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Agents remain typically optimistic about the property market after interest rates were been held at their 16-year high of 5.25% by...
10 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Savills has today upgraded its five-year UK mainstream house price forecast to reflect the stronger than expected start to the year...
07 May 2024
From: Breaking News
The European real estate market is the most distressed sector across Europe, research suggest. The latest Weil European Distress Index suggests the...
15 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Prime central London (PCL) property values flattened out during the first quarter of 2024 after six consecutive quarterly falls, figures suggest. Analysts...
02 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Following the disappointment of his Autmn statement, many property professionals were hoping for a kick-start to property sales in Jeremy Hunt’s...
09 March 2024
From: Features
Now the dust has settled on what many described as an ‘underwhelming’ Budget, we take a look at what two business...
09 March 2024
From: Features
A home staging firm that partners with estate agents to present properties has secured financial backing. Lemon and Lime Interiors has received...
29 February 2024
From: Breaking News
The Government’s proposal to introduce a new 1% deposit mortgage scheme to help young people onto the property ladder is unworkable...
24 February 2024
From: Features
Older borrowers were deterred by high mortgage rates last year, bank data suggests. Quarter four figures from UK Finance show a 37.1%...
20 February 2024
From: Breaking News
There are several pros to cohabitation, and it’s always a wonderful experience when you’re handed your set of keys as a...
03 February 2024
From: Features
The news in September that Birmingham City Council (‘Europe’s largest local authority’) had been forced to issue a Section 114 notice...
06 January 2024
From: Features
As sure as night follows day, so our industry sets out a wish list of tax changes which it hopes the...
18 November 2023
From: Features
The role of a residential landlord has changed considerably over the years. What was once a relatively straightforward means of generating...
18 November 2023
From: Features
Foxtons has described itself as a “lettings-focused” business after announcing the acquisition of rival London agency Ludlow Thompson. The deal is worth...
08 November 2023
From: Breaking News
The UK’s housing market is past ‘peak pain’ and looks set to bottom out in mid-2024, according to Savills. The agency giant’s...
08 November 2023
From: Breaking News
An opinion piece by Sam Reynolds, CEO of Zero Deposit Just weeks ago, the Bank of England brought a halt to its...
21 October 2023
From: Features
Proptech – it’s a people thing. It might seem like a strange thing to say but the best of tech is a...
14 October 2023
From: Features
Secured creditors of collapsed agency brand Douglas & Gordon are likely to receive most money owed to them but there is...
02 October 2023
From: Breaking News
The Bank of England is facing calls to hold off on raising interest rates this week. Its Monetary Policy Committee is set...
20 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Estate agency has changed. No longer is it required to sit in a high street office working the old way. Provide a...
12 September 2023
From: Sponsored Content
The term mixed-tenure development usually refers to residential developments where different residential tenures are provided on the same site. Typically, tenure was...
30 August 2023
From: Sponsored Content
A third of those opting to move home in the current market are downsizers, research claims. However, it’s not the increased cost...
25 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Cash purchasers, younger needs-based buyers and relocators are the driving force behind the current prime UK property market, according to research...
04 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Price sensitivity and a flight to quality is dominating prime London markets, research suggest. Analysis of second quarter property market activity by...
06 July 2023
From: Breaking News
The air is slowly coming out of the prime London property market, Knight Frank claims but the agent has said it...
29 June 2023
From: Breaking News
High-end estate agency Strutt & Parker says its research points to a sales market recovery underway in some parts of the...
02 June 2023
From: Breaking News
Strike chief executive Sam Mitchell has said he is looking forward to building a “new force” in the property industry after...
18 May 2023
From: Breaking News
The company behind Keller Williams' Evolve Market Centre - TBF Centres - has entered voluntary liqudation, Companies House documents show. It comes...
18 May 2023
From: Breaking News
100% mortgages are rumoured to be making a comeback. The products were blamed as a cause for the 2008 financial crash, with...
09 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Mortgage approvals bounced back in March but buyers are borrowing less at higher rates. The latest Bank of England data has showed...
05 May 2023
From: Breaking News
LSL has sold its mortgage, protection, and general insurance brokerage firms Embrace and First2Protect. The brands have been sold to Pivotal Growth,...
12 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Estate agents have expressed hope that the latest interest rate rise is the last after the Bank of England increased the...
24 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Mystery surrounds the current position and owner of the Douglas & Gordon sales business as documents reveal the events that led...
21 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Prime London demand and supply is on the rise but mainly for those without the need for a mortgage, new data...
28 February 2023
From: Breaking News
27 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Black mould associated with condensation is becoming an increasing problem for homes in the UK and following the tragic death of...
24 February 2023
From: Sponsored Content
Lies, damned lies, and statistics this week. I don’t know about you, but sometimes I feel as though I’m being bombarded...
11 February 2023
From: Features
Newly-independent estate agency North Residential has opened a second branch in Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire. It comes just three months after...
06 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Lenders approved the lowest number of mortgages since May 2020 in December. The latest Bank of England data shows mortgage approvals for...
01 February 2023
From: Breaking News
The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) is expecting the market to align with conditions seen in 2019. A trading update from the listed...
31 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Cash buyers are securing properties 6% below the average UK house price. Research by national agent Jackson-Stops has revealed the regions where...
27 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Hybrid self-employed agency brand eXp UK has revealed the first three recipients of its new ICON Awards programme. The ICON scheme offers...
16 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Fall-throughs doubled in the first two weeks of October compared with a month before, analysis claims. Chain-breaking service UPSTIX, which conducted the...
14 November 2022
From: Breaking News
The Bank of England has prompted new warnings of a housing market slowdown after revealing a ‘significant decrease’ in mortgage approvals...
01 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Mortgage rates look likely to fall after Rishi Sunak’s appointment as Prime Minister but analysts are still unsure how far the...
31 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Property professionals are hoping for calmer markets after Rishi Sunak was confirmed as the new UK Prime Minister yesterday. Sunak won the...
25 October 2022
From: Breaking News
With UK interest rates on the rise, following the mini-Budget announcement (now since almost entirely reversed), and several lenders pulling mortgage...
22 October 2022
From: Features
Over the last few months, The Letting Partnership has seen an increase in calls from agents who are struggling to open...
22 October 2022
From: Features
An exclusive partnership has been agreed between OnTheMarket and MIL Outsource to provide the property website’s agents with a revenue protection...
19 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Leeds Building Society has pledged to honour any mortgage offers and support borrowers during this period of market uncertainty. It comes as...
17 October 2022
From: Breaking News
The share of homeowners struggling to repay their mortgages could hit the same peak levels of the 2008 financial crisis by...
13 October 2022
From: Breaking News
The prime central London (PCL) market may escape a property downturn, JLL claims. The real estate and agency brand has highlighted the...
05 October 2022
From: Breaking News
With the Treasury and the Bank of England stepping in to try and calm the markets, talk of an emergency interest...
28 September 2022
From: Breaking News
July was the most active month for home sales so far this year but agents acknowledge that a slowdown is coming. The...
24 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Former Evolve staff are being offered £2,000 ex-gratia payments by the easyGroup after its ownership of easyProperty ended. Jason Bull, national sales...
19 August 2022
From: Breaking News
In this Guides & Tips piece, Brian Murphy, Head of Lending at Mortgage Advice Bureau, offers insight into what rate rises...
18 August 2022
From: Legislation & Compliance
Last week was quite a week for major trading updates, with four of the market’s biggest players announcing either half-year or...
08 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Savills has released a revised five-year forecast for the UK’s prime housing markets, to reflect the strong levels of activity in...
05 August 2022
From: Breaking News
The Property Franchise Group, the UK's largest property franchisor, has provided a trading update ahead of publishing its interim results on Tuesday...
04 August 2022
From: Breaking News
New calls have emerged to give pensioners stamp duty tax breaks to downsize their homes. The National Association of Property Buyers (NAPB)...
26 July 2022
From: Breaking News
There’s talk of 50-year mortgages being introduced, loans that, along with the property they finance, could be passed to the next...
09 July 2022
From: Features
Long-term 50-year mortgages that can be passed on by parents to their children appear to be the latest idea from the...
04 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Right now, one topic seems to be dominating talk in the industry. Everywhere I go people tend to quiz me about...
25 June 2022
From: Features
The economic turmoil of the past two years has done little to deter people from buying a property, research suggests. Buyers and...
14 June 2022
From: Breaking News
London accounted for almost half of million-pound plus property sales over the past 12 months but the most active borough at...
11 May 2022
From: Breaking News
Agents lost out on £600,000 worth of owed commission from withdrawn listings last year, industry data suggests. Withdrawn sales are an occupational hazard...
03 May 2022
From: Breaking News
Winkworth agents posted record sales income last year, attributed to the stamp duty holiday. The London-listed agent franchise group revealed in its...
13 April 2022
From: Breaking News
More acquisitions are being predicted at agency franchise group Belvoir. It comes as the listed brand yesterday reported record group revenue of...
05 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Savills suggests that London is returning to its role as the dominant element in the high end housing market in the...
04 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Rising inflation may soon overtake house price growth even in the most buoyant areas of the UK, a property market analysis...
17 March 2022
From: Breaking News
The founder of fledgling portal Boomin says the latest Nationwide house price index findings demonstrate that there’s no sign yet of...
03 March 2022
From: Breaking News
The controversial conveyancing firm at the centre of an apparent cyber attack has hit back at newspaper claims that it did...
01 March 2022
From: Breaking News
The UK property industry has long been a target of fraudsters due to the low levels of transparency and the fact...
12 February 2022
From: Features
Our Agents Do Charity column each Friday does a fantastic job of highlighting the amazing charitable work of agents up and...
29 January 2022
From: Features
New research suggests that the estate agency industry has bucked the nationwide trend of business liquidation that he plagued other sectors...
28 January 2022
From: Breaking News
The man who engineered the takeover of Countrywide by Connells is leaving the agency’s parent company, the Skipton Building Society. David Cutter...
26 January 2022
From: Breaking News
If agents wonder why more older home owners don’t sell and downsize, it may be because they’re taking equity out of...
19 January 2022
From: Breaking News
A property finance expert is telling buyers to sit on their hands and not commit to purchases - as he believes...
22 December 2021
From: Breaking News
The Covid-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on all aspects of our lives, but undoubtedly one major negative side effect...
11 December 2021
From: Features
The equity release market is on course for a record year after customers took out £1.049 billion in property wealth in...
23 November 2021
From: Breaking News
Savills has set out its annual house price forecast for prime London - and after years of price falls, the prediction...
15 November 2021
From: Breaking News
Despite the roaring housing market, a new report says that no fewer than 70,500 real estate and property businesses are showing...
03 November 2021
From: Breaking News
OnTheMarket has announced that it’s reducing the amount it’s paying for PropTech supplier Glanty. Glanty is best known for its lettings platform teclet,...
01 November 2021
From: Breaking News
Agents trade body Propertymark has given its verdict on yesterday’s Budget with this statement - “Some good news but it leaves...
28 October 2021
From: Breaking News
Disclaimer: This article is intended for information only and does not constitute legal advice. As part of its 2020 budget, the UK...
23 October 2021
From: Features
Within weeks the focus of the industry will be on the White Paper to be issued on rental reform before Christmas. Let’s...
16 October 2021
From: Features
The property industry and its many stakeholders are key participants in a global digital transformation that has been underway for quite...
09 October 2021
From: Features
Almost a million tenants have built up rent arrears since March 2020, according to research by National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA)....
15 September 2021
From: Features
The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) – the umbrella property brand which incorporates well-known names such as EweMove, Ellis & Co, Martin...
14 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Media reports suggest the government is considering offering grants to local authorities to purchase private family houses which are larger than...
25 August 2021
From: Breaking News
Sinclair Taylor, the first company to offer debt solutions to estate agencies, has been acquired by The Broadriver Group, a diverse...
17 August 2021
From: Breaking News
An announcement by Foxtons this morning says it is considering future options for its mortgage business, Alexander Hall. The announcement - made...
21 July 2021
From: Breaking News
The Covid-19 crisis has been marked by so-called high-wealth households amassing savings and benefitting from rising house prices far more than...
14 July 2021
From: Breaking News
A 3-2 loss on penalties. It’s sad and disappointing - desperately. Yet that gives way to pride when England’s performance across the whole...
12 July 2021
From: Breaking News
One one in five first time buyers have been able to get a mortgage on the first attempt over the past...
05 May 2021
From: Breaking News
The new Mayor of London, to be decided in an election tomorrow, has just received a six point set of demands...
05 May 2021
From: Breaking News
There’s a new warning that the estate agency industry may be in a more fragile financial condition than before the pandemic,...
30 April 2021
From: Breaking News
The biggest news story in town this last week – which has brought people who don’t usually like or watch football...