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If you want to hear of a tale for our industry’s times - featuring housing shortages, planning disputes, rampant  inflation and...

Have you heard of the Pareto Principle…? Named after economist Vilfredo Pareto, it describes the imbalance of most work-related events -...

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

Some people will say: What problem? But they are getting fewer as the detrimental effect of increasing numbers of short lets on...

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

Homeowners are being warned that their properties may inadvertently end up the Secret Property section of Boomin’s portal. Boomin’s Secret Property tool...

A new report wants the government to consider slapping Capital Gains Tax on profits made from appreciating house values for all...

A high-speed internet connection is the second most important factor for buyers after property size, a survey claims. And the study -...

The Halifax claims that homes with the highest energy ratings are worth up to £40,000 more on average compared to less...

There’s gathering momentum to do ‘something’ about the unfairness of council tax and stamp duty. This isn’t new in principle. Agents have...

Over a fifth of properties have risen in value by more than the average salary according to a calculation made by...

Research by an estate agency comparison service has revealed which type of road address produces the highest average price.  GetAgent has analysed...

Some 12 per cent of buyers will pull out of their transaction if it does not complete in time for their stamp...

A study by estate agency Coulters has revealed which areas of the country make the biggest savings courtesy of the stamp...

MPs lobbied by agents to extend the stamp duty holiday are staying firmly on the fence with standard answers and no...

Tens of billions of pounds of new taxes should be levied through a Capital Gains Tax imposed on main homes, not...

“Let’s Zoom later”, “are we Zooming in the morning or afternoon?” “Yeah, I zoomed the client earlier” – variations on these...

This is stating the obvious to estate agents but the government has revealed that homes near parks, gardens, playing fields and...

It’s been revealed this morning that the organisation behind a new clean-air website is encouraging buyers to seek reductions of as...

Ultra slow broadband speeds could knock a quarter off the value of a property according to research undertaken by online agency...

A homeowner in London has won a legal case against a chartered surveyor who failed to identify Japanese knotweed during a...

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

Prices have dropped 0.5 per cent in the past year according to LSL Property Services, the parent company of Your Move...

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

A leading property consultancy has called out Manchester as the location which has seen the highest urban price growth of anywhere...

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

The perils of property competitions and raffles have once again been demonstrated, this time with the Advertising Standards Authority upholding three...

The three per cent stamp duty additional properties surcharge is to blame for tumbling house prices in some of Britain’s holiday...

A housing market expert says agents should be more pro-active and explain to the public that contrary to popular belief, some...

A recent National Association of Estate Agents press release suggesting solar panels were among the “top things” to devalue a home...

Installing solar panels on your home makes no difference to how much it’s worth, according to two thirds of estate agents.     Research...

Gently rising house values in the mainstream market and problems facing the prime market in the capital mean that over half...

One of the biggest stories post-Brexit is how the housing market has proven to be more resilient than anyone could have...

George Osborne has claimed that average house prices could fall by up to 18% if the UK leaves the EU following...

We're all wise to the fact that spring is typically the busiest time of year for the property market. The financial...

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