Property News
Welcome to Zoopla’s Property News page, where you can keep up-to-date with everything from house prices and mortgage rates, to property hotspots and celebrity moves. As Zoopla is always watching the market, we’ll pull out the most colourful (and curious) homes to write about here too.
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Top 10 places to buy and rent
December 11, 2018Weighing up whether to rent or buy? Our research, which ranks the most cost-effective places to buy and rent, will point you in the right direction. -
Mortgage prisoners could be in line for thousands of pounds of redress
December 7, 2018Customers who stayed on their lender’s standard variable rate may have been unlawfully overcharged, says legal technology group -
Conveyancing fees become more transparent
December 5, 2018Law firms must now publish details on the cost of their services to make it easier for consumers to shop around. -
House prices edge up by 0.3%
November 30, 2018Transactions remain subdued but property market activity could pick up next year when there is more certainty around Brexit. -
Best cities to buy property in the UK
November 28, 2018Despite uncertainty over Brexit, six of the UK’s largest cities have posted year-on-year growth figures over 6%. -
Britain’s top renovation hotspots
November 28, 2018Slough in Berkshire took first place, with homes in the town over three times more likely to need modernisation than the rest of Britain. -
Tough lending rules are freezing out first-time buyers
November 23, 2018Young people are being denied mortgages they could pay due to affordability regulations, says Building Societies Association. -
One in five homeowners will still be paying their mortgage in retirement
November 21, 2018And six out of 10 people whose mortgage will stretch into retirement admit they have no idea how they will repay it. -
Gazumping falls amid property market jitters
November 21, 2018The proportion of buyers who get gazumped has fallen by 11% in the past year. -
Samuel L. Jackson’s New York City condo for sale
November 20, 2018The much-loved actor is parting ways with his four-bedroom apartment which sits in an exclusive building just moments from Central Park. -
What's in store for the housing market in 2019?
November 16, 2018Zoopla's latest State of the Property Nation report reveals what Brits really expect to happen to house prices. -
New housing supply soars to 10-year high
November 15, 2018But the number of new properties created still misses the Government’s 300,000 a year target. -
Government proposes a Housing Court to settle property disputes
November 13, 2018Today's announcement builds on the Government's efforts to rebalance the relationship between landlords and tenants. -
Landlords to fork out up to £3,500 for energy efficiency upgrades
November 7, 2018The Government's latest energy upgrade rules are set to impact around 200,000 landlords.