Last week the Government published new housing data which has largely gone unreported. The vacuum was probably linked to the Budget, and...
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15 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Will housing be a major battleground in the 2024 general election?](/upload/images/2%20--%20Proofed%20--%20Weekend%20feature%20-%20Will%20housing%20be%20a%20major%20battleground%20in%20the%202024%20general%20election%20-%20Christopher%20Roberts%20(Boyer).png)
After months of negative messaging and anti-development sentiment, espoused both nationally by the Government, and locally during May’s local election campaigning,...
13 January 2024
From: Features
![Northern cities are UK property hotspots, says new report](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/A%20surveyor's%20guide%20to%20finding%20a%20profitable%20HMO.jpg)
The cities of Liverpool, Nottingham and Manchester have enjoyed the biggest house price rises since pre-Covid. Despite interest rates at a 13-year...
06 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Will housing be a major battleground in the 2024 general election?](/upload/images/__thumbs/4%20From%20Penny%20Norton%20-%20Will%20housing%20be%20a%20major%20battleground%20in%20the%202024%20general%20election%20by%20Christoper%20Roberts%2C%20Associate%20Director%2C%20Boyer.jpg/4%20From%20Penny%20Norton%20-%20Will%20housing%20be%20a%20major%20battleground%20in%20the%202024%20general%20election%20by%20Christoper%20Roberts%2C%20Associate%20Director%2C%20Boyer__400x266.jpg)
After months of negative messaging and anti-development sentiment, espoused both nationally by the Government, and locally during recent local election campaigning,...
19 August 2023
From: Features
![New data questions significance of the ‘race for space’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousingMarket_400x310.png)
The ‘race for space’ may not have been as significant a contest as first thought, new data suggests. Figures from property data...
15 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![‘Largest monthly drop since 2008’- Halifax highlights slowing market](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePriceDrop-400x310.png)
Average house prices fell by their largest level since October 2008 last month, Halifax data shows. It is the latest sign of...
08 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![First-time buyer asking prices and rents rise three times faster than pre-pandemic](/upload/images/Logos/RightmoveNewLogo2016-400x310.jpg)
Asking prices for typical first-time buyer homes and equivalent rents have risen three times faster compared with the pre-pandemic years, Rightmove...
25 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Is it time to reform the tax we all love to hate?](/upload/images/library/StampDuty1-400x310.jpg)
As we slide into Christmas, with the busiest levels of house buying since 2006 and activity still buoyant, I don’t think...
22 December 2021
From: Features
![Second homes and Airbnb-style short lets blamed in new affordability report](/upload/images/Logos/airbnb-logo400x310.png)
A government report suggests that house prices are rising at three times the national rate in some rural and coastal areas...
29 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Could you market a property based on its quirky postcode?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket-400x310.jpg)
Forget en-suites and garden rooms, could you boost viewings with the postcode of a property? Research by comparison website Money.co.uk has identified...
21 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Over 18% house price rise in one part of UK - government data](/upload/images/library/HousingMarket-7-400x310.jpg)
Average house prices increased by 13.2 per cent over the year to June - the highest annual growth rate since November...
19 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Numbers moving 'at highest level since 2007' - except in London](/img/default/eat.png)
The number of owners selling up and moving home is at its highest level since 2007 with one exception - London. The...
17 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Eastern promise! Focus on Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire](/img/default/eat.png)
The East Midlands, which consists of several areas including Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, and much of Lincolnshire, has an ancient...
11 February 2017
From: Features
![Prices still rising according to government's final ONS housing index](/img/default/eat.png)
House prices across the UK increased by 9.0 per cent in the year to March, showing a significant rise from the 7.6...
18 May 2016
From: Breaking News
17 February 2016
From: Breaking News
![Interest rate rise delay would unleash major house price surge](/img/default/eat.png)
A leading bank is forecasting that if interest rates do not rise next year - as some experts predict - then...
08 December 2015
From: Breaking News
![Third sign in one week that housing market is strengthening](/img/default/eat.png)
First came a Bank of England prediction that the market will strengthen in the autumn; then lenders reported a surge in...
01 October 2015
From: Breaking News
![Let's not stand back and blame the market for inactivity](/img/default/eat.png)
Despite seeing the word in many industry pieces, using ‘crisis’ to describe anything related to the UK housing market at present...