The places where house prices rose nearly £80 a day in 2020
\ Zoopla has revealed precisely how much house prices have risen over the course of 2020. Across the UK as a whole prices rise by an average of £10,177 in 2020, equating to an increase…
League table of Britain’s biggest 2020 house price rises
London and other urban areas dominate the league table of locations seeing the biggest house price rises of 2020. This is despite the apparent rush from the city to the country because of the pandemic.…
Election result gives hope for 2020 asking price rises – Rightmove
Rightmove predicts that the price of property coming to market in Britain will rise by two per cent next year. The portal says homemover confidence and activity have been dogged by political uncertainty since 2016…
2021 to start with price corrections, predicts market index
A house price index that is routinely one of the most pessimistic about the market claims the New Year will see a dramatic downturn. Reallymoving, a price comparison website that runs an index based initially…
Country houses are big winners from the pandemic, say agents
The pandemic has reignited the flagging country house market and boosted demand for larger homes with gardens, claims Savills. Larger country houses with labour-intensive outside areas and heavily-protected and listed interiors had been falling out…
Property searches hit new Boxing Day record as boom continues
Zoopla saw a record 70.5 per cent increase in traffic on Boxing Day as signs suggest the pre-Christmas boom is set to continue into the New Year and beyond. This year’s Boxing Day bounce compares…
Exodus of buyers from London continues
High end agency Hamptons has quantified the trend of Londoners quitting the capital in the light of the pandemic. It says that in 2020 London leavers purchased 73,950 homes outside the capital, the highest number…
Top tips on how to ensure your AML procedures are up to scratch
The property market, and therefore, estate agents have been accused of being the ‘weak link’ in the UK’s money laundering defences. This is, in the main, because people can buy UK property in the name…
Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) Checklist
Lettings agents, property managers and landlords should all be aware of the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018. The Act is using the 29 hazards listed in the Housing Health and Safety Rating System…
Living without Section 21 evictions – lessons from the Scottish market
The announcement of the Renters’ Reform Bill in the Queen’s speech last December caused a collective groan across the country from many landlords and agents as it stated that it would abolish the use of…