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Spring buyers who miss stamp duty deadline will see 'decade-high' choice of homes for sale

While new spring buyers will miss the stamp duty deadline, they will see the highest property choice at this time of year in a decade

Evening Standard

Róisín Lanigan: ‘I moved to London and got bedbugs’

The Northern Irish journalist turned author on writing a haunted house novel for the rental age, her trick for capturing dialogue and favourite millennial reads

The Guardian - UK

Seven-foot wide house near London’s Kensington Palace put on market for £1.25m

The property can be found squeezed between its neighbours just minutes away from Kensington Palace

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Stamp duty to increase in weeks – can you still beat the deadline?

There is a combined £142 million at stake as buyers rush to beat the deadline

The Independent UK

Monthly first-time buyer mortgage payments ‘£350 higher than five years ago’

A typical first-time buyer in Britain faces paying a mortgage of £940 per month, up from £590 per month five years ago, Rightmove said.

The Independent UK

First-time buyer mortgage payments up £350 per month in five years

A typical first-time buyer in Britain faces paying a mortgage of £940 per month, up from £590 per month five years ago

Evening Standard

The great affordable housing robbery: promised home numbers shrink across London

The number of new affordable home starts in London dropped by 88 per cent last year

Evening Standard

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London’s FTSE 100 rises amid hopes of new UK-US trade deal

London’s top stock market index was up 53.53 points, or 0.61%, to end the day at 8,809.74.

Evening Standard

Rightmove expects surge in revenue this year amid property market recovery

Users totted up more than five billion views of properties on Rightmove’s property portal in 2024, the company said.

Evening Standard

Nearly 74,000 home-movers in England ‘to just miss stamp duty deadline’

Rightmove estimates that these movers will complete their transactions in April, stumping up a collective £142 million in extra stamp duty payments.

Evening Standard

Sub-4% mortgage rates ‘may be first to go’ following unexpected inflation jump

Annual house price growth accelerated to 4.6% in December, but some experts said inflation figures released on Wednesday could affect mortgage rates.

Evening Standard

Half a million homebuyers face £11k cliff-edge in race to beat stamp duty changes

The average time to sell a property currently sits at five months

The Independent UK

House price growth slowing as April stamp duty changes loom

Some of the steam is coming out of new sellers’ price expectations to fit changing market conditions

Evening Standard

Ministry to digitalise property data to speed up homebuying process

Project aims to enable faster information exchange among involved parties to modernise ‘cumbersome’ process

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The Independent UK

Plans to digitalise key property data to speed up home buying

It is part of Labour’s plans for housing which also including overhauling planning rules, building 1.5 million homes and reforming leaseholds.

The Independent UK

Bridget Jones’s London flat price ‘tripled since first 2001 film’

Bridget’s one-bed in Borough would today set buyers back almost £550,000

The Independent UK

Bridget Jones’s flat ‘could have tripled in price since first film in 2001’

Looking back, a one-bedroom flat in the heart of London was a real achievement for the character, Rightmove said.

Evening Standard

How to sell a home: February and March are 'best months to list a home' for a successful sale

Around two in every three homes listed in February and March since 2012 have gone on to sell successfully, according to Rightmove’s analysis

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The Guardian - UK

Average private rents in Great Britain fall for first time since 2019

Typical advertised rent outside London dipped £3 to £1,341 a month in final quarter of 2024, says Rightmove

Evening Standard

London rent rises buck national trend but rate of growth slows

After more than three years of consecutive increases, London asking rents have increased by 0.1 per cent to £2,695 a month

Evening Standard

Average asking rent outside London ‘falls for first time since before pandemic’

A rising number of rental homes was improving the balance of supply and demand, according to the website.

The Independent UK

Rent costs finally fall outside London but capital hits another record high

It is the first time average asking rents have fallen since pre-Covid

Louder

If you ever dreamed of living in a mansion in Scotland formerly owned by Genesis, we have excellent news: there's one on the market right now, and it's going for a song

Pennyghael House, a nine-room mansion on the Isle of Mull once owned by Phil Collins, Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford, is up for sale:, and in need of some love and attention

The Independent UK

How renting in London became an unimaginable hellscape

LET’S UNPACK THAT: The process of finding somewhere to rent in the capital is like competing in the Hunger Games. It’s easy to lose your dignity, writes Ellie Muir. Will tenants ever be freed from this misery?

Evening Standard

London house prices now £200k higher than South East as market shows 'early signs of resurgence'

Commentators believe that 2025 will mark a turning point for London house prices

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