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In this Guides & Tips piece, Brian Murphy, Head of Lending at Mortgage Advice Bureau, offers insight into what rate rises...

A leading firm has claimed that the number of properties advertised for sale in Scotland has almost halved over the last...

There has been plenty of movement in the property jobs market this month. Here are some of the latest moves that took...

As another round of property firms is fined, named and shamed for breaching anti-money laundering rules, it feels like the road...

A housing analyst has urged buyers to look beyond average prices. Kate Faulkner, founder of Propertychecklists.co.uk, said she is on a mission...

Agents were busy marking the Platinum Jubilee over the past week but there was still time for fundraising exploits including tree-planting...

First-time buyers are now facing up to a nine-year wait to save enough of a deposit to get on the property...

The new owner of Century 21 UK, the British arm of the US-based franchising agency, has set his sights on rivalling...

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

The Queen’s Speech has unveiled proposed overhauls on planning, consumer and economic crime laws that could all have an effect on...

What a difference two months and some local elections make. Cast your minds back to March 9 and the annual report of...

You can tell that spring is in the air as this week's Agents Do Charity is full of outdoor fundraising pursuits...

The trend for remote working could continue to influence the property market into next year, Rightmove claims. The portal’s data shows there...

Although Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak’s Spring Statement did not include many announcements regarding housing, it did provide a good...

A French billionaire who made his money from estate agency is promising to transform the UK property industry with his unique...

Rightmove has created a league table to identify where new buyer competition is hottest across the UK housing market. Across the country...

The industry has reacted to the Spring Statement by breathing a sigh of relief that nothing was likely to cause damage...

Earlier this month, the government’s energy regulator Ofgem announced a record 54 percent increase to the energy bill price cap. Combined...

For the second time in recent weeks, Purplebricks has de-listed a property after an unacceptable comment by the seller on social...

Lomond Group, which says it is the UK’s fastest-growing estate agency network, has appointed Ed Phillips as its new Group Chief...

Almost exactly a decade ago I wrote a blog on the back of a spate on mainstream news stories about prime...

These are undeniably darker days as news comes through of a humanitarian crisis in Ukraine - we have the first agency...

The hot topic of rent controls has remerged in recent weeks, with passionate voices on both sides of the argument speaking...

Properties selling without a chain not only sell more quickly, as one might expect, but also appear to attract a substantial...

Netflix’s period romantic comedy Bridgerton appears to have registered with Asian property buyers - and as a result they want to...

The rental market is recalibrating after Covid, and this is evident in the latest data from Zoopla’s rental index. For 18 months...

Rightmove - which issues its annual figures to shareholders later this week - has released a bullish snapshot of the housing...

A leading agent and market commentator says he has identified one part of the UK where the current stock shortage is...

Property events and functions are now back in full swing, with 2022 likely to be the first ‘normal’ year for this...

Rightmove says the level of business owners enquiring about leasing office space has now surpassed even pre-pandemic levels in January. Demand is...

As debate rages over levelling up and a north/south property divide, in the first of a new monthly column, property expert...

Purplebricks’ decision to de-list a property after the Christian vendors made anti-gay comments has won widespread support from industry figures, including...

With the drastic changes enacted on the industry over the past two years thanks to the pandemic and political events such...

Purplebricks is reported to have removed a property listing from its website when it discovered the vendors - a Christian couple...

The Nationwide has released data listing the most and least affordable locations in Britain - background information for agents. Some entries are...

Buyers typically pay 10.8 per cent extra for chain-free properties than for similar homes with chains, according to new research. Website GetAgent...

A wealth tax on overseas owners of UK homes could raise £5 billion a year to help local people buy their...

Areas with the biggest house price growth of 2021 have seen the value of homes rise by three times the national...

Every year we at EAT are impressed by the pleasingly political festive cards sent out by the STANLEY Chelsea agency -...

Lenders’ umbrella group UK Finance has given its housing and mortgage market forecasts for 2022 and 2023 together, plus a year-end report for 2021. It estimates...

As the UK housing market faces an ongoing boom, there’s one profession that’s certainly rushed off its feet — estate agents....

Tomorrow sees the Relocation Agent Network’s first in-person conference since 2019.   The event, at the Metropole Hilton in Birmingham, will focus...

Relocation Agent Network, the network of primarily independent agencies, says it’s looking at global options for growth thanks to its relationship...

Rightmove claims to have found the happiest place in the UK - and it’s in Northumberland. The market town of Hexham has...

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

Surprise figures released through Freedom of Information requests show that the number of homes in England and Wales with owners registered...

The push for greater sustainability, energy efficiency and generally being ‘green’ has existed in the agency world for several years -...

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

The clocks have fallen back, the nights are longer and the temperature has definitely dropped - winter is here and with...

Sir David Amess, murdered at a constituency surgery last month, may have an unexpected housing market legacy for his constituents. To commemorate...

An online intelligence platform has started ranking agencies in terms of their SEO and Google searches. The platform - Industry Alerts, which...

In this op-ed, Warwick Haycock, accounting software specialist at The Access Group, looks at how the use of tech can empower...

In the UK, 3.5 million households — which is over one-third of UK households — are either privately or socially rented,...

Research by price comparison service MoneySuperMarket has itemised the additional fees incurred by people moving home. This year’s 12 per cent rise...

An analysis of estate agencies in 21 major cities suggests a big rise in competing companies, prompting risks of fee wars between...

As we move into the autumn of 2021, what the coming year has in store for estate agents is something we...

A leading agency says the new normal likely to establish itself in the housing market after the end of the stamp...

2020 gave rise to an exodus from the city as work from home became the mandated norm for large swaths of...

A sentiment survey amongst wealthy international buyers suggests the affluent sector of the western world is seeing similar house buying frenzy...

A  mortgage expert says surveyors should improve their standard services to cover the threat of climate change.  This comes after a summer...

Estate agents have gone on the record to say the flow of purchasers from London to country and market town locations...

The average size of homes in England has plummeted by over 10 per cent in the past four decades. Research from ElectricalDirect...

One of the biggest trends since Covid, in the property world and elsewhere, has been a shift towards more hybrid, flexible...

Purplebricks’ chief executive says a £4m marketing blitz scheduled for the autumn will go ahead despite the upheaval caused by the...

A deep dive into Rightmove’s data by the portal itself has discovered that there’s one sector where homes sell 20 days...

Our long-awaited ‘Freedom Day’ approaches. From Monday all of the restrictions, introduced since the Covid-19 pandemic made an impact across the...

OnTheMarket, which until now has lagged behind the leading two portals in terms of consumer-facing housing market information, has today launched...

Purplebricks is to launch an extensive marketing campaign after this summer’s Olympics to emphasise the local knowledge of its 600 agents...

It doesn’t seem that long ago that 2D floorplans were considered cutting edge – but it’s safe to say they’re now...

Back in April, leading portal Zoopla launched a new multi-million-pound marketing campaign, its biggest ever, to help agents capitalise on the...

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

A rush to beat next week’s stamp duty holiday deadline has caused a 200 per cent increase in demand for removal...

The youngsRPS agency now has a fifth branch in the north of England - it’s in Darlington and will cover the...

There are an estimated 2.7 million landlords in the private rented sector (PRS) providing rental accommodation to multiple generations of tenant,...

Despite the vast amount of publicity given to the concept of virtual viewing, a survey suggests relatively few properties on sale...

Foxtons shareholders will today give their verdict on the company’s plans to ‘go national’, revealed at the start of the weekend. On...

It’s been reported that Foxtons is to create ‘virtual branches’ in as many as 15 UK cities outside London, plus commuter...

In a trading statement this morning Foxtons has revealed that following a 49 per cent increase in sales revenue in the...

An analysis of over 1.6m listings by Rightmove shows a big return to normality - demand for smaller city centre properties...

Government leaks ahead of today’s Queen’s Speech suggest a major planning shake-up is set to stop NIMBY objectors to new homes. News...

A think tank claims that ‘urban flight’ - when people leave cities and head for towns and villages - is merely a...

Local elections rarely set the pulse racing and this year’s poll on Thursday faces a similar problem. But this time, it’s a...

This time out, I speak to one of the industry’s biggest-hitters. Adrian Gill may have retired from frontline agency, having had...

Rightmove has so far this year recorded 20 of its busiest ever days for visits to the site as the current...

While lengthy lockdowns have caused many to re-evaluate their homes, the apartment lifestyle remains an ambition for many. That’s the view of...

The stamp duty holiday has backfired and buyers almost everywhere are paying more for homes, rather than less. StripeHomes analysed house price...

Licensing of the short-term lets sector in Scotland was due to be introduced next month. However, it was recently announced that...

Liverpool - where commissioners have been ordered by Whitehall to run part of the council following corruption allegations - is the...

One year on from the UK’s first stay-at-home order, London has been overtaken as the most searched-for location on Rightmove, according...

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

As we move towards the one-year anniversary of the beginning of the first lockdown, it is a good time to reflect...

The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has changed the way we evaluate our lives and, looking more specifically at the property market, it...

As we now find ourselves in the UK’s third national lockdown in 10 months, what tenants want, and need from their...

Covid-19 has caused the number of new homes registered by UK house builders to fall 23 per cent in 2020. The NHBC...

By any available metric, Belvoir had a good 2020. Already a well-known and well-established name, it was highly praised for its...

In the not-too-distant future, it will be possible to order a driverless car to collect you and then drive you to...

Ever since the initial ripples of innovation in the 1990s, PropTech has proceeded to reshape our market beyond recognition; going on...

Well, what a year it has been for everyone, including the property market. I don’t think there’s anyone out there who...

A 10 week marketing campaign is being launched by Zoopla - and the portal urges agents to stay open as much...

Welcome to part three of our ongoing series on local independent agents, as we seek to give this all-important part of...

The secure Conservative victory in the 2019 General Election meant the property market in the sunlit uplands was set for a...

What’s the happiest place in Britain? Rightmove has the answer. In a new ‘Happy At Home’ index calculated by the portal and...

The trend of buyers apparently fleeing the city to get more for their money in the country has hit the buffers...

Buyers in around 30 per cent of English cities are almost certainly already too late to complete a purchase by March 31...

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

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

Agents in some parts of the country may be able to make use of data from utilities comparison service uSwitch, which...

A new league table drawn up by a property advice website may be the most authoritative yet for first time buyers...

Despite the recent effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, there is still much opportunity in the market for letting agents to grow...

A new league table shows how many listings exist per agency in 23 different cities across the UK.  The analysis looks at the...

Figures from Zoopla quantify how Coronavirus is changing the market, with houses selling significantly faster than flats. The latest market report from...

A leading buying agency is warning sellers and buyers not to jump the gun and abandon London in the belief that...

The Zoopla Rental Market Report, published this week, mentioned a two-speed rental market, but what does that mean? We are seeing two...

We have had a special relationship for many years and are bonded as countries in many ways – historically, politically and...

Zoopla says while there may be speculation about people fleeing London and big urban areas for the countryside, the evidence suggests...

We recently issued our Zoopla House Price Index, which analyses the latest real-time trends from the sales market. In our analysis, we...

Zoopla predicts that the price strength that has been seen since the reopening of the housing market is likely to continue...

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

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

The number of full property details viewed on Rightmove - a key indicator of market health - is already stronger than...

A study by Rightmove suggests that 94 per cent of buyers and sellers currently in the market are determined to go...

We are all operating in peculiar times. Times of great upheaval. Our lives are both in a complete state of flux...

As the impact of coronavirus unfolds, we are in constant conversations with customers to understand the challenges they’re facing and to...

There’s a sense that we really are on the verge of a huge change in the industry. It’s too early to be...

New sales agreed have already plummeted by 15 per cent and over the next three months there’s going to be a...

Increasing numbers of reports suggest that the government will use next week’s Budget to confirm a three per cent stamp duty...

We all use postcodes in our daily life but we rarely pay attention to them. It has become a regular part...

There’s something of a conspiracy of silence over the problem of short lets. That is a stark claim but many siren voices...

This week I fly to Spain to present at a conference called Immotechnia. I am opening the conference with a 45-minute...

Conservatives have been lining up to criticise a mansion tax which may be introduced on expensive homes to fund infrastructure improvements...

A new renovation start-up is operating across eight cities and claims to be able to transform properties - including ones that...

For a very long time, it was one of the best ways – if not the best way – of generating...

After a challenging period for the UK property market, recovery is very much on the cards and the end to uncertainty...

Zoopla’s Hometrack data research arm says the start of 2020 has seen buyer demand up 26 per cent compared to the...

A hybrid estate agency which set a target of rivalling Purplebricks when it launched says it aims to recruit 25 agents...

Hello and welcome to the first Property Jobs Today of 2020 - and we’ve plenty to report even with the New...

After a year dogged by Brexit deadlock, political turmoil, and slow growth, estate agents’ confidence in the property market hit a...

The scores are in….and it looks like house prices are going to rise gently in 2020 according to forecasts from almost...

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

The European Union’s highest court has ruled that Airbnb is not subject to strict rules governing estate and lettings agents in...

Online estate agency Housesimple is extending its offer to sell homes for free to some postcodes in the Midlands.  The offer is...

There used to be a consolation for some estate agents at this time of year - while it was wintry and...

The latest market snapshot from the National Association of Estate Agents continues to show how political uncertainty is dampening sentiment and...

Agents have reacted angrily to General Election proposals by all three main political parties to hike stamp duty for foreign buyers. The...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Milton Rodosthenous, Director of Equity and Capital & LetsBid Property.  What...

It’s on - although judging by the early lack of enthusiasm amongst the British public, you might be forgiven for thinking...

The average age of a first-time buyer in the UK is 27, according to research from Nested.com. The online estate agency says...

The new managing director of easyProperty claims the hybrid agency will be targeting branch managers and senior negotiators who think they...

A growing free-to-list property portal says there's never been a better time for estate agents to target foreign investors. Residential People, which,...

Briefings from the Conservative Party to The Sun newspaper suggest that the party will this week announce further relaxation in planning...

Cash buyers have fallen in 90 per cent of major UK cities over the past three years according to a Zoopla...

Last week we covered a story, broken by The Times, about a new website allowing users to discover the air quality...

A PropTech start-up says its service allows investors from anywhere in the world to buy property in the UK which can...

If you thought - perhaps hoped - that five weeks of prorogued Parliament meant a break from politics, think again: the...

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

I suspect that at some time we have all rented an Airbnb (I am sitting on the couch of one as...

Recently a number of politicians and charities have been calling for the introduction of rent controls or rent freezes in the...

New figures produced by Zoopla’s research team shows for the first time the huge scale of regional variations in terms of...

Speculation surrounding whether Boris Johnson will honour his pledge to reduce stamp duty risks bringing the housing market “to a grinding...

Have you asked yourself why technology is so important in letting agency today? Just look around and you will know why. Almost...

The average house price growth across southern cities is running at the lowest level recorded since January 2012, according to Zoopla.  Prices...

Foxtons’ sales slumped another 10 per cent and its total revenue dropped another 3.5 per cent according to figures released this...

Two Countrywide brands have joined forces to launch Airspace Exchange – a service to push the idea of constructing homes and...

This week, I want to take a look at the Israeli startup, Venn, an urban revitalisation firm which has recently received...

In the second part of my exploration of startups, I talk to a number of people with lived experience of creating...

Online agency Housesimple has become the first in the UK to sell houses for free. It says that based on the average...

The income required for first time buyers to purchase in the three most expensive UK cities has fallen slightly according to...

Sellers are back with a vengeance according to figures from online agency HouseSimple.  It claims the Brexit date extension has given sellers...

A review website set up by a former estate agent says £1m of new funding will allow it to roll out...

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...

The gap between average asking prices and average selling prices has increased in recent months according to Zoopla. Its latest study of...

Whether you love or hate it, Purplebricks has undoubtedly left its mark since arriving on the scene in 2015 – much...

A survey undertaken by the respected Economist Intelligence Unit and a risk solutions company suggests that estate agency may be one...

Thousands of homeowners listed their properties for sale in the days following the latest Brexit delay on April 12, new research...

During our school days, most of us did that task where we imagined and drew the homes of the future, but...

House prices in 20 UK cities analysed by Zoopla show an average 1.7 per cent increase over the 12 months to...

Research  by HouseSimple suggests that over 31 per cent of homes currently on sale in major UK towns and cities have...

An insurance company claims that over 29,000 property deals fall through in a year because buyers get cold feet over their...

Zoopla’s Hometrack index of 20 major UK cities shows that London property prices are starting to stabilise after a three year...

Prices have dropped 0.5 per cent in the past year according to LSL Property Services, the parent company of Your Move...

The topic of introducing rent controls in London crops up time and time again in our industry. But it’s been hitting...

Few can deny that with announcements from MPs and an announcement from Purplebricks, that it’s been an extraordinary week.  While it may...

Hello and welcome to this half-term week’s PJT, your regular Monday opportunity to catch up with the key personnel changes in...

There’s been a big rise in the number of homes being listed for sale despite ongoing concerns over Brexit. That’s the news...

The monthly index of house price changes in Britain’s major cities, for many years operated under the Hometrack banner, has been...

A think tank is suggesting that micro-homes could be the answer to London’s shortage of available homes for first time buyers. The...

The auction firm that purchased the property listings left stranded by the collapse of Emoov is now offering partnership opportunities to...

There may be a cloud over the economy right now but growth of 2.7 per cent in house prices last year...

It’s time to think about planning the 2019 events calendar. This year, there are more PropTech conferences scheduled than ever before,...

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

House price inflation across the UK has slowed to a six-year low of 2.6 per cent thanks to falls in London...

Purplebricks’ global chief executive Michael Bruce has taken a swipe at the property and mainstream media for being too London-centric in...

There is a perfect storm brewing in the lettings market, and as the saying goes, “you can’t change the direction of...

In his keynote speech at the recent Negotiator Conference, Professor Andrew Baum sparked debate throughout the property industry. Baum’s speech, which began...

New research shows 35 per cent of deals fall through within three weeks of a seller receiving an offer and a...

A property comparison website has made a defence of the controversial Help To Buy initiative, claiming it “acts as an important...

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

There was a drop in the number of new listings across the UK last month, suggesting that the usual autumn rush to...

An early sign of a possible recovery in the London housing market may be appearing, according to data consultancy Hometrack.  It’s just...

A hybrid estate agency with ambitions to rival Purplebricks has revealed that it has significantly expanded its current footprint, with ambitions...

Traditional estate agent fees average just 1.1 per cent across the UK according to research from an agency comparison website -...

An insurer claims there is a huge gulf between the cost of rebuilding a house and its market value because around...

The latest assessment of supply across the housing market undertaken by online agency HouseSimple claims that the number of new properties...

London has been identified as one of a number of ‘bubble risk cities’ in a report by Swiss bank UBS. In a...

The income first-time buyers need to purchase a home in the UK’s largest cities has shot up by 18 per cent...

New data reveals that new property listings have fallen for three successive months - and that includes a huge 17.1 per...

A few stories caught my eye this week from China, all of which announce the arrival of cutting-edge technological innovation in...

House prices in a quarter of the UK’s largest cities are struggling to recover to the level they were at during...

Welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today - and as ever we have a breakdown of key moves within our industry. To...

New property listings in July were down 6.0 per cent across the UK and down no less than 12.7 per cent...

With all the recent change and upheaval in the rental sector it may be time to consider how letting agencies will...

Labour says stamp duty receipts and other tax income from properties in the capital should go to the Mayor, Sadiq Kahn,...

A new market snapshot shows how there’s now a two-tier market with homes in London taking substantially longer to sell than...

By now we’ve all seen news about the long-term decline in property sales and competition from online alternatives leading to ‘more...

Hometrack says other cities are now closing the gap on London in terms of house prices and market value. The latest Hometrack UK...

Just as some estate agents are reported to be making plans to retrench if the housing market continues to be sluggish,...

Purplebricks is expanding its US activities by entering the markets of Las Vegas, Nevada and Phoenix, in the state of Arizona. A...

May saw the highest number of new sellers list their properties in any single month for at least 18 months, claims...

A new online platform claims agents can now offer people a chance to buy a property with, literally, just one click...

Property sellers in the South of England are having to accept asking reductions in order to achieve a sale.  Data from Hometrack...

A study of house price affordability has revealed that train drivers can afford a greater proportion of homes in the UK's...

New figures from Hometrack show that a typical home in Greater London now takes 17 weeks to find a buyer -...

The sun has finally returned to ours skies and you’re on the lookout for a little bit of summer reading. As...

There were 43 per cent more new properties listed for sale than in the same month last year according to online...

House price growth in London has hit a seven year low according to Hometrack, with prices actually down across 42 per...

Estate agency Jackson-Stops says it has discovered precisely how many existing home owners understand the difficulties facing first time buyers in...

There has been a 19.9 per cent increase in new property listings, with some locations seeing as many as 80 per...

New analysis by Hometrack shows that large regional cities like Edinburgh, Birmingham and Manchester look set for a 20 per cent...

The UK property sector has been a hotbed for financial crime in recent years, with many criminals seeing it as an...

An online agency says it knows exactly when a home should be marketed in order to sell in the optimum timeframe.  And...

There has been a 40 per cent increase in new vendors registering their properties for sale according to an online estate...

Lloyds Bank has revealed a league table of the cities which have seen the highest price growth over the past decade...

Q. How did you get in to the property industry? My career in the property industry actually started out as a holiday...

Homes for sale in some parts of inner London are seeing price discounts of up to 10 per cent says Hometrack...

According to The Branding Journal, a brand is “a name, term, design, symbol, or any other feature that identifies one seller's...

Hunters is partnering with a PropTech firm to allow homes on the market and still awaiting buyers to be short-let for...

December saw the fewest number of people put their homes on the market than in any month in 2017, according to...

Well, I don’t know about you but after the holidays I've got an imprint just below my navel where my belt...

What a year it’s been! Back in 2016 we had Brexit, a new prime minister, Donald Trump’s election, and so when...

The property consultancy Hometrack says London is facing “a drawn-out period during which there will be a slow re-alignment of house...

Data from Hometrack shows that the gap between average earnings and house prices has reached an all-time high in London.  The price...

Coldwell Banker, the huge US-based international estate agency business, is warning that Brexit is beginning to damage the market and the...

The average UK property takes 96 days to sell, according to a new report. The survey, by Post Office Money and the...

An estate agency has used the experiences of Cambridge, Oxford and other cities to forecast that pockets of central London's housing...

The supply of homes coming to the market has slumped again according to a monthly survey conducted by online agency HouseSimple. September...

The rise of Airbnb has been majestic, going all the way from conception to becoming a common noun in less than...

Saudi Arabia has announced it’s to build a new mega-city, rising out of the desert sands in the kingdom’s north, adorning...

New Zealand’s new Labour prime minister elect has banned non-resident foreigners from buying existing homes anywhere in the country in a...

London house prices are stuck in neutral according to the latest figures from property consultancy Hometrack, which says values in the...

The housing market may appear sluggish at best in many areas but data from Rightmove suggests it’s now quicker to sell...

An upbeat survey by online website HouseSimple claims there has been a 20 per cent increase in the number of homes...

As those of us in the industry know, there is a fine balance to strike between disruptive technology – and the...

UBS says London's housing market still faces the risk of becoming a bubble - although that risk has marginally eased over...

It used to be so easy. Around 20 years ago there were what we now call full-service estate and letting agencies, and...

Nested, the chain-breaking estate agency that offers vendors a guaranteed sale of their property within 90 days, is to expand beyond...

In this week’s Natter I’m going to get all political. Don’t worry, I won’t be giving my opinions on Brexit, Trump...

Property consultancy Hometrack says London’s 12 month market slowdown has bottomed out with the annual growth rate rising to 2.8 per...

Historically, short-term rentals have been an unattractive business for the majority of estate agents and property managers. Scarcity of demand from tenants...

The latest figures from business consultancy Hometrack shows that house price inflation in the UK’s major cities is likely to reach...

Being a leading world-class city comes at a price – they are the most expensive for occupiers and the most lucrative...

The steep drop in price growth for homes across London is beginning to bottom out according to Hometrack, which says values...

A research report compiled by Strutt & Parker in partnership with Octopus Healthcare has revealed what the baby boomer generation expects...

There’s barely a week that goes by when you don’t read about an estate or letting agency business that’s been acquired...

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

It has been announced that Uber, the taxi company, has teamed up with build to rent firm, Moda Living, to ‘revolutionise renting’.    This...

The latest measure of house price rises in key UK cities by the property consultancy Hometrack shows house price in many...

Google, under the command of parent company, Alphabet, has set its sights on building the world’s first digital city, in Toronto,...

In November 2016 when the Autumn Statement was delivered by Chancellor Philip Hammond, the announcement was made to ban letting agent...

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

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

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...

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...

Average UK house price growth will reach 2.2 per cent this year, a rise of £4,460 that will see the average...

“I predict that within a few years, folks advertising properties for rent or to buy will start to show if their property is a...

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

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

Contrary to some reports suggesting London’s housing market may be recovering, new data from Hometrack reveals the capital’s performance is still...

An analysis of homes listed for sale on Rightmove has identified what one estate agency claims to be the slowest-moving local...

This week I’m lucky enough to be out here in Cannes as a PropTech Ambassador for MIPIM, the international real estate...

The Office for Budget Responsibility, which released its latest economic forecasts on Wednesday, has adjusted its prediction for UK house prices…again.  It...

An assessment of new stock on sale through agents in February suggests a monthly rise in supply of 13.3 per cent...

Estate agents are angry that Chancellor Phillip Hammond made no attempt in his first Spring Budget to reform stamp duty -...

Not many of us have a multi-million property portfolio, so the results of the MSCI / IPD UK property index for...

Hometrack data suggests that annual house price inflation in London has fallen to 6.4 per cent, the lowest level since June...

London based property management startup Airsorted has raised £1.5m in a funding round led by Concetric and the ever present PiLabs.  What...

The East Midlands, which consists of several areas including Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, and much of Lincolnshire, has an ancient...

Grant Shapps, housing minister between 2010 and 2012, has said the measures in the current government’s White Paper are not bold...

The Independent Press Standards Organisation has ruled that a Daily Express newspaper story - “EU Exit Boosts House Prices” - was...

Over 168,000 new homes were completed in the year to March 2016, according to data released by the government, over 15,500...

The East of England, which takes in areas from Hertfordshire to Norfolk, has recorded the biggest hike in property prices over...