Official Bank of England figures shows that net mortgage approvals for house purchases totalled 61,100 in April, little changed from 61,300...
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![Painfully slow house buying process may hit transaction volumes - Rightmove](/upload/images/24%2005%2022%20%2003.jpg)
Rightmove is predicting some 1.1m residential transactions this year - but it says the glacial pace of house buying in the...
22 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Pancake property prices 114% higher than the national average](/upload/images/Seasonal%20%26%20Holidays/pancakes%20400%20x%20310.png)
A study by GetAgent.co.uk has shown how the nation’s property sellers could be left with a particularly sweet taste in their...
01 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![New-build stock plunges while buyers prioritise buying schemes](/upload/images/library/HousePriceDown-400x310.png)
New-build sales optimisation platform, Unlatch, recently revealed that over the last year the new-build property stock currently listed on the market...
27 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Study - London still home to the most £1m+ transactions](/upload/images/Locations/LondonMap400x310-min.png)
A study by Henry Dannell, a specialist mortgage broker, has discovered how London remains the nation’s million-pound property market hotspot despite a...
11 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - Where did the stamp duty holiday cost the government the most?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/StampDuty-2020-400x310.jpg)
New research by the estate agent comparison site, GetAgent, has revealed how much money the UK government lost as a result...
21 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Advisers complete record number of complex searches in March](/img/default/it.png)
Activity in the housing market continued to increase in March, with Legal & General seeing a record number of searches after...
29 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![New Help to Buy scheme could help 55% of new-build homebuyers](/img/default/it.png)
The latest government Help to Buy (H2B) scheme could benefit over a half of all new-build homebuyers to get a foot...
25 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Covid causes 41% drop in sales despite stamp duty holiday – study](/img/default/it.png)
Residential transactions across England and Wales fell by 41% in 2020 when compared to the previous year despite a boost in...
18 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stamp duty holiday on course to save homebuyers £1.5bn – claim](/img/default/it.png)
The current stamp duty holiday has already saved homebuyers an estimated £817 million, with the potential to reach £1.5 billion before...
02 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Annual house price growth slows to lowest rate in five years](/img/default/it.png)
Average property prices in the three months to October were 1.5% higher than in the same three months a year ago,...