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Happy New Year and welcome to what’s looking like a busy - perhaps even hectic - 2024! I thought it worth running...

Hamptons is warning landlords disillusioned with buy to let that they may have missed the top of the sales market -...

You don’t need me to tell you that buy to let has had a torrid time of it lately. For agents trying...

Winkworth has expanded further in the South West of England with a new office opening in the Bishopston area of Bristol. The...

Double-think, for those who have not read George Orwell, is when people are expected to accept two conflicting beliefs as truth,...

An average home appreciated more in 2021 than its owner will have earned, according to Savills. The agency says that with annual...

Average asking prices in Britain have risen by 53 per cent over the past 10 years according to Rightmove. They have risen...

Here’s the odd thing about interest rates - we all care about them, but they don’t directly affect that many people...

House prices are up by as much as £100,000 on this time last year according to a mortgage company. Research by the...

Strong house price growth since the pandemic began has boosted seller gains with the typical vendor who bought two decades ago...

A comparison website dealing with estate agency charges says commission varies hugely across 20 major cities of the UK.  GetAgent looked at...

We have all heard the terrible forecasts and listened to Sir David Attenborough’s speeches on the environment and the “we still...

As the Tokyo Olympics draws to a close this weekend, the Nationwide Building Society has analysed long-term capital appreciation in locations regenerated...

London-based estate agency Orlando Reid is opening an additional office in Manchester - the start of a long-term growth programme for...

The biggest news story in town this last week – which has brought people who don’t usually like or watch football...

The year just ending was when the North-South divide in house prices and capital appreciation slammed into reverse gear according to...

Major UK cities have seen average house price rises of 54 per cent in the past decade - an increase of...

A study from Santander Mortgages has blown the cover on first time buyers, suggesting they know almost nothing and research very...

A recently-launched free-to-list portal says it’s uniquely positioned to attract overseas buyers and investors interested in purchasing in major UK cities. Residential...

An ex-housing minister and ex-Brexit secretary says he wants to radically change taxes on buy to let capital appreciation to help...

A design and renovation business has set up a property sourcing business which will find homes requiring renovation. What’s more, it claims...

New build property values are rising at a much greater rate than existing property values according to a study by DJ Alexander. The...

A leading property consultancy has called out Manchester as the location which has seen the highest urban price growth of anywhere...

It’s not breaking new ground to say that younger people have what many regard as the raw end of the deal...

Statements from The Property Franchise Group and Belvoir continue to ramp up the war of words between the two agency groups...

Residential property has performed far better than any other property-type in terms of appreciation over the last year, according to new...

A data portal called REalyse and aimed at professional property investors is launching today after raising £500,000 in seed capital.  The site...

One of Britain’s most prominent property data companies says homes near London Underground tube stations with 24-hour trains will see a...

As America goes to the polls after one of the most cantankerous, aggressive and abusive campaigns since...well, our own Brexit vote in...

The huge rush to acquire buy-to-let property in the first quarter of the year ahead of the stamp duty change deadline...

The high-profit property crowdfunding site Property Partner has laid off 13 of its employees - equivalent to around 29 per cent...

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an advertisement from a property company selling new homes in East London, after it was...

Islington’s Labour-controlled council has adopted pioneering new planning measures that require new homes in the borough to be regularly occupied in...