Having spent more than three decades working in the property sector, I’ve come to the conclusion I’ve pretty much seen it...
Archive
17 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Jonathan Rolande: How I would rescue the buy-to-let sector](/upload/images/shutterstock_1641632506.jpg)
Every year the media writes a lot about house price crashes, and often pose the question whether this is the year...
23 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![JONATHAN ROLANDE: A week is a lifetime in the property market](/upload/images/shutterstock_2218189005%20(1).jpg)
If a week is a long time in politics, then I’d say it’s a lifetime for anyone working in the property...
16 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Homeowners ‘unphased’ by cooling house prices - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House_pound-400x310.png)
Homeowners are largely unconcerned about cooling house prices, research suggests. Instead, they are more concerned about having their own home than sitting...
12 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Jonathan Rolande: Separating fact from fiction](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
The National Association of Property Buyers’ Jonathan Rolande gives his take on another manic week for the property market. Like many working in the...
14 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Jonathan Rolande: The market has coped with darker clouds](/upload/images/shutterstock_120362527.jpg)
The past seven days have seen a string of stories across the media relating to the property sector. Reports have revealed how...
09 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![House price growth slows but remains positive - Halifax](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_400x310.png)
The latest Halifax House Price Index gave estate agents renewed optimism last week amid the ongoing market crash debate after the...
11 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Landlords prepare to be buy-to-let losers](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/openpropertygroup400x310.jpg)
Mortgage rate hikes have already halved landlord profits according to latest research, and a base rate rise to 2.5% will see...
02 November 2022
From: Features
![Price rises of up to 5% into 2023 still possible, says property expert](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_400x310.png)
House prices in some regions of the UK could continue increasing, despite concerns over the economic downturn and forecasts of house...
10 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – why brand reputation is more crucial for smaller firms](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
In tougher times – as is the case now, post-Covid, post-Brexit, cost-of-living crisis, war in Ukraine, etc – reputation and consumer...
08 October 2022
From: Features
![Getting Britain moving? Truss needs to do much more to reassure property market](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/LizzTrussPM-400x310.png)
As I watched Liz Truss take to the stage at this week’s Conservative Party conference, my eyes were drawn to the sign behind her. “Getting Britain...
08 October 2022
From: Features
![Property market aims to define a housing crash](/upload/images/library/HousePricesFall-400x310.jpg)
Property professionals and commentators have begun pondering an official definition of a house price crash. It comes amid forecasts that house prices...
01 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property commentator turned TV host slams talk of house price crash](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket-400x310.png)
Russell Quirk has gone from online estate agency founder to PR guru and property commentator, but has now added national talk show...
30 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Slowdown or house price cliff edge? It's too early to tell](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyMarket-1-400x310.jpg)
Right now, one topic seems to be dominating talk in the industry. Everywhere I go people tend to quiz me about...
25 June 2022
From: Features
![Expert’s shock warning: “Don’t buy until ‘price bubble’ bursts”](/upload/images/library/HousingBubble-400x310.jpg)
A property finance expert is telling buyers to sit on their hands and not commit to purchases - as he believes...
22 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Brexit causing unprecedented damage to housing market says Reapit](/img/default/eat.png)
A 36 per cent collapse in sales between November and January has created an “unprecedented” five year low in the number...
19 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![Emoov boss in Twitter outburst describing Mark Carney as dangerous](/img/default/eat.png)
Bank of England governor Mark Carney says a no-deal Brexit exit could lead to a 35 per cent house price crash. The...
14 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter - a short history of estate agency](/img/default/eat.png)
Property has been changing hands for centuries, but when did estate agents as we know them today – with their branches,...
04 August 2017
From: Features
![Bank warning that Brexit could burst central London housing bubble](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the world’s leading financial institutions, UBS, says any sustained economic recession triggered by Britain’s departure from the EU could lead...