Category: Property Market

A sign outside a house with the words 'sold stc'

Completions down 22% – but ‘momentum continues to build’ in property market

29 August 2025

A 'for sale' sign outside a house with a 'price reduced' sign added to it

Demand is high in buyers’ market, with one in 10 homes reduced – Zoopla

28 August 2025

Johan Svanstrom

Rightmove CEO urges government to ‘carefully consider’ property tax changes amid doubts over financial benefits

26 August 2025

A happy couple are handed a set of house keys by a woman in a suit sitting at the other side of a desk

‘Confidence is returning’ as house prices rise 1.4% in June – reaction to ONS house price index

21 August 2025

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Homeowners increasingly prioritising refinancing over moving

19 August 2025

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‘Stable demand bodes well for coming months’ – Rightmove

18 August 2025

High demand will see residential transactions reach 1.18m this year – TwentyEA

18 August 2025

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RICS survey paints gloomy picture at odds with recent sector optimism

15 August 2025

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Falling mortgage arrears ‘reflect market resilience’ – UK Finance

15 August 2025

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Borrowers increasingly favour short-term mortgage deals over long-term stability

13 August 2025

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Mortgage arrears down in ‘promising sign’ affordability pressures are easing

12 August 2025

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Bank of England rate cut is ‘the shot in the arm the property sector has been waiting for’

11 August 2025

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House prices rise 0.4% and ‘affordability is gradually improving’ – Halifax

11 August 2025

Six people look at properties in an estate agent's window

Property market ‘strongest it’s been since 2022’

11 August 2025

A hand holds a glass jar marked 'savings', which has been tipped upside down to empty a few coins onto a table

Research from high street banks highlights struggle to get on the property ladder

7 August 2025

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Transaction times edging back up towards 2022 peak

6 August 2025

Detached houses being built in Wales

NHBC reports ‘modest growth’ in new home registrations

5 August 2025

A man holds his hands around a small wooden house, protecting it from being knocked over by dominoes

Resilience remains the buzzword as Nationwide reveals modest house price increase

4 August 2025

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A 13% increase in HMRC transaction data signals ‘improved buyer confidence’

1 August 2025

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Steep rise in older borrowers taking out 35-year mortgages

1 August 2025

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Property searches cool in July, but mid-priced homes in demand

31 July 2025

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Increase in net mortgage borrowing welcomed with cautious optimism by property industry

30 July 2025

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Average house price ‘has increased 5.3 times more than salaries in a year’

30 July 2025

A busy high street full of shopers on a summer day in Kingston-upon-Thames

‘High street resurgence’ as retail demand jumps 35%, with office sector up 65%

30 July 2025

Toy houses in a shopping trolley with sunlit greenery in the background

Surge in demand defies typical summer slowdown and ‘reinforces buyers market’

29 July 2025

Close up of an estate agent and client sitting at a desk looking at paperwork

Consumers call for regulation as fifth of buyers say viewings were conditional on using estate agent brokers

28 July 2025

Daniel Austin

How to stabilise the property market: an open letter to Rachel Reeves

25 July 2025

A magnifying glass is placed over three small toy houses sitting on piles of coins

Rise in mortgage searches ‘points to strong market’

23 July 2025

A row of for sale signs outside a block of flats

Number of potential homebuyers up 6% in ‘high competition’ market

22 July 2025

HMLR Annual Report and Accounts

HMLR beat March 25 deadline for 95% submission turnaround within 12 months

21 July 2025

A close-up of a desk which has a small wooden house on it, with one person holding out a calculator and the other signing a piece of paper

Affordability remains barrier to growth in active property market

21 July 2025

Merthyr Tydfil

1m homes see value surge by more than 50%

18 July 2025