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![London has lowest level of tenanted properties for buy-to-let investors](/upload/images/5%20--%20Proofed%20--%20%20Weekend%20features%20-%20London%20has%20the%20lowest%20By%20Director%20of%20Benham%20and%20Reeves%2C%20Marc%20von%20Grundherr.jpg)
The latest research by London lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves, has revealed that while a rental property with a...
27 April 2024
From: Features
![London house prices fall by up to £236,000 in a year](/upload/images/5%20London%20property%20prices%20weekend%20feature%20By%20Marc%20von%20Grundherr.jpg)
Our latest research has revealed London’s six best performing boroughs when it comes to positive property price growth. But a wider trend...
24 February 2024
From: Features
![Over fifth of London sales this year hit £1m or over](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House_pound-400x310.png)
A fifth of all homes sold so far this year in London have been for over £1m. London estate agency Benham and...
25 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Help to Buy ‘ticking time bomb’ set to explode - warning](/upload/images/shutterstock_1096680206.jpg)
The “ticking time bomb” of Help to Buy repayments could be set to explode due to the cost of living crisis,...
06 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Posh Property Buyers stand back as prime London cools](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
An index of prime London properties suggests buyers standing back as economic uncertainty reaches the upper levels of the market. The Prime...
26 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Top schools boost weary London market](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageRatesIncrease_400x310.png)
House prices near to the higher ranked schools in the capital are getting a welcome boost, according to research from London...
06 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Interest rates: Estate agents react as cost of borrowing hits new high](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_BankofEngland-1-400x310.png)
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
!['Like a lump of coal at Christmas’ – Agents react to latest interest rate rise](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BankofEngland_1-400x310.png)
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
![EWS1 bottleneck spreading to secondhand homes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/StressedTenant-2-400x310.png)
The EWS1 bottleneck familiar to the new-build market has started spilling into the secondhand homes market, an agent claims. New-build homeowners have...
22 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![House prices drop as Nationwide warns of slowing market](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePriceDrop-400x310.png)
Annual house price growth hit an 18-month low during October and fell on a monthly basis for the first time since...
02 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Market uncertainty not putting buyers and sellers off, claims agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Housing_Market-400x310.png)
The majority of homebuyers and sellers remain ‘undeterred from their endeavours to tackle the housing market’, despite the turbulence of the...
11 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Stamp duty cut ‘could save’ homebuyers £1bn per year, says research](/upload/images/Back-link-images/9_Steps_to_getting_a_mortgage_after_an_IVA.jpg)
The stamp duty cut announced by the government in last week’s mini-Budget could save homebuyers across England more than £1 billion...
27 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Number of £1m-plus homes on the rise, says research](/upload/images/Developments%20%26%20Projects/PrimeHomesUK03-400x310.png)
Despite the cost-of-living crisis causing many to tighten their belts and the beginnings of a slowdown of the property market, the...
02 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency stock shortage helps close gap between asking and sold prices](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertySold-400x310.jpg)
The lack of agency stock for sale has pushed the gap between asking and sold prices to record lows, research claims. Research...
09 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Revealed! How much your buyer needs to be in the top 10% of property sales](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MillennialAtHome-1-400x310.jpg)
Prime property purchasers are typically paying a 122% premium to be in the top 10% of buyers, research suggests. London agent Benham...
12 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents prepare for planning overhaul as sector digests Queen's Speech](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PlanningImage-400x310.jpg)
Agents have pledged to keep a close eye on planning reforms amid a proposed overhaul announced in the Queen’s Speech yesterday. Prince...
11 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Not-so-prime London - demand falls ahead of Ukraine uncertainty](/upload/images/Locations/russia%20ukraine.png)
Demand in prime areas of London has fallen in the first quarter of the year, says estate agency Benham and Reeves. The...
30 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![More politicians back seizure of oligarchs' London property assets](/upload/images/Locations/London400x310.png)
Momentum is building up in support of the government’s probe into whether the London homes of oligarchs on the sanctions list...
04 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Lack of stock still the key reason for double-digit house price rises](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket-400x310.png)
Government data shows the average UK house price increasing by 10 per cent on an annual basis in November. On a monthly...
20 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - London’s busiest housing markets](/upload/images/Locations/LondonMap400x310-min.png)
An estate agency has revealed which London boroughs have been the busiest in terms of the number of homes sold as...
19 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Average home hits landmark figure as market stays red hot](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket-400x310.png)
The average price of a house in the UK has hit £250,000 for the first time as the market shows no...
04 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Budget: Details of business rate changes and new development tax](/upload/images/library/house-prices-rise400x310.png)
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
![Prime London recovery gathers pace for higher-priced homes says top agent](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/london-property400x310.png)
The latest market snapshot of prime London by estate agency Benham and Reeves shows demand up 5.8 per cent annually for...
07 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![The Great Suit Debate – what does the property industry think?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MillennialAgent-400x310.jpg)
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
![Shocking number of down valuations, claims agency](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/EmptyHomes-400x310.jpg)
An agency claims that across the UK there have been very nearly 400,000 property transactions down valued in the last year...
31 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Over 18% house price rise in one part of UK - government data](/upload/images/library/HousingMarket-7-400x310.jpg)
Average house prices increased by 13.2 per cent over the year to June - the highest annual growth rate since November...
19 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Paying For Viewings - will charging buyers really work?](/img/default/eat.png)
A new service launched over the weekend, proposing to charge buyers £30 for a “guaranteed” viewing, has split opinions amongst estate...
26 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - summer movers and shakers in the business](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to the latest Property Jobs Today, your chance to catch up with who’s on the move. Let us know...
07 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![London Calling: Transactions from Hong Kong buyers soar](/img/default/eat.png)
London agency Benham and Reeves says a new analysis it’s conducted of the capital’s property market since last summer shows a...
20 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agency backs converting empty shops into homes](/img/default/eat.png)
An agency is backing the conversion of empty retail units into homes - and has figures to prove how big an impact...
12 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Market pause or boom over? Surprise house price fall as Easter arrives](/img/default/eat.png)
Annual house price growth remains strong but it has slowed significantly according to the Nationwide. Prices dropped 0.2 per cent on average...
01 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Fears grow of Capital Gains Tax changes to be unveiled next week](/img/default/eat.png)
There is growing speculation that a raft of tax proposals to be unveiled next week will include reform of Capital Gains...
19 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Capital Gains Tax reform could wreak huge damage on housing market](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s a warning this morning that possible tax reforms to be unveiled next Monday could wreak huge damage on the property...
17 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents' fury at Rightmove restrictions imposed without warning](/img/default/eat.png)
Agents are up in arms at a Rightmove restriction temporarily preventing access to parts of its listing back-end. Agents received an email...
11 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents’ delight as stamp duty extension helps another 300,000 deals](/img/default/eat.png)
Much of the agency industry has reacted with delight at the extension of the stamp duty holiday deadline until June. Rightmove estimates...
25 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Blow for first time buyers - Affordability at its worst for 10 years](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![“The sensible thing” - Agents urge tapered end to stamp duty holiday](/img/default/eat.png)
Estate agents have kept up the pressure on the Westminster government to consider some kind of tapered ending to the stamp...
03 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Cash buyers bagging big discounts in London says agency](/img/default/eat.png)
A prominent London agency says cash buyers are securing substantial discounts in prime areas of the capital. The biggest cash discount currently...
11 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Time to scrap Stamp Duty? New figures add weight to argument](/img/default/eat.png)
New figures released this morning give weight to calls for the complete scrapping of stamp duty. The dats shows there have been...
08 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Crisis? What crisis? Mortgage lending hits 13 year high](/img/default/eat.png)
Mortgage approvals for house purchases have soared to a 13 year high according to Bank of England figures up to the...
30 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agency identifies ‘recession-resistant’ locations in bid to ease fears](/img/default/eat.png)
With the UK officially in what has been described as the single worst national recession in the world, one agency has...
27 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty mayhem? Conveyancers may not cope, warn agents](/img/default/eat.png)
An estate agency is warning that the likely rush of transactions when the new stamp duty holiday ends next spring will...
09 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage enquiries surge as prices dip slightly in latest index](/img/default/eat.png)
Mortgage enquiries in June surged to double the rate of the previous month according to the latest halifax house price index. Although...
08 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents remain calm in the light of latest house price dip](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![More price uncertainty likely before market finds ‘post-Covid level’](/img/default/eat.png)
Leading estate agents are warning that the sharp fall in house prices reported by the Nationwide may be just the first...
03 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Demand plummets for ultra-expensive London homes, says agency](/img/default/eat.png)
London estate agency Benham & Reeves says there’s been a sharp fall-off in demand for ultra-expensive homes in prime suburbs of...
21 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Market: Brexit Bounce giving way to Corona Crippling, says agent](/img/default/eat.png)
Although all bets are off as to what the housing market will be like after the Coronavirus subsides, there is now...
26 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Virus threat could kill off strong market start to year, warns agent](/img/default/eat.png)
The agency behind a poll showing one in six buyers putting plans on hold because of Coronavirus is warning that if...
09 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Coronavirus deterring one-in-six buyers, warns agency’s survey](/img/default/eat.png)
A survey shows over a sixth of buyers and sellers have already been deterred because of Coronavirus - and that figure...
05 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Four-year high for mortgage approvals in pre-virus period](/img/default/eat.png)
Mortgage lenders approved the highest number of loans for house purchase in nearly four years in January, according to Bank of...
03 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents’ delight at another sign that the market is on the rise](/img/default/eat.png)
Annual house price growth increased to 4.1 per cent in January, up slightly from the end of 2019, according to Halifax...
10 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Boris Bounce Begins?: bumper house price rise reported by the Halifax](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Agents upbeat after prices show bigger-than-expected rise](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![General election 2019: The housing crisis remains a top issue](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Market latest: Agents hope for New Year boost as prices stagnate](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Leading agent slams “pitiful” government record on affordable housing](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Agents warn of market stagnation until Election and Brexit fog clears](/img/default/eat.png)
Agents have interpreted the latest house price figures as evidence that the market is in limbo waiting for the Brexit -...
30 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Market optimism: Agents urge buyers to see beyond Brexit shambles](/img/default/eat.png)
Agents have expressed quiet optimism that the market may be over the worst as it continues to show resilience in the...
17 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Price gap between freehold and leasehold widens to eight-year high](/img/default/eat.png)
The price premium paid by purchasers for a freehold property rather than a leasehold is at its highest for eight years. An...
26 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Is stamp duty to blame for a 20% drop in transactions in some areas?](/img/default/eat.png)
An estate agent is linking a drop in transactions of as much as 20 per cent with the stamp duty increases...
19 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Good news for agents as first time buyer numbers improve](/img/default/eat.png)
There's good news for the market in at least one sector - mortgages offered to first time buyers. Latest figures from the...
18 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agents praise “remarkable” market for staying strong despite Brexit](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Agent stands up for industry as MPs squabble over Brexit and election](/img/default/eat.png)
A leading London estate agent has written to The Times dismissing MPs who have been squabbling over Brexit and a possible...
04 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Market may stall ‘with Boris loose at the wheel’ warns senior agent](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![“Unworkable” government housing tweaks widely criticised by industry](/img/default/eat.png)
There has been a sceptical response by agents and others in the property industry to the government’s latest headline-grabbing tweaks to...
29 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Big fall in transactions put down to Brexit and summer](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Stamp Duty chaos as new Chancellor denies he wants sellers to pay](/img/default/eat.png)
If anyone thought a Boris Johnson government would be more decisive than Theresa May's when it came to housing policies, the last...
19 August 2019
From: Breaking News
15 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![The week’s biggest property story - and you probably missed it](/img/default/eat.png)
I missed the biggest property story of the week and it’s only scant consolation that almost everyone else seemed to miss it...
03 August 2019
From: Features
![Treat Johnson’s stamp duty promises with caution, say top agents](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the country’s most respected agents has advised the agency industry to treat Boris Johnson’s pledges with real caution. Black Brick buying...
24 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Early challenge for Johnson: “scary” transactions drop, prices set to fall](/img/default/eat.png)
London and South East England are to see house price falls this year and only “very modest” growth in 2020 -...
24 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Reforms win industry support as trade groups jostle for influence](/img/default/eat.png)
Trade bodies and property firms have strongly welcomed the recommendations for root and branch reform of the agency industry - and...
19 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agents say official house price figures don't reflect recent market boost](/img/default/eat.png)
Agents have put a brave face on official government figures which have shown a shock fall in London house prices and...
18 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Theresa May’s legacy - how has housing fared under her government?](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Silver lining for housing market as first time buyer numbers rise](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Property Jobs Today - all the latest key industry moves](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to Property Jobs Today - your final chance before the Easter break to catch up with the key...
15 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agents slam “regurgitated rhetoric” in Hammond’s damp squib statement](/img/default/eat.png)
Estate agents have responded cynically to the small-fry property sector announcements made by Chancellor Phillip Hammond in yesterday’s spring statement mini-Budget. Overshadowed...
14 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Popular ex-Countrywide executive now managing director at Dexters](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the country’s best know estate agents, Marc Goldberg, has joined London agency Dexters. Goldberg spent some 30 years at Countrywide’s...
29 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: agents bucking the high street downturn](/img/default/eat.png)
Maplin, Toys R Us, Carpetright, Warren Evans – what do they have in common? All are well-known high street chains that...
21 April 2018
From: Features
![More expansion for Dexters brand via new homes deal with Stirling Ackroyd](/img/default/eat.png)
London estate agency chain Dexters is expanding its brand once again thanks to a new partnership with Stirling Ackroyd New Homes. Dexters...
28 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Exclusive: London chain Dexters snaps up high-profile independent company](/img/default/eat.png)
Estate Agent Today can reveal that one of London’s best known agency chains has acquired one of the capital’s leading independent...
22 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Property industry reacts to the Autumn Budget](/img/default/eat.png)
Earlier this week, Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered the Autumn Budget with a strong focus on housing. The decision to cut stamp duty...
25 November 2017
From: Features
![Vetting tenants to ensure they are all they seem](/img/default/eat.png)
When a tenant failed to pay any rent after the first month his tenancy last year, the landlord did not expect...
26 August 2017
From: Features
![Agencies appear on government's 'name and shame' wage list](/img/default/eat.png)
At least one estate agency and one letting agency have been listed on a ‘name and shame’ roll-call of companies not...
16 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Expansions and appointments announced at growing agencies](/img/default/eat.png)
A number of estate and letting agents have this week announced key appointments and business expansions. Estate agency John Shepherd is set...
26 May 2016
From: Breaking News
![Royal Mail chief becomes new chairman of Countrywide](/img/default/eat.png)
Countrywide has announced to the Stock Exchange this morning that Peter Long will take over from Grenville Turner as chairman at...