News Source: Times Online
| about 1 month ago
A rise in orders for sold boards from estate agents, against a much smaller increase in requests of for-sale signs, is the latest proof of the squeeze on stock. Based on the number of sold signs ordered by estate agents, there was a 13.4 per cent...
News Source: Moneynews
| about 1 month ago
Estate agents had an average of 287 prospective buyers on their books in October, a slight downturn on the 294 average of for the previous month. The average number of properties available also fell to 57, down from 62 in September. However, the gap...
News Source: The Independent
| about 1 month ago
There is strong demand for property and more optimism in the housing market than we have seen for months. This is good news for the recovery of the market and for the UK economy in general. "Many buyers are at the very beginning of the house buying...
News Source: BBC
| about 1 month ago
It expects that after a 3.7% rise in prices this year, there will be peaks and troughs over five years. This would include a notable drop in 2010 as the number of homes on the market outstrips demand. Meanwhile, the National Association of Estate...
News Source: Times Online
| about 1 month ago
Savills, the estate agency, is forecasting an average decline of 6.6 per cent by mid-summer. The falls will be larger in the North than in the South, accentuating the divide that has opened up between upbeat London and the Home Counties and the gloom...