Half of homeowners have ‘reordered their priorities’; one in seven have cancelled plans to move home in the next year
A survey by Zoopla has revealed that one in seven (14%) of those who were planning to move home before the pandemic hit have cancelled or paused those plans for more than a year.
‘Covid-19 has increased the desire to move home, with more space the key driver’ for prime buyers
The latest Savills buyer survey reveals "a greater urgency in the desire to move home", allowing the top-end estate agency to predict that the current surge in buying activity will continue beyond the…
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Savills forecasts a 7.5% drop for house prices this year, with transactions down by a third
Savills is standing by its pre-pandemic five-year forecasts, despite anticipating a major slump in 2020.
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British home-owners move just once every 21 years
Property inertia is highest in Kensington & Chelsea, according to Zoopla; homeowners in the Royal Borough stay put for an average of 35.5 years
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Green light for resi transformation of prominent Westminster office block
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Knight Frank super-prime sales boss in South of France move
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