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Winter warmth, summer cool: five ways to prepare your home

After a scorching summer, a new report shows that 35% of Brits feel as though their home is unsuitable for the climate we now live in. With the priority now shifting to staying warm and comfortable this winter ahead of looming energy bill increases, MyBuilder.com , the reliable way to hire tradespeople, is advising homeowners to consider upgrades that both warm in winter - and stay cool in summer....

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Top 10 Most Expensive City-to-Suburb Moves for UK Homeowners

With remote working on the rise, budgeting experts, thinkmoney , have analysed the average house price of 23-city centre locations before comparing it to the nearest best-rated suburb – uncovering how much more it is to find ‘a place in the suburbs’ > https://www.thinkmoney.co.uk/blog/how-much-you-could-save-in-suburbs/

Homes in the suburbs are 9% more expensive than those in the...

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Stamp Duty

Covid causes 41% drop in property sales despite stamp duty holiday boost

Property market analysis by estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk , has revealed that residential transactions across England and Wales fell by -41% in 2020 when compared to the previous year, despite the market receiving a boost in the form of a stamp duty holiday.

The initial lockdown introduced in March of last year saw the property market ground to halt, although it’s...

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Pancakes

Pancake property market topped with above average house prices

The latest research by lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves , has found that pancake related street names have largely left a sweet taste in the mouth of the nation’s home sellers over the last year.

Benham and Reeves analysed sold price property records from the Land Registry, to find out how much home sellers in England and Wales have been flipping their homes for on...

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What we love most about our homes

The latest research by estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk , has revealed what it is about our homes that we love the most, what we would like to improve and what percentage of UK homeowners are only in it for the money.

Ahead of Valentine’s Day this Sunday, GetAgent asked UK homeowners what it is they loved most about their property.

For the majority of homeowners...

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Jersey ranks as the world’s most attractive IFC property hotspot

Research by the world's leading high-net-worth mortgage broker, Enness Global , has revealed the current cost of purchasing a property in the world’s International Finance Centres (IFC)

A location can be considered an IFC for a wide range of reasons, including financial secrecy as well as a more favourable business environment.

For example, the UK is widely considered an IFC...

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Breakup

Breakups drive home moves and sellers are more upset about leaving their property than their partner

Research by home buying platform, Yes Homebuyers , has revealed the driving factors behind those having to move home and which hurts the most, breaking up with our partner or our property.

While the end of a relationship has always been one of the main factors behind home moves, Covid has likely caused this to increase. It’s believed that searches for divorce guidance have increased...

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Almost half of UK homebuyers say ‘Never again’

Research from WiggyWam , the all in one property platform, has revealed that 45% of UK homebuyers found the experience so frustrating that they’ve been put off the idea of ever doing it again.

24% of those homebuyers say that, while the experience has put them off the idea of moving again, they are likely to have to do so at some point in the future due to personal and lifestyle...

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Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year 2021 - why Year of the Ox could be bad news for property market

While thousands around the world prepare to celebrate Chinese New Year this Friday, welcoming in the Year of the Ox as they do, property market analysis by GetAgent.co.uk , has found that it could bring bad news for UK homeowners.

GetAgent.co.uk analysed house prices over the last four Chinese zodiac cycles going back as far as 1973, to see historically which year in the Chinese...

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Student Accommodation

Over half of students are struggling financially, here’s Britain’s cheapest student digs to help your loan go further

Analysis by UniHomes , the UK’s leading student accommodation platform, has found that more than half of students struggle to get by financially, with food, travel and course materials eating away most at their student loan once the rent is paid.

UniHomes asked UK students if their student loan provided them with enough money to live comfortably? 56% stated that it didn’t and they...

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House and Money

House price affordability at its worst in a decade as property prices hit 10x the average salary

The latest research by lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves , has revealed that current affordability across the UK property market is at its worst in 10 years, with the average house price to income ratio at its highest levels since 2011.

Current House Price to Income Ratio

Benham and Reeves analysed the average house price to income ratio based on average property...

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