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We’ve had the Bank of Mum and Dad so is the next big thing to hit the market a growing number...

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

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

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

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

ZPG has published its half-year figures this morning showing a six per cent rise in the number of agents and a...

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

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

Cash is becoming an increasingly large proportion of the funding used to buy homes according to a new analysis of transactions...

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

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

I was recently contributing to whitepaper by a major bank about the future of the property industry and, as I was...

Ten years ago this month (April 2007) tenancy deposit schemes were first introduced in England and Wales.  You need to go a...

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

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

Research from the consumer organisation Which? claims that first time buyers are typically saving for anything up to a decade for...

The Property Ombudsman has reiterated its new guidance in relation to agents accepting pre-contract deposits in certain circumstances. Estate Agent Today reported...

The Property Ombudsman’s office has defended a change to its code of practice which, according to a national newspaper, means agents...

There were an estimated 354,000 homemovers in 2016, a fall of 4% compared to the 367,000 recorded the previous year. Analysis by...

Moneyfacts, the independent financial products monitoring service, says first time buyer have a lot to thank Help To Buy for -...

A remarkable survey conducted by a crowdfunding platform suggests that young Londoners on an average annual salary of £34,320 may have to...

Research from the consumer organisation Which? suggests that the number of mortgages on the market has increased by 13 per cent...

Fears raised over the UK housing market in the wake of the Brexit vote have so far proved to be ‘wide...

For many people buy-to-let continues to look an attractive income investment at a time of low saving rates and stock market...

An influential backbench Conservative MP is the latest to speak out, urging the government to resolve the growing argument over the...

The National Association of Estate Agents has waded into the row created by the revelation that the government’s Help To Buy...

The Daily Telegraph appears to have exposed the government’s much-vaunted Buy To Let ISA scheme - billed as helping first time...

Rentplus, a business providing Rent To Buy homes, has announced that it has new funding of £20m - on top of...

With ever increasing obligations, estate agents know that compliance matters now more than ever.  However, being able to obtain access to the...

A housing body says that, rather than presiding over a worsening housing crisis as many suggest, David Cameron has actually left...

As I sit and write this piece, even with the FTSE 100 back up and sterling having recovered some of its...

No fewer than 44 per cent of ‘second time’ buyers have no plans to save for a deposit to buy their...

A developer is making an offer to buyers of selected units at his new scheme in Slough - buy now but...

So what is it with young people failing to stand up for themselves and not making the most of their money...

Conveyancing firm My Home Move has come up with an interesting view of how the housing market could look if -...

First time buyers with small deposits are among those likely to suffer as a result of new regulations on credit risk...

Respected housing analyst Kate Faulkner is accusing campaigning charity Shelter of ignoring key facts and scaremongering about the alleged difficulties of...

The average deposit paid for a Greater London property is over two and a half times larger than a home outside...

Hamptons International says single first time buyers and couples can significantly cut the time it takes to save for a deposit...

This week, as the title suggests, I turn my attentions to the world of deposit protection schemes. Landlords have been legally obliged...

The Haart agency claims the number of first-time buyers looking to enter the market saw a 22.7 per cent increase on...

The average deposit for a property has risen 15 per cent in the past year and now stands at over £80,000...

The number of first time buyers is estimated to have totalled 310,000 in 2015, virtually unchanged over the past year despite...

Who are you? I’m the Head of Redress at the Property Redress Scheme. I previously worked for Legal & General PLC dealing...

Over one in 20 home buyers this year used a gift for all or part of their deposit, helping to fund...

The number of first time buyer transactions in October stood at 28,100 - a drop on previous months despite the fact...

The number of house purchase mortgage approvals has risen by 19.8 per cent over the last 12 months.  Data from eSurv suggests...

Agents' Giving: No less than £20,000 has been raised at the Agents Giving Ball where Phil Spencer and 240 of the...

Agency chain Haart says UK-wide property prices have risen 7.3 per cent annually and 0.9 per cent in the past month.  It...

Over 64,000 property purchases over the last year involved the buyer relying on a gift of cash for all or part...

We’ve had a flurry of data for all of us involved in the property sector to mull over on our sun...

An out-spoken estate agent has claimed that first-time buyers in the North East of England will need to save deposits of...

Young prospective buyers will be able to pay the equivalent of rent on a property which they then go on to...

First time buyer registrations have plummeted over the past year and the average price of a home purchased by FTBs has...

After the passing of the Deregulation Act deposits deadline this week, Richard Price, Executive Director of UKALA, is in a contemplative...

A north of England firm that claims to offer a more affordable route into home ownership than available with a conventional...

The National Association of Estate Agents says HMRC have been making unscheduled visits to individual agency offices to check on their...

An estate agency has been criticised for taking fees from buyers and vendors, known as ‘double-charging’. Over the weekend The Guardian published...

Earlier this week we passed the official deadline for letting agents to fully publicise their fees as well as providing evidence of...

In 2007, the government introduced a compulsory deposit protection scheme as part of the Housing Act 2004 to help protect tenants...

The Conservatives’ election victory came as a surprise, so much so that television pundits spent all night after the vote rubbishing...

Watch the latest weekly video roundup of news from Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today, featuring stories on a London...

The Brian Cox estate agency, at the centre of a weekend newspaper allegation about £2,000 deposits from buyers, has strongly defended...

An estate agency says it is returning money to buyers after a newspaper revealed it was demanding would-be purchasers paid the...

I write this article on the day of the General Election so you’ll forgive the political analogies. In particular, how any...

A scam property fund has been wound up on the recommendation of the Financial Conduct Authority after glaiming to offer guaranteed...

It is to the credit of our political parties - and our own industry’s lobbying - that so many housing-related matters...