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23 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Almost half of buyers would be willing to pay more for a property with a high energy efficiency rating, research suggests. It...
18 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Agency proptech supplier Muuvo has partnered with Canopy to provide its RentPassport and RentTracking products. Muuvo provides software for agents to help...
17 May 2022
From: Breaking News
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson recently announced that he is considering extending Margaret Thatcher’s Right-to-Buy scheme, that gives council tenants the chance to...
14 May 2022
From: Features

A third of first-time buyers have had to reduce their budgets as a result of recent interest rate hikes and the...
03 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A property expert has predicted that mortgage applicants are likely to find it 'much harder' to be approved for loans as...
19 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Increasingly cautious mortgage lending could dampen the property market and cause more sales to fall-through, it has been warned. Recent house price...
12 April 2022
From: Breaking News

The lack of housing stock, rising inflation and rising mortgage rates could all lead to agents running out of stock in...
07 April 2022
From: Breaking News

The latest government house price data has sparked a fear that the market may be heading towards an affordability crisis. The Office...
24 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The jury is still out on whether the Ukraine crisis will damage public confidence in the UK housing market. Rightmove’s property data...
21 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The Building Societies Association’s regular confidence tracker about the housing market shows rising pessimism over interest rates, the escalating cost of...
18 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Peta Milne, founder of Instagram growth and PR service Monimo, and a content writer at Choices Estate Agents, recently sat down...
05 March 2022
From: Features

The hot topic of rent controls has remerged in recent weeks, with passionate voices on both sides of the argument speaking...
02 March 2022
From: Features

The Bank of England has issued a consultation on changing the affordability tests for large mortgages introduced in the wake of...
01 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The rental market is recalibrating after Covid, and this is evident in the latest data from Zoopla’s rental index. For 18 months...
23 February 2022
From: Features

The Chartered Institute of Housing, set to unveil its latest annual housing review next month, has indicated that to no one’s...
22 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Only 6.8m homes in England now have mortgages, just 28 per cent of the overall market and about two per cent...
18 February 2022
From: Breaking News

The latest house price data from the Halifax shows another absolute record but with a sharply reduced monthly rise indicating a...
08 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Here’s the odd thing about interest rates - we all care about them, but they don’t directly affect that many people...
05 February 2022
From: Features

Boomin chief executive Michael Bruce wants government action to help save the housing market as the cost of living crisis grows. Following...
04 February 2022
From: Breaking News

The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper, revealed this morning includes a radical reshaping of the private rental sector. Section 21 eviction...
02 February 2022
From: Breaking News

The Nationwide has released data listing the most and least affordable locations in Britain - background information for agents. Some entries are...
21 January 2022
From: Breaking News

The surge in Omicron cases and possible future restrictions are set to hit the housing market in 2022 - and may...
04 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Areas with the biggest house price growth of 2021 have seen the value of homes rise by three times the national...
30 December 2021
From: Breaking News

This year, Londoners purchased 112,780 homes outside the capital, the highest number since 2007. New data, from Connells-owned agency Hamptons, shows that...
29 December 2021
From: Breaking News

A housing market forecast based on conveyancing instructions says average prices will dip this month. Average prices will fall by 1.1 per...
23 December 2021
From: Breaking News

As we slide into Christmas, with the busiest levels of house buying since 2006 and activity still buoyant, I don’t think...
22 December 2021
From: Features

Lenders’ umbrella group UK Finance has given its housing and mortgage market forecasts for 2022 and 2023 together, plus a year-end report for 2021. It estimates...
15 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Data out today from Rightmove shows the predictable seasonal effect of around 0.7 per cent knocked off the typical asking price. The...
13 December 2021
From: Breaking News

An estate agency owner who is also a qualified independent mortgage adviser has hit out against the suggestion that lenders may...
09 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Increasing numbers of commentators are forecasting that the Bank of England will not, after all, raise the base rate next week. It...
08 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Rightmove is to try to help potential buyers get their finances in order much earlier in the transaction process, to reduce...
07 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Annual house price growth hit 10.0 per cent last month - and is now tracking close to the level seen before...
02 December 2021
From: Breaking News

House prices will rise next year says Rightmove - but it warns that tax hikes will curb price rises, particularly later in...
01 December 2021
From: Breaking News
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Propertymark has criticised the government over poor house building figures. New figures from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities show...
01 December 2021
From: Breaking News

High house prices relative to average earnings make raising a deposit a big barrier for first time buyers, a new study...
25 November 2021
From: Breaking News

It’s been a busy and arguably fruitful year for the property market, with an eager consumer base pushing forwards with their...
17 November 2021
From: Features

OnTheMarket says it delivered a record number of instant valuation enquiries last month, beating its previous best period in June of...
10 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Strutt & Parker has revealed where it believes the housing market will see the largest demand in 2022, outside of London. The...
10 November 2021
From: Breaking News
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At first glance, Rishi Sunak’s Budget speech earlier this week didn’t offer much from a property perspective. But digging down a little...
30 October 2021
From: Features

Propertymark’s chief executive - officially still in post on just an interim basis - is to face questions from a past...
14 October 2021
From: Breaking News

House prices rose by just 0.1 per cent in September - but they are still increasing by 10 per cent a...
01 October 2021
From: Breaking News

A government report suggests that house prices are rising at three times the national rate in some rural and coastal areas...
29 September 2021
From: Breaking News

The first agency to give its market forecast for 2022 and beyond has suggested an upbeat performance next year. Hamptons says the...
27 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Affordability has always been a hot topic when it comes to the property market, and this is doubly true for first-time...
22 September 2021
From: Features

2020 gave rise to an exodus from the city as work from home became the mandated norm for large swaths of...
11 September 2021
From: Features

A surprise statement from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says the stamp duty holiday, which goes on until the end...
09 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Many Britains are apparently under-estimating the impact of furlough on their ability to get a mortgage and buy a property. A new...
01 September 2021
From: Breaking News

A highly influential think tank says stamp duty should be scrapped for all house purchases once and for all. Alexander Hammond of...
17 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Following a month in which the number of property transactions was the highest since records began, it might seem a little...
14 August 2021
From: Features

A report claims the flurry of transactions over recent months has been down mostly to families moving into larger homes and...
12 August 2021
From: Breaking News

If you were hoping for a summer lull during August, think again. That’s the messages from Nicky Stevenson, managing director of Fine...
05 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Since 2017, The DPS has used the data we collect to track the rental values of properties across all regions of...
04 August 2021
From: Features

Londoners purchased over 60,000 homes outside of the capital in the first half of 2021 - and many of those buyers...
03 August 2021
From: Breaking News

A new Home Buyer App has been launched by the Mortgage Advice Bureau in a bid to educate first time buyers...
22 July 2021
From: Breaking News

The busiest first half of a year ever recorded by Rightmove has led to a raft of new records for the...
19 July 2021
From: Breaking News
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Labour says the stamp duty holiday is an example of the government’s “failed approach” to home ownership and housing affordability. Labour’s Shadow...
02 July 2021
From: Breaking News

The cost of the average mortgage deposit has climbed £11,000 in some areas thanks to the stamp duty holiday fuelling the...
15 June 2021
From: Breaking News

There are an estimated 2.7 million landlords in the private rented sector (PRS) providing rental accommodation to multiple generations of tenant,...
09 June 2021
From: Features

The growth of the internet and technology has transformed virtually every aspect of our lives, including how we approach the property...
05 June 2021
From: Features
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One of the country’s leading politicians says a yet-to-be-revealed way of taxing property sales could be one way of helping homes...
01 June 2021
From: Breaking News

The apparent plight of first time buyers hits the headlines frequently but new research shows that second steppers face a wide...
26 May 2021
From: Breaking News
17 May 2021
From: Breaking News

A relatively modest interest rate rise could trigger a crash in the housing market according to the housing analyst behind the...
13 May 2021
From: Breaking News

With property transactions taking longer than ever and many people operating at capacity, it is easy to overlook the progress made,...
28 April 2021
From: Features

The Nationwide Building Society has launched a product which, controversially, allows some first time buyers to borrow 5.5 times their income. From...
22 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Some 80 per cent of the property market will remain free of stamp duty for first-time buyers, even after the current...
20 April 2021
From: Breaking News

From today buyers will be able to purchase properties worth up to £600,000 with just a five per cent mortgage, under...
19 April 2021
From: Breaking News

One housing market index suggests that average house prices in England and Wales have risen by 9.8 per cent in the...
15 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Transactions and house price forecasts for the mainstream housing market are being revised upwards by Savills following the Budget. The new predictions follow an...
09 March 2021
From: Breaking News

One of the chief figures behind Brexit and Boris Johnson’s role as London Mayor is now advising that stamp duty should be...
09 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Affordability across the housing market is at its worst for 10 years according to an analysis by a London agency. Benham and Reeves...
09 February 2021
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s most popular tourist destinations may ban the sale of new builds to second home buyers. The council in Padstow -...
02 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Property commentator Phil Spencer says lockdown - which we know will now last for another six weeks at least, and possibly...
28 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Homeowners staying at home during another lockdown are doing more than sharing memes of groundhog day or doing family quizzes on...
27 January 2021
From: Features

Some 70 per cent of first time buyers in 2020 took out mortgages in excess of 25 years, says the Nationwide. A decade...
20 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The Bank of England is to review the affordability tests imposed on borrowers, opening the door to a possible relaxation of...
22 December 2020
From: Breaking News

High end agents usually keep their powder dry when it comes to party politics, to avoid upsetting customers. However Knight Frank has...
05 November 2020
From: Breaking News

I remember so clearly in my Foxtons days, working as a lettings manager in Putney, that lettings, though less sexy than...
04 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Recent figures emanating from the mortgage and housing market suggest that – since lockdown was ended in mid-May – transaction levels...
31 October 2020
From: Features

Staying on top of the numbers and figures in a constantly changing industry can be stressful. Changing property prices can be...
27 October 2020
From: PropTech & Innovation

It’s no surprise to hear that the property market has seen a lot of change across 2020, with ups and downs...
26 October 2020
From: Features

Tenant enquiries and property viewings unsurprisingly slowed this spring, due to the necessary government restrictions brought in to manage the pandemic....
24 October 2020
From: Features

London’s properties are “over-valued” according to a leading bank. UBS, which has what it calls a Global Real Estate Bubble Index, says...
07 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Recently, when giving speeches, I have discussed investment trends and industry trends that the built environment is experiencing. They are quite...
07 October 2020
From: Breaking News

The first leading agency to make a 2021 forecast says the market should be stable next year - so long as...
28 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A new league table drawn up by a property advice website may be the most authoritative yet for first time buyers...
21 September 2020
From: Breaking News

If you’re in any way connected to estate agency all it takes is a quick glance at Facebook or LinkedIn to...
12 September 2020
From: Features

With access to finance being such a hot topic at the moment, more and more estate agents are turning to commercial...
29 August 2020
From: Features

Life as we know it has changed – for everybody – and what tenants want, need and expect in this post-pandemic...
15 August 2020
From: Features

The Nationwide says annual house price growth has recovered to 1.5 per cent. Its July house price index says the fall in...
03 August 2020
From: Breaking News

What do General Electric, IBM, Microsoft, and WhatsApp have in common? Yes, they are American companies that boasted revenues of $50...
29 July 2020
From: Features

Can technology bring about the lasting change needed to the property industry? The industry has felt the effect of lockdown and...
28 July 2020
From: Sponsored Content

The mortgage arm of a regional property portal has launched pre-approval software which it claims will significantly speed up the initial...
21 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Evidence is pouring in that the stamp duty holiday introduced 48 hours ago has already produced huge levels of interest from...
10 July 2020
From: Breaking News

We recently issued our Zoopla House Price Index, which analyses the latest real-time trends from the sales market. In our analysis, we...
04 July 2020
From: Features

Agents have remained calm in the light of Nationwide’s house price index which shows the first annual fall for eight years...
02 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The outlook for the housing market is still taking shape, but here I take a look at three market indicators to...
30 May 2020
From: Features

The head of a firm that has been creating digital property log books for well over a decade says the house-moving...
06 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A survey suggests that 77 per cent of first time buyers do not purchase their initial property in the same town...
04 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Foxtons is warning that 2020 will be yet another difficult year for the agency despite the so-called Boris Bounce helping the...
28 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Forget the Boris Bounce - this might be the Rightmove Retreat. A new tool produced by the portal measures price per...
26 February 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s been a significant rise in the number of transactions recorded in January - another sign of an improving housing market...
24 February 2020
From: Breaking News

In another positive sign for the housing market, every region of the UK has seen a price rise according to the...
20 February 2020
From: Breaking News

This week I fly to Spain to present at a conference called Immotechnia. I am opening the conference with a 45-minute...
19 February 2020
From: Breaking News

The Financial Conduct Authority has issued a shock warning that mortgage borrowers who purchased properties through the Help To Buy scheme...
19 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Last November, as part of the Conservatives’ general election campaign, Boris Johnson made a surprise announcement that his party would introduce...
01 February 2020
From: Features

Foxtons's trading statement this morning reveals another huge slump in sales - but no new announcement about future branch closures after a spate...
30 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Independent agents in a fast-growing trade body are to be given the opportunity to secure exclusivity on land deals and new...
27 January 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s been an average asking price rise of 2.3 per cent in the past four weeks - the biggest ever increase...
20 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Whisper it quietly but the housing market could be significantly stronger in 2020 than in recent years. Two key indicators in the...
16 January 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s been a long-term trend of growing numbers of Londoners quitting the capital to afford a home elsewhere - and typically...
13 January 2020
From: Breaking News

House prices rose 4.0 per cent in 2019 according to Britain’s biggest mortgage lender Halifax, as a December bounce - some...
09 January 2020
From: Breaking News

House price growth in the past decade was at its weakest for 30 years - and despite that it remains though...
08 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Annual UK house price growth exceeded one per cent for the first time in 12 months in December according to the...
06 January 2020
From: Breaking News

After a year dogged by Brexit deadlock, political turmoil, and slow growth, estate agents’ confidence in the property market hit a...
04 January 2020
From: Features

The scores are in….and it looks like house prices are going to rise gently in 2020 according to forecasts from almost...
02 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Analysts are putting a surprise surge in mortgage approvals from banks down to a spike in applications ahead of the General...
02 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Here it is - the start of a new decade, a moment for resolutions and remembrance, and the last Bank Holiday...
31 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The number of residential sales rose 1.9 per cent to 102,050 in November compared to the same month last year, the...
27 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The new mood of apparent political stability promoted by supporters of Boris Johnson and Brexit appears to have failed to win...
23 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Major UK cities have seen average house price rises of 54 per cent in the past decade - an increase of...
23 December 2019
From: Breaking News

A former residential chairman of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has posed key questions for the government to answer over...
20 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Rightmove predicts that the price of property coming to market in Britain will rise by two per cent next year. The portal...
16 December 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s been revealed that Countrywide is involved in a pilot exercise to help the creation of a so-called ‘affordability hub’ for...
10 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Agents have welcomed the surprise news from the Halifax that house prices last month saw their largest rise since the start...
09 December 2019
From: Breaking News

With Brexit still unresolved, the domestic agenda has been pushed from the headlines by the seemingly overwhelming public and political discord...
07 December 2019
From: Features

[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...
06 December 2019
From: Breaking News

A report from Countrywide says the proportion of homes in Great Britain bought with cash fell to a mere 28 per...
25 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Recent Zoopla reports stating that first-time buyers are deciding against purchasing one-bedroom flats came as no surprise to me, or I’m...
23 November 2019
From: Features

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

“Multiple”members of the new trade body, the Federation of Independent Agents, are considering cancelling their subscriptions to Rightmove. FIA founder Graham Lock...
12 November 2019
From: Breaking News

House prices dipped a tiny 0.1 per cent in October - but this led to the annual rate coming in at...
08 November 2019
From: Breaking News

One of London’s leading estate and lettings agents has criticised the government over what he calls its “pitiful” record on affordable...
07 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A new study by the London School of Economics suggests that a high profile ban on the sale of new homes...
05 November 2019
From: Breaking News

When renting a property out, letting agents and landlords recognise that it is important to take a deposit from the tenant...
12 October 2019
From: Features

The latest figures from Halifax show annual house price growth has dipped to a six-year low. Average property price growth in...
08 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Although property transactions have, unsurprisingly, recently seen a decline which is almost certainly in part due to the ‘B-word’, this doesn’t...
28 September 2019
From: Features

The annual rate of growth of UK house prices has slowed to its lowest level since September 2012. Official government data from...
19 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A blog for the British Property Federation has come up with three radically different proposals for stamp duty, providing food for...
13 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Another house price index has suggested the housing market continuing to show great resilience despite the continuing economic and political uncertainty. The...
09 September 2019
From: Breaking News

First time buyers will constitute the largest single group of purchasers in 2019, despite the apparent difficulties of deposits and securing...
09 September 2019
From: Breaking News

No less than 56 per cent of properties across the UK are in areas that are affordable for first time buyers...
04 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A senior estate agency director is warning that house price growth could continue to stall “with Boris loose at the wheel”. Benham...
02 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A new analysis of privately owned homes with mortgages outstanding shows repossessions have risen in London - but they’re down in...
29 August 2019
From: Breaking News

In the run up to his appointment as Prime Minister, Boris Johnson suggested that he might cut Stamp Duty Land Tax...
24 August 2019
From: Features

New figures produced by Zoopla’s research team shows for the first time the huge scale of regional variations in terms of...
23 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Residential property transactions totalled 86,630 in July, representing a monthly drop of 8.5 per cent and an annual fall of 12.4...
22 August 2019
From: Breaking News

An online agency has struck out against the conventional wisdom that it’s tougher than ever before for first time buyers to...
13 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A new house price index that in June predicted big house price rises over the summer has now repeated its claim,...
08 August 2019
From: Breaking News

House prices fell unexpectedly for the second month in a row in July according to the Halifax - but the mortgage...
08 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Rising house prices and the gender pay gap means that there is no English region where a single woman on median...
06 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Have you asked yourself why technology is so important in letting agency today? Just look around and you will know why. Almost...
03 August 2019
From: Features

A report by Santander says stamp duty cuts should be used as incentives for older home owners to downsize and allow...
02 August 2019
From: Breaking News

The average house price growth across southern cities is running at the lowest level recorded since January 2012, according to Zoopla. Prices...
30 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Online estate agency Yopa is warning of price falls ahead in London and south east England - although price rises elsewhere...
17 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Theresa May arrived in Downing Street some three years ago - but her premiership has not been a smooth ride. As she...
06 July 2019
From: Features

With this summer marking forty years since Margaret Thatcher came to power, her legacy continues to invoke both celebration and consternation...
06 July 2019
From: Features

The income required for first time buyers to purchase in the three most expensive UK cities has fallen slightly according to...
27 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Homes in central parts of London sold for a typical 11.5 per cent below asking price in the first three months...
21 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Too many sellers are wedded to the idea that prices will rise after a Brexit deal is resolved, says one of the...
20 June 2019
From: Breaking News

New research by comparison website GoCompare suggests almost a million house sales have been lost because of Brexit. The study claims that...
13 June 2019
From: Breaking News

An analysis of transactions agreed this spring suggests there will be a surge in prices which will ultimately be reflected later...
11 June 2019
From: Breaking News

There’s a silver lining to another set of stodgy housing market figures - at least one sector, for those buying their...
02 May 2019
From: Breaking News

House prices in 20 UK cities analysed by Zoopla show an average 1.7 per cent increase over the 12 months to...
26 April 2019
From: Breaking News

The average time it takes for a single first time buyer to save for a 15 per cent deposit in England...
11 April 2019
From: Breaking News

As many as one transaction in three is now undertaken by a so-called Last Time Buyer - twice as many as...
09 April 2019
From: Breaking News

House prices rose slightly more rapidly in the first three months of the year but growth is likely to remain subdued...
08 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Winkworth’s latest trading statement reveals that while its rental side blossomed, sales suffered thanks to the familiar cocktail of Brexit, uncertainty...
04 April 2019
From: Breaking News

The new portal OneDome is offering what it calls a “consumer-facing digital mortgage product” in a bid to cut fall-throughs. OneDome already...
29 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Zoopla’s Hometrack index of 20 major UK cities shows that London property prices are starting to stabilise after a three year...
27 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Mortgage prisoners - borrowers unable to switch lenders despite being up-to-date with payments - may have an escape route in sight...
27 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Prices have dropped 0.5 per cent in the past year according to LSL Property Services, the parent company of Your Move...
20 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Over 50 per cent of all mortgage products available to home buyers in the UK currently have a standard maximum term...
19 March 2019
From: Breaking News

More downbeat house price figures have prompted one leading estate agent to admit that the 2019 market had not taken off...
01 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Monthly mortgage payments as a proportion of income have dropped to 31 per cent now from 43 per cent a decade...
22 February 2019
From: Breaking News

The latest Rightmove price index suggests that homes are at their most affordable level for some years thanks to wage growth...
18 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Barely a day goes by when we don’t read a new report on the unscrupulous practices of landlords; of the sub-standard...
16 February 2019
From: Features

Strutt & Parker says the housing crisis - in the shape of too few homes and their stubbornly high prices -...
05 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Purchasing a property. It’s a key life goal that so many Millennials aspire to - yet one that has become frustratingly...
02 February 2019
From: Features

A review of the housing market at present, particularly when it comes to purchase transactions, might not necessarily feel overly positive. The...
26 January 2019
From: Features

There were 102,330 residential property transactions in December - that’s up 3.6 per cent on the same month last year on...
23 January 2019
From: Breaking News

One of Britain’s foremost property consultancies has given a relatively upbeat prediction for the UK housing market over the next five...
15 January 2019
From: Breaking News

There’s been a warm welcome from the property and consumer sectors for a suggestion that the Financial Conduct Authority may be...
14 January 2019
From: Breaking News

There may be a cloud over the economy right now but growth of 2.7 per cent in house prices last year...
14 January 2019
From: Breaking News

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

House price inflation across the UK has slowed to a six-year low of 2.6 per cent thanks to falls in London...
28 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Londoners paid some £30 billion on homes elsewhere in the UK this year - the highest amount since 2007. A report from...
27 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Uncertainty will be a key characteristic of the housing market for “the next few years” warns Countrywide - and not just...
20 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Asking prices of homes coming to the market have fallen for the second month in a row - and Rightmove says...
17 December 2018
From: Breaking News

When renting a property out, letting agents and landlords recognise that it is important to take a deposit from the tenant...
15 December 2018
From: Features

House price rises are now the slowest they have been for six years according to the Halifax. Across the UK, property values...
10 December 2018
From: Breaking News

The chief executive of online agency HouseSimple says “sellers need to be prepared and willing to lower their expectations” in the current...
07 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Communities have missed out on more than 10,000 affordable homes in the past three years as a result of government rules...
29 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Mainstream bank lending for house purchases grew by 3.6 per cent in October compared to the same month last year. However the...
27 November 2018
From: Breaking News

It’s November so forecasts for next year are beginning to emerge from high-end agencies with research departments - and the first one...
01 November 2018
From: Breaking News

An early sign of a possible recovery in the London housing market may be appearing, according to data consultancy Hometrack. It’s just...
31 October 2018
From: Breaking News

We’re sorry to be starting the week with more evidence of the housing market in the doldrums, but Rightmove’s latest index...
15 October 2018
From: Breaking News

I’ve spoken many times before of my desire to see government take property more seriously. For more than just lip service...
13 October 2018
From: Features

Foxtons is shutting its Park Lane office - the flagship of the agency in prime central London’s Mayfair. Estate Agent Today was...
08 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Landlords and letting agents might feel they’ve taken a bit of a battering from the government in recent years – and...
22 September 2018
From: Features

Estate agents say the continuing gentle slowdown reflected in the latest government house price figures will be the story of the...
20 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Rightmove is reporting a mini-boom as the autumn market gets into gear, with a surge in buyers and a one-month rise...
17 September 2018
From: Breaking News

“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...
15 September 2018
From: Features

A downbeat report from property investment specialist London Central Portfolio says “there are very few causes for optimism in the domestic...
29 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Rightmove says the housing market is now into a ‘summer sale’ as newly-marketed property shows an average asking price fall of...
20 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Were it not for climate change, I would be very close to predicting that the summer is close to being over,...
18 August 2018
From: Features

In a surprise announcement, house prices picked up in July with the annual rate of growth rising from 1.8 per cent...
08 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Most estate agents have tried to dismiss the impact of the Bank of England’s base rate rise, which came following a...
03 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Since January 2018, nine of the UK’s biggest banks have allowed competitors direct access to customer data as part of the...
25 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Another day, another housing minister – at least that’s what it feels like! The resignation of the Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson...
21 July 2018
From: Features

House prices in London are projected to fall in the short-term, down by two per cent by the end of 2018...
17 July 2018
From: Breaking News

In what is regarded as his most important speech since becoming housing minister, Dominic Raab has told a conference that it...
29 June 2018
From: Breaking News

The average asking price of newly marketed property continues to rise according to Rightmove - and this is despite a dip...
18 June 2018
From: Breaking News

The proportion of homes sold in London was lower than any other part of England and Wales last year according to...
12 June 2018
From: Breaking News

A study of house price affordability has revealed that train drivers can afford a greater proportion of homes in the UK's...
25 May 2018
From: Breaking News

The latest data from Rightmove indicates that the average national asking price has reached another all-time high of £308,075 following a...
21 May 2018
From: Breaking News

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee has decided to keep the base rate unchanged at 0.5 per cent this month. The...
10 May 2018
From: Breaking News

James Brokenshire - yesterday appointed Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government - joins the rank of senior politicians...
01 May 2018
From: Breaking News

New figures from Hometrack show that a typical home in Greater London now takes 17 weeks to find a buyer -...
25 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Stubbornly high house prices and concerns over leasehold-related charges top the list of worries amongst the public about the housing market. That’s...
19 April 2018
From: Breaking News

The government has published data related to a claim by housing minister Dominic Raab, who prompted controversy last week by suggesting...
16 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Floor plans are an essential marketing tool, which play an important part in helping an estate agent sell a home. A floor...
07 April 2018
From: Features

House price growth in London has hit a seven year low according to Hometrack, with prices actually down across 42 per...
27 March 2018
From: Breaking News

New analysis by Hometrack shows that large regional cities like Edinburgh, Birmingham and Manchester look set for a 20 per cent...
27 February 2018
From: Breaking News

A 1.0 per cent interest rate rise would add £930 a year to the cost of servicing the average mortgage, according...
27 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Agents have welcomed more data suggesting the 2018 market is enjoying a robust start. Last week Rightmove reported a record number of...
22 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Lloyds Bank has revealed a league table of the cities which have seen the highest price growth over the past decade...
02 February 2018
From: Breaking News

A partner at Carter Jonas says that the next 12 months could see stagnation in the market and as a result...
26 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Virtual Staging is about presenting a property in the most appealing way to potential buyers. Many consider virtual staging is deceiving...
16 January 2018
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The property consultancy Hometrack says London is facing “a drawn-out period during which there will be a slow re-alignment of house...
28 December 2017
From: Breaking News

House price growth will come to a halt next year as the number of transactions reduces, according to the RICS forecast...
22 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Another new year is nearly upon us and, once we’ve got the season of mince pies, mulled wine, pigs in blankets,...
16 December 2017
From: Features

The investment service arm of international ratings agency Moody's is warning that affordability issues are likely to lead to a slowdown...
12 December 2017
From: Breaking News

The Halifax reports that house prices in the last three months, that’s between September and November, were 2.4 per cent higher...
11 December 2017
From: Breaking News

The London-focussed estate agency Cluttons says chains in central London are becoming increasingly fragile thanks to general uncertainty in the wider...
28 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Data from Hometrack shows that the gap between average earnings and house prices has reached an all-time high in London. The price...
28 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Countrywide chief executive Alison Platt says she welcomes the government’s scrapping of stamp duty for first time buyers purchasing homes under...
27 November 2017
From: Breaking News

House prices across the UK have jumped by an average of 4.0 per cent in the year to September says the...
09 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Confidence in buying property remains negative according to the quarterly sentiment measure undertaken by the Building Societies Association. Over a quarter of...
28 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Savills has revised its forecasts for the housing market and says that uncertainty over the impact of Brexit points to two...
27 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Rightmove’s monthly price index says the average asking price of homes coming to the market has fallen 1.2 per cent in...
18 September 2017
From: Breaking News

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

Winkworth says solid performances from its lettings and property management services, plus new franchise deals, have compensated for a challenging sales...
14 September 2017
From: Breaking News

House prices in June, July and August were a tiny 0.1 per cent higher than in the previous three months according...
11 September 2017
From: Breaking News

With party conference season around the corner and the next Budget just a couple of months away, more industry players are...
07 September 2017
From: Breaking News

The typical asking price of a home coming on sale has fallen by 0.9 per cent, equivalent to £2,758 - precisely...
21 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Research from the Centre for Economics and Business Research has shown that the cost of the average rental deposit is expected...
19 August 2017
From: Features

First time buyers have finances stretched beyond their means, buy to let is attracting fewer investors because of taxes, and affordability...
13 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Government schemes like Help To Buy, supposedly assisting more people get on the ladder, have little impact on improving social mobility...
04 July 2017
From: Breaking News

The Nationwide is warning that a slowdown in household spending is likely in the near future, leading to a ‘drag’ on...
29 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Theresa May’s call for a snap general election on June 8 took many by surprise. But estate agents have been broadly...
03 June 2017
From: Features

The latest measure of house price rises in key UK cities by the property consultancy Hometrack shows house price in many...
30 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Asking prices of homes coming to the market have now been rising for five consecutive months says Rightmove. Asking prices rose 2.0...
22 May 2017
From: Breaking News

News headlines talk more and more about a slowdown in the property market, a drop in house prices and the need...
20 May 2017
From: Features

The director of a respected mortgage broker is warning that market sentiment is changing with more down-valuations from surveyors and some...
09 May 2017
From: Breaking News

House prices recorded their second consecutive monthly fall in April, while the annual rate of growth slowed to 2.6 per cent,...
02 May 2017
From: Breaking News

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...
28 April 2017
From: Breaking News

In recent years the mortgage industry has gone through some testing times. Recession and regulation have led to more stringent lending...
08 April 2017
From: Features

In this Natter we have an exclusive interview with David Cox, CEO of ARLA Propertymark and one of the best-known figures...
08 April 2017
From: Features

The property market in northern England, supported in part by the Northern Powerhouse concept, has attracted a lot of media attention,...
24 March 2017
From: Features

Contrary to some reports suggesting London’s housing market may be recovering, new data from Hometrack reveals the capital’s performance is still...
24 March 2017
From: Breaking News

The average asking price rise for homes coming to the market in the last month has been a chunky 1.3 per...
20 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Forget the popular term ‘housing affordability’ - the latest government figures suggest the real issue may be housing un-affordability. Data from the...
20 March 2017
From: Breaking News

It has been a busy week for investment in PropTech businesses and no doubt you have already got reading fatigue about...
08 March 2017
From: Breaking News

With tax relief changes, a rise in Stamp Duty for second homes and strict mortgage affordability checks now in place, it...
04 March 2017
From: Features

The number of home buyers in London dropped to a four-year low in 2016 while the number of loans taken out...
23 February 2017
From: Breaking News

The rapid growth in popularity of buy-to-let in recent years, fuelled in part by the failings of the pensions industry, has...
17 February 2017
From: Features

The East of England, which takes in areas from Hertfordshire to Norfolk, has recorded the biggest hike in property prices over...
28 January 2017
From: Features

The latest assessment of major UK cities’ housing markets by property consultancy Hometrack shows more locations overhauling London in terms of...
20 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Inflation has taken over from Brexit as “the biggest threat to affordability and confidence in the housing market” according to a...
18 January 2017
From: Breaking News

The rental market has had to face a raft of changes over the past year, including the introduction of the 3% stamp...
14 January 2017
From: Features

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

The Halifax says house prices across the UK will rise between 1.0 and 4.0 per cent in the next 12 months...
29 December 2016
From: Breaking News

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

House prices in London are now rising at 7.6 per cent per year - the lowest figure for 39 months according...
16 December 2016
From: Breaking News

Just a couple of weeks ago, we waited with anticipation to see what the new Chancellor, Philip Hammond, would say in...
09 December 2016
From: Features

The latest index from the Halifax shows that prices in the three months to November were 0.8 per cent higher than...
08 December 2016
From: Breaking News

House prices will stall in 2017 and there won’t by any significant improvement in affordability for many hard-pressed buyers - but...
07 December 2016
From: Breaking News

Transaction volumes across all of London are 48 per cent lower than they were a year ago, claims an estate agency...
06 December 2016
From: Breaking News

We are now only days away from one of the most-anticipated events in UK politics; one which has a considerable impact...
19 November 2016
From: Features

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

House prices in the three months to late October were on average 5.2 per cent higher than over the same period...
08 November 2016
From: Breaking News

The growing size and scale of the private rented sector is not new news. Headlines shout about the changing profile of...
05 November 2016
From: Features

House prices were unchanged in October according to the latest Nationwide house price index, but a typical home now costs six...
03 November 2016
From: Breaking News

As many northern cities struggled to recover from the 2008 global financial crisis, the north-south divide returned to plague the British...
28 October 2016
From: Features

Most householders taking part in a sentiment survey by estate agency Knight Frank say they believe the value of their home...
24 October 2016
From: Breaking News

The huge consequences of the EU referendum, and the impending Brexit negotiations, have drawn into sharp light the consequences for a...
22 October 2016
From: Features

The latest Hometrack cities index suggests that London house prices in the last quarter recorded the lowest growth for 20 months...
21 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Available stock levels across Greater London, the east of England, plus the south east and the south west are now 16...
17 October 2016
From: Breaking News

It is a tedious fact, but the housing market is underpinned by economic fundamentals. This won’t be a surprise. However, at a...
14 October 2016
From: Features

Fears raised over the UK housing market in the wake of the Brexit vote have so far proved to be ‘wide...
30 September 2016
From: Features

As with finance broking, there can be many frustrations that come with being an estate agent – I perhaps don’t need...
30 September 2016
From: Features

The Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation Authority has confirmed that tighter regulations will apply to lenders providing mortgages for buy to...
30 September 2016
From: Breaking News

Annual house price growth in 20 UK cities dipped to 8.2% last month, according to the latest figures from Hometrack. The research...
26 September 2016
From: Breaking News

The huge rush to acquire buy-to-let property in the first quarter of the year ahead of the stamp duty change deadline...
09 September 2016
From: Features

The investment advice company UBS Wealth Management says it is likely that UK house prices will flatline by the end of...
23 August 2016
From: Breaking News

This week, 25 years ago the world's first website went live to those of us who were around then. Amazingly, despite the...
12 August 2016
From: Features

The Tory Reform Group has launched a public call for evidence seeking “innovative policy proposals to address the two-fold challenge of...
08 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Sheffield in South Yorkshire, which was once one of the leading industrial cities in Britain and is still recognised for its...
22 July 2016
From: Features

Nearly three quarters of people who have sold or bought a property deem it more stressful than having a child or...
15 July 2016
From: Features

With the new Formula One season now well underway, we delve into the fast lane to take you on a whirlwind...
08 July 2016
From: Features

Never in my lifetime have I seen so much enthusiasm and passion for politics. Brexit awoke the sleeping dog in almost...
01 July 2016
From: Features

Hometrack is the latest property organisation to forecast that the referendum result will impact turnover far more than house prices in...
29 June 2016
From: Breaking News

So we now have a new 'official' index of house prices, and much good may it do us. For the chattering classes...
17 June 2016
From: Features

Worsening affordability caused by a sustained period of higher-than-earnings house price growth, should curb demand and result in a slowdown in...
08 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Sales skills, and the ability to negotiate in particular, have always been a core ingredient for any estate agent – and...
03 June 2016
From: Features

While buy-to-let lenders brace themselves for further interventions as part of proposals currently being drawn up by the Prudential Regulation Authority...
01 June 2016
From: Features

It’s the news that has got everyone talking: Barclays are bringing back the 100% mortgage. The market has taken a bit of...
13 May 2016
From: Features

The new mayor of London Sadiq Khan has pledged to do all in his power to help make London “better” after...
12 May 2016
From: Features

The race to replace London Mayor Boris Johnson has entered its final few days, and like never before, housing is the...
29 April 2016
From: Features

The summer term – rounders, cricket and hayfever. It's also the last dash before the housing market supposedly closes down for...
23 April 2016
From: Features

Respected housing analyst Kate Faulkner is accusing campaigning charity Shelter of ignoring key facts and scaremongering about the alleged difficulties of...
20 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Hamptons International says single first time buyers and couples can significantly cut the time it takes to save for a deposit...
18 April 2016
From: Breaking News

An academic study claims that increasing the supply of new-build properties - widely thought to be the favoured solution to the...
07 April 2016
From: Breaking News

There has been a significant acceleration in house prices in Britain’s big cities with lower-priced locations such as Portsmouth, Nottingham and...
25 March 2016
From: Breaking News

Large proportions of younger people want to own a home but increasingly feel they simply cannot afford to buy - and...
24 March 2016
From: Breaking News

Agents have reacted cautiously to a surprisingly-high 2.5 per cent increase in house prices - in just one month - announced...
29 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Hometrack claims that the number of sales over the past 12 months has fallen by two per cent on average across...
26 February 2016
From: Breaking News

An influential committee of the House of Lords has waded into the argument over whether the government’s new Starter Homes are...
19 February 2016
From: Breaking News

The number of UK properties worth at least £1m is expected to more than triple between now and 2030. A report from...
18 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Discounted starter homes could be out of reach for the majority of families in need of an affordable home in many...
17 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Surely people will start moving again soon. The employment rate for the last quarter of 2015 is likely to be the...
22 January 2016
From: Features

One of the UK's largest property franchises has reported strong figures in an interim trading statement to the City - with group...
21 January 2016
From: Breaking News

The housing market will slow in the next three years as affordability problems and buy to let taxes combine to offset...
19 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Prices in the three months to the end of 2015 were 9.5 per cent higher than in the same three month...
08 January 2016
From: Breaking News

House prices ended the year with strong growth of 0.8 per cent in the month of December according to the building...
31 December 2015
From: Breaking News

The scores are in: Estate Agent Today has collated forecasts from 10 of the leading estate agency corporates and major business...
31 December 2015
From: Breaking News

The Nationwide says house prices will rise three to six per cent in 2016, despite the prospect of interest rate rises during...
18 December 2015
From: Breaking News

Foxtons has started a buy-back of shares from its investors - a way of rewarding shareholders after what has been a...
17 December 2015
From: Breaking News

The scores are in: here are the top 10 high-end agencies and property analysts' predictions for what 2016 has in store...
16 December 2015
From: Breaking News

Rightmove says the seasonal 1.1 per cent dip in average asking prices coming to market in the past month is the...
14 December 2015
From: Breaking News

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

Britain’s biggest mortgage lender, the Halifax, says the housing market will slow next year with average price rises of four to...
07 December 2015
From: Breaking News

So this weekend some of us will see our first snow of the season. Harsh weather, Christmas adverts and winter generally...
20 November 2015
From: Features

Foxtons says affordability issues and increased stamp duty charges for some of the most expensive properties mean London’s sales market is...
23 October 2015
From: Breaking News

If you think house price indices are confusing, just look at affordability indices. As recently as Monday BBC TV news reported that,...
21 October 2015
From: Breaking News

On Wednesday 21st October future and reality will collide. Back to the Future’s Marty McFly will arrive in the DeLorean to...
16 October 2015
From: Features

First came a Bank of England prediction that the market will strengthen in the autumn; then lenders reported a surge in...
01 October 2015
From: Breaking News

Average house prices in England and Wales are expected to rise by 5.0 per cent in 2015 and by 4.5 per...
21 September 2015
From: Breaking News

So housing made itself top of the list of questions by the new Leader of the Opposition’s first PMQs on Wednesday...
18 September 2015
From: Features

August saw 69,220 house purchase approvals, up 9.3 per cent on the same month last year and an 18 month high. On...
10 September 2015
From: Breaking News

Controversial housing charity Shelter has published a report which claims that the government's Starter Homes scheme will fail the people it...
27 August 2015
From: Breaking News

A new website has been launched to fight back against the attack George Osborne made in the Summer Budget on the...
21 August 2015
From: Features

The government is reported to be considering a policy of capping prices of some homes in the countryside to ensure they...
11 August 2015
From: Breaking News

The average salary of buyers seeking a mortgage fell to a near-four year low in June according to the Mortgage Advice...
24 July 2015
From: Breaking News

The average asking price of a home coming to the market has hit a record high for the second month in...
20 July 2015
From: Breaking News

Lending for house buying is still down compared to this time last year but there are signs that the market is...
15 July 2015
From: Breaking News

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