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The August sentiment survey by Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) gauging the mood of agents, showed improvement in the lettings market. Tenant demand has continued to increase and short-term rental growth is expected.

Tenant demand has continued to rise sharply following a large decline ...

The UK’s top ten mortgage lenders lent a staggering £220.7 billion in 2019, increasing their market share to 82.4%, up from 80.4% in 2018.

The top ten lenders retained the ranking they held in 2018, Lloyds Bank the largest lender followed by Nationwide and NatWest....

The July Sentiment Survey by Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, gauging the mood of agents, showed a significant pick-up in the housing market.

The stamp duty holiday has increased demand in July, agents report a significant increase in new buyer enquiries and new instructions. Agreed ...

The stamp duty holiday has led to a 14% surge in calls and emails to agents. Properties priced between £400–£500k have seen the biggest increase in interest, 49%. In 2019 they only represented 8% of sales, therefore we may see a shift in the distribution ...

The June Housing Market Survey by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors showed a marked improvement in enquiries, agreed sales and instructions even before the stamp duty holiday announcement.

Meanwhile, the Office for Budget Responsibility has published revised forecasts. Their central scenario estimates 750,000 homes ...

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HMRC estimated 46,230 sales in May, 25% higher than April. With plenty of pre-lockdown sales still to complete and Dataloft Demand Index reporting a huge surge of consumer interest in the housing market, the total could rise by 60% in June.

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The May Sentiment Survey by Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) gauging the mood of agents, showed improvement in overall sentiment, mirroring the Dataloft Demand Index.

The sales market measured by new instructions, new buyer enquiries and newly agreed sales, shows improved sentiment in May ...

There has been a huge surge of consumer interest in the housing market since May 13th, according to the Dataloft Demand Index.

In the week that lockdown was lifted, the Index climbed by 30%. By the end of May, it was 71% higher than a ...

The mood amongst agents was subdued in the week before the market re-opened, according to the RICS sentiment survey. This is not surprising since 80% of agents had experienced buyers and sellers pulling out of transactions due to Covid-19.



With lockdown just lifted, it's too ...

Covid-19 has meant many people have had to work from home. Only 19% of office workers want to spend the majority of their time working from home and normally only 1.7 million people do.



Survey results revealed the top 10 things people miss most about ...

This week Zoopla revealed that 373,000 home sales across the country, agreed before lockdown, are currently on hold. We have used this to create a scenario for transaction rates over the rest of 2020.

Making assumptions for fall throughs and also the number of newly ...

During unprecedented times we are being ever more inventive with the ways we use our living space.

For the 9.9 million people in the UK who are members of health and fitness clubs, our homes are now sports venues as we transform our living space ...

• A cracking 1,600 property sales have taken place on Easter related addresses across England and Wales over the past 12 months. At just over £600 million, their total sales value is just over one third of the egg-stimated £1.7 billion the UK spent on Easter ...

• Sunday 22nd March marks Mother's Day in the UK. A survey by GlobalData estimated £1.6 billion was spent celebrating this day in 2019, that's the equivalent to just over 6,800 average-priced homes.
• At current prices, £1.6 billion purchases over 8,400 terraced or 4,400 detached properties. ...

We’ve all rented a property at some point in our lives and in the current housing market, more and more people are renting. The cost of rent differs from area to area but according to Statista.com, the average UK rent is £967pm or £11,604pa. Therefore, ...

• Momentum is building across the UK housing market as spring approaches. The ONS (Office for National Statistics) report average property prices are rising in every region of the UK for the first time in nearly two years.
• Property price growth is currently strongest across Yorkshire ...

As we enter a new decade it’s now time to pack up the decorations, put the tree away and finish off eating all those Christmas treats. Christmas is over and 2020 is now here! If you’re planning to sell your property in the New Year, ...

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There is a lot of changes taking place in Stockport right now, but this doesn’t mean the evolution of the town looks like slowing down. There are proposals for the ‘Stockport Walk Cycle’, which is part of the Bee Network, which could further transform the ...