Sydney home-buying hopefuls face less choice than usual this spring selling season, with the amount of properties for sale rebounding but not yet back to normal levels. Spring is usually the busiest time of the year for the Sydney housing market but...

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Scottish businesses that have adapted their property to comply with public health guidance could end up paying more in business rates, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has warned. The FSB wants Ministers to say how they’ll address this probl...

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Houses bought at auction in 2020 are 40% cheaper than the average cost of a home, according to research from bridging loans broker Octagon Capital. Combining data on houses bought at auction in 2020 and ONS data on the average house prices for the...

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Despite ongoing weakness in the Sydney and Melbourne markets Australia’s housing market held up over the June quarter, Corelogic’s quarterly property market and economic report shows. The decline in Australian dwelling market values was 0.8 per cent...

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The number of people moving home dropped by just under a third (31%) in the first half of 2020, as the global pandemic temporarily halted the property market due to lockdown restrictions. In the first six months of this year, 106,985 people moved hou...

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Brits have turned to home-buying to fill the summer holiday void post-lockdown as the “mini-boom” continues to accelerate.  There is usually a seasonal slowdown in market activity over summer, as buyers and sellers focus on summer holidays. But give...

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The government has extended the deadline for the Help to Buy initiative by two months. Under the current scheme, which enables people to buy a new-build home, builders need to have finished construction by the end of December in order for buyers to ...

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Sydney apartment buyers are paying an average of $355,000 too much on their properties because of zoning restrictions with new research suggesting developers should be able to add 20 storeys to their unit blocks across the inner city and eastern subu...

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A company called Boost is launching which plans to lend homebuyers part of a deposit and then share in the capital appreciation of the property. For example, if a buyer has a deposit worth 10% of the purchase price Boost will lend an additional 10%,...

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