property market

No stamp duty holiday FOMO for FTBs across 79% of the market

Research by Ascend Properties has highlighted just how much of the property market will remain SDLT free for first-time buyers, even after the current holiday extension has expired.

While all residential transactions are currently enjoying no stamp duty owed on purchases as high as £500,000, this perk will remain in place for FTBs purchasing up to £300,000 beyond the final September...

The Scottish property hotspots driving current market performance

Glasgow, Edinburgh and Fife are the current Scottish home selling hotspots according to the latest research by Keller Williams UK .

Keller Williams UK analysed the Scottish market based on its performance over the last year, revealing where the most homes are selling, where has seen the highest level of house price growth and where ranks as the most expensive foot on the Scottish...

Leasehold

Leasehold property sales are driving activity in these areas of the property market

Research from Warwick Estates has revealed the areas of England where leasehold home sales are driving the property market, accounting for as much as 99% of transactions.

Warwick Estates analysed property transactions across England to have completed over the last year, highlighting which pockets of the market are home to the highest number of leasehold homes as a percentage of all...

Homebuyers pay the most to live on a Hill, Lane or Garden

Research by estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk , has revealed which road type has proved the most popular with the nation’s homebuyers over the last year, as well as which commands the highest property price tag.

GetAgent analysed property sales across England and Wales over the last year and found that when it comes to pure popularity, you can’t beat a good old fashioned...

Mortgages

Mortgages fuel 70% of transactions since industry lockdown ended

Research by the leading mortgage broker for global high-net-worths, Enness Global Mortgages , has shown that mortgages have fuelled 70% of property transactions across Great Britain since the market reopened back in May of last year, after initial lockdown restrictions were imposed.

Enness analysed market data on the number of mortgage financed sales as a percentage of all sales in...

Prime market well poised to side-step the stamp duty fuelled market cliff edge

Research by the leading mortgage broker for global high-net-worths, Enness Global Mortgages , suggests that the market cliff-edge that approaches with the end of the stamp duty holiday is unlikely to impact the high-end section of the UK property market.

A downward correction in property prices and transaction levels was expected to follow the expiry of the stamp duty holiday at the...

Houses and magnifying glass

Homebuyer demand climbs in Q1, although London is still off the pace

Estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk , has released its latest Homebuyer Demand Hotspots Index of the year, revealing how the market has performed across the UK’s major cities during the first quarter of 2020.

GetAgent’s Hotspots Index is a quarterly look at homebuyer demand levels in each major UK city. The index is based on the number of properties that are already marked...

Birmingham Canals

Birmingham leads rental market revival as tenant demand jumps 10% in Q1

Research by estate and lettings agent, Barrows and Forrester , has revealed that the rental market across the UK’s major cities has started to pick up as we edge out of lockdown.

The latest market data from Barrows and Forrester shows that there has been a sharp uplift in tenant demand for rental properties across the UK’s major cities. Demand for rental homes now sits at 37.6% for...

Cityscape of Bristol

The UK’s Help to Buy Homebuyer Hotspots

Research by lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves , has revealed which cities are currently seeing the most demand from homebuyers for properties eligible for Help to Buy (H2B).

With the current Help to Buy equity loan scheme expiring last month, homebuyers will have been glad to see the Government announce a replacement scheme to start as of this April. The latest version of...

Homebuyers are £10k worse off thanks to stamp duty holiday price boom

Research by Newcastle-based property developer, StripeHomes , has found that a hot housing market driven by the stamp duty holiday has seen the saving on offer wiped out by house price increases in all but two major cities.

StripeHomes analysed house price growth since the introduction of the stamp duty holiday in July of last year across 18 major cities in England and how this...

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