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More houses selling in the UK for a million pounds and more
Million pound house sales in the UK are rising but the average price of a home in this bracket has fallen by 7% in the past two years, new research has found. The number of million pound sales in the first half of 2016 was 12% higher than in the first six months of 2015, […] The post More houses selling in the UK for a million pounds and more appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →
US housing market sees more first time buyers and single women buyers
More first time buyers and single women are buying homes in the United States with a robust jobs market helping them back to home ownership, new research reveals. Over the long term first time buyers make up around 40% of the market, according to the National Association of Realtors, but this fell to a 30 […] The post US housing market sees more first time buyers and single women buyers appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →
Around half of homes in cities such as London and Manchester are leasehold
Leasehold properties, which can take longer to buy and come with additional costs, are alive and well in England and Wales, particularly in London and Manchester, new research shows. Indeed some 53% of homes in London are leasehold and 46% in Manchester while overall in the country just 15% are leasehold, according to a report […] The post Around half of homes in cities such as London and Manchester are leasehold appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →