Rightmove: Average price tag on home has fallen £10,000 over summer August 18, 2025 The average price tag on a home has tumbled by more than £10,000 across the summer, falling by nearly £5,000 month-on-month in August alone, according to a property website. Across Britain, the average price of a home coming to market fell by 1.3 per cent, or £4,969, month-on-month in August to stand at £368,740, Rightmove [...]
Rightmove demands stamp duty overhaul July 25, 2025 Rightmove has called on the government to overhaul stamp duty thresholds to help first-time buyers get on the property market. The UK’s largest property platform urged ministers to increase the thresholds at which the tax kicks in, to reflect house price rises that have occurred in recent years and “help mobility across many parts of [...]
Rightmove profits rise amid rental and commercial property growth July 25, 2025 Britain’s largest property portal, Rightmove, posted a rise in revenue and profit on Friday, buoyed by estate agents upgrading marketing packages and growing demand across its rental and mortgage arms. The FTSE 100 firm told the market that revenue rose 10 per cent to £211.7m in the first half of 2025, up from £192.1m last [...]
UK house prices drop as motivated sellers slash asking prices June 16, 2025 UK house prices dipped in June amid a jump in the number of homes coming to the market. New asking prices fell by 0.3 per cent to £378,240 in June amid a “decade-high” competition to secure buyers, according to Rightmove’s latest house price index. Prices are now 0.8 per cent ahead of this time last [...]
Rightmove: Lower mortgages and browsing Brits boost property portal May 9, 2025 Property platform Rightmove has benefitted from a more optimistic housing market as mortgage rates fall, with buyer demand and property listings both up. The FTSE100 company, which is home to over 80 per cent of all consumer time spent on UK property portals, said new property listings rose nine per cent in the first four [...]
UK house prices hit record high in April despite stamp duty changes April 14, 2025 The average UK house price rose 1.4 per cent in April despite fears of a market slowdown in the wake of changes to stamp duty. UK house prices hit a new record high of £377,182, according to Rightmove. Analysts said that lower mortgage rates have offset the impact of stamp duty changes and the typical [...]
How could the government reform ISAs? April 4, 2025 The Labour government confirmed plans to make changes to the ISA system at its recent Spring Statement, in a bid to promote a culture of retail investment in the UK. City figures have welcomed the prospect of ISA reforms, which appear likely to be introduced at the next fiscal statement in the Autumn. It remains [...]
Rightmove: 74,000 house buyers to narrowly miss stamp duty deadline March 17, 2025 Rightmove’s stamp duty report has identified an estimated 74,000 moves, which includes 25,000 first-time buyers, that will just miss the March 31 deadline and complete in April. They form the unlucky section of a “massive log-jam” of 575,000 movers hoping to complete ahead of the tax change, Rightmove said. Collectively, the buyers are set to [...]
Brits spent 31,000 years on Rightmove in 2024 February 28, 2025 Property-obsessed Brits spent 16.4bn minutes searching on Rightmove last year, which the platform has used to underpin a financial performance in a “class of its own”. Rightmove swallowed up 80 per cent of all consumer time spent on UK property portals in 2024, with almost 9,400 property views every minute. The UK’s enduring fascination with [...]
Rightmove hikes dividends amid confident outlook February 28, 2025 Rightmove has hiked dividends after issuing a confident outlook for 2025 despite wider uncertainties in the UK housing market. The property portal unveiled a 6.1p per share dividend in its full-year results on Friday, up five per cent and taking the total payout to 9.8p. Underlying operating profit increased four per cent to £273.9m in [...]