London rents up 12 per cent as prospective tenants far outnumber homes Demand is outpacing supply of rental homes, with 25 tenants asking to view a single property on average Evening Standard · Oct 5, 2023
Rents reach new record high with average home receiving 25 inquiries Average rent in London reaches £2,627 per month The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2023
Supply shortages and mortgage rate rises push UK rents to highest point ever Average rental property receives three times more enquiries from prospective tenants than in 2019 The Guardian - UK · Oct 4, 2023
Rents reach new record high with average home receiving 25 inquiries – Rightmove The average advertised rent for a home across Britain, excluding London, has reached a record high of £1,278 per month, Rightmove said. The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2023
Why has this Ealing flat, listed for just £160k, failed to attract a single bid at auction? Semi-subterranean studio with just one window goes back under the hammer after drawing a blank first time round Evening Standard · Sep 29, 2023
Average five-year fixed mortgage rate falls back below 6% mark The last time that the average five-year fixed deal was below 6% was on July 3, when it stood at 5.97%, according to Moneyfacts. The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2023
Average five-year fixed mortgage rate edges back down towards six per cent Across all deposit sizes, the average five-year fixed-rate homeowner mortgage is 6.03 per cent, edging down from 6.04 per cent on Tuesday Evening Standard · Sep 27, 2023
Average five-year fixed mortgage rate is edging back down towards 6% mark Across all deposit sizes, the average five-year fixed-rate homeowner mortgage is 6.03%, edging down from 6.04% on Tuesday, Moneyfacts said. The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2023
Homes needing renovation ‘are most popular feature buyers search for’ Homes marketed as requiring renovation are around £29,000 cheaper typically than the average property up for sale, Rightmove said. The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2023
UK rents soar as high interest rates hit property market – as it happened Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news The Guardian - UK · Sep 18, 2023
Proportion of UK house sellers cutting asking price reaches ‘highest in over a decade’ More than 36% of properties have had asking price cut at least once — the highest figure since 2011 The Guardian - UK · Sep 18, 2023
Proportion of homes for sale with prices slashed ‘highest in over a decade’ The average size of the price reduction is also the highest in over a decade, at 6.2%, suggesting some sellers were too optimistic, Rightmove said. The Independent UK · Sep 17, 2023
London house prices: dip in asking prices as homes take 63 days to sell House prices in London fell once again but there are signs of an autumn lift on the horizon Evening Standard · Sep 17, 2023
Rise of ‘ghost listings’: five secret-sale London homes listed on property portals As the housing market becomes even trickier to navigate, increasing numbers of ‘ghost listings’ are popping up on portals with almost no information whatsoever Evening Standard · Sep 8, 2023
The Independent UK · Aug 29, 2023 London homeowners knock £23,000 from asking prices - but it’s not the area of UK that will be worst hit Higher interest rates forcing sellers to knock 3.4 per cent of asking prices
Evening Standard · Aug 21, 2023 UK house prices fell by £7,000 in August as high mortgage rates and cost-of-living crisis hits spending power New seller asking prices fell to a new average of £365,895 in August
The Guardian - UK · Aug 21, 2023 UK housebuilders’ shares fall amid fastest drop in asking prices in five years Crest Nicholson forecasts lower profits after number of first-time buyers plunges
The Guardian - UK · Aug 21, 2023 Homebuilder shares tumble as UK housing market weakens – as it happened A profit warning from housebuilder Crest Nicholson compounded fears of a housing market slowdown, as Rightmove data revealed a further drop in asking prices
The Independent UK · Aug 21, 2023 Asking prices for UK homes falls at fastest August rate for five years Rightmove said average new seller asking prices fell by 1.9%, or £7,012, on average to £365,895 in August.
Evening Standard · Aug 15, 2023 Tiny north London flat ‘smaller than many hotel rooms’ for sale for £100k to cash buyers Not much bigger than a hotel room, a 194sq ft Tottenham apartment has been described by selling agents as ‘cosy and well arranged’
The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2023 ‘One of the best places to live in Britain’ declares housing crisis as rents spiral out of control Rent in this picturesque town push out locals struggling to keep up with surging housing costs
The Independent UK · Aug 11, 2023 How can renters looking for a new home give themselves a head start right now? As renters are being squeezed by strong competition and rising rents, Vicky Shaw finds out what they can do to help get ahead.
Evening Standard · Aug 8, 2023 West London home available for just £160,000 — but it only has one window Close to the Elizabeth Line, in a grand Victorian townhouse, this property is 80 per cent below the average price on its street but you’ll soon see why.
The Independent UK · Aug 4, 2023 Is now a good or a bad time to put your home on the market? Uncertainty over mortgage rates and house prices mean would-be house sellers have some careful weighing-up to do. By Vicky Shaw.
The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2023 Widowed pensioner set to turn £25 raffle ticket into £4.5M after winning luxury mansion Valued at £4.5M, June Smith has now chosen to sell the property to help fund her family’s ‘next chapter’