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Rental supply/demand imbalance

Rental supply/demand imbalance is set to remain over 2025 Rental market conditions are improving, but the supply/demand imbalance is set to...

Outlook for housing market in 2025

Outlook for housing market in 2025 – forecasts for house prices Rightmove predicts national average asking prices will rise by 4% in...

Tenants see salary boost

Tenants see salary boost In good news for tenants, the average salary of renters signing tenancies in October rose by 1.7% - from £37,350...

Interest rates and Stamp duty changes

Interest rates and Stamp duty changes The Bank of England has cut the bank base rate to 4.75%, for the second time this year. This mean...

Renters bill back

Renters bill back in Parliament for second reading The Second Reading of the Renters” Rights Bill has been held by Deputy Prime Minister...

Lowest mortgage rates

Lowest mortgage rates for 15 months as inflation drops Home buyers are benefitting from the lowest average mortgage rates for 15 months, which...

Record breaking rents continue

Record breaking rents continue After breaking records in July, rents remained sky high in August - topping the £1,400 threshold for the...

First-time buyers to benefit from extra lending

First-time buyers to benefit from extra lending The Lloyds Banking Group is offering extra help for first-time buyers as it launches its...

Tenant demand and rents rise

Tenant demand and rents rise In provisional data, average UK private rents increased by 8.6% in the 12 months to July 2024 according to the...

Market activity set to gain momentum in the months ahead

Market activity set to gain momentum in the months ahead The July 2024 RICS Residential Survey results signal a largely stable trend in...

Celebrating 15 fabulous years!

Celebrating 15 fabulous years of Arins Property Services! It’s hard to believe that we’re celebrating 15 years of Arins Property...

New government pledges for the lettings industry

New government pledges for the lettings industry The new government’s Chancellor Rachel Reeves has committed to abolishing Section 21...

Demand remains steady as housing market shows resilience

Demand remains steady as housing market shows resilience The housing market has been very resilient over the last year given the rise in...

Spring activity boost

Spring activity boost pushes asking prices close to new record According to Rightmove latest data, the average asking price of property coming...

Rental inflation slows at last

Rental inflation slows at last The heat is finally coming out of UK rental inflation which has slowed to 7.8%, down from 11% a year ago - the...

Stronger spring buyer demand

Stronger spring buyer demand and sales as market marches into spring The positive start to the year continues, paving the way for a greater...

What the Spring budget changes mean for landlords

What the Spring budget changes mean for landlords The recent budget was likely to be one of the last the current Chancellor will give in the...

House prices rise for 5th consecutive month

House prices rise for 5th consecutive month The average house price rose by +0.4% in February, the fifth monthly rise in a row says Halifax....

Tenant demand up while landlords await

Tenant demand up while landlords await reform legislation RICS UK Residential Market Survey for lettings shows nearly a third (28%) of agents...

Record number of home valuation requests in January

Record number of home valuation requests in January New data from Rightmove reveals that the number of people sending a request to an estate...

Rental demand well above

Rental demand well above average A combination of factors have pushed rental demand well above average for the last 3 years reports Zoopla....

Record rents achieved

Record rents achieved says Rightmove Average advertised rents outside of London rose to a new record of £1,280 per calendar month (pcm)...

Buyer and seller activity jump at start of year

Buyer and seller activity jump at start of year There has been some promising activity in the property market at the start of the year says...

The mortgage war has commenced

Lenders start the year with cheaper mortgages! It’s been a great start to the year as lenders are becoming highly competitive, offering...

Tax cuts are coming back!

Tax cuts are coming back! Cuts to National Insurance payments have been announced in the Autumn statement which will mean employees payments to...

Leasehold and freehold reforms

Leasehold and freehold reforms announced The King’s Speech at the State Opening of Parliament has outlined the content of the...

UK house prices rise in October

UK house prices rise in October, ending run of six consecutive monthly falls UK house prices rose in October, up +1.1% on a monthly basis,...

Section 21 no fault evictions reform delayed

The government has indefinitely delayed plans to scrap plans to ban Section 21 eviction notices which allows landlords to boot out tenants without...

Buyers are still active for the right property at the right price!

Rightmove’s latest House Price Index shows buyers are still active for the right property at the right price and the number of buyers...

Rents hit 15th consecutive record, as average property receives 25 enquiries

The average advertised rent for new properties on the rental market hits another new national record of £1,278 per calendar month (pcm)...

Mortgage rates fall as lenders look to compete!

UK mortgage rate forecast There are hopes that mortgage rates could drop further in the autumn with the slowdown in the mortgage market forcing...

Rents hit new record!

Rents hit new record! Do you have a property to let? Asking rents hit new record and now a third higher than pre-pandemic says the research...

Right-priced homes attracting motivated buyers

Right-priced homes attracting motivated buyers Buyers are still keenly searching the market as long as the price is right says the latest...

What renters look for

What renters look for A recent survey by Uswitch of over 2,000 tenants has identified security as the most desirable feature of a property....

Five tips for first time buyers

Five tips for first time buyers 1. Start saving for a deposit as soon as you can The average age of a first-time buyer...

Rate rises quash spring price bounce but activity holds up

Rate rises quash spring price bounce but activity holds up. Rightmove’s latest House Price Index shows that average new seller asking...

Landlords! Are you selling your investment?

Landlords consider selling up as interest rates begin to bite. Rising interest rates and future changes to the rules for buy-to-let landlords...

Buyer demand up 3% for second steppers, 6% up for first-time buyers

Buyer demand is up and confidence returning to market! The latest Rightmove Index reveals that buyer demand is 3% higher than in 2019 for...

First-time buyer ALERT 100% mortgages are BACK!

First-time buyer ALERT 100% mortgages are BACK! With rent, bills and everything else to pay for, saving for a house deposit can be a challenge....

Buyers tempted by market stability, are you ready to sell?

Stability in housing market tempts buyers while homes sell at pre-pandemic pace with first-time buyers leading the price recovery The number of...

Rent rises are pushing tenants to look for homes outside of the capital

Renters flock to Berkshire to get more for their money New data from the UK’s biggest property website Rightmove reveals that a greater...

Spring sees stability and confidence return to market

Spring sees stability and confidence return to market Rightmove’s latest House Price Index continues to point to a market on a much more...

Buyer demand up in the first two months of 2023

Buyer demand up in first two months of 2023 – latest from Zoopla Zoopla’s latest data shows demand from home buyers has rebounded...

Better than "expected market" surprises many as buyers return!

The number of potential buyers contacing agents is up by 11% in the last two weeks compared with the same period in 2019....

Mortgage rates are falling, we have buyers ready to view!

As mortgage interest rates fall, keen buyers are registering! Lenders are dropping their rates on both fixed and variable rate mortgages...

Bigger than usual New Year bounce after extended year-end lull

• After two months of falls, average new seller asking prices rise again by 0.9% (+£3,301) this month, the biggest increase at this...

A longer term look from Rightmove

So what can we tell you about what’s happening? Rightmove’s economists tells us emphatically that the housing market is not...

New stamp duty saving announced!

The new Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s first mini budget will provide immediate relief to first-time buyers by upping the threshold of...

Searches for greener eco-friendly homes rise

Home hunters who are concerned about rising energy bills are increasingly searching for eco-friendly homes says new research from Legal &...

Homeowners waiting more than a decade to move!

The average time people have lived in their homes when they come to sell has crept up by more than a year and a half to 11 years, since the...

Now is the time to sell or let your home as the local property market still strong

Buyers and renters are still very much looking for a new home and we need more stock so let’s have an informal chat if you would like to...

Prices fall though likely more due to holidays than rate rises

Price of property coming to the market sees first fall this year, down 1.3% in the month to £365,173 (-£4,795): - Prices usually...

House prices more than £30,000 higher than this time last year while rents move upwards!

We’ve seen exceptional demand from buyers and tenants alike as summer is in full swing. As we look towards the autumn, we believe prices...

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