{"id":29878,"date":"2025-05-20T09:25:46","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T08:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/2025\/05\/20\/one-in-six-plan-to-move-in-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-05-20T11:55:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T10:55:38","slug":"one-in-six-plan-to-move-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/2025\/05\/20\/one-in-six-plan-to-move-in-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"One in six plan to move in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-table\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>30% of Brits moved home in the past three years, motivated by lifestyle changes and space&nbsp;<\/td><td>One in six homeowners plan to relocate this year, with garages and gardens top priorities&nbsp;<\/td><td>Renters face affordability challenges, with many needing family support to buy their first home.&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>After a busy period in the housing market, there seems to be plenty of appetite left among homeowners and renters for seeking pastures new, research<sup>1<\/sup> suggests.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-heading\">\n<h2><strong>Keep on moving<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p>Some 30% of Brits have moved home in the past three years. The main motivations for doing so have included lifestyle improvements (17%), a desire to be closer to family and friends (17%) and finding a bigger home (15%).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p>There is no sign that the moving frenzy is over: one in six existing homeowners intend to relocate this year. In 2025, top priorities for prospective buyers are garages or driveways (40%), which came out narrowly ahead of gardens (39%) and functional spaces like pantries or utility rooms (32%).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-heading\">\n<h2><strong>A foot on the ladder<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p>Among renters, one in five think that home ownership is within their reach during the next five years. Yet, affordability concerns remain at the forefront for many: property prices (40%) and the amount needed for a deposit (37%) are respondents\u2019 two biggest barriers to home ownership. Besides, six in 10 renters believe it would be impossible to buy a home without support from a family member.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-heading\">\n<h2><strong>Staying put<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p>For homeowners who are staying put, many are focused on sprucing up instead: some 43% are considering renovating or redecorating. Meanwhile, a quarter plan to update their property to boost energy efficiency.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p><sup>1<\/sup>Barclays, 2025&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>As a mortgage is secured against your home or property, it could be repossessed if you do not keep up mortgage repayments.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>30% of Brits moved home in the past three years, motivated by lifestyle changes and space&nbsp; One in six homeowners plan to relocate this year, with garages and gardens top priorities&nbsp; Renters face affordability challenges, with many needing family support to buy their first home.&nbsp; After a busy period in the housing market, there seems [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":29885,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[32,91],"tags":[],"hd_content_source":[116],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29878"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29878"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29886,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29878\/revisions\/29886"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29878"},{"taxonomy":"hd_content_source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hd_content_source?post=29878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}