Buying

New build boom

New build house prices boom, out performing the regular market across the UK

The latest research from new build snagging company, HouseScan , has revealed where new build homebuyers have enjoyed the largest return on their investment in the last five years, as the strongest pockets of the new build market see prices boom by as much as 48%.

HouseScan analysed new build house price growth across the sector and found that with a current average of £302,927, new...

Rent or Buy

More people now renting vs a decade ago

The proportion of the population relying on the rental market in England has grown by as much as 5% in the last decade, according to the latest research by (BtR) specialists, Ascend Properties .

Ascend Properties analysed government data on dwellings stock across England looking at what percentage of the population are residing within the rental sector compared to the housing market...

New Houses

Three and four-bedroom homes available at Redrow’s Saxon Brook development in Exeter

National housebuilder Redrow Homes has a selection of three-bedroom and four-bedroom house types available at its Saxon Brook Development in Pinhoe, Exeter.

Plot 187 is a three-bedroom Warwick, which is priced at, £348,995, meaning it is eligible for the new Government backed help to buy scheme. This scheme enables first time buyers to purchase a brand-new home sooner, requiring a...

South of France

Côte d'Azur and Monaco currently commanding the highest price in the prime global property market

Research by the world's leading high-net-worth mortgage broker, Enness Global , has looked at the current cost of purchasing in the global prime market, across the world’s most sought after property playgrounds of the super-wealthy.

Enness analysed data from over 35,000 current property listings at £3m and above to reveal the average cost of a property purchase in 17 of the go-to...

Interior Design

What soap star homes REALLY say about them as interior experts rate their style

Interior experts have scoured the homes of some of our favourite characters in EastEnders, Emmerdale and Coronation Street to reveal what their style says about them.

At the end of 2020, data showed that asking prices in the UK were up 6.6%* compared to 2019, so with this in mind, designers have given their tips on what they’d do differently to improve the value.

Susan...

Most Impulsive Lockdown Buys Revealed

With recent ONS data showing the average disposable income in the UK increased by £700 per household compared to 2019, Share to Buy analyses how much the average Brit spending habits have changed over the multiple and the top most impulsive splurges of 2020.

According to Barclays, Brits spent a total of £40.6 billion on dispensable items to make their time at home more enjoyable...

Homebuyer Survey Reveals SDLT Holiday Is NOT Driving The Majority of Recent Market Activity

“Those who are feigning hysterics that everything in their pipeline will fall-through on April 1st are being swept along by media hyperbole,” says Russell Quirk.

The majority of UK home buyers in 2021 are not being motivated by the Stamp Duty Holiday, despite the narrative currently being told throughout papers and news channels.

According to exclusive market...

Scotland is currently the home selling discount hotspot of the UK

The regions offering homebuyers the biggest savings via a reduced property purchase

The latest research by GetAgent.co.uk has revealed which regions of the UK are home to the biggest reductions in the value of properties currently on the market.

GetAgent crunched data analysing property listings across the major property portals to find where home sellers were reducing their property price by the largest margin and where provided home buyers with the most...