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Help to Buy on the decline, but will housebuilders miss it? 

The latest research by the new-build sales optimisation platform, Unlatch , has revealed that the impact of the Help to Buy scheme within the new-build sector has been in slow decline, despite Help to Buy transactions still accounting for a sizable proportion of homes delivered by the nation’s three biggest housebuilders.

Launched in 2013, Help to Buy has been helping homebuyers onto...

One in five Britons plans to buy a property in 2022

New research among more than 2,000 UK adults has revealed how many people are planning to buy a new home or property investment in 2022:
  • 18% of UK adults intend to buy a property this year – rising to 34% among 18–34-year-olds
    • 14% of renters plan to buy their first home in 2022
    • 14% of existing homeowners plan to move property, while 6% plan to purchase an additional
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You can win £10,000 to put towards a house deposit by finding a pair of keys launched from space

You can win £10,000 to put towards a house deposit by finding a pair of keys launched from space

Company offering £10,000 to put towards a house deposit… if you find a pair of keys launched from space!
  • With many people struggling to get on the property ladder, regulated property buyers, Good Move are offering £10,000 to put towards a house deposit
  • A pair of keys are being launched into space on Wednesday 19th January, and the first person to find them will win the huge
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Renters splash cash making someone else’s house their home

New research reveals almost one in seven (14%) renters who spent money doing up their rental property paid over £1,000 for improvements -
  • New research reveals over a third (34%) of renters have spent money doing up their landlords’ properties, with almost one in seven (14%) of them having spent over £1,000 each
  • This is driven mainly by increased time spent at home and
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Over a third of first-time buyers struggle to raise funds to get on the property ladder

But new CreditLadder and Equifax research finds that new 5% deposit scheme could be the key to the door for 33% of first-time buyers

As the average first-time buyers’ deposit [1] reaches nearly £59,000, £12,000 more than a year ago, new research [2] conducted by CreditLadder and Equifax found lack of savings for a deposit is preventing over a third (34%) of first-time buyers getting...

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The biggest property price gaps between the first and second rung of the ladder

The latest research by estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk, has revealed which areas of the British housing market present the biggest step for first-time homeowners, when it comes to climbing the next rung of the property ladder.

Since the market reopened for business early last year, frenzied levels of homebuyer demand have pushed house prices ever higher. As a result,...

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The most affordable housing markets for a digital detox

Gwent, Ayrshire and County Durham rank amongst some of the most affordable areas to get on the UK property ladder with the lowest level of internet usage, according to the latest research by GetAgent.co.uk .

For many, good internet connectivity is a vital commodity in this day and age and one that has grown even more important having spent months working from home under lockdown...

First-time buyers paying as much as £73k more to get on the ladder since the market reopened

Research by the new build snagging and defect management experts, BuildScan , has revealed where the nation’s first-time buyers have seen house prices climb the most since the market reopened in May of last year.

BuildScan analysed first-time buyer house prices from the Land Registry house price records, looking at how they have changed between May 2020 and January 2021 (latest data...

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Homeownership second only to having kids when it comes to life importance

With all the incentives homebuyers are currently receiving in regards to getting on the property ladder, national estate agent Keller Williams UK , decided to look at just how much owning a home actually means in the UK and how this compares in importance to other life aspirations.

Keller Williams UK asked homeowners just how important it was to them that they own their own piece of...