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It's emerged that Homes England and HMRC have explored possible fraud within the Help to Buy Equity Loan Scheme. This formed part of...

UK housing market activity "remains weak" according to the Nationwide. Its latest house price index shows that prices declined 5.3 per cent...

Mortgage approvals bounced back in March but buyers are borrowing less at higher rates. The latest Bank of England data has showed...

The dreaded ‘C word’ – compliance – has been facing Estate Agents for years now and it’s not going anywhere. Looking ahead...

They think it’s all over, it is now as we publish our final World Cup Agent Match report following England’s quarter...

Monthly house price growth bounced back in August but continues to slow annually, Halifax data shows. Halifax’s August House Price Index recorded...

London’s super-prime residential market has recorded its strongest year since 2013, according to high end agency Savills. In total, there were 522...

Just as city centre traffic is reminiscent of life before the pandemic, the rental market in central zones of UK’s largest...

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

A leading agency predicts that prime central London house prices, so long in the doldrums throughout the pandemic, will bounce back...

The first house price index for August suggests they rose 2.1 per cent in just a month - despite forecasts that the...

Savills has reported a bounce back after the Covid-hit performance in 2020. The agency has substantial overseas and commercial property and consultancy...

Rightmove has reported a dramatic bounce back in its fortunes - and it’s making more money from agents even than before...

Regional hybrid agency Hortons says its repaid its £50,000 bounce back loan at the earliest opportunity - because the industry has...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, we have one of the most familiar names in agency on board for a Q&A....

Increasing optimism at the success of the Coronavirus vaccine programme and the relaxation of restrictions have contributed to house prices rising...

There’s a new warning that the estate agency industry may be in a more fragile financial condition than before the pandemic,...

Savills has upgraded its house price and transaction forecasts following the Budget - and prime London, especially the centre, is tipped to...

It might be tempting during the pandemic to focus simply on the business, yet many agents have been turning their attention...

Smaller independent agencies that took out government Bounce Back loans to help them through the Coronavirus crisis now have more time...

Entrants for the 2021 ESTAS Customer Service Awards have only until December 31 to sign up. Founder Simon Brown says: “The bounce...

Start-up letting agents looking to enter the market are finding it increasingly difficult to set up in business as banks point...

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

It’s no surprise to hear that the property market has seen a lot of change across 2020, with ups and downs...

Agents Together, the wellbeing and mentorship service which came into existence earlier this year, is launching what it calls a Redundancy...

New figures released this morning give weight to calls for the complete scrapping of stamp duty.  The dats shows there have been...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has outlined his measures to help agencies and other businesses survive Coronavirus. His announcements - endorsed by both the...

I’m sure I speak for most in the property industry when I say that back in March and April I had...

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

If you’re in any way connected to estate agency all it takes is a quick glance at Facebook or LinkedIn to...

Record house prices recorded this week by the Nationwide index are set to go higher still according to a leading agent. Nationwide...

With access to finance being such a hot topic at the moment, more and more estate agents are turning to commercial...

The scale of the market bounce back after lockdown is made clear in new figures from HM Revenue & Customs. It registers...

The stamp duty holiday running until March next year has triggered a surge in interest in UK property from Hong Kong...

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

The Nationwide says annual house price growth has recovered to 1.5 per cent. Its July house price index says the fall in...

A major agency is warning that the current stamp duty holiday could leave the housing market in a state of lethargy...

Revenue for The Property Franchise Group was hit by 20 per cent cent thanks for the lockdown - but sales listings...

Estate agents facing crippling running costs as the wider impacts of the Coronavirus crisis hit home may benefit, at least in...

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

Research from Zoopla suggests that demand from buyers across England surged 88 per cent shortly after the housing market reopened -...

There has been much speculation about when agents will be allowed back to work, and what the new office working environment...

Since my last column in April, one could argue that very little has changed for agents in terms of the market...

A high number of agents across the country have been furloughed in recent weeks and are now at risk of losing...

We are still living in highly extraordinary times, perhaps evidenced best by the fact that the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, was...

Much like PropTech, Open Banking has been used as a buzzword in recent years. However, when it comes to the rental...

Where else to start? Since my last Natter two weeks ago, all our lives have changed more than we could ever...

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

The number of new property listings in the UK fell by a whopping 13.2 per cent in August according to online...

The international estate agency Engel & Volkers is closing its single prime central London office - despite past claims that sales...

If you’d asked me at the start of the year how I thought the political landscape might look now, I wouldn’t...

An estate agency has produced figures showing a 12.5 per cent slump in the number of homes listed to sell in...

“You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing and falling over,” is an oft-quoted saying of Richard...

Strutt & Parker says transaction levels in Prime Central London, already at a low ebb, plummeted a further nine per cent...

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

Central London’s housing market is showing a recovery from price falls which followed stamp duty changes in 2014 and 2016 according...

Winkworth’s annual figures for 2016 reveal a franchise turnover drop of six per cent and a pre-tax profit fall of 25.6...

Following a strong start to 2016, particularly in the lower to middle range of the UK housing market, that lasted up...

Almost a third of total sales in October were to first time buyers according to the National Association of Estate Agents...

The morning after the EU referendum, and Westminster, Britain, Europe and the world were left in shock at the news that...

Rightmove says it is confident of keeping on track to deliver its expected results and profits throughout 2016 despite the unexpected...

The sense of gathering momentum for the Leave campaign ahead of the upcoming EU referendum is causing high levels of uncertainty...

Significant national events such as elections and, in this case, referendums bring with them a level of uncertainty.   No-one can predict...

THE UK housing market is reported to be picking up according to figures this month from the Council of Mortgage Lenders...