Over 75,000 homeowners to leave London this year
However, the number of first-time buyers leaving London remains high. Over the past decade, the proportion of Londoners buying their...
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The impoverished town where one in four are on housing benefits
“It would have worked out a lot cheaper to have acquired or built the properties and charged a much lower...
What’s really going on in the property market? Four trends to look out for
Navigating these challenges isn’t easy. With that in mind, these are the four key trends I’m advising buyers to be...
How Labour’s energy blitz could knock £40,000 off your home
Power lines and pylons can reduce the value of nearby homes by an average of £12,000, according to research from...
HSBC launches lowest mortgage rate on market as 3.5pc loans edge closer
Earlier this month, the central bank reduced its headline Bank Rate by 0.25 percentage points to 5pc. With this month’s...
Estate agents share their worst house selling mistakes – so you can avoid them
Liam Gretton runs Liam Gretton Estate Agents in the Wirral, but thought he was making a sensible decision using someone...
How a tiny Derbyshire village became the UK’s unlikeliest property hotspot
“But if you are coming from London it doesn’t seem like that much,” says Jake Brooks, of Hunter French estate...
Hundreds of taxpayer-backed flats in Andy Burnham’s Manchester sold to Chinese landlords
According to property marketing materials, Renaker has teamed up with estate agents in Hong Kong to attract overseas investors to...
The flood-prone village braced for Labour’s ‘major city’ plans
Villagers are no strangers to having their gardens filled with sewage during spells of wet weather, with portable toilets previously...
Rent controls drive up prices for tenants as Khan pushes for new powers
In New York, rent controls apply only to large landlords, with more than six properties, rather than more casual landlords...
