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Home swapping The 2022 travel trend you need to know about homes

Home swapping: The 2022 travel trend you need to know about

Why home swapping is the future of holidays

Even though going on holiday involves a few extra steps thanks to the pandemic, travel is quickly getting back into business – and most Brits can’t wait to start exploring the world again! Keener than ever to travel as much as possible, the concept of home swapping is becoming hugely popular, as this method of travel offers holidaymakers multiple...

The new-build hotspots where homebuyers are heading property

Where are the new-build hotspots homebuyers are heading to?

The new-build hotspots where homebuyers are heading

The latest research by the new-build sales optimisation platform, Unlatch , has revealed where the nation’s homebuyers currently have the strongest appetite for new-build homes, with up to 68% of new homes stock already snapped up as we start the new year.

Unlatch analysed current demand for new-build homes across 22 major cities...

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The cities Brits least desire to live in 2022

  • 38% said they would never consider moving to London
  • Brits don’t want to buy houses in Birmingham (37%) and Glasgow (34%) either
  • 89% dream of living in York which is more than anywhere else in the UK
  • Neighbours put almost half off buying a house (46%)

The property market has boomed throughout the past 18 months with people moving away from...

Mortgage cost increases could hit London house prices the hardest

Market analysis by real estate debt advisory specialists, Sirius Property Finance , has looked at where Britain’s homebuyers are most reliant on the mortgage sector when making a purchase and where house price growth could stutter should monthly interest payments start to climb as a result of the latest interest rates increase.

Sirius Property Finance analysed property transactions...

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Selling your home in 2022? This is how much you’re likely to have made

Selling your home in 2022? This is how much you’re likely to have made

Research by MoveStreets, the property portal designed for the mobile generation, has revealed how much current homesellers are likely to have made when it comes to the price appreciation of their property across each region of the nation.

MoveStreets looked at the average length of time a property is...

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Rental sector driving 80% increase in property values over the last decade

80% increase in property values over the last decade, driven by rental sector home values soaring

As a frantic year for the property market ends and a new one begins, research from the game-changing property platform, Boomin , has revealed that the total value of homes in England has increased by 80% over the last decade. And this growth has predominantly been driven by the value of...

£3.4bn worth of new homes sold so far in the last year

The latest research from Warwick Estates , has revealed where the new-build sector made the biggest impact on the property market in 2021 based on transaction levels and the total value of new homes sold.

The research shows that to date, 8,714 new homes were sold across England and Wales in 2021, accounting for 1.8% of total market activity. The combined value of these new-build...

First-time buyers borrowing more and for longer

The latest research by Birmingham estate and lettings agent, Barrows and Forrester , has revealed that while first-time buyers face the biggest financial hurdle to homeownership causing them to borrow more, it’s existing homebuyers that are now more stretched when it comes to their earnings and the amount they are required to borrow.

Barrows and Forrester analysed data from the...

Only 15% of UK adults confident the Housing Crisis will be resolved in their lifetime

New research among 2,000 UK adults has revealed how fragile confidence is in the Government and the chances of there being a resolution to the Housing Crisis:

  • 52% of UK adults consider the housing crisis to be one of the country’s most pressing societal issues at present
  • But only 14% are confident the housing crisis will be resolved by 2030
    • And just 15%
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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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