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House prices and sales volumes are expected to grow in 2025 despite the fallout from Labour’s Budget, says Zoopla. The portal says the housing market returned to growth in 2024, with UK house prices recording average growth of 1.5% in the 12 months to October 2024.

The second homes market in England and Wales has been valued at over £43 billion, a record high despite the tax and regulation obstacles recently thrown at second home ownership.

In the world of property finance, bridging loans have emerged as a crucial tool for investors, developers, and homeowners alike. These short-term, property-backed loans offer a quick solution for various scenarios, from property purchases to refurbishment projects. However, as with any financial product, understanding the costs involved is paramount. Let’s delve into the intricacies of […]

Northern Ireland maintains the strongest property price growth of any nation or region in the UK, rising by +7.4% on an annual basis in December according to new data from the Halifax. Properties in Northern Ireland now cost an average of £205,895. House prices in Wales were up +4.6% compared to ...

Estonia is the second-best country for property investment, scoring 7.04 out of 10.. Estonia has the lowest buying costs among all the countries in our study, at just 1.30%. With a projected growth rate of 12.30% and an annual gross rental yield of 4.51%, Estonia offers attractive rental opportunities, ensuring investors a steady monthly income.

The housing market is in the early stages of recovery but a variety of new policies make sustaining it in 2025 uncertain, warns Savills. The agency says the recovery in residential markets began in 2024, but that sustaining it depends heavily on continued cuts in interest rates to bring more buyers (particularly second and third-time home buyers) back to the market.

Jan 30, 2025 · London’s £5m-plus market picked up in Q4 2024 after a slower first nine months of the year, according to whole market analysis from Savills. In total, 128 sales (new build and second-hand) took place above the £5m threshold in the last three months of 2024, marking a 25% increase on the previous ...

Birmingham council, which last autumn declared itself effectively bankrupt, has instructed retained auctioneers Bond Wolfe to put 29 disused properties, investments, land and ground rents under the hammer.

Jan 30, 2025 · Source: Zoopla House Price Index. The Budget confirmed that temporary reliefs from stamp duty will end in April 2025 in England and Northern Ireland and Zoopla says that as a result, first-time buyer demand jumped by over a third in November and December 2024 in the price bands where stamp duty for first-time buyers will increase the most from April 2025, between £300,000 and £625,000.