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London homebuyers saved £1.019bn during the stamp duty holiday property

London homebuyers saved £1.019bn during the stamp duty holiday

The latest property market analysis by London lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves , has revealed the full extent of how the stamp duty holiday impacted the capital’s property market, saving London homebuyers over £1bn since it first launched at the start of July last year.

Last week, the government released its latest house price index providing the first concrete view of...

Homeowners could access more than the average pension pot using equity release property

Homeowners in 53% of areas in England and Wales could access more than the average pension pot using equity release

Nearly half of homeowners in England and Wales could access more funds from property wealth than the average pension pot
  • Homeowners in 53% of areas in England & Wales could be able to access more from the value of their home than is saved in the average pension pot (£61,930)
  • In March 2021, homeowners in England and Wales could release on average £72,988 worth of equity
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A Home Alone house could see you sell for 123% more

A Home Alone house could see you sell for 123% more

A Home Alone house could see you sell for 123% more

Research by MoveStreets, the property portal designed for the mobile generation, has revealed how much more homebuyers are willing to pay for a Home Alone house in the current market.

Of course, they don’t mean a house fit with Kevin McCallister as an additional house guest, but the style of the home itself. Georgian style homes...

Property market analysis: Staging your home could add £47,000 when selling

Property market analysis: Staging your home could add £47,000 when selling

The latest property market analysis by London lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves , has revealed that staging your home during the selling process could boost your sale price by as much as £47,000.

Staging is generally considered to be an American property market import, but it really just requires a few finishing touches in addition to the work we already put in before...

Kensington Ward London Property Market

The Kensington ward where homes average just £600,000

Research by central London estate agency, Bective , has dissected the most prestigious pocket of the London property market to reveal how it has fared during a tough pandemic year and which areas offer the most and least affordable paths to securing a home in Kensington and Chelsea.

Bective analysed the latest data from the Office for National Statistics looking at property market...

UK tourist hotspot house price growth stagnates during the pandemic

Research by the estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk , has found that a lockdown enforced trend for staycations may have been good news for the UK tourism sector, but it hasn’t been so great for local property prices in tourist hotspots.

GetAgent analysed UK house price growth since the start of the pandemic and how it differed across areas classed as tourism hotspots versus...

First-time property buyers worse off due to stamp duty holiday property

First-time property buyers £25k worse off thanks to stamp duty holiday

Research by the estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk , reveals that the stamp duty holiday has increased the price of first-time buyer homes by an average of 11.7% in England in the last year, and by as much as 31.5% in some areas of the country.

The stamp duty holiday was introduced as a financial incentive to keep the housing market buoyant during the pandemic and thus...

Autumn Themed Street names property market

Scarecrow, Squirrel, or Harvest? What is the most expensive autumn-themed street name?

Research from the national estate agent, Keller Williams UK , has revealed which autumn-themed road names command the highest house prices on the property market.

To celebrate this turning of the seasons, Keller Williams has studied transaction history for some of the UK’s autumn-themed street names to discover which ones command the highest average house price.

The most...

Grand Victorian mansions

Kensington house prices fall by more than two times the average annual earnings in the last year

The latest research from the homebuying platform, YesHomebuyers , has revealed that over the last year, house prices in Kensington and Chelsea have fallen by more than twice the annual net salary in the borough.

The average house price across Britain has climbed by almost £24,000 in the last year, just shy of the average annual net earnings of £25,266.

In Hammersmith and...

Houses

House prices up by as much as £100,000 in a single year

Research from the national estate agent, Keller Williams UK , has revealed where across the UK homeowners have seen the biggest cash boost in property values in just a single year.

The analysis of Land Registry data by Keller Williams UK found that the average UK homeowner has seen a cash boost of £23,116 in just 12 months, with the average UK house price climbing from £231,508 in...

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