Jump in chain-free house listings: Owners sell up and rent to make themselves more attractive buyers

Jump in chain-free house listings: Owners sell up and rent in bid to make themselves more attractive buyers One in five properties listed for sale on Rightmove are now chain-free Not having an onward chain can give buyers an advantage in a bidding war  Buyers leaving cities for the sticks are also using renting to … Read more

Busiest property markets of 2020 revealed: Cambridgeshire town tops table as buyers

The busiest property markets of 2020 have been revealed, with small towns taking the top spots as buyers flooded out of cities during the pandemic. Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, had the highest rate of property purchases in England and Wales, followed by Pontefract, West Yorkshire and Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Mortgage broker Haysto analysed Government data to work … Read more

Buyer’s vs seller’s markets: How to judge property near you

The extension of the stamp duty holiday is tipped to add further fuel to the fire of the property market, but while some areas are blowing hot others are cold. Headline figures show house prices surging on average but dig deeper and England’s property picture is divided into buyer’s and seller’s markets, according to researchers … Read more

Online sellers share the hilarious interactions they’ve had with buyers

That’s rich! Hilarious texts reveal the most hardened hagglers who know no shame when it comes to asking for a discount Bored Panda rounded up online shopping interactions from around the world  Hilarious messages show some hardened hagglers appear to have no shame  One person offered just a quarter of the asking price for an … Read more

VICTORIA BISCHOFF: Generation rent – The buyers left behind

The buyers left behind: Generation rent don’t want 95% mortgages – they want house prices to come down, says VICTORIA BISCHOFF By Victoria Bischoff for the Daily Mail Published: 22:00 GMT, 2 March 2021 | Updated: 22:00 GMT, 2 March 2021 Generation rent don’t want 95 per cent mortgages – they want house prices to … Read more

The most and least affordable places for first-time buyers now

The gulf between the most and least affordable places to live within different regions of Britain is growing, Nationwide Building Society research shows. Within London, the notoriously expensive borough of Kensington and Chelsea is the least affordable place in the capital to live, when taking into account factors like house prices and average earnings. Within … Read more

Most and least affordable places in Britain for first time buyers

Kensington and Chelsea is the least affordable place in Britain for first-time buyers to get a foot on the property ladder, data analysis has found.  First-time buyers in the London borough typically need to shell out 16.8 times their earnings to be able to afford the average house price in the neighbourhood. The typical price … Read more

234k extra buyers could benefit from stamp duty holiday extension

As many as 234,000 buyers who’ve had a property sale agreed could save thousands of pounds if the Chancellor’s rumoured three-month stamp duty holiday extension goes ahead. The total amount saved in stamp duty charges if the extension is given the green light in the Budget next week could top £984million, according to online property … Read more

Best 10% deposit mortgages: What are the top rates for first-time buyers?

Mortgages needing 10 per cent deposits are continuing to return to the market, in a welcome move for first-time buyers. Lenders have launched 117 new products since the beginning of the year, and 29 in the first two weeks of February alone, according to information website Moneyfacts. These lower-deposit mortgages are popular with first-time buyers, … Read more

Rishi Sunak considers extending stamp duty holiday to prevent buyers dropping out of home sales

Rishi Sunak considers extending the stamp duty holiday to prevent buyers dropping out of home sales if they miss the March deadline The Chancellor fears transactions worth billions are at risk with current deadline He is considering extending the holiday until mid-May to help buyers The current March 31 deadline could cause a ‘completion trap’ … Read more