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There’s now more choice in the mortgage market than at any time since last March, before the pandemic reached a peak. The independent market monitor Moneyfacts says overall mortgage availability… Read More »Good news for market as mortgage choice hits 12-month high

A leading bank says as many as one in three buyers pay too much for a property because they are afraid of negotiating with the seller’s agent. Barclays’ mortgage division… Read More »Many buyers are scared of negotiating with agents – claim

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has announced “an exceptional intervention” promising that leaseholders in high-rise buildings above 18 metres will bear no costs for making them safe. This will involve new… Read More »New tax and billions more for cladding – but is it enough?

The high-end housing market on Jersey has been rocked by a plan from the island’s government which may ban foreign investors from buying some waterfront homes. The island is a magnet… Read More »Foreign investors may be banned from some waterfront properties

An international property and residency consultancy claims the sold prices of homes in some prime London locations have collapsed by up to 40 per cent during the pandemic. Meanwhile other prime London… Read More »40% price fall and 54% price rise – Prime London snakes and ladders

A large majority of estate agents fear a surge in ‘failed sales’ as the stamp duty holiday cliff edge gets ever-closer. The latest National Association of Estate Agents Propertymark market snapshot comes… Read More »Failed Sales fear as Stamp Duty Holiday cliff edge approaches

Zoopla’s latest figures suggest 70,000 transactions are likely to miss the stamp duty holiday deadline of March 31. And the portal says: “The case is growing for a short, month long… Read More »Top portal is latest to urge stamp duty holiday extension

A new working group on mental health in the agency industry is being set up following a poll revealing 62 per cent of individual agents reporting problems. The charity Agents Together… Read More »Not coping with Covid? Shock figures about agents’ mental health

Despite the booming housing market the whole property sector – a key indicator of the economy’s performance – has seen 11,000 additional businesses enter significant distress in the past three… Read More »Soaring distressed property firms are ‘just tip of large iceberg’

A leading analyst is questioning whether buyers have benefitted from the stamp duty holiday because demand has purshed up prices far beyond the savings possible. Anthony Codling – the former… Read More »Stamp Duty Holiday: Did market need it? Have buyers really benefitted?