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Shining a light on energy-efficient homes
Buyers are increasingly looking for more energy-efficient homes, with 39% of survey respondents noticing greater interest from buyers, an...
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Conrad Binding
- Apr 6
- 1 min
Market outlook: Mortgage approvals improving
February 2024 mortgage approvals levels were 40% above their level in February 2023. A year ago mortgage approvals hit their lowest...
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Conrad Binding
- Apr 4
- 1 min
Growth in homes for sale boosts buyer choice
There are a fifth (20%) more homes available for sale compared to the same time last year, boosting buyer choice. Encouraged by the usual...
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Conrad Binding
- Apr 2
- 1 min
EPC property recommendations
Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) continue to be the main method of determining how energy efficient a home is. Each certificate...
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Conrad Binding
- Mar 25
- 1 min
Easter Eggstravaganza
The Easter Bunny is hopping into action this year, dropping off over 80 million easter eggs that are sold in the UK each year. That’s...
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Conrad Binding
- Mar 22
- 1 min
Housing and wider economic outlook
Monitoring the outlook for various economic indicators gives us a good view on both the current and future direction of the housing...
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Conrad Binding
- Mar 20
- 1 min
Window of opportunity for buyers
The average price of a property coming to market has risen by 1.5%, compared to a historic average uplift of 1% for March and taking it...
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Conrad Binding
- Mar 18
- 1 min
Market outlook – RICS survey results
With interest rates peaking and a lower inflation rate, there have been more reasons for cautious optimism in the market outlook. There...
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Conrad Binding
- Mar 13
- 1 min
Buy-to-let investor hotspots
Glasgow has topped the list of cities with the biggest increase in the number of buy-to-let properties over the past year, with a 12%...
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Conrad Binding
- Mar 7
- 1 min
Spring Budget 2024
The Spring Budget this year felt very much like a keep calm and carry on budget for the housing market. There were no dramatic policy...
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Conrad Binding
- Mar 6
- 1 min
The rise in female UHNWIs
International Women's Day, celebrated annually on the 8th of March, is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and...
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Conrad Binding
- Mar 2
- 1 min
Maximising first-time buyer purchasing power
Stamp Duty Land Tax has hit the headlines again recently with Rightmove urging the Chancellor of the Exchequer to reform Stamp Duty in...
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Conrad Binding
- Feb 28
- 1 min
Sales blossom in spring
In the past five years (excluding 2020 due to Covid), springtime bloomed with 27% of home sales, the highest proportion of any of the...
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Conrad Binding
- Feb 23
- 1 min
Yields rise across all regions
Indicative gross yields remain attractive in the rental market. Based on an analysis of apartments sold and rented in 2023, the...
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Conrad Binding
- Feb 21
- 1 min
Garden rooms can add 5%
Spring is around the corner with seven-spot ladybirds, daffodils and snowdrops emerging across the country. Naturally our attention is...
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Conrad Binding
- Feb 19
- 1 min
1 million new homes on brownfield land
This week the Housing Secretary revealed plans to push for more homes to be build on 'brownfield land' (land that has been previously...
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Conrad Binding
- Feb 16
- 1 min
Value hotspots
The number of first-time buyers in 2023 fell by 21% compared with the year earlier, to 293,339. This would be due in part to rising...
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Conrad Binding
- Feb 12
- 1 min
Rise in over 50s buying first homes
The number of first-time buyers (FTBs) over the age of 50 has grown by over 30% in the past five years, while the proportion of those...
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Conrad Binding
- Feb 8
- 1 min
Hearts & homes
Roses are red, violets are blue, in the UK's property market, a perfect home awaits you. Last year, over 1,300 homebuyers sealed the deal...
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Conrad Binding
- Feb 4
- 1 min
Interest rate outlook
The Bank of England held the Bank Rate at 5.25% in its February 2024 meeting. The Bank Rate has been at this level since August 2023....
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