Lenders are Looking Positive With Their Pricing Right Now
More lenders have announced mortgage rate changes in the wake of the base rate cut to 4% last week, with brokers saying they “are looking positive with their pricing right…
UK Homebuyers Prioritising ‘Ready to Go’ Properties Amid Higher Borrowing Costs
UK homebuyers are increasingly prioritising properties in good condition rather than requiring extensive works as higher borrowing costs reshape their priorities, according to new research from Market Financial Solutions. The…
Property Down Valuations Soar – With Some Over £1m
Property experts have warned about a surge in “atrocious” down valuations as valuers become “overly cautious with the values that they are putting their names to” in a stagnant property…
Asking Prices Fall 1.2% in July: Buyers are Driving Hard Bargains, Sellers are Blinking First
Asking prices by new sellers dropped sharply in July, according to Rightmove, down by 1.2%, to £373,709, as “sellers blink first”. While there’s usually a seasonal dip in prices in…
House Prices Up, Rents Down – but “Property market remains incredibly busy”
HOUSE prices increased by 3.9%, to £269,000, in the 12 months to May 2025, up from 3.6% in the 12 months to April 2025, according to official data published this…
Dubai’s New First Time Buyer Scheme is Clever and Could Attract Brits
Brits locked out of the UK housing market are being targeted by a new Dubai scheme offering flexible payment plans, early access to off-plan properties and a currency-driven discount of…
England’s Most (and Least) Expensive Streets Revealed Over the Last 5 Years
Gathering five years’ worth of sold house price data across the England postcodes, Panorama Road, Old Avenue and Cavendish Road have some of the highest-valued homes across the region. Some…
A Third of Britons Aspire to Own Buy-to-Let Properties, New Study Finds
Nationally representative survey of 2,000 UK adults reveals: A third of UK adults aspire to own a buy-to-let (BTL) property, despite regular suggestions that the market is on the decline,…
Key Strategies to Help Landlords and Councils Fill Empty Shops and Revitalise UK High Streets
According to a recent retail monitor report* the overall UK retail vacancy rate stands at 14.0%, reflecting ongoing challenges for high streets. While retail parks have shown improvement, with vacancy…