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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Housing: the solution to Britain’s fertility crisis?
July 18, 2017Children are our future. But, rising rents and house prices have resulted in 157,000 babies ‘not being born’ in the UK, warns a leading think tank. -
Phantom homes are spooking property market
July 17, 2017It’s time to get tough: housing charity Shelter demands government tackles developers who have failed to build thousands of homes. Here’s why. -
UK’s dysfunctional housing market to get £2.3 billion boost
July 17, 2017A new Housing Infrastructure Fund, which will lay the groundwork for 100,000 much-needed new homes in England, has been announced by the Government. -
Financially savvy millennials face heavy mortgage burden
July 10, 2017A quarter of millennial homeowners remortgage to secure a better deal. But this still leaves them with a mountain of debt compared to older generations, says new research. -
UK rents continue their downward slide
July 4, 2017What is the current state of the rental market in the UK? Zoopla looks at the latest reports, which show it’s something of a mixed bag for tenants and landlords. -
First-time buyer house prices break £200K barrier
July 3, 2017Looking to buy your first home? You'll need an average deposit of £33,000 – and more than three times that in London, warns Halifax in its latest report. -
Love Island villa hits the market for £2.5m
June 29, 2017Whether ITV2’s Love Island has become your summer guilty pleasure or you just fancy a peek around a luxurious Majorcan villa, we’ve got you covered. -
UK's annual house price growth rises to 3.1%
June 28, 2017After a 'sluggish' two months, June marks a turnaround in the property market, with house prices rebounding by 1.1%, reports Nationwide Building Society. -
Beyoncé's and Jay Z's £42.8m Malibu hideaway
June 28, 2017La Villa Contenta, a luxurious mansion being rented by superstars Beyoncé and Jay Z following the birth of their twins, has been listed on Zoopla. -
Housing market shows further signs of slowing down
June 28, 2017May saw a dip in mortgage approvals, but house purchase loan values hit a 'new high', according to the British Bankers' Association. -
Help to Buy numbers fall as property market stalls
June 26, 2017Despite economic and political uncertainty, the Help to Buy scheme is still popular with those struggling to get on to the property ladder. -
Second steppers still rely on Bank of Mum and Dad
June 24, 2017Generous parents continue coming to the rescue of children moving up the property ladder, typically giving offspring an average £21,231, reports Lloyds Bank. -
London’s house price inflation slowdown starts to ‘bottom out’
June 23, 2017Which two cities trump London for house price growth? Birmingham and Manchester are outshining the capital, according to Hometrack’s latest UK Cities House Price Index. -
Mortgage lending picks up in May
June 22, 2017More people switched to a better mortgage deal in May, reports the Council of Mortgage Lenders. But, its predicted recovery in buy-to-let lending didn't happen. Find out why.