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Average asking prices have hit new highs but there are signs of the market easing, Rightmove claims. The portal’s latest listings data...

Homeowners may have become less willing to pay upfront fees to sell their home. Despite efforts by online-only brands such as Purplebricks...

There are signs that properties are starting to take longer to sell. A lack of stock in recent months has meant agents...

There seems a consensus amongst agents, analysts and amateur pundits alike that the market will stay relatively strong for some months,...

In this guest piece, Colum Smith, a property expert at law firm Taylor Rose MW, sets out why speedier transactions could...

Agents helped vendors sell homes at 97.9% of asking price on average last year, research claims. Analysis of portal and Land Registry...

The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT) deemed yesterday that the use of POA or “price on application”...

The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT) has deemed that the use of POA or “price on application”...

Mortgage brokers have warned that an increase in downvaluations is starting to hit the property market. Lenders and their valuers are cutting...

The proportion of offers accepted at or above asking price has hit a record high, research shows. The latest Propertymark Housing Report,...

Properties are selling faster than ever either at or above asking price, Rightmove claims. It comes as the portal revealed that the...

A new survey by interior experts Hammonds Furniture has outlined how important interior style is to potential buyers, with 40% of...

Agency stock is shifting faster and buyers who hesitated last year are now finding it harder to afford similar priced properties,...

The proportion of homes sold to landlords has hit a five-year high but buyers are paying above asking price due to...

In this week’s Natter, I carry out a Q&A with Lisa Knight, who has taken the impressive journey from barmaid to...

Visual images are key for securing the quickest sales at the best prices, according to a formal estate agency chief who...

Rightmove has created a league table to identify where new buyer competition is hottest across the UK housing market. Across the country...

There’s been a remarkable 1.7 per cent increase in the average asking price of homes coming to the market in just...

Sales agreed per Propertymark member branch are now running at eight per month - the highest figure since last October according...

Rightmove - which issues its annual figures to shareholders later this week - has released a bullish snapshot of the housing...

An agency is warning some house hunters that they face a more competitive time this year following a “truly remarkable” change...

Average asking prices in Britain have risen by 53 per cent over the past 10 years according to Rightmove. They have risen...

The average home sale in England and Wales in 2021 achieved 98 per cent of the asking price - slightly improved...

A study suggests that 70 per cent of buyers would be willing to pay more for a property with good indoor...

Was Purplebricks right to delist a property from its website when it discovered the vendors - a Christian couple - were opposed...

A leading buying agency says that while prime central London’s property market shows clear signs of recovery, a weak area remains...

Buyers typically pay 10.8 per cent extra for chain-free properties than for similar homes with chains, according to new research. Website GetAgent...

Rightmove’s first housing market report of 2022 starts when last year’s ended - on a high.  The average price of property coming...

A new survey of people who have sold their home in the past six months has given a strong backing to...

Top Scottish agency Galbraith says key parts of the country saw some buyers snapping up properties this year without even visiting...

Rightmove has revealed the UK’s property hotspot of 2021 - where prices have risen 31 per cent in just a year. The...

A regional estate agency that markets homes without charging the vendor is set to expand next year. Midlands-based Chosen Home explains its...

Data out today from Rightmove shows the predictable seasonal effect of around 0.7 per cent knocked off the typical asking price. The...

New data from Rightmove has analysed millions of supply, demand and pricing data points across the property market, to assess activity...

The chief executive of Propertymark says the number of homes on sale has fallen to an average of just 21 per branch. “Figures from...

Cluttons has given its market snapshot for the sales market in central London - and it’s echoing the familiar story of...

The average asking price across the UK is now £43,000 higher than it was in late 2019 according to data and...

The average asking price of homes coming to the market has dropped by over £2,000 in the past month - the...

The market may be soaring in most of the country but there are still locations where significant numbers of properties sell...

OnTheMarket says it delivered a record number of instant valuation enquiries last month, beating its previous best period in June of...

Agents are being offered a theoretical £300,000 if they introduce a buyer willing to pay £30m for a mansion on sale in...

The proportion of properties selling above asking price has dipped according to Propertymark - a likely sign the market is softening at...

Rightmove says sellers who have upgraded their Energy Performance Certificate rating to a C - from a D, E or F -...

A small property portal has accused Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket of listing properties with asking prices far in excess of market...

Rightmove is warning that it’s “highly likely” interest rates will rise in the near future. The portal believes this now seems inevitable...

Rising inflation triggered by the supply chain crisis following Brexit and the pandemic may undermine recent house price gains according to...

A new Rich List of the most expensive streets has been revealed by Zoopla.  Kensington Palace Gardens in London holds the title...

One of the UK’s oldest estate agency firms has expanded into two new territories.  Nock Deighton was established in Shropshire in 1831...

One of the leading figures in trade body Propertymark wants stamp duty to be reformed, and claims that the success of...

An estate agency that charges buyers not sellers is proposing to roll out nationwide. FreeAgent247.com, has been set up by Daniel Lewis...

Every agent likes to have their phones ringing off the hook. So London agent Robert Irving Burns must have been excited when...

Buyer demand per property for sale is more than double that of pre-pandemic levels, Rightmove claims. The property portal’s latest House Price...

Record numbers of properties sold above asking price in August, agents claim. Data from NAEA Propertymark shows that despite the summer lull,...

With the competition for new listings between agents as fierce as ever, it can sometimes feel like a race to the...

Parts of Britain are so short of homes for sale they have only half the number of listings to be expected...

Agents are reporting fewer sales and fewer deals above the asking price, as summer and the tapering stamp duty holiday take...

A nationalist party has blasted a Labour government in one national region of the UK for its lack of intervention in...

The average asking price, as recorded by Rightmove, has fallen for the first time this year. In another sign that the market...

Rightmove data released this morning shows that the average asking price of a detached house has risen literally 10 times the...

A deep dive into Rightmove’s data by the portal itself has discovered that there’s one sector where homes sell 20 days...

Are you experiencing Estate Agent burnout? As The Stamp Duty Holiday has begun to tail off, it didn’t bring the relaxation in...

“There is an average of 19 buyers for every available property on the market” according to Propertymark’s latest market snapshot for...

The busiest first half of a year ever recorded by Rightmove has led to a raft of new records for the...

OnTheMarket, which until now has lagged behind the leading two portals in terms of consumer-facing housing market information, has today launched...

Rightmove estimates that 1.3m buyers have benefitted from the stamp duty holidays across Great Britain since they were announced in July...

The leading reason for property sales falling through is gazumping, according to new research from Comparethemarket. Over the past year, nearly two-fifths of...

Price renegotiations are underway between buyers and sellers in danger of missing Wednesday’s stamp duty holiday deadline, says Knight Frank. The agency...

For the second time in two working days, a report suggests that ever-higher numbers of buying are paying over the asking...

Data from Rightmove shows that no less than 37 per cent of homes early this year sold for the asking price...

New research has thrown light on how much buyers must pay on average to trade up to a property with one...

There may well have been times in recent weeks when any agent would have been forgiven for wanting a break -...

The frantic growth in house prices is showing its first sign of slowing down, says Rightmove. In its latest monthly market snapshot,...

London’s housing market may be distinctly lacklustre compared to much of the rest of the UK right now but one development...

A senior estate agent says even if the restrictions easing lockdown, still formally scheduled for June 21, are delayed by several...

Zoopla has unveiled new features which it says will deliver more value to agents. In-Search Ads gives agents and housebuilders the option...

Rightmove is to review the processes of an online platform which directly uploads sellers' property details via an app. Two years ago...

An all-time record high of one in three properties sold for more than the original asking price last month. This is according...

The asking price of a typical home in the UK has hit a third of a million pounds for the first...

The number of properties coming on the market is still not meeting the huge demand from buyers, but the level of...

A relatively modest interest rate rise could trigger a crash in the housing market according to the housing analyst behind the...

A first-time-buyer couple in a part of the country renowned for its second homes and shortage of stock has praised a...

A league table of the most important issues facing vendors places the scale of estate agents’ charges at the bottom - and this...

The latest Coutts Prime Property Index has revealed that activity in this sector of the market - based mostly in London...

Agents are being advised on what course of action they should take to safeguard their right to fees should they be dis-instructed...

One in six properties sold for over the original asking price last month, higher than the proportion in February and another sign...

A major agency is reporting a “frenzy” with branches inundated with enquiries as soon as homes are listed. Nicky Stevenson, managing director of...

Another week begins, another record tumbles - Rightmove this morning reports a monthly price surge of 2.1 per cent has propelled...

We’re officially transitioning to summer – marked by the clocks going forward and warmer weather – just as restrictions start to...

An agent in part of the UK with the strongest seller’s market claims the stock shortage is the worst he’s seen...

NAEA Propertymark says a record number of transactions are taking four months to move from offer to exchange. The organisation says this...

As an indication of the frenzied property market, this may take some beating - an agent has had 18 viewings on...

With just days before the launch of new portal Boomin, Rightmove says it’s hit a record 9.1m visits in a 24...

You can’t blame agents for trying to get the highest possible price for their vendor’s property, but Purplebricks probably wins the...

The stamp duty holiday frenzy has reduced the gap between asking and sale prices according to new research. Before the start of...

Rightmove says the excess of demand over supply right now is bigger than at any time over the past decade -...

Recently I heard the stat that over 50% of property is sold with the second agent, which was backed up by...

Agents and conveyancers are expressing doubt over whether a possible six week extension to the stamp duty holiday will be enough...

You can always tell when Budget day is approaching. There’s lots of comment from every imaginable quarter about what the Chancellor of...

A leading bank says as many as one in three buyers pay too much for a property because they are afraid...

One of the chief figures behind Brexit and Boris Johnson’s role as London Mayor is now advising that stamp duty should be...

An estate agency says 10 per cent of its sellers have already dropped their asking prices to keep buyers on board,...

The latest Rightmove analysis shows it now takes 126 days from the time an offer is accepted until legal completion -...

A housing index says the market continues to defy Coronavirus and Brexit worries with asking prices up 4.9 per cent in...

The importance of marketing properties is something that is often undervalued. Big budgets are dedicated to selling everyday items such as...

A new survey of prime London property shows 21 per cent of homes on sale have had their asking prices cut...

So, we’re back to where we were in the spring, more or less. England is in a national lockdown again to...

What’s the happiest place in Britain? Rightmove has the answer. In a new ‘Happy At Home’ index calculated by the portal and...

Asking prices are down for the first time in many months. It’s a small drop - an average of 0.5 per cent...

One of the industry’s leading commentators says an unintended consequence of a possible Capital Gains Tax increase could be a bonus...

The first monthly market monitor to show activity in the housing market tailing off has appeared - and it says momentum...

The rise and rise of £1m-plus homes continues apace with new research from Rightmove showing the biggest growth areas. Data released this...

The latest Rightmove asking price index shows the extraordinary market and amazing times we are living through. The average price of property coming...

A prominent housing market analyst is warning that in 14 years of studying prices and transactions he has never seen the...

The south of England is not the only region to benefit as city-dwellers search for more greenery and outdoor space, says...

An estate agency in the south of England has abandoned its online-only strategy and has decided to open a physical office...

The so-called ‘trade up gap’ for people buying for the second time has grown to a record £67,761 according to Rightmove. The...

Data from NAEA Propertymark shows that in August, some 13 per cent of properties sold for more than the original asking...

Two reports this morning suggest that activity in the most expensive sectors of the housing market is doing as well as...

Logjams in the mortgage, conveyancing and removal stages of house moving mean sales are taking much longer than usual, according to...

Almost a third of property sellers (29%) say they won't accept a lower offer for their property, according to new research. Online...

Property sellers are twice as likely to find a buyer for their property if the original asking price does not change,...

The strong house price growth experienced in recent months could soon be 'marred' by oversupply, according to Home.co.uk. The property website says...

Knight Frank says its analysis of the whole housing market across the UK shows that transactions in the final full week...

If yet more proof were needed of the housing boom this summer, NAEA Propertymark says its sales agreed data suggests a...

Rightmove’s latest house price index shows the highest number of sales agreed in a month for over a decade. It’s 20 per...

Asking prices are up again for a third consecutive month in all English regions and across Scotland and Wales.  The measurement, from...

A home office set up in a dedicated room apparently adds £17,500 to the value of a property. Direct Line Insurance has...

Property raffles are a legal minefield and many are too good to be true, according to a leading lawyer. There has been...

The proportion of the asking price achieved on average in the past year is 95.8 per cent according to a new survey. Comparison...

Following the easing of lockdown restrictions on England’s property market in May, NAEA Propertymark reported a sharp increase in business for...

One of the main points I’ve had reinforced to me from agent after agent over the last year of hosting a...

A housing market snapshot for prime London shows a fall of over half in the number of £1m-plus properties sold so...

Rightmove says a study of some 400,000 homes on its portal has revealed that those with a coveted south-facing garden have...

The housing market is still booming according to data released by the National Association of Estate Agents Propertymark - although the...

Rightmove is reporting a mini-boom that was existing even before the stamp duty holiday - enough to propel average asking prices...

The latest monthly index suggests that the average asking price in England and Wales has jumped 1.5 per cent in the...

There’s no doubt that Covid-19 has had a huge impact on the UK’s property market, after hundreds of thousands of house...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak - and the agency industry - will no doubt be delighted to know that visits to Rightmove soared...

The latest guidance from the government on the next phase of the HS2 high-speed railway confirms the previous demand that vendors...

The property market has been reopen for almost eight weeks now and during that time demand from prospective buyers has soared. Rightmove...

Few figures for the housing market can be truly representative in the current circumstances but NAEA Propertymark’s latest snapshot is showing...

In the latest of a recent flurry of consumer-facing research exercises by Rightmove, a league table of the most popular seaside...

The chief executive of a property information platform says now is a “dangerous time” to buy or sell homes because of...

The property market is used to change, and I’m confident it will bounce back from any lockdown effects. Despite being acutely aware...

Rightmove has given a regional breakdown in where  buyer demand is strongest in the past two weeks. It’s perhaps no surprise that...

A market commentator says it will take up to three months before the housing market stabilises into the ‘new normal’ after...

Price discounts are diminishing as the housing market strengthens, according to data from Knight Frank. The average discount to the asking price...

Data released this morning by Rightmove suggests that agents in England have agreed no fewer than 40,000 sales since the market...

To most people, purchasing a home is the single most significant financial commitment made across a lifetime. Given the impact and...

There’s been a strong rebound in demand for homes and an “unprecedented” bounce in new sales agreed according to Zoopla. The portal...

The Covid-19 crisis hasn’t caused the revolution it has been reported to have. Despite the challenges it has brought, fundamentally, the...

The number of full property details viewed on Rightmove - a key indicator of market health - is already stronger than...

Rightmove has suggested there may be massive changes underway in buyers’ priorities as the housing market resumes and the country begins...

Rightmove has taken the unusual step this weekend of issuing its usual monthly asking price index on a Saturday instead of...

Rightmove and Knight Frank are today both calling for a series of government incentives to kick-start the market after the Coronavirus...

The impact of the Coronavirus crisis is going to reduce agents' revenue into the third quarter finishing in late September warns a leading...

It seems an eternity ago but the housing market in February - that’s only last month - was in rude health...

One of London’s most experienced estate agents says there has been a very significant surge in foreclosure sales in part of...

Another index shows how strong the market was in the build-up to the escalation in Coronavirus across the country.  The website Home...

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

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

A second prominent agent has broken cover to say Coronavirus is slowing the market. Jess Simpson - an ex-Savills and ex-Strutt and...

Forget the Boris Bounce - this might be the Rightmove Retreat. A new tool produced by the portal measures price per...

An estate agent has sold a home off-market by posting teaser photographs on Instagram.  The buyer - who was in the French...

Buying agents are making waves about the hit on asking prices suffered by properties that have been flooded or are at...

A prominent consumer group says homes sold precisely 14 days after first being listed typically achieve the best price - closest...

Rightmove has hit back at critics saying it’s no longer the force it used to be by reporting record traffic for...

Coutts has identified areas of London where house prices are still below peak. Although the wealth manager and private bank says there...

Property auctions – online or otherwise – can be hugely helpful to sellers, buyers and estate agents. Online auctions, in particular, are...

Agents “dread” buyers’ questions on value, asking prices and nearby new development according to a survey. Some 50 agents and over 1,500...

A new renovation start-up is operating across eight cities and claims to be able to transform properties - including ones that...

A state-of-the-housing-market survey by Zoopla has led the portal to tell agents they have an opportunity to educate sellers about prices. “We...

A BBC Radio probe into quick-sale firms claims some of them can lose sellers many thousands of pounds. It says Trading Standards...

A buyer is apparently suing a London estate agent over a discrepancy in a property description. The Mirror newspaper reports that the...

Suddenly Brexit Day is nearly here. It may have taken three and a half years from the Referendum but the UK will,...

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

Estate agents who deliberately over-value properties in order to win instructions are effectively committing fraud according to a prominent industry figure. Russell...

Bristol is the location outside London most searched for on Rightmove this year, by both buyers and renters. The average asking price...

A website has slammed the idea that there is a surge of interest in buying homes on Boxing Day, describing the...

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

Online estate agency Housesimple is extending its offer to sell homes for free to some postcodes in the Midlands.  The offer is...

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

A new app is being launched which allows agents to gauge possible interest in a property before it is formally put...

Winkworth says the central London market has picked up from its lows of a year or more ago, but warns that...

Rightmove is this morning reporting a huge fall in the number of new sellers coming to the market - a drop...

The listings website Home, which conducts a monthly survey of asking prices and wider market monitors, is reporting a show 10...

The latest market snapshot of prime central London suggests that homes there are now 15.2 per cent cheaper than five years...

Two very different views on Brexit have come forward in the past 24 hours from different players in the industry. First off,...

A small online agency which in six months of trading has secured around 140 sales says it’s on course to be...

The latest Rightmove asking price index indicates a smaller than usual autumn bounce - that’s a sign, the portal says, of...

A London estate agency chain says It’s seen a 59 per cent surge in the number of its clients who have...

Yopa – launched in 2015 as part of the new breed of hybrid operators seeking to shake up the industry –...

Stories with good news about the prime central London market seem few and far between but the latest figures from B2B...

A London agent is urging rivals to provide realistic valuations, even if vendors want more and despite temptations to over-value to...

Midlands estate agency Centrick has launched a new specialist division to focus on the luxury homes market across the West Midlands...

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

A story from America caught my eye this week. It’s about a company called Curbio partnering with another called The Keyes...

A pessimistic set of figures on asking prices, transaction volumes and stock levels culminates in Rightmove urging vendors to be willing...

A new PropTech online platform called BestAgent Property Marketplace is to launch next year following a series of 12 meetings this autumn. It...

The London market has “plummeted” because almost a third of vendors have cut their asking prices in anticipation of Brexit. Using data...

Rightmove says the number of homes stuck in what it calls “the legal log jam” is at its highest for over...

Estate agents have collectively been fiercely criticised for allegedly exaggerating valuations to win instructions, doing a disservice to vendors and not...

A property industry trade body claims 85 per cent of agents believes a ‘staged’ property sells three times faster than a...

The latest survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests that last month’s optimistic assessment of the housing market has...

Despite optimistic reports on prime London’s housing performance from some sources in recent weeks, figures from subscription service LonRes paint a...

Sellers across England and Wales achieve an average 95.94 per cent of their asking price according to research from estate agency...

The price of property coming to market fell by 0.2 per cent or an average of £656 in the past month...

Stories of a slow property market due to an ongoing lack of supply and Brexit woes have been well-documented in recent...

A survey of property sellers has revealed that 'achieving the asking price' (43%) and 'selling properties quickly' (35%) are the most...

New figures from the National Association of Estate Agents suggest that supply is at last creeping back up to seasonal norms...

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

Research from OnTheMarket shows that 40 per cent of London homes costing around £1m have only two bedrooms or fewer. And only...

The latest asking prices data from Rightmove suggests that the national housing market is being dragged down by poor performance in...

Properties sold off market by a London agency found buyers more quickly, and for nearer the asking price, than those on the...

The gap between average asking prices and average selling prices has increased in recent months according to Zoopla. Its latest study of...

Rightmove’s latest house price statistics reveal that asking prices for newly-marketed property are on average 0.9 per cent higher than a...

Reforms to the house buying process in England and Wales to bring it more into line with Scotland could slash the...

The average time on the market for a property is soaring across the UK thanks to Brexit uncertainty, according to the...

Some of the most expensive properties in London are selling typically between 13 and 21 per cent off the asking price. And...

There’s been a spring bounce with prices of new-to-the market properties increasing an average of 1.1 per cent in the past...

Online estate agents have seized on the recent national newspaper article accusing estate agents of over-valuing properties to earn higher fees. The...

There’s anger in the industry over an article in The Times which accused agents of overvaluing properties - although why this was happening...

The spring market has got off to a subdued start according to Rightmove - and the portal says more buyers are...

GetAgent, the comparison estate agency business, has secured £2.2m in investment from a consortium of investors including Channel 4. The backers are...

Latest data from property platform Home suggests that instruction numbers across the UK as a whole are down four per cent...

It’s not just the high-end market for homes in the south east that’s hit by Brexit according to the Guild of...

Another estate agency has closed one of its prime London offices as the capital’s most exclusive areas continue to be hit...

As the sales market across much of Britain appears to be mired in political and economic uncertainty, figures from Scotland appear...

A new survey claims the market is at its worst for eight years. The latest market snapshot from property platform Home says...

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

The first major estate agency business to launch a crowdfunding bid since the controversial collapse of Emoov has emphasised its “realistic”...

A design and renovation business has set up a property sourcing business which will find homes requiring renovation. What’s more, it claims...

At the end of January the Asian PropTech company PropertyGuru announced the imminent launch of beta-phase testing of its cutting-edge new product, PropertyGuru Lens. This...

The head of a For Sale By Owner website claims that some agents are making “vast amounts” of up to £7,000...

A respected property investment consultancy is warning that the current premium put on the prices of new-build homes - around 15...

Gloomy statements from some industry organisations have suggested the market is in trouble thanks to Brexit uncertainty but Rightmove says visits...

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

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

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

The chief executive of Emoov and the founder of the new portal Rummage4Property had a dramatic spat on Twitter just hours...

A senior figure in the Knight Frank agency says those buyers who may be expecting Brexit-inspired bargains in the so-called ‘super...

Rightmove is this morning reporting that the asking price of property coming to market has fallen 1.7 per cent in the...

The market is now over-supplied with homes to sell while at the same time demand is dipping and there are widespread...

Homes that require major structural work have asking prices which are on average £40,000 below the market norm, according to research...

The LonRes data consultancy that monitors transactions right across prime central London says Brexit is the single biggest factor impacting the...

Zoopla says 38 per cent of properties on sale have had their asking prices slashed. That’s a five per cent rise since...

A leading London estate agency is reporting a surge in overseas buyers sealing deals ahead of the government’s new stamp duty...

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

A buying agency says it has secured a prime London property for one of its clients at almost 40 per cent...

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

House prices fell further this month as the slowdown tightened its grip according to he latest data from property platform Home. It...

There’s little doubt that downsizing is less of a factor in the housing market than it used to be - so...

The latest quarterly house price report published by property portal s1homes reveals that properties across Scotland sell on average at six...

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

A sales platform that monitors the market is warning that house price falls are likely to spread beyond London and the...

A PropTech firm has adopted the unusual position of claiming some agencies deliberately over-value properties in a bid to win instructions. Agent...

LonRes says transactions in prime locations in London dropped another six per cent when the second quarter of 2018 is compared...

A leading buying agency is warning about asking prices that are higher than those acceptable to mortgage companies who therefore down-value...

The price per square foot for homes in central London is currently £1,194 - that’s 16.9 per cent below its 2014...

The couple at the centre of a court case about agents’ fees say the issue could have been resolved earlier had...

Figures from Savills suggest that there’s currently an average 1.14 price adjustments per sale across the prime regional markets of the...

The debate over alleged ‘down-valuing’ by mortgage lenders has flared again with one leading agent claiming that surveyors are just “covering...

A report in the Financial Times lays bare the scale of the housing market downturn in central London - it suggests...

Rightmove claims that homes with sea views attract an average price premium of 29 per cent. The analysis - aimed at publicising a...

Asking prices are at a virtual standstill as the summer lull kicks in, according to the latest Rightmove index. New seller asking...

There’s more gloomy reading for vendors from a new report by website Home, which says the volume of properties slashing their...

An estate agency chain has produced strikingly successful sales figures for the first half of the year - evidence, it says,...

The Money editor of The Mirror newspaper has finally sold a home he first put on the market in late 2016...

A major hybrid agency says there is a huge ‘reality gap’ between the typical asking price of homes on sale and the...

Summer is traditionally the time of the year when the property market slows down, with people going away on their holidays...

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

More stock and longer times on the market are combining to create a surge in asking price reductions according to a...

Property sellers in the South of England are having to accept asking reductions in order to achieve a sale.  Data from Hometrack...

To demonstrate the lengths some buyers will go to make sure their offer is accepted, NAEA Propertymark has asked its agent...

Well last week was interesting. The column about my decision to put the property on with a letting agent went viral.  This was...

Property sellers in Scotland are profiting from buyers' willingness to pay above asking price for a home.  This is according to portal...

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

Akshay Ruparelia, the teenager who set up the Doorsteps online estate agency only 18 months ago, is now reported to be...

The chief executive of Winkworth says the upcoming Brexit is creating uncertainty and causing buyers and investors to delay purchasing plans. Dominic Agace,...

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

I have sold hundreds of lettings businesses over the last twenty-five years. Based on this experience, these are the mistakes that you...

Only one property in every eight sold in the current market succeeds in achieving its asking price - while no fewer than...

Coutts bank has issued a starkly pessimistic snapshot of prime London’s housing landscape, reporting price falls, valuation mark-downs and slower sales...

The sun has finally returned to ours skies and you’re on the lookout for a little bit of summer reading. As...

Prices of new-to-the-market property rose by a modest 0.4 per cent over the past month says Rightmove - but that’s enough...

Average prices dropped another 1.1 per cent in prime central London in the year to March according to new figures released...

Last week, a story was published by CNBC about a couple who sold their home, for above the asking price, without...

The National Association of Estate Agents says the government’s first time buyer stamp duty incentive “seems to be having the desired...

A buying agent says a higher proportion of Britain’s rarified country estates market is now being sold off-market. Jess Simpson, an ex-Savills...

Average asking price of newly-marketed property have jumped 1.5 per cent - or over £4,500 - in the past month, says...