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The European real estate market is the most distressed sector across Europe, research suggest. The latest Weil European Distress Index suggests the...

Prime central London (PCL) property values flattened out during the first quarter of 2024 after six consecutive quarterly falls, figures suggest. Analysts...

Following the disappointment of his Autmn statement, many property professionals were hoping for a kick-start to property sales in Jeremy Hunt’s...

Now the dust has settled on what many described as an ‘underwhelming’ Budget, we take a look at what two business...

A home staging firm that partners with estate agents to present properties has secured financial backing. Lemon and Lime Interiors has received...

The Government’s proposal to introduce a new 1% deposit mortgage scheme to help young people onto the property ladder is unworkable...

Older borrowers were deterred by high mortgage rates last year, bank data suggests. Quarter four figures from UK Finance show a 37.1%...

There are several pros to cohabitation, and it’s always a wonderful experience when you’re handed your set of keys as a...

The news in September that Birmingham City Council (‘Europe’s largest local authority’) had been forced to issue a Section 114 notice...

As sure as night follows day, so our industry sets out a wish list of tax changes which it hopes the...

The role of a residential landlord has changed considerably over the years. What was once a relatively straightforward means of generating...

Foxtons has described itself as a “lettings-focused” business after announcing the acquisition of rival London agency Ludlow Thompson. The deal is worth...

The UK’s housing market is past ‘peak pain’ and looks set to bottom out in mid-2024, according to Savills. The agency giant’s...

An opinion piece by Sam Reynolds, CEO of Zero Deposit Just weeks ago, the Bank of England brought a halt to its...

Proptech – it’s a people thing. It might seem like a strange thing to say but the best of tech is a...

Secured creditors of collapsed agency brand Douglas & Gordon are likely to receive most money owed to them but there is...

The Bank of England is facing calls to hold off on raising interest rates this week. Its Monetary Policy Committee is set...

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

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

A third of those opting to move home in the current market are downsizers, research claims. However, it’s not the increased cost...

Cash purchasers, younger needs-based buyers and relocators are the driving force behind the current prime UK property market, according to research...

Price sensitivity and a flight to quality is dominating prime London markets, research suggest. Analysis of second quarter property market activity by...

The air is slowly coming out of the prime London property market, Knight Frank claims but the agent has said it...

High-end estate agency Strutt & Parker says its research points to a sales market recovery underway in some parts of the...

Strike chief executive Sam Mitchell has said he is looking forward to building a “new force” in the property industry after...

The company behind Keller Williams' Evolve Market Centre - TBF Centres - has entered voluntary liqudation, Companies House documents show. It comes...

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

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

LSL has sold its mortgage, protection, and general insurance brokerage firms Embrace and First2Protect. The brands have been sold to Pivotal Growth,...

Estate agents have expressed hope that the latest interest rate rise is the last after the Bank of England increased the...

Mystery surrounds the current position and owner of the Douglas & Gordon sales business as documents reveal the events that led...

Prime London demand and supply is on the rise but mainly for those without the need for a mortgage, new data...

The total value of all homes across the UK hit record levels by the end of last year and it is...

Black mould associated with condensation is becoming an increasing problem for homes in the UK and following the tragic death of...

Lies, damned lies, and statistics this week. I don’t know about you, but sometimes I feel as though I’m being bombarded...

Newly-independent estate agency North Residential has opened a second branch in Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire.  It comes just three months after...

Lenders approved the lowest number of mortgages since May 2020 in December. The latest Bank of England data shows mortgage approvals for...

The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) is expecting the market to align with conditions seen in 2019. A trading update from the listed...

Cash buyers are securing properties 6% below the average UK house price. Research by national agent Jackson-Stops has revealed the regions where...

Hybrid self-employed agency brand eXp UK has revealed the first three recipients of its new ICON Awards programme. The ICON scheme offers...

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

The Bank of England has prompted new warnings of a housing market slowdown after revealing a ‘significant decrease’ in mortgage approvals...

Mortgage rates look likely to fall after Rishi Sunak’s appointment as Prime Minister but analysts are still unsure how far the...

Property professionals are hoping for calmer markets after Rishi Sunak was confirmed as the new UK Prime Minister yesterday. Sunak won the...

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

Over the last few months, The Letting Partnership has seen an increase in calls from agents who are struggling to open...

An exclusive partnership has been agreed between OnTheMarket and MIL Outsource to provide the property website’s agents with a revenue protection...

Leeds Building Society has pledged to honour any mortgage offers and support borrowers during this period of market uncertainty. It comes as...

The share of homeowners struggling to repay their mortgages could hit the same peak levels of the 2008 financial crisis by...

The prime central London (PCL) market may escape a property downturn, JLL claims. The real estate and agency brand has highlighted the...

With the Treasury and the Bank of England stepping in to try and calm the markets, talk of an emergency interest...

July was the most active month for home sales so far this year but agents acknowledge that a slowdown is coming. The...

Former Evolve staff are being offered £2,000 ex-gratia payments by the easyGroup after its ownership of easyProperty ended. Jason Bull, national sales...

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

Last week was quite a week for major trading updates, with four of the market’s biggest players announcing either half-year or...

Savills has released a revised five-year forecast for the UK’s prime housing markets, to reflect the strong levels of activity in...

The Property Franchise Group, the UK's largest property franchisor, has provided a trading update ahead of publishing its interim results on Tuesday...

New calls have emerged to give pensioners stamp duty tax breaks to downsize their homes. The National Association of Property Buyers (NAPB)...

There’s talk of 50-year mortgages being introduced, loans that, along with the property they finance, could be passed to the next...

Long-term 50-year mortgages that can be passed on by parents to their children appear to be the latest idea from the...

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

The economic turmoil of the past two years has done little to deter people from buying a property, research suggests. Buyers and...

London accounted for almost half of million-pound plus property sales over the past 12 months but the most active borough at...

Agents lost out on £600,000 worth of owed commission from withdrawn listings last year, industry data suggests. Withdrawn sales are an occupational hazard...

Winkworth agents posted record sales income last year, attributed to the stamp duty holiday. The London-listed agent franchise group revealed in its...

More acquisitions are being predicted at agency franchise group Belvoir. It comes as the listed brand yesterday reported record group revenue of...

Savills suggests that London is returning to its role as the dominant element in the high end housing market in the...

Rising inflation may soon overtake house price growth even in the most buoyant areas of the UK, a property market analysis...

The founder of fledgling portal Boomin says the latest Nationwide house price index findings demonstrate that there’s no sign yet of...

The controversial conveyancing firm at the centre of an apparent cyber attack has hit back at newspaper claims that it did...

The UK property industry has long been a target of fraudsters due to the low levels of transparency and the fact...

Our Agents Do Charity column each Friday does a fantastic job of highlighting the amazing charitable work of agents up and...

New research suggests that the estate agency industry has bucked the nationwide trend of business liquidation that he plagued other sectors...

The man who engineered the takeover of Countrywide by Connells is leaving the agency’s parent company, the Skipton Building Society. David Cutter...

If agents wonder why more older home owners don’t sell and downsize, it may be because they’re taking equity out of...

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

The Covid-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on all aspects of our lives, but undoubtedly one major negative side effect...

The equity release market is on course for a record year after customers took out £1.049 billion in property wealth in...

Savills has set out its annual house price forecast for prime London - and after years of price falls, the prediction...

Despite the roaring housing market, a new report says that no fewer than 70,500 real estate and property businesses are showing...

OnTheMarket has announced that it’s reducing the amount it’s paying for PropTech supplier Glanty. Glanty is best known for its lettings platform teclet,...

Agents trade body Propertymark has given its verdict on yesterday’s Budget with this statement - “Some good news but it leaves...

Disclaimer: This article is intended for information only and does not constitute legal advice. As part of its 2020 budget, the UK...

Within weeks the focus of the industry will be on the White Paper to be issued on rental reform before Christmas. Let’s...

The property industry and its many stakeholders are key participants in a global digital transformation that has been underway for quite...

Almost a million tenants have built up rent arrears since March 2020, according to research by National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA)....

The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) – the umbrella property brand which incorporates well-known names such as EweMove, Ellis & Co, Martin...

Media reports suggest the government is considering offering grants to local authorities to purchase private family houses which are larger than...

Sinclair Taylor, the first company to offer debt solutions to estate agencies, has been acquired by The Broadriver Group, a diverse...

An announcement by Foxtons this morning says it is considering future options for its mortgage business, Alexander Hall. The announcement - made...

The Covid-19 crisis has been marked by so-called high-wealth households amassing savings and benefitting from rising house prices far more than...

A 3-2 loss on penalties. It’s sad and disappointing - desperately. Yet that gives way to pride when England’s performance across the whole...

One one in five first time buyers have been able to get a mortgage on the first attempt over the past...

The new Mayor of London, to be decided in an election tomorrow, has just received a six point set of demands...

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

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

An insolvency specialist is warning that the real estate sector of the UK is seeing more firms in financial distress despite...

The UK property market is always evolving but never as quickly as it is now. Traditional estate agents are seriously questioning...

Earlier this month, Fixflo held a webinar with David Cox, legal and compliance director of Rightmove, to discuss key government policies...

The government’s highly-anticipated Tax Day was just a damp squib.  That’s the view of leading analyst Anthony Codling, who says the almost complete...