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Detached homes in Wales are the slowest property types to sell across the UK and take an average of 92 days...

More than a third of property professionals view the Spring Budget as an opportunity to boost new build and the first-time...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will deliver his Autumn Statement this afternoon amid rumours of Stamp Duty reforms and support for first-time buyers. The...

A Stamp Duty holiday would be more beneficial now than at the start of the pandemic, Knight Frank has suggested. The latest...

Agents are being urged to ensure they are up to speed with anti-money laundering (AML) requirements as the market enters its...

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

The average price for larger detached homes has grown at almost twice the rate than for smaller properties such as flats...

Prices will fall during this year, but the outlook differs depending on location, according to Cluttons. A first quarter update from the...

Agents sold 14.7% fewer properties during 2022 amid the end of the Stamp Duty holiday and increased economic uncertainty, HMRC figures...

The level of new listings coming to market is at its weakest since the end of the 2021 Stamp Duty holiday,...

Usually, I enter January with a spring in my step - optimistic about what the future holds.  Two years ago, after the...

Property sales are yet to decline amid higher mortgage rates and the cost of living crisis but there are signs of...

The end of last year’s Stamp Duty holiday has given a temporary boost to house price data for October 2022. The latest...

The latest measures for property the Chancellor included in his Autumn Statement may not have been dramatic, but has it given...

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

A West Midlands estate agent has backed Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s plans to reverse cuts to Stamp Duty, claiming they should never...

Agents are acknowledging that ‘change is coming’ to the housing market after the latest Land Registry House Price Index showed prices...

Fall-throughs are up and the number of properties under-offer in prime London areas has fallen below the pre-pandemic average for the...

The level of property sales fell by a quarter in the first half of this year in what is being described...

Propertmark is calling for a 12 month exemption on additional Stamp Duty rates to boost rental property supply. The issue will be...

Conveyancing is an integral part of the house buying and selling process. But it is a slow process, with the length...

Rishi Sunak has been confirmed as the new Conservative Party leader and will become the next UK Prime Minister. He will replace...

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

The Government’s mini budget on September 23 was anything but ‘mini’ with several major announcements one of the most significant of...

If recent headlines are anything to go by, estate agents and the wider property industry are not just feeling the heavy...

In tougher times – as is the case now, post-Covid, post-Brexit, cost-of-living crisis, war in Ukraine, etc – reputation and consumer...

The Government is being urged to take the lead on homebuying reform as conveyancers warn that recruitment issues and lawyer burn-out...

The government’s Stamp Duty reforms could provide a boost to homebuilding in the UK, a property investor claims. Real estate investor Alliance...

One of the particular characteristics of the property market is how it brings contrasting professions together. From estate agents to conveyancers,...

Agents and other property professionals have, perhaps unsurprisingly, reacted positively to rumours of a Stamp Duty cut. Prime Minister Liz Truss and...

Time is up for Boris Johnson's tenure as Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party, serving 3 years and 44...

There are positive signs that the country market could avoid a housing downturn, Knight Frank claims. Analysis by the agent found while...

Annual house price growth returned to double digits in July, Land Registry data reveals. The figures will reignite the debate over the...

New Prime Minister Liz Truss has been urged to consider a tax overhaul to boost property supply. There have been plenty of...

Winkworth has claimed to have sold more properties than any other agent during the first half of the year. The bold claim...

New Housing Secretary Simon Clarke may be an unknown entity to many agents but he has a track record of supporting...

Spicerhaart has posted a 21% boost in revenues despite sales taking longer to complete in the second half of the year,...

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

The latest research from Rightmove has revealed that the price of property coming to the market has witnessed its first fall...

Global property firm Knight Frank has revealed the pipeline of transactions in prime London residential markets grew further in July as...

Connells Group - the largest agency group in the UK after its purchase of Countrywide - has today announced its financial results for...

The Property Franchise Group, the UK's largest property franchisor, has provided a trading update ahead of publishing its interim results on Tuesday...

Lettings has helped drive Foxtons revenue and profits for the first half of the year, a company update has revealed. The listed...

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...

More properties went under offer in June 2022 than during the same month of the stamp duty holiday rush of last year,...

Online searches for property portals have declined, in another suggested sign of the slowing market. Analysis of data from AdWords and Google Trends...

Winkworth remains confident about its sales pipeline for the rest of the year, with transactions agreed in the first six months...

Legal experts are warning that the rush to beat interest rate rises could lead to “ill conceived” and “rushed transactions.” The Bank...

The ongoing debate about how to boost agent and conveyancer relations, and improve the homebuying system for all, continues to rage,...

Knight Frank has revised its house price forecasts upwards due to continually low levels of residential stock on the market. The agent...

Right now, one topic seems to be dominating talk in the industry. Everywhere I go people tend to quiz me about...

Annual house price growth figures returned to double digits in April but there are warnings that this could be as good...

It has been six years since the UK voted to leave the European Union (EU). Political and economic debate continues to rumble...

The number of property transactions continues to rise despite the cost of living crisis and remain higher than pre-pandemic levels, HMRC...

New data suggests the prime London market has a new lease of life as buyers and sellers look to beat the...

The chance of a vendor selling a property is at its highest level for a decade, research claims.  The continuing imbalance between...

Estate agents are being urged to reassess their fee structure and not be afraid to reflect the time and level of...

The prime country market outside of London appears to be booming again in a rush to beat a slowdown in house...

Houses continued to be the preferred property type for prime London buyers last month as flat sales continue to struggle amid...

Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) has long been the bugbear of many property transactions. Even the very wealthy will lose interest...

Rising house prices boosted HMRC’s coffers during the previous tax year. Analysts suggest the booming housing market has meant HMRC has attracted...

In June, the biggest pilot scheme of a four-day working week anywhere in the world will begin in Britain, with more...

The latest trading update from Foxtons has revealed that sales revenue in the first quarter of this year was down 9%...

A leading online residential conveyancing firm has opened its new headquarters and apprenticeship academy in Wirral, Merseyside, to try and help...

London’s prime sales market is set to underperform compared with 2021 but is still looking to be better than the pre-pandemic...

House price growth hit a five-month high in February, according to Land Registry data but there are warnings that this will...

The stamp duty holiday last year has caused a surge of borrowers taking on mortgages with terms of more than 35...

Winkworth agents posted record sales income last year, attributed to the stamp duty holiday. The London-listed agent franchise group revealed in its...

Typical stamp duty paid by property purchasers now is actually 84 per cent more than before the pandemic and the SDLT...

The industry has reacted to the Spring Statement by breathing a sigh of relief that nothing was likely to cause damage...

The mainstream UK housing market is overvalued by up to 20 per cent and the London market overvalued by as much...

An estate agency says London’s sales market is now at its busiest since the Brexit referendum in mid-2016. Douglas & Gordon, sold by...

Buyers are already tightening their belts and choosing not to borrow as much as they could, but instead calculate what they...

If you want to sex-up the Chancellor’s financial statement scheduled for lunchtime on Wednesday, you’d call it a Budget or a...

The market’s likely to slow this year as the rising cost of living saps some buyer confidence, so agents are understandably...

A financial analyst says there could be tough times ahead for the housing market, despite another upbeat set of figures regarding...

OnTheMarket says buyer and seller confidence has not been adversely affected by the first base rate rise in more than three...

Selling a home - the period from listing to completion - is now back to its pre-pandemic levels of 16 weeks...

Some regional property markets are perilously close to running out of any stock to sell. That’s the news from property data...

Without doubt, 2021 was an exceptional year in the property market, with the stamp duty holiday and favourable market conditions helping...

The average home sale in England and Wales in 2021 achieved 98 per cent of the asking price - slightly improved...

For an unregulated industry, agents have an awful lot of regulations to deal with. For example, there’s the mandatory membership of a...

The level of house price growth is at a 17 year high at 11.2 per cent according to the Nationwide. The annual...

Hybrid agency EweMove - which has a mix of working-from-home agents and High Street branches - has had an outstanding year...

The total value of all UK homes broke the £8 trillion barrier in 2021 according to Savills - and London is...

A trading statement this morning confirms a large revenue rise for LSL Property Services. Group revenue increased by around 23 per cent last...

Research based on questioning almost 1,000 estate agents suggests that around 70 per cent are set to expand their business this...

With the drastic changes enacted on the industry over the past two years thanks to the pandemic and political events such...

Government data shows the average UK house price increasing by 10 per cent on an annual basis in November. On a monthly...

A law firm is warning that one of the key risks facing that industry this year revolves around professional negligence claims against...

Winkworth has told its shareholders that it expects approaches from prospective franchisees to open new branches this year. In a trading statement...

Mortgage lenders serving the housing market are set for a quieter 2022 after the unprecedented levels of activity seen in 2021,...

Another day, another house price index record. The latest, from the Halifax, shows that typical house prices increased by over £24,500 in...

An extensive online training programme has been devised to help properly professionals identify and treat Japanese Knotweed. A programme of 15 videos...

The number of locations where average house prices still stand at below £150,000 has shrunk by 28 per cent in recent...

For the first time since before the global financial crisis of 2008, the number of first-time buyers is estimated to have...

The latest figures for mortgage approvals show demand as being relatively unchanged - a development welcomed by agents. House purchase mortgage approvals...

The surge in Omicron cases and possible future restrictions are set to hit the housing market in 2022 - and may...

House prices in the UK have ended the year of yet another record high. The Nationwide says annual house price growth increased...