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There are 283,000 sales agreed working their way through to completion in the first half of 2025, this is the largest sales pipeline in four years, worth £104 billion.

The latest available data – which applies to 2021 – shows that there are around 1.8m bungalows in England, accounting for 7.6 per cent of the nation’s dwelling stock.

Estonia is the second-best country for property investment, scoring 7.04 out of 10.. Estonia has the lowest buying costs among all the countries in our study, at just 1.30%. With a projected growth rate of 12.30% and an annual gross rental yield of 4.51%, Estonia offers attractive rental opportunities, ensuring investors a steady monthly income.

Northern Ireland maintains the strongest property price growth of any nation or region in the UK, rising by +7.4% on an annual basis in December according to new data from the Halifax. Properties in Northern Ireland now cost an average of £205,895. House prices in Wales were up +4.6% compared to ...

The second homes market in England and Wales has been valued at over £43 billion, a record high despite the tax and regulation obstacles recently thrown at second home ownership.

A ‘freshen-upper’is the most desirable property type (49%)when looking for a new home, according to agency Jackson-Stops.The research, which surveyed over 3,000 of Jackson-Stops customers from across England and Wales, revealed that convenience is outpacing personality when it comes to buyer preferences.

Guaranteed rent is a service offered by property management companies to landlords who want to ensure a steady income stream from their rental properties and property investment.With guaranteed rent, the company signs a contract with the landlord to pay a set amount per month, regardless of whether the property is vacant or not.

Source: Zoopla. The areas with the lowest rankings for 2025 are found in inner London and across Southern England. This is primarily a function of higher property prices, as these markets continue to adjust to the impact of higher mortgage rates through longer sales times and greater asking price reductions.

The housing market is in the early stages of recovery but a variety of new policies make sustaining it in 2025 uncertain, warns Savills. The agency says the recovery in residential markets began in 2024, but that sustaining it depends heavily on continued cuts in interest rates to bring more buyers (particularly second and third-time home buyers) back to the market.