house buying

Buying a new home in 2023?

Questions on mortgages, conveyancing, or credit ratings answered in new home buying podcast series

In an increasingly challenging home buying market, people searching for their dream property can now access guidance from mortgage brokers, conveyancers, and house sales advisors in a newly launched podcast series hosted by Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes...

Homebuyers can save over £20k by searching for previously scuppered sales

Property purchasing specialist, HBB Solutions , has revealed that homebuyers can save as much as £21,000 when scouring the current market, by focussing their search on homes that have been relisted for sale, after their initial sale collapsed.

HBB Solutions analysed current market data looking at the level of...

The latest property industry insight from YourBusinessNumber suggests that while digital continues to dominate the way we purchase properties, homebuyers still find value in some traditional methods.

Technology has transformed the way we buy and sell properties with the advent of the property portal perhaps the biggest change in recent times.

In fact, when surveying over 1,...

Monday 20th June Rightmove House Price Index - Industry reaction The latest index shows that: -

• Price of property coming to market hits a fifth consecutive record of £368,614, albeit only up by a modest 0.3% in the month (+£1,113), as the pace of price growth slows
• Affordability constraints, a better balance between supply and demand, and usual seasonal price drops will
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New research among more than 2,000 UK adults has revealed how many people are planning to buy a new home or property investment in 2022:

• 18% of UK adults intend to buy a property this year – rising to 34% among 18–34-year-olds
  • 14% of renters plan to buy their first home in 2022
  • 14% of existing homeowners plan to move property, while 6% plan to purchase an additional
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Where are the most romantic streets in the UK?

OnlineMortgageAdvisor.co.uk can reveal that there are 705 streets with a romantic name in the UK. The most romantic region is the South East of England where you can find a whopping 115 streets containing a love-related term in their name.

In second place is the East of England with 109 romantic streets , followed by Yorkshire and the...

The top 10 cities to ‘flip’ a house in the UK revealed

• New report names Manchester as the best place to ‘flip’ a house for profit
• Renovators in Liverpool are adding the most value with +£20,000 on average
• Seven of the top 10 cities are in Northern England or Scotland

A new report has named Manchester as the best place to ‘flip’ a house by analysing...

Wandsworth most active area of prime London market for homebuyer activity at £1m and above

The latest research by central London estate agency, Bective , has found that the borough of Wandsworth sits top as London’s prime property hotspot over the last year, accounting for the highest level of £1m property market transactions.

Bective analysed sold price data across the London market...

The latest research by Birmingham estate and lettings agent, Barrows and Forrester , reveals where homebuyers can cash in on the biggest asking price reductions in an otherwise red hot housing market.

Barrows and Forrester analysed current property listings for homes that have seen an asking price reduction to highlight which regions currently offer the biggest discount.

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The latest research from Warwick Estates has revealed which regions of the property market in England and Wales are currently the leasehold homebuyer hotspots.

Warwick Estates analysed price paid data from the Land Registry over the last 12 months to see where the most leasehold homes are selling.

The figures show that across England and Wales, 651,488 homes have sold in the...