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Liverpool has become the hotspot for property investors and homebuyers alike, with property price growth over the last year higher in...
04 May 2022
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They’re two words that can make any property owner panic – Japanese knotweed. The invasive plant can cause significant issues for...
15 April 2022
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If previous auction roundups haven’t done much to convince you that property auctions are the most lucrative route, then perhaps this...
11 March 2022
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In the second instalment of our International Women’s Day 2022 series, PIT takes a closer look at a new study that uncovers...
09 March 2022
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Russian residential property purchases contributed an estimated £190 million in market value and £13.2 million in stamp duty tax last year,...
07 March 2022
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This mini development roundup sees homebuilder Placemakers putting sustainability and profitability at the fore of its new scheme in Beulah Hill,...
02 March 2022
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A zero-tolerance policy response to Covid-19, declining property prices, and a flexible and accommodative central bank all set China apart from...
31 January 2022
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As we begin 2022, Andrea Fawell, sales and marketing director of property developers Kebbell, gives a very honest account of the market factors that are...
05 January 2022
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Homebuyer demand in the UK remained robust for much of Q4 2021, sitting at an average of 65.6%, up by 0.9%...
05 January 2022
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During the summer, the New Homes Quality Board (NHQB) – the new independent body for overseeing the quality of the customer...
24 December 2021
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Despite the rollercoaster of 2021, the Scottish property market has had a stronger period of growth than many would have expected...
22 December 2021
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New-build homes account for 6.5% of pandemic property purchases, new research from Unlatch finds. The new-build sales optimisation platform looked at the...
15 December 2021
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It's a mini-roundup this week, with a multi-million-pound Leeds development nearing completion, and the first batch of homes at a waterside scheme...
13 December 2021
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Research by Barrows and Forrester has uncovered how much more a home could make in the current market when selling with...
10 December 2021
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The property price premium paid by new-build buyers has increased by 10.8% in the past year – now commanding 40.2% more...
06 December 2021
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For many, cars are an integral part of our home, with more people opting for electric or hybrid options when it...
01 December 2021
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New-build homes can allegedly see homebuyers cut their energy bills by as much as 60%, research from Warwick Estates reveals. Now that...
29 November 2021
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London homebuyers managed to save over £1 billion since the stamp duty holiday first launched in July 2020. The latest analysis by...
26 November 2021
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ConservatoryLand, a UK supplier of self-build conservatories, has analysed what the UK’s average house price of £270,000 can get buyers across...
24 November 2021
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In this Q&A, Property Investor Today speaks to Sean Gavin, Operations Director at Berkeley South East London, for his thoughts on...
19 November 2021
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A new study has revealed just how much less house you now get for your money. The property market has certainly boomed,...
22 September 2021
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New research has found that the proportion of UK property transactions accounted for by the new-build sector hit its lowest level in...
13 September 2021
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With the Covid-19 pandemic and its subsequent lockdowns causing people to seek more spacious homes, coupled with the reduced need to...
20 August 2021
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Expatriates are a prime target for scammers. And no wonder, usually being wealthier than locals, out of their comfort zone and...
09 August 2021
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Along with Japanese knotweed, it’s one of the issues that can have the biggest impact on a home’s value and ability...
28 July 2021
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This week – today (June 23), to be exact – marks five years since the EU referendum. It was a significant moment...
23 June 2021
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Research from a new-build snagging company has found that a number of new-build homes being delivered are unfit for purpose as housebuilders...
18 June 2021
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Gallions Place, a new mixed-use community of homes, shops and restaurants and play areas at London’s Royal Docks, has been launched...
14 June 2021
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During the pandemic, it has often been said that the importance of a home being near transport links has lessened considerably...
14 June 2021
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Research by virtual property viewings platform U-See Homes has revealed which UK cities offer homebuyers the most opportunity to view a...
09 June 2021
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Construction works on a new £19 million residential scheme in Nottinghamshire, led by property developer Taggart Homes, are set to begin...
26 May 2021
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The Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania may not have traditionally received the same acclaim as countries like Spain or...
26 May 2021
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Places undergoing significant regeneration are often appealing to investors for the potential strong rental returns and high capital growth they promise...
10 May 2021
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Following the recent vote in parliament to reject the latest amendment to the Fire Safety Bill, Mary-Anne Bowring of Ringley has...
07 May 2021
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Renowned architects, developers and one of the Costa del Sol’s leading real estate firms have launched an ‘exciting new collaboration’ to...
16 April 2021
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Housebuilding took a hit as a result of the pandemic, but there are signs that it is now starting to recover. In...
24 March 2021
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A leading private wealth law firm claims that architects are increasingly prepared to take legal action against developers in a bid to...
19 March 2021
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Research by high-net-worth mortgage broker, Enness Global, has revealed how the upper tiers of the French property market are currently tempting...
19 February 2021
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House prices surrounding London’s tube stations have fallen by an average of 2% since the start of the pandemic as the...
08 February 2021
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With the UK enduring its third national lockdown, Property Investor Today speaks with Michael Taggart, chief executive officer of luxury homebuilder...
08 February 2021
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Following one of the most disruptive and challenging years in living memory, I have no doubt that many of those in...
22 January 2021
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Residential property searches by local councils have skyrocketed by as much as 1,400% as house hunters race to buy and beat...
04 November 2020
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Spanish homebuyers who paid and lost deposits on off-plan properties in the country as a result of the global financial crisis have been urged...
14 October 2020
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A leading Birmingham estate agent has highlighted the potential increase in property prices anticipated across the West Midlands market as a...
01 June 2020
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Patrick Cannon, one of the UK’s leading tax barristers, explains why some property investors may be overpaying stamp duty charges. Buying a...
29 May 2020
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With lockdown measures starting to be eased, and the possible move to step 2 of the three-step plan from June 1,...
27 May 2020
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With lockdown starting to ease, investors across the country will be considering their next steps and where might represent the best...
25 May 2020
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The latest research by Benham and Reeves has looked at house price performance in previous leap years and what it could...
02 March 2020
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With the property market set to recover this year – recent research, for example, has shown buyers are growing in confidence...
07 February 2020
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The latest research by estate agent comparison site GetAgent has revealed that Falkirk, Bristol and Sale are currently some of the...
15 January 2020
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Benham and Reeves has revealed the capital’s prime and super-prime streets where buyer activity remains strong despite a wider market ‘freeze’...
27 November 2019
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An award-winning residential block in the £5.5 billion Liverpool Waters regeneration scheme is now fully sold out after unprecedented interest from...
18 November 2019
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Here at Property Investor Today, we regularly cover the launch of new developments, from all across the UK. Below, we outline three...
08 November 2019
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Westminster and the City of London take all top ten most expensive postcodes by square foot in the UK, according to...
01 November 2019
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Springbok Properties, a Manchester-based fast sale estate agent, has revealed that new-build homes experience a huge premium in certain areas of...
30 August 2019
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Research from buying agent Home Hunts has provided insight into the most popular places for investment, region by region, and the...
26 July 2019
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A new-build residential development near Birmingham city centre that sold out before contractors had even started work on site has now...
24 July 2019
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More than nine out of 10 new-build homes in the UK have defects and almost 40% fail to meet their original...
10 April 2019
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An online property exhibition dedicated to bringing together the very best off-plan, new and key ready projects from international developers and...
28 November 2018
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Blackpool’s property market is set to exceed a valuation of £250m this year, with the total spent on sales growing by...
23 November 2018
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The outlook for property investment in the UK remains positive, despite the ongoing uncertainty surrounding Brexit negotiations. That’s according to a...
12 September 2018
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Liverpool’s property market is set to reach a £1 billion valuation this year as the total spent on house sales has...
05 September 2018
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Areas of West London had a higher than average percentage of properties selling within the first three months of being on...
13 July 2018
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The inaugural Homebuyer Urban Flood Risk Report has found that nearly one in seven UK homebuyers faced a potential flood risk...
05 January 2018
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A decent broadband connection is now a ‘must-have’ for property buyers, with many prospective purchasers now ranking it more important than...
31 August 2017
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Residential property price growth across Britain eased to a three-month low in August, as cooler economic conditions and political uncertainty continued...
30 August 2017
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Property Pact, a new property funding platform, has been launched after gaining consent from the Financial Conduct Authority. Property Pact, which connects...
29 August 2017
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More than 1 million aspiring homebuyers have opened Help to Buy ISAs, government-backed savings accounts, designed to help people save money...
23 August 2017
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Canada’s property market continues to run out of steam, with the latest data from the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) revealing...
18 August 2017
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The bridging loans sector has markedly raised its profile in recent years. It is also becoming better understood by property investors,...
16 August 2017
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There was a 30% rise in the number of foreign buyers of property in Montreal in the first half of this...
09 August 2017
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The number of mortgage products has continued to rise, with the volume of deals on the market having increased by 61%...
08 August 2017
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There was a marginal increase in the number of residential property sales in prime central London in the first half of...
03 August 2017
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More than three quarters of advisers recommend that homebuyers take out private surveys when purchasing or remortgaging a property, according to...
01 August 2017
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The government’s plan to ban housebuilders from selling houses as leasehold in England and reduce ground rents on flats to zero...
26 July 2017
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Mortgage costs and rates fell during the second quarter of the year, according to the latest figures. Mortgage Brain’s quarterly product data...
20 July 2017
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Asking prices for residential properties in England and Wales have remained broadly unchanged over the past month, as price sensitive homebuyers...
17 July 2017
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Canada’s red-hot housing market looks set to cool next year, with property prices heading for a ‘soft landing’, according to the...
05 July 2017
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A growing number of investors are being forced to sell their homes in order to pay off their interest-only mortgages, according...
29 June 2017
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A new ‘questions and answers’ resource designed to make it easier for those investing in property to understand their Stamp Duty...
13 June 2017
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The recent slowdown in UK house prices suggests that the market is cooling, but very few experts are surprised. The latest house...
08 June 2017
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MortgageGym, which is planning to try and change the way UK consumers access the mortgage market, has announced the successful completion...
23 May 2017
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Many buyers desperate to purchase their desired home have been asked to enter into a bidding war, which can often include...
23 May 2017
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Annual house price growth continues to slow, as affordability issues deter many prospective homebuyers. With 2017 proving to be a rather challenging time...
17 May 2017
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There was a 9% decline in the number of residential property sales recorded last month, owed in part to a fall...
12 May 2017
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Some 54% of Americans say they are likely to buy a home in the next five years, up 12% year-on-year, according...
03 May 2017
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House prices in Sydney dipped for the first time in 18 months in April, according to new data, as regulators continue...
02 May 2017
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The property auctions market continued to slow across the UK last month, with the number of lots offered and sold at...
27 April 2017
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Mortgage Gym, the world’s first regulated mortgage robo-adviser, is launching in the UK with a view to speeding up the loan...
04 April 2017
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Sales of existing residential properties in Canada increased by 5.2% in February compared with the previous month, marking the highest monthly...
17 March 2017
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Supply of property increased during February, as sellers returned to the test the housing market, according to the latest research from...
09 March 2017
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Residential property prices in Canada continued to increase in January, led by gains in Toronto’s red-hot housing market, fresh figures show. The...
22 February 2017
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Filled with glitzy glass towers and a fusion of Eastern and Western cultures, Hong Kong proudly proclaims itself to be ‘Asia’s...
09 January 2017
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Beijing’s mayor has pledged to stop residential property prices in the Chinese capital from rising in 2017 in an attempt to...
05 January 2017
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The introduction of a new tax to replace stamp duty in Scotland has so far proved successful, but a Holyrood committee...
13 December 2016
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Demand from homebuyers in the UK continued to fall in November and is now down by more than a fifth year-over-year,...
09 December 2016
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Residential property sales in Hong Kong have increased significantly despite the government’s decision to more than double stamp duty last month...
08 December 2016
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Hundreds of thousands of homes acquired each year are at risk of a life-threatening gas incident, such as a carbon monoxide...
28 November 2016
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A reliable broadband connection or good mobile coverage is now one of the first services that prospective homebuyers will now look...
21 November 2016
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It is now more affordable than ever before to take out a mortgage, new figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders...
16 November 2016
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If you time your property investment right you could potentially save thousands of pounds on your acquisition, as reflected by historical...
14 November 2016
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The chancellor Phillip Hammond should use his upcoming Autumn Statement to raise the Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) threshold to £250,000...
31 October 2016
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The number of home sales fell sharply in the year to September, the latest figures from the tax office show. According to...
24 October 2016
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Traditionally and historically, homebuyers would expect to pay a premium for a brand new home. But in recent years, the cost...
22 October 2016
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Homebuyer deposits rose by an average of £5,000 in the first six months of 2016 compared with the same period last...
18 October 2016
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Homebuyers are returning to the housing market as post EU referendum fears continue to calm, the latest RICS UK Residential Market...
14 October 2016
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Mexico's housing market continues to go from strength to strength, buoyed by strong foreign demand in resort communities, the latest market...
06 October 2016
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It is now a ‘great time’ to invest in the UK housing market despite a new report showing that house price...
26 September 2016
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Residential property prices continued to boom in some parts of the world, with the five strongest housing markets in Global Property...
23 September 2016
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Residential property prices rose in 17 of the 22 European housing markets for which figures were available during the year to...
21 September 2016
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Residential property prices in the UK dipped by 0.9% in July compared with a month earlier, despite a healthy rise in...
10 August 2016
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Major investment in London’s six Olympic boroughs has helped drive up residential property prices by an average of 64% in the...
03 August 2016
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The number of residential property transactions in the UK increased by 4.9% between May and June, according to new data from...
22 July 2016
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Gross mortgage lending rose by 16% last month compared with May to reach an eight-year high for the month of June,...
22 July 2016
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The Bank of England (BoE) decided not to make the first cut to UK interest rates in more than seven years...
14 July 2016
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Crossrail 2 is coming to London! The £27bn project is now well underway, which will link Surrey to Hertfordshire via London...
14 July 2016
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The Bank of Canada says surging prices in residential property markets like Vancouver and Toronto are not sustainable at their current...
20 June 2016
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With bookmakers now offering the shortest ever odds on the UK voting to leave the EU, some homes are being sold...
14 June 2016
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Residential property prices in the UK fell by 0.4% in May, the steepest decline since November 2011, as the European Union...
13 June 2016
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The number of homes repossessed by lenders last year fell sharply, according to new detailed research released by chartered surveyor e.surv. Across England...
03 June 2016
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Residential property prices in Scotland nosedived in the first quarter of the year despite a surge in sales, official figures have...
28 April 2016
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Following the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement, 2016 is set to be the year of the first-time buyer, with a number of measures...
17 December 2015
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UK homebuyers have collectively saved £1.9bn since the stamp duty reform in December 2014, according to My Home Move. This equates to...
03 December 2015
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Hodson Developments is ready to release the next phase of apartments at its Viridium development in Camberley this weekend. Located just off...