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PwC says the drop in the number of property transactions is the economic indicator where the uncertainty over Brexit is most...

The housing market is approaching something of a standstill as the summer holiday season begins according to a downbeat report from...

Your Move says the surprise General Election and the creation of a weaker minority government has exacerbated the slowdown in the...

Being a leading world-class city comes at a price – they are the most expensive for occupiers and the most lucrative...

For those of us working within the property sector, we’re in the very midst of what, for generations, has been one...

The UK property market has entered a period of stagflation where house price growth is consistently lower than the rate of...

The latest market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows price growth dipping further, struggling transaction volumes and the...

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

Former RICS residential chief Jeremy Leaf says he is not downcast by the latest Halifax house price index which shows prices...

We’ve had the Bank of Mum and Dad so is the next big thing to hit the market a growing number...

The chief economist of Price Waterhouse Coopers says that although by some measures the London housing market looks ripe for a...

Government schemes like Help To Buy, supposedly assisting more people get on the ladder, have little impact on improving social mobility...

When it comes to provoking anger in property professionals, taxation takes some beating. Press releases are still arriving berating the December...

The Nationwide is warning that a slowdown in household spending is likely in the near future, leading to a ‘drag’ on...

Prime London house prices are now 5.3 per cent lower than at the time of the EU referendum admits Savills, following...

The National Association of Estate Agents says the General Election led to a drop in the number of registered house hunters...

New research suggests the Bank of Mum and Dad is now helping so-called ‘second steppers’ - existing owners moving up the...

It’s the morning after the festival before for the 150,000 estimated revellers who enjoyed the Glastonbury Festival which drew to a...

The steep drop in price growth for homes across London is beginning to bottom out according to Hometrack, which says values...

Average prices in prime central London remained flat in May but are down 6.6 per cent on the year according to...

A new report, conducted by the Centre for Economics and Business Research for the financial services group Legal & General, claims...

The latest Rightmove figures show that the number of sales agreed by agents over the last month is up 7% when...

National average house price growth bounced back in April after a slow March, according to official figures. The latest UK House Price...

Analysis of over 120,000 sales valuations has revealed some of the UK's most expensive and cheapest property regions. Central London's 'W' postcode...

Average house prices in the three months to May were 3.3% higher than in the same period of 2016, according to...

House prices recorded their third consecutive monthly fall in May says the Nationwide. It's the first time this has occurred since 2009, and...

The latest measure of house price rises in key UK cities by the property consultancy Hometrack shows house price in many...

Barclays Bank has given an optimistic view of the housing market over the next five years, with a prediction that across...

News headlines talk more and more about a slowdown in the property market, a drop in house prices and the need...

Over 250,000 non-homeowners appear to have given up on the dream of owning their own property in the past year alone,...

Official figures from the latest UK House Price Index show that average house prices fell by 0.6% between February and March. The...

The boss of the UK's largest independent agency has called on the government to be 'radical' and consider a range of...

Theresa May's decision to call a snap election in June has so far had 'little effect' on the property market, according...

Transaction levels in Prime Central London (PCL) increased for the third consecutive quarter during Q1 2017, according to Strutt & Parker. However,...

Average asking prices in London have fallen, while the majority of regional markets are performing strongly, according to the latest index...

The director of a respected mortgage broker is warning that market sentiment is changing with more down-valuations from surveyors and some...

House prices recorded their second consecutive monthly fall in April, while the annual rate of growth slowed to 2.6 per cent,...

House price inflation in London continues to slow and has now reached 4.9 per cent year-on-year according to Hometrack. London is now among...

A London estate agency’s analysis of the latest Land Registry data suggests transactions in the capital are the lowest ever recorded.  Land...

Mortgage rates continue to fall with the average new lending rate at a record low of 2.2 per cent: as a...

First time buyer registrations in the past month have jumped nearly 20 per cent across the UK and almost 30 per...

The price of property coming to the market has hit anoher record high, up 1.1 per cent over the past month...

By Wednesday April 19th, a UK citizen, on an average income, had earned £7,789 from their day job so far this...

Average UK house price growth will reach 2.2 per cent this year, a rise of £4,460 that will see the average...

A prominent housing expert says estate agents must not merely sell homes but should become “lifelong consumer property advisors.” Kate Faulkner -...

Your Move’s latest house price index shows that the average house price in England and Wales is now £301,278 after a...

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

The website Home, which monitors asking prices, says prices have rallied strongly in the last month but thanks to growing inflation...

Land Registry data shows that homes across the UK have risen in price by an average 5.8 per cent in the...

Savills is warning that while low interest rates will probably keep house prices relatively static, transaction volumes are likely to remain...

Average house prices across the UK in the three months to March were only 0.1 per cent higher than in the...

The Centre for Economic and Business Research has surprised some in the industry by stating that the average house price across...

“I predict that within a few years, folks advertising properties for rent or to buy will start to show if their property is a...

Average house prices across the UK have fallen slightly according to the Nationwide, the first drop of any kind since June...

There are more first-time buyers (FTBs) finding a way on to the property ladder than at any time since the Financial...

The National Association of Estate Agents says the number of sales agreed rose to a 10 year high in February. The NAEA...

The triggering of Article 50 may have been regarded as a historic event but it appears to have left the housing...

The consumer group HomeOwners Alliance claims new research indicates that more than a million UK adults have shelved plans to purchase...

The proportion of first time buyers relying on inherited wealth or loans from the ‘Bank of Mum and Dad’ has reached...

The property market in northern England, supported in part by the Northern Powerhouse concept, has attracted a lot of media attention,...

Contrary to some reports suggesting London’s housing market may be recovering, new data from Hometrack reveals the capital’s performance is still...

An analysis of homes listed for sale on Rightmove has identified what one estate agency claims to be the slowest-moving local...

House prices in the UK increased by 6.2 per cent in the year to January according to government figures. The Office for...

Foxtons has received lavish praise from investment consultancy Jefferies despite long-term share price worries reflecting its mixed performance in the troubled...

The average asking price rise for homes coming to the market in the last month has been a chunky 1.3 per...

Forget the popular term ‘housing affordability’ - the latest government figures suggest the real issue may be housing un-affordability. Data from the...

New analysis shows what appears to be the correlation between rising house prices and falling burglary rates across the country.  The research,...

House prices grew at their fastest pace for 12 months in February, with average values increasing 0.6 per cent -  that’s...

The Office for Budget Responsibility, which released its latest economic forecasts on Wednesday, has adjusted its prediction for UK house prices…again.  It...

Former Conservative minister Michael Portillo has made an outspoken attack on his former party over its switch of housing policy emphasis from...

It's been revealed that Countrywide has lost 200 branches in its reorganisation - that's around 20 per cent of its branch...

The latest house price index from Halifax reports that annual house price growth dipped during February. The bank recorded annual house price...

The Prime Central London (PCL) property market finished 2016 on a high with transactions increasing by 36% between Q3 and Q4,...

Looking ahead to the Spring Budget this week, the Chancellor Philip Hammond will be obliged to face up to the implications...

With almost every pundit predicting house prices to moderate in 2017 - perhaps even fall - it comes as some surprise...

Residential property has performed far better than any other property-type in terms of appreciation over the last year, according to new...

Hometrack data suggests that annual house price inflation in London has fallen to 6.4 per cent, the lowest level since June...

The property website Home is warning that while prices may show an early spring uplift there’s a long-term slowing of the market underway...

It is perhaps a sign of how difficult it is to read the UK housing market right now that the latest...

The market got off to a strong start in 2017 with prices growing 0.3 per cent in January to push the...

The East Midlands, which consists of several areas including Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, and much of Lincolnshire, has an ancient...

If you work in lettings, I’ll already have a pretty good idea on how you feel about the current Conservative Government.  The...

Annual growth in house prices slowed in January - a taste of things to come in 2017 according to the house...

High-end estate agency Knight Frank says prime central London prices are down as much as 14.0 per cent in the year to...

The Independent Press Standards Organisation has ruled that a Daily Express newspaper story - “EU Exit Boosts House Prices” - was...

The Advertising Standards Authority has stepped in following a complaint about the website for property developer Keepmoat. The ASA says that the...

Sales in Prime Central London were down 21 per cent in the year to December according to investment consultancy London Central...

Instant gratification is nothing new. It’s been around for millennia. It’s an in-built survival instinct for humans – that want, that...

The East of England, which takes in areas from Hertfordshire to Norfolk, has recorded the biggest hike in property prices over...

There were an estimated 354,000 homemovers in 2016, a fall of 4% compared to the 367,000 recorded the previous year. Analysis by...

Two reports produced by Savills suggests continuing struggles for high-priced properties in prime locations to combat economic uncertainty and the deterrent...

The latest assessment of major UK cities’ housing markets by property consultancy Hometrack shows more locations overhauling London in terms of...

2016 was quite a year – eventful, dramatic, shocking and impossible to predict. In no particular order, we saw Leicester winning...

The average fee paid by sellers to high street estate agents in the past year is £4,055 claims Purplebricks - an...

New data from LSL Property Services suggest that the image of London as one large housing market encountering difficulties at the...

The rental market has had to face a raft of changes over the past year, including the introduction of the 3% stamp...

There is no doubt that 2016 managed to catch the world by surprise on more than one occassion.  But will 2017 be...

The extension of Inheritance Tax from April is likely to hinder the recovery of the battered prime central London market according...

Sales of homes in prime central London improved towards the end of 2016 says Savills - but only after prices were...

The chief economist at Nationwide says there are signs that the period of domination for London’s housing market - which for...