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Our latest research has revealed London’s six best performing boroughs when it comes to positive property price growth. But a wider trend...

In tougher times – as is the case now, post-Covid, post-Brexit, cost-of-living crisis, war in Ukraine, etc – reputation and consumer...

The government last night revealed more details on its flagship Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill including letting local authorities double council...

Leasehold, quite rightly, remains not just an emotive topic given what has happened over the past decade, but it’s very much...

The scaling back of HS2 in the north of England, contained in the government's new Integrated Rail Plan, means hundreds of homes...

The owner of an estate agency in Sussex has been jailed for five years for what a judge has called “an...

A council cracking down on the increase of illegally positioned estate agent boards. Agents are required, under Planning and Highways legislation to...

This time out, I’m in conversation with one of the big three established portals. Since it was founded in 2007, Zoopla...

The National Association of Estate Agents wants the government to initiate a mortgage guarantee scheme to encourage more 95 per cent...

Tens of billions of pounds of new taxes should be levied through a Capital Gains Tax imposed on main homes, not...

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

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

How prime London has changed. In 2002 work began on The Knightsbridge. Located within a stone’s throw of Harrods and a near-neighbour...

The Atlantic Ocean is a vast space – some 4,000 miles eastwards across from the USA until land is met again....

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

The government is being urged to make commonhold ownership compulsory on all new apartments - and the move could even begin a...

Six common ‘crimes of modern-day call handling’ are blighting UK estate and letting agencies and hampering their growth, reputation and profitability. These...

With this summer marking forty years since Margaret Thatcher came to power, her legacy continues to invoke both celebration and consternation...

A conveyancing body is calling on mortgage lenders to standardise their policies in respect of unexpired lease terms in order to...

Whenever any research is released, part of me can’t help thinking of that old adage, ‘lies, damn lies and statistics’ especially...

Without wishing to blow our own trumpet at this time, we did say at the start of the year that 2017...

The guys at Which? are at it again, all over estate agents like a rash for “over valuing” properties so they...

The company that owns Heathrow airport is reported to have said that it will buy 750 homes on the site of...

next2buy Property Retailers has scooped the September ESTAS Estate Agent of the Month title.   The Tyne & Wear based agency won...

Knight Frank says the recommendation by the Airports Commission that there should be an additional runway at Heathrow will probably cause...

The Royal Institution for Chartered Surveyors says it supports a call by housing minister Brandon Lewis for personnel retiring from the...