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Housing Market Bounce Back

Housing market springs back: listings increase by more than 16% since start of the year

The latest research by Yopa reveals that as Spring begins, 6.3% more homes are on England's housing market today compared to the start of the year, with some counties seeing increases of more than 16%, showcasing growing seller confidence in a market that is on the up.

Yopa has analysed residential listings data from March 2026*, with the analysis showing an estimated 471,619 homes...

London Marathon

Canary Wharf tops the London Marathon route for landlord yields

The latest insight from property management specialist Rushbrook & Rathbone has found that E14 is the strongest postcode along the London Marathon route for landlords looking to invest in the capital's rental market, delivering an estimated average yield of 6.6%.

Rushbrook & Rathbone analysed current asking house prices and rents across postcode districts spanning the London...

New build

New-build demand remains subdued as fewer than 1 in 5 homes find buyers in Q1 2026

The latest New-Build Stock and Demand Index from Property Inspect has found that demand for new-build homes remained subdued in the first quarter of 2026, with fewer than one in five new properties securing a buyer. New-build stock levels also took a slight dip to account for just 6.3% of the market.

Property Inspect analysed current market listings across 20 major British cities to...

London Property

Prime London sellers return to market as £2m+ stock climbs in Q1

The latest look at prime London property supply from Jefferies London has shown that the volume of homes priced at £2m or more listed for sale across Prime Central London (PCL) increased by 2.7% during the first quarter of 2026, with £2m+ homes now accounting for 35.5% of all PCL stock.

Jefferies London analysed current for-sale listings across the PCL market, looking at what...

First time buyer

First-time buyer demand strengthens in Q1 as confidence builds amongst buyers

The latest research by Yopa has revealed that first-time buyer demand has strengthened during the first quarter of 2026, despite the supply of homes offering the benefit of a buying scheme remaining limited.

Yopa analysed first-time buyer demand based on the proportion of homes listed under buying schemes* that have already sold subject to contract as a percentage of total available...

Money Laundering

Coadjute announces the first digital human to assist in the battle against money laundering in the UK

Coadjute, the leading PropTech company backed by Lloyds Banking Group, NatWest, and Nationwide and championed by Phil Spencer, today announced the deployment of Clara, the UK's first digital human designed to support estate agents and their buyers and sellers with essential anti-money laundering (AML) checks.

Money-laundering is one of the UK's most pressing financial crime...

House Keys

New fear unlocked: over a tenth of Brits admit to keeping a key from a previous property

Millions of UK homes may be less secure than first thought, as new data reveals that more than 10 per cent of Brits still have a key to their previous property.

According to MyBuilder.com , the reliable way to hire tradespeople, 13 per cent of UK residents still have a key to their previous property. Concerningly, the figures among Brits in the 18-34 age category, at 23 per cent....

Covid Property Boom

UK house prices sit above pandemic market peak, six years on from first Covid lockdown

The latest research from Yopa has found that, six years on from the first Covid lockdown (23rd March 2020), the average UK house price remains 1.7% above the peak reached during the pandemic property market boom, despite the more subdued market conditions seen since.

Yopa analysed* average house price data at three key points in time - January 2020 prior to Covid arriving in the UK,...

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