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In another positive sign for the housing market, every region of the UK has seen a price rise according to the...

This week I fly to Spain to present at a conference called Immotechnia. I am opening the conference with a 45-minute...

The Financial Conduct Authority has issued a shock warning that mortgage borrowers who purchased properties through the Help To Buy scheme...

Last November, as part of the Conservatives’ general election campaign, Boris Johnson made a surprise announcement that his party would introduce...

Foxtons's trading statement this morning reveals another huge slump in sales - but no new announcement about future branch closures after a spate...

Independent agents in a fast-growing trade body are to be given the opportunity to secure exclusivity on land deals and new...

There’s been an average asking price rise of 2.3 per cent in the past four weeks - the biggest ever increase...

Whisper it quietly but the housing market could be significantly stronger in 2020 than in recent years. Two key indicators in the...

There’s been a long-term trend of growing numbers of Londoners quitting the capital to afford a home elsewhere - and typically...

House prices rose 4.0 per cent in 2019 according to Britain’s biggest mortgage lender Halifax, as a December bounce - some...

House price growth in the past decade was at its weakest for 30 years - and despite that it remains though...

Annual UK house price growth exceeded one per cent for the first time in 12 months in December according to the...

After a year dogged by Brexit deadlock, political turmoil, and slow growth, estate agents’ confidence in the property market hit a...

The scores are in….and it looks like house prices are going to rise gently in 2020 according to forecasts from almost...

Analysts are putting a surprise surge in mortgage approvals from banks down to a spike in applications ahead of the General...

Here it is - the start of a new decade, a moment for resolutions and remembrance, and the last Bank Holiday...

The number of residential sales rose 1.9 per cent to 102,050  in November compared to the same month last year, the...

The new mood of apparent political stability promoted by supporters of Boris Johnson and Brexit appears to have failed to win...

Major UK cities have seen average house price rises of 54 per cent in the past decade - an increase of...

A former residential chairman of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has posed key questions for the government to answer over...

Rightmove predicts that the price of property coming to market in Britain will rise by two per cent next year. The portal...

It’s been revealed that Countrywide is involved in a pilot exercise to help the creation of a so-called ‘affordability hub’ for...

Agents have welcomed the surprise news from the Halifax that house prices last month saw their largest rise since the start...

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

[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...

A report from Countrywide says the proportion of homes in Great Britain bought with cash fell to a mere 28 per...

Recent Zoopla reports stating that first-time buyers are deciding against purchasing one-bedroom flats came as no surprise to me, or I’m...

Data from HM Revenue & Customs has revealed that residential property transactions have increased by 4.3 per cent year-on-year. In October 2019...

“Multiple”members of the new trade body, the Federation of Independent Agents, are considering cancelling their subscriptions to Rightmove. FIA founder Graham Lock...

House prices dipped a tiny 0.1 per cent in October - but this led to the annual rate coming in at...

One of London’s leading estate and lettings agents has criticised the government over what he calls its “pitiful” record on affordable...

A new study by the London School of Economics suggests that a high profile ban on the sale of new homes...

When renting a property out, letting agents and landlords recognise that it is important to take a deposit from the tenant...

The latest figures from Halifax show annual house price growth has dipped to a six-year low. Average property price growth in...

Although property transactions have, unsurprisingly, recently seen a decline which is almost certainly in part due to the ‘B-word’, this doesn’t...

The annual rate of growth of UK house prices has slowed to its lowest level since September 2012. Official government data from...

A blog for the British Property Federation has come up with three radically different proposals for stamp duty, providing food for...

Another house price index has suggested the housing market continuing to show great resilience despite the continuing economic and political uncertainty. The...

First time buyers will constitute the largest single group of purchasers in 2019, despite the apparent difficulties of deposits and securing...

No less than 56 per cent of properties across the UK are in areas that are affordable for first time buyers...

A senior estate agency director is warning that house price growth could continue to stall “with Boris loose at the wheel”. Benham...

A new analysis of privately owned homes with mortgages outstanding shows repossessions have risen in London - but they’re down in...

In the run up to his appointment as Prime Minister, Boris Johnson suggested that he might cut Stamp Duty Land Tax...

New figures produced by Zoopla’s research team shows for the first time the huge scale of regional variations in terms of...

Residential property transactions totalled 86,630 in July, representing a monthly drop of 8.5 per cent and an annual fall of 12.4...

An online agency has struck out against the conventional wisdom that it’s tougher than ever before for first time buyers to...

A new house price index that in June predicted big house price rises over the summer has now repeated its claim,...

House prices fell unexpectedly for the second month in a row in July according to the Halifax - but the mortgage...

Rising house prices and the gender pay gap means that there is no English region where a single woman on median...

Have you asked yourself why technology is so important in letting agency today? Just look around and you will know why. Almost...

A report by Santander says stamp duty cuts should be used as incentives for older home owners to downsize and allow...

The average house price growth across southern cities is running at the lowest level recorded since January 2012, according to Zoopla.  Prices...

Online estate agency Yopa is warning of price falls ahead in London and south east England - although price rises elsewhere...

Theresa May arrived in Downing Street some three years ago - but her premiership has not been a smooth ride. As she...

With this summer marking forty years since Margaret Thatcher came to power, her legacy continues to invoke both celebration and consternation...

The income required for first time buyers to purchase in the three most expensive UK cities has fallen slightly according to...

Homes in central parts of London sold for a typical 11.5 per cent below asking price in the first three months...

Too many sellers are wedded to the idea that prices will rise after a Brexit deal is resolved, says one of the...

New research by comparison website GoCompare suggests almost a million house sales have been lost because of Brexit.  The study claims that...

An analysis of transactions agreed this spring suggests there will be a surge in prices which will ultimately be reflected later...

With the Tenant Fee Ban obliterating a key income stream, letting agents should be looking at ways they can increase the...

There’s a silver lining to another set of stodgy housing market figures - at least one sector, for those buying their...

House prices in 20 UK cities analysed by Zoopla show an average 1.7 per cent increase over the 12 months to...

The average time it takes for a single first time buyer to save for a 15 per cent deposit in England...

As many as one transaction in three is now undertaken by a so-called Last Time Buyer - twice as many as...

House prices rose slightly more rapidly in the first three months of the year but growth is likely to remain subdued...

Winkworth’s latest trading statement reveals that while its rental side blossomed, sales suffered thanks to the familiar cocktail of Brexit, uncertainty...

The new portal OneDome is offering what it calls a “consumer-facing digital mortgage product” in a bid to cut fall-throughs. OneDome already...

Zoopla’s Hometrack index of 20 major UK cities shows that London property prices are starting to stabilise after a three year...

Mortgage prisoners - borrowers unable to switch lenders despite being up-to-date with payments - may have an escape route in sight...

Prices have dropped 0.5 per cent in the past year according to LSL Property Services, the parent company of Your Move...

Over 50 per cent of all mortgage products available to home buyers in the UK currently have a standard maximum term...

More downbeat house price figures have prompted one leading estate agent to admit that the 2019 market had not taken off...

Monthly mortgage payments as a proportion of income have dropped to 31 per cent now from 43 per cent a decade...

The latest Rightmove price index suggests that homes are at their most affordable level for some years thanks to wage growth...

Barely a day goes by when we don’t read a new report on the unscrupulous practices of landlords; of the sub-standard...

Strutt & Parker says the housing crisis - in the shape of too few homes and their stubbornly high prices -...

Purchasing a property. It’s a key life goal that so many Millennials aspire to - yet one that has become frustratingly...

A review of the housing market at present, particularly when it comes to purchase transactions, might not necessarily feel overly positive.  The...

There were 102,330 residential property transactions in December - that’s up 3.6 per cent on the same month last year on...

One of Britain’s foremost property consultancies has given a relatively upbeat prediction for the UK housing market over the next five...

There’s been a warm welcome from the property and consumer sectors for a suggestion that the Financial Conduct Authority may be...

There may be a cloud over the economy right now but growth of 2.7 per cent in house prices last year...

As 2018 draws to a close, it is fair to say that stretched affordability and uncertainty over the Brexit negotiations has...

House price inflation across the UK has slowed to a six-year low of 2.6 per cent thanks to falls in London...

Londoners paid some £30 billion on homes elsewhere in the UK this year - the highest amount since 2007. A report from...

Uncertainty will be a key characteristic of the housing market for “the next few years” warns Countrywide - and not just...

Asking prices of homes coming to the market have fallen for the second month in a row - and Rightmove says...

When renting a property out, letting agents and landlords recognise that it is important to take a deposit from the tenant...

House price rises are now the slowest they have been for six years according to the Halifax. Across the UK, property values...

The chief executive of online agency HouseSimple says “sellers need to be prepared and willing to lower their expectations” in the current...

Communities have missed out on more than 10,000 affordable homes in the past three years as a result of government rules...

Mainstream bank lending for house purchases grew by 3.6 per cent in October compared to the same month last year. However the...

It’s November so forecasts for next year are beginning to emerge from high-end agencies with research departments - and the first one...

An early sign of a possible recovery in the London housing market may be appearing, according to data consultancy Hometrack.  It’s just...

We’re sorry to be starting the week with more evidence of the housing market in the doldrums, but Rightmove’s latest index...

I’ve spoken many times before of my desire to see government take property more seriously. For more than just lip service...

Foxtons is shutting its Park Lane office - the flagship of the agency in prime central London’s Mayfair. Estate Agent Today was...

Landlords and letting agents might feel they’ve taken a bit of a battering from the government in recent years – and...

Estate agents say the continuing gentle slowdown reflected in the latest government house price figures will be the story of the...

Rightmove is reporting a mini-boom as the autumn market gets into gear, with a surge in buyers and a one-month rise...

“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...

A downbeat report from property investment specialist London Central Portfolio says “there are very few causes for optimism in the domestic...

Rightmove says the housing market is now into a ‘summer sale’ as newly-marketed property shows an average asking price fall of...

Were it not for climate change, I would be very close to predicting that the summer is close to being over,...

In a surprise announcement, house prices picked up in July with the annual rate of growth rising from 1.8 per cent...

Most estate agents have tried to dismiss the impact of the Bank of England’s base rate rise, which came following a...

Since January 2018, nine of the UK’s biggest banks have allowed competitors direct access to customer data as part of the...

Another day, another housing minister – at least that’s what it feels like! The resignation of the Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson...

House prices in London are projected to fall in the short-term, down by two per cent by the end of 2018...

In what is regarded as his most important speech since becoming housing minister, Dominic Raab has told a conference that it...

The average asking price of newly marketed property continues to rise according to Rightmove - and this is despite a dip...

The proportion of homes sold in London was lower than any other part of England and Wales last year according to...

A study of house price affordability has revealed that train drivers can afford a greater proportion of homes in the UK's...

The latest data from Rightmove indicates that the average national asking price has reached another all-time high of £308,075 following a...

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee has decided to keep the base rate unchanged at 0.5 per cent this month. The...

James Brokenshire - yesterday appointed Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government - joins the rank of senior politicians...

New figures from Hometrack show that a typical home in Greater London now takes 17 weeks to find a buyer -...

Stubbornly high house prices and concerns over leasehold-related charges top the list of worries amongst the public about the housing market. That’s...

The government has published data related to a claim by housing minister Dominic Raab, who prompted controversy last week by suggesting...

Floor plans are an essential marketing tool, which play an important part in helping an estate agent sell a home.  A floor...

House price growth in London has hit a seven year low according to Hometrack, with prices actually down across 42 per...

New analysis by Hometrack shows that large regional cities like Edinburgh, Birmingham and Manchester look set for a 20 per cent...

A 1.0 per cent interest rate rise would add £930 a year to the cost of servicing the average mortgage, according...

Agents have welcomed more data suggesting the 2018 market is enjoying a robust start. Last week Rightmove reported a record number of...

Lloyds Bank has revealed a league table of the cities which have seen the highest price growth over the past decade...

A partner at Carter Jonas says that the next 12 months could see stagnation in the market and as a result...

Virtual Staging is about presenting a property in the most appealing way to potential buyers. Many consider virtual staging is deceiving...

The property consultancy Hometrack says London is facing “a drawn-out period during which there will be a slow re-alignment of house...

House price growth will come to a halt next year as the number of transactions reduces, according to the RICS forecast...

Another new year is nearly upon us and, once we’ve got the season of mince pies, mulled wine, pigs in blankets,...

The investment service arm of international ratings agency Moody's is warning that affordability issues are likely to lead to a slowdown...

The Halifax reports that house prices in the last three months, that’s between September and November, were 2.4 per cent higher...

The London-focussed estate agency Cluttons says chains in central London are becoming increasingly fragile thanks to general uncertainty in the wider...

Data from Hometrack shows that the gap between average earnings and house prices has reached an all-time high in London.  The price...

Countrywide chief executive Alison Platt says she welcomes the government’s scrapping of stamp duty for first time buyers purchasing homes under...

House prices across the UK have jumped by an average of 4.0 per cent in the year to September says the...

Confidence in buying property remains negative according to the quarterly sentiment measure undertaken by the Building Societies Association. Over a quarter of...

Savills has revised its forecasts for the housing market and says that uncertainty over the impact of Brexit points to two...

Rightmove’s monthly price index says the average asking price of homes coming to the market has fallen 1.2 per cent in...

It appears activity in the housing market in 2017 will be around 15% down on 2016. The number of housing transactions...

Winkworth says solid performances from its lettings and property management services, plus new franchise deals, have compensated for a challenging sales...

House prices in June, July and August were a tiny 0.1 per cent higher than in the previous three months according...

With party conference season around the corner and the next Budget just a couple of months away, more industry players are...

The typical asking price of a home coming on sale has fallen by 0.9 per cent, equivalent to £2,758 - precisely...

Research from the Centre for Economics and Business Research has shown that the cost of the average rental deposit is expected...

First time buyers have finances stretched beyond their means, buy to let is attracting fewer investors because of taxes, and affordability...

Government schemes like Help To Buy, supposedly assisting more people get on the ladder, have little impact on improving social mobility...

The Nationwide is warning that a slowdown in household spending is likely in the near future, leading to a ‘drag’ on...

Theresa May’s call for a snap general election on June 8 took many by surprise. But estate agents have been broadly...

The latest measure of house price rises in key UK cities by the property consultancy Hometrack shows house price in many...

Asking prices of homes coming to the market have now been rising for five consecutive months says Rightmove.  Asking prices rose 2.0...

News headlines talk more and more about a slowdown in the property market, a drop in house prices and the need...

The director of a respected mortgage broker is warning that market sentiment is changing with more down-valuations from surveyors and some...

House prices recorded their second consecutive monthly fall in April, while the annual rate of growth slowed to 2.6 per cent,...

House price inflation in London continues to slow and has now reached 4.9 per cent year-on-year according to Hometrack. London is now among...

In recent years the mortgage industry has gone through some testing times. Recession and regulation have led to more stringent lending...

In this Natter we have an exclusive interview with David Cox, CEO of ARLA Propertymark and one of the best-known figures...

The property market in northern England, supported in part by the Northern Powerhouse concept, has attracted a lot of media attention,...

Contrary to some reports suggesting London’s housing market may be recovering, new data from Hometrack reveals the capital’s performance is still...

The average asking price rise for homes coming to the market in the last month has been a chunky 1.3 per...

Forget the popular term ‘housing affordability’ - the latest government figures suggest the real issue may be housing un-affordability. Data from the...

It has been a busy week for investment in PropTech businesses and no doubt you have already got reading fatigue about...

With tax relief changes, a rise in Stamp Duty for second homes and strict mortgage affordability checks now in place, it...

The number of home buyers in London dropped to a four-year low in 2016 while the number of loans taken out...

The rapid growth in popularity of buy-to-let in recent years, fuelled in part by the failings of the pensions industry, has...

The East of England, which takes in areas from Hertfordshire to Norfolk, has recorded the biggest hike in property prices over...

The latest assessment of major UK cities’ housing markets by property consultancy Hometrack shows more locations overhauling London in terms of...

Inflation has taken over from Brexit as “the biggest threat to affordability and confidence in the housing market” according to a...

The rental market has had to face a raft of changes over the past year, including the introduction of the 3% stamp...

There is no doubt that 2016 managed to catch the world by surprise on more than one occassion.  But will 2017 be...

The Halifax says house prices across the UK will rise between 1.0 and 4.0 per cent in the next 12 months...

Following a strong start to 2016, particularly in the lower to middle range of the UK housing market, that lasted up...

House prices in London are now rising at 7.6 per cent per year - the lowest figure for 39 months according...

Just a couple of weeks ago, we waited with anticipation to see what the new Chancellor, Philip Hammond, would say in...

The latest index from the Halifax shows that prices in the three months to November were 0.8 per cent higher than...

House prices will stall in 2017 and there won’t by any significant improvement in affordability for many hard-pressed buyers - but...

Transaction volumes across all of London are 48 per cent lower than they were a year ago, claims an estate agency...

We are now only days away from one of the most-anticipated events in UK politics; one which has a considerable impact...

The asking price of properties newly launched on the market has dipped by 1.1 per cent in the past month says...

House prices in the three months to late October were on average 5.2 per cent higher than over the same period...

The growing size and scale of the private rented sector is not new news. Headlines shout about the changing profile of...

House prices were unchanged in October according to the latest Nationwide house price index, but a typical home now costs six...

As many northern cities struggled to recover from the 2008 global financial crisis, the north-south divide returned to plague the British...

Most householders taking part in a sentiment survey by estate agency Knight Frank say they believe the value of their home...

The huge consequences of the EU referendum, and the impending Brexit negotiations, have drawn into sharp light the consequences for a...

The latest Hometrack cities index suggests that London house prices in the last quarter recorded the lowest growth for 20 months...

Available stock levels across Greater London, the east of England, plus the south east and the south west are now 16...

It is a tedious fact, but the housing market is underpinned by economic fundamentals. This won’t be a surprise.  However, at a...

Fears raised over the UK housing market in the wake of the Brexit vote have so far proved to be ‘wide...

As with finance broking, there can be many frustrations that come with being an estate agent – I perhaps don’t need...

The Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation Authority has confirmed that tighter regulations will apply to lenders providing mortgages for buy to...

Annual house price growth in 20 UK cities dipped to 8.2% last month, according to the latest figures from Hometrack. The research...

The huge rush to acquire buy-to-let property in the first quarter of the year ahead of the stamp duty change deadline...

The investment advice company UBS Wealth Management says it is likely that UK house prices will flatline by the end of...

This week, 25 years ago the world's first website went live to those of us who were around then.  Amazingly, despite the...

The Tory Reform Group has launched a public call for evidence seeking “innovative policy proposals to address the two-fold challenge of...

Sheffield in South Yorkshire, which was once one of the leading industrial cities in Britain and is still recognised for its...

Nearly three quarters of people who have sold or bought a property deem it more stressful than having a child or...

With the new Formula One season now well underway, we delve into the fast lane to take you on a whirlwind...

Never in my lifetime have I seen so much enthusiasm and passion for politics. Brexit awoke the sleeping dog in almost...

Hometrack is the latest property organisation to forecast that the referendum result will impact turnover far more than house prices in...

So we now have a new 'official' index of house prices, and much good may it do us. For the chattering classes...

Worsening affordability caused by a sustained period of higher-than-earnings house price growth, should curb demand and result in a slowdown in...

Sales skills, and the ability to negotiate in particular, have always been a core ingredient for any estate agent – and...

While buy-to-let lenders brace themselves for further interventions as part of proposals currently being drawn up by the Prudential Regulation Authority...

It’s the news that has got everyone talking: Barclays are bringing back the 100% mortgage.  The market has taken a bit of...

The new mayor of London Sadiq Khan has pledged to do all in his power to help make London “better” after...

The race to replace London Mayor Boris Johnson has entered its final few days, and like never before, housing is the...

The summer term – rounders, cricket and hayfever. It's also the last dash before the housing market supposedly closes down for...

Respected housing analyst Kate Faulkner is accusing campaigning charity Shelter of ignoring key facts and scaremongering about the alleged difficulties of...

Hamptons International says single first time buyers and couples can significantly cut the time it takes to save for a deposit...

An academic study claims that increasing the supply of new-build properties - widely thought to be the favoured solution to the...

There has been a significant acceleration in house prices in Britain’s big cities with lower-priced locations such as Portsmouth, Nottingham and...

Large proportions of younger people want to own a home but increasingly feel they simply cannot afford to buy - and...

Agents have reacted cautiously to a surprisingly-high 2.5 per cent increase in house prices - in just one month - announced...

Hometrack claims that the number of sales over the past 12 months has fallen by two per cent on average across...

An influential committee of the House of Lords has waded into the argument over whether the government’s new Starter Homes are...

The number of UK properties worth at least £1m is expected to more than triple between now and 2030. A report from...

Discounted starter homes could be out of reach for the majority of families in need of an affordable home in many...

Surely people will start moving again soon. The employment rate for the last quarter of 2015 is likely to be the...

One of the UK's largest property franchises has reported strong figures in an interim trading statement to the City - with group...

The housing market will slow in the next three years as affordability problems and buy to let taxes combine to offset...

Prices in the three months to the end of 2015 were 9.5 per cent higher than in the same three month...

House prices ended the year with strong growth of 0.8 per cent in the month of December according to the building...

The scores are in: Estate Agent Today has collated forecasts from 10 of the leading estate agency corporates and major business...

The Nationwide says house prices will rise three to six per cent in 2016, despite the prospect of interest rate rises during...

Foxtons has started a buy-back of shares from its investors - a way of rewarding shareholders after what has been a...

The scores are in: here are the top 10 high-end agencies and property analysts' predictions for what 2016 has in store...

Rightmove says the seasonal 1.1 per cent dip in average asking prices coming to market in the past month is the...

In many respects 2015 has been a good year. Despite global challenges, we have seen a marked improvement in the UK...

Britain’s biggest mortgage lender, the Halifax, says the housing market will slow next year with average price rises of four to...

So this weekend some of us will see our first snow of the season. Harsh weather, Christmas adverts and winter generally...

Foxtons says affordability issues and increased stamp duty charges for some of the most expensive properties mean London’s sales market is...

If you think house price indices are confusing, just look at affordability indices. As recently as Monday BBC TV news reported that,...

On Wednesday 21st October future and reality will collide. Back to the Future’s Marty McFly will arrive in the DeLorean to...

First came a Bank of England prediction that the market will strengthen in the autumn; then lenders reported a surge in...

Average house prices in England and Wales are expected to rise by 5.0 per cent in 2015 and by 4.5 per...

So housing made itself top of the list of questions by the new Leader of the Opposition’s first PMQs on Wednesday...

August saw 69,220 house purchase approvals, up 9.3 per cent on the same month last year and an 18 month high. On...

Controversial housing charity Shelter has published a report which claims that the government's Starter Homes scheme will fail the people it...

A new website has been launched to fight back against the attack George Osborne made in the Summer Budget on the...

The government is reported to be considering a policy of capping prices of some homes in the countryside to ensure they...

The average salary of buyers seeking a mortgage fell to a near-four year low in June according to the Mortgage Advice...

The average asking price of a home coming to the market has hit a record high for the second month in...

Lending for house buying is still down compared to this time last year but there are signs that the market is...

Fracking could reduce house prices by as much as seven per cent and make homes harder to sell because of traffic...

With some agents squabbling about whether there has been or will be a post-election bounce, Rightmove has come down firmly insisting...