Moving Home with Charlie

Tonight's live was a little different: a first-of-its-kind update on BestAgent, the home moving marketplace built to halve transaction times and fall-throughs. I went through the seven groups of people involved, from the advisory board, exec team and platform partners to estate agents and the BestAgent Club, home movers, the media and chip holders, then shared some facts and figures on the pl...

Tonight I went live on how to buy in a buyers' market - why now could be the best time to bag a bargain, how to use your negotiating power, and your live Q&A from the chat. Thanks to everyone who joined in. Watch the full stream on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufFRTa3hfxM Support the show Follow me on X for daily updates: https://x.com/moving_charlie   🎥 Charlie's Golden...

Five-year fixed mortgage rates hit 6%, making moving harder, slower and more prone to fall-throughs. Kemi Badenoch and the Tories plan to abolish stamp duty on all primary residences. Some first-time buyers could need a deposit of just £3,600 under Your First Home, which means up to 97.5% debt on a home that could lose 16% of its value the day you move in. The RICS survey shows agents expect slow,...

5 Fact Friday for 9 October 2026. Average five-year fixes have hit 6% for the first time in three years, and sub-5% deals have all but vanished (1,494 at the start of September, 9 now). Plus Kemi Badenoch's pledge to scrap stamp duty on main homes, the Your First Home scheme and its sub-£3,600 deposits on new builds, the RICS survey showing fewer buyers and more sellers, and house prices stal...

Tonight I set out the next stage of BestAgent's plan to fix the housing market. Most sellers have roughly a 50/50 chance of their agent actually selling, and that data is kept hidden, so BestAgent will publish a benchmark score and badge based on how many listings exchange and how long it takes, alongside the new BestAgent Club for agents who want to work the better way. I also took your ques...

Tonight I went live on mortgage rates topping 6% - five-year fixes breaking the barrier, what that means for buyers and remortgagers, and your live Q&A from the chat. Thanks to everyone who joined in. Watch the full stream on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PTNAHRdamE Support the show Follow me on X for daily updates: https://x.com/moving_charlie   🎥 Charlie's Golden rules vide...

Mortgage approvals crashed 19% month on month (Bank of England, non-seasonally adjusted), while HMRC completed transactions fell 11% July to August. Your First Home offers 2.5% deposits and taxpayer equity loans on new builds — housebuilder shares jumped about 15% before falling back, and buyers risk negative equity from day one. Average fixes hit about 5.93% (two-year) and 5.94% (five-year), the...

5 Fact Friday live with Housing Stig: mortgage approvals down 19% in a month, the new "Your First Home" 2.5% deposit scheme for new builds, average fixes nearing 6%, a quarter of new listings back on the market (six in 10 cheaper), and licences for estate agents. Watch the full stream on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSzQosTJGWY Support the show Follow me on X for daily update...

Tonight I went live to talk about mortgage approvals collapsing 19% in one month - the Bank of England's August figures against July - what that tells us about where the market is heading, and then took your moving questions in a live Q&A. Thanks to everyone who joined in the chat. Watch the full stream on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkklOaUs-H8 Support the show Follow me on...

Tonight I went live to weigh up the pros and cons of "your first home" - what really matters when you're buying your first place, where people get caught out, and what I'd think about before committing. Thanks to everyone who joined in the chat. Watch the full stream on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwmc6_OTZkk Support the show Follow me on X for daily updates: https...

Deal times have hit a record: PropertyMark's latest survey has more than half of estate agents reporting deals taking over 17 weeks from agreed offer to exchange. That's the first time since they started measuring in 2015, and it backs up the warning that every force acting on the market this year would make moving harder. Fact one: Labour is considering lowering the mansion tax threshol...

5 Fact Friday: the housing market approaches peak pain as deal times reach a record high. Full livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChY2hHhzgnM Support the show Follow me on X for daily updates: https://x.com/moving_charlie   🎥 Charlie's Golden rules videos for Buyers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6T-uZ28a80   Sellers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9oR28aWLOs   Offering: https:...

Rightmove: More Price Falls — this time for first-time buyers. Live Q&A with Charlie. Full livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Dvu1e25Ubc Support the show Follow me on X for daily updates: https://x.com/moving_charlie   🎥 Charlie's Golden rules videos for Buyers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6T-uZ28a80   Sellers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9oR28aWLOs   Offering: https:...

5 Fact Friday: Help to Buy Votes coming back? Full livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O15KnByzo5U Support the show Follow me on X for daily updates: https://x.com/moving_charlie   🎥 Charlie's Golden rules videos for Buyers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6T-uZ28a80   Sellers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9oR28aWLOs   Offering: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZaDs7uZ5Hw 🎥 Pla...

With Housing Stig (audio): state of the market and the threat of a new Help to Buy. Watch the video here: https://youtube.com/live/URsiJXV5ekQ Support the show Follow me on X for daily updates: https://x.com/moving_charlie   🎥 Charlie's Golden rules videos for Buyers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6T-uZ28a80   Sellers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9oR28aWLOs   Offering: https://www.yo...

Watch the video here: https://youtube.com/live/j9c5teHKJC8 Support the show Follow me on X for daily updates: https://x.com/moving_charlie   🎥 Charlie's Golden rules videos for Buyers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6T-uZ28a80   Sellers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9oR28aWLOs   Offering: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZaDs7uZ5Hw 🎥 Playlist of FTB advice - https://www.youtube.com/pl...

This is an edit of Friday's livestream. The full hour is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw-u-DYuXNU Financial-market and gilt-yield turbulence is already feeding through to movers. The Lloyds (ex-Halifax) house price index has annual growth trending down for about a year — it was roughly 2.3% year-on-year last August and has now gone below zero — another nudge for sellers to stop belie...

https://mhwc.co.uk/5-fact-friday/5-fact-friday-11th-september-2026/ All my links: https://linktr.ee/movinghomewithcharlie Watch the video here: https://youtube.com/live/lw-u-DYuXNU Support the show Follow me on X for daily updates: https://x.com/moving_charlie   🎥 Charlie's Golden rules videos for Buyers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6T-uZ28a80   Sellers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...

Vicky Spratt is an award winning journalist who campaigns tirelessly on the housing crisis.  We share the objective of affordable homes for everyone.  We don't agree on the role of credit in high house prices. Stig and I discuss. Watch the video here: https://youtube.com/live/zsaYXnR1_4A Vicky's reel on House Prices https://www.instagram.com/reels/DdBwH8fEotG/ All my links: https://linkt...

Tonight: your moving questions — mark them Question in the live chat. Leading with today's Lloyds House Price Index: first annual UK house price fall since November 2023. August −0.2% month, −0.4% year, average £298,468. https://propertyindustryeye.com/house-prices-latest-data-reveals-direction-of-uk-market/ Also: BestAgent listings now show HM Land Registry Local Land Charges data. https://b...

https://mhwc.co.uk/5-fact-friday/pre-budget-bond-market-panic-hits-mortgage-rates/ All my links: https://linktr.ee/movinghomewithcharlie 🎥 Golden rules of home buying - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6T-uZ28a80 🎥 Golden rules of home selling - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9oR28aWLOs 🎥 Golden rules of offering on a home -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZaDs7uZ5Hw&t=78s  🎥 Must-watch...

Damian King is an ex-estate agent who has now bravely revealed all the corruption he witnessed in his book. Order it on Amazon here: https://amzn.eu/d/0guHYucE Watch the video here: https://youtube.com/live/JcksJnCanNE Support the show Follow me on X for daily updates: https://x.com/moving_charlie   🎥 Charlie's Golden rules videos for Buyers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6T-uZ28a80   Sel...

It's almost 'back to school' time. Bring your moving questions! Mark them Question in the live chat. Friday's facts in your inbox: https://mhwc.co.uk/newsletter If you want a personal reply from me: Movers club (written replies, cancel anytime): https://buymeacoffee.com/mhwc/membership Private video call: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mhwc/extras Start here if you are new: https...

https://mhwc.co.uk/5-fact-friday/5-fact-friday-28th-august-2026/ All my links: https://linktr.ee/movinghomewithcharlie Watch the video here: https://youtube.com/live/XF4aTzk80T4 Support the show Follow me on X for daily updates: https://x.com/moving_charlie   🎥 Charlie's Golden rules videos for Buyers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6T-uZ28a80   Sellers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9o...

The BBC clip I'm reacting to: https://youtu.be/zAvnHgYaNn4 Ask live. Mark your question "Question". https://linktr.ee/movinghomewithcharlie Watch the video here: https://youtube.com/live/fL0j4uzsT_o Support the show Follow me on X for daily updates: https://x.com/moving_charlie   🎥 Charlie's Golden rules videos for Buyers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6T-uZ28a80   Sellers:...