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The latest data from Your Move reveals London as still being the area of England and Wales with the lowest house...

Rightmove’s monthly price index says the average asking price of homes coming to the market has fallen 1.2 per cent in...

Labour’s shadow housing minister John Healey is reported to be one of a number of prominent front bench opposition spokespeople being...

The average cost of moving home in the UK has increased by £628 over the past year from £10,966 to £11,624...

Investors from countries as diverse as South Africa and Russia are getting a 21 per cent discount on UK property according...

The housing market remains mixed across different parts of the UK but London and the south east remain the weakest areas...

Government figures suggest house prices are still rising by 5.1 per cent a year, with the average property value in the...

House prices in June, July and August were a tiny 0.1 per cent higher than in the previous three months according...

New research has revealed that Britain's impending exit from the European Union is not a consideration for 71% of consumers. A study...

In this week’s Natter I’m going to get all political. Don’t worry, I won’t be giving my opinions on Brexit, Trump...

Whenever any research is released, part of me can’t help thinking of that old adage, ‘lies, damn lies and statistics’ especially...

Analysis by the Nationwide suggests that the proportion of UK-wide stamp duty payments paid by purchasers in the south east of...

The average price of a home in the UK is now £211,6712 - up slightly on last month but with growth...

Property consultancy Hometrack says London’s 12 month market slowdown has bottomed out with the annual growth rate rising to 2.8 per...

Countrywide has issued forecasts for the housing market over the next two years amidst a warning that Brexit volatility is the...

Shelter, the campaigning charity that has been hugely critical of private landlords and letting agents in recent years, has now launched...

An analysis of data from HM Revenue and Customs reveals that inheritance tax paid by UK families has topped £5 billion...

UK house prices grew by 4.9 per cent in the year to the end of June according to the government’s official...

The price of houses in the UK will remain high because a “structural decline” means fewer homes are being sold and...

Stamp duty has become the latest weapon in the ongoing war of words between different wings of the Conservative party, as...

Record low stock numbers, political uncertainty and the aftermath of tax changes are the obstacles hindering the housing market, according to...

The ‘lower priced’ 80 per cent of homes in prime central London are seeing price rises again, giving hope they have...

Last week the Nationwide reported house prices rising unexpectedly in July - now the Halifax has done the same, reporting a...

Twenty areas in Greater London have an average price in excess of £5,000 per square metre according to new research from...

As the mainstream mortgage market braces itself for yet another clampdown on buy-to-let lending, a growing number of property investors are...

Property has been changing hands for centuries, but when did estate agents as we know them today – with their branches,...

Agents say the latest Nationwide index showing a surprise rise in house prices does not change the fact that it is...

The latest market snapshot by high-end agency Strutt & Parker reveals more bad news for London - despite the agency itself...

New figures produced by estate agency Carter Jonas show that the long-term consequences of the credit crunch have exacerbated the historic...

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

Hunters is opening a new branch in the fashionable area of Shoreditch in east London, despite a slump in sales across...

The number of transactions in the housing market has fallen for the third successive month - and for the first time...

The latest figures from business consultancy Hometrack shows that house price inflation in the UK’s major cities is likely to reach...

As discussed in our previous article, it’s all about the first impression. Once your team have handled that initial phone call...

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...