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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...
24 April 2024
From: Breaking News
The average time it takes to sell a house from listing to completion has dropped by 0.7% in the past year,...
11 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Paul Hilton, CEO of leading Scottish property portal ESPC Homeowners who are considering moving on to a new property in 2024 are...
20 January 2024
From: Features
March was the most popular month for completions this year as sales took longer and buyers focused on affordability, analysis has...
28 December 2023
From: Breaking News
New data from respected consultancy TwentyEA showed that the market is proving unexpectedly resilient - and in the case of new...
09 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Sellers are being encouraged to list their homes now as the market approaches its seasonal peak. Self-employed agency brand eXp UK analysed...
21 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Properties are taking longer to go under offer but there is no evidence of large discounts on asking prices yet, Hamptons...
14 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Hometrack has launched a property listings data product for agents to help analyse their local market. Powered by Zoopla data, the product...
04 May 2023
From: Breaking News
The level of agency stock has almost doubled since last year but repricing is on the rise and sales are taking...
05 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Industry leaders have hit out at the media for “stifling sentiment” as they urge agents to help vendors make an informed...
23 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Automated rental payment specialists PayProp recently held a high-profile event in London - PayProp Connect - which included a number of...
02 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Autumn and winter have been identified as the best seasons to sell a property if an agent wants to get their...
29 September 2022
From: Breaking News
One of the biggest frustrations people have with the home buying and selling process is the amount of time it takes...
27 September 2022
From: Breaking News
As inflation passes the 10% mark, it’s no surprise that many landlords are hurriedly reviewing the health of their buy-to-let portfolio. You...
03 September 2022
From: Features
Record numbers of homes are being sold off-market and for a premium due to the property supply shortage. Off-market sales are traditionally...
06 June 2022
From: Breaking News
The property market is starting to get hit by price cuts and slower sales times. Research by Zoopla has highlighted that one...
30 May 2022
From: Breaking News
Properties are selling faster than ever either at or above asking price, Rightmove claims. It comes as the portal revealed that the...
25 April 2022
From: Breaking News
The time it takes to complete a transaction is beginning to drop according to an analysis by comparison website GetAgent. The average...
08 March 2022
From: Breaking News
Selling a home - the period from listing to completion - is now back to its pre-pandemic levels of 16 weeks...
11 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Agents finding it difficult to persuade potential vendors to come to the market this early in the year have new ammunition...
18 January 2022
From: Breaking News
We’re not sure if agents will agree with this but a high profile consumer group has come up with the final...
01 October 2021
From: Breaking News
Zoopla has calculated how much the average house price has risen every single day since the start of the pandemic in...
28 September 2021
From: Breaking News
The biggest challenge facing many agents in the current climate is the general shortage of stock, both for sales & lettings. Let’s...
21 July 2021
From: Breaking News
Keller Williams now boasts 377 estate agency partners across the UK - agents that have set up and run their own...
01 May 2021
From: Features
Zoopla today begins a new marketing drive - the latest move in the fierce battle between Rightmove, Zoopla, OnTheMarket and Boomin. Zoopla is...
19 April 2021
From: Breaking News
Zoopla has crunched the numbers for the continuing stamp duty holiday in England and Northern Ireland, calculating 500,000 buyers will have...
23 March 2021
From: Breaking News
It now takes 43 days longer to sell a home than it did a year ago. Comparison site GetAgent, which makes the...
17 March 2021
From: Breaking News
Digital channels are essential for agents’ promotion of properties but there is still a key place for print and direct mail...
16 March 2021
From: Breaking News
Delays with the return of property searches is one key factor for sales taking longer to complete. As conveyancers start to warn...
05 December 2020
From: Features
It now takes an average 12 days longer to complete a sale in Britain compared to a year ago - but...
03 December 2020
From: Breaking News
The latest Rightmove asking price index shows the extraordinary market and amazing times we are living through. The average price of property coming...
19 October 2020
From: Breaking News
19 September 2020
From: Features
Property sellers are twice as likely to find a buyer for their property if the original asking price does not change,...
17 September 2020
From: Breaking News
The battle between portals is hotting up again with Zoopla repeating its offer of free listings until January for agents committing...
02 September 2020
From: Breaking News
Figures from Zoopla quantify how Coronavirus is changing the market, with houses selling significantly faster than flats. The latest market report from...
27 August 2020
From: Breaking News
Emma Vigus, managing director of sales progression platform mio, in discussion with key suppliers in the residential property industry on operating...
18 July 2020
From: Features
How prime London has changed. In 2002 work began on The Knightsbridge. Located within a stone’s throw of Harrods and a near-neighbour...
06 June 2020
From: Features
The average time it took a home to sell last year - measured from its first day listed on a portal...
29 January 2020
From: Breaking News
A website has slammed the idea that there is a surge of interest in buying homes on Boxing Day, describing the...
23 December 2019
From: Breaking News
The latest Rightmove asking price index indicates a smaller than usual autumn bounce - that’s a sign, the portal says, of...
21 October 2019
From: Breaking News
Data from an agency comparison website reveals that in the current market it takes well over a year for a home...
17 October 2019
From: Breaking News
The annual number of property transactions edged down slightly according to the figures released applying to August. However, buyers and sellers email...
25 September 2019
From: Breaking News
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Eric Woodhams F.N.A.E.A. mio Account Manager What is mio and what...
26 July 2019
From: 60 Second Interview
Some of the most expensive properties in London are selling typically between 13 and 21 per cent off the asking price. And...
07 May 2019
From: Breaking News
The breathing space offered by the October Brexit deadline and the receding prospect of a No Deal exit from the EU...
03 May 2019
From: Breaking News
A property listings platform has revealed what it describes as ‘the best places to sell a home’ in England and Wales. The...
29 April 2019
From: Breaking News
We all make mistakes, and when it comes to typos Estate Agent Today is as guilty as anyone. But there’s a...
07 March 2019
From: Breaking News
Both major portals have this morning revealed more evidence of a gently slowing housing market. The average time to sell a property...
27 February 2019
From: Breaking News
Zoopla claims a new Property Valuation Report being trialled in nine areas will win more leads for agents. The PVR will use...
10 December 2018
From: Breaking News
New research shows 35 per cent of deals fall through within three weeks of a seller receiving an offer and a...
16 November 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
Summer is traditionally the time of the year when the property market slows down, with people going away on their holidays...
19 June 2018
From: Sponsored Content
An online agency says it knows exactly when a home should be marketed in order to sell in the optimum timeframe. And...
23 February 2018
From: Breaking News
The average UK property takes 96 days to sell, according to a new report. The survey, by Post Office Money and the...
17 November 2017
From: Breaking News
Asking prices have risen by an average of 1.1 per cent or £3,432 in the past month according to Rightmove. This is...
16 October 2017
From: Breaking News
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
The housing market may appear sluggish at best in many areas but data from Rightmove suggests it’s now quicker to sell...
10 October 2017
From: Breaking News
The latest Rightmove figures show that the number of sales agreed by agents over the last month is up 7% when...
19 June 2017
From: Breaking News
The asking price of properties newly launched on the market has dipped by 1.1 per cent in the past month says...
14 November 2016
From: Breaking News
The award-winning online agency HouseSimple has had one of its advertisements banned by the Advertising Standards Authority. The advert was a poster for...
09 November 2016
From: Breaking News
The average UK property takes 91 days to sell - and that’s down to greedy sellers according to the mortgage arm...
27 October 2016
From: Breaking News
An equity specialist has warned that shareholders may now choose this is the time to sell their stakes in Purplebricks because...
06 October 2016
From: Breaking News
The typical price of property coming to the market in the last four weeks is 1.2 per cent lower than in...
15 August 2016
From: Breaking News
The property website Home is warning that some regional house price rises are unsustainable. It says that prices in the East of...
23 June 2016
From: Breaking News
LSL Property Services plc has announced another lettings acquisition, this time in Elgin and Inverness. The agency they have bought, PHP Lettings,...