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Buying & Selling

More Properties Go to Auction — Why Are Fewer Finding Buyers?

September brought more lots to UK property auctions than a year earlier but fewer reported sales, with the proportion selling falling below two-thirds. The...

Estate Agents Expect Higher AML Costs. But Are More Staff and Spending the Answer?

A new survey suggests property-sector compliance budgets are heading higher, even as firms struggle with systems that do not work together. For estate agents...

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Mortgage Deals Now Last Just 13 Days — What Does That Really Mean for Borrowers?

It is a familiar experience this autumn. A borrower finds a fixed-rate deal on a comparison site, spends an evening checking the fees and...

Government Promises 40,000 Construction Placements a Year — Can the Industry Turn Them into Skilled Workers?

Few complaints are heard more often in British construction than the shortage of people. Housebuilders, contractors, repair firms and the House of Lords committee...

Estate Agents Doubt the Budget Will Revive Sales — What Would Actually Help Home Movers?

What could a Budget actually do to get more people moving home? Ask estate agents, and most appear to think the answer this year...

Asking Prices Rose in October. Why Are Sellers Still Under Pressure?

The average asking price of homes newly listed for sale in Great Britain rose by 1% in October, according to Rightmove. But behind that...

More First-Time Buyers Pay Higher Mortgages Than Rent. Is Buying Still Worth It?

More than half of first-time buyers in a new analysis took on mortgage payments higher than the rent they had been paying. The finding...
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Commercial Property

Commercial property buyers are reportedly seeking lower prices as borrowing costs rise and investment returns come under pressure. New UK figures reveal why valuations...
Great British Railways' headquarters is heading for a new office at Becketwell. A government-backed occupier could solve one of regional development's biggest problems. It...
A cinema operator takes a large, awkwardly configured unit that has sat empty for years, at a rent below what the retailer it replaced...
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