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It was the news we were all expecting. But I still feel a sense of disappointment as I digest the fact the...

Housing policy should focus on making better use of existing stock as well building more homes, a new report claims. A report...

Yopa has detailed a restructure of its business after chairman Grenville Turner mysteriously stepped down as a director. Companies House documents last...

Many first-time buyers are unaware of the upfront costs they need to budget for before applying for a mortgage and purchasing...

I sometimes wonder just how far our national obsession with buying our own homes will stretch. First-time buyers are prepared to save...

Record numbers of homebuyers are set to get on the property ladder with the help of the “Bank of Family” this...

Sustainability has become a watch word for businesses the world over but there’s one element of this equation that is too...

The RICS Residential Survey Report for March caused a bit of a stir this week – despite the fact that it...

A financial adviser has hit out at the Bank of England, claiming homeowners and business should be furious about its interest...

Online agency boss-turned-media-pundit Russell Quirk has been given his own money-focused TalkTV programme, with the first focusing on the hot topic...

The growth of the short term rentals sector has helped to create an economy featuring several new types of jobs that...

A family business within the Fine & Country network has taken on the master licence for Spain. Chris Hara, managing director of...

New year, old worries: what’s happening in the housing market? We’ve asked experts and collated forecasts, 15 in total. On the one...

Two thirds of economists expect house prices to fall by more than 4% this year while others are expecting a more...

Harding Green has welcomed its second franchisee. Benjamin Scrace, who joined the broker model estate agency Harding Green in July as a...

A former Housing Secretary has outlined why the Conservative Party mustn’t abandon its commitment to housebuilding. It comes as some 47 Conservative...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt warned tough times were coming ahead of his Autumn Statement yesterday and agents were left with plenty to...

In a statement likely to rile plenty of estate agents, a proptech firm is suggesting aspiring homebuyers should wait until 2024...

A former senior journalist for The Times and Zoopla head of research Gráinne Gilmore has joined Cluttons as head of research. She will...

Interest rates made their biggest leap in 27 years yesterday, rising by 0.5% from 1.25% to 1.75%. It was the biggest...

House price growth is set to slow but talk of a correction is overstated, Savills claims. The latest house price forecasts from...

There seems a consensus amongst agents, analysts and amateur pundits alike that the market will stay relatively strong for some months,...

An industry trade body wants the government to scrap the three per cent stamp duty surcharge on additional homes - and...

One of the UK’s leading economic experts is to be the speaker at a Rightmove seminar this week, considering whether events...

A website called The Changing Face of Property has been launched to encourage young people planning their careers to consider our...

The government has been warned that its much-talked about levelling up agenda is ‘doomed to fail’ without major reform of the...

A number of estate agencies have signed up to a service which charges £30 to view a property. The online service, called...

This time out, I speak to one of the industry’s biggest-hitters. Adrian Gill may have retired from frontline agency, having had...

One of the country’s most popular tourist destinations may ban the sale of new builds to second home buyers. The council in Padstow -...

As part of our third PayProp Special Report on COVID-19 rental arrears in the UK, we surveyed over 600 agents, tenants...

It’s that time of year again. Black Friday has been and gone and the run-up to Christmas is well and truly...

The secure Conservative victory in the 2019 General Election meant the property market in the sunlit uplands was set for a...

A new report funded by high profile consumer champion Martin Lewis says the government must do more to help ‘mortgage prisoners’. These...

A quick buy firm boasting it has ‘sold’ a home within six days also says it now takes 140 days on...

The Atlantic Ocean is a vast space – some 4,000 miles eastwards across from the USA until land is met again....

Another westcountry town may ban new-build homes being sold as holiday properties, even though the idea has backfired elsewhere. Fowey in Cornwall -...

After a challenging period for the UK property market, recovery is very much on the cards and the end to uncertainty...

A new study by the London School of Economics suggests that a high profile ban on the sale of new homes...

The former chief of an online estate agency says the top three surviving firms in the sector must merge if they...

News broke last weekend of a further online estate agency casualty as letting agent Upad announced on its website that it...

Whinge. Moan. Lead quality. Crap market. Decision procrastination. Fee pressure. Bloody competitors. Especially Purplebricks. Brexit, of course, Brexit... These are just some...

House prices rose slightly more rapidly in the first three months of the year but growth is likely to remain subdued...

The topic of introducing rent controls in London crops up time and time again in our industry. But it’s been hitting...

Just when you thought it was all Brexit doom and gloom, a major index shows that house prices in February grew...

As 2018 draws to a close, it is fair to say that stretched affordability and uncertainty over the Brexit negotiations has...

New research shows 35 per cent of deals fall through within three weeks of a seller receiving an offer and a...

Agents have continued to express their shock and opposition to the announcement by the government that it wants a stamp duty...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, the place where you find all the key agency industry moves over recent days. Please...

Estate Agent Today is 10 years old this weekend. We hope you’ll agree that’s a cause for celebration and a great...

Estate agent licensing will reduce competition, make buying and selling homes more expensive, and add another layer of red tape to...

The housing industry has set out a list of demands in advance of the government’s hotly anticipated Autumn Budget on Wednesday.  Despite...

The average UK property takes 96 days to sell, according to a new report. The survey, by Post Office Money and the...

The notion of a North-South divide in the UK has been around for as long as I can remember – certainly...

The first of the major estate agency research teams to offer a forecast for the 2018 market has kicked off the...

Ten out of 14 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News say Brexit and economic uncertainty are likely to stall London’s housing market...

Research from the Centre for Economics and Business Research has shown that the cost of the average rental deposit is expected...

The government has poured cold water over industry speculation that Help To Buy could be phased out or significantly modified between...

The government is thought to be reviewing Help To Buy which, it is claimed, could end with the scheme being scrapped...

Being a leading world-class city comes at a price – they are the most expensive for occupiers and the most lucrative...

Government schemes like Help To Buy, supposedly assisting more people get on the ladder, have little impact on improving social mobility...

A new report, conducted by the Centre for Economics and Business Research for the financial services group Legal & General, claims...

The average cost of moving home in the UK was £9,472 in 2016 according to a survey by the Centre for...

In this Natter we have an exclusive interview with David Cox, CEO of ARLA Propertymark and one of the best-known figures...

Lots of people buy new-build due to the perceived lack of hassle with maintenance, as they are built to the latest...

House prices will rise 2.0 per cent in 2017, below the rate of inflation and just under half the rise predicted...

Listening to all the coverage of the tenant fee ban, all I hear is consumer groups talking about how some agents...

It may still be too early to start compiling a Christmas wish list, but it is the right time to provide...

Labour’s long-awaited Redfern Review, set up a year ago after the party’s defeat in the general election, finally reports tomorrow. Although it...

In recent weeks I have been carrying out question and answer sessions with some of the key figures in the property...

With the number of new homes being built across the UK still significantly below the level needed to meet demand, housebuilders...

The huge rush to acquire buy-to-let property in the first quarter of the year ahead of the stamp duty change deadline...

For many people buy-to-let continues to look an attractive income investment at a time of low saving rates and stock market...

A National Association of Estate Agents report has been roundly dismissed as being “out of date and unhelpful” in blaming a...

Shelter - recently concentrating on attacking landlords for the qualities of their homes and letting agents for the size of their...

The Centre for Economics and Business Research says that house prices across the UK are set to increase by 5.7 per...

It’s over. A win is a win, whichever side you backed. It’s true that everyone seems a lot less happy than...

The timing of Labour’s housing review, which has until now been closely associated with John Healey, appears uncertain following the shadow housing...

I pride myself as a logical person, so much so that it amazes me how most people seem to struggle to...

The National Association of Estate Agents and Association of Residential Letting Agents say that although there are no conclusive ‘leave’ or...

As we all know, Peter Redfern is critical to the future of the British housing market and.... What? Wait? You don’t know...

London is heading for a house price bubble by the end of the year according to figures produced by academics at...

Predicting ho­­w the housing market might play out over the next few months is incredibly difficult. There are a significant number...

House prices will soar by 50 per cent in the next 10 years according to research commissioned by the NAEA and conducted...

The limited supply of homes means average property prices will rise 3.5 per cent next year and a further 4.2 per cent...

It would seem that now is a better time than ever for investors to join the buy-to-let market.  The Royal Institute of...

A protest march in London's fashionable Shoreditch area turned nasty when the windows of a Marsh & Parsons estate agency branch...

The Centre for Economics and Business Research, a leading consultancy, says the drought in properties on the market is pushing up...