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Big demand for small properties has helped to drive growth in UK property prices in the early months of this year,...

The average price of a home in Wales fell to £229,263 in the first quarter of 2024, making this the fifth...

The number of new sellers coming to the market is up by 12% compared to this time a year ago, and...

Average mortgage rates have ticked up ahead of the typically busier spring home selling season but borrowers are at least benefiting...

A variety of charities have received support from the property industry this week. If there are charitable endeavours you think the rest...

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

Borrowers are currently rolling off relatively favourable two-year fixed-rate deals agreed at the start of 2022, but the pain from higher...

Lots of things change in the property sector - but one thing always seems to stay the same. For buyers and sellers,...

The mortgage price war appears to have eased and the shelf life on home loans has hit a six-month low, Moneyfacts...

Property market conditions in the new-build sector are likely to remain subdued this year. Persimmon has claimed. An outlook in the house...

House prices are growing annually for the first time since January 2023, Nationwide claims. The latest Nationwide House Price Index found average...

The housing market is "turning a page" with fewer price reductions and higher achieved prices, Hamptons claims. A January market activity update...

Record numbers of future vendors sent a request for an estate agent to come and provide a market appraisal of their...

Following the release of Material Information Parts B & C, iamproperty’s Product Manager, Tania Bonesi, shares insights on how Estate Agents...

Property supply and demand have rebounded since the start of the year amid falling mortgage rates but sellers are still making...

Most agents may argue that every month is the best time to list but Rightmove has identified February as the optimum...

Homebuyers are snubbing period properties, new analysis suggests. Research by Shawbrook suggests UK buyers are now prioritising sustainability and efficiency over style,...

The Conveyancing Association (CA) - the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry – has announced an update to its Estate...

Buyer demand and new sales at the start of 2024 are already ahead of equivalent 2023 levels, Zoopla. Figures from the portal...

Average mortgage rates have hit a six-month low, giving new hope to buyers looking to climb on or up the property...

Savills has promoted its residential sales director Natalie Howlett-Clarke to head of its Norwich office. Effective from the start of this year,...

Forget the Boxing Day boost, next Monday could be the start of the “first-time buyer boom.” Mortgage technology company Twenty7tec has identified...

Record number of sellers came to market on Boxing Day, according to Rightmove. The portal said it recorded a 26% increase in...

Fall-throughs are estimated to have cost UK buyers and sellers £270m during the third of last year, research suggests. It marks the...

Average asking prices in December have fallen more than usual for the seasonal slowdown, Rightmove claims. The portal’s latest House Price Index...

OnTheMarket (OTM) chief executive Jason Tebb has declared “our time is now” after shareholders backed a takeover of the portal by...

Sellers are still being lowballed by their buyer having previously accepted a higher offer, research suggests. A survey of more than 1,000...

The number of lenders offering sub-5% mortgage deals has doubled in the past month in a sign that the cost of...

Low deposit home buyers have been given a boost after product choice hit a 14-month high. Data from Moneyfacts shows the number...

Homebuyers viewing properties during the winter months should be extra watchful for signs of invasive Japanese knotweed, which dies back in...

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

Mortgage rates could be set to finally fall below 5%, brokers claim. The pricing of home loans has rocketed this year amid high...

Over a hundred years before the climate emergency became a global concern, it was recognised that, ‘He who plants a tree,...

The level of new for sale stock reaching the market across Britain has surged by 128% since the start of the...

Average asking prices have increased as usual between September and October but at the slowest rate since 2008, Rightmove has revealed. The...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

Average mortgage pricing is falling in a “positive sign” for the market, new analysis suggests. Data from comparison website Moneyfacts shows typical...

Estate agents are 54% more likely to secure a sale agreed on an off-market instruction than a property switched to them...

We might be at the start of an improving housing market, suggests Propertymark. In its latest market snapshot, concentrating mostly on August,...

Since the Bank of England base rate started making large jumps around the middle of last year, mortgage rates have increased...

Auction House has sold a fifth more properties this year than the same period in 2022 despite the wider market slowdown. The...

Rightmove has unveiled its Autumnal marketing campaign, with a new advert aiming to convince potential buyers that they should have ‘belief’...

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) has been urged to reveal its current assessment of the risk of...

A long-established Coventry estate agent has created a new “super office” in one of the city’s most historic areas as it...

House prices won’t fall by as much as the 1990s and 2008 financial crashes but it will take until 2025 for...

As Summer makes way for Autumn, many in the sector are bracing themselves for storm-clouds. But should they be?  Here, in his...

The slower sales market has started hitting high-profile agency and property brands. Agency franchise brand Winkworth’s half year results yesterday showed network...

Mortgage lending has dropped and buyers are no longer stretching their affordability limits, UK Finance claims. New data from the banking trade...

There is uncertainty in the market but it is still moving, TwentyCi claims. It comes as figures from the property data company...

Belvoir has reported revenue growth for the first half of 2023 despite “challenging market conditions,” with its lettings performance offsetting lower...

Rightmove has posted its highest half-year revenue growth for five-years, helped by increased agency investment in the portal’s tools. A half-year update...

Shares in Foxtons rose 3.42% yesterday off the back of its interim results. The London agent’s half-year update shows while lettings revenue...

Foxtons has seen its sales revenues decline during the first half of the year but insists its turnaround is working. The London...

Cooling market conditions and the higher cost of borrowing have resulted in one property market silver lining, Moverly claims. The upfront information...

OneDome has signalled an intention to acquire more mortgage brokers as it reveals its HomeBuyer service has helped return triple-digit year-on-year...

Rightmove, which recently increased its charges to some agents by a reported 17 per cent, is set to reveal its latest trading...

It’s the start of what promises - perhaps ‘threatens’ is a better word - to be a challenging second half of...

The number of property sales in England and Wales has dropped by more than 50% so far this year, research suggests. Analysis...

Sale stock levels have surged by 15% since the start of the year due to the ‘stagnant market,’ research claims. Quick-buy firm...

The hit to the economy from soaring mortgage rates will be equivalent to a 2p income tax hike, new analysis by...

Fall-throughs are at their lowest quarterly level since the start of 2019, new data suggests. Analysis by House Buyer Bureau has found...

Two sets of housing data have suggested a declining property market, with further price drops on the horizon. Halifax has recorded the...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

Great story this week about the estate agent in St John’s Wood who found a purse in the back of a...

In his latest column, property commentator Jonathan Rolande, provides his take on the biggest stories from the past seven days.  For a long...

Annual house price growth slowed for the fifth consecutive month during March and remains negative on a monthly basis, Land Registry...

Homebuyers looking for a 10-year fixed mortgage for their property purchase are facing less choice, research suggests. Analysis by Moneyfactscompare.co.uk  has found...

Homebuyers in Bolton are waiting as long as 21 weeks for local authority searches new research shows. Analysis by upfront information pack...

Only a fifth of agents have reported being busier than last year as higher mortgage rates and inflation weigh on the...

Sellers and their agents have become more confident about pricing but there are still some signs of “over-optimism” for higher priced...

Real estate consultants SHW is advising leaseholders not to wait to extend their lease. The call follows the start of the Government’s...

In simple terms, as you are probably aware, ‘lenders’ are the organisations who loan you something, in this case money to...

It has certainly been a very busy week for news in the housing sector.  Here, the first of a new series of...

There is a sense of “cautious optimism” in the market with sales agreed on the rise despite the number of overall...

Upfront material information is now firmly on the property industry’s radar, with Trading Standards CPR regulations expected to move towards disclosing...

Estate agents across Britain sold 5.3 homes on average each month in 2022, new research suggests. Analysis by Nested has found there...

Foxtons completed the highest number of viewings for five years during the first quarter of 2023, giving it hopes of a...

Lomond-owned agencies have reported a rise in market activity since the start of the year, despite withdrawals and fall-throughs remaining high. A...

The start of spring has coincided with buoyant housing market forecasts. Reflecting on a first quarter of 2023 which saw buyer choice...

The number of home sales being agreed is now back to its pre-pandemic level for the first time since before the...

The latest Halifax House Price Index gave estate agents renewed optimism last week amid the ongoing market crash debate after the...

As the first signs of spring begin to appear, we look at how letting agents and landlords can start the season...

As the first signs of spring begin to appear, we look at how letting agents and landlords can start the season...

Homebuyers looking to secure a mortgage are now facing more choice and lower rates than six months ago. New data from comparison...

It was a busy 2022 for the so-called Bank of Mum and Dad and 2023 could be more manic for parents,...

Listings are down, mortgage rates are high, regulations are becoming even more complex and already stretched tenants are feeling the effects...

Estate agents have been bringing more listings to the market since the start of the year but professionals in the north...

Agents may have been slightly put out by Rightmove reporting a boom in user fees despite a drop in members, but...

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

Property listings and sales remain down on pre-pandemic levels but there are signs that sellers are starting to heed agent advice...

The rising price of fuel and the wider cost of living crisis are causing significant concern and stress for UK homeowners...

The motivation of ‘needs-based buyers’ shouldn’t be underestimated despite the current negative market data, Knight Frank claims. Official data in recent weeks...

Thousands of foreign companies with property in the UK have failed to declare their true owners. It comes as new anti-money laundering (AML)...

If early indications are to be believed. Yes! 2022 was the year that offered so much at the start and then hit...

Estate agents have seen a more muted start to the year for seller and buyer activity but there is concern about...

In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they discuss estate agency in 2023. Who is embracing technology, and how...

Agents have seen a bigger than usual New Year bounce in buyer demand, Rightmove claims. The number of prospective buyers contacting agents...

Being owned by Google, YouTube is the world’s 2nd largest search engine, you can find all the logical reasons online, just...

The level of new housing sale stock has almost halved when compared to the closing stages of 2022, research suggests. Estate agent...

The housing market is struggling to regain momentum following the mini-Budget but a ‘soft landing’ is possible, Nationwide suggests. The lender is...