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KEYWORD "Midlands" - 90 RESULTS
Lower mortgage rates help build momentum in housing market

Zoopla’s latest House Price index shows a housing market steadily recovering from the impacts of higher mortgage rates with prices rising...

29 August 2024

From: Breaking News

Mortgage Rate Cuts reduce exodus of first time buyers from London

Hamptons analysis of Countrywide estate agency data shows that in the first half of 2024, Londoners purchased 33,130 homes outside the...

29 August 2024

From: Breaking News

Mortgage extensions can cost tens of thousands - new data

Mojo Mortgages’ data has revealed that extending a mortgage from 25 to 35 years can cost the average first-time buyer an...

27 August 2024

From: Breaking News

Revealed - UK’s favoured house types, moving patterns, demographics

The number of people moving home increased by 10% in the first half of 2024, according to the latest Lloyds Bank...

31 July 2024

From: Breaking News

Regional Housing Markets muted by high mortgage rates

The Nationwide regional house price indices are produced quarterly, with data for Q2 (the three months up to and incluingJune) showing...

03 July 2024

From: Breaking News

First Time Buyer mortgage costs soar

 A new first-time buyer study from Rightmove reveals that the average first-time buyer mortgage payment has risen by 61% since the...

26 June 2024

From: Breaking News

Prices of flats rising faster than any other property type

Big demand for small properties has helped to drive growth in UK property prices in the early months of this year,...

07 May 2024

From: Breaking News

Housing Market Revival down to high premiums on new builds - claim

A property software business says its research shows that the housing market revival is driven by the premiums levied on new...

10 April 2024

From: Breaking News

Buyers Increasingly Use Family Inheritance to fund Property Purchase

London accounts for the highest proportion of homebuyers using family inheritance to fund property purchases, according to compliance platform Thirdfort.  Some 18...

06 December 2023

From: Breaking News

Millions of Borrowers Struggle with Mortgage Payments

An estimated seven million UK households are struggling to keep up with their rent or mortgage payments, Which? warns, with millions...

04 October 2023

From: Breaking News

Mortgage affordability to be hit by council mayhem - claim

Brokers are warning that dramatic council ‘effective bankruptcies’ will increase local residents’ tax bills and so hurt mortgage affordability. This follows the...

20 September 2023

From: Breaking News

Mortgage Mayhem Subsiding - Low Level Of Worry Amongst Borrowers

A survey by property portal OnTheMarket suggests that only six per cent of home movers are concerned in any way about...

23 August 2023

From: Breaking News

Mortgage market confidence recovers in Q1, says IMLA

There’s a growing optimism about the outlook for the mortgage market, according to the latest Mortgage Market Tracker report from the...

16 May 2023

From: Breaking News

Just Mortgages gets set for growth with five new regional directors

National brokerage Just Mortgages has kicked off the new year with the appointment of five new regional directors to support its...

24 January 2023

From: Breaking News

Demand for new-build homes overshadow existing homes

Although the property market is starting to slow, Stripe Property Group claims demand for new-build homes are taking the lead. In an analysis of...

01 December 2022

From: Breaking News

Fewer homes sell within two weeks of hitting the market

Barrows and Forrester reveal that the level of homes being snapped up within two weeks of being listed has fallen to 6.8%....

29 November 2022

From: Breaking News

Hired - new MD for specialist mortgages at Hampshire Trust Bank

Chris Daly has been appointed managing director of Hampshire Trust Bank's specialist mortgages division. Daly was most recently head of origination, real estate finance...

03 November 2022

From: Breaking News

Revealed - agents sell up to a fifth of stock each month

Estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk, has revealed which postcodes estate agents with the highest turnovers reside. Registered property transactions over 3 months, the...

03 November 2022

From: Breaking News

The Rise of BTL - Portfolio rental returns increase by 18%

Specialist rental platform, Ocasa, recently shared new findings about rental incomes landlords have received over the past year. According to the analysis, the...

27 October 2022

From: Breaking News

Stock Levels - England’s Private Rented Sector housing stock to exceed 5 million homes

Specialist rental platform, Ocasa, claims that England’s Private Rented Sector (PRS) could surpass 5 million homes by 2025.  Over the past decade,...

25 October 2022

From: Breaking News

Healthy English rental market - Buy-to-let void periods decline across the board

The rental market looks to be returning to good health with a significant reduction in void periods and costs compared to...

04 October 2022

From: Breaking News

The mortgage sector accounts for 71% of the £250bn worth of property sold

According to the latest research by Revolution Brokers, £251 billion worth of properties have sold across England. The mortgage sector accounts...

22 September 2022

From: Breaking News

Down valuations cause an £8,000 gap between buyers and sellers

Property purchasing specialist, HBB Solutions, claim that buyers and sellers are having to negotiate an £8,000 reality gap due to down...

06 September 2022

From: Breaking News

Property values in England predicted to rise by £14,000

London lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves, claim that before the end of 2022, house prices will increase by an...

01 September 2022

From: Breaking News

Maintenance costs – one fifth of rental earnings spent on property upkeep

Rental property maintenance is essential to keep the home in good condition. Setting aside time for inspections, upgrades, and repairs to...

30 August 2022

From: Breaking News

Opt for a fresh start - New-build energy bills come in £1,200 less

Amidst the soaring cost-of-living research by Warwick Estates reveals that homebuyers could save £1,200 a year by purchasing a new-build home...

25 August 2022

From: Breaking News

Homesellers reducing by £75,000 to secure a buyer as market cools

The pandemic property market boom is causing many homesellers to enter the market with a little too much enthusiasm when pricing...

11 August 2022

From: Breaking News

New-build house prices surpass existing homes by 20%

Homebuyers and professional property investors hoping to make a good return on investment might want to consider new build homes. New data...

11 August 2022

From: Breaking News

Number of new homes required is inconsistent with housing volumes

New research by the estate agent comparison website, GetAgent, suggests that there are major inconsistencies when it comes to the number...

04 August 2022

From: Breaking News

Revealed - new-build homes increase by 22.1%

According to a new analysis by Warwick Estates new build house prices have substantially risen over the past 12 months. The construction...

04 August 2022

From: Breaking News

Boost values – floor plans increase rents up to 26% monthly

Giraffe 360 have discovered that, when marketing a rental property, adding a floor plan to the listing can significantly boost the rental...

26 July 2022

From: Breaking News

Fall through mayhem – transaction times delayed by final legal stages

The pandemic property market boom and resulting market backlog continue to impact the property transaction timeline, with the average time to...

12 July 2022

From: Breaking News

Rents increase up to 30% since pre-pandemic

New research by rental platform, Rentd, shows the average price of rents continued to climb in England since the start of the...

07 July 2022

From: Breaking News

Need for speed – one in five homes sell within 14 days

Limited housing stock is seeing one in 10 homes (11%) get snapped up within 14 days of entering the market –...

28 June 2022

From: Breaking News

Only 2% of property transactions are auctions

Despite being the quicker method of selling a home, property auctions are one of the least preferred methods for home sellers...

23 June 2022

From: Breaking News

Make way second-steppers – FTBs account for 11% of market activity

Research by Stipendium reveals that first-time buyers account for one in 10 of all property transactions across England. The property platform analysed...

16 June 2022

From: Breaking News

Stamp duty costs on BTL homes up £12k since Gov changes

The average stamp duty payment on buy-to-let (BTL) homes has increased by £11,848 in England, and almost 1,000% higher than that...

14 June 2022

From: Breaking News

Jubilee price jumps - rise in property values over last decade

GetAgent.co.uk reveals that UK house prices have increased by as much as 123% in the decade since the Diamond Jubilee in...

31 May 2022

From: Breaking News

Bad news for FTBs – house prices are rising by £24 every day

The average first-time buyer (FTB) is spending £223,751 on their first property, 24% more than in 2016, according to new analysis...

19 May 2022

From: Breaking News

Paying off your mortgage this year? This is how much your home has made

While a somewhat slow London property market may be currently trailing the rest of the UK when it comes to the...

31 March 2022

From: Breaking News

The Irish property market hotspots for St. Patrick’s Day Homebuyers

Today marks St. Patrick’s Day and in light of this Irish holiday, estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk, has found out which areas...

17 March 2022

From: Breaking News

Areas most suitable for tree-hugging homebuyers

Locations with homes surrounded by trees and greenery were analysed by Barrows and Forrester. The findings show that these locations have...

15 March 2022

From: Breaking News

Faster Transactions - property transaction timeline reduces

Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, market delays have been on the rise. However, new research from GetAgent shows that these delays have...

01 March 2022

From: Breaking News

Pancake property prices 114% higher than the national average

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

Average time to sell a home drops as pandemic market backlog clears

Estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk has recently released its analysis of the time it’s taking to sell a home, with the...

24 February 2022

From: Breaking News

Homeowners less dependent on mortgages in the current market

A leading specialist in mortgage solutions, Henry Dannell, revealed that the number of homes owned with a mortgage or loan across the...

17 February 2022

From: Breaking News

Mortgage roundup – broker support, holiday lets and slashed rates

This week, Introducer Today takes a look at the latest mortgage news, from Aldermore’s expansion to support more brokers, to Roma...

10 February 2022

From: Breaking News

Early-bird sellers benefit from busiest ever start to a New Year

Property website, Rightmove released their housing report and said 2021’s housing market was ‘defined by people’s sustained desire to move coupled...

27 January 2022

From: Breaking News

Study - Homebuyer demand stands strong during Q4

The latest Homebuyer Hotspots Demand Index by the estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk, has found where England’s strongest homebuyer demand hotspots...

13 January 2022

From: Breaking News

Mortgage cost rises could hit London buyers the hardest

Market analysis has revealed where house price growth could stutter should monthly interest payments start to climb as a result of...

11 January 2022

From: Breaking News

Selling up in 2022? This is how much you’re likely to have made

A study by MoveStreets, the property portal designed for the mobile generation, has uncovered how much current home sellers are likely...

06 January 2022

From: Breaking News

Revealed - 6.5% of pandemic property purchases are new builds

Throughout the pandemic, people across Britain have purchased new homes. Changes in lifestyle trends and schemes that make purchasing a new...

09 December 2021

From: Breaking News

UK house prices predicted to climb by 5% in 2022

In a recent UK housing market forecast, Rightmove uncovers what changes the industry can expect throughout 2022.  The UK's leading online real estate portal...

02 December 2021

From: Breaking News

Staging your home could add £47,000 when selling

Recent property market analysis by London lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves have found that staging your home during the...

25 November 2021

From: Breaking News

The stamp duty holiday leaves homebuyers up to £120k worse off

In July 2020 the stamp duty holiday was kickstarted by chancellor Rishi Sunak. It gave first-time buyers and home movers up...

25 November 2021

From: Breaking News

Portal problems – sellers overpricing by up to 41% across major portals

British house sellers are overpricing by as much as 41% when it comes to the price at which they list their...

11 November 2021

From: Breaking News

No.13 properties sell for less across the UK except in London

Bective, the sales, lettings and property management company, recently revealed how superstitions around the number 13 often lead to homebuyers paying less for properties. Traditionally it is considered to...

28 October 2021

From: Breaking News

Revealed - Where did the stamp duty holiday cost the government the most?

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

Over-55s in the South are three times as likely to use equity release

A new study from equity release lender more2life has uncovered the UK regions where using equity release to fund a house...

12 October 2021

From: Breaking News

Study reveals owning a home costs more than buying a home

Research by an estate agent comparison site has found that the cost of homeownership has climbed by a great margin. GetAgent looked...

03 September 2021

From: Breaking News

Property market backlog causes 5.6 month homebuyer wait time

Across England and Wales, many homebuyers have made use of the stamp duty holiday. The land tax discount encouraged many to...

01 July 2021

From: Breaking News

On the move – 36% of millennials move home for better quality of life

The pandemic and subsequent lockdowns have impacted UK employees in a major way, with more than a third (36%) aged 18-34...

10 June 2021

From: Breaking News

Insight – where are the fastest and slowest home-selling regions?

New research from GetAgent has revealed which areas of the property market in England and Wales are seeing homes sell the...

10 June 2021

From: Breaking News

Mortgage roundup – fresh products for advisers and landlords incoming

The Nottingham has unveiled loan-to-value (LTV) limited company buy-to-let (BTL) fixed-rate products. The building society has announced four new two and five-year...

13 May 2021

From: Breaking News

Make way BoMaD – Bank of Gran and Grandad boosts FTB deposit funds

Older homeowners gifted an average of £42,500 to younger relatives to help them get on the property ladder in 2020, new...

25 February 2021

From: Breaking News

Time to review the ‘UK’s outdated house buying process’, says firm

The managing director of bespoke property search firm Index West Midlands says the government must urgently review the UK’s ‘outdated and...

25 February 2021

From: Breaking News

Lockdown cuts home insurance costs as claims fall – study

A steep drop in recorded crime since the start of the coronavirus lockdown has led to a downward shift in home...

16 September 2020

From: Breaking News

Leave voting areas witnessed faster-growing house prices

With the outcome of Brexit hanging in the balance, ‘Leave’ voting areas have recorded higher average house price increases than ‘Remain’...

31 October 2019

From: Breaking News

Time to sell across the UK hits three-year high

The time it takes to sell a home across UK cities has hit a three-year high, according to Zoopla. Its September UK...

31 October 2019

From: Breaking News

Market competition is ‘keeping home insurance prices in check’

Average bills for home insurance are up just 2.1% in a year, with a competitive marketplace keeping up with the UK’s...

29 August 2019

From: Breaking News

Many UK homeowners don’t have home insurance

Nearly a quarter of UK homes have no home insurance, according to Assurant Intermediary. The insurance company says advisers play a vital...

14 August 2019

From: Breaking News

Home movers remain committed despite summer slowdown

Many key indicators for home movers and first-time buyers remained either stable or only marginally changed when compared to the previous...

31 July 2019

From: Breaking News

Mortgage rejection common among young homeowners

One in six mortgage holders have been rejected for a mortgage in the past, according to new research from Which? Mortgage...

30 January 2019

From: Breaking News

Young homeowners are paying off their mortgage faster than planned

Almost half of homeowners are making overpayments on their mortgages, according to new research from Which? Mortgage Advisers. Those aged 18-24 led...

08 January 2019

From: Breaking News

Alternative Bridging hits the Midlands

Short-term lender Alternative Bridging has recently opened a Midlands office, further expanding its business in the region. With its existing broker network...

28 February 2018

From: Breaking News

Mortgage prices fluctuate across the UK

Purchase prices varied across the UK, with some regions seeing prices increase both month on month and year on year, according...

05 December 2017

From: Breaking News

Another new appointment for Magellan Homeloans

Specialist mortgage lender Magellan Homeloans has appointed Pauline Hibbert as Regional Sales Manager. Once in post, she will have responsibility for...

10 March 2017

From: Breaking News

Research reveals strengthening house price sentiment

The latest House Price Sentiment Index (HPSI) from Knight Frank and IHS Markit has revealed that households throughout the UK perceive...

24 February 2017

From: Breaking News

Scottish borrowers are most active mortgage switchers

Mortgage borrowers in Scotland are the most proactive when it comes to switching products, according to new research. A YouGov study, commissioned...

17 February 2017

From: Breaking News

Remortgage activity continues to increase, research reveals

Homeowners remortgaged for an average of £15,000 more in 2016 than they did two years ago, with 57% of remortgage cases...

01 February 2017

From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let dash boosts landlords' profits

Buy-to-let landlords enjoyed total annual returns of 12.2% over the last year helped by the flurry of purchases in the run-up...

22 April 2016

From: Breaking News

Property millionaires set to triple

The number of million pound properties in the UK will more than triple by 2030, new research suggests By that date, one...

18 February 2016

From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let rents grow strongly in January

Buy-to-let rents are growing strongly outside Greater London with an average increase of 5.5% over the last year. Rents in the South-East grew fastest...

10 February 2016

From: Breaking News

2016 “critical year for housing market

2016 will be a critical year for the property market as we see the impact of the global economic slowdown and...

18 January 2016

From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let investors earn near 10% a year

Buy-to-let investors in England and Wales enjoyed total returns of nearly 10% in the past year, new figures show. Landlords saw gross rental...

16 October 2015

From: Breaking News

Rents top £800 for first time after July surge

Rents across England and Wales have hit a fresh high after a record surge in July, new figures show. The average rent...

21 August 2015

From: Breaking News

Property more affordable than in 1997

Talk of an affordability crisis appears overblown as homes are now more affordable than in 1997, new research suggests. A combination of falling...

04 August 2015

From: Breaking News

TMA announces new DA conferences

TMA is kicking off this year’s round of business conferences for directly authorised (DA) advisers.  The five conferences will take place in...

18 June 2015

From: Breaking News

Video round up 29.05.15 - Watch the weekly news from Estate Agent Today

Watch the latest weekly video roundup of news from Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today, featuring stories on the housing...

29 May 2015

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