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REA Group considers making offer to buy Rightmove
Australian company says it could make an offer for the property portal, which is valued at about £4.36 billion on the London Stock Exchange.
Jeremy Clarkson’s pub opening ‘sparks jump in nearby property searches’
After The Farmer’s Dog opened, the number of searches for homes for sale in the nearby area was up 63% over the bank holiday weekend, Rightmove said.
Housing market ‘set for confidence boost following base rate cut’
Some experts said the Bank of England base rate cut from 5.25% to 5% will help to give confidence to home buyers and sellers.
Average price tag on a home fell by £1,617 month-on-month in July – Rightmove
The price fall was bigger than usual for July, with the distractions of the General Election, sporting events and holidays, Rightmove said.
Average asking rent outside London ‘hits new high of £1,316 per month’
The pace of growth in rental prices remains significantly higher than before the coronavirus pandemic, Rightmove said.
Typical first-time buyer mortgage payment ‘has jumped by 61% since 2019’
First-time buyers now face paying £227,757 for a home, rising to more than half a million pounds in London, Rightmove said.
Conservatives pledge to support first-time buyers and build 1.6m homes
The manifesto promises to make stamp duty cuts for first-time buyers permanent and deliver 1.6 million homes in England over the next Parliament.
Newly marketed house prices jump by more than £5,000 on average in March
The stronger-than-usual month-on-month price growth indicates that new sellers are feeling much more confident, Rightmove said.
UK house prices inch higher but ‘rapid rebound’ in property market unlikely
House prices inched up by 0.2% last month, compared with October, Nationwide revealed in its monthly House Price Index.
UK house prices have proven more resilient than expected, says Halifax
Despite recent house price falls,the average property value remains more than £39,000 above pre-pandemic levels, Halifax said.