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The new anti-money laundering regulations introduced this week will delay the routine buying and selling of homes, a lawyer warns -...

A gathering of Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has called on the industry to unite and improve the buying and selling process...

New research suggests the Bank of Mum and Dad is now helping so-called ‘second steppers’ - existing owners moving up the...

Figures released by the government suggest that over 285,000 people, including 240,000 first time buyers, have used one or more of...

The Property Ombudsman’s annual report reveals a significant increase in the number of formal complaints resolved by the scheme and a...

A new report, conducted by the Centre for Economics and Business Research for the financial services group Legal & General, claims...

A cluster of conveyancing and legal experts, known as the Legal Sector Group, has published a raft of proposals on leasehold...

A study using ‘eye-tracking’ technology has revealed what prospective buyers pay most attention to during viewings and shows critical differences between...

TV property expert and online agency owner Sarah Beeny says there will always be some sellers who prefer to use traditional...

Luxury global estate agency Sotheby's International Realty has expanded its operation in Italy. The firm has opened a new office in the...

Great Expectations was a fantastic novel-cum-social-history written by Charles Dickens, who once lived in my adopted home city of Portsmouth. But these...

“Housing policy should be in independent hands.” That was the conclusion of a panel debate that Andrews held, not recently, but two...

Any good estate agent knows that they have to be available for customers when they need them. But many forget that...

This week, the obvious thing to write about would be easyProperty's merger with GPEA. It's such a huge and potentially influential...

The sealed bids process - where purchasers submit their final offer by a specific time and date - should be more transparent,...

Estate and letting agents' property descriptions are becoming increasingly likely to appear in keyword searches, according to a web marketing expert. Director...

The housing industry has responded with shock, joy, and jitters, after Theresa May’s snap general election went catastrophically wrong, leaving her...

As the nation waits with bated breath to see if Theresa May can form either a minority or coalition government after...

Calls made to estate agents to book property valuations increased by 26% this spring, according to telephone answering service Moneypenny. Enquiries made...

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a complaint made against hybrid estate agency Pink and Cow. The Portsmouth-based firm claimed on...

As we approach Thursday's General Election, more property professionals have criticised stamp duty and called for the Government to make changes...

A distinctive boutique estate agency that describes itself as a hybrid between traditional and online operators, and which set up a...

London Central Portfolio, a property investment consultancy, has set out a five point plan for the next government elected this week...

Theresa May’s call for a snap general election on June 8 took many by surprise. But estate agents have been broadly...

House prices recorded their third consecutive monthly fall in May says the Nationwide. It's the first time this has occurred since 2009, and...

Any good estate agent knows that they have to be available for customers when they need them. But many forget that...

The number of house hunters registered per estate agency branch fell last month to 381 - well down on its figure...

The banning of letting fees levied on tenants has dominated the industry headlines in recent months but this election campaign suggests...

Since we last spoke, the ESTAS – the biggest and best property awards ceremony in the UK – has been and...

The overall mortgage market has grown in the past month according to e.surv - bringing to an end months of decline...

First time buyers who were supposed to be helped by the high-profile Help To Buy ISA have in fact found it...

An estate agency that allegedly charges people a “buyer’s premium” has been criticised by politicians for unscrupulous “sharp practice”. The Scottish First...

The proportion of mortgage products available for investor buyers operating through limited companies has risen by over 50 per cent in...

Baroness Diana Warwick (below right) has been appointed chair of The Property Ombudsman scheme’s independent council. A life peer for the past 18...

Asking prices of homes coming to the market have now been rising for five consecutive months says Rightmove.  Asking prices rose 2.0...

The best estate and letting agents in the UK were recognised at the prestigious ESTAS luncheon and ceremony, which was held...

News headlines talk more and more about a slowdown in the property market, a drop in house prices and the need...

A ‘disrupter’ estate agent says the English housing market operates in a way that is far less efficient than Scotland’s -...

Over 250,000 non-homeowners appear to have given up on the dream of owning their own property in the past year alone,...

The Liberal Democrats have set a building target of 300,000 new homes a year, have pledged to scrap housing association Right...

Home buyers borrowed £11.2 billion in March - down on the ‘stamp duty bonanza‘ period at the same time last year...

Viewber, the outsourced property viewing service and brainchild of high-profile former estate agent Ed Mead, says its network of 'Viewbers' now...

The boss of the UK's largest independent agency has called on the government to be 'radical' and consider a range of...

New research has identified homebuyers' top 20 'must-have' features that would encourage them to purchase a seller's property. According to the survey...

Given that around 95% of property searches now start online, it is more important than ever that an agent has an...

The Guild of Property Professionals, which has over 800 agent members across the country, has this week launched a new website.  The...

Is it the Brexit triggering of Article 50, the snap General Election or the cold weather we have had until recently?...

There are more mortgage products available to buyers now than at any time since 2008 according to respected finance monitor service...

Auctions are a great way to sell property competitively, with a wide range of homes often selling under the hammer, and...

It’s that time of year again – peak conference/event season. And, while Brexit and a shock snap general election are dominating...

What does it say on your business card? Peter Mansfield, Group Chairman, The World Property Network, www.twpn.com  and TheWorldPropertyNetwork.com                                  What is The World Property Network...

More than one in three first time buyers have missed out on potential home deals because their deposit was too small...

The average cost of moving home in the UK was £9,472 in 2016 according to a survey by the Centre for...

Trevor Abrahmsohn, one of London’s best known estate agents and a founder of OnTheMarket, says stamp duty should be split between...

Residents in two parts of Cornwall will vote tomorrow on whether to join the holiday resort of St Ives in banning...

Research from Legal & General and the Centre for Economic Business and Research says parents are to spend 23 per cent...

Even some of the most successful professionals from other professions fail to grasp the most important point when it comes to...

Not only did Theresa May stun everyone with her decision to call a ‘snap election’ but with the campaign now underway...

The number of properties available to buy on agents’ books decreased to 39 last month - the lowest amount recorded for...

House price inflation in London continues to slow and has now reached 4.9 per cent year-on-year according to Hometrack. London is now among...

Mortgage rates continue to fall with the average new lending rate at a record low of 2.2 per cent: as a...

The new chief executive of the Guild of Property Professionals has accused some online agents of carrying out “aggressive” marketing campaigns...

The snap General Election on June 8 adds to uncertainty but does not significantly worsen the market for prime properties in...

First time buyer registrations in the past month have jumped nearly 20 per cent across the UK and almost 30 per...

Humberts - until now known as an agency operating predominantly in market towns across southern England - is opening a Mayfair office in...

The price of property coming to the market has hit anoher record high, up 1.1 per cent over the past month...

I wrote last month about how the Government, in introducing a 3% stamp duty surcharge on second homes, had scored an...

By Wednesday April 19th, a UK citizen, on an average income, had earned £7,789 from their day job so far this...

A prominent housing expert says estate agents must not merely sell homes but should become “lifelong consumer property advisors.” Kate Faulkner -...

Estate agents have been broadly supportive of the decision by Prime Minister Theresa May to push for a snap General Election...

A survey from a financial organisation suggests that nearly half of the UK public says they would support a government incentive...

One of the biggest stories post-Brexit is how the housing market has proven to be more resilient than anyone could have...

A series of strong sales performances at recent auctions has led one firm to claim the sector is leading the residential industry’s...

A building society claims that in the past three years alone no fewer than 1.2m buyers have given up on house...

Savills is warning that while low interest rates will probably keep house prices relatively static, transaction volumes are likely to remain...

A survey of 1,000 parents has apparently revealed just how much they pay when their offspring first leaves home to live...

In recent years the mortgage industry has gone through some testing times. Recession and regulation have led to more stringent lending...

In this Natter we have an exclusive interview with David Cox, CEO of ARLA Propertymark and one of the best-known figures...

The National Association of Estate Agents has thrown its weight behind a government move to create a register of overseas companies...

Purplebricks has stepped up its attack on what it calls “Britain's antiquated method of buying and selling homes” by describing it as...

More than one in three house sales across England and Wales fell through before completion in the first quarter of 2017,...

This week, it would be very easy for me to focus on the startling figures that easyProperty logged with Companies House...

Mortgage brokers say they are encountering fewer difficulties sourcing products now than at any time for three years.  Research from the Intermediary...

A firm that offers online, hybrid and traditional estate and lettings agency services says the digital side of its business is...

A group campaigning for the reform of money laundering and other accountability laws claims that billions of pounds worth of investment...

The results of a survey conducted by the Home Builders Federation has been attacked by consumer group, the HomeOwners Alliance. For over...

Peter Robinson, CEO of AIPP – Association of International Property Professionals – shines a light onto the international property market. Some UK...

There are more first-time buyers (FTBs) finding a way on to the property ladder than at any time since the Financial...

The National Association of Estate Agents says the number of sales agreed rose to a 10 year high in February. The NAEA...

Agents should remember to target overseas buyers and tenants according to the head of a business management system aimed at maximising international...

The triggering of Article 50 may have been regarded as a historic event but it appears to have left the housing...

Concern is growing over the stagnation in transactions in London generally and in prime central areas in particular. Consultancy JLL says there...

Buyers with deposits of 15 per cent or less of the purchase price now make up more than a fifth of...

Purplebricks has agreed to remove a claim from its website that “on average it takes us just 14 days to find...

A leading housing market analyst has made a stout defence of the growing trend of young buyers relying on their parents...

The consumer group HomeOwners Alliance claims new research indicates that more than a million UK adults have shelved plans to purchase...

Nationwide has introduced what it calls a ‘Family Deposit Mortgage’ in a bid to help first time buyers. It is aimed at...

A scheme of eight individual apartments in Leamington Spa has sold out in just four hours. Estate agency ehB Residential sold all...

The proportion of first time buyers relying on inherited wealth or loans from the ‘Bank of Mum and Dad’ has reached...

The property market in northern England, supported in part by the Northern Powerhouse concept, has attracted a lot of media attention,...