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The cost and time consuming nature of the house moving process is deterring older owners from downsizing, it’s been alleged. An upfront...

Interest rates were held for the fifth consecutive time after the latest Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting yesterday. The...

When the Chancellor stood up to deliver the Spring Budget on Wednesday, those of us in the property business could be...

Renting a flat or house in the UK has never been more difficult. The market is tight, supply is limited and...

The Government’s proposal to introduce a new 1% deposit mortgage scheme to help young people onto the property ladder is unworkable...

Digital compliance specialist SmartSearch can help estate agents comply quickly and efficiently Around one in five estate agents are not registered for...

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

Winkworth's network completed sales for the year fell by some 19% in 2023, the agency franchise brand has revealed but it...

The 2023 Autumn Budget, amongst its considerable 110 growth measures, contained an important announcement for the property sphere, with £3 million...

SmartSearch looks at the importance of incorporating Source of Funds checks into KYC processes It is no secret that the UK property...

The Guild of Property Professionals has announced eight new members to its network of independent agents. One is George F White in...

Chestertons, one of the UK’s oldest estate agencies, has been sold to a European real estate services and technology group. The buyer...

Leading digital compliance firm SmartSearch has launched an innovative new solution to help professionals working within the UK property sector to...

The number of property transactions estimated to have collapsed across the UK market has started to climb after two quarters in...

A recent analysis of the UK property market by Zoom Property Buyer reveals that detached houses have seen the most significant...

Buyers are now calling the shots and can expect lower bids to secure the house of their dreams, a property expert...

Cash purchasers, younger needs-based buyers and relocators are the driving force behind the current prime UK property market, according to research...

The number of mortgage approvals edged up for a second month in a row during June but remains below 2022’s monthly...

HMRC has recorded the lowest level of UK property sales for the month of June since 2020. The latest property transaction data...

House prices are falling at their fastest rate in 12 years, dropping £7,500 on average over the past 12 months, according...

Self-employed agency brand eXp UK has launched a strategic partnership with proptech supplier nurtur.group.  Under the agreement, nurtur.group will become the exclusive...

Another interest rate hike could further dampen property market activity, research suggests. It comes as new analysis shows the average number of...

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

AML experts SmartSearch warn estate agents that, with so many firms still hiding behind ‘opaque corporate structures,’ proper due diligence has...

New research has uncovered the most densely populated areas for estate agency branches. Agency comparison website GetAgent’s internal data tracks the number...

The number of fall-throughs hit a five-year high during the third quarter of 2022, research suggests. Analysis of TwentyCi fall through data...

Online and Americanised models of self-employed agency have deterred new agents from entering the sector amid a wider decline of professionals...

Purplebricks has written to shareholders urging them to reject “disruptive” resolutions calling for chairman Paul Pindar to be sacked and replaced...

The number of property sales falling through has increased for the first time since the height of the pandemic market boom...

With reform of the home buying and selling process as crucial as it's ever been, and disrupters like Coadjute and PEXA...

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

The majority of homebuyers and sellers remain ‘undeterred from their endeavours to tackle the housing market’, despite the turbulence of the...

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

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

The market is a long way off crashing but sellers are becoming more realistic, a senior agent has claimed. It comes as...

More than 1,000 estate agency branches are to join iamproperty’s partner network from SDL Auctions after a trade deal between the...

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) recently published a list of firms that have received penalty notices for failure to meet their...

An independent estate agency has announced that it will extend its role as Bolton Wanderers Associate Partner into the 2022/23 season. Joining...

The auction industry could end up taking advantage of the upcoming downturn in the property market, because it provides the quickest...

There is a staggering £117 billion worth of property currently up for sale across the UK property market, according to new...

It was announced back in February this year that PEXA, the Australian FinTech/PropTech that enabled the world’s first fully digitised property settlement...

Stipendium, the platform that simplifies life’s complex events, has compiled a guide to submitting an offer and exchanging contracts, to help buyers...

Sales and lettings board provider Agency Express has launched a strategic partnership with The Key Safe Company. The partnership provides a bolt-on...

I look back on when my dad helped me buy my first car and shared his pearls of wisdom on what...

The Bank of England’s continued rise in interest rates – the latest being a shift up to 1.25% - is, in...

As another round of property firms is fined, named and shamed for breaching anti-money laundering rules, it feels like the road...

Estate agents could be losing thousands of pounds a year to missed calls. Communications platform YourBusinessNumber analysed data on the typical number of...

The fast-moving property sales market is increasing the risk of fraud, an anti-money laundering expert claims. Olly Thornton-Berry, co-founder of risk management...

Estate agents and sellers could be set to benefit from fewer fall-throughs this year but the costs of a collapsed sale...

Rural areas are dominating the boost in property supply. Agents have reported an improvement in sales stock in recent weeks. Analysis by Knight...

In this latest ‘Women in Property’ edition of the Natter, I check in with Collette Allen, who was recently appointed as...

Next month will see new rules around upfront Material Information for property sales and lettings come into force in the UK...

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

Knight Frank has issued a stark warning that house price growth is set to slow. House price indices from lenders such as...

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

The government is considering seizing British property owned by Russian oligarchs on the sanctions list without paying compensation. The Financial Times says Housing...

Estate agents and other property businesses need to ensure their customer screening processes are robust and up to date following extensive...

An Australian PropTech platform called PEXA aims to break into the UK property industry this year, claiming to improve transaction processes. PEXA...

The UK property industry has long been a target of fraudsters due to the low levels of transparency and the fact...

Coadjute, the blockchain network for the UK property market that claims it can radically simplify home purchasing, has revealed that PropTech...

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

Purplebricks says there’s an uncertain period ahead following a sharp loss of revenue in the first half of its trading year. In...

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

The market share of hybrid and online agents has fallen again, this time to 6.7 per cent. That figure - taken at...

Blockchain PropTech operator Coadjute is to continue as Headline Partner for The ESTAS for 2022 and 2023.  Coadjute - which took over...

As the UK housing market faces an ongoing boom, there’s one profession that’s certainly rushed off its feet — estate agents....

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? David Ruddock – Partner and Head of Residential Sales Operations...

The Pandora Papers - the biggest ever leak of offshore data - has revealed that the UK’s property market is being...

The Budget has proven more generous than many expected - and with most property taxation left unchanged. Chancellor Rishi Sunak has made...

There are 19 new distinct £1m-plus property markets in the UK thanks to the soaring house prices of the past 15...

In the third part of this series, Neil Cobbold – Chief Sales Officer at rental payment automation provider PayProp – explores...

Parts of the UK property market face a supply shortage with a quarter fewer properties listed for sale in England and...

The UK property market is always evolving but never as quickly as it is now. Traditional estate agents are seriously questioning...

The Chancellor’s recent announcement that the stamp duty holiday would be extended for another three months was undoubtedly great news for...

The property market became somewhat fractious during 2020. After receiving a much-needed boost with the promise of stamp duty relief, things...

While the property industry has suffered far less than other sectors during the past year, it would be short of the...

The proportion of sales that fell through at the worst point of this year was 52 per cent it’s been claimed. However...

A scathing document produced by MPs slams the government for its “deplorable” housing policies which are "invented, abandoned and reinvented" -...

New research attempts for the first time to identify the most lucrative property markets in the country - with surprising results...

A PropTech platform that says it halves the time taken for transactions has just completed a multi-million pound investment round. Coadjute - which...

The outgoing chief executive of the National Association of Estate Agents is warning that the sales system continues to struggle with...

The National Association of Estate Agents has thrown its weight behind the recommendation of Trading Standards that agents must by law be...

The scale of the problems facing many prospective buyers has been set out in a survey showing as many as one-third...

For a number of years now, predictions have been made that one of the major tech giants will eventually enter the...

Another US real estate agency wants to follow Keller Williams, Berkshire Hathaway and others by opening in the United Kingdom. Nest Seekers International...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign has given a thumbs up to the new Boomin listings service created by the brothers...

Knight Frank has reported a remarkable set of figures for June showing how the housing market has bounced back with a...

"New property website launches. Not immediately sure what it does differently, what its USP is or who will use it, but...

The outlook for the housing market is still taking shape, but here I take a look at three market indicators to...

London estate agency Benham & Reeves says there’s been a sharp fall-off in demand for ultra-expensive homes in prime suburbs of...

Since my last column in April, one could argue that very little has changed for agents in terms of the market...

A new analysis of the simmering Rightmove crisis says there is now “no clear downside” stopping agents leaving. The Financial Times says that Rightmove’s...

New sales agreed have already plummeted by 15 per cent and over the next three months there’s going to be a...

Sellers in the past 12 months accepted an average of 96 per cent of their asking price according to new research. Comparison...

There’s been a surge in UK enquiries to global free-to-list portal Residential People, and a comparable rise in interest from Chinese...

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

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

In the firmest sign yet that PropTech has entered the mainstream, Housing Minister Esther McVey recently launched an expert advisory council...

With Brexit still unresolved, the domestic agenda has been pushed from the headlines by the seemingly overwhelming public and political discord...

Purplebricks has this morning released a brief and relatively downbeat trading statement to the City and its shareholders. The statement applies to the...