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Another piece about conveyancing? Seems like it's been a bit of free-for-all in the last couple of weeks on the woes...

Property website Rightmove has calculated that yesterday’s interest rate rise – up 0.5% to 1.75% - will mean new first-time buyers...

Research over recent years has regularly pointed to the Bank of Mum & Dad being one of the UK’s biggest lenders,...

Late last week, Leeds Building Society announced that it would no longer lend on second homes to concentrate on first-time buyers...

A record share of buyers are leaving London to purchase their first home, research shows. Analysis by Hamptons found that a record...

As Britain’s housing boom continues,  SDL Property Auctions has warned of ten ways new homeowners could be fined up to £5,000...

Asking prices for typical first-time buyer homes and equivalent rents have risen three times faster compared with the pre-pandemic years, Rightmove...

With so many benefits including lower fall-through rates and quicker sales, it is no surprise that selling a property via auction...

In this Guides & Tips piece, the team at Together set out what Right to Buy is and who is eligible. If...

The other day I read a story here on Estate Agent Today, which was both depressing and inspiring. It reported a study...

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

The government is being urged to tailor its housing market reforms beyond solely focusing on first-time buyers. It comes as new analysis...

The Bank of England’s continued rise in interest rates – the latest being a shift up to 1.25% - is, in...

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

In the third part of this exclusive series with Homesearch’s chief operating officer, Sam Hunter, Angels Media’s Lee Dahill questions him...

Renewed calls are being made for an “urgent review” of stamp duty as research shows rising house prices mean first-time buyers...

A group of mortgage advisers has proposed a range of reforms to reduce barriers to home ownership for first time buyers. The...

The Bank of England raised interest rates for the fifth consecutive month yesterday. The cost of borrowing is now at a 13-year...

First-time buyers have admitted to feeling overwhelmed or scared to talk to estate agents about the homebuying process. A study of 2,000...

Property professionals and MPs were left wanting more after Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s much-anticipated housing announcements yesterday. Johnson yesterday promised a review...

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

The government is being urged to expand and make the Treasury’s mortgage guarantee scheme permanent and compulsory on home loans above...

Sales remain the predominant source of income for most estate agency brands, research claims. The analysis warns that agents shouldn’t ignore lettings...

There are whispers in Whitehall about plans to encourage pensioners to downsize with a stamp duty tax break. The move, first reported...

A survey among home movers has revealed support for making first-time buyers fully exempt from stamp duty and replacing the stamp...

It is no longer significantly cheaper to rent compared with making monthly mortgage payments, Rightmove claims, but raising a deposit remains...

A lack of mortgage knowledge could be holding buyers back, research claims. A survey of more than 1,000 consumers by Nottingham Building...

Buyers are being urged to act now to secure decent mortgage pricing as interest rates hit a 13-year high yesterday. The Bank...

A third of first-time buyers have had to reduce their budgets as a result of recent interest rate hikes and the...

Record numbers of buyers are now purchasing homes chain-free research suggests. Analysis by Hamptons has found that an increase in the share...

The pandemic may have helped first-time buyers get on the property ladder sooner but are they paying too high a price? Research...

It’s not an easy time for many renters (and homeowners). The cost of living is going up across the board for...

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

There’s been a huge rise in the amount of money contributed to the housing market by first time buyers. They paid over...

Features often overlooked by agents and buyers now, such as double glazing and insulation, are likely to become high up on...

The latest house price data from the Halifax shows another absolute record but with a sharply reduced monthly rise indicating a...

Boomin chief executive Michael Bruce wants government action to help save the housing market as the cost of living crisis grows.  Following...

The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper, revealed this morning includes a radical reshaping of the private rental sector. Section 21 eviction...

The average age at which someone buys their first home has risen to 32, up from 29 in 2011 and is...

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

From first-time buyers to serial investors, no two days are ever the same for a Sales and Investment Consultant at Walton...

For the first time since before the global financial crisis of 2008, the number of first-time buyers is estimated to have...

As agents return to work after the Christmas break, here’s an insight into possible new instructions. A quarter of owners apparently think...

This year, Londoners purchased 112,780 homes outside the capital, the highest number since 2007. New data, from Connells-owned agency Hamptons, shows that...

As we slide into Christmas, with the busiest levels of house buying since 2006 and activity still buoyant, I don’t think...

As 2021 draws to a swift close, there is much speculation about what 2022 will have to offer. Despite the emergence of...

The average first-time buyer’s home across Britain has increased in price by approaching £9,000 a year for the past decade. FTBs are...

A housebuilding-led mortgage indemnity scheme called Deposit Unlock has now been launched nationally with 17 major developers taking part. Nationwide is the...

It’s been a busy and arguably fruitful year for the property market, with an eager consumer base pushing forwards with their...

Annual house price growth increased to 8.1 per cent in October according to the Halifax.  The average UK property price is now...

In the Autumn Budget on Wednesday 27 October, very few impending tax hikes were revealed by the Chancellor Rishi Sunak –...

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee has defied expectations by keeping base rate at its historic low of 0.1 per...

At first glance, Rishi Sunak’s Budget speech earlier this week didn’t offer much from a property perspective. But digging down a little...

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

An interesting demand has been made of Chancellor Rishi Sunak - to consider reforming stamp duty with thresholds revised to reflect...

House prices rose by just 0.1 per cent in September - but they are still increasing by 10 per cent a...

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

The first agency to give its market forecast for 2022 and beyond has suggested an upbeat performance next year.  Hamptons says the...

Affordability has always been a hot topic when it comes to the property market, and this is doubly true for first-time...

It’s certainly the case that awareness of part exchange isn’t very high in the property and agency world, despite the potential...

The government has been warned that its much-talked about levelling up agenda is ‘doomed to fail’ without major reform of the...

First-time buyers are shifting to online-only banks to help get a mortgage. A survey by personal finance website NerdWallet found that with...

Record numbers of properties sold above asking price in August, agents claim. Data from NAEA Propertymark shows that despite the summer lull,...

First-time buyers are £25,000 worse off thanks to the stamp duty holiday, according to estate agent comparison site GetAgent. The website revealed...

The value of mortgage lending hit a record high in the final months of the stamp duty holiday. Figures from the Bank...

Rightmove claims to have identified the dream home for buyers. A survey of more than 2,000 visitors to the portal’s website has...

A surprise statement from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says the stamp duty holiday, which goes on until the end...

Does this photo drive you mad? Do you see it everywhere (including on Estate Agent Today stories)?  Who are these people and...

The chairman of the Commons housing, communities and local government committee has criticised the institutional bulk-buying of existing homes for denying...

The very strong housing market seen throughout this year is set to extend into 2022 as a stock shortage is forecast...

An estate agent says the housing market now has a hidden characteristic - an absence of homes that are friendly for...

The average asking price, as recorded by Rightmove, has fallen for the first time this year. In another sign that the market...

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

If you were hoping for a summer lull during August, think again. That’s the messages from Nicky Stevenson, managing director of Fine...

Londoners purchased over 60,000 homes outside of the capital in the first half of 2021 - and many of those buyers...

The stamp duty holiday came and went with much fanfare. For many buyers it represented a rare opportunity to make some...

Zoopla data has confirmed that buyer demand started to moderate in the months prior to the initial stamp duty holiday tapering...

A new Home Buyer App has been launched by the Mortgage Advice Bureau in a bid to educate first time buyers...

The distribution of home ownership across different generations has been a cause of strife according to a think-tank. The Resolution Foundation’s latest...

An authoritative study on the housing market has shown that the big losers from the pandemic have been first time buyers. The...

A traditional problem for agents has been ‘tyre kickers’ who come to view a home out of curiosity with little or...

An app that promotes both on- and off-market homes to prospective buyers has linked up with a moving service PropTech platform.  Houso...

Agents have given their backing to the government’s First Homes initiative, offering discounted houses for local people and key workers and...

The apparent plight of first time buyers hits the headlines frequently but new research shows that second steppers face a wide...

Nationwide Building Society is to become the largest mortgage provider to reintroduce 95 per cent Loan-to-Value home loans without government support.  These...

Over 300,000 new-builds in England have been purchased using the government's Help to Buy Equity Loan since its launch in 2013. Of the...

A first-time-buyer couple in a part of the country renowned for its second homes and shortage of stock has praised a...

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...

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

With property transactions taking longer than ever and many people operating at capacity, it is easy to overlook the progress made,...

Some 80 per cent of the property market will remain free of stamp duty for first-time buyers, even after the current...

New research shared with Estate Agent Today suggest that in areas of the country almost four in 10 homes for sale...

An agent in part of the UK with the strongest seller’s market claims the stock shortage is the worst he’s seen...

The latest Moneyfacts monitor of the mortgage market suggests a significant number of new 95 per cent products - even without the...

The Chancellor’s recent announcement that the stamp duty holiday would be extended for another three months was undoubtedly great news for...

Data from Rightmove suggests a sharp increase in the number of chain-free properties on the market because sellers are increasingly willing...

The Building Societies Association says there’s been a surge in consumer confidence in the housing market following the Budget. Some 37 per...

The property sector is in the middle of a boom and demand is high. Last week’s announcement that the stamp duty...

Mortgage availability has risen for the fifth consecutive month according to respected market monitor Moneyfacts. With 3,532 products on offer, this is...

The latest house price index from the Halifax suggests the market has softened ahead of the original scheduled end of the stamp...

Rarely do Budgets produce positive sentiments from the agency industry but Chancellor Rishi Sunak appears to have won widespread support for...

A new mortgage guarantee scheme to help buyers with small deposits will be revealed on Wednesday at the Budget. Chancellor Rishi Sunak...

A leading agent says the worst thing that could happen with Wednesday’s Budget is if the Chancellor does not deliver on...

Propertymark has slammed government energy efficiency proposals as being “unrealistic, too simplistic and could deter people from moving home.” A formal consultation...

The deadline to complete the purchase of a home under the current Help to Buy scheme in England has been extended...

There’s now more choice in the mortgage market than at any time since last March, before the pandemic reached a peak. The...

There is no scientific formula, no list of must-have elements in a successful campaign. That’s especially the case for a campaign involving...

Some 70 per cent of first time buyers in 2020 took out mortgages in excess of 25 years, says the Nationwide. A decade...

The latest Rightmove analysis shows it now takes 126 days from the time an offer is accepted until legal completion -...

High end agency Hamptons has quantified the trend of Londoners quitting the capital in the light of the pandemic. It says that...

If you fear the market will slow after Christmas, think again - Rightmove is expecting several months of frenzied transactions to...

A scathing document produced by MPs slams the government for its “deplorable” housing policies which are "invented, abandoned and reinvented" -...

Tenants, landlords, agents, and house buyers all breathed a sigh of relief on Halloween when the government announced that home moves...

The government has revealed new regional price caps for its revamped Help To Buy Equity Loan scheme, set to operate between...

A new report funded by high profile consumer champion Martin Lewis says the government must do more to help ‘mortgage prisoners’. These...

Figures just released from HM Revenue & Customs show just how much stamp duty buyers pay, at least before the current holiday...

Recent figures emanating from the mortgage and housing market suggest that – since lockdown was ended in mid-May – transaction levels...

One of Britain’s most respected agents is suggesting Chancellor Rishi Sunak could ‘taper’ the stamp duty holiday to avoid a cliff-edge...

Staying on top of the numbers and figures in a constantly changing industry can be stressful. Changing property prices can be...

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

Zoopla has been awarded £50,000 of premium ad space with the Telegraph Media Group in recognition of a campaign to help the UK...

The supply of homes coming to the market could struggle to meet the demand from buyers shown in recent weeks, with...

Many young people are stuck unable to purchase their first home even if house prices fall in the wake of the...

Zoopla's Research and Insight Director Richard Donnell writes: Just over a fortnight on since the Chancellor announced the Stamp Duty holiday and...

Emma Vigus, managing director of sales progression platform mio, in discussion with key suppliers in the residential property industry on operating...

Britain’s second largest lender is to offer 90 per cent loan to value mortgages once again from next Monday - a...

You have to feel for Rishi Sunak - well, at least a little. Leave to one side that he carries more presentational...

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

An analysis of Countrywide branch data outside London has revealed that one in 10 applicants who registered to buy were from...

A well-known saying in estate agency is that first-time buyers are the sellers of the future. If we believe this to...

Restrictions introduced a decade ago after the financial crisis are holding back many first time buyers from purchasing a home. That’s the...

The outlook for the housing market is still taking shape, but here I take a look at three market indicators to...

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

A Labour council in London has come out against the government’s plan to offer 30 per cent discounts to first time...

It seems an eternity ago but the housing market in February - that’s only last month - was in rude health...

New research of the buying habits of first-time buyers in the UK we’ve undertaken here at reallymoving.com shows that Shared Ownership...

The Bank of England has announced an emergency cut in the base interest rate to shore up the economy during the Coronavirus...

Earlier this month, Boris Johnson carried out a reshuffle of his cabinet, telling ministers they must 'repay the trust of those...

Despite still being in the transition period after leaving the EU on January 31, we are seeing an upturn in the...

Predictions that landlords are not buying properties to let out because of tougher rental taxes and regulations appear to be short...

The Financial Conduct Authority has issued a shock warning that mortgage borrowers who purchased properties through the Help To Buy scheme...

The HomeOwners Alliance, a leading property consumer group, has now suggested it has some concerns about the government’s First Homes scheme. This...

One of the leading consumer groups has backed the government’s controversial First Homes policy, which aims to give 30 per cent...

Now we’re well into the second month of the year, we have reached a crucial point in the ongoing plans to...

The government has announced its First Homes scheme - a policy under which it says some new homes will see their...

One of the country’s leading housing market research experts has been poached from Knight Frank to join Zoopla. Gráinne Gilmore - a...

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee meets today for its monthly decision on whether the move base rate - and...

The new government has announced that its first Budget is to be held on Wednesday March 11 - and it’s giving...

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

Barclays claims that property size and measurements are confusing home owners - and especially those considering going to the market this...

NAEA member agents have delivered a relatively downbeat forecast for 2020 - but the organisation says an injection of digital technology...

There are reasons to be optimistic that a majority government will improve the housing market, simply by ending political and economic...

The National Association of Estate Agents has given its analysis of 2019 - and it may have been a better year...

Rightmove predicts that the price of property coming to market in Britain will rise by two per cent next year. The portal...

Yes, believe it or not, we’ve nearly reached the end of a whole decade. And what an eventful decade it’s been. We’ve...

It’s a substantial Tory government for the next five years: what does this mean for estate agents, property and the market? We have...

Agents have welcomed the surprise news from the Halifax that house prices last month saw their largest rise since the start...

With Brexit still unresolved, the domestic agenda has been pushed from the headlines by the seemingly overwhelming public and political discord...

[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...

In just over two weeks, the UK population will head to the polls for the fourth general election since 2010. Of course,...

Recent Zoopla reports stating that first-time buyers are deciding against purchasing one-bedroom flats came as no surprise to me, or I’m...

Pressure is building on the Conservative party to honour its previous commitment to reform stamp duty for British buyers and sellers...

The head of a new property portal is urging agents to forget about spending money on For Sale and To Let...

It’s easier than you might think. For any agent the challenge of making a business successful is hard work with the focus...

There was an increase in the number of first time buyers getting on the property ladder in September compared to the...

The National Audit Office, a spending watchdog, has exposed the government’s Starter Homes policy with a damning critique of its failure The...

It has been said time and time again that the uncertainty around Brexit is causing, well, uncertainty. As I write this, the...

The number of new mortgages approved by banks fell to a six-month low in September - but the annual figure shows...

Young homebuyers want tech-savvy, astute and attentive estate agents who are able to handle their complex requirements via a range of...

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

Of all the UK properties for sale over the last year, 59% would have been exempt from any type of transaction...

The annual rate of growth of UK house prices has slowed to its lowest level since September 2012. Official government data from...

There's good news for the market in at least one sector - mortgages offered to first time buyers. Latest figures from the...

A report by the influential Public Accounts committee of MPs has been highly sceptical of the effectiveness of Help To Buy. It...

The new housing minister has admitted that her party has tried to “put a lid” on house price rises and has...

First time buyers will constitute the largest single group of purchasers in 2019, despite the apparent difficulties of deposits and securing...

It’s been six years since the Help to Buy scheme was launched, with the honourable intentions of helping more people onto...

It’s been quite a week for news so you might have missed this story - there is yet another boost for...

In the run up to his appointment as Prime Minister, Boris Johnson suggested that he might cut Stamp Duty Land Tax...

Brexit is not deterring first time buyers this year according to an analysis by the Yorkshire Building Society. It says that despite...

An online agency has struck out against the conventional wisdom that it’s tougher than ever before for first time buyers to...

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

A report by Santander says stamp duty cuts should be used as incentives for older home owners to downsize and allow...

New research has identified those local housing market potentially worst hit by the planned changes to Help To Buy in 2021,...

Seemingly-endless uncertainty over Brexit and now speculation over whether there will be an easing of stamp duty on transactions is making...

We now have a new Leader of the Conservative Party and, rather more importantly, a new Prime Minister. That individual is Boris...

Our own industry’s upheaval over recent years has been no less dramatic than the turmoil at Westminster. The political earthquake has seen...

Online estate agency Yopa is warning of price falls ahead in London and south east England - although price rises elsewhere...

Conservative leadership frontrunner Boris Johnson's plans to reverse stamp duty changes could help to kickstart the prime property market, according to...

Theresa May arrived in Downing Street some three years ago - but her premiership has not been a smooth ride. As she...

With this summer marking forty years since Margaret Thatcher came to power, her legacy continues to invoke both celebration and consternation...

Britain lives in fundamentalist black-and-white times - all the more surprising when the country's most divisive point of contention sits on...

The National Audit Office says many users of Help To Buy would have been able to purchase a home anyway, without...

The issue of ‘intergenerational fairness’ has been raised in recent weeks, some might say somewhat ironically by a House of Lords’...

With the UK population spending longer in rental accommodation, due to the upfront expense of buying a home, their time and...

It’s no secret that the UK’s housing sector is in crisis. Headlines scream about the shortage of new-build homes. TV pundits...

Whether it is legacy providers with new, young businesses, or large banks with PropTech startups, all types of cross-collaboration are vital. It’s...

Over the last few years, there have a number of changes to the stamp duty land tax (SDLT) regime, which have...

Estate agents have responded cynically to the small-fry property sector announcements made by Chancellor Phillip Hammond in yesterday’s spring statement mini-Budget. Overshadowed...

It’s not just the high-end market for homes in the south east that’s hit by Brexit according to the Guild of...

Cast your minds back to the summer of 2014. It’s 9.55 am somewhere in east London ‘Sorry I’m late’ offers the...

In these tougher times, we recognise that helping agents win new inventory is the key to their businesses.  There were more than...

Purchasing a property. It’s a key life goal that so many Millennials aspire to - yet one that has become frustratingly...

The 100 per cent mortgage for first time buyers, which many people thought had disappeared for good, is now back in...

A review of the housing market at present, particularly when it comes to purchase transactions, might not necessarily feel overly positive.  The...

I often speak of my wish to see property taken out of the hands of politicians. Indeed, this is likely to...

It’s the word on everyone’s lips: after two and a half years of debate, and months before that leading up to...

Phil Spencer is on the warpath against “constant tinkering” by government in housing matters - and instead, he wants the problems...

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

Uncertainty will be a key characteristic of the housing market for “the next few years” warns Countrywide - and not just...

An end-of-year analysis from the National Association of Estate Agents shows the state of the industry - and it confirms just...

Mainstream bank lending for house purchases grew by 3.6 per cent in October compared to the same month last year. However the...

A no-deal Brexit The biggest impact of a no-deal Brexit in relation to housing is a potential fall in house prices -...

The latest research from online estate agency Emoov shows at least one silver lining to the current Brexit-hit housing market -...

On the face of it, this year’s Budget was not what you could describe as ‘housing heavy’ in terms of the...

An open rental market, where neither landlord nor tenant is in a dominant position, enables rents to rise and fall, which...

Zoopla says 38 per cent of properties on sale have had their asking prices slashed. That’s a five per cent rise since...

We’re sorry to be starting the week with more evidence of the housing market in the doldrums, but Rightmove’s latest index...

I’ve spoken many times before of my desire to see government take property more seriously. For more than just lip service...

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

Landlords and letting agents might feel they’ve taken a bit of a battering from the government in recent years – and...

Owning a home has become almost impossible for many public sector workers across Britain, according to research from the union UNISON. Getting...

Speculation is growing that the Help to Buy scheme is set to be discontinued following a review by government ministers. Recent research...

Property sellers have been on the back foot over the slow summer period, according to the latest report from NAEA Propertymark....

Over a fifth of pensioners say they would be encouraged to downsize if there was a stamp duty incentive - particularly...

Some 31 per cent of first time buyers residing in London ended up moving away from the capital to purchase a...

More than 420,000 people have now used the government’s Help to Buy schemes to get themselves on to the housing ladder...

A respected mortgage broker has found that there is widespread public uncertainty amongst the public about the effects of stamp duty...

A government announcement this morning claims 121,500 first time buyers have taken advantage of the stamp duty cut introduced at the...

With the continued indecision surrounding Brexit and the final divorce settlement still months away, it seems property buyers are choosing to...

Another day, another housing minister – at least that’s what it feels like! The resignation of the Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson...

The consumer group Which? says some estate agents are misleading buyers about in-house mortgage services.  The consumer group has issued a number...

To say this is a turbulent time for UK politics would be something of an understatement. As I write, the Brexit...

Potential first-time buyers in every area of the UK would have lower monthly outgoings if they bought a property rather than...

The housing market “is clearly currently struggling to gain traction” and any real upturn ”will remain elusive over the coming months”...

One of the country’s leading experts on the housing market says first time buyers are still hampered from purchasing homes despite...

The housing market has swung back in favour of property sellers, according to the latest data from estate agents. NAEA Propertymark's Housing...

The Bank of Mum and Dad will provide funding towards around a quarter of property purchases this year, according to research. By...

Average first-time buyers in London spend double the amount paid by those across the rest of Britain. A typical London buyer now...

New data from Haart estate agency suggests that despite many homes sticking on the market, apparently would be buyers are locked...

James Brokenshire - yesterday appointed Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government - joins the rank of senior politicians...

Given the level of resource and energy being put behind upping the number of first-time buyers in the UK, you might...

Property purchases for buyers requiring mortgages reached 50,000 in February, the highest level for the month since 2007.  The data, from mortgage...

Gross mortgage lending is set to reach its highest level since 2007 despite Brexit, says the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association. But its...

The National Association of Estate Agents says the government’s first time buyer stamp duty incentive “seems to be having the desired...

One day, I’ll sit down to write for Estate Agent Today and I won’t express my dismay at the lack of...

Figures just released assessing February’s mortgage borrowing show that approvals are 1.25 per cent lower than in January, and are down...

In the great swathe of housing market data which is delivered each month, conveyancers’ case volumes often get overlooked, however the...

Scotland is considering giving first time buyers relief or exemption from Land and Buildings Transaction Tax - the replacement for stamp...

The number of first-time buyers has increased 16 per cent in the past month and 10 per cent year on year...

A partner at Carter Jonas says that the next 12 months could see stagnation in the market and as a result...

Rightmove’s former lettings chief Sam Mitchell has taken over as chief executive of online agency HouseSimple, which recently won another £20m...

One of the most influential select committees in parliament has told the government that it needs to do more - much...

A set of figures produced by Haart suggests the market has had a difficult past 12 months - but the firm...

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

Another new year is nearly upon us and, once we’ve got the season of mince pies, mulled wine, pigs in blankets,...

A survey of the housing market in 2017 from the National Association of Estate Agents suggests much of the busiest activity...

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

Here we are again: another much anticipated Budget has been and gone and, yet, still nothing much has changed! Yes, of course,...

As we hurtle towards the end of 2017, it’s time to reflect on the year that’s just been.   Even better, this property-based...

Earlier this week, Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered the Autumn Budget with a strong focus on housing.  The decision to cut stamp duty...

Agents and even the Labour Party have backed the government’s scrapping of stamp duty for first time buyers’ purchases up to...

The housing industry has set out a list of demands in advance of the government’s hotly anticipated Autumn Budget on Wednesday.  Despite...

Mortgage approvals are well above last year's levels despite concerns about the health of the housing market.  There were 66,185 mortgage applications...

The Bank of England has raised the base rate from 0.25 per cent to 0.5 per cent. The Bank’s monetary policy committee was...

With the Budget just over a month away, the steady stream of ‘leaks’ continues to grow as journalists and the industry...

Pressure is continuing to build on the government to reform stamp duty in next month’s Budget. Firstly a group of senior financial...

Stamp duty reform lies at the heart of the submission by the National Association of Estate Agents ahead of next month’s...

Conservative MP John Stevenson is the latest to throw his weight behind switching the burden of stamp duty from the buyer...

It appears activity in the housing market in 2017 will be around 15% down on 2016. The number of housing transactions...

With party conference season around the corner and the next Budget just a couple of months away, more industry players are...

Whenever any research is released, part of me can’t help thinking of that old adage, ‘lies, damn lies and statistics’ especially...

New data from UK Finance - previously the Council of Mortgage Lenders - paints a relatively optimistic assessment of the UK-wide...

Almost half of all property purchase valuations last month were conducted on behalf of first-time buyers according to Connells - well...

Agents say the latest Nationwide index showing a surprise rise in house prices does not change the fact that it is...

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

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

Government schemes like Help To Buy, supposedly assisting more people get on the ladder, have little impact on improving social mobility...

When it comes to provoking anger in property professionals, taxation takes some beating. Press releases are still arriving berating the December...

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

Home buyers borrowed £11.2 billion in March - down on the ‘stamp duty bonanza‘ period at the same time last year...

The boss of the UK's largest independent agency has called on the government to be 'radical' and consider a range of...

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

First time buyer registrations in the past month have jumped nearly 20 per cent across the UK and almost 30 per...

I wrote last month about how the Government, in introducing a 3% stamp duty surcharge on second homes, had scored an...

By Wednesday April 19th, a UK citizen, on an average income, had earned £7,789 from their day job so far this...

In recent years the mortgage industry has gone through some testing times. Recession and regulation have led to more stringent lending...

Mortgage brokers say they are encountering fewer difficulties sourcing products now than at any time for three years.  Research from the Intermediary...

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

The triggering of Article 50 may have been regarded as a historic event but it appears to have left the housing...