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What a waste. Islington council announced in recent days that it will buy back 310 ex-council houses this winter, to add to...
21 October 2023
From: Features
The latest measures for property the Chancellor included in his Autumn Statement may not have been dramatic, but has it given...
10 December 2022
From: Features
In retrospect, it was perhaps inevitable that the infamous dead cat would come into the debate over government housing targets and...
21 May 2022
From: Features
An estate agency says London’s sales market is now at its busiest since the Brexit referendum in mid-2016. Douglas & Gordon, sold by...
22 March 2022
From: Breaking News
We all know what did happen in 2021 - Covid and more Covid, the stamp duty holiday frenzy, a soaring rental...
11 December 2021
From: Features
There is pressure growing in Brighton for the city to hold a referendum giving residents the opportunity to ban new build...
19 November 2021
From: Breaking News
I’ve never written the three letters ‘EPC’ more often than I have in the past week. Law changes for the private rental...
13 November 2021
From: Features
In a day of unexpected drama, Boris Johnson carried out a surprisingly brutal and widespread Cabinet reshuffle which saw a number...
16 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Robert Jenrick has been sacked from his post as Housing, Communities and Local Government Secretary. He was the third major name to...
15 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Media reports over the weekend suggest the government is preparing a triple whammy - three measures which may reduce the number...
06 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Foxtons’ chairman and longest-serving board member is to stand down at the end of this year at the latest, after a...
08 July 2021
From: Breaking News
Prices in prime central London grew by 0.3 per cent in the year to May - tiny rise but a significant...
07 June 2021
From: Breaking News
The Prime Central London pain throughout the pandemic can be seen by new figures just released by an investment consultancy, showing...
06 May 2021
From: Breaking News
A prominent London agency says today’s new two per cent stamp duty surcharge imposed on most overseas buyers will not dampen...
01 April 2021
From: Breaking News
One of the chief figures behind Brexit and Boris Johnson’s role as London Mayor is now advising that stamp duty should be...
09 February 2021
From: Breaking News
One of the country’s most popular tourist destinations may ban the sale of new builds to second home buyers. The council in Padstow -...
02 February 2021
From: Breaking News
Anthony Codling, the City analyst who made his name as a scourge of Purplebricks, says Brexit may be good news for the...
04 January 2021
From: Breaking News
A London property investment consultancy says 22 per cent of properties it’s advised overseas purchasers on this year have been bought sight-unseen. London...
04 November 2020
From: Breaking News
The country producing the largest number of buyers of prime London properties is not China, nor from north America or the...
20 October 2020
From: Breaking News
London’s properties are “over-valued” according to a leading bank. UBS, which has what it calls a Global Real Estate Bubble Index, says...
07 October 2020
From: Breaking News
Savills has boosted its forecast for housing transactions this year because the stamp duty holiday has been such a success at...
01 October 2020
From: Breaking News
Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s stamp duty holiday means prime property in the UK now enjoys lower tax rates than most European countries. Buyers...
30 July 2020
From: Breaking News
The property market is used to change, and I’m confident it will bounce back from any lockdown effects. Despite being acutely aware...
20 June 2020
From: Features
High end London agency Beauchamp Estates has been selected to join the Bank of England’s advisory panel of companies and senior directors, and to...
15 May 2020
From: Breaking News
Another west country tourist hotspot looks set to ban any future new-build home being sold as a holiday or additional property. Bigbury...
21 April 2020
From: Breaking News
Mortgage lenders approved the highest number of loans for house purchase in nearly four years in January, according to Bank of...
03 March 2020
From: Breaking News
Another westcountry town may ban new-build homes being sold as holiday properties, even though the idea has backfired elsewhere. Fowey in Cornwall -...
26 February 2020
From: Breaking News
Suddenly Brexit Day is nearly here. It may have taken three and a half years from the Referendum but the UK will,...
25 January 2020
From: Features
There’s been an average asking price rise of 2.3 per cent in the past four weeks - the biggest ever increase...
20 January 2020
From: Breaking News
In its latest State of the Property Nation report, which questions over 650 agents and 6,000 consumers, Zoopla says 55 per...
20 January 2020
From: Breaking News
A warning has been issued by a prominent industry figure that more bricks-and-mortar High Street agents will go under in 2020,...
03 January 2020
From: Breaking News
Yes, believe it or not, we’ve nearly reached the end of a whole decade. And what an eventful decade it’s been. We’ve...
14 December 2019
From: Features
Data from HM Revenue & Customs has revealed that residential property transactions have increased by 4.3 per cent year-on-year. In October 2019...
22 November 2019
From: Breaking News
A new study by the London School of Economics suggests that a high profile ban on the sale of new homes...
05 November 2019
From: Breaking News
Stories with good news about the prime central London market seem few and far between but the latest figures from B2B...
17 October 2019
From: Breaking News
A pessimistic set of figures on asking prices, transaction volumes and stock levels culminates in Rightmove urging vendors to be willing...
16 September 2019
From: Breaking News
If you thought - perhaps hoped - that five weeks of prorogued Parliament meant a break from politics, think again: the...
14 September 2019
From: Features
Cluttons has downgraded its forecasts for the housing markets in London and the rest of the UK for the remainder of...
12 September 2019
From: Breaking News
High end agency Knight Frank says prices in prime central London have fallen again - although the 4.4 per cent drop...
06 September 2019
From: Breaking News
Estate agent turned Conservative MP Kevin Hollinrake has provoked a furious response on social media by coming out in favour of...
30 August 2019
From: Breaking News
An independent estate agency says a No Deal Brexit will prompt a “feeding frenzy” of foreign buyers who are already “piling...
29 August 2019
From: Breaking News
Residential property transactions totalled 86,630 in July, representing a monthly drop of 8.5 per cent and an annual fall of 12.4...
22 August 2019
From: Breaking News
15 August 2019
From: Breaking News
A bid to ban the building of new homes for out-of-town buyers has backfired on a Cornish community - and now...
24 July 2019
From: Breaking News
A leading London estate agency with US connections says there has been a surge in high net worth American buyers in...
18 July 2019
From: Breaking News
It’s now more than three years since the EU referendum result in June 2016, and we’re still no clearer on when...
13 July 2019
From: Features
A more stable trend is now emerging in the UK housing market, according to the latest results for the RICS UK...
11 July 2019
From: Breaking News
London Central Portfolio, a respected property consultancy that has been pessimistic about the market in prime areas of the capital, says...
25 June 2019
From: Breaking News
Knight Frank says Brexit-related uncertainty has curbed trading activity across all UK residential markets over the last 12 months - and...
13 June 2019
From: Breaking News
New research by comparison website GoCompare suggests almost a million house sales have been lost because of Brexit. The study claims that...
13 June 2019
From: Breaking News
Four years ago, as we approached the general election, Andrews Property Group held a roundtable debateon the impact the election might have...
08 June 2019
From: Features
House prices have remained roughly stagnant according to the latest figures produced by the Office for National Statistics and HM Land...
23 May 2019
From: Breaking News
One of the capital’s most outspoken estate agents at the upper end of the market has given eye-watering statistics to show...
22 May 2019
From: Breaking News
Might the central London market gloom be broken by just a sliver of light? London Central Portfolio, an investment consultancy, has recently...
21 May 2019
From: Breaking News
Home movers from the European Union have become less interested in moving to the UK, according to new research. Analysis of over...
14 May 2019
From: Breaking News
Respected investment consultancy London Central Portfolio is warning that “sales go on falling and falling” across the capital, fuelled by Brexit...
30 April 2019
From: Breaking News
No, this isn’t about Brexit. But as the saga of leaving the EU is likely to bring about the downfall of...
13 April 2019
From: Features
Savills, which in the past has been restrained in its critique of Brexit’s effect on the housing market, now says that...
04 April 2019
From: Breaking News
A mortgage firm claims that around a third of all those who have moved homes since 2016 have done so -...
02 April 2019
From: Breaking News
Foxtons has revealed that its six branch closures announced towards the end of last year will save the company £3m in...
29 March 2019
From: Breaking News
The National Association of Estate Agents says the number of house hunters registered per branch fell 15 per cent in February...
26 March 2019
From: Breaking News
A quick-buy firm that buys homes at around 85 per cent of market value claims the industry is concealing how slow...
26 March 2019
From: Breaking News
Rightmove has this morning given its 2018 report to shareholders, laying bare the huge financial wealth of the company which dominates...
01 March 2019
From: Breaking News
If anyone thought Brexit may allow domestic buyers a bigger share of the market, think again: no fewer than 57 per...
18 February 2019
From: Breaking News
There was a huge 33 per cent collapse in transactions in central London in the final quarter of 2018 compared with...
01 February 2019
From: Breaking News
A maverick estate agent pictured wearing a yellow vest has threatened to mount what he calls a “civil protest” if Brexit...
16 January 2019
From: Breaking News
It’s the word on everyone’s lips: after two and a half years of debate, and months before that leading up to...
11 January 2019
From: Breaking News
A slew of property experts and commentators have put the blame on Brexit for a surprise drop in house price growth...
07 January 2019
From: Breaking News
It is something of an understatement to say that we are in challenging times. BREXIT is unresolved and we wait with...
18 December 2018
From: Sponsored Content
The chief executive of Haart, Paul Smith, is warning that a No Deal exit from the EU could leave Britain with...
22 November 2018
From: Breaking News
A senior figure in the Knight Frank agency says those buyers who may be expecting Brexit-inspired bargains in the so-called ‘super...
22 November 2018
From: Breaking News
A London buying agent has called for a second referendum on Britain’s EU membership, suggesting that it would give more certainty...
22 October 2018
From: Breaking News
A leading London estate agency is reporting a surge in overseas buyers sealing deals ahead of the government’s new stamp duty...
18 October 2018
From: Breaking News
The number of house sales falling through before completion is on the increase according to data collated by a home buying...
17 October 2018
From: Breaking News
“Baton down the hatches. Stockpile the food cupboard. Brexit is coming and it’s little more than six months away!” I jest, but there is...
15 September 2018
From: Features
Bank of England governor Mark Carney says a no-deal Brexit exit could lead to a 35 per cent house price crash. The...
14 September 2018
From: Breaking News
The investment bank Jefferies says Foxtons’ long-running share price slump is a reflection of Brexit uncertainty “until we find out what...
14 August 2018
From: Breaking News
One of London’s leading estate agents says Brexit has had at worst a neutral effect on the housing market and may...
08 August 2018
From: Breaking News
With the shelf life of recent housing ministers being on a par with football managers, it's perhaps little surprise that we're...
20 July 2018
From: Sponsored Content
First things first, I have to mention the World Cup. The dream is over, football’s not quite coming home (not until...
14 July 2018
From: Features
It’s been announced this morning that Dominic Raab - who became housing minister just a few months ago - is to...
09 July 2018
From: Breaking News
Part of the South Hams area, a popular tourist hotspot in south Devon, has voted overwhelmingly in favour of a ban...
05 July 2018
From: Breaking News
In recent weeks, you could have been forgiven for thinking that you’re not actually in the UK. Flash floods aside, the...
23 June 2018
From: Features
There’s been a landslide vote to ban new-build second homes in another tourist hotspot. Some 90 per cent of those who voted...
19 June 2018
From: Breaking News
New data from Haart estate agency suggests that despite many homes sticking on the market, apparently would be buyers are locked...
14 May 2018
From: Breaking News
A leading buying agency says the Brexit transition deal will help central London’s fragile sales market. Caspar Harvard-Walls, a partner in the...
04 April 2018
From: Breaking News
Holiday home sales in one of the country’s most popular tourist destinations are holding up, despite stamp duty and the age...
29 March 2018
From: Breaking News
Mortgage Advice Bureau has batted off the flat housing market by reporting good figures for 2017. Revenue for the year increased by...
23 January 2018
From: Breaking News
There’s a new warning being issued for estate agents and all other businesses to ensure they are prepared for the General...
05 January 2018
From: Breaking News
Outspoken buying agent Henry Pryor says some “pretty dodgy” overseas buyers have purchased homes in the UK in the past -...
29 December 2017
From: Breaking News
It’s traditional before Christmas to either review the year past or anticipate the one ahead - but I’m intrigued about what...
16 December 2017
From: Features
The HomeOwners’ Alliance says vendors must put their homes on the market no later than Tuesday if they are serious about selling by...
13 October 2017
From: Breaking News
UBS says London's housing market still faces the risk of becoming a bubble - although that risk has marginally eased over...
29 September 2017
From: Breaking News
Investors from countries as diverse as South Africa and Russia are getting a 21 per cent discount on UK property according...
15 September 2017
From: Breaking News
Winkworth says solid performances from its lettings and property management services, plus new franchise deals, have compensated for a challenging sales...
14 September 2017
From: Breaking News
New research has revealed that Britain's impending exit from the European Union is not a consideration for 71% of consumers. A study...
07 September 2017
From: Breaking News
Savills has reported strong figures for the first half of 2017 across its worldwide activities, but its UK residential divisions have...
11 August 2017
From: Breaking News
The two main political parties have squared up to each other over the issue of increasing council tax on second homes...