The Government-backed Help to Buy scheme has helped over 270,000 new home buyers since it was introduced in 2013. However, from 1st April this year, the scheme is changing. Emma Cotterill, regional sales and marketing director for Kier Living Western, explains what local buyers need to know.
Help to Buy was introduced to help new home purchasers with deposit funds. Initially open to...
They say crime doesn’t pay and this is certainly the case for the nation’s home sellers, with the vast majority of homebuyers stating they would offer below asking price for a home in an area with a high crime rate. That’s according to the latest property market research by estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk , who also revealed which pockets of the market offer the best mix of the...
Research by home buying platform, Yes Homebuyers , has revealed that the time it’s taking for first-time buyers (FTB) to save for their first home has grown by three years in some parts of the national property market.
Yes Homebuyers looked at the cost of the average FTB mortgage deposit at 15% of the current average FTB house price. Yes Homebuyers then looked at how long it was...
Experts at GoodMove provide expert insight into the remortgage process
Remortgaging is the process of changing your initial mortgage supplier and swapping to another mortgage product from a different provider, and there are many benefits for doing so.
Looking to remortgage your property, or just find out more? Below...
Accessibility is the most desired element of the future kitchen
69% want appliances with the latest technology
Nearly a quarter of Brits worked from their kitchen in 2020
New research shows that over the past year, 24% have worked in their kitchen at some point and after spending the majority of time at home, a fifth of homeowners now plan to update...
With remote working on the rise, budgeting experts, thinkmoney , have analysed the average house price of 23-city centre locations before comparing it to the nearest best-rated suburb – uncovering how much more it is to find ‘a place in the suburbs’ > https://www.thinkmoney.co.uk/blog/how-much-you-could-save-in-suburbs/
Homes in the suburbs are 9% more expensive than those in the...
Property market analysis by estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk , has revealed that residential transactions across England and Wales fell by -41% in 2020 when compared to the previous year, despite the market receiving a boost in the form of a stamp duty holiday.
The initial lockdown introduced in March of last year saw the property market ground to halt, although it’s...
The latest research by lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves , has found that pancake related street names have largely left a sweet taste in the mouth of the nation’s home sellers over the last year.
Benham and Reeves analysed sold price property records from the Land Registry, to find out how much home sellers in England and Wales have been flipping their homes for on...
The latest research by estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk , has revealed what it is about our homes that we love the most, what we would like to improve and what percentage of UK homeowners are only in it for the money.
Ahead of Valentine’s Day this Sunday, GetAgent asked UK homeowners what it is they loved most about their property.
Research by home buying platform, Yes Homebuyers , has revealed the driving factors behind those having to move home and which hurts the most, breaking up with our partner or our property.
While the end of a relationship has always been one of the main factors behind home moves, Covid has likely caused this to increase. It’s believed that searches for divorce guidance have increased...
