Property news

The latest news on property prices, popular locations across the UK and mortgage rates. Our Property News page keeps you up-to-date with the housing market, whether you're buying, selling or renting. Enrol on your free Zooploma for expert advice.

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  What Brits wish they’d known before moving home

  September 9, 2020

  From failing to check broadband speeds, to not chatting with neighbours, here are homeowners' biggest regrets.
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  Q&A: 'Covid-19 has led to a once-in-a-lifetime re-evaluation of housing requirements'

  September 2, 2020

  Richard Donnell, our director of research and insight, explains why the housing market is booming despite the recession.
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  ‘Bank of Mum and Dad’ to fund nearly a quarter of house purchases this year

  September 1, 2020

  Family and friends will hand over an average of £20,000 each, according to Legal & General.
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  Revealed: the 10 highest-yielding areas in the UK

  September 1, 2020

  Find out where lower house prices play a key role in generating high yields.
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  Zoopla House Price Index - July 2020

  August 27, 2020

  Housing market activity is at its strongest in five years, according to our latest House Price Index. We look at how buyers are shrugging off recession fears.
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  Eviction ban extended by 4 weeks until 20 September

  August 25, 2020

  It comes after MPs and charities warned that the end of the suspension on evictions could lead to a steep rise in people being made homeless.
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  Coronavirus: latest property market news, information and advice

  August 20, 2020

  Keep up to date with how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the UK property market.
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  Buy-to-let mortgage market picks up

  August 18, 2020

  The choice of mortgages nearly halved during the early months of the coronavirus pandemic. Find out what’s happened since.
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  Home repossessions fall to ‘unprecedentedly low levels’

  August 17, 2020

  No homes were repossessed in the UK in the three months to the end of June, following the introduction of mortgage holidays and the Coronavirus Act.
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  UK rents drop 0.8% in last three months

  August 5, 2020

  But a two-speed rental market is emerging, according to our quarterly Rental Market Report.
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  Help to Buy equity loan scheme extended

  August 5, 2020

  The government has pushed back the qualification deadline to help buyers whose new homes have been delayed by coronavirus.
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  Q&A: what’s happening in the property market?

  July 29, 2020

  We catch up with Richard Donnell, director of research and insight at Zoopla, about the trends he has seen since the housing market reopened for business.
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  Nearly half of first-time buyers opt for longer mortgage terms

  July 29, 2020

  With the average deposit as much as £42,361, many first-time buyers are choosing 30-year mortgages to boost affordability.
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  Homeowners can add two storeys to their homes without full planning permission under new fast-track law

  July 28, 2020

  The government wants to speed up the extension approval process to allow homeowners to make more space for growing families from September.