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Estate agents are in a unique position – we handle the meeting of people’s aspirations probably more than any other profession....
21 May 2022
From: Features

Agents have heralded the beginning of the house price slowdown. The latest Land Registry House Price Index yesterday showed values increased by...
19 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Buyers and sellers should focus on the Bank of England’s actions rather than words when it comes to the housing market,...
16 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The number of areas where the average house sale price exceeded £500,000 has surpassed 15% of Great Britain for the first...
16 May 2022
From: Breaking News
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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...
14 May 2022
From: Features

The limited amount of property stock continues to push up house prices despite cost of living concerns, surveyors claim. The latest RICS...
12 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Rising house prices have rendered the government’s Help to Buy ISA scheme useless, an analyst claims. The Help to Buy ISA saving...
12 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The prime country market outside of London appears to be booming again in a rush to beat a slowdown in house...
12 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The property market is bracing for the start of the slowdown in the rate of house price growth. The Halifax House Price...
09 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) has long been the bugbear of many property transactions. Even the very wealthy will lose interest...
07 May 2022
From: Features

Buyers are being urged to act now to secure decent mortgage pricing as interest rates hit a 13-year high yesterday. The Bank...
06 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The property supply shortage may be easing but Zoopla has warned it will still take some time for stock to be...
04 May 2022
From: Breaking News

April looks set to go down as the busiest month for house sales of the year. And with record numbers of properties predicted...
30 April 2022
From: Features

The property recruitment market seems to be moving as fast as house prices. Here are some of the latest moves that took...
29 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Estate agency recruiter Josh Rayner has said job demand is at the highest level he can remember. Rayner, who runs property jobs...
28 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Rising house prices boosted HMRC’s coffers during the previous tax year. Analysts suggest the booming housing market has meant HMRC has attracted...
27 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Properties are selling faster than ever either at or above asking price, Rightmove claims. It comes as the portal revealed that the...
25 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A property expert has predicted that mortgage applicants are likely to find it 'much harder' to be approved for loans as...
19 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Homeowners are now earning almost as much from their property as they are from their salary after prices hit new highs. The...
08 April 2022
From: Breaking News

The pandemic may have helped first-time buyers get on the property ladder sooner but are they paying too high a price? Research...
06 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A leading business analyst says that house prices may appear to be defying gravity but they will soon return to normality...
04 April 2022
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s leading estate agents has played down the significance of the latest house price index which at first...
01 April 2022
From: Breaking News

It’s not an easy time for many renters (and homeowners). The cost of living is going up across the board for...
26 March 2022
From: Features

Typical stamp duty paid by property purchasers now is actually 84 per cent more than before the pandemic and the SDLT...
25 March 2022
From: Breaking News

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

The industry has reacted to the Spring Statement by breathing a sigh of relief that nothing was likely to cause damage...
24 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The latest government house price data has sparked a fear that the market may be heading towards an affordability crisis. The Office...
24 March 2022
From: Breaking News
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If you want to sex-up the Chancellor’s financial statement scheduled for lunchtime on Wednesday, you’d call it a Budget or a...
19 March 2022
From: Features

The Building Societies Association’s regular confidence tracker about the housing market shows rising pessimism over interest rates, the escalating cost of...
18 March 2022
From: Breaking News

An estate agent has suggested on social media that people who buy a Greggs breakfast each day could save well over...
17 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Despite the latest Halifax house price index showing a 10.8 per cent annual rise, a leading housing market analyst is warning...
08 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The market boom goes on, for now at least. In February, house prices rose at their fastest since June 2007 according to...
08 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Peta Milne, founder of Instagram growth and PR service Monimo, and a content writer at Choices Estate Agents, recently sat down...
05 March 2022
From: Features

The founder of fledgling portal Boomin says the latest Nationwide house price index findings demonstrate that there’s no sign yet of...
03 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The Bank of England has issued a consultation on changing the affordability tests for large mortgages introduced in the wake of...
01 March 2022
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s leading agencies says the recent and expected interest rate rises, and the surging inflation, will not blow...
22 February 2022
From: Breaking News

The Chartered Institute of Housing, set to unveil its latest annual housing review next month, has indicated that to no one’s...
22 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A financial analyst says there could be tough times ahead for the housing market, despite another upbeat set of figures regarding...
18 February 2022
From: Breaking News

The government’s heavily publicised Levelling Up initiative could benefit the UK’s overall property market by approaching £96 billion, it’s been claimed. Some...
15 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Selling a home - the period from listing to completion - is now back to its pre-pandemic levels of 16 weeks...
11 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Stamp duty statistics show that the introduction of a two per cent surcharge on residential properties by overseas buyers, means HM...
10 February 2022
From: Breaking News

The latest house price data from the Halifax shows another absolute record but with a sharply reduced monthly rise indicating a...
08 February 2022
From: Breaking News

As debate rages over levelling up and a north/south property divide, in the first of a new monthly column, property expert...
05 February 2022
From: Features

The level of house price growth is at a 17 year high at 11.2 per cent according to the Nationwide. The annual...
02 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Agents are losing tens of thousands of pounds each - in some cases even more - because of the volume of...
01 February 2022
From: Breaking News

With the drastic changes enacted on the industry over the past two years thanks to the pandemic and political events such...
22 January 2022
From: Features

The Nationwide has released data listing the most and least affordable locations in Britain - background information for agents. Some entries are...
21 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Government data shows the average UK house price increasing by 10 per cent on an annual basis in November. On a monthly...
20 January 2022
From: Breaking News

House prices are up by as much as £100,000 on this time last year according to a mortgage company. Research by the...
19 January 2022
From: Breaking News

A wealth tax on overseas owners of UK homes could raise £5 billion a year to help local people buy their...
13 January 2022
From: Breaking News

New research shows an estimated £200 billion worth of property sat vacant across Britain’s housing market - up 2.1 per cent...
13 January 2022
From: Breaking News

A prominent agency chief is warning that record house prices could lead to a housing bust if lending gets out of...
11 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Mortgage lenders serving the housing market are set for a quieter 2022 after the unprecedented levels of activity seen in 2021,...
11 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Another day, another house price index record. The latest, from the Halifax, shows that typical house prices increased by over £24,500 in...
10 January 2022
From: Breaking News

The number of locations where average house prices still stand at below £150,000 has shrunk by 28 per cent in recent...
06 January 2022
From: Breaking News

A new survey suggests two thirds of current or potential home owners would accept the idea of a mortgage interest rate...
05 January 2022
From: Breaking News

House prices in the UK have ended the year of yet another record high. The Nationwide says annual house price growth increased...
31 December 2021
From: Breaking News

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

As we slide into Christmas, with the busiest levels of house buying since 2006 and activity still buoyant, I don’t think...
22 December 2021
From: Features

Halifax has revealed the UK’s most expensive streets in 2021 - and it’s no surprise that the very dearest examples are...
22 December 2021
From: Breaking News

UK house prices have reached an all time high - but 2022 will see a more normalised housing market thanks to...
21 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Rightmove has revealed the UK’s property hotspot of 2021 - where prices have risen 31 per cent in just a year. The...
20 December 2021
From: Breaking News

A new report wants the government to consider slapping Capital Gains Tax on profits made from appreciating house values for all...
09 December 2021
From: Breaking News

There’s been yet another month of declining property listings according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors market snapshot. Those responding...
09 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Increasing numbers of commentators are forecasting that the Bank of England will not, after all, raise the base rate next week. It...
08 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Annual house price growth hit 10.0 per cent last month - and is now tracking close to the level seen before...
02 December 2021
From: Breaking News

House prices will rise next year says Rightmove - but it warns that tax hikes will curb price rises, particularly later in...
01 December 2021
From: Breaking News

By the end of 2021, one in 16 homes will have changed hands, making it the busiest property market since 2007...
29 November 2021
From: Breaking News

High house prices relative to average earnings make raising a deposit a big barrier for first time buyers, a new study...
25 November 2021
From: Breaking News

The prospect of higher mortgage interest rates mean the housing market may get tougher soon despite another set of upbeat house...
18 November 2021
From: Breaking News

It’s been a busy and arguably fruitful year for the property market, with an eager consumer base pushing forwards with their...
17 November 2021
From: Features

The market may be soaring in most of the country but there are still locations where significant numbers of properties sell...
12 November 2021
From: Breaking News

There’s been a significant rise in buyer interest in the energy efficiency of properties - but so far it’s making no...
11 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Strutt & Parker has revealed where it believes the housing market will see the largest demand in 2022, outside of London. The...
10 November 2021
From: Breaking News

A leading agency predicts that prime central London house prices, so long in the doldrums throughout the pandemic, will bounce back...
09 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Annual house price growth increased to 8.1 per cent in October according to the Halifax. The average UK property price is now...
08 November 2021
From: Breaking News

The head of research at a leading agency is warning that although the housing market remains buoyant, there may be macro-economic...
08 November 2021
From: Breaking News

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee has defied expectations by keeping base rate at its historic low of 0.1 per...
05 November 2021
From: Breaking News

The average price of a house in the UK has hit £250,000 for the first time as the market shows no...
04 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Sir David Amess, murdered at a constituency surgery last month, may have an unexpected housing market legacy for his constituents. To commemorate...
03 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Increasing house prices has encouraged HM Revenue and Customs to launch huge numbers of probes into Inheritance Tax payments. According to law...
01 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Official forecasts suggest house prices will rise for five years at least, although at well below the rate of growth seen...
01 November 2021
From: Breaking News

The Nested online agency, which recently revamped its business model to attract more self-employed agents, is expanding outside London for the...
29 October 2021
From: Breaking News

The Budget has proven more generous than many expected - and with most property taxation left unchanged. Chancellor Rishi Sunak has made...
27 October 2021
From: Breaking News

The housing market is on track to record its strongest year since 2007 for transactions and house price inflation says Zoopla. The...
26 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Business consultancy Hargreaves Lansdown is predicting house prices will still rise, even after a possible hike in interest rates later this year or...
22 October 2021
From: Breaking News

House price inflation accelerated to 10.6 per cent in August, up from 8.5 per cent in July as buyers rushed to...
21 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Over-65s saw their property wealth increase by £800 a month recently thanks to frenzied demand during the stamp duty holiday, an equity release...
20 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Another market snapshot has identified low supply as the chief characteristic of the sales landscape this autumn. Landmark Information Group’s latest Property...
19 October 2021
From: Breaking News
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A part of the Connells Group is telling the new Housing Secretary that he and his government “must do more” to...
18 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Rising inflation triggered by the supply chain crisis following Brexit and the pandemic may undermine recent house price gains according to...
14 October 2021
From: Breaking News

The total value of homes in Britain has risen 20 per cent - that’s £1.6 trillion – in the past five...
14 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Agent wages have been in the news this week, with boastful claims from a number of self-employed businesses about the sums...
09 October 2021
From: Features

The property industry and its many stakeholders are key participants in a global digital transformation that has been underway for quite...
09 October 2021
From: Features

A leading business consultancy is warning that supply chain shortages as a result of Brexit and the pandemic will push up...
08 October 2021
From: Breaking News

House prices rose by the most in almost 15 years in September ahead of the end of the stamp duty holiday. The...
08 October 2021
From: Breaking News

An agency says individual agents operating as self-employed can earn up to £64,000 more per year than fully-employed counterparts. Nested says the average UK...
07 October 2021
From: Breaking News

I recently took part in a webinar hosted by ICG (The Innovation Collaboration Group) – titled ‘New estate agency revenue streams...
07 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Prices in prime central London have risen for the past two quarters, prompting a tentative claim that the market may be...
05 October 2021
From: Breaking News

A leading market commentator is warning that transactions and prices will fall without the stimulus of the stamp duty holiday. Karen Noye,...
04 October 2021
From: Breaking News
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By the time I next write this column, we’ll be just days before the next Budget and Autumn Statement. So I’ll...
02 October 2021
From: Features

House prices rose by just 0.1 per cent in September - but they are still increasing by 10 per cent a...
01 October 2021
From: Breaking News

A government report suggests that house prices are rising at three times the national rate in some rural and coastal areas...
29 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Zoopla has calculated how much the average house price has risen every single day since the start of the pandemic in...
28 September 2021
From: Breaking News

The Halifax claims that homes with the highest energy ratings are worth up to £40,000 more on average compared to less...
27 September 2021
From: Breaking News

The first agency to give its market forecast for 2022 and beyond has suggested an upbeat performance next year. Hamptons says the...
27 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Affordability has always been a hot topic when it comes to the property market, and this is doubly true for first-time...
22 September 2021
From: Features
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Boris Johnson's sudden and unexpectedly ruthless Cabinet reshuffle, which drew comparisons with Margaret Thatcher's 'purge of the wets' in 1981, ended...
17 September 2021
From: Breaking News

First-time buyers are £25,000 worse off thanks to the stamp duty holiday, according to estate agent comparison site GetAgent. The website revealed...
16 September 2021
From: Breaking News

The worst of the Covid-19 pandemic appears to be firmly in the rear-view mirror as we move into the last quarter...
15 September 2021
From: Features

Buyers are getting less square foot for their money when buying a property. Research by insurer Churchill has found that the average...
15 September 2021
From: Breaking News

The property market is unlikely to enter a last-minute rush before the final stamp duty holiday ends in October, research claims. Analysis...
14 September 2021
From: Breaking News

2020 gave rise to an exodus from the city as work from home became the mandated norm for large swaths of...
11 September 2021
From: Features

An estate agency says it’s analysed the housing market’s long term cycles and forecasts that house price rises will continue -...
09 September 2021
From: Breaking News

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

More buyers in prime central London are choosing larger properties - a function of the pandemic and the race for space. That’s...
07 September 2021
From: Breaking News

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

The first house price index for August suggests they rose 2.1 per cent in just a month - despite forecasts that the...
02 September 2021
From: Breaking News

A new survey shows that there’s just a 1.7 per cent house price premium on homes with EPC ratings A or...
31 August 2021
From: Breaking News

A broker claims the high profile return of the 95 per cent mortgage has actually made little impact on the housing...
27 August 2021
From: Breaking News

The very strong housing market seen throughout this year is set to extend into 2022 as a stock shortage is forecast...
26 August 2021
From: Breaking News

A sentiment survey amongst wealthy international buyers suggests the affluent sector of the western world is seeing similar house buying frenzy...
26 August 2021
From: Breaking News

An estate agency comparison website has conducted research into how much it costs to simply keep an average home in a...
26 August 2021
From: Breaking News
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The Guardian has sharply criticised Chancellor Rishi Sunak for introducing and then extending the stamp duty holiday - because helping estate...
25 August 2021
From: Breaking News

There are 19 new distinct £1m-plus property markets in the UK thanks to the soaring house prices of the past 15...
24 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Politicians in one of the most exclusive property enclaves are complaining after average house prices have risen around £100,000 in just...
24 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Like most aspects of life since the pandemic hit, the employment arena has been hit hard. But not just with uncertainty...
21 August 2021
From: Features

A housing expert says the psychology of a population coping with the pandemic lies behind the house moving frenzy of recent...
20 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Average house prices increased by 13.2 per cent over the year to June - the highest annual growth rate since November...
19 August 2021
From: Breaking News

A nationalist party has blasted a Labour government in one national region of the UK for its lack of intervention in...
18 August 2021
From: Breaking News

The average size of homes in England has plummeted by over 10 per cent in the past four decades. Research from ElectricalDirect...
17 August 2021
From: Breaking News

House prices in Wales - where the equivalent of the stamp duty holiday has fully ended - rose to a new...
17 August 2021
From: Breaking News

The market slowdown continues with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors reporting that new buyer enquiries have reduced for the first...
12 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Rightmove data released this morning shows that the average asking price of a detached house has risen literally 10 times the...
12 August 2021
From: Breaking News

House prices in July rose after falling in June, according to the Halifax. They were 0.4 per cent higher than in June,...
09 August 2021
From: Breaking News

There’s already plenty of talk about autumn - depressing huh? - with agents pondering how the housing market will respond to...
07 August 2021
From: Features

If you were hoping for a summer lull during August, think again. That’s the messages from Nicky Stevenson, managing director of Fine...
05 August 2021
From: Breaking News

As the Tokyo Olympics draws to a close this weekend, the Nationwide Building Society has analysed long-term capital appreciation in locations regenerated...
05 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Some 18 months on, we’re only just beginning to understand the impact of Covid-19 and how it’ll shape the future economy...
31 July 2021
From: Features

The stamp duty holiday came and went with much fanfare. For many buyers it represented a rare opportunity to make some...
31 July 2021
From: Features

Annual house price growth remains above 10 per cent despite a small monthly dip in July according to the Nationwide. A 0.5...
29 July 2021
From: Breaking News

New research shows that the surge in house prices this year has taken homes in at least 25 areas of England...
29 July 2021
From: Breaking News

One of the leading housing market analysts says some of the extreme house price rises seen this year could unwind during...
28 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Demand for all types of houses, from terraced to detached, has more than doubled in the current housing market - creating...
27 July 2021
From: Breaking News

There’s gathering momentum to do ‘something’ about the unfairness of council tax and stamp duty. This isn’t new in principle. Agents have...
24 July 2021
From: Features

The post-lockdown housing market boom is showing signs of a significant slowdown according to a new forecast. The prediction, from the quote...
23 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Knight Frank’s network of residential sales offices in London had a record month in June as the end of the main...
23 July 2021
From: Breaking News

A bank’s latest study suggests that self employed people are increasingly pessimistic about the chance of them being able to get on...
20 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Our long-awaited ‘Freedom Day’ approaches. From Monday all of the restrictions, introduced since the Covid-19 pandemic made an impact across the...
17 July 2021
From: Features

Over a fifth of properties have risen in value by more than the average salary according to a calculation made by...
16 July 2021
From: Breaking News

The Covid-19 crisis has been marked by so-called high-wealth households amassing savings and benefitting from rising house prices far more than...
14 July 2021
From: Breaking News

The Halifax is reporting a 0.5 per cent monthly drop in house prices, plus a fall in the annual rate from...
08 July 2021
From: Breaking News
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Labour says the stamp duty holiday is an example of the government’s “failed approach” to home ownership and housing affordability. Labour’s Shadow...
02 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Average house prices have risen by £29,000 over the course of the stamp duty holiday as house price annual inflation hits...
30 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Estate agency comparison website GetAgent has calculated the typical fees charged to vendors in different parts of the country. It says agents...
29 June 2021
From: Breaking News

The distribution of home ownership across different generations has been a cause of strife according to a think-tank. The Resolution Foundation’s latest...
29 June 2021
From: Breaking News

The frantic growth in house prices is showing its first sign of slowing down, says Rightmove. In its latest monthly market snapshot,...
21 June 2021
From: Breaking News

The property market is currently in a unique position where the number of house hunters looking for their next home is...
19 June 2021
From: Features

Average house prices in the year to the end of April increased by 8.9 per cent according to the government’s Office...
17 June 2021
From: Breaking News

The Stamp Duty holiday has been very beneficial for hundreds of thousands of buyers looking to take advantage of savings, even...
16 June 2021
From: Features

EweMove, the high profile hybrid estate agency owned by The Property Franchise Group, says it has recruited a record 30 new...
16 June 2021
From: Breaking News

A leading agent has been in touch with EAT to vent his frustration at the government for extending most of the...
15 June 2021
From: Breaking News

A home within 500 metres of a tube or railway station in London will carry a massive premium compared to a...
14 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Right now it seems that another day means another house price record, an all-time high for transactions, and a conveyancing log-jam...
12 June 2021
From: Features

The government has dismissed a call for reform of the stamp duty system, which would have meant the tax would apply...
11 June 2021
From: Breaking News

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says its monthly sentiment measure of house prices is at its highest level since 1988. A...
11 June 2021
From: Breaking News

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

There are now more mortgage products available than at any time since the start of the pandemic in March 2021. Data from...
08 June 2021
From: Breaking News

An estate agency says disgruntled and delayed property buyers are fast falling out of love with the stamp duty holiday, which...
07 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Agents have given their backing to the government’s First Homes initiative, offering discounted houses for local people and key workers and...
07 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Prices in prime central London grew by 0.3 per cent in the year to May - tiny rise but a significant...
07 June 2021
From: Breaking News

A gradual increase in the supply of homes coming to the market means the stellar price rises of recent months are...
04 June 2021
From: Breaking News

The MP who chairs one of the most important committees in the House of Commons has urged the government to increase...
03 June 2021
From: Breaking News

The Bank of England will intervene if it considers soaring house prices will affect the inflation rate says Sir Dave Ramsden,...
03 June 2021
From: Breaking News

House prices have soared 10.9 per cent in the past year - the highest level since 2014 - according to the...
02 June 2021
From: Breaking News

The government is to answer a call made in an online petition for stamp duty to apply when contracts are exchanged,...
01 June 2021
From: Breaking News

The average price of a property in a British seaside town is now £265,978, a leap of 10 per cent -...
01 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Books about property are, relatively speaking, commonplace - books by estate agents are far less so, hence the interest in The...
29 May 2021
From: Features

A global financial software and analytics firm says it’s launching a new PropTech tool which promises in the near future to...
27 May 2021
From: Breaking News

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

The number of transactions is scheduled to reach 1.52 million this year - way above the norm of between 1.0 and...
26 May 2021
From: Breaking News

An all-time record high of one in three properties sold for more than the original asking price last month. This is according...
25 May 2021
From: Breaking News

An unusual price forecast based on conveyancing quotes suggests the housing market is to continue busy over the summer with more...
25 May 2021
From: Breaking News

The Bank of England’s deputy governor says it’s possible that the current housing market boom may continue even after the end...
21 May 2021
From: Breaking News

A think tank wants the government to scrap stamp duty and replace it with an annual property tax based on capital...
20 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Christopher Keen and Company Director What is ‘company name’ and what...
14 May 2021
From: 60 Second Interview

A relatively modest interest rate rise could trigger a crash in the housing market according to the housing analyst behind the...
13 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Increasing optimism at the success of the Coronavirus vaccine programme and the relaxation of restrictions have contributed to house prices rising...
11 May 2021
From: Breaking News

A market analysis by Fine & Country suggests that annual house price inflation could hit 10 per cent next month. Nicky Stevenson,...
10 May 2021
From: Breaking News

The last 12 months have heralded significant change across the property market and indeed we could argue across all markets in...
05 May 2021
From: Features

House prices are 7.1 per cent above their level a year ago as the boom continues. The latest house price index, from...
04 May 2021
From: Breaking News

A think tank claims that ‘urban flight’ - when people leave cities and head for towns and villages - is merely a...
04 May 2021
From: Breaking News

A new petition has been launched asking the government to make the stamp duty holiday apply when contracts are exchanged, rather...
28 April 2021
From: Breaking News

The average UK house price has risen 8.6 per cent - that’s typically £20,000 - in the past year. This is the...
22 April 2021
From: Breaking News

A leading agent says that for every house he puts on the market, he has over 40 requests for viewings -...
20 April 2021
From: Breaking News

From today buyers will be able to purchase properties worth up to £600,000 with just a five per cent mortgage, under...
19 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Another week begins, another record tumbles - Rightmove this morning reports a monthly price surge of 2.1 per cent has propelled...
19 April 2021
From: Breaking News

One housing market index suggests that average house prices in England and Wales have risen by 9.8 per cent in the...
15 April 2021
From: Breaking News

The Chancellor’s decision to extend the stamp duty holiday has “put a spring in the step" of the housing market according...
12 April 2021
From: Breaking News

A mortgage firm specialising in high net worth clients says the stamp duty holiday cliff edge will not impact the most expensive...
09 April 2021
From: Breaking News

The stamp duty holiday has backfired and buyers almost everywhere are paying more for homes, rather than less. StripeHomes analysed house price...
06 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Annual house price growth remains strong but it has slowed significantly according to the Nationwide. Prices dropped 0.2 per cent on average...
01 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Welsh independent agency Nuttall Parker has been snapped up by Cardiff-based property business Seraph Group. Newport-centred Nuttall Parker is Seraph Group's second...
01 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Liverpool - where commissioners have been ordered by Whitehall to run part of the council following corruption allegations - is the...
29 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Another house price index shows a super-charged housing market with prices rising 7.5 per cent in the year to January according...
25 March 2021
From: Breaking News

The original stamp duty freeze, which started in July 2020, has already helped push house prices to a record high and...
24 March 2021
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Residential transactions totalled 147,050 last month according to HMRC - that’s 23 per cent higher than the previous month and an...
24 March 2021
From: Breaking News

The government’s highly-anticipated Tax Day was just a damp squib. That’s the view of leading analyst Anthony Codling, who says the almost complete...
24 March 2021
From: Breaking News

The Building Societies Association says there’s been a surge in consumer confidence in the housing market following the Budget. Some 37 per...
24 March 2021
From: Breaking News

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

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says the market should prepare itself for a glut of new supply thanks to the...
12 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Transactions and house price forecasts for the mainstream housing market are being revised upwards by Savills following the Budget. The new predictions follow an...
09 March 2021
From: Breaking News

The latest house price index from the Halifax suggests the market has softened ahead of the original scheduled end of the stamp...
08 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Labour says Chancellor Rishi Sunak “will give away half a billion pounds to second homeowners and landlords through the stamp duty...
05 March 2021
From: Breaking News

A surge in demand from buyers, even those unlikely to benefit from the stamp duty holiday, offers hope for the market...
03 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Mark Meyer, CEO, Meyers Franchising What is Meyers and what...
01 March 2021
From: 60 Second Interview

A prominent conveyancer has hit out at the extension to the stamp duty holiday, which is now ending in late June and...
25 February 2021
From: Breaking News

One of the chief figures behind Brexit and Boris Johnson’s role as London Mayor is now advising that stamp duty should be...
09 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Affordability across the housing market is at its worst for 10 years according to an analysis by a London agency. Benham and Reeves...
09 February 2021
From: Breaking News

A housing market analyst says stamp duty, for all its unpopularity within the property industry, may not be so bad after...
08 February 2021
From: Breaking News

House price growth is running out of steam ahead of the stamp duty holiday cliff-edge. That’s the suggestion from the Halifax; its latest...
08 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Estate agents have kept up the pressure on the Westminster government to consider some kind of tapered ending to the stamp...
03 February 2021
From: Breaking News

A group that last year floated the concept of a one-off wealth tax - which would include taxing main homes as...
03 February 2021
From: Breaking News

The Nationwide has pulled no punches with Chancellor Rishi Sunak - it’s made it clear that if the stamp duty holiday...
03 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Homeowners staying at home during another lockdown are doing more than sharing memes of groundhog day or doing family quizzes on...
27 January 2021
From: Features

An estate agency has issued an abject apology for calling the Covid pandemic “a blessing in disguise.” There was a huge social...
26 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Well, what a start to 2021! None of us thought things would change as the clock struck midnight on New Year’s...
23 January 2021
From: Features

A leading analyst is questioning whether buyers have benefitted from the stamp duty holiday because demand has purshed up prices far...
22 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Some 70 per cent of first time buyers in 2020 took out mortgages in excess of 25 years, says the Nationwide. A decade...
20 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The speed and success of the Coronavirus vaccine programme holds the key to the housing market rebounding in the second half...
15 January 2021
From: Breaking News

An estate agency is being criticised for marketing properties as second homes in an area reportedly suffering a housing shortage. Local media...
12 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The average UK house price is now a record £253,374 according to the Halifax - but the rate of growth is...
11 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Anthony Codling, the City analyst who made his name as a scourge of Purplebricks, says Brexit may be good news for the...
04 January 2021
From: Breaking News

House prices surged in December to post their fastest growth in six years, according to the Nationwide. Prices rose 7.3 per cent...
31 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Zoopla has revealed precisely how much house prices have risen over the course of 2020. Across the UK as a whole prices...
31 December 2020
From: Breaking News

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

The Brexit deal agreed in dramatic form on Christmas Eve is one part of a cocktail eventually boosting the London market...
30 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The pandemic has reignited the flagging country house market and boosted demand for larger homes with gardens, claims Savills. Larger country houses...
30 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Well, what a year it has been for everyone, including the property market. I don’t think there’s anyone out there who...
19 December 2020
From: Features

Another day, another index, another record - house prices rose 5.4 per cent annually in October according to official figures from the Office...
17 December 2020
From: Breaking News
Described on this site as a ‘powerful disruptor’ in March 2020, few would deny that the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted on...
16 December 2020
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The industry seems almost back to normal. Not the ‘new normal’ we spoke so much of a few weeks and months ago,...
12 December 2020
From: Features

The sales market is currently strong but the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has issued a warning about a slowdown next...
10 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Annual house price inflation is now running at 6.5 per cent according to the latest Nationwide index after a 0.9 per...
02 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Public sentiment over the housing market remains stable despite the Coronavirus crisis and the possibility of a No Deal Brexit. That’s the conclusion...
01 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The secure Conservative victory in the 2019 General Election meant the property market in the sunlit uplands was set for a...
28 November 2020
From: Features

The housing market in England and Wales is stabilising, according to analysis of web traffic from a property advice site. Valuation requests...
27 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Property tax rises and falling house prices look as if they are on the way according to the small print accompanying...
26 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Average house prices in Wales have risen three per cent in the past year, despite multiple difficult lockdowns considered more severe...
26 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The mixture of the stamp duty holiday and generally fast-rising house prices has led to a resurgence of flipping. Data released this...
23 November 2020
From: Breaking News

It may make little difference to agents but a leading analyst suggests thousands of buyers have effectively lost money on their purchase...
23 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Just when you thought the housing market was beginning to calm down... along comes a likely vaccine for Coronavirus. One of the country’s...
16 November 2020
From: Breaking News

With a new President elected and the old one reluctant to move out, this is a good time to see how...
14 November 2020
From: Features

The first monthly market monitor to show activity in the housing market tailing off has appeared - and it says momentum...
11 November 2020
From: Breaking News

House prices by the end of October were running 7.5 per cent above their level a year ago - but the...
09 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The trend of buyers apparently fleeing the city to get more for their money in the country has hit the buffers...
06 November 2020
From: Breaking News

High end agents usually keep their powder dry when it comes to party politics, to avoid upsetting customers. However Knight Frank has...
05 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A leading market analyst says the widespread belief that we are ‘safe’ in our homes may indirectly lead to the recent...
02 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Recent figures emanating from the mortgage and housing market suggest that – since lockdown was ended in mid-May – transaction levels...
31 October 2020
From: Features

The housing market boom looks set to continue for some months yet as mortgage approvals for home purchases hit their highest...
30 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Putting fingers to keyboard to create blogs and articles isn’t always the easiest job for agents, particularly when meetings, viewings and...
27 October 2020
From: Marketing & Social Media

The new two per cent stamp duty surcharge applying to non-resident buyers may cause a wide range of properties to be...
27 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Savills says the shape and size of the housing market in the coming months will be determined by the capacity of conveyancers...
22 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Agents in some parts of the country may be able to make use of data from utilities comparison service uSwitch, which...
21 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A prominent housing market analyst is warning that in 14 years of studying prices and transactions he has never seen the...
14 October 2020
From: Breaking News

House prices in September were 7.3 per cent higher than a year earlier – the highest house price inflation since June 2016. The Halifax...
08 October 2020
From: Breaking News

London’s properties are “over-valued” according to a leading bank. UBS, which has what it calls a Global Real Estate Bubble Index, says...
07 October 2020
From: Breaking News

An estate agent in Liverpool has adopted the unusual technique of urging vendors to sell now “before prices crash.” Clearly unworried about...
05 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Agents have universally welcomed new Nationwide data showing annual price growth picked up to 5.0 per cent last month - the highest rate...
01 October 2020
From: Breaking News

The first leading agency to make a 2021 forecast says the market should be stable next year - so long as...
28 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A survey of over 2,300 home owners across the UK suggests market sentiment is mixed, with most doubting house prices have risen. The...
22 September 2020
From: Breaking News
19 September 2020
From: Features

When it comes to the future of the property market in the wake of Covid-19, there are two main schools of...
19 September 2020
From: Features

PropertyHeads, a portal which describes itself as the industry’s social network, has sold a three per cent stake partly to raise funds...
14 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A leading agent says the government’s new Coronavirus clampdown from Monday will push more home owners to sell. Caspar Harvard-Wills, a partner at...
10 September 2020
From: Breaking News

House prices rose again in August to reach a record high level according to Halifax, which is part of the Lloyds...
08 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A sentiment survey conducted amongst 585 estate agents by the OnTheMarket portal suggests fewer than half have witnessed price rises since...
08 September 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s no surprise the mainstream news remains dominated by coronavirus - not so much the actual effect of it right now,...
05 September 2020
From: Features

In the week the Nationwide recorded the UK’s highest ever average house price, high-end agency Savills has forecast that prime markets...
04 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Record house prices recorded this week by the Nationwide index are set to go higher still according to a leading agent. Nationwide...
03 September 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s good news from the think-tank the Resolution Foundation, which says the threat of negative equity because of the Coronavirus crisis...
02 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Figures from Zoopla quantify how Coronavirus is changing the market, with houses selling significantly faster than flats. The latest market report from...
27 August 2020
From: Breaking News

With the UK officially in what has been described as the single worst national recession in the world, one agency has...
27 August 2020
From: Breaking News

It was officially announced last week that the UK is in recession for the first time since 2009, and although this...
22 August 2020
From: Features

The latest market snapshot by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors warns the current boom may not continue as government support measures...
13 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Many young people are stuck unable to purchase their first home even if house prices fall in the wake of the...
13 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Agents have been understandably delighted at the latest Halifax index which shows house prices posting their biggest gain of the year...
10 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Strutt & Parker is warning that in a worst-case scenario house prices in some locations could drop 10 per cent this...
05 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The Nationwide says annual house price growth has recovered to 1.5 per cent. Its July house price index says the fall in...
03 August 2020
From: Breaking News

We have had a special relationship for many years and are bonded as countries in many ways – historically, politically and...
01 August 2020
From: Features

Zoopla says while there may be speculation about people fleeing London and big urban areas for the countryside, the evidence suggests...
28 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Tens of billions of pounds of new taxes should be levied through a Capital Gains Tax imposed on main homes, not...
24 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Agents have almost unanimously been reporting a big surge in business since the reopening of the housing market, but new figures...
22 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A major agency is warning that the current stamp duty holiday could leave the housing market in a state of lethargy...
14 July 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s more confirmation this morning that the housing market is enjoying a short-term bounce - and that’s before the effect of...
09 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Mortgage enquiries in June surged to double the rate of the previous month according to the latest halifax house price index. Although...
08 July 2020
From: Breaking News

We recently issued our Zoopla House Price Index, which analyses the latest real-time trends from the sales market. In our analysis, we...
04 July 2020
From: Features

A survey of 2,000 prospective movers by Zoopla shows the vast majority still intent on buying - but younger purchasers’ plans...
03 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Agents have remained calm in the light of Nationwide’s house price index which shows the first annual fall for eight years...
02 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A former City analyst best known for his scathing criticisms of Purplebricks has launched a PropTech platform that he describes as...
30 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Zoopla predicts that the price strength that has been seen since the reopening of the housing market is likely to continue...
24 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The chief executive of a property information platform says now is a “dangerous time” to buy or sell homes because of...
22 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The property market is used to change, and I’m confident it will bounce back from any lockdown effects. Despite being acutely aware...
20 June 2020
From: Features

Price discounts are diminishing as the housing market strengthens, according to data from Knight Frank. The average discount to the asking price...
17 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The latest sentiment snapshot produced by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors confirms the trend that the market is still improving...
11 June 2020
From: Breaking News

An estate agency says the housing market could get a boost as a result of couples separating after the prolonged togetherness...
10 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Typical house prices in England and Wales are set to fall over the rest of summer according to home moving service...
09 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The housing market is set for long-term recovery, despite dips in the road on the way. That's the message from the latest house...
08 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Leading estate agents are warning that the sharp fall in house prices reported by the Nationwide may be just the first...
03 June 2020
From: Breaking News

UK house prices fell by 1.7 per cent in May, after taking account of seasonal effects – this is the largest...
02 June 2020
From: Breaking News

A survey of sellers by a high-end agency suggests that around a third expect price falls of six per cent or...
02 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The outlook for the housing market is still taking shape, but here I take a look at three market indicators to...
30 May 2020
From: Features

Zoopla’s head of research says a stamp duty holiday could encourage more home owners to move which in turn could help...
28 May 2020
From: Breaking News

All my recent Natters have been focused on one particular topic, the coronavirus crisis, for obvious reasons. But there has been...
23 May 2020
From: Features

Typical prices in the UK housing market will drop 12 per cent before long-term growth resumes in 2021 and beyond. That’s the...
22 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Rightmove has taken the unusual step this weekend of issuing its usual monthly asking price index on a Saturday instead of...
16 May 2020
From: Features

The government has temporarily suspended its official house price index as a result of the Coronavirus crisis. In a long and far-reaching announcement...
11 May 2020
From: Breaking News

The housing market is likely to rebound relatively strongly after the Coronavirus lockdown eases, according to the Nationwide. House prices grew at...
04 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Savills has kept in touch with almost 2,000 of its vendors and prospective buyers through two mass webinars. Entitled ‘What COVID-19 means...
28 April 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s a warning today that the housing market could face a wave of legal disputes if buyers of off-plan new builds...
27 April 2020
From: Breaking News

At the moment, it somehow seems like tempting fate to think too far into the future, especially in terms of the...
25 April 2020
From: Features

The market could take five years to recover from the Coronavirus crisis after possible double-digit percentage price falls and fast-increasing repossessions. That’s the...
21 April 2020
From: Breaking News

The impact of the Coronavirus crisis is going to reduce agents' revenue into the third quarter finishing in late September warns a leading...
14 April 2020
From: Breaking News

An economic consultancy predicts house prices will fall by a sixth as unemployment grows across Britain this year. The consultancy, Cebr, says...
14 April 2020
From: Breaking News

The government has been called upon by one of the industry’s most respected bodies to announce a stamp duty holiday to...
09 April 2020
From: Breaking News

One of Britain’s leading agents says online viewing and interest in videos for homes on sale continues to be relatively strong...
08 April 2020
From: Breaking News

The latest market forecast comes from Knight Frank which says that by the end of the year there will have been...
06 April 2020
From: Breaking News

The Nationwide says government measures mean the impact of Coronavirus on the housing market may be “much less” damaging than many...
03 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Although all bets are off as to what the housing market will be like after the Coronavirus subsides, there is now...
26 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A mortgage broker that’s just become a partner of OnTheMarket is warning that house prices are likely to fall 10 per...
23 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The agency behind a poll showing one in six buyers putting plans on hold because of Coronavirus is warning that if...
09 March 2020
From: Breaking News

House prices have risen 2.3 per cent in the past year - the strongest rate of inflation for property since July...
02 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The Atlantic Ocean is a vast space – some 4,000 miles eastwards across from the USA until land is met again....
29 February 2020
From: Features

Despite still being in the transition period after leaving the EU on January 31, we are seeing an upturn in the...
22 February 2020
From: Features

In another positive sign for the housing market, every region of the UK has seen a price rise according to the...
20 February 2020
From: Breaking News

For several years the regular monthly RICS market snapshot has made depressing reading - now, for there second month in a...
13 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Annual house price growth increased to 4.1 per cent in January, up slightly from the end of 2019, according to Halifax...
10 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Boris Johnson is considering introducing a mansion tax for high value homes according to a Sunday newspaper. The Telegraph - citing two...
08 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Coutts has identified areas of London where house prices are still below peak. Although the wealth manager and private bank says there...
07 February 2020
From: Breaking News

After a challenging period for the UK property market, recovery is very much on the cards and the end to uncertainty...
01 February 2020
From: Features

Is that a headline appropriate for Brexit Day? Surely not. No, instead it’s a description of the results of a survey...
31 January 2020
From: Breaking News

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee meets today for its monthly decision on whether the move base rate - and...
30 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Zoopla’s Hometrack data research arm says the start of 2020 has seen buyer demand up 26 per cent compared to the...
29 January 2020
From: Breaking News

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

Whisper it quietly but the housing market could be significantly stronger in 2020 than in recent years. Two key indicators in the...
16 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Three signs emerged over the weekend suggesting that the market may be shaping up well for 2020. Firstly a new survey by...
13 January 2020
From: Breaking News

House prices rose 4.0 per cent in 2019 according to Britain’s biggest mortgage lender Halifax, as a December bounce - some...
09 January 2020
From: Breaking News

House price growth in the past decade was at its weakest for 30 years - and despite that it remains though...
08 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Annual UK house price growth exceeded one per cent for the first time in 12 months in December according to the...
06 January 2020
From: Breaking News

After a year dogged by Brexit deadlock, political turmoil, and slow growth, estate agents’ confidence in the property market hit a...
04 January 2020
From: Features

A warning has been issued by a prominent industry figure that more bricks-and-mortar High Street agents will go under in 2020,...
03 January 2020
From: Breaking News

The scores are in….and it looks like house prices are going to rise gently in 2020 according to forecasts from almost...
02 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Analysts are putting a surprise surge in mortgage approvals from banks down to a spike in applications ahead of the General...
02 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Here it is - the start of a new decade, a moment for resolutions and remembrance, and the last Bank Holiday...
31 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The year just ending was when the North-South divide in house prices and capital appreciation slammed into reverse gear according to...
31 December 2019
From: Breaking News

NAEA member agents have delivered a relatively downbeat forecast for 2020 - but the organisation says an injection of digital technology...
27 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The new mood of apparent political stability promoted by supporters of Boris Johnson and Brexit appears to have failed to win...
23 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Major UK cities have seen average house price rises of 54 per cent in the past decade - an increase of...
23 December 2019
From: Breaking News

There are reasons to be optimistic that a majority government will improve the housing market, simply by ending political and economic...
21 December 2019
From: Features

Government figures from the Office for National Statistics show that house prices across the UK rose by a mere 0.7 per...
19 December 2019
From: Breaking News

An estate agent in London claims he did £53m of property deals within hours of the Conservative victory in the General...
16 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Home owners on Corbyn Road in a Midlands town are seeking a name change because they fear house prices will plummet. The...
16 December 2019
From: Breaking News

House prices in England and Wales are set to fall over the next three months according to a price index produced...
13 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The latest snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows that the UK housing market is still on hold, pending...
12 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Agents have welcomed the surprise news from the Halifax that house prices last month saw their largest rise since the start...
09 December 2019
From: Breaking News

With Brexit still unresolved, the domestic agenda has been pushed from the headlines by the seemingly overwhelming public and political discord...
07 December 2019
From: Features

[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...
06 December 2019
From: Breaking News

[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...
06 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Another estate agency has provided evidence of the problems that continue to hurt the prime central London housing market. Strutt & Parker,...
03 December 2019
From: Breaking News

House prices increased 0.5 per cent in November, which was the strongest monthly rise since April according to the Nationwide. However, annual...
29 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The latest market snapshot from the National Association of Estate Agents continues to show how political uncertainty is dampening sentiment and...
27 November 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s only five weeks to the New Year and new decade and the first agents have started making predictions for the...
26 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Agents have reacted angrily to General Election proposals by all three main political parties to hike stamp duty for foreign buyers. The...
25 November 2019
From: Breaking News

This morning’s new market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors confirms the worst - that the market is in...
14 November 2019
From: Breaking News

House prices are forecast to dip as the year ends and stagnate at the start of 2020 according to the latest...
13 November 2019
From: Breaking News

House prices dipped a tiny 0.1 per cent in October - but this led to the annual rate coming in at...
08 November 2019
From: Breaking News

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

The number of prime residential housing transactions has increased rapidly in the past two decades and even in the past five...
28 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Since I started working with Zero Deposit for me the market leader in deposit replacement alternatives, the most common question I am...
19 October 2019
From: Features

Agents have expressed quiet optimism that the market may be over the worst as it continues to show resilience in the...
17 October 2019
From: Breaking News

This is stating the obvious to estate agents but the government has revealed that homes near parks, gardens, playing fields and...
16 October 2019
From: Breaking News

The latest figures from Halifax show annual house price growth has dipped to a six-year low. Average property price growth in...
08 October 2019
From: Breaking News

House price growth in the UK 'ground to a halt' last month, according to the latest Nationwide figures. The lender's house price...
02 October 2019
From: Breaking News

The annual number of property transactions edged down slightly according to the figures released applying to August. However, buyers and sellers email...
25 September 2019
From: Breaking News

The annual rate of growth of UK house prices has slowed to its lowest level since September 2012. Official government data from...
19 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A study from Santander Mortgages has blown the cover on first time buyers, suggesting they know almost nothing and research very...
18 September 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s been revealed this morning that the organisation behind a new clean-air website is encouraging buyers to seek reductions of as...
17 September 2019
From: Breaking News

The new housing minister has admitted that her party has tried to “put a lid” on house price rises and has...
17 September 2019
From: Breaking News

The typical estate agency fee paid by a seller has actually fallen one per cent in the past year according to...
13 September 2019
From: Breaking News

First time buyers will constitute the largest single group of purchasers in 2019, despite the apparent difficulties of deposits and securing...
09 September 2019
From: Breaking News

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

No less than 56 per cent of properties across the UK are in areas that are affordable for first time buyers...
04 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Pressure continued to mount on the government to clearly address the issue of stamp duty as a leading business consultancy suggested...
03 September 2019
From: Breaking News

I think I speak for most people when I say that we are not currently where we thought we would be...
31 August 2019
From: Features

In the run up to his appointment as Prime Minister, Boris Johnson suggested that he might cut Stamp Duty Land Tax...
24 August 2019
From: Features

New figures produced by Zoopla’s research team shows for the first time the huge scale of regional variations in terms of...
23 August 2019
From: Breaking News

The international estate agency Engel & Volkers is closing its single prime central London office - despite past claims that sales...
22 August 2019
From: Breaking News

The property website Home has identified the four regions of the UK where it says the current market slowdown is at...
16 August 2019
From: Breaking News
15 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Prime Central London’s average prices remain 20 per cent below their 2014 peak according to high end estate agency Strutt &...
15 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Some homes in the UK are now worth 44 per cent less than they were a decade ago, claims the estate...
14 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A new house price index that in June predicted big house price rises over the summer has now repeated its claim,...
08 August 2019
From: Breaking News

One of the largest surveys of housing concerns amongst consumers suggests that agents fees - once a major issue - is...
08 August 2019
From: Breaking News

House prices fell unexpectedly for the second month in a row in July according to the Halifax - but the mortgage...
08 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Lino Goncalves – Area Sales Manager What is Lets bid property...
06 August 2019
From: 60 Second Interview

Rising house prices and the gender pay gap means that there is no English region where a single woman on median...
06 August 2019
From: Breaking News

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

The average house price growth across southern cities is running at the lowest level recorded since January 2012, according to Zoopla. Prices...
30 July 2019
From: Breaking News

British homes have increased in value by an average of £11 per day since the beginning of the year, but with...
29 July 2019
From: Breaking News

We now have a new Leader of the Conservative Party and, rather more importantly, a new Prime Minister. That individual is Boris...
27 July 2019
From: Features

London and South East England are to see house price falls this year and only “very modest” growth in 2020 -...
24 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A bid to ban the building of new homes for out-of-town buyers has backfired on a Cornish community - and now...
24 July 2019
From: Breaking News

The number of UK residential mortgages approved with a term of 40-years or more jumped over 20-fold in 2018. London estate agency...
22 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Agents have put a brave face on official government figures which have shown a shock fall in London house prices and...
18 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Online estate agency Yopa is warning of price falls ahead in London and south east England - although price rises elsewhere...