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This morning’s new market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors confirms the worst - that the market is in...

House prices are forecast to dip as the year ends and stagnate at the start of 2020 according to the latest...

House prices dipped a tiny 0.1 per cent in October - but this led to the annual rate coming in at...

London Central Portfolio, the investment consultancy which  saw signs of an upturn in the prime market in the capital this autumn,...

The number of prime residential housing transactions has increased rapidly in the past two decades and even in the past five...

Since I started working with Zero Deposit for me the market leader in deposit replacement alternatives, the most common question I am...

Agents have expressed quiet optimism that the market may be over the worst as it continues to show resilience in the...

This is stating the obvious to estate agents but the government has revealed that homes near parks, gardens, playing fields and...

The latest figures from Halifax show annual house price growth has dipped to a six-year low. Average property price growth in...

House price growth in the UK 'ground to a halt' last month, according to the latest Nationwide figures. The lender's house price...

The annual number of property transactions edged down slightly according to the figures released applying to August. However, buyers and sellers email...

The annual rate of growth of UK house prices has slowed to its lowest level since September 2012. Official government data from...

A study from Santander Mortgages has blown the cover on first time buyers, suggesting they know almost nothing and research very...

It’s been revealed this morning that the organisation behind a new clean-air website is encouraging buyers to seek reductions of as...

The new housing minister has admitted that her party has tried to “put a lid” on house price rises and has...

The typical estate agency fee paid by a seller has actually fallen one per cent in the past year according to...

First time buyers will constitute the largest single group of purchasers in 2019, despite the apparent difficulties of deposits and securing...

A housing market monitor that for some months has been pessimistic about London and the rest of the England and Wales...

No less than 56 per cent of properties across the UK are in areas that are affordable for first time buyers...

Pressure continued to mount on the government to clearly address the issue of stamp duty as a leading business consultancy suggested...

I think I speak for most people when I say that we are not currently where we thought we would be...

In the run up to his appointment as Prime Minister, Boris Johnson suggested that he might cut Stamp Duty Land Tax...

New figures produced by Zoopla’s research team shows for the first time the huge scale of regional variations in terms of...

The international estate agency Engel & Volkers is closing its single prime central London office - despite past claims that sales...

The property website Home has identified the four regions of the UK where it says the current market slowdown is at...

Average house prices in the UK increased by a mere 0.9 per cent in the year to June - the lowest...

Prime Central London’s average prices remain 20 per cent below their 2014 peak according to high end estate agency Strutt &...

Some homes in the UK are now worth 44 per cent less than they were a decade ago, claims the estate...

A new house price index that in June predicted big house price rises over the summer has now repeated its claim,...

One of the largest surveys of housing concerns amongst consumers suggests that agents fees - once a major issue - is...

House prices fell unexpectedly for the second month in a row in July according to the Halifax - but the mortgage...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Lino Goncalves – Area Sales Manager What is Lets bid property...

Rising house prices and the gender pay gap means that there is no English region where a single woman on median...

There may be signs that the gloomy housing market which has hit Prime Central London for some years may finally be...

The average house price growth across southern cities is running at the lowest level recorded since January 2012, according to Zoopla.  Prices...

British homes have increased in value by an average of £11 per day since the beginning of the year, but with...

We now have a new Leader of the Conservative Party and, rather more importantly, a new Prime Minister. That individual is Boris...

London and South East England are to see house price falls this year and only “very modest” growth in 2020 -...

A bid to ban the building of new homes for out-of-town buyers has backfired on a Cornish community - and now...

The number of UK residential mortgages approved with a term of 40-years or more jumped over 20-fold in 2018. London estate agency...

Agents have put a brave face on official government figures which have shown a shock fall in London house prices and...

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

Home, the property platform that often produces downbeat market forecasts, now says there are signs of improvement in London at least.  It...

Conservative leadership frontrunner Boris Johnson's plans to reverse stamp duty changes could help to kickstart the prime property market, according to...

Property sellers have been urged to list their properties now in the hope of selling their properties for maximum value within...

Theresa May arrived in Downing Street some three years ago - but her premiership has not been a smooth ride. As she...

With this summer marking forty years since Margaret Thatcher came to power, her legacy continues to invoke both celebration and consternation...

The income required for first time buyers to purchase in the three most expensive UK cities has fallen slightly according to...

London Central Portfolio, a respected property consultancy that has been pessimistic about the market in prime areas of the capital, says...

The number of residential property transactions in May was a thumping 11.3 per cent lower than the same month last year,...

Too many sellers are wedded to the idea that prices will rise after a Brexit deal is resolved, says one of the...

Research from OnTheMarket shows that 40 per cent of London homes costing around £1m have only two bedrooms or fewer. And only...

Over a third of homes across Southern England are at risk of suffering price falls as the housing market slowdown extends...

The National Audit Office says many users of Help To Buy would have been able to purchase a home anyway, without...

New research by comparison website GoCompare suggests almost a million house sales have been lost because of Brexit.  The study claims that...

Over 80 per cent of home owners say they expect house prices to rise in their area before the end of...

An analysis of transactions agreed this spring suggests there will be a surge in prices which will ultimately be reflected later...

Average UK house prices rose 0.5 per cent in May according to the latest Halifax house price index as the long...

The latest house price index shows very little happening in the market, with analysts expecting little significant movement until Brexit is...

The gap between average asking prices and average selling prices has increased in recent months according to Zoopla. Its latest study of...

Ultra slow broadband speeds could knock a quarter off the value of a property according to research undertaken by online agency...

House prices have remained roughly stagnant according to the latest figures produced by the Office for National Statistics and HM Land...

Thousands of homeowners listed their properties for sale in the days following the latest Brexit delay on April 12, new research...

1989 was a significant time for the property industry: it marked the beginning of the end of a period of unprecedented...

There’s a silver lining to another set of stodgy housing market figures - at least one sector, for those buying their...

House prices in 20 UK cities analysed by Zoopla show an average 1.7 per cent increase over the 12 months to...

It’s a new index but it tells an old story - how prime central London prices have dropped significantly since their...

A solicitor handling cases involving Japanese Knotweed say the problem could devalue the prices of affected houses by as much as...

Labour is proposing two methods of controlling house price rises should it win the next General Election - and the ideas...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says house price sentiment improved by a small amount last month for the first time...

UK estate agents charge the lowest commission out of any nation in the European Union, according to a recent study by...

House prices rose slightly more rapidly in the first three months of the year but growth is likely to remain subdued...

Agents appear to be speaking with one voice in response to the latest house price index, saying that once Brexit is...

UK estate agents charge the lowest commission in the European Union according to new research from a comparison website. Despite high levels...

A large-scale survey by a consumer group has revealed that over half of home owners regard stamp duty as a growing...

Over the last few years, there have a number of changes to the stamp duty land tax (SDLT) regime, which have...

Average house prices in the UK increased by 1.7 per cent in the year to the end of January according to...

Prices have dropped 0.5 per cent in the past year according to LSL Property Services, the parent company of Your Move...

Just when you thought it was all Brexit doom and gloom, a major index shows that house prices in February grew...

A couple of weeks ago, SoftBank’s Vision Fund led a whopping $200 million investment injection into Clutter, the US-based on-demand storage...

It’s not just the high-end market for homes in the south east that’s hit by Brexit according to the Guild of...

More downbeat house price figures have prompted one leading estate agent to admit that the 2019 market had not taken off...

Another estate agency has closed one of its prime London offices as the capital’s most exclusive areas continue to be hit...

Monthly mortgage payments as a proportion of income have dropped to 31 per cent now from 43 per cent a decade...

In these tougher times, we recognise that helping agents win new inventory is the key to their businesses.  There were more than...

A new survey claims the market is at its worst for eight years. The latest market snapshot from property platform Home says...

The average prices of flats and maisonettes bucked the trend by falling very slightly in the year to December, according to...

A design and renovation business has set up a property sourcing business which will find homes requiring renovation. What’s more, it claims...

The government has launched an official consultation about a new stamp duty surcharge - the long-awaited additional one per cent for...

Agents have suggested that the latest price figures from the Halifax may be masking increased activity in the market in recent...

Strutt & Parker says transaction levels in Prime Central London, already at a low ebb, plummeted a further nine per cent...

An annual study of transaction charges shows that house moving costs are now at a record average high of almost £10,000...

Strutt & Parker says the housing crisis - in the shape of too few homes and their stubbornly high prices -...

House prices grew at the slowest annual rate for nearly six years in January, according to Nationwide, which says the market...

The monthly index of house price changes in Britain’s major cities, for many years operated under the Hometrack banner, has been...

Another housing market snapshot is showing a pessimistic start to 2019 as the property platform Home reports that four regions of...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says the housing market outlook over the next three months is the worst for 20...

One of Britain’s foremost property consultancies has given a relatively upbeat prediction for the UK housing market over the next five...

There may be a cloud over the economy right now but growth of 2.7 per cent in house prices last year...

A slew of property experts and commentators have put the blame on Brexit for a surprise drop in house price growth...

Rightmove has revealed which day was its busiest in 2018 in terms of page views. It says February 19 was the date,...

As 2018 draws to a close, it is fair to say that stretched affordability and uncertainty over the Brexit negotiations has...

House price inflation across the UK has slowed to a six-year low of 2.6 per cent thanks to falls in London...

One of the country’s most detailed housing market forecasts for 2019 suggests house prices will fall in London and nearby regions...

Purplebricks’ global chief executive Michael Bruce has taken a swipe at the property and mainstream media for being too London-centric in...

Uncertainty will be a key characteristic of the housing market for “the next few years” warns Countrywide - and not just...

House prices are flatlining with the rate of annual growth having fallen continually since August according to LSL Property Services, which...

More than 75 per cent of first time buyers have benefited from the changes to stamp duty thresholds for introduced a...

If your New Year’s resolution is to move to a four bedroom home in London or the south of England, you...

Estate agency Strutt & Parker says that despite Brexit and the economic and political uncertainty accompanying it, house prices in the...

It’s that time of year again where we start saying goodbye to 12 months of hard work and start looking forward...

One of the country’s most influential bodies says house price rises over 2019 will be limited to around two per cent...

House price rises are now the slowest they have been for six years according to the Halifax. Across the UK, property values...

The chief executive of online agency HouseSimple says “sellers need to be prepared and willing to lower their expectations” in the current...

Property analysts say ‘flippers’ - those who buy new homes and sell them quickly, hopefully for a profit - are losing...

House prices showed an unexpected pre-Christmas boost last last month but worries about Brexit remain foremost for buyers according to the...

A high-end estate agency selling some of the country’s most expensive homes says the possible currency falls resulting from Brexit chaos...

Newspapers are reporting that Brexit’s impact on house prices - especially if there is No Deal - are likely to take...

Mainstream bank lending for house purchases grew by 3.6 per cent in October compared to the same month last year. However the...

To say legendary ZPG founder and CEO Alex Chesterman left big boots to fill when he stepped back from day-to-day operations...

A no-deal Brexit The biggest impact of a no-deal Brexit in relation to housing is a potential fall in house prices -...

The chief executive of Haart, Paul Smith, is warning that a No Deal exit from the EU could leave Britain with...

A property comparison website has made a defence of the controversial Help To Buy initiative, claiming it “acts as an important...

Price growth in the housing market is slow across the UK but London is again the most troubled region, seeing an...

The market is now over-supplied with homes to sell while at the same time demand is dipping and there are widespread...

A leading property consultancy has called out Manchester as the location which has seen the highest urban price growth of anywhere...

The latest Your Move house price data confirms what a wide range of indices have shown recently - slowing price growth and,...

The LonRes data consultancy that monitors transactions right across prime central London says Brexit is the single biggest factor impacting the...

Savills has issued its forecast for the housing market for the next five years, and while it highlights some bright spots...

It’s November so forecasts for next year are beginning to emerge from high-end agencies with research departments - and the first one...

An early sign of a possible recovery in the London housing market may be appearing, according to data consultancy Hometrack.  It’s just...

The agency industry has reacted in a broadly downbeat way at the relatively few housing-related proposals that were announced in yesterday’s...

Millennials aged 18 to 34 are putting plans for romance, children and even hobbies on ice as they make huge sacrifices...

A London buying agent has called for a second referendum on Britain’s EU membership, suggesting that it would give more certainty...

A leading London estate agency is reporting a surge in overseas buyers sealing deals ahead of the government’s new stamp duty...

A city’s housing market that suffered badly because of the collapse in North Sea oil prices is now likely to rebound...

The cost of new-build leasehold properties has surged 16 times faster than freeholds according to research from property investment platform. The revelation...

Price cutting is becoming the new norm as the market adapts to reduced interest from buyers, according to property listings platform...

Even the cheapest local homes are out of reach for at least 40 per cent of young adults according to a...

One estate agent has described the latest price fall announced by the Halifax as “quite a retreat” for the housing market...

New build house prices rose 5.1 per cent in the year to the end of August - substantially more than the...

House prices grew two per cent year on year for September according to new figures - and a senior agency chief...

The government has used this week’s Conservative party conference to announce a new stamp duty tax of one per cent to three...

London has been identified as one of a number of ‘bubble risk cities’ in a report by Swiss bank UBS. In a...

Zoopla has once again released its list of the costliest streets in the UK - but for the second year running...

The income first-time buyers need to purchase a home in the UK’s largest cities has shot up by 18 per cent...

Purplebricks has this morning announced that it’s to expand its US activities still further, breaking into Florida for the first time. It...

Estate agents say the continuing gentle slowdown reflected in the latest government house price figures will be the story of the...

Those of you who receive (and read) my Sunday PropTech Review will know that, by far and away, the most shared...

The old cliche about statistics may be cruel but the government has perhaps left itself open to its use after announcing...

“Baton down the hatches. Stockpile the food cupboard. Brexit is coming and it’s little more than six months away!” I jest, but there is...

Bank of England governor Mark Carney says a no-deal Brexit exit could lead to a 35 per cent house price crash. The...

House prices fell further this month as the slowdown tightened its grip according to he latest data from property platform Home. It...

Owning a home has become almost impossible for many public sector workers across Britain, according to research from the union UNISON. Getting...

The latest house price index from Nationwide shows a monthly fall of 0.5% in August, the largest decline recorded since July...

Speculation is growing that the Help to Buy scheme is set to be discontinued following a review by government ministers. Recent research...

Property sellers have been on the back foot over the slow summer period, according to the latest report from NAEA Propertymark....

A downbeat report from property investment specialist London Central Portfolio says “there are very few causes for optimism in the domestic...

A property management company is warning that some areas of the UK could be in line for a price correction this...

House prices in a quarter of the UK’s largest cities are struggling to recover to the level they were at during...

Traditional estate agencies could be in for a stormy autumn and face being the next casualty of the high street shake-out...

Rightmove says the housing market is now into a ‘summer sale’ as newly-marketed property shows an average asking price fall of...

Were it not for climate change, I would be very close to predicting that the summer is close to being over,...

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...