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Annual house price growth increased to 4.1 per cent in January, up slightly from the end of 2019, according to Halifax...

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

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

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

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

Agents have interpreted the latest house price figures as evidence that the market is in limbo waiting for the Brexit -...

Agents have expressed quiet optimism that the market may be over the worst as it continues to show resilience in the...

The price premium paid by purchasers for a freehold property rather than a leasehold is at its highest for eight years. An...

An estate agent is linking a drop in transactions of as much as 20 per cent with the stamp duty increases...

There's good news for the market in at least one sector - mortgages offered to first time buyers. Latest figures from the...

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

A leading London estate agent has written to The Times dismissing MPs who have been squabbling over Brexit and a possible...

There has been a sceptical response by agents and others in the property industry to the government’s latest headline-grabbing tweaks to...

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

If anyone thought a Boris Johnson government would be more decisive than Theresa May's when it came to housing policies, the last...

Average house prices in the UK increased by a mere 0.9 per cent in the year to June - the lowest...

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...

London and South East England are to see house price falls this year and only “very modest” growth in 2020 -...

Trade bodies and property firms have strongly welcomed the recommendations for root and branch reform of the agency industry - and...

Agents have put a brave face on official government figures which have shown a shock fall in London house prices and...

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

Hello and welcome to Property Jobs Today - your final chance before the Easter break to catch up with the key...

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...