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Online House Hunter: Buyers v sellers
Thursday, 28 April 2011
The April edition of the Rightmove House Price Index contains some fascinating insights into the housing market in the UK at the moment.
Online House Hunter: Gadget magic
Wednesday, 27 April 2011
Just occasionally, someone comes up with something in the house-hunting market that is truly innovative.
Mortgage lending rises to an eight-month high
Wednesday, 27 April 2011
The number of mortgages approved for house purchase rose to an eight-month high during March as activity in the property market showed signs of picking up, figures revealed today.
Majority of Britons think property is over-valued
Wednesday, 27 April 2011
The majority of Britons think property is over-valued, but only one in four people are predicting further house price falls, a survey suggested today.
40 per cent of home sales by cash
Wednesday, 27 April 2011
A record 40% of homes that changed hands in January were bought by cash buyers, figures showed today.
Online House Hunter: Homes for cyclists
Tuesday, 26 April 2011
The Independent’s Save Our Cyclists campaign for safer cycling in the UK has quite rightly received widespread approval.
Hirst and friends in bid to buy Chelsea boatyard
Tuesday, 26 April 2011
Leading lights from art and commerce including Britain's wealthiest artist, Damien Hirst, are leading a bid to own a historic London boatyard in one of the capital's most salubrious postcodes.
Rise in London house prices deepens divide
Sunday, 24 April 2011
The difference between the North and the South is even greater despite an Easter revival
House Doctor: 'We've found our dream home at last, but should we haggle over price?'
Friday, 22 April 2011
Question: Can you recommend a starting offer price for a property we want to buy? We've finally found an ideal house for £330,000 – which we can afford – but we would like to know if we've got the edge in any negotiations. We're not good at bargaining and want to offer as low as possible without losing the property. Is it a buyers' market; do we have the upper hand, or is it them?
Regional revival: Why Leeds is riding high
Friday, 22 April 2011
Once littered with empty flats, the northern city is undergoing a renaissance with a new shopping centre on the way.
At the touch of a button: Luxury houses are going hi-tech
Friday, 22 April 2011
Wayne Burgess can control his home's security system, central heating and lighting from anywhere in the world.
Online House Hunter: The shape of the rental market
Wednesday, 20 April 2011
The vagaries of the housing market continue to skew the rental market, particularly in London and the South-East.
Mortgage lending soared by 21% in March
Wednesday, 20 April 2011
Mortgage lending soared by 21% during March as both buyers and people remortgaging returned to the market.
Online House Hunter: Crystal ball gazing
Monday, 18 April 2011
House prices static over past 12 months said The Guardian. UK house prices remain volatile, said property talklive. But both of these headlines are both based on the same house price index.
Record jump in level of unsold properties
Monday, 18 April 2011
The housing market remains lodged in the doldrums, with the mismatch between property supply and demand leading to the biggest rise in unsold stock since May 2007, according to an analysis of estate agents' listings.
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