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House prices are rising at their slowest rate for nearly five years as London suffers its largest decline in prices since...

The buy-to-let sector, which has been under sustained pressure for a number of years now thanks to tax changes designed to...

A sales platform that monitors the market is warning that house price falls are likely to spread beyond London and the...

Boris Johnson is calling for a cut to Britain’s “absurdly high” stamp duty. Writing in this morning’s Daily Telegraph - the same newspaper...

At first sight, to suggest this is a good time for an agency business to go for an IPO - that...

A respected mortgage broker has found that there is widespread public uncertainty amongst the public about the effects of stamp duty...

The EY ITEM Club, regarded as one of the most influential groups of economists in the UK, says it’s still “dubious”...

In a surprise announcement, house prices picked up in July with the annual rate of growth rising from 1.8 per cent...

Outspoken property commentator and buying agent Henry Pryor has made a scathing attack on some of the main house price indices. In...

The business editor of right wing political weekly The Spectator says “what’s bad for Foxtons is on the whole likely to...

A leading estate agent is warning that an interest rate increase today ould hurt the delicate balance of the housing market. The...

The latest transaction figures from HM Revenue and Customs make depressing reading - a three per cent drop between May and...

The debate over alleged ‘down-valuing’ by mortgage lenders has flared again with one leading agent claiming that surveyors are just “covering...

Agents appear to be getting more pessimistic over the housing market as the latest government figures show prices still growing - but...

House prices in London are projected to fall in the short-term, down by two per cent by the end of 2018...

First things first, I have to mention the World Cup. The dream is over, football’s not quite coming home (not until...

A left-leaning think tank is urging the Bank of England to manipulate the housing market to ensure house prices don’t rise...

One of the UK’s leading group of economic experts has repeated its warning that housing market is not going to see...

Two more price reports from high-end agencies make grim reading about the prime London housing market. New data from Savills suggests that...

Estate Agent Today is 10 years old this weekend. We hope you’ll agree that’s a cause for celebration and a great...

Hometrack says other cities are now closing the gap on London in terms of house prices and market value. The latest Hometrack UK...

The vast majority of estate agents say dressing a property for sale improves its chances of a sale by leaving a...

House prices rose at their slowest annual rate in five years in June according to the latest indicator of this summer’s...

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

The housing market “is clearly currently struggling to gain traction” and any real upturn ”will remain elusive over the coming months”...

Summer is traditionally the time of the year when the property market slows down, with people going away on their holidays...

Government figures are the latest to show that house prices are still going up - but with a reduced rate of...

The proportion of homes sold in London was lower than any other part of England and Wales last year according to...

Prices grew at a faster than expected rate last month according to the Halifax House Price Index, which has reported a...

A poll of housing market experts suggests London house prices are likely to fall this year as a result of Brexit...

One of the country’s leading experts on the housing market says first time buyers are still hampered from purchasing homes despite...

Property sellers in the South of England are having to accept asking reductions in order to achieve a sale.  Data from Hometrack...

A study of house price affordability has revealed that train drivers can afford a greater proportion of homes in the UK's...

Average property prices fell in all but one English region during March, according to the latest official UK House Price Index. Overall,...

Average first-time buyers in London spend double the amount paid by those across the rest of Britain. A typical London buyer now...

Research by Zoopla suggests that homeowners' confidence in the property market is on the rise.  The property website's latest Housing Market Sentiment...

The latest data from Rightmove indicates that the average national asking price has reached another all-time high of £308,075 following a...

The introduction of the Land Transaction Tax (LTT) to replace stamp duty in Wales has had a significant impact on house...

There is a common misconception that the private rented sector (PRS) is entirely made up of young professionals and students. While...

Consumer body Which? is warning that those who used the Help To Buy equity loan to purchase their homes could face...

It went largely unreported when news broke last week but now the suggestion that home owners should pay a surcharge if...

Another high end estate agency is reporting difficulties in the London market with Knight Frank saying prices are down in both...

Strutt & Parker has repeated its warning that the market in prime central London could see a typical house price fall...

House prices in the three months to the end of April were 2.2 per cent higher than in the same period...

Here’s some good news to take into the Bank Holiday weekend.  Research undertaken by Estate Agent Today suggests that fees charged by...

Coutts bank has issued a starkly pessimistic snapshot of prime London’s housing landscape, reporting price falls, valuation mark-downs and slower sales...

New figures from Hometrack show that a typical home in Greater London now takes 17 weeks to find a buyer -...

The sun has finally returned to ours skies and you’re on the lookout for a little bit of summer reading. As...

Average house prices in the UK have increased 4.4 per cent in the year to February according to the latest official...

Stubbornly high house prices and concerns over leasehold-related charges top the list of worries amongst the public about the housing market. That’s...

A website that monitors house prices says “red warning lights are flashing as market conditions in London and the South East...

The government has published data related to a claim by housing minister Dominic Raab, who prompted controversy last week by suggesting...

The latest house price index figures from the Halifax gives just the spur the market may need as the spring sales...

Average prices dropped another 1.1 per cent in prime central London in the year to March according to new figures released...

A leading estate agent says his findings confirm those of the latest house price index in suggesting that prices are turning...

House price growth in London has hit a seven year low according to Hometrack, with prices actually down across 42 per...

The Haart agency group has given an upbeat picture of the housing market in its latest figures with instructions up 15...

House prices started 2018 with a modest 0.3 per cent drop across the UK as a whole, including 0.5 per cent...

Only one local authority in England and Wales has an average house price below £100,000 - while in every London borough...

House prices have taken a spring leap in the north of England as the market improves - but it’s a different...

The switchback of house price indices and other data on the state of the market has taken a turn for the...

Average house prices rose 0.5 per cent in February, making it the biggest rise in five months according to the latest...

The Ernst & Young ITEM Club - a group of economists highly regarded by politicians and some sectors of the property...

House prices in the UK have suffered their first quarterly fall in almost a year - but strong transaction totals suggest...

LSL Property Services - parent company to 12 brands including Your Move, Reeds Rains and London’s Marsh & Parsons - has...

A survey by Lloyds Bank has revealed that the average ‘first time seller’ requires very nearly £136,000 to bridge the gap...

House prices fell unexpectedly in February with the Nationwide Building Society reporting a drop of 0.3 per cent. This ended some analysts’...

New analysis by Hometrack shows that large regional cities like Edinburgh, Birmingham and Manchester look set for a 20 per cent...

Brexit uncertainty and weakening consumer demand are likely to hit house prices this year, according to a survey of 33 housing...

Scottish portal s1homes.com has reported that the average property in Scotland sold for £10,000 higher than its asking price during the...

The number of first-time buyers has increased 16 per cent in the past month and 10 per cent year on year...

Despite a string of property pundits suggesting the market is slowing down, new figures from the Office for National Statistics show...

House price falls have been recorded in London, the South East and the North East according to data from LSL Property Services,...

Prices in the three months to the end of January were 2.2 per cent, indicating a further slowing from the previous...

This year is going to be “challenging” for the housing market according to the influential Ernst & Young ITEM Club, a...

Lloyds Bank has revealed a league table of the cities which have seen the highest price growth over the past decade...

Annual house price growth is now 3.2 per cent according to Nationwide - an unexpected rise from the 2.6 per cent recorded at...

House price indices provided each month by Halifax and the Nationwide have been branded as “misguiding” and “out of date” and...

Homes for sale in some parts of inner London are seeing price discounts of up to 10 per cent says Hometrack...

The housing market has returned to stability with exchanges up one per cent year on year and the average house price...

The number of transactions last year dropped to 1.22m - a minor 0.8 per cent drop on the year before and...

A set of figures produced by Haart suggests the market has had a difficult past 12 months - but the firm...

Figures from the Office for National Statistics show that in the year to November average house prices in the UK increased...

The number of owners selling up and moving home is at its highest level since 2007 with one exception - London.  The...

New figures from Your Move suggest that average house prices across England and Wales barely moved in 2017, increasing just 0.2...

The latest house prices as indicated by the most recent index offer confirmation of “a slowing rather than collapsing market” according...

December saw the fewest number of people put their homes on the market than in any month in 2017, according to...

New analysis by the Nationwide has revealed just how big an obstacle a 20 per cent deposit can be for buyers...

Figures out this morning from the Nationwide show the first annual fall in London-wide house prices for eight years - and...

Mystery surrounds a claim made by Prime Minister Theresa May that the stamp duty changes for first time buyers made in...

More price falls have been recorded across areas of prime London according to Savills.  The pattern is not uniform - the agency...

With an average house price of £252,896 and trains to London taking as little as 24 minutes, Luton has been named...

What a year it’s been! Back in 2016 we had Brexit, a new prime minister, Donald Trump’s election, and so when...

The Nationwide says the Chancellor’s decision to effectively scrap stamp duty for the majority of first time buyers will have only...

The last of the leading agency analysts and business consultancies have now given their predictions for the UK housing market in...

The property consultancy Hometrack says London is facing “a drawn-out period during which there will be a slow re-alignment of house...

In 2017 the average seller sold their home for £92,466 more than they paid for it, having owned the home for...

The operators of a new website which earlier today claimed to have 500,000 property listings appear to have now removed the...

This week, news broke of the ‘first bitcoin homes’ being sold in the UK by Go Move, an estate agency in...

Another new year is nearly upon us and, once we’ve got the season of mince pies, mulled wine, pigs in blankets,...

A survey released this morning shows that estate agents’ fees have risen only four per cent in real terms since 2007...

The investment service arm of international ratings agency Moody's is warning that affordability issues are likely to lead to a slowdown...

Some 62 per cent of current home owners feel that moving house has become more difficult over the past 10 years...

The Halifax reports that house prices in the last three months, that’s between September and November, were 2.4 per cent higher...

One of the last major estate agencies to give its forecast for 2018 says London prices will drop another 0.5 per...

The average home in England and Wales now sells for very nearly four per cent under its original asking price - a...

House price growth appears to have stabilised at 2.5 per cent per year according to the latest index to appear, that...

Data from Hometrack shows that the gap between average earnings and house prices has reached an all-time high in London.  The price...

Figures from the independent Office for Budget Responsibility suggest that house prices across the UK will rise by 3.1 per cent...

British politics is extraordinarily volatile right now and the ongoing battle between austerity and anti-austerity, Leave and Remain, and Conservative and...

Jackson-Stops predicts that average UK house prices will remain flat in 2018, with stamp duty, Brexit and political uncertainties taking their...

Your Move and Reeds Rains, both part of LSL Property Services, are the latest agencies to admit a slowdown in house...

The head of a major Oxford estate and lettings agency has written an open letter to Chancellor Phillip Hammond urging him...

Strutt & Parker is warning that Prime Central London prices could drop as much as five per cent in 2018 -...

The notion of a North-South divide in the UK has been around for as long as I can remember – certainly...

Savills has given a pessimistic outlook for the mainstream housing market for the next five years.  It says average house prices across...

The first of the major estate agency research teams to offer a forecast for the 2018 market has kicked off the...

London house prices are stuck in neutral according to the latest figures from property consultancy Hometrack, which says values in the...

With the Budget just over a month away, the steady stream of ‘leaks’ continues to grow as journalists and the industry...

Analysts believe a rise in the Bank of England base rate is on the cards next month as a result of the...

Annual house price inflation is 1.3 per cent according to Your Move - even though prices dipped 0.1 per cent in...

House prices across the UK have jumped by an average of 4.0 per cent in the year to September says the...

UK house price inflation is now running at a modest 2.0 per cent but London's housing market has recorded its worst...

UBS says London's housing market still faces the risk of becoming a bubble - although that risk has marginally eased over...

Savills has revised its forecasts for the housing market and says that uncertainty over the impact of Brexit points to two...

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...

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...

This is the final Estate Agent Today until Tuesday January 3 2017, so everyone at Angels Media sends all good wishes for...

Eaton Square, in the heart of London’s wealthy Belgravia district, has been crowned the most expensive street in England and Wales,...

The Halifax says house prices across the UK will rise between 1.0 and 4.0 per cent in the next 12 months...

Home ownership rates among 25-year-olds have plummeted by more than half in 20 years, council leaders have warned.  New analysis for the...

The Nationwide is the latest major industry forecaster to predict a sluggish average house price rise of two per cent in...

Following a strong start to 2016, particularly in the lower to middle range of the UK housing market, that lasted up...

Forecasts are so last year: who anticipated Bowie, Brexit or Balls for example? Quotes, on the other hand, really ARE last year...

House prices in London are now rising at 7.6 per cent per year - the lowest figure for 39 months according...

The latest official house price index, released by the Office for National Statistics, shows that house price growth was 6.9 per...

House prices will rise 2.0 per cent in 2017, below the rate of inflation and just under half the rise predicted...

The latest index from the Halifax shows that prices in the three months to November were 0.8 per cent higher than...

Prominent top end London estate agent Trevor Abrahmsohn says some homes in the higher levels of the market may now have...

House prices will stall in 2017 and there won’t by any significant improvement in affordability for many hard-pressed buyers - but...

Estate agency Knight Frank says that the UK housing market has rebounded more strongly than expected after the Brexit referendum -...

One of Britain’s most prominent property data companies says homes near London Underground tube stations with 24-hour trains will see a...

Housing data consultancy Hometrack says the disparity between average earnings and house prices is reaching record levels in certain parts of...

A conveyancing firm says the buyers at former retirement hotspots such as seaside towns are getting younger because mainstream purchasers are obliged to...

Forecasts are a tricky business. And as I wrote in a recent Industry Views opinion piece, any prediction in the current...

The long-awaited Redfern Review has recommended that improved access to mortgage finance and improved income levels for first time buyers are...

Figures released by the government show sales during July - the first month after the EU referendum - tumbling by well over...

Confidence in the UK housing market has fallen to its lowest point in three years, according to the latest Halifax ‘confidence...

It is fair to say that 2016 is a year full of surprises. Anyone who had the foresight to predict Britain...

It is too early to talk about a recovery in the long-term decline of the prime central London sales market despite...

House prices in the three months to late October were on average 5.2 per cent higher than over the same period...

As America goes to the polls after one of the most cantankerous, aggressive and abusive campaigns since...well, our own Brexit vote in...

The average cost of moving house now is £10,996 after an alleged 26 per cent rise in typical estate agency fees...

The growing size and scale of the private rented sector is not new news. Headlines shout about the changing profile of...

House prices were unchanged in October according to the latest Nationwide house price index, but a typical home now costs six...

The average UK property takes 91 days to sell - and that’s down to greedy sellers according to the mortgage arm...

As economic consultancies and estate agency research departments begin their annual round of late-year forecasts for the 12 months ahead, the...

The company that owns Heathrow airport is reported to have said that it will buy 750 homes on the site of...

A campaign group says it wants to state the case for more new homes in a county which until now has...