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Strike remained in the red in the run up to its acquisition of Purplebricks last year and has new financial backing...

The best news for the property sector to come from Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget statement came not from any fiscal...

A baby born today will need to earn £95,121 to get on the property ladder, research suggests. The analysis forecasts that the...

The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has almost halved its house price forecasts after another relatively quiet fiscal update for the...

The times, they are indeed a-changin’. But what Dylan may not have appreciated, however, was how fast that change would be...

Average house prices will fall 3.6% in the first quarter of the year, according to forecasts by reallymoving.com. The research is based...

A new service has launched to provide buyers of prime and super-prime residential properties with an appraisal of the property’s suitability,...

The UK and Europe’s “house price correction” isn’t over yet but the market will perform better than expected, a ratings agency...

The housing sector remains locked in a buyers’ market and prices are unlikely to rise nationally this year, Zoopla claims. While some...

Knight Frank has revised its house price forecasts and said it now expects average values to rise this year rather than...

Winkworth's network completed sales for the year fell by some 19% in 2023, the agency franchise brand has revealed but it...

Mortgage lenders are expecting a quieter year for home loans in 2024. Forecasts from banking trade body UK Finance suggest lending for...

Lower interest rates and real wage growth will halt price falls next year but sales will remain lower, Hamptons has predicted  Forecasts...

The factor most likely to influence the housing market next year is entirely outside the industry’s control: the General Election. Knight Frank...

Rightmove is anticipating a 1% average drop in national asking prices by the end of next year. The latest forecasts from the...

Rightmove is expecting more money from agents this year and is also looking to grab a slice of the mortgage market. A...

House prices will fall 7.6% 'peak to trough' by the end of 2024, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has claimed...

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...

It’s that time of year already: Halloween’s happened, Bonfire Night’s blown itself out, and there’s now a feast of festivities leading...

Knight Frank has revised its house price forecasts and now expects a steeper market drop. The agent previously predicted a 5% fall...

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

House prices have fallen at the steepest rate since 2009, Halifax data shows. The latest Halifax House Price Index for August suggests...

If, like me, you’re an ardent England rugby fan or indeed a fan of rugby in general, you’ll be counting down...

Record numbers of homebuyers are set to get on the property ladder with the help of the “Bank of Family” this...

It won’t come as a surprise that forecasts show mortgage approvals will fall this year. But a new analysis says the drop...

OnTheMarket has admitted to shareholders that the cancellation of agent contracts has been “higher than expected”. In results from the company issued...

The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) has described its sales business as ‘operationally challenging’ for last year despite posting a record financial...

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

The RICS Residential Survey Report for March caused a bit of a stir this week – despite the fact that it...

The start of spring has coincided with buoyant housing market forecasts. Reflecting on a first quarter of 2023 which saw buyer choice...

February marked the slowest month for residential transactions in almost a decade, HMRC data suggests. New HMRC transaction figures shows the taxman...

Lower mortgage rates than the end of last year and slowing inflation should sustain the housing market as it enters the...

House prices will still come under pressure despite a better-than-expected economic outlook, Knight Frank claims. New analysis from the property brand claims...

The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has increased its expectations of a house price decline. The OBR, which keeps an eye on...

The number of properties advertised for sale in Scotland has increased by 75% in some parts of the country as vendors...

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

Chestertons has released its housing market forecasts for 2023, predicting that prices will only see a “slight dip” next year before...

The cost of living crisis and rising interest rates will lead to a decline in property transactions and mortgage lending next...

Is it really just a year ago that we were nervously wondering whether yet another Christmas would be Covid-affected? Little did we...

There are Christmas gifts aplenty waiting for agents who maintain their focus on marketing plans throughout December, according to The ValPal...

The property market is ‘recalibrating’ but should be seen in context of economic events, agents are being urged. Kris Mclean, managing director...

House prices are set to fall by 9% over the next two years, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) claims. The OBR,...

Most agents are falling foul of anti-money laundering (AML) rules by accident but the sector could face more compliance-related fines by...

House prices could fall by 10% next year as higher mortgage pricing and rising inflation dampen buyer budgets, Savills has warned. The agency...

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

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

A Bill to bring the Government’s Stamp Duty reductions into legislation reached its second reading in the Houses of Parliament this...

In a dramatic, fast-moving day, the Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng was sacked ahead of a press conference by Liz Truss which reversed the...

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

Lower income households and homebuyers could start seeing their mortgage options dwindle as interest rates rise and the cost of living...

Estate agency share prices had a mixed response to dire warnings about housing demand and prices issued by HSBC last week. The...

Hamptons is anticipating an 12% drop in property transactions across Great Britain next year as interest rate rises and the cost of...

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

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

Agents have been warned that they risk letting down their clients by denying the prospect of a housing market correction. Charlie Lamdin,...

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

A property expert has warned that the Bank of England’s gloomy economic forecasts and last week’s rise in interest rates could...

Rightmove has upped its house price forecasts for this year as new stock supply fails to keep up with demand. The portal...

Knight Frank has revised its house price forecasts upwards due to continually low levels of residential stock on the market. The agent...

Estate agents and sellers could be set to benefit from fewer fall-throughs this year but the costs of a collapsed sale...

House price growth is set to slow but talk of a correction is overstated, Savills claims. The latest house price forecasts from...

Buyers and sellers should focus on the Bank of England’s actions rather than words when it comes to the housing market,...

One of the country’s leading agencies says the recent and expected interest rate rises, and the surging inflation, will not blow...

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

The Bank of England has increased the base rate from 0.25 per cent to 0.5 per cent. This means a typical tracker...

Research based on questioning almost 1,000 estate agents suggests that around 70 per cent are set to expand their business this...

Fears that the housing market may be seriously damaged by the worsening economy led to share price falls for Rightmove and others...

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

Lenders’ umbrella group UK Finance has given its housing and mortgage market forecasts for 2022 and 2023 together, plus a year-end report for 2021. It estimates...

Data out today from Rightmove shows the predictable seasonal effect of around 0.7 per cent knocked off the typical asking price. The...

A leading agency has admitted that the uncertainty over the effects of the Omicron Covid variant has thrown forecasts for the...

Franchise giant Winkworth says at least eight new offices will open next year, following an upbeat performance in 2021. In a trading...

Strutt & Parker has revealed where it believes the housing market will see the largest demand in 2022, outside of London. The...

Official forecasts suggest house prices will rise for five years at least, although at well below the rate of growth seen...

We have all heard the terrible forecasts and listened to Sir David Attenborough’s speeches on the environment and the “we still...

An estate agency says it’s analysed the housing market’s long term cycles and forecasts that house price rises will continue -...

The first house price index for August suggests they rose 2.1 per cent in just a month - despite forecasts that the...

Scotland was the first UK nation to scrap the equivalent of its stamp duty holiday, yet already the official economic monitor...

House prices in Wales - where the equivalent of the stamp duty holiday has fully ended - rose to a new...

High end agency Strutt & Parker is doubling its prediction for this year’s house price growth. For the UK-wide mainstream market the...

Savills has revised its price forecasts for prime property market across the UK, but when it coms to prime central London...

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

One of the leading housing market analysts says some of the extreme house price rises seen this year could unwind during...

Demand for all types of houses, from terraced to detached, has more than doubled in the current housing market - creating...

Right now it seems that another day means another house price record, an all-time high for transactions, and a conveyancing log-jam...

The Bank of England’s deputy governor says it’s possible that the current housing market boom may continue even after the end...

Another leading research team in a major agency has revised upwards its forecast for the 2021 market. Savills revised its predictions recently...

Transactions and house price forecasts for the mainstream housing market are being revised upwards by Savills following the Budget. The new predictions follow an...

Savills has upgraded its house price and transaction forecasts following the Budget - and prime London, especially the centre, is tipped to...

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

Mortgage approvals declined slightly in January as the market braces itself for the end of the stamp duty holiday - currently...

New research from Propertymark suggests a typical fall through costs an agent £4,123.  The association says that if the stamp duty holiday...

A leading agency chief suggests there will have to be substantial bargaining between buyers and sellers as the stamp duty holiday cliff...

Homeowners staying at home during another lockdown are doing more than sharing memes of groundhog day or doing family quizzes on...

London buyers have been by far the biggest winners from the stamp duty holiday according to new research. The Keller Williams UK...

London’s largest independent estate agency, Dexters, suggests that the stamp duty holiday ending in 12 weeks time will have relatively little...

Well, what a year it has been for everyone, including the property market. I don’t think there’s anyone out there who...

The next Budget will be held on March 3 next year - in time for Chancellor Rishi Sunak to change his...

Fall throughs which could be avoided by Reservation Agreements have cost agency branches an average £10,000 per month. That’s the claim from digital...

Zoopla’s research team is anticipating the first quarter of next year will see the current boom continue as 100,000 additional sales...