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Buyers are facing higher costs when moving home, research shows. Analysis by Barrows & Forrester found the costs associated with moving home,...
31 August 2023
From: Breaking News
New research from an estate agency attempts to quantify what most of the industry already knows - that prospective buyers won’t...
10 August 2023
From: Breaking News
The number of property sales in England and Wales has dropped by more than 50% so far this year, research suggests. Analysis...
05 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Annual house price growth slowed for the fifth consecutive month during March and remains negative on a monthly basis, Land Registry...
25 May 2023
From: Breaking News
The Bank of England’s strategy to tackle inflation isn’t working, an agent has claimed, after policymakers hiked rates for the 12th...
12 May 2023
From: Breaking News
New Land Registry data is set to kick-off the debate about whether house prices have started to fall. Plenty of commentators are...
19 January 2023
From: Breaking News
The level of new housing sale stock has almost halved when compared to the closing stages of 2022, research suggests. Estate agent...
10 January 2023
From: Breaking News
The Bank of England increased interest rates from 3% to 3.5% yesterday, potentially pushing up costs for those looking to purchase property...
16 December 2022
From: Breaking News
New mortgage lending data from the Bank of England has indicated a slowdown in property market activity during October but agents...
30 November 2022
From: Breaking News
The level of homes being snapped up within two weeks of being listed has fallen to 6.8% across the UK market...
24 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Gallagher, the insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has announced a £5,000 fund to help two businesses further their learning at...
11 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Estate agents have listed an average of 7.3 homes for sale per branch during 2022, research suggests- down 12.5% annually. Agency comparison...
18 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Independent agent Barrows and Forrester has called for the appointment of a housing tsar for a fixed term as yet another...
07 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Long-term 50-year mortgages that can be passed on by parents to their children appear to be the latest idea from the...
04 July 2022
From: Breaking News
The industry has reacted to the Spring Statement by breathing a sigh of relief that nothing was likely to cause damage...
24 March 2022
From: Breaking News
New research shows an estimated £200 billion worth of property sat vacant across Britain’s housing market - up 2.1 per cent...
13 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Halifax has revealed the UK’s most expensive streets in 2021 - and it’s no surprise that the very dearest examples are...
22 December 2021
From: Breaking News
A coroner says there is no explanation how an estate agent suffered a cut to his wrist, which led to his...
13 December 2021
From: Breaking News
The market may be soaring in most of the country but there are still locations where significant numbers of properties sell...
12 November 2021
From: Breaking News
The Budget has proven more generous than many expected - and with most property taxation left unchanged. Chancellor Rishi Sunak has made...
27 October 2021
From: Breaking News
Our story yesterday on whether agents should continue to dress formally post-pandemic seemed to relight the fire on a long-time debate...
22 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Boris Johnson's sudden and unexpectedly ruthless Cabinet reshuffle, which drew comparisons with Margaret Thatcher's 'purge of the wets' in 1981, ended...
17 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Scotland and the south west of England have been identified as cash buyer hotspots. Analysis by Barrows and Forrester, found 27 per...
14 September 2021
From: Breaking News
One of the biggest trends since Covid, in the property world and elsewhere, has been a shift towards more hybrid, flexible...
14 August 2021
From: Features
Self-employed agents working for Purplebricks who want to resist the instruction to become fully employed are being wooed by a Midlands...
11 August 2021
From: Breaking News
An estate agency says disgruntled and delayed property buyers are fast falling out of love with the stamp duty holiday, which...
07 June 2021
From: Breaking News
An estate agency says the housing market could get a boost as a result of couples separating after the prolonged togetherness...
10 June 2020
From: Breaking News
Two separate former High Street estate agents have sung the praise of switching to the hybrid business model. Appleby’s in Gloucestershire is...
12 November 2019
From: Breaking News
A Leicestershire estate and lettings agent has expanded after buying Barrow Upon Soar-based Strawberry Lettings and Sales. Berkley Estate & Letting Agents...