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23 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Fewer investors using gifted deposits](/img/default/pit.png)
The number of investors using gifted deposits, a sum of money that is given by a family member forming all or...
17 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![UK house price growth continues to slow](/img/default/pit.png)
Growth in residential property prices in the UK continued to slow, but the cost of the average home still increased by...
19 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![UK house prices proving resilient despite political uncertainty](/img/default/pit.png)
Britain’s housing market is once again proving resilient despite political turmoil caused by Theresa May’s decision to call a snap general...
14 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Chancellor fails to deal with Britain’s ‘broken’ housing market](/img/default/pit.png)
Yesterday’s rather low-key Budget statement failed to mention the housing market as the government continues to bury its head on the...
09 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![More than half of remortgaging done to raise capital](/img/default/pit.png)
Homeowners across England and Wales remortgaged for around £15,000 more in 2016 than they did two years ago, with 57% capital...
31 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![National obsession with property dictated by the weather](/img/default/pit.png)
The buy-to-let boom of recent years has fed the stereotype that Britons are obsessed with property. Ever since Margaret Thatcher declared...
28 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![UK housing market continues to ‘show signs of underlying weakness’](/img/default/pit.png)
The number of mortgages approved by British banks rose last month from a 19-month low in August, according to fresh data...
29 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![Homebuyer deposits increase £5,000 year-on-year](/img/default/pit.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Property transactions slip after the Brexit vote](/img/default/pit.png)
The number of residential property transactions fell by 0.9% between June and July, according to newly released figures from HM Revenue...
24 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![Investor frenzy fuels surge in sales](/img/default/pit.png)
There was a sharp increase in the number of property transactions between February and March 2016 as property investors rushed to...
22 April 2016
From: Breaking News
![Home buyers happy to stay in London](/img/default/pit.png)
New research by conveyancing services firm My Home Move has revealed that more than half of home buyers (57%) in Greater London...
23 March 2016
From: Breaking News
![Major increase in buy-to-let market activity ahead of deadline](/img/default/pit.png)
Research by conveyancing experts My Home Move has revealed that activity within the buy-to-let and second home market has risen by...
18 March 2016
From: Breaking News
![Buyers care most about location, research finds](/img/default/pit.png)
Location has been named as the top characteristic that makes Brits fall in love with their home, according to a recent...
29 January 2016
From: Breaking News
![Quarter of property buyers fall in love with a property at first sight](/img/default/pit.png)
It has been revealed that Britain’s property buyers are a decisive bunch, with 61% of homeowners buying the first house that...
08 December 2015
From: Breaking News
![UK homeowners have saved £1.9bn since stamp duty changes](/img/default/pit.png)
UK homebuyers have collectively saved £1.9bn since the stamp duty reform in December 2014, according to My Home Move. This equates to...