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![Stamp Duty causes Sales Slump for investors in southern England](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/StampDuty-Image--400x310.png)
The proportion of buy to let properties purchased in Southern England fell to a record low last year, continuing a trend...
30 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![London’s next Mayor should build more affordable homes and back landlords](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
Propertymark, the leading membership body for property agents has written to London Mayor candidates highlighting proposals to tackle the unique housing...
30 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Big Demand for Small Properties as budgets tighten](/upload/images/shutterstock_1966564417.jpg)
Big demand for small properties has helped to drive growth in UK property prices in the early months of this year,...
29 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Government orders London Mayor to build more homes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/NewBuild-3-400x310.png)
The Government has taken the unusual step of intervening in the London Plan to boost housebuilding in the capital. Housing Secretary Michael...
19 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Greater London homes taking up to 147 days to sell – research](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-400x310.png)
It’s taking an average of 17.61 weeks to sell a property across Greater London, with some parts taking up to 147 days on...
20 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Crystal Balls - Who Knows What's Happening In 2024?](/upload/images/1%20-%20Proofed%20--%20EAT%20-%20IndustryViews301223%20.jpg)
The last thing you want as we rake through the dying embers of 2023 is a journalist’s prediction of what’s going...
30 December 2023
From: Features
![Bank of England to join Rightmove webinar today](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/Webinar-400x310.png)
Rightmove has secured guests from the Bank of England to join a live webinar for agents today. The event aims to break...
07 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![The UK regions with the highest and lowest average first-time buyer deposits](/upload/images/__thumbs/3%20deposit.jpg/3%20deposit__400x267.jpg)
The property market is unstable at the moment making it increasingly difficult for first-time buyers to get on the ladder. As a...
05 August 2023
From: Features
![Dexters looks to greater London to continue agency acquisitions](/upload/images/shutterstock_1559871887.jpg)
Dexters has hinted at more acquisitions, particularly around greater London. Andy Shepherd, chief executive of the London agent, suggested the brand is...
27 June 2023
From: Breaking News
!['Cheerleader’ estate agents take 11 weeks longer to sell listings - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HouseForSale_400x310.png)
A high-profile agency brand has hit out at “cheerleader’ estate agents” who it claims encourage vendors to push up the asking...
13 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Halifax reveals pandemic's legacy on the property market](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House-pounds_400x310.png)
The average price for larger detached homes has grown at almost twice the rate than for smaller properties such as flats...
28 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agent remakes East 17 Christmas classic](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Seasonal%20Photos/ChristmasSanta-400x310.png)
Agents at Greater London Properties have got into the festive spirit with what this editor secretly considers the best Christmas song...
21 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Reinvent then rent: could old commercial buildings boost rental stock?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-3-400x310.png)
In this guest piece, Andy Jones, Corporate & Build To Rent Director at LRG, looks at whether commercial property can help solve...
12 November 2022
From: Features
![Trick or treat? Agent conjures up Halloween marketing video](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Social%20Media/video400x310.jpg)
The team behind Greater London Properties (GLP) have come up with a Halloween marketing treat (or is it more of a...
31 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents facing falling demand as asking price cuts rise](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/DemandDown-400x310.jpg)
Property demand has dropped while price reductions have increased in recent weeks, data shows. Two separate pieces of industry data give new...
04 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency stock levels hit 15-month high - OnTheMarket](/upload/images/Logos/OnTheMarketLogo-New-2022-400x310.jpg)
The level of agency stock for sale is at a 15-month high but buyer and seller sentiment is now varying on...
16 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![OnTheMarket: SSTC listings in June surpassed stamp duty holiday rush](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertySold-400x310.jpg)
More properties went under offer in June 2022 than during the same month of the stamp duty holiday rush of last year,...
18 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Sales slowdown? Portal data suggests transactions are taking longer](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/property-sales400x310.png)
There are signs that properties are starting to take longer to sell. A lack of stock in recent months has meant agents...
16 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency stock ‘not hanging around’ as portal urges buyers to act fast](/upload/images/library/First-Time-Buyers-400x310.jpg)
Agency stock is shifting faster and buyers who hesitated last year are now finding it harder to afford similar priced properties,...
19 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![New London branch for agency in fast-emerging hotspot](/upload/images/library/London400x310.png)
The JLL property consultancy is opening a branch handling sales and lettings in an area of London often by-passed by rival...
25 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Stock Collapse! Agents suffer dramatic fall in number of homes to sell](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyMarket-2-400x310.jpg)
Agents have 21 per cent fewer homes on their books now than a year ago according to a quick buy company. In...
23 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Labour call for foreign-owned properties register](/upload/images/library/Labour-logo400x310.png)
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, wants the government to put a stop to the capital being used for international money...
07 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Call for under-occupying older owners to downsize](/upload/images/library/Downsizing-400x310.jpg)
Research suggests there are substantial numbers of older Londoners using too-large properties but unable to downsize because of a lack of...
04 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Hybrid agency rolls out nationwide - but with only 70 agents](/upload/images/Logos/Strike-Logo-400x310.jpg)
A hybrid agency that charges no fees to vendors but instead relies on referral fees for income has officially rolled out...
07 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Luckiest sellers of 2021 see price rises three times the average](/upload/images/Seasonal%20%26%20Holidays/2021MagnifyingGlass-400x310-min.jpeg)
Areas with the biggest house price growth of 2021 have seen the value of homes rise by three times the national...
30 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![High house prices here to stay thanks to Covid’s legacy](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket-400x310.jpg)
The lifestyle changes triggered by the pandemic are likely to have a lasting effect on the housing market, pushing property prices permanently...
08 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![New forecasting model says house prices to soar by 2031](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/EmptyHomes-400x310.jpg)
A new forecasting model from a consumer website is predicting that house prices will rise by an average 30 per cent...
06 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Still a Seller's Market - demand dips but supply shrinks further](/upload/images/library/UK-Houses-Row-2-400x310.jpg)
Yet another housing market snapshot is reporting the stock of property for sale plummeting further downwards. Property website Home says that while...
13 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Surge in sellers leaving London dates back to 2018, claims new analysis](/img/default/eat.png)
New research suggests that the number of owners enquiring to sell across Greater London has increased by 68 per cent since...
20 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Boom after boom - price rises now at seven year high says the Halifax](/img/default/eat.png)
Annual house price inflation is now at its strongest level in nearly seven years, says the Halifax House Price Index. The average...
08 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark heaps praise on government’s First Homes policy](/img/default/eat.png)
Propertymark has thrown its weight behind the government’s First Homes initiative, describing it as “creative” and saying it’s a sign of...
27 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![London agony goes on as sales in prime central area hit record low](/img/default/eat.png)
The Prime Central London pain throughout the pandemic can be seen by new figures just released by an investment consultancy, showing...
06 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Politicians told: Do your bit for homes, owners, buyers, renters](/img/default/eat.png)
The new Mayor of London, to be decided in an election tomorrow, has just received a six point set of demands...
05 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Prince Philip: how the property landscape changed during his century](/img/default/eat.png)
For many, the funeral of HRH Prince Philip will be a solemn affair, while for some it will also be a...
17 April 2021
From: Features
![Going Up! House price forecast for 2021 revised upwards by agency](/img/default/eat.png)
Another leading research team in a major agency has revised upwards its forecast for the 2021 market. Savills revised its predictions recently...
15 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Why automation could improve enforcement of PRS regulation](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s now more than a year since the government offered an additional £4 million to councils to combat rogue landlords. At the...
13 February 2021
From: Features
![40% price fall and 54% price rise - Prime London snakes and ladders](/img/default/eat.png)
An international property and residency consultancy claims the sold prices of homes in some prime London locations have collapsed by up to 40...
26 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Market still resilient but can it really withstand the Covid recession?](/img/default/eat.png)
A housing index says the market continues to defy Coronavirus and Brexit worries with asking prices up 4.9 per cent in...
15 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![League table of Britain’s biggest 2020 house price rises](/img/default/eat.png)
London and other urban areas dominate the league table of locations seeing the biggest house price rises of 2020. This is despite...
31 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Capital Gains Tax hike may LOSE money, says investment chief](/img/default/eat.png)
A leading property consultancy is suggesting that a possible increase in Capital Gains Tax could end up losing money for the...
10 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Your Christmas office pics - two crackers start the festive season](/img/default/eat.png)
We’re off and running with our annual showcase of the decorations and festivities in agency branches and for those working from...
02 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Huge over-supply means London facing “perfect storm” - warning](/img/default/eat.png)
The Home website, which publishes a detailed monthly snapshot of the market, has raised the alarm over London because of a...
18 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Coronavirus market impact - house moves down by a third](/img/default/eat.png)
The number of people moving home dropped by almost a third in the first half of 2020, as the global pandemic...
20 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Asking prices rise in every region for third successive month](/img/default/eat.png)
Asking prices are up again for a third consecutive month in all English regions and across Scotland and Wales. The measurement, from...
14 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Biggest monthly asking price rise for six years, says latest index](/img/default/eat.png)
The latest monthly index suggests that the average asking price in England and Wales has jumped 1.5 per cent in the...
16 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![220,000 London homes owned by Chinese: more to come, say agents](/img/default/eat.png)
Government figures show the 218,975 properties within Greater London have Chinese owners - and two agents say there will be more...
30 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - a bumper out-of-lockdown edition…](/img/default/eat.png)
As last Friday was the VE Day Anniversary bank holiday we have a bumper bundle of fund-raising activities to report on...
15 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Buyer confidence soars but stock for sale down 10% says latest index](/img/default/eat.png)
At the end of a strong week for housing market indicators, the latest survey from the website Home suggests a major...
17 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - massive premiums buyers pay for new-build homes](/img/default/eat.png)
New build homes cost 19 per cent more than comparable pre-owned properties according to a new survey - and sometimes 50...
16 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Second Home numbers take a hit because of stamp duty](/img/default/eat.png)
Government figures suggest that the number of second homes in the UK has dropped two per cent in the eight year...
09 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - agents who won some of the year’s most coveted awards](/img/default/eat.png)
Congratulations from everyone at Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today to all those who triumphed at the Relocation Agent Network...
26 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![False dawn for prime London market as Brexit chaos strikes again](/img/default/eat.png)
London Central Portfolio, the investment consultancy which saw signs of an upturn in the prime market in the capital this autumn,...
31 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Missing Links: London's golf courses have land to house a million people](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s bizarre but true (apparently). London’s golf courses could provide the land for homes that could house a million people. An interesting...
19 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Rock bottom supply levels help reinvigorate London’s sales market](/img/default/eat.png)
A rock bottom supply of homes on sale is helping to reinvigorate London sales according to a market monitor. The website Home...
16 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Ex-Foxtons agent launches first-ever buying service just for first timers](/img/default/eat.png)
A former Foxtons estate agent has set up a property finding service which is exclusively for first time buyers - believed...
13 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![London market improves thanks to buyers returning at last](/img/default/eat.png)
A housing market monitor that for some months has been pessimistic about London and the rest of the England and Wales...
05 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Third of London vendors slash asking prices pre-Brexit, says agency](/img/default/eat.png)
The London market has “plummeted” because almost a third of vendors have cut their asking prices in anticipation of Brexit. Using data...
27 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Prime Central London housing gloom may be lifting at last](/img/default/eat.png)
There may be signs that the gloomy housing market which has hit Prime Central London for some years may finally be...
31 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Transactions tumble but glimmer of hope in prime London market](/img/default/eat.png)
London Central Portfolio, a respected property consultancy that has been pessimistic about the market in prime areas of the capital, says...
25 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![‘Slowest June since 2013’ as homes linger longer on the market](/img/default/eat.png)
It's becoming increasingly difficult to sell a property, especially in those regions undergoing a price correction. That’s the verdict from Home, a...
14 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![London market gloom - is there light at the end of the tunnel at last?](/img/default/eat.png)
Might the central London market gloom be broken by just a sliver of light? London Central Portfolio, an investment consultancy, has recently...
21 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Complaints against agents on the rise, says Property Ombudsman](/img/default/eat.png)
The Property Ombudsman (TPO) has released its annual report for 2018, showing a 16% rise in the number of complaints made...
08 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![“Sales go on falling and falling” warns London property consultancy](/img/default/eat.png)
Respected investment consultancy London Central Portfolio is warning that “sales go on falling and falling” across the capital, fuelled by Brexit...
30 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Named and shamed: property portal database of rogue traders includes murderers](/img/default/eat.png)
The controversial property portal Propertyheads has compiled a blacklist of tradesmen who have a criminal record. The website says this is the...
26 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agency shuts key office as London hit by more transaction and price falls](/img/default/eat.png)
Another estate agency has closed one of its prime London offices as the capital’s most exclusive areas continue to be hit...
26 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![Brexit backfires as it brings in flood of foreign buyers - new figures](/img/default/eat.png)
If anyone thought Brexit may allow domestic buyers a bigger share of the market, think again: no fewer than 57 per...
18 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![New-build premiums may have to be cut to maintain sales - warning](/img/default/eat.png)
A respected property investment consultancy is warning that the current premium put on the prices of new-build homes - around 15...
29 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Micro-homes: could they solve the first time buyer crisis?](/img/default/eat.png)
A think tank is suggesting that micro-homes could be the answer to London’s shortage of available homes for first time buyers. The...
22 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Winkworth: lettings now 50% of turnover as sales market remains weak](/img/default/eat.png)
A statement this morning by franchise agency Winkworth says lettings and property management now accounts for 50 per cent of its turnover. The...
16 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![“Brexit’s not to blame” for housing market doldrums](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the country’s most detailed housing market forecasts for 2019 suggests house prices will fall in London and nearby regions...
27 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Brexit Bedlam: Rightmove and agency give housing market warnings](/img/default/eat.png)
The chief executive of online agency HouseSimple says “sellers need to be prepared and willing to lower their expectations” in the current...
07 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Havoc, Grim and Short Term - Property taxes under fire once again](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s Budget day and the government is once again on the receiving end of a blast from one of the country’s...
29 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Shock as Foxtons announces closure of flagship Park Lane office](/img/default/eat.png)
Foxtons is shutting its Park Lane office - the flagship of the agency in prime central London’s Mayfair. Estate Agent Today was...
08 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Market woe as prices dip further - but there is some good news too](/img/default/eat.png)
House prices fell further this month as the slowdown tightened its grip according to he latest data from property platform Home. It...
13 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![New property listings plummet for third month claims online agency](/img/default/eat.png)
New data reveals that new property listings have fallen for three successive months - and that includes a huge 17.1 per...
13 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![More mixed messages from London as agents report contrasting figures](/img/default/eat.png)
The London market continues to produce unexpected results with two high end agencies reporting contrasting fortunes. Half year figures released by Chestertons...
07 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Another day, another gloomy report about London house sales](/img/default/eat.png)
Prices and transaction volumes have both fallen again in Prime Central London according to the index produced by Central London Portfolio,...
01 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Online agency share now hits 8% of the market says new survey](/img/default/eat.png)
Over 15,000 households have exchanged after listing with an online agent in the second quarter of 2018 - that’s eight per...
11 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Transactions plummet across UK and particularly London](/img/default/eat.png)
Transactions across Greater London have plummeted - they were down 7.9 per cent over the past three months and a whopping...
26 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![London homes now take 17 weeks to sell thanks to market over-supply](/img/default/eat.png)
New figures from Hometrack show that a typical home in Greater London now takes 17 weeks to find a buyer -...
25 April 2018
From: Breaking News
![New house price index claims superiority over rivals - even Land Registry](/img/default/eat.png)
Investment consultancy London Central Portfolio has launched a new index which it claims uses “the most comprehensive data available” to assess...
07 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![Revealed: the cities with the largest price rises over the past 10 years](/img/default/eat.png)
Lloyds Bank has revealed a league table of the cities which have seen the highest price growth over the past decade...
02 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Halifax and Nationwide price indices slammed as out of date by rival](/img/default/eat.png)
House price indices provided each month by Halifax and the Nationwide have been branded as “misguiding” and “out of date” and...
01 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![London prices to dip again in 2018 although UK-wide prices to rise 1%](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the last major estate agencies to give its forecast for 2018 says London prices will drop another 0.5 per...
06 December 2017
From: Breaking News
![Ho Ho Ho - more pictures of your festive decorated offices](/img/default/eat.png)
Agents look like they’re getting into their decorative strive - here are two more terrific-looking offices sent in by our readers. If...
01 December 2017
From: Breaking News
![The winners are.... this year's Relocation Agent Network awards](/img/default/eat.png)
Members of the Relocation Agent Network are celebrating after a successful annual awards event in London, combined with keynote conference sessions...
22 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![More agencies report slowdown in price growth and sales](/img/default/eat.png)
Your Move and Reeds Rains, both part of LSL Property Services, are the latest agencies to admit a slowdown in house...
14 November 2017
From: Breaking News
!['One in eight transactions in 2017 has been subject to gazumping'](/img/default/eat.png)
Some 12 per cent of transactions in England and Wales so far this year have been subject to gazumping, being sold...
03 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![Savills' gloomy market warning on sentiment, Brexit and interest rates](/img/default/eat.png)
Savills has given a pessimistic outlook for the mainstream housing market for the next five years. It says average house prices across...
03 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![The 'Golden Age' of house price growth is over, admits estate agency](/img/default/eat.png)
The first of the major estate agency research teams to offer a forecast for the 2018 market has kicked off the...
02 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![Slash stamp duty by a third, estate agency tells government](/img/default/eat.png)
Jackson-Stops & Staff, a critic of the stamp duty system since its reform in 2014, now says the government should slash...
31 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Countrywide says Brexit is biggest risk to housing market](/img/default/eat.png)
Countrywide has issued forecasts for the housing market over the next two years amidst a warning that Brexit volatility is the...
21 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![20 London areas now average over £5,000 per square metre](/img/default/eat.png)
Twenty areas in Greater London have an average price in excess of £5,000 per square metre according to new research from...
08 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Property auctions market round-up Q2 2017](/img/default/eat.png)
With several agent partner programmes available across the country, estate agents can often increase business by offering sales by auction, with...
22 July 2017
From: Features
![Housing market in a period of stagflation claims website](/img/default/eat.png)
The UK property market has entered a period of stagflation where house price growth is consistently lower than the rate of...
14 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![More details emerge of Purplebricks' LPE expansion programme](/img/default/eat.png)
Purplebricks has released more details of expansion plans to recruit hundreds of additional Local Property Experts. The recruitment drive was launched yesterday...
12 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![Most £1m-plus sales this year likely to take place outside Greater London](/img/default/eat.png)
Gently rising house values in the mainstream market and problems facing the prime market in the capital mean that over half...
12 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![Foxtons to face tough second half of 2017 says City analyst](/img/default/eat.png)
Foxtons - a company seen by many as a barometer of the London housing market - is likely to face a...