
A property expert has warned that the Bank of England’s gloomy economic forecasts and last week’s rise in interest rates could...
09 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove ups house price forecasts due to lack of new agency stock](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UKHouses-400x310.png)
Rightmove has upped its house price forecasts for this year as new stock supply fails to keep up with demand. The portal...
18 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Major agent revises house price forecasts upwards amid slower stock recovery](/upload/images/Logos/Knight-Frank-logo400x310.png)
Knight Frank has revised its house price forecasts upwards due to continually low levels of residential stock on the market. The agent...
27 June 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
![Savills warns house price correction chatter is overstated](/upload/images/Logos/Savills-NEW-logo400x310.png)
House price growth is set to slow but talk of a correction is overstated, Savills claims. The latest house price forecasts from...
01 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Knight Frank warns property market against talking itself into recession](/upload/images/Logos/Knight-Frank-logo400x310.png)
Buyers and sellers should focus on the Bank of England’s actions rather than words when it comes to the housing market,...
16 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Interest rates and inflation won’t blow housing market off course - claim](/upload/images/library/interest-rate-warning-24715.png)
One of the country’s leading agencies says the recent and expected interest rate rises, and the surging inflation, will not blow...
22 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Interest Rates - Do They Matter Any More?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/AdobeStock_236686919.jpeg)
Here’s the odd thing about interest rates - we all care about them, but they don’t directly affect that many people...
05 February 2022
From: Features
![Mortgages to cost more as base rate increases](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UKHouses2-400x310.png)
The Bank of England has increased the base rate from 0.25 per cent to 0.5 per cent. This means a typical tracker...
03 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Good News Exclusive - Most agencies plan to expand in 2022](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MillennialAgents-2020-400x310.jpg)
Research based on questioning almost 1,000 estate agents suggests that around 70 per cent are set to expand their business this...
25 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove hit by inflation fears for the housing market](/upload/images/Logos/RightmoveNewLogo2016-400x310.jpg)
Fears that the housing market may be seriously damaged by the worsening economy led to share price falls for Rightmove and others...
19 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – my predictions for the property market in 2022](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
As this is the first Natter back since the Christmas break, I should like to first wish all our readers a...
15 January 2022
From: Features
![Mortgage borrowing set to slow after record year](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/MortgageArrears-400x310.png)
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...
15 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![It’s beginning to look a lot like a normal housing market](/upload/images/Logos/RightmoveNewLogo2016-400x310.jpg)
Data out today from Rightmove shows the predictable seasonal effect of around 0.7 per cent knocked off the typical asking price. The...
13 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Omicron throws housing market stability into doubt, agency admits](/upload/images/Logos/Knight-Frank-logo400x310.png)
A leading agency has admitted that the uncertainty over the effects of the Omicron Covid variant has thrown forecasts for the...
07 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![At least eight new offices to open in 2022, pledges franchise network](/upload/images/Logos/Winkworth-logo400x310.png)
Franchise giant Winkworth says at least eight new offices will open next year, following an upbeat performance in 2021. In a trading...
12 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Out-of-London hotspots for 2022 revealed by two major agencies](/upload/images/Seasonal%20%26%20Holidays/2022Diary-400x310.png)
Strutt & Parker has revealed where it believes the housing market will see the largest demand in 2022, outside of London. The...
10 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![U-turn on housing market forecast by government advisers](/upload/images/library/HousePricesRise-400x310.jpg)
Official forecasts suggest house prices will rise for five years at least, although at well below the rate of growth seen...
01 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Sustainability and automation – how can agents reduce their carbon footprint?](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EnvironmentallyFriendly-400x310.jpg)
We have all heard the terrible forecasts and listened to Sir David Attenborough’s speeches on the environment and the “we still...
30 October 2021
From: Features
![House prices to fall next year if market cycle continues - agency](/upload/images/Logos/KellerWilliamsUK-400x310.jpg)
An estate agency says it’s analysed the housing market’s long term cycles and forecasts that house price rises will continue -...
09 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Who needs stamp duty holiday? Prices rise again in August](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/uk-housing400x310.png)
The first house price index for August suggests they rose 2.1 per cent in just a month - despite forecasts that the...
02 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Prices to soar more than expected - despite stamp duty return](/upload/images/Locations/ScotlandFlag400x310.png)
Scotland was the first UK nation to scrap the equivalent of its stamp duty holiday, yet already the official economic monitor...
02 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stamp duty holiday over - but still big house price rises](/upload/images/Locations/WalesFlag-400x310.jpg)
House prices in Wales - where the equivalent of the stamp duty holiday has fully ended - rose to a new...
17 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agency doubles price rise prediction for 2021](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyTransaction-400x310.jpg)
High end agency Strutt & Parker is doubling its prediction for this year’s house price growth. For the UK-wide mainstream market the...
17 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![“No meaningful price growth” in prime central London, admits agency](/upload/images/library/PrimeLondonHousesArc-400x310.jpg)
Savills has revised its price forecasts for prime property market across the UK, but when it coms to prime central London...
11 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Market tectonics: will activity shift from sales to lettings?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HouseSearch-400x310-min.jpg)
The stamp duty holiday came and went with much fanfare. For many buyers it represented a rare opportunity to make some...
31 July 2021
From: Features
![2021 price rises could unwind next year - but no major correction](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket-400x310.png)
One of the leading housing market analysts says some of the extreme house price rises seen this year could unwind during...
28 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![House-Flat price gap widening as demand for larger properties soars](/img/default/eat.png)
Demand for all types of houses, from terraced to detached, has more than doubled in the current housing market - creating...
27 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Housing Market Frenzy - It’s Not Just Britain, You Know…](/img/default/eat.png)
Right now it seems that another day means another house price record, an all-time high for transactions, and a conveyancing log-jam...
12 June 2021
From: Features
![Housing boom may outlast stamp duty holiday, says Bank chief](/img/default/eat.png)
The Bank of England’s deputy governor says it’s possible that the current housing market boom may continue even after the end...
21 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Going Up! House price forecast for 2021 revised upwards by agency](/img/default/eat.png)
Another leading research team in a major agency has revised upwards its forecast for the 2021 market. Savills revised its predictions recently...
15 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Transactions and prices to boom over next five years - forecast](/img/default/eat.png)
Transactions and house price forecasts for the mainstream housing market are being revised upwards by Savills following the Budget. The new predictions follow an...
09 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Prime London bounces back - prices to soar up to a fifth by 2025](/img/default/eat.png)
Savills has upgraded its house price and transaction forecasts following the Budget - and prime London, especially the centre, is tipped to...
09 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty: new cliff edge or cause for delight?](/img/default/eat.png)
Rarely do Budgets produce positive sentiments from the agency industry but Chancellor Rishi Sunak appears to have won widespread support for...
04 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![End of stamp duty holiday leads to drop in mortgage approvals](/img/default/eat.png)
Mortgage approvals declined slightly in January as the market braces itself for the end of the stamp duty holiday - currently...
02 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Every Stamp Duty cliff-edge fall-through costs an agent over £4,000](/img/default/eat.png)
New research from Propertymark suggests a typical fall through costs an agent £4,123. The association says that if the stamp duty holiday...