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![The true cost of green space premiums faced by dog-owning house-buyers](/upload/images/3%20PROOFED%20buyers%20face%20premiums%20for%20green%20spaces%20by%20Mark%20O%E2%80%99Dwyer%2C%20Sales%20Director%20at%20Quickmove%20Properties.jpg)
Dog-owning house buyers who want to live in areas of abundant green space in which to walk their four-legged friends are...
13 April 2024
From: Features
![Property Natter - Business as usual with the new normal....if the price is right](/upload/images/Property%20Natter.jpg)
I was chatting to a genuine city gent the other day (someone who has enjoyed a career in suits, ties, shares...
02 March 2024
From: Features
![How can I help my loved one get on the property ladder?](/upload/images/1%20How%20can%20I%20help%20weekend%20feature.jpg)
Compared with a decade ago, today's first-time buyers are older, more likely to buy with a partner and more likely to...
17 February 2024
From: Features
![Why new build properties may be best for first-time buyers](/upload/images/4%20Proofed%20--%20Why%20new-build%20homes%20weekend%20features%20by%20Vernon%20Pethard.jpg)
After years of saving, hard work, and market watching, being able to view and make an offer on a property is...
10 February 2024
From: Features
![How to make the most of your marketing spend this Winter](/upload/images/__thumbs/3%20shutterstock_58934053.jpg/3%20shutterstock_58934053__400x266.jpg)
As we enter the winter months and a traditionally quieter time for the property industry - agents are still contending with...
11 November 2023
From: Features
![Winter warning over Japanese Knotweed](/upload/images/__thumbs/4%20shutterstock_1777590785.jpg/4%20shutterstock_1777590785__400x267.jpg)
Homebuyers viewing properties during the winter months should be extra watchful for signs of invasive Japanese knotweed, which dies back in...
11 November 2023
From: Features
![Are UK homeowners still wanting to move?](/upload/images/shutterstock_1892390203.jpg)
Open Property Group has carried out research which looks into where UK homeowners are moving to and if there is a...
09 August 2023
From: Features
![Average mortgage rates enter ‘devilish’ territory](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/remortgage_400x310.png)
The average rate for a two-year fixed rate mortgage has passed the “devilish” 6.66% point, figures show. Moneyfacts yesterday revealed the average...
12 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Energy policy confusion hitting the sale of rural homes - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/_EPC4-400x310.png)
There’s a warning today that confusion over plans to transition rural properties to greener heating systems may be deterring buyers. Trade association...
11 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Conveyancers ‘failing buyers on sewage tank rules’ - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HouseInspection_400x310.png)
Lawyers are warning of a growing number of incidents of septic tank conveyancing negligence, which could prove costly for homebuyers. House buyers...
03 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents remain bullish as house prices dip again](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House-pounds_400x310.png)
Average house prices have declined by their largest level on a monthly basis since the end of the 2021 Stamp Duty...
23 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Sussex agent expands new homes offering](/upload/images/library/Property-portfolio400x310.png)
A West Sussex estate agency has unveiled expansion plans after achieving a record-breaking £112m of new home sales in the past...
05 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Not so green property – eco concerns take backseat as cost-of-living bites](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/GreenEnvironment-400x310.png)
New data from Moneypenny has revealed that eco features are falling off the wish-list of potential house buyers as a result...
08 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Warning - new checks on mortgage applications could hit house hunters](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HomeInHands-400x310.jpg)
A property expert has predicted that mortgage applicants are likely to find it 'much harder' to be approved for loans as...
19 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![War and inflation may kill 2022 housing market - agents warned](/upload/images/library/interest-rate-warning-24715.png)
An analyst is warning that the latest buoyant house price figures could be the last hurrah before a significant depression. The Nationwide’s...
03 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Controversial conveyancer hits back at 'forgotten stamp duty' claim](/upload/images/library/Stamp-Duty400x310.png)
The controversial conveyancing firm at the centre of an apparent cyber attack has hit back at newspaper claims that it did...
01 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Air Quality may be latest factor to influence asking prices](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/GreenEnvironment-400x310.png)
A study suggests that 70 per cent of buyers would be willing to pay more for a property with good indoor...
03 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![PropTech tool shows buyers detailed fit-out of homes pre-purchase](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/AI-PropTech-400x310.jpg)
A new PropTech platform has an ultimate aim of allowing house buyers to select and order their interior decorations and modifications...
28 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Revealed: the hidden threat to 2022’s housing market](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EnergySupply-1-400x310.jpg)
At the risk of mixing my metaphors, any mention of energy has become something of a blue touch paper in the...
08 January 2022
From: Features
![Propertymark rejects claim its housing market data is inaccurate](/upload/images/Property%20People/NathanEmerson-400x310.jpg)
Propertymark’s chief executive has rejected claims that his organisation’s housing market data inaccurately states the numbers of prospective buyers for each...
04 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Is it time to reform the tax we all love to hate?](/upload/images/library/StampDuty1-400x310.jpg)
As we slide into Christmas, with the busiest levels of house buying since 2006 and activity still buoyant, I don’t think...
22 December 2021
From: Features
![‘Social Network’ online platform announces PropTech collaboration](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/PropTech-TouchScreen-400x310.jpg)
PropertyHeads, a platform describing itself as a social network for house buyers and sellers, has a new PropTech partnership. It’s linked with...
10 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Energy Efficiency still not a hot topic for most house buyers](/upload/images/library/EnergyEfficiency-1-400x310.jpg)
New research shows that despite media attention and new government policies, better energy efficiency is not a key issue for the...
26 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Warning against “hasty ill-considered decisions” by buyers under pressure](/img/default/eat.png)
A conveyancing services firm is warning that buyers are making “hasty rather than considered” decisions over properties because they feel under...
07 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Conveyancing leader wants much slower phase-out of stamp duty holiday](/img/default/eat.png)
The head of one of the UK’s largest conveyancing legal practices is warning the property market could “fall off a cliff...
24 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Should agents track the Covid testing and vaccination status of staff?](/img/default/eat.png)
Potential house buyers may be fine with virtual tours during lockdown periods, but as the country opens up, people are going...
24 April 2021
From: Features
![Stamp duty holiday: how to keep your chain intact](/img/default/eat.png)
Following the fluctuation of the property market during the UK’s first national lockdown, the industry was given a lifeline by the...
13 March 2021
From: Features
![Managing high enquiry volumes and making hay while the sun shines](/img/default/eat.png)
The property sector is in the middle of a boom and demand is high. Last week’s announcement that the stamp duty...
10 March 2021
From: Features
![Stamp Duty Debate As It Happened - What MPs Said](/img/default/eat.png)
Labour and Conservative MPs have expressed a unanimous view on their desire to see an extension of the stamp duty holiday...
01 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: backbone of our industry – Aspire-ing and roaring to greatness](/img/default/eat.png)
Firstly, Happy New Year – here’s to 2021 being less chaotic than the last! In the final part of our series on...
02 January 2021
From: Features
![Keeping the market moving is vital for more than just the economy](/img/default/eat.png)
Tenants, landlords, agents, and house buyers all breathed a sigh of relief on Halloween when the government announced that home moves...
21 November 2020
From: Features
![The true benefits of virtual property marketing](/img/default/eat.png)
It has been three months since the property market was given the green light to reopen. During this time, we have...
12 August 2020
From: Features
![Scotland caves in and relaxes its stamp duty equivalent](/img/default/eat.png)
The threshold at which Scotland’s Land and Buildings Transaction Tax is paid by purchasers is to be raised from £145,000 to...
13 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Craig Fenner, a Customer Success Director at Feefo](/img/default/eat.png)
Who are you? I’m Craig Fenner, a Customer Success Director at Feefo. I work directly with Feefo’s Enterprise clients to ensure they...
14 May 2020
From: 60 Second Interview
![Mortgage offers likely to be extended up to three months](/img/default/eat.png)
Two financial trade bodies say most mortgage providers will give customers who have exchanged contracts the option to extend their mortgage...
30 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents Beware: definitive government guidance on buying and selling](/img/default/eat.png)
The government has at last issued extensive advice on home moving and the activities of estate agents during the continuing Coronavirus crisis. This...
27 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![2019 housing market slightly better than 2018 says NAEA](/img/default/eat.png)
The National Association of Estate Agents has given its analysis of 2019 - and it may have been a better year...
18 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Why agents need to warn clients about mortgage fraud](/img/default/eat.png)
As an agent, it’s part of your role to protect and advise your clients throughout the buying and selling process. Mortgages are...
26 September 2019
From: Sponsored Content
![Buyers falsify and alter documents as mortgage fraud cases rise](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s been a five per cent rise in the cases of mortgage fraud as increasing numbers of house buyers appear to...
25 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![The price of property: charting the evolution of stamp duty](/img/default/eat.png)
In the run up to his appointment as Prime Minister, Boris Johnson suggested that he might cut Stamp Duty Land Tax...
24 August 2019
From: Features
![Don’t tell Boris Johnson, but neighbours matter to many house buyers](/img/default/eat.png)
A timely new survey suggests that 75 per cent of buyers give at least some consideration to what their potential neighbours...
25 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![80 and still paying a mortgage? No problem, say lenders](/img/default/eat.png)
Mortgage lenders are relaxing age limits so that house buyers can still be paying off their home loan well into their...
12 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![Housing market 'stuck in low gear for some months to come'](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the country’s most influential bodies says house price rises over 2019 will be limited to around two per cent...
11 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Fewer sales, supply static, first time buyers down - that was 2018](/img/default/eat.png)
An end-of-year analysis from the National Association of Estate Agents shows the state of the industry - and it confirms just...
04 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![It’s time for conveyancing to up its game](/img/default/eat.png)
Conveyancing regularly adds unnecessary and costly delays to the home buying process and improvement could be far quicker than any efforts...
17 November 2018
From: Features
![Why Facebook’s property listings are a bigger threat to portals than agents](/img/default/eat.png)
When Facebook first announced it would be entering the property listings market a few weeks ago it sent shockwaves across the...
06 October 2018
From: Features
![Yet another Ombudsman - this time one covering only new homes](/img/default/eat.png)
The government, which only recently said there would be one Ombudsman covering the entire housing sector, has announced that there is...
02 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Top economists still pessimistic about housing market fortunes](/img/default/eat.png)
The EY ITEM Club, regarded as one of the most influential groups of economists in the UK, says it’s still “dubious”...
09 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![House price rises will struggle this year and next, say top economists](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the UK’s leading group of economic experts has repeated its warning that housing market is not going to see...
09 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![More gloom and doom: economists say market won't improve this year](/img/default/eat.png)
The housing market “is clearly currently struggling to gain traction” and any real upturn ”will remain elusive over the coming months”...
20 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Buyers need more help to get the best mortgage deal, says FCA](/img/default/eat.png)
The Financial Conduct Authority says house buyers need more help to find the best priced and most appropriate mortgage deal for their...
09 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Two more interest rate rises likely this year, top economists predict](/img/default/eat.png)
The Ernst & Young ITEM Club - a group of economists highly regarded by politicians and some sectors of the property...
12 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![Crimestoppers working with agents to deter ruthless conveyancing fraudsters](/img/default/eat.png)
Crimestoppers is working with estate agencies and financial advisers as well as conveyancers in a bid to eliminate house buyers’ deposits...
07 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![2018 to be challenging for housing market says forecasting group](/img/default/eat.png)
This year is going to be “challenging” for the housing market according to the influential Ernst & Young ITEM Club, a...
06 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Chaotic stamp duty system means HMRC refunds £10m each month](/img/default/eat.png)
HMRC has refunded £185m to some 15,000 house buyers since the introduction of the stamp duty surcharge in April of last...
10 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![Jostling for position: battle of the property portals continues](/img/default/eat.png)
The fact is that most house hunters simply do not have the time, let alone the inclination, to trawl around properties...
28 October 2017
From: Features
![Supply drought goes on as NAEA declares stock level 'a record low'](/img/default/eat.png)
The number of properties available to buy on agents’ books decreased to 39 last month - the lowest amount recorded for...
28 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![NAEA says sales at 10-year high - but most asking prices not met](/img/default/eat.png)
The National Association of Estate Agents says the number of sales agreed rose to a 10 year high in February. The NAEA...
31 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Good news - cheap mortgage deals likely to remain in place](/img/default/eat.png)
A new report from the NatWest Bank nips in the bud any speculation that rising inflation may end the current cheap...
20 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![Brexit will take years 'so buyers have moved on' claims agency chief](/img/default/eat.png)
Most would-be house buyers have moved on from the shock result of the EU referendum and are likely to renew their...
05 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![Firm warns of wave of litigation against new-build conveyancers](/img/default/eat.png)
A firm is warning of “a wave of litigation from home owners who were given inadequate advice from their solicitors or...
29 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![First timer transactions drop despite 16% rise in buyer registrations](/img/default/eat.png)
The average number of house hunters registered at each branch of the National Association of Estate Agents rose to 333 from 287...
28 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![Bank mortgage lending drop suggests possible house price dip soon](/img/default/eat.png)
The British Banking Association’s latest mortgage lending figures suggest early signs of fall-out from the surprise vote for the UK to...
25 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![Call for evidence: why technology needs to underpin house buying](/img/default/eat.png)
Nearly three quarters of people who have sold or bought a property deem it more stressful than having a child or...
15 July 2016
From: Features
![Property Natter: the interior revolution of estate agents’ offices](/img/default/eat.png)
Estate agents with a difference, a twist, a unique selling point, whatever you want to call it, seem to be becoming...
20 February 2016
From: Features
![Do tenants want longer tenancies?](/img/default/eat.png)
Shelter has been tirelessly campaigning for longer tenancies for the last few years. The charity has led the case for change and...
20 February 2016
From: Features
![Stock of homes on sale halves in 10 years according to NAEA](/img/default/eat.png)
The supply of available housing on sale has almost halved in the past 10 years according to the National Association of...
28 January 2016
From: Breaking News
![NAEA says prices will soar and home-ownership plummet by 2025](/img/default/eat.png)
House prices will soar by 50 per cent in the next 10 years according to research commissioned by the NAEA and conducted...
17 December 2015
From: Breaking News
![Portals given credit for Connells 27% sales surge](/img/default/eat.png)
Connells says its sales figures for June show a 27.5 per cent rise on the same month last year. The agency has...