Tag: Housing market

Three Million New Social Homes Needed By 2040

Green belt land could provide 4.6m new homes

21 October 2026

People shaking hands over mortgage deal

Most ‘volatile’ lending market for years as lenders revise products every 16 days on average

20 October 2026

Person handing over keys to another person

The property market may be uncertain, but preparations needn’t be

20 October 2026

For sale board outside a block of red brick flats

Sellers return to property market but buyers are much more cautious

19 October 2026

Brick layer laying bricks for a house

‘No silver bullet’: Commission calls for change to tackle housing crisis

13 October 2026

Four small white houses placed on a graph of a red line in a slight upwards trajectory

Sharp rise in exchange times as half of agents report 17 weeks or more

24 September 2026

A row of five for sale signs outside a block of flats

Rightmove finds some signs of autumn resurgence, but demand still down 9%

21 September 2026

A conveyancer hands over a house key to a client

TwentyEA reveals exchange times across the UK

21 September 2026

A row of identical for sale boards outside a block of flats

Flats depreciating and ‘complex’ conveyancing rising amid leasehold worries, analysis suggests

21 September 2026

A small wooden house, a sack with a coin on the front and a graph with a downward-pointing arrow

Properties reaching sales agreed fall 5% year-on-year, as housing market shows ‘signs of weakness’

18 September 2026

Houses on stacks of coins

UK HPI offers ‘encouraging signs’ for housing market

17 September 2026

Houses next to a for sale sign

Figures show ‘substantial increase’ in homes hitting market since schools returned

17 September 2026

An empty bungalow for sale.

More than £88 billion of property in England sitting empty long-term

15 September 2026

A sold sign in the foreground on a row of houses

Rightmove and RICS find cause for optimism in latest market reports – with caveats

10 September 2026

Housing market ‘remains resilient’ despite first price dip since 2023

8 September 2026

The signage outside the Bank of England viewed from below

Property experts call on PM for market boost as mortgage approvals fall

2 September 2026

The exterior of a Nationwide Building Society with a close-up on the sign

Housing market ‘plods on’ as Nationwide figures reveal stable price growth

2 September 2026

Two people shake hands over a desk with a small house and set of keys on it

‘Encouraging’ HMRC transaction figures offer a reason for optimism

1 September 2026

A street of semi-detached houses in autumn full of fallen leaves

‘Clear signs autumn bounce is coming’ – Zoopla

27 August 2026

Two small model houses placed on top of a graph

Propertymark insight report highlights ‘direct and rapid impact’ of global unrest

24 August 2026

A smiling young woman sits in on the floor in her house surrounded by open packing boxes

‘Half of would-be buyers rule themselves out of mortgages’ – Lloyds

21 August 2026

A seesaw is perfectly balanced with a house on one side and coins on the other

Flattening house prices no cause for concern, property experts agree

20 August 2026

A row of for sale signs outside houses on a street in London

Half of UK areas see increase in average time it takes to sell a home – Zoopla

19 August 2026

A couple look in an estate agent window

Rightmove’s figures show steep price drop, but ‘Burnham bounce’ drives increase in demand

17 August 2026

Estate agent 'for sale' sign on attractive London street

Property market ‘considerably less forgiving’ as July transactions remain steady

13 August 2026

The inscription Stamp Duty made of wooden cubes on a plain background

Stamp duty receipts ‘comfortably above pre-pandemic levels’ demonstrating market resilience – Yopa

13 August 2026

Santander and Lloyds high street bank exterior

‘Two-speed mortgage market’ sees slight dip in purchase demand but increase in remortgaging

11 August 2026

House price stability is indicative of a ‘steady housing market’ says Lloyds

10 August 2026

An older lady stands on the plant-filled balcony of a home

‘Rightsizing’ and later-life stamp duty relief ‘could add 870,000 homes to market’

10 August 2026

A graphic of a house at the end of a line of blocks with timers on them, with the line broken half way through

North-south divide leaves Londoners waiting the longest for completion

5 August 2026

The exterior sign of the Bank of England building

Increase in mortgage debt ‘doesn’t indicate underlying demand’

30 July 2026

A row of for sale signs outside houses on a street in London

Sharp summer slowdown sees sales agreed drop by 9%

30 July 2026