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Silverstone fails to take pole when it comes to race track property premiums

The latest research from Yopa has found that while Silverstone may be the spiritual home of British motorsport and host of this weekend's Formula 1 Grand Prix, it is far from the most prestigious racing venue when it comes to local property prices. In fact, homes near other race circuits across Britain command far higher price premiums.

The research from Yopa* analysed house prices in the...

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Addresses containing the word 'Saint' have proved the most popular in the UK

Do you live on one of the nation’s most popular streets?

Challenger property portal, OpenBrix , has revealed the nation’s most popular road names based on the highest number of homes sold in the last 12 months.

OpenBrix analysed sold price records from the Land Registry to find out which street names had clocked up the largest number of transactions in the last year.

The research shows that with nearly ten thousand transactions,...

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Stamp Duty savings

Stamp duty holiday has already saved homebuyers £108m

The latest research from lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves , has revealed the huge number of homebuyers that have already benefited from the current stamp duty saving and the money they’ve saved.

Benham and Reeves analysed sold price records across England from the Land Registry between the launch of the stamp duty holiday on 8th July and August 31st (latest available data...

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Top tips for ensuring electrical safety at home

As the UK’s increasingly homebound homeowners continue to invest in improving and updating their homes, NICEIC has issued a keen reminder of the importance of ensuring electrical safety is kept at the forefront – particularly when it comes to the bathroom.

Amid the ongoing surge of home improvement activity sparked by government lockdown measures, recent estimates1 suggest that...

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227,000 private renters have fallen into rental arrears due to the current pandemic

The buy-to-let locations with the lowest rental arrears

The latest research from lettings management platform, Howsy , has revealed where the highest arrears are due to the pandemic.

According to Shelter, 227,000 private renters have fallen into rental arrears due to the current pandemic, meaning the total number of tenants in arrears has doubled on an annual basis to 5% of private renters.

Howsy looked at what this 5% equates to...

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The Competition and Markets Authority is investigating four of the UK’s biggest housebuilders

Ground rent scandal could your new build be affected?

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is investigating four of the UK’s biggest housebuilders after “troubling evidence” has been exposed over the way they have been selling leasehold agreements.

The investigation into Barratt Developments, Countryside Properties, Persimmon Homes and Taylor Wimpey came about due to complaints from buyers claiming they have become stuck in...

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The best nation to be twinned with for a buoyant property price in the domestic market is Hungary.

Hungarian twin town locations fetch the highest house prices in Britain

The latest research by estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk , has revealed what your town’s foreign twin says about the quality of your domestic property market.

GetAgent.co.uk took the list of British twinned towns and sister cities released last week by the ONS and pulled data from the Land Registry on house prices for each one. GetAgent.co.uk then looked at the average...

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What can £3m can get you in the global property market across 24 cities

What can £3m get you in the prime global property market?

While the high-end property market may attract a certain type of buyer wherever you are in the world, the property you can secure differs greatly from one market to the next.

The world's leading high-net-worth mortgage broker, Enness Global , has taken a look at what £3m can get you in the global property market across 24 cities, based on the current value of property per square...

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Demand for rental homes across the UK’s major cities has increased

Rental demand continues to rise across the UK’s major cities

The latest Rental Demand Index for Q3 from lettings management platform, Howsy , has revealed that demand for rental homes across the UK’s major cities has increased +13% since Q2.

Howsy’s index looks at rental listings across all of the major property portals, taking an average demand score for the nation’s major cities based on where has the highest number of properties already let...

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Average house prices in urban areas are 10% higher

Are city home sellers really heading to the country?

The romanticised notion that many city-based homeowners are upping sticks and, well, moving to the sticks, has been heavily featured in the press in recent months.

However, the latest research by Barrows and Forrester suggests that this isn’t quite the case. Well, not yet anyway.

Barrows and Forrester analysed the latest transaction data from the Land Registry, splitting...

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