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Why Estate Agents in Canterbury are Key to Navigating the 2025 Property Market

As we step into 2025, the UK property market continues to evolve, influenced by interest rate shifts, changing buyer preferences, and broader economic factors. In such a dynamic environment, navigating the market on your own can feel overwhelming—especially in sought-after areas like Canterbury.

Whether you're planning to buy, sell, or invest, estate agents in Canterbury offer a level of local...

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Third of home movers downsizing, but it's not just to cut costs

The latest research by Quickmove Properties has revealed that while a third (33%) of those opting to move home in the current market are downsizers, it's not the increased cost of borrowing or living that is driving them to reduce the size of their home, but the fact they live in an empty nest.

Quickmove Properties commissioned a survey of UK home sellers to have sold over the last...

One in five homeowners never had a gas safety check, leaving them open to dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning

Research from Fair Fix , the boiler engineer experts, has revealed that despite a reduction in the number of deaths caused by carbon monoxide poisoning, a worrying one in five UK homeowners have never had a gas safety check carried out on the gas appliances within their home.

Deaths from carbon monoxide

The latest data from the Office for National Statistics shows...

How can commercial developers help revitalise the local high street?

Research by the debt advisory specialists, Sirius Property Finance , reveals that 42% of UK consumers rarely, if ever, take a trip to their local high street, as commercial developers are urged to find ways of tempting shoppers to return and, in doing so, help local communities and economies thrive.

The survey of over 1,000 UK consumers, commissioned by Sirius Property Finance, asked...

Cost of moving home up 4.9% in a year

The latest research from estate and lettings agent, Barrows and Forrester , reveals that the costs associated with moving home, such as removal hire, solicitors and self storage, have increased by an average of 4.9% over the last year, while other costs such as cleaning, repairs and furnishings have also climbed on an annual basis.

Barrows & Forrester has analysed the various...

North East is the mixed-use property hotspot of England

Market analysis by debt advisory specialists, Sirius Property Finance , reveals the North East is currently England's mixed-use property hotspot, providing great opportunities for investors while shaping what is likely to be the future of commercial development.

Sirius Property Finance has analysed England's current mixed-use property market to see which parts of the nation have the...

More than twice the price to buy versus build

It costs over twice as much to buy a property than to build one in England, suggesting house prices are being fired up well beyond their natural level.

That's according to analysis from Searchland , the development site sourcing specialists, which compared basic building costs in terms of labour and materials to new build prices.

Typical new builds cost 120.1% more than the...

Without frequent boiler servicing, landlords risk a bill of £20K

Research from Fair Fix , the boiler engineer experts, has found that the average landlord is risking a potential bill of almost £20,000, should they neglect to maintain the boilers within the properties across their portfolio.

Landlords have a significant responsibility to their tenants when it comes to gas safety.

A gas safety check is a legal requirement that is central to...

71% of property investors yet to see portfolio value decline in current market

Research from Sourced Franchise , the UK's leading property investment platform, has found that while 71% of UK property investors are yet to see a decline in the value of their property portfolio, over half don't intend to add to it this year due to cooling market conditions and wider economic uncertainty.

The survey of UK investors, commissioned by Sourced Franchise, found that...

Countryside living is booming as house prices outpace coastal hotspots

Market analysis from eXp UK , the platform for personal estate agents, reveals that the house price growth in the UK's countryside towns is outperforming the national average, while coastal towns are failing to match the same pace.

eXp UK has analysed house price change across the UK's coastal and countryside hotspots over the past year to see which is most in favour with today's...

Garden sizes revealed, how does yours measure up?

The latest analysis by Quickmove Properties reveals that the average garden size for an English home is an estimated 255 square metres, although this falls to just 81 square metres in Portsmouth.

Quickmove Properties calculated the average garden size for a home across every area in England based on total residential garden space in a given area relative to the total estimated number...

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