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There’s a new type of rental home in the UK which could transform the experience of being a renter – and the number of these homes is growing fast.

‘Build-to-Rent’ homes have been purpose built for rental and are professionally managed by dedicated operators who ...

Charles III, King of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth Realms will be crowned at a ceremony in Westminster Abbey on Saturday 6th May. This will be the 40th coronation to be held at the Abbey since 1066.

In the past two years alone there ...

The number of households in England and Wales increased by 6% between 2011 and 2021, the number in the private rented sector by close to 20%. There are now more than 5 million households in the sector.

Across all age groups the proportion of households ...

Over 60% of properties placed on the rental market are being snapped up by renters within a week of being listed, one in six letting within 3 days, according to the latest Dataloft poll of subscribers. Less than 3% of properties are currently on the ...

Since 2011, there has been a 6% rise in households and a noticeable change in their composition and size in England and Wales.

There are now 20% more households where couples are above the retirement age. This change has driven demand for more property variety ...

You batter be ready as Pancake Day takes place 47 days before Easter Sunday, 15 days under the average 62 days Rightmove report it takes to secure a buyer.

A flipping 117 million pancakes will be eaten on Shrove Tuesday alone, 92 times the number ...

In the decade up to 2021, the population of 30-somethings grew by more than 700,000 in England and Wales.

Given that the average age of a first-time buyer is 33.8 years, that’s a lot of people who might be ready to buy their first home....

This year, Chinese New Year falls on the 22nd January, beginning the Year of the Rabbit. The rabbit is one of 12 zodiac animals and it represents patience, peace and prosperity.

Since the last year of the Rabbit in 2011, average house prices in the ...

Take a look at the stats for our Stockport branch in 2022:



That's more than the Grand Canyon's average weekly visitors! 

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The festive season is in full swing, but some might have heard a few too many Christmas tunes already!

More than 1 in 5 renters would pay a premium for noise insulation, making this the third most desired feature after parking and pets.

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All 10 regions across England and Wales have registered an outperformance of prime homes (top 25% of sales) in the 12 months to end of October 2022.

This ranges from 4.8% growth in the North East to 11.1% in the South West. The average rate ...

The 2022 FIFA World Cup is well under way but football fever starts at grassroots levels in the UK, on the local playing fields scattered throughout our towns and villages.

There are more than 21,600 community playing fields in Great Britain, occupying over 54,000 hectares, ...

The lag in housing market data means that key indicators for the UK sales market are not yet fully reflecting the pressure on affordability created by higher inflation and rising interest rates.

The number of Sales Agreed and Exchanges in Q3 2021 were both higher ...

The stock of Build to Rent (BTR) homes in the UK is forecast to increase five-fold over the next 10 years from 76,800 today, to 380,000 in 2032, according to the British Property Federation (BPF).

At present, just 1.5% of rental homes are BTR but ...

As widely reported, the Chancellor's mini-budget spooked markets and resulted in the value of the pound sliding and interest rate expectations jumping up.

Swap rates are often used as an early warning of where mortgage interest rates are heading. Immediately after the mini-budget, 5-year swap ...

Although an annual price cap of £2,500 has been announced for two years, this is still a significant increase on last winter.

A gas boiler has the biggest impact on bills and buyers may look to reduce costs by choosing well-insulated homes and those which ...

With the rising cost of living dominating the headlines, we have turned our attention to the rental market and the affordability pressures facing renters. Using gross incomes of renters and achieved rents we can see how much renters are really spending on rent.

As featured ...

Our homes are still our offices. UK workers are going into the office an average of 1.5 days a week.

Hybrid working is here to stay. More than 80% of workers said their firms had adopted the hybrid model according to a survey for The ...

Proximity to local amenities is an important or very important consideration when choosing a rental home for over 75% of renters (Dataloft, Property Academy, 2021). But how are these considerations reflected in rental values ?

Taking five ‘location features’ commonly used to describe properties on ...

Friday remains the most popular day to complete on a house or start a new rental tenancy. 40% of all property sales over the past year have completed on a Friday and a quarter of new rental tenancies were started.

While this may come as ...