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The plight of the nation’s first-time buyers may be the focus when it comes to government housing initiatives, but our latest...

The Government may have backtracked on plans for 100% loan-to-value (LTV) mortgages but Yorkshire Building Society has come up with its...

The number of sales agreed is on the rise and the Somerset town of Chard has become a new hotspot, Rightmove...

Conveyancers shouldn’t give buyers and sellers assurances about building safety remediations unless they are confident doing so, the Law Society has...

Five years ago, Lettings expert, Tim Lawler, wrote an article for Estate Agent Today charting his early experiences of setting up...

The number of first-time buyers fell by a fifth last year but this cohort still made up the largest proportion of...

Parliamentary news may have been dominated by the fallout from the Rwanda Bill yesterday but another important piece of legislation also...

This year has seen an ongoing cost-of-living crisis, fluctuating mortgage rates, rising rents, and the threat of falling property prices. Although average...

What will happen to house prices? Should I rent or buy? Will a Labour or Tory Government be better for homeowners....

The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill passed its second reading in Parliament last night. Housing minister Lee Rowley pledged that the legislation...

The long-awaited Leasehold and Freehold Bill is set to be unveiled in Parliament today. The Bill aims to make it cheaper and...

The United Kingdom stands on the precipice of a historic overhaul in property ownership. With the King's speech unveiling the anticipated...

The Autumn Statement ended up being silent on Stamp Duty reforms and direct housing market stimulus but there were some nuggets...

By Kevin Shaw, National Sales, Managing Director, Leaders Romans Group This year has seen an ongoing cost-of-living crisis, fluctuating mortgage rates, rising...

Three members of the Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners take a brief look at some of the trials and tribulations awaiting...

Campaigners and commentators have reacted cautiously to leasehold reform proposals put forward in the King’s Speech. The King took part in his...

All new houses in England and Wales will have to be sold as freehold properties under government plans to phase out...

By Kevin Shaw, National Sales Managing Director, Leaders Romans Group As the cost-of-living crisis continues to impact the UK, many of us...

Savills has expanded its residential sales teams in south west London with the appointment of two associate directors. Oliver Morley joins as...

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

Hamptons is warning landlords disillusioned with buy to let that they may have missed the top of the sales market -...

It is no secret that our climate is getting warmer. 2022 was one of the six warmest years on record globally,...

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

Flat owners have seen their service charges rise by 8% over the past year, research suggests. A new service charge index launched...

Semi-detached houses are currently the fastest-selling type of property in the UK, research suggests. Analysis of 101,126 house sale transactions by home...

The Labour Party has pledged to introduce legislation within its first 100 days of Government to abolish leasehold if it wins...

The proportion of new homes sold off-plan across England & Wales has slipped to the lowest level since 2013, new data...

In simple terms, as you are probably aware, ‘lenders’ are the organisations who loan you something, in this case money to...

Annual house price growth dropped for the fourth month in a row in February and dropped further into negative territory on...

Property professionals have given their backing to new guidance on cladding. A webinar poll by Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS) has revealed that...

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

The number of home sales being agreed is now back to its pre-pandemic level for the first time since before the...

You don’t need me to tell you that buy to let has had a torrid time of it lately. For agents trying...

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

The average price for larger detached homes has grown at almost twice the rate than for smaller properties such as flats...

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

From the 23 January 2023, the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 came into effect for multi-occupied residential buildings. This is what...

Over the last few years, the property industry has been focusing on the need to provide more information to buyers ‘up...

Property developers and policymakers have been warned about copycat cases following a Supreme Court decision this week that ruled neighbours of...

The pandemic has left a “structural and lasting impact” on London’s property market, Chestertons claims. Analysis of Land Registry data by the...

It has been a busy start to the year for job moves. If you want your jobs or appointments news to feature...

Should commercial properties be converted into homes? I think so. I don’t mean the upscale barns becoming large houses, or the fashionable...

It used to be that you couldn’t leave home without two things. Your wallet and your keys. Time has moved on a...

It used to be that you couldn’t leave home without two things. Your wallet and your keys. Time has moved on a...

If journalists believed everything they received in their inboxes, you’d be forgiven for thinking the private rental sector was a shiny,...

The EWS1 bottleneck familiar to the new-build market has started spilling into the secondhand homes market, an agent claims. New-build homeowners have...

In this feature, Jonathan Daines looks at how landlords can do their bit to make the rental market greener. Global leaders have...

Fall-throughs are up and the number of properties under-offer in prime London areas has fallen below the pre-pandemic average for the...

In this guest piece, Andy Jones, Corporate & Build To Rent Director at LRG, looks at whether commercial property can help solve...

There have been plenty of new jobs being started outside of Wesminster this month. Here are some of the latest moves that...

New-build buyers will save on average around £2,600 a year in energy bills, research claims. Analysis based on Government’s Energy Performance Certificate...

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

Winkworth has claimed to have sold more properties than any other agent during the first half of the year. The bold claim...

In a welcome return to a favourite series of mine - and a timely one at that, given the current back...

Despite all the controversy surrounding it in recent years, and various government attempts to address the leasehold scandal, new research from...

A few weeks ago, we saw widespread disruption due to record breaking 40°C heat in the UK. The extreme temperatures caused...

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

Prime London sales activity remains above pre-pandemic levels despite an annual drop, figures suggests. Analysis of the prime London market for the...

The housing market appears almost as stubborn as now caretaker Prime Minister Boris Johnson as it continues to defy predictions of...

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

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

Images can have the ability to paint a vivid image, but video content can take this to the next level if...

It’s the fifth anniversary of the Grenfell fire tragedy, but are high rises any safer today than they were then? On 14th...

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

Prime Minister Boris Johnson recently announced that he is considering extending Margaret Thatcher’s Right-to-Buy scheme, that gives council tenants the chance to...

Houses continued to be the preferred property type for prime London buyers last month as flat sales continue to struggle amid...

The property market is bracing for the start of the slowdown in the rate of house price growth.  The Halifax House Price...

Savills has opened its 10th office in south west London. It takes its London presence to 42 residential branches and 132 across the country...

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

A leading business analyst says that house prices may appear to be defying gravity but they will soon return to normality...

The extreme shortage of properties for sale has fuelled the first rise in new homes sold off-plan since 2016.   In 2021 some...

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

The latest government house price data has sparked a fear that the market may be heading towards an affordability crisis. The Office...

A so-called Climate Innovation District is to be constructed in central Leeds with low carbon homes at its heart. The developer Citu...

A shift is occurring in the rental market across the UK. The Government is planning to reform the sector with increased...

A developer has converted a 1979s office block into flats which are now being sold as £180,000 to £215,000 work from...

The market boom goes on, for now at least. In February, house prices rose at their fastest since June 2007 according to...

Welcome to the latest edition of Property Jobs Today, your chance to catch up with who’s going where and why in...

Yesterday we reported on how the Chartered Institute of Taxation was warning of problems with new HMRC stamp duty rules to...

HM Revenue & Customs has been warned by financial experts that its latest crackdown on stamp duty abuse could make the...

A financial analyst says there could be tough times ahead for the housing market, despite another upbeat set of figures regarding...

Some regional property markets are perilously close to running out of any stock to sell. That’s the news from property data...

A leading buying agency says that while prime central London’s property market shows clear signs of recovery, a weak area remains...

An estate agency is running a competition to encourage residents to photograph badly-located For Sale and To Let boards. The Basingstoke branch...

London’s super-prime residential market has recorded its strongest year since 2013, according to high end agency Savills. In total, there were 522...

Strong house price growth since the pandemic began has boosted seller gains with the typical vendor who bought two decades ago...

Leaseholders in lower-rise blocks of flats will not have to take out loans to remove dangerous cladding under new government rules...

Rightmove has identified the UK’s strongest sellers’ market - and it’s in Easton, Bristol. Four of the top 10 sellers’ markets are...

By the end of 2021, one in 16 homes will have changed hands, making it the busiest property market since 2007...

Hello and welcome to a new week - and even as Christmas approaches there remains plenty to report about people moving...

The latest update on the prime central London market from agency Knight Frank warns that it’s still not business as usual,...

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

A business analyst is warning that the growing emphasis on energy efficiency of homes could spell trouble for the value of...

Rightmove has revealed the strongest markets for sellers and buyers this autumn.  Grays in Essex has topped the list of the strongest...

The average price of a house in the UK has hit £250,000 for the first time as the  market shows no...

House prices rose by the most in almost 15 years in September ahead of the end of the stamp duty holiday.  The...

Prices in prime central London have risen for the past two quarters, prompting a tentative claim that the market may be...

Zoopla has calculated how much the average house price has risen every single day since the start of the pandemic in...

Every agent likes to have their phones ringing off the hook. So London agent Robert Irving Burns must have been excited when...

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