property market

Leasehold homes offering a leg-up to homebuyers

While the current stamp duty holiday has led to a turbocharged property market, an uplift in buyer activity has pushed house prices ever higher, making it even more difficult for aspiring homebuyers to climb the ladder.

Research from Warwick Estates shows that leasehold homes could hold the key to homeownership for many as they present a far more affordable foot on the ladder....

Street in London

These are London’s most valuable streets

Research by the leading mortgage broker for global high-net-worths, Enness Global Mortgages , has revealed which London streets are currently ranking as the capital’s most valuable from a real estate point of view.

Enness Global analysed sold price records across the London market over the last 12 months to see where was home to the highest average sold price.

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Home sales and renovations create 35% spike in unoccupied property

The number of unoccupied properties in the UK spiked by 35% in 2020, according to new research by Quotezone.co.uk . The data shows the highest unoccupied period across 2019 and 2020 was just 3-6 months, followed by 1-3 months – making up 56% of all insurance premiums surveyed.

The findings show ‘pending sale’ followed by ‘undergoing renovation’ and ‘owner bereavement’ as the top...

Rooftop view of Oxford, England

John Lewis house prices 9.8% higher than the wider area

House prices in areas home to a John Lewis store are 9.8% higher than the wider areas in which they are located, but could this be about to change?

Currently, all 44 John Lewis stores in the UK remain closed with the exception of a few food halls, however, last week the retail giant announced that some of these closures would be permanent.

The latest research from snagging...

Taunton Somerset

The stamp duty free hotspots offering the biggest savings until September

The latest research by lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves , has revealed just how much of the property market is due to remain stamp duty free as a result of the soft landing implemented in the form of a double extension.

Currently, 93% of local authorities across England are home to an average house price that falls below the current £500,000 stamp duty holiday threshold,...

International Women's Day

How a 10 year old’s love of watching her own home being built inspired her career

To mark International Women’s Day (8th March), Linden Homes look at what encouraged one assistant site manager to join the construction industry…

When Kat Simpson’s family built their own home when she was just 10 years old, she was immediately interested in the process of housebuilding – the materials, flurry of activity and how the diverse range of trades worked together.

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Property Market

Property market diversity sees £35.5m house price gap between each end of the market

According to research from, Astons , the international experts on real estate, residency and citizenship through investment there was a £35.5m gap between the bottom and top of the national property market in 2020.

Astons analysed sold price records from the Land Registry to see how the market differed from one end to the other and across 20 major cities across England and Wales....

Port Isaac Cornwall

£171.7bn worth of property was sold in 2020 - Here are the most valuable spots of the market

Research by national estate agent, Keller Williams UK , has revealed that despite Covid causing a -38% year on year decrease due to lockdown restrictions, the property market in England and Wales still rallied to see a total of £171.7bn worth of residential property sold in 2020.

Keller Williams analysed all residential property sales to complete via the Land Registry between January...

Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year 2021 - why Year of the Ox could be bad news for property market

While thousands around the world prepare to celebrate Chinese New Year this Friday, welcoming in the Year of the Ox as they do, property market analysis by GetAgent.co.uk , has found that it could bring bad news for UK homeowners.

GetAgent.co.uk analysed house prices over the last four Chinese zodiac cycles going back as far as 1973, to see historically which year in the Chinese...

Rising demand in the London house market in Q4

Covid continues to influence buyer location as London sees market demand

The latest research by lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves , has revealed which tiers of the high-end London property market are most in demand amongst high-end homebuyers and where they’re looking to buy across the capital.

Benham and Reeves analysed market demand based on the number of homes sold as a percentage of all homes for sale across London’s prime neighbourhoods...

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