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Every year the media writes a lot about house price crashes, and often pose the question whether this is the year...

If a week is a long time in politics, then I’d say it’s a lifetime for anyone working in the property...

In 1999 (yep) I set up some websites thinking I could generate leads from everyone in the world. I had an...

Everyone’s a pundit these days, aren’t they? And January is pundit season – when a New Year starts, out come the...

Home sales and house prices may have struggled in 2023 but more affluent buyers and sellers may not have noticed. Analysis by...

As 2023 trundles towards the buffers and we look forward to our Christmas break, it is something of a seasonal phenomenon...

Homeowners are largely unconcerned about cooling house prices, research suggests. Instead, they are more concerned about having their own home than sitting...

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

Estate agency has changed. No longer is it required to sit in a high street office working the old way. Provide a...

House prices won’t fall by as much as the 1990s and 2008 financial crashes but it will take until 2025 for...

The term mixed-tenure development usually refers to residential developments where different residential tenures are provided on the same site. Typically, tenure was...

Property guru and TV presenter Phil Spencer has paid tribute to his parents after they died in a car crash at...

In his latest column Jonathan Rolande explains why estate agents shouldn’t be distracted by the latest house price index figures. Nobody reading...

The National Association of Property Buyers’ Jonathan Rolande gives his take on another manic week for the property market. Like many working in the...

An estate agent is urging people selling their flats to have building safety documentation in place before putting the property on...

The past seven days have seen a string of stories across the media relating to the property sector.  Reports have revealed how...

A new survey suggests the overwhelming majority of the public are critical of the government’s apparent housing failures. A study of 1,323...

Investors were licking their wounds yesterday after the Purplebricks’ share price plummeted by 60% off the back of warnings that it...

100% mortgages are rumoured to be making a comeback. The products were blamed as a cause for the 2008 financial crash, with...

The UK is on its rear - fact. Whilst many were breathing a sigh of relief after surviving a global pandemic,...

THE PROPERTY market continues to hold pretty firm - despite fears voiced by many that 2023 would herald a crash in...

The latest Halifax House Price Index gave estate agents renewed optimism last week amid the ongoing market crash debate after the...

I’ve found myself in contemplative mode this week, looking forward to the future and remembering times past. In the immediate future –...

Online agency boss-turned-media-pundit Russell Quirk has been given his own money-focused TalkTV programme, with the first focusing on the hot topic...

The latest Halifax House Price Index is set to add fuel to the fire of the ongoing market crash debate. The lender’s...

ANY REPOSSESSION is a tragedy for the person involved, and latest figures indicate the number of victims falling victim is currently...

A high-profile charity is calling for a Stamp Duty overhaul, local buyer restrictions and extra charges on property purchases by landlords...

The flat market in prime central London (PCL) is undergoing a resurgence, a buying agent claims. Residential and investment buying agency London...

Every year, those thinking about investing in property for the first time and even current landlords ask themselves whether it’s the...

If early indications are to be believed. Yes! 2022 was the year that offered so much at the start and then hit...

Happy New Year, to you all. Now that we’re all back in harness and Christmas feels like a long-distant memory, I...

Consumer demand for auction can no longer be ignored. Month after month this alternative method of sale sees increased uptake as...

New year, old worries: what’s happening in the housing market? We’ve asked experts and collated forecasts, 15 in total. On the one...

Talk of a housing market crash is overstated, Zoopla’s chief executive Charlie Bryant has claimed. Speaking in an exclusive video interview with Estate...

A property tax consultant has hit back at suggestions of a housing market crash, suggesting that overseas investors will help sustain...

What are you going to do when something unplanned, unexpected, and unpleasant hits your brand and business? There’s no point avoiding it...

One in 15 homes formerly sold by agents are returning to the market after the original sale collapsed, new data shows. Analysis...

Inside this short article, my goal is to simply highlight the four most common mistakes l see from reviewing agents' Google Ad...

Fall-throughs doubled in the first two weeks of October compared with a month before, analysis claims. Chain-breaking service UPSTIX, which conducted the...

An estate agency firm is urging sellers to resist cutting asking prices. Tom Cranenburgh, of GetanOffer, which describes itself as a quick...

The number of viewings per sale should be used as an indicator for the health of the housing market, a senior...

Mortgage rate hikes have already halved landlord profits according to latest research, and a base rate rise to 2.5% will see...

The housing market is set to turn “sluggish” rather than experiencing a major slump, new predictions claim. Agency and property consultancy brand...

I can’t really write about anything else this week, can I? Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you will have...

With UK interest rates on the rise, following the mini-Budget announcement (now since almost entirely reversed), and several lenders pulling mortgage...

House prices in some regions of the UK could continue increasing, despite concerns over the economic downturn and forecasts of house...

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

As I watched Liz Truss take to the stage at this week’s Conservative Party conference, my eyes were drawn to the sign behind her. “Getting Britain...

Increasing numbers of sales have fallen through during the third quarter but it isn’t all down to rising mortgage rates. Analysis by...

Time is up for Boris Johnson's tenure as Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party, serving 3 years and 44...

More stock is coming to the market but the number of sales agreed is slowing, new figures suggest. Property data company TwentyCi’s...

The number of mortgages available to borrowers has hit the lowest level for more than a year, Moneyfacts has warned. Analysis by...

The market is a long way off crashing but sellers are becoming more realistic, a senior agent has claimed. It comes as...

An estate agent has looked to loo roll to explain why he thinks house prices won’t crash but the pace of...

Many first-time buyers and homeowners are becoming more cautious of the property market. The cost of living crisis, combined with rising...

House price growth slowed in August but remains in double digits, Nationwide figures have revealed. The lender’s August House Price Index shows...

Property professionals and commentators have begun pondering an official definition of a house price crash. It comes amid forecasts that house prices...

Russell Quirk has gone from online estate agency founder to PR guru and property commentator, but has now added national talk show...

Two senior estate agency figures have given their views on the prospects for the property market as commentators warn that longer-term...

Inflation remains a bigger concern to homeowners than house prices but potential vendors may get sensitive if prices drop, research suggests. A...

A leading property association argues it won’t be long before we start to see house price growth slowing. According to the National...

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

A leading agent has claimed that the economic plans of Liz Truss, the frontrunner to be the country’s next Prime Minister,...

The latest house price index from Zoopla has suggested the market remains resilient in the face of the cost-of-living crisis, but...

As uncertainty continues to prevail across the industry, aided by a government in crisis, the challenges in the months ahead feel...

The current challenges facing the conveyancing sector have put the industry in the spotlight. Here, property expert Colum Smith, Chief Vision...

Right now, one topic seems to be dominating talk in the industry. Everywhere I go people tend to quiz me about...

Mortgage down valuations are being driven-up by sellers trying their luck and ignoring their estate agent’s advice, a broker claims. Analysis by...

In this week’s Natter, I carry out a Q&A with Lisa Knight, who has taken the impressive journey from barmaid to...

A 20 year old estate agent who admitted being four times over the drink driving limit has been fined and banned...

Peta Milne, founder of Instagram growth and PR service Monimo, and a content writer at Choices Estate Agents, recently sat down...

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

As this is the first Natter back since the Christmas break, I should like to first wish all our readers a...

A prominent agency chief is warning that record house prices could lead to a housing bust if lending gets out of...

A conveyancer has contacted Estate Agent Today suggesting that the Simplify Group IT data crisis could be the death knell for the company...

A property finance expert is telling buyers to sit on their hands and not commit to purchases - as he believes...

A consultancy specialising in data protection issues has sharply criticised the Simplify Group for its ongoing lack of communications over its...

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

Purplebricks’ share price has hit its lowest-ever level following the postponement of a trading statement after the company admitted a blunder...

EAT readers may have seen a piece in Friday’s property section of The Times about the long-running Simplify saga, which has...

An estate agency owner who is also a qualified independent mortgage adviser has hit out against the suggestion that lenders may...

A petition is being started, urging the government to ban the payment of referral fees to estate agents. It’s reported to have...

Annual house price growth hit 10.0 per cent last month - and is now tracking close to the level seen before...

Agents must have a robust plan in place in case they are subjected to a ransomware cyber attack, says the Guild...

The Simplify Group’s latest statement on the ongoing IT problem suggests a gradual improvement in services to agents and other clients. It...

The police have been called in to investigate the ongoing cyber-security incident which has led to many firms in the Simplify...

The conveyancing IT crash plaguing the Simplify Group of companies continues into its ninth day; however there is an update for...

Conveyancing firms in the Simplify Group, hit by a massive systems crash for much of this week, say they are working...

There’s been an update this morning on the dramatic systems crash that has hit the conveyancing services operated by the Simplify...

Purplebricks' share price tumbled a remarkable 34 per cent this morning when trading opened on the London Stock Exchange. The price crashed...

An estate agent in a branch of Hunters says he’s lucky to be alive after a car containing an elderly couple...

Remarkably, just 11 per cent of property sales fell through in the third quarter of this year as buyers raced to beat...

A soap star has swapped scripts for property sales. Actor Marc Silcock was involved in one of ITV soap Emmerdale’s biggest storylines,...

There’s already plenty of talk about autumn - depressing huh? - with agents pondering how the housing market will respond to...

The cost of the average mortgage deposit has climbed £11,000 in some areas thanks to the stamp duty holiday fuelling the...

Michael Jones & Company celebrates its 30-year anniversary this year and, in an effort to both celebrate the work of local...

It’s now over a year since the property market officially reopened after an unprecedented two-month shutdown at the height of the...

A relatively modest interest rate rise could trigger a crash in the housing market according to the housing analyst behind the...

Labour and Conservative MPs have expressed a unanimous view on their desire to see an extension of the stamp duty holiday...

If your house is anything like mine, the postman has a path beaten to your door over the last nine months. In...