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07 June 19
HIGH STREET AGENTS ARE RELEVANT NOW AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE
To understand why High Street agents are relevant now and will continue to be, lies with what a consumer is buying.
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06 June 19
IT'S TRUE: BUYING A HOME NOW IS MUCH MORE AFFORDABLE THAN A DECADE AGO.
Monthly mortgage payments as a proportion of income have dropped to 31 per cent now from 43 per cent a decade ago.
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05 March 19
CONVEYANCERS RECORD BUMPER YEAR FOR BUSINESS DESPITE BREXIT UNCERTAINTY
Conveyancers ended 2018 with business at a record high and are bullish on the market’s prospects for this year.
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23 January 19
RIGHTMOVE VISITS UP 5% TO RECORD LEVELS – SO IS THERE REALLY A BREXIT CRISIS?
Gloomy statements from some industry organisations have suggested the market is in trouble thanks to Brexit uncertainty but Rightmove says visits to its portal in the first fortnight of 2019 are five per cent up on last year.
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15 January 19
STRONG START TO JANUARY HOUSING MARKET
In spite of the uncertainty surrounding Brexit, home buyers in the region are undeterred and it’s very much ‘business as usual’. The traditional early surge of new properties coming onto the market has generated high levels of enquiries and many homes are generating multiple bids. The market has seen a similar trend over the past few years, with limited supply improving average sales times, whilst leaving some buyers disappointed due to there being more buyers than sellers.
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14 January 19
STRONG GROWTH SAYS THE HALIFAX
House prices ended the year up 1.3% annually, according to Halifax figures.
The lender’s House Price Index for December showed the market grew within the 0-3% that it forecast at the start of 2018.
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08 January 19
HOUSE RAFFLE GONE WRONG
A retired couple trying to sell their property in an online raffle have been forced to remove the competition and refund entrants.
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05 January 19
HOUSE PRICES IN THE NORTH OF THE UK WILL CONTINUE TO RISE
Our Rightmove property expert predicts that house prices in the northern half of the UK will continue to rise
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21 December 18
NEW PROPERTY PORTAL MAKING IMPACT
Since its introduction in 2014, the new website ‘On the Market’ has seen significant increases in traffic and has now become a major player in the property business. ELR estate agents have supported the site from ‘day one’ seeing it as a useful addition to Rightmove, and adding further scope to exposing properties to a wider audience.
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19 December 18
ELR LETTINGS DEPARTMENT CONTINUES TO GROW
Ready for another great year of lettings in 2019
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10 December 18
RIGHTMOVE PREDICT ‘MORE OF THE SAME’ FOR 2019 MARKET
Asking prices will stay flat next year, Rightmove is forecasting.
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07 December 18
FIRST TIME BUYER ACTIVITY STRENGTHENS IN YORKSHIRE
Small deposit borrowers have seen their share of the mortgage market improve as approvals increased in October.
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04 December 18
STRONG SHOWING FOR ELR AT ESTATE AGENCY AWARDS
In an independent assessment of over 15,000 estate agency companies, undertaken by Property Academy and supported by Rightmove, ELR estate agents is in the top 1% in the country for sales.
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28 November 18
BAKEWELL BRANCH MAKE ‘TOP 100’ IN ESTATE AGENCY AWARDS
Congratulations to our Bakewell office who have recently been listed in the UK’S ‘Top 100’ Estate Agency branches. The survey was carried out in the summer of 2018 and included over 6,000 estate agency offices.
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