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Estate agents are hopeful for a busy spring market after official data showed a small rise in property sales in recent...

Annual house price declines slowed in January and values returned to growth on a monthly basis, Land Registry data shows. The latest...

Buyer demand shot up in February, helped by a surge in ‘realistically priced’ property supply, research suggests. Data from TwentyEA shows the...

Agents are becoming more confident about a busy Spring market after the Bank of England held interest rates for the fourth...

Downsizers could free up an estimated £209,215 worth of equity, according to research from national estate agency Jackson-Stops. Its annual research on the ‘downsizer...

A third of Jackson-Stops agents are expecting a “modest decrease” in house prices next year with some offices expecting drops of...

Jackson-Stops has boosted its presence across the Cornish coast, with the hiring of three new directors, Richard Holder, Dean Lonergan and Daniel...

House price growth fell to its lowest annual rate since 2012 in August, official data shows. The latest Land Registry House Price...

Property sales and mortgage approvals both fell annually in August, official data shows. Figures from HMRC show UK residential transactions were down...

Agents insist the market is still moving – albeit among cash buyers – after HMRC data shows another dip in sales activity. HMRC’s...

More than half of prospective homebuyers looking for a new location to move to want to be within a 20-minute walk...

Jackson-Stops has announced the opening of its newest branch in Colchester, Essex.  This follows the launch of the national agency brand’s virtual office...

Annual house price growth continued to slow in April but bounced back on a monthly basis, Land Registry figures have revealed. The...

The race for space is reversing as more employers are calling staff back into the office. Research by agency brand Jackson-Stops has...

Average house prices have declined by their largest level on a monthly basis since the end of the 2021 Stamp Duty...

The level of property sales in the UK is declining, HMRC has suggested, after it revealed that transactions dipped for the...

Cash buyers are securing properties 6% below the average UK house price. Research by national agent Jackson-Stops has revealed the regions where...

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

Energy efficiency will become key considerations for buyers next year while those with cash will be preferred purchasers, Jackson-Stops has predicted. The...

Property transactions dipped in October but remain above pre-pandemic levels, HMRC data shows. The latest property transactions report from the taxman -...

House price growth slowed both annually and monthly during August, new figures show, as commentators warn a property market slowdown is coming. The...

Jackson-Stops is putting the final touches to a new franchise offering for agents. The agency brand is planning to launch a franchise...

Interest rate rises are driving an increase in homes for sale, research claims. National estate agency Jackson-Stops has analysed Rightmove data and...

The Bank of England increased interest rates to their highest level since the financial crisis yesterday, prompting fears of higher cost...

From housebuilding to planning laws and stamp duty reform, agents and property professionals were ready with plenty of suggestions for Liz...

July was the most active month for home sales so far this year but agents acknowledge that a slowdown is coming. The...

Annual house price growth has dropped to its lowest level this year and is back to single digits, official data shows. The...

House price indices may be reporting record rises but sales seem to be slowing. The latest HMRC property transactions data for June...

The housing market continues to defy expectations after the latest Land Registry figures show annual price growth in May hit its...

Property sales slumped in April but are still above the pre-pandemic average, HMRC data shows. Provisional UK property transaction figures from the...

Agency listings appear to be on the rise with major brands seeing a spike in valuations and instructions. Data from national agent Jackson-Stops...

Agents have heralded the beginning of the house price slowdown. The latest Land Registry House Price Index yesterday showed values increased by...

Buyers are being urged to act now to secure decent mortgage pricing as interest rates hit a 13-year high yesterday. The Bank...

The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...

Jackson-Stops, which currently has 42 branches across the UK, has revealed it’s going to have another 20 by the end of...

House sales slumped nearly two thirds last month as the main deadline for the stamp duty holiday passed.  HM Revenue and Customs...

HM Revenue & Customs has warned of what it calls the “negative impacts” of the pandemic on the latest property transactions...

A third of owners would consider moving more regularly if the stamp duty holiday on the first £500,000 of a purchase...

New government figures show that stamp duty transactions in the final quarter of last year were 43 per cent higher than in...

Figures just released from HM Revenue & Customs show just how much stamp duty buyers pay, at least before the current holiday...

Two agencies have entered the debate on whether the current frenzied housing market is seeing delays in completions. Yesterday EAT reported that...

There are various reports of estate agencies closing branches - or not reopening them after lockdown - as they reduce the...

Rupert and Annabel Wakley - both long-time stalwarts of Knight Frank’s country department - have moved over to the rival Jackson-Stops...

In another positive sign for the housing market, every region of the UK has seen a price rise according to the...

Data from HM Revenue & Customs shows tax receipts from stamp duty fell a further 5.2 per cent between 2018 and...

A veteran agent says the new government’s Budget, expected in the next few weeks, should not provide too much help to...

It’s only five weeks to the New Year and new decade and the first agents have started making predictions for the...

The controversial former Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, is to be the keynote speaker at a property industry...

Agents and property industry figures have given a clear message to the government six weeks ahead of the General Election -...

The annual number of property transactions edged down slightly according to the figures released applying to August. However, buyers and sellers email...

Average house prices in the UK increased by a mere 0.9 per cent in the year to June - the lowest...

House prices have remained roughly stagnant according to the latest figures produced by the Office for National Statistics and HM Land...

Jackson-Stops has launched a new branch in mid-Sussex, expanding the estate agency’s national network to over 45 offices.  The Mid-Sussex branch will...

Average house prices in the UK increased by 1.7 per cent in the year to the end of January according to...

Estate agents say the continuing gentle slowdown reflected in the latest government house price figures will be the story of the...

Most estate agents have tried to dismiss the impact of the Bank of England’s base rate rise, which came following a...

Industry groups have welcomed Kit Malthouse as housing minister - but make little effort to hide their frustrations, disappointment and disillusionment. Malthouse was announced...

Estate agency Jackson-Stops says it has discovered precisely how many existing home owners understand the difficulties facing first time buyers in...

Earlier this week, Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered the Autumn Budget with a strong focus on housing.  The decision to cut stamp duty...

Housing may have taken centre stage in the Budget but most of the industry appears to remain sceptical of whether the...

Jackson-Stops predicts that average UK house prices will remain flat in 2018, with stamp duty, Brexit and political uncertainties taking their...

If the government slashed stamp duty for the country’s most expensive properties the entire housing market would benefit, an estate agency...

Properties located directly on the seafront attract a price premium of 33%, according to new research. A study of 30 prime seaside...

Jackson-Stops & Staff is undergoing a rebrand including the creation of a snappier title - it’s just Jackson-Stops now - as...

Estate agents are angry that Chancellor Phillip Hammond made no attempt in his first Spring Budget to reform stamp duty -...

Over the past two decades, investing in buy-to-let has been a relatively easy way to make money, which is why so...

The government’s attitude of “Nanny knows best” has “squandered another opportunity” to make a real difference to the housing crisis, according...

The rental market has had to face a raft of changes over the past year, including the introduction of the 3% stamp...

Recent stamp duty changes have resulted in a substantial decline in transaction numbers and HM Revenue & Customs missing its revenue...

Jackson-Stops & Staff says the housing market has weakened a little since the EU referendum but prices have not suffered and...

The Chancellor, George Osborne, has announced a series of measures impacting on the property industry, including:   Mortgage interest relief for buy-to-let homebuyers...