Buyers are seeking discounts of up to 20 per cent on properties as the housing market reawakens. Estate agents reported a surge in demand yesterday after ministers lifted a seven-week ban on home moves. But experts warned of a ‘Mexican standoff’ between buyers and sellers as fears linger over a price crash. An estimated 450,000 … Read more
The majority of home-seekers are determined to plough ahead with their property transactions once lockdown restrictions are eased, new findings show. Ninety-four per cent of buyers and sellers surveyed in research by property website Rightmove said they want to get their property deal moving when the housing sector is taken off the leash. As lockdown … Read more
More first-time buyers are skipping flats to leapfrog up the property ladder by buying smaller family houses Two thirds of potential first-time buyers are looking for houses rather than flats The average first-time buyer is looking for a house with three bedrooms They need average income of £54,400 to secure a mortgage on their first home … Read more
Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber agree to let the buyers of their Malibu home PULL OUT of the $6.5 million sale amid COVID-19… telling them ‘we’re all in this together’ By Andrew Bullock For Mailonline Published: 11:43 BST, 1 April 2020 | Updated: 12:11 BST, 1 April 2020 Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber have kindly … Read more
Britains are being warned to guard their chickens after reports of fowl being stolen amid the Coronavirus outbreak. Smallholding groups and hen charities say those who own birds should make sure they keep an eye on them after parts of Britain were hit by egg shortages. There have already been reports of birds being taken … Read more
Almost 2,000 more first-time buyers get on the property ladder each month, as they take advantage of cheaper homes, generous mortgages and stamp duty cut First-time buyer numbers jump by 5.8 per cent compared to last year July saw a year-high in the amount lent to people buying their first homes Fewer homeowners are remortgaging than … Read more
The Government has told the public not to move house during the coronavirus outbreak – but yesterday said there are exceptions in certain circumstances. Home buyers and sellers were left in limbo this week after the Government urged the public not to move house while the lockdown continues across the country. As a result tens of thousands … Read more
Don’t move home: Housing market is virtually suspended as Government urges buyers to postpone completion dates until coronavirus crisis is over Buyers urged to postpone moving in as the Government says not to move house Banks had lobbied ministers for a full freeze on the property market amid virus There are warnings of a sales … Read more
Susanna Wood is due to move in less than three weeks but isn’t sure if this will still go ahead Homebuyers have been left in limbo after the Government urged the public not to move house during the coronavirus lockdown. Those in the middle of the buying process told us they are now unsure when … Read more
Few images encapsulate more succinctly or poignantly the situation facing us all than that published by the Mail yesterday. A trim, neatly dressed elderly gentleman stands in the middle of a supermarket aisle, his gaze focused on the scrap of paper — presumably his shopping list — in his hands. All around him the shelves … Read more