property prices

The average home seller across England and Wales has achieved 99.7% of asking price

The postcodes where homes are achieving 110% of asking-price

The latest data release by estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk , has revealed that over the last 12 months, the average home seller across England and Wales has achieved 99.7% of asking price, a 1.2% increase versus the previous 12 months. However, in some areas of the market, sellers are achieving as much as 110% of their original asking price.

GetAgent monitors the...

Extra bathrooms are increasingly sought-after by younger generations

New data shows the value of additional bathrooms

The UK property market is booming, and British house hunters are prioritising properties with additional bathrooms and are willing to pay extra for the privilege, according to new research1 by  The Bathroom Showroom . 

The vast majority (86%) of those surveyed  would be willing to pay more if the property in question came with at least two bathrooms, and on average Brits would pay £3...

Lower-income areas provide higher yields for buy to let

Lower-income areas make for the best buy-to-let investments

The latest research from lettings management platform, Howsy , has revealed that when it comes to the best buy-to-let investments, lower-income areas provide higher yields when compared to areas with higher annual incomes.

Howsy looked at each local authority across the UK and the average net annual income as well as the average rental yield on offer.

The research shows that...

Housing asking prices are at their highest in years

The property postcodes where you can buy 20 homes for the price of a London flat

The latest research by property portal, OpenBrix, has highlighted the most affordable property postcodes in England and Wales and how you can buy more than 20 houses there for the prices of a flat in Kensington and Chelsea.

The housing market is booming, and the latest house price index from Rightmove has revealed asking prices are at their highest in years as sellers look to take...

How much it would cost to build your very own 3 bed, semi-detached gingerbread house

The Cost of a Real-life Gingerbread House is Revealed

Bake Off is back, bringing just the kind of sugary boost this country needs and it has the mortgage experts at Bankrate UK thinking, ‘ what if we could build a gingerbread house in real-life? ’

Using an adapted recipe from the baking Queen herself, Mary Berry, along with data on the cost of land in the UK’s major cities, Bankrate UK has uncovered how much it would cost to build your...

Westminster one of the most expensive places to live

The parts of London where a single step will cost you hundreds in property prices

Although it may be home to the highest average house price, Kensington and Chelsea is currently playing second fiddle to Westminster where the total value of property sold is concerned, as well as the property value per single step in each borough.

The latest research from high-net-worth (HNW) mortgage broker, Enness Global , analysed the total value of residential property sold in...

Keys to house

Estate agency fees revealed as the cost to sell hits £32,430 in some parts of Britain

The latest research from estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk , shows the average estate agent fee in Great Britain is 1.51%, up 0.26% when compared to this time last year.

Based on the current average house price, that means homesellers are paying £4,154 to sell their homes.

The highest percentage fee

Of course, in some parts of the property market, this...