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Property blockchain network Coadjute has secured a £10m investment from Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide, Natwest, and Rightmove. This is the first time...
03 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) has become the latest member of the Open Property Data Association (OPDA), committing to help speed up...
12 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Lloyds Bank is predicting a “more modest” fall in house prices during 2024. The lender had predicted in September that average prices...
23 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Lloyds Banking Group has issued a slightly more positive house price outlook despite warning of increased pressure on mortgage affordability from...
27 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Spicerhaart’s non-executive chairman John Spence has received a special achievement award after announcing his retirement from the board after more than...
12 June 2023
From: Breaking News
In simple terms, as you are probably aware, ‘lenders’ are the organisations who loan you something, in this case money to...
17 May 2023
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House prices could drop by almost 25% ‘start-to-trough’ or by as much as 40% in severe circumstances, Lloyds Banking Group has...
23 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Readers of a certain age may remember 1983. The Space Shuttle Challenger made its first flight, Neil Kinnock was elected Labour leader,...
14 January 2023
From: Features
It’s been a year since Housing Secretary Michael Gove declared that was “morally wrong” that leaseholders should pay to fix unsafe...
11 January 2023
From: Breaking News
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
Lloyds Bank has said it is focusing lending on “slightly better off customers” as it warns that house prices could fall...
28 October 2022
From: Breaking News
With reform of the home buying and selling process as crucial as it's ever been, and disrupters like Coadjute and PEXA...
22 October 2022
From: Features
More than 30 agents and property firms such as auction houses and valuers were reprimanded by HMRC for anti-money laundering breaches...
17 May 2022
From: Breaking News
Many people in recent years will have become familiar with challenger banks such as Monzo, Starling and Atom. Many will have...
14 May 2022
From: Features
Lomond Group, which says it is the UK’s fastest-growing estate agency network, has appointed Ed Phillips as its new Group Chief...
08 March 2022
From: Breaking News
Halifax has revealed the UK’s most expensive streets in 2021 - and it’s no surprise that the very dearest examples are...
22 December 2021
From: Breaking News
The chairman of the Commons housing, communities and local government committee has criticised the institutional bulk-buying of existing homes for denying...
31 August 2021
From: Breaking News
The housing market could be in for a financial boost of an unusual kind as a High Street bank plans to...
20 August 2021
From: Breaking News
Propertymark has welcomed the move by Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick to help make certain leasehold flats more attractive to would-be buyers...
27 July 2021
From: Breaking News
Boots is the latest company to dip its toe into the water of the property sector. Modular housing company ilke Homes has...
20 July 2021
From: Breaking News
The trend of buyers apparently fleeing the city to get more for their money in the country has hit the buffers...
06 November 2020
From: Breaking News
The housing market boom looks set to continue for some months yet as mortgage approvals for home purchases hit their highest...
30 October 2020
From: Breaking News
House prices rose again in August to reach a record high level according to Halifax, which is part of the Lloyds...
08 September 2020
From: Breaking News
The number of people moving home dropped by almost a third in the first half of 2020, as the global pandemic...
20 August 2020
From: Breaking News
One of the country’s highest-profile mortgage lenders, HSBC, is restricting loans on apartments from today. Only buyers of flats who have a...
17 August 2020
From: Breaking News
All my recent Natters have been focused on one particular topic, the coronavirus crisis, for obvious reasons. But there has been...
23 May 2020
From: Features
It’s been reported that the government is talking with banks and building societies about putting the housing market ‘on ice’ during the...
27 March 2020
From: Breaking News
LSL Property Services, which embarked on a significant branch closure programme last year, has reported a 16 per cent slump in...
28 January 2020
From: Breaking News
A trading statement this morning by LSL Property Services - owners of Reeds Rains, Your Move and Marsh & Parsons -...
02 December 2019
From: Breaking News
Professional client account solutions for modern letting agents Letting agents will need to come up with new ways to manage client money...
05 September 2019
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Online estate agency Housesimple has appointed a company to handle its public relations and social media as it rolls it its...
21 August 2019
From: Breaking News
LSL Property Services, parent firm of Your Move and Reeds Rains, says the company’s branch closure programme was a success with profits...
30 July 2019
From: Breaking News
It’s unlikely to bring out the violins but the number of properties sold for £1m or more in Britain rose only...
01 July 2019
From: Breaking News
The 100 per cent mortgage for first time buyers, which many people thought had disappeared for good, is now back in...
29 January 2019
From: Breaking News
The National Association of Estate Agents has met with other members of a high-level government board to look at ways of...
15 January 2019
From: Breaking News
Ilchester Place in London’s Holland Park may be the most expensive residential street in Britain - but it’s cheaper than a year...
31 December 2018
From: Breaking News
Many existing homeowners wanting to trade up now rely on financial help from family and friends to help make the jump...
03 July 2018
From: Breaking News
Location, Location, Location: it’s no coincidence the TV show seized on that title because the importance of a property’s position is...
16 June 2018
From: Features
Average first-time buyers in London spend double the amount paid by those across the rest of Britain. A typical London buyer now...
23 May 2018
From: Breaking News
New data from a private bank shows a five per cent rise in the number of £1m-plus homes sold in 2017. The...
08 May 2018
From: Breaking News
Some 45 per cent of so-called Empty Nesters - older owners whose children have left home permanently - say they are...
30 April 2018
From: Breaking News
A survey by Lloyds Bank has revealed that the average ‘first time seller’ requires very nearly £136,000 to bridge the gap...
05 March 2018
From: Breaking News
Lloyds Bank has revealed a league table of the cities which have seen the highest price growth over the past decade...
02 February 2018
From: Breaking News
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
Grosvenor Crescent, located in the heart of London’s Belgravia between Hyde Park Corner and Belgravia Square, is the most expensive residential...
28 December 2017
From: Breaking News
Some 62 per cent of current home owners feel that moving house has become more difficult over the past 10 years...
12 December 2017
From: Breaking News
The average cost of moving home in the UK has increased by £628 over the past year from £10,966 to £11,624...
15 September 2017
From: Breaking News
Whenever any research is released, part of me can’t help thinking of that old adage, ‘lies, damn lies and statistics’ especially...
02 September 2017
From: Features
Homeowners ready to take their second step up the property ladder say it's harder than getting on it in the first...
29 August 2017
From: Breaking News
The number of existing home owners moving house fell two per cent in the first six months of 2017 compared with...
23 August 2017
From: Breaking News
New research suggests the Bank of Mum and Dad is now helping so-called ‘second steppers’ - existing owners moving up the...
26 June 2017
From: Breaking News
Lots of people buy new-build due to the perceived lack of hassle with maintenance, as they are built to the latest...
28 January 2017
From: Features
There were an estimated 354,000 homemovers in 2016, a fall of 4% compared to the 367,000 recorded the previous year. Analysis by...
25 January 2017
From: Breaking News
Eaton Square, in the heart of London’s wealthy Belgravia district, has been crowned the most expensive street in England and Wales,...
30 December 2016
From: Breaking News
The average cost of moving house now is £10,996 after an alleged 26 per cent rise in typical estate agency fees...
07 November 2016
From: Breaking News
07 November 2016
From: Breaking News
Rising estate agency fees account for more almost half of the increase in average moving costs in the past year, according...
20 September 2016
From: Breaking News
No fewer than 174,000 people moved home in the first six months of 2016 - a rise of nine per cent...
15 August 2016
From: Breaking News
The jobs of 32 estate agents working at a high-end chain have been saved after the firm and its assets were sold...
31 May 2016
From: Breaking News
Some 155,000 existing home owners moved to another property in the first six months of 2015, which is about nine per cent down...
11 August 2015
From: Breaking News
A retail guru from Carphone Warehouse, a former Lloyds Banking Group chief and a human resources expert from BUPA are amongst...