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There’s more bad news for the long-troubled Prime Central London market. A new analysis shows that transaction volumes have plunged 11.6 per cent...

We’ve all heard the comments - the countryside is being covered in concrete, new houses are springing up everywhere, our green...

The rise and rise of Equity Release continues with a more-than-doubling of the number of product options on the market in...

Emoov’s founder Russell Quirk has outlined how he would help Britain get out of its current housing crisis to a Labour...

Sales of holiday homes could be hit as a result of a new £560m tax proposal put forward by Labour.  Under the...

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...

Rightmove is reporting a mini-boom as the autumn market gets into gear, with a surge in buyers and a one-month rise...

Any day now we’ll hear the date for the Autumn Budget: it may be delayed to wait for a Brexit deal...

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

An estate agency claims that it’s gone from start-up to local market leader within 12 months - and now says it’s...

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

New data reveals that new property listings have fallen for three successive months - and that includes a huge 17.1 per...

A website claim by the London estate agency Moveli has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority after a complaint from...

A housing academic claims that while popular belief has it that homes are getting smaller, the typical living space in England...

The Property Ombudsman has urged the government to bring the new homes build sector under consumer redress. New builds are not currently...

The property market remained slow and stunted in August as the number of For Sale and Sold boards across the country...

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...

In a surprise weekend announcement the government has almost doubled funding for the National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team - the...

Speculation is growing that Rightmove could drop out of the prestigious FTSE-100 within the next few days as the stock exchange...

Over a fifth of pensioners say they would be encouraged to downsize if there was a stamp duty incentive - particularly...

A full 100 per cent of 20 to 24 year olds hope to buy their own home one day -  but...

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...

There’s little doubt that downsizing is less of a factor in the housing market than it used to be - so...

The number of property transactions in July fell 3.2 per cent on the same month last year according to seasonally adjusted...

The brief but troubled history of individuals and companies attempting to raffle homes as prizes has received another blow as a...

The latest quarterly house price report published by property portal s1homes reveals that properties across Scotland sell on average at six...

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,...

More than 420,000 people have now used the government’s Help to Buy schemes to get themselves on to the housing ladder...

A regional pilot has been launched for what is called the Voluntary Right to Buy - a scheme giving housing association...

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

Home ownership among the young has fallen across all income groups according to a large scale research project looking at adults...

The government has quietly scrapped a proposal to force councils to sell off their most valuable assets, which would have included...

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

There’s been another call for the government to reform stamp duty - and this time the request is that the duty...

A PropTech firm has adopted the unusual position of claiming some agencies deliberately over-value properties in a bid to win instructions. Agent...

The investment bank Jefferies says Foxtons’ long-running share price slump is a reflection of Brexit uncertainty “until we find out what...

Rumours abound over the future of Countrywide, which lost further share value on Friday, closing very slightly down on the day...

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

The chairman of LonRes says online estate agents have only a one per cent share of the market in prime central...

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

Research by Estate Agent Today reveals that there have been 12 different stamp duty regimes in the UK since the Millennium. What’s...

The Swiss investment bank Credit Suisse has slashed its target share price for the company from 77p to only 17.2p.  The reason...

New property listings in July were down 6.0 per cent across the UK and down no less than 12.7 per cent...

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

One of London’s leading estate agents says Brexit has had at worst a neutral effect on the housing market and may...

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

The number of properties withdrawn from the market in the second quarter of this year was greater than the number of...

The redress scheme which formally quit the housing sector admits some estate agencies may have missed its deadline - and are thus...

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

The government has revised its guidance to agents over redress schemes - amending it to take account of the fact that...

The former Chancellor George Osborne - architect of drastic stamp duty reform - has come out fighting to defend the tax...

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

An analysis of HMRC stamp duty statistics for the second quarter of this year suggest that receipts are down 13.8 per...

Most estate agents have tried to dismiss the impact of the Bank of England’s base rate rise, which came following a...

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

Data prepared for the BBC and shared with Estate Agent Today gives a snapshot of how estate agencies, lettings agencies and...

Connells Group - which now says it’s the country’s largest estate agency by market share and numbers of homes sold -...

A government announcement this morning claims 121,500 first time buyers have taken advantage of the stamp duty cut introduced at the...

The parent company of Your Move, Reeds Rains and other agency brands has succeeded where Foxtons yesterday did not - in...

The latest market snapshot released by the National Association of Estate Agents’ shows the challenges faced by the industry right now. The...

Labour says stamp duty receipts and other tax income from properties in the capital should go to the Mayor, Sadiq Kahn,...

It’s holiday time: schools have broken up, quite a few estate agents are taking time off, and the MPs are in...

With the continued indecision surrounding Brexit and the final divorce settlement still months away, it seems property buyers are choosing to...

With the weather scheduled to get a little cooler this weekend, fund-raising is clearly still a hot topic in the industry...

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

The mortgage industry may be throwing agents and the housing market something of a lifeline - it’s been revealed that 40...

At least one estate agency appears to be doing better than expected in the current challenging market - Hunters says sales...

Councils across England will have new powers to charge dramatically more council tax on homes left empty for many years following...

We are currently engaged in consultations with our members to help to find a practical solution to the concern of the...

You will notice that there is a new author for this regular column for Estate Agent Today. Last month I was...

Another day, another housing minister – at least that’s what it feels like! The resignation of the Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson...

With the shelf life of recent housing ministers being on a par with football managers, it's perhaps little surprise that we're...

The creators of a website using market data to define postcodes as hosting a seller’s market or a buyer’s market have...

Only 24 hours after the Land registry released data showing a 20 per cent slump in housing transactions, new figures from...

Foxtons share price hit a new low yesterday, dropping to only 46p early in the afternoon: it eventually closed narrowly up...

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

A report in the Financial Times lays bare the scale of the housing market downturn in central London - it suggests...

One of three schemes with government backing to offer redress for complaints about estate and letting agents has reignited the debate...

A new market snapshot shows how there’s now a two-tier market with homes in London taking substantially longer to sell than...

Carter Jonas has doubled the footprint of its UK headquarters in prime central London. It’s added a further 6,760 square feet of...

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

Asking prices are at a virtual standstill as the summer lull kicks in, according to the latest Rightmove index. New seller asking...

It may not be a good idea for a journalist to be personal about a politician, so I write about our...

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

Amid the headline-grabbing political manoeuvring over Brexit, a policy proposal which could have serious ramifications for private landlords, and those who...

There’s more gloomy reading for vendors from a new report by website Home, which says the volume of properties slashing their...

The new housing minister, Kit Malthouse, has made his first formal statement from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. It...

Auction House says the number of lots it sold in the first half of 2018 was some 3.8 per cent up...

A leading agency chief says the frequent churn of housing ministers means there is only one answer if our industry wants...

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

Industry groups have welcomed Kit Malthouse as housing minister - but make little effort to hide their frustrations, disappointment and disillusionment. Malthouse was announced...

Former housing minister Dominic Raab, who yesterday left his post after just six months in office, may have had a lucky...

The little-known Conservative MP Kit Malthouse has been named as the new housing minister. He takes over from the high-flying Dominic Raab,...

It’s been announced this morning that Dominic Raab - who became housing minister just a few months ago - is to...

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

Renting has long been characterised as a stepping stone onto the housing ladder for the younger generations. But in recent years,...

The Agency Express board company says its monitor of the sales market suggests that it’s in better shape now than it...

Some of Britain’s top property experts say bureaucracy, lack of cooperation and a dwindling number of smaller builders are the main...

An estate agency chain has produced strikingly successful sales figures for the first half of the year - evidence, it says,...

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

By now we’ve all seen news about the long-term decline in property sales and competition from online alternatives leading to ‘more...

If agents want to get into what looks like a guaranteed growth sector, retirement properties might just be the one if...

Purplebricks is reported to be set to reveal increasing losses when it issues its full-year financial results to the London Stock...

The government says its funding schemes such as Help To Buy will no longer be applied to what it calls “unjustified...

Labour says it wants ‘Healthy Homes Zones’ in a bid to reduce housing-related health inequalities which are estimated to cost the NHS £1.4...

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...

In what is regarded as his most important speech since becoming housing minister, Dominic Raab has told a conference that it...

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

Just as some estate agents are reported to be making plans to retrench if the housing market continues to be sluggish,...

Purplebricks says it completely rejects any claim of bullying its representatives in Australia. The Australian Financial Review, which last week reported the...

A London council is seeking widespread powers to ban For Sale and To Let boards which it claims are seen by...

To say this is a turbulent time for UK politics would be something of an understatement. As I write, the Brexit...

It looks as if Purplebricks has hit something less than a purple patch in the Australian housing market. The Australian Financial Review,...

High-end housebuilder Berkeley Homes says “macro and political uncertainty, including Brexit” is leading to some developers previously building in London to...

The Money editor of The Mirror newspaper has finally sold a home he first put on the market in late 2016...

Potential first-time buyers in every area of the UK would have lower monthly outgoings if they bought a property rather than...

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

Savills has suggested that it may be time for a fundamental review of what’s left of the flagship policy of Margaret...

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

National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team and two of the three industry redress organisations have launched a survey to measure the...

A survey of owner-occupiers, landlords, property investors and insolvency practitioners has revealed that Brexit is the single biggest concern when it...

The average asking price of newly marketed property continues to rise according to Rightmove - and this is despite a dip...

Location, Location, Location: it’s no coincidence the TV show seized on that title because the importance of a property’s position is...

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

More stock and longer times on the market are combining to create a surge in asking price reductions according to a...

Paul Lamplugh, the father of estate agent Suzy who was presumed murdered 33 years ago, has died - tragically, without ever...

The pace of change is extraordinary. As we reach the middle of one conversation, rumblings of the next already begin. I think...

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

What is the biggest challenge in estate agency today? At the risk of sounding flippant, selling houses! It’s a unique industry...

Letting agents are being advised to think seriously about how they can recoup costs to help compensate for the introduction of...

A London estate agency run by a brother and sister is trying something completely now - it pledges to use some...

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

May saw the highest number of new sellers list their properties in any single month for at least 18 months, claims...

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

It may seem innocuous enough but a speech at a party by pro-Brexit housing minister Dominic Raab is being interpreted by...

Major auction companies continue to claim successes despite the challenging housing market. Auction House says a recent auction of London properties produced...

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

ZPG’s sell-off of the Australian arm of housing data company Hometrack to REA Group, a multinational digital firm specialising in portals and...

The housing market has swung back in favour of property sellers, according to the latest data from estate agents. NAEA Propertymark's Housing...

A housing association has launched its own online agency which offers to sell vendors' homes for £275. Capsel Homes, based in Mamhilad,...

100 years ago, 90% of the UK population rented a home. Today, that figure has flipped, and over two thirds are...

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

The retirement housing sector has increased its market share considerably in the last two years, creating a 'perfect storm' for estate...

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

Despite numerous reports of a 'stagnant market' and predictions of a 'housing bust', conveyancers have 'bounced back after a disappointing end...

How can you use data to benefit and better your business? It’s something you’ll no doubt have asked yourself down the...

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

As housing market stakeholders we’ve all had a month or so to try and digest the government’s own response to its...

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...

A service that tracks different types of mortgage demand reveals that remortgaging is on the rise while borrowing for new purchases...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today, our weekly feature on who’s moving where throughout our industry. And it’s...

New data from Haart estate agency suggests that despite many homes sticking on the market, apparently would be buyers are locked...

The housing market may have seen some depressing figures of late but there’s good news about mortgage arrears - they’re at...

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee has decided to keep the base rate unchanged at 0.5 per cent this month. The...

Recent figures from the mainstream housing market may suggest a disappointing performance so far this year but Auction House, the UK’s...

Estate Agent Today understands several major national agencies and some smaller operators are involved in a project to understand why transaction...

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

Ever wondered what it’s like to be on the frontline of property journalism? Well, wonder no more, as our very own...

A leasehold reform campaigner has called on the government to ensure it publishes its report on leasehold reform before the summer recess at...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Ben Robinson, Director of Agency Services at Landmark What is Landmark...

One of the three official redress bodies serving the estate and lettings agency industry has conducted a survey of complaints across...

London’s housing market may be in the doldrums but two estate agencies have shown faith in its long-term recovery with moves...

ZPG has sold the Australian arm of housing data company Hometrack to REA Group, a multinational digital firm specialising in portals and...

The massive wealth of owners over 55 has been revealed by a new survey. They own £938 billion of UK housing, a figure...

Theresa May has appointed a controversial former Shelter executive as her new housing policy adviser working in Whitehall. Toby Lloyd was until...

James Brokenshire - yesterday appointed Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government - joins the rank of senior politicians...

The game of musical chairs that has so often gone on with politicians in charge of housing continues today with the...

Only one property in every eight sold in the current market succeeds in achieving its asking price - while no fewer than...

Some 45 per cent of so-called Empty Nesters - older owners whose children have left home permanently - say they are...

Research from the Nationwide suggests that the share of cash transactions has declined over the past 18 months, at least partly...

If you want to know whether buy to let, landlords and letting agents will be in the firing line for more...

Given the level of resource and energy being put behind upping the number of first-time buyers in the UK, you might...

Fewer mortgages were approved for home buyers last month than in the same month a year ago according to figures from...

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

Several newspapers are carrying allegations that the diary secretary working for housing minister Dominic Raab has been selling sex via a...

LSL Property Services has issued a warning that market conditions are softer than expected so far in 2018 and that transaction...

Countrywide, the troubled agency group which today holds its annual general meeting, says it is “encouraged by the early progress that...

Leading housing analyst Kate Faulkner says the current low transaction level is “a little scary” because with so few sellers, buyers...

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

The battle to become the single ombudsman service after the government rationalises the redress system across housing has taken an unexpected...

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

It’s London Marathon weekend and it’s set to be hot, hot, hot for those agents and other brave industry folk running...

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

The Henley Business School is often identified with cutting edge forecasts - but now it has revealed the history of what...

The UK’s largest property auctioneer says its first quarter’s sales figures for 2018 are ahead of those for the same period...

There has been a big rise in activity in the equity release market based on data from the first quarter of...

Property purchases for buyers requiring mortgages reached 50,000 in February, the highest level for the month since 2007.  The data, from mortgage...

As the estate agency business in England moves towards being more robust with professional qualifications and higher standards being introduced, there...

Estate Agent Today can reveal that one of the industry’s best known research experts, Johnny Morris, has left Countrywide.  Morris joined Hamptons...

Prices of new-to-the-market property rose by a modest 0.4 per cent over the past month says Rightmove - but that’s enough...

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

‘Respect’ is the new mantra for politicians: whether it’s about street gang leaders, social media trolls or those on either side...

Franchise giant Hunters says independent agencies which joined the firm in recent years have typically beaten the performance of the housing market. Chief...

The latest mortgage snapshot from e.surv has reinforced recent claims from other sources that London’s housing market remains the most difficult...

Demand is down for the 12th successive month according to the latest market survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. New...

The Conveyancing Association has backed the government’s calls for extensive reform of the buying and selling process, announced at the weekend. The...

There were 43 per cent more new properties listed for sale than in the same month last year according to online...

Agency Express, which reported a muted housing market in February, says the pace picked up considerably last month. The board company, which...

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

  More details have emerged of the government’s proposals to enhance estate agency regulation, regulate referral fees, offer guides for buyers and...

The Property Ombudsman, Katrine Sporle, is to hold a briefing on the government’s redress reform on Wednesday - five days before...

Welcome to another edition of Agents Do Charity, the weekly round-up of fund-raising from across our industry. With spring looking like it’s...

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

Gross mortgage lending is set to reach its highest level since 2007 despite Brexit, says the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association. But its...

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

One day, I’ll sit down to write for Estate Agent Today and I won’t express my dismay at the lack of...

Countrywide has revealed precisely how many brands, branches and staff it has following the extensive and multiple restructurings of recent years. In...

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...

Figures just released assessing February’s mortgage borrowing show that approvals are 1.25 per cent lower than in January, and are down...

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

For many estate agents seeking to become entrepreneurs, the idea of starting their own business is undoubtedly daunting, especially when going...

Have you noticed a new turf war going on on the fringes of the agency world? It’s not a high-profile battle like...

Estate agency Jackson-Stops says it has discovered precisely how many existing home owners understand the difficulties facing first time buyers in...

Rightmove’s latest assessment of the housing market suggests that Newport in Gwent is the fastest moving area in Britain for vendors. A...

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

Conveyancing services firm My Home Move has launched a portal which it claims gives users complete transparency checking their conveyancing progress.  eWay, which is...

  Chancellor Phillip Hammond claims over 60,000 first time buyers have already benefitted from the stamp duty relief he announced at his...

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

Ombudsman Services, which recently announced it was quitting its role as one of three approved redress schemes for estate and lettings...

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

New research appears to show that Purplebricks, HouseSimple, Yopa and other prominent online agencies are most popular with vendors selling in...

Thanks very much to everyone getting in touch to publicise their efforts for good causes: we’re always delighted to help. Just let...

An estate agent and former chairman of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says the government’s latest drive to build new...

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

A 1.0 per cent interest rate rise would add £930 a year to the cost of servicing the average mortgage, according...

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

Representatives from estate and lettings agencies as well as professional organisations have formed The Home Buying And Selling Group with a...

Land and investment deals achieved by Connells Group in 2017 will add a further 2,750 units to its new homes pipeline,...

The death of traditional TV – where viewers sit down together to watch shows at defined times – has been much...

In the great swathe of housing market data which is delivered each month, conveyancers’ case volumes often get overlooked, however the...

Agents have welcomed more data suggesting the 2018 market is enjoying a robust start. Last week Rightmove reported a record number of...

Three councils are encouraging local residents to sign a new register which aims to bring more quality homes for sale to...

Over the last few weeks, mortgage lenders have started to adjust their pricing in anticipation of a further interest rate rise...

Rightmove says it has enjoyed its highest ever monthly number of visitors - 141 million in January. They spent a total of...

Conveyancing volumes shrunk by 12 per cent last year, the first annual drop in workloads since 2011 - and the struggling...

The government has launched a surprise consultation on the creation of a new redress system for customers of agents and others...

At the start of February, Nationwide suggested that the housing market was picking up. Last week, RICS reported on its continued...

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...

Why I won’t buy Purplebricks shares and why if I had any, I’d sell fast… In its latest adverts, Purplebricks attempts to...

The latest data from Knight Frank suggests that average prices in prime central London dropped 0.7 per cent in the year...

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

This week I carry out a question and answer session with one of the most high-profile names in property. Isobel Thomson has...

There has been a 40 per cent increase in new vendors registering their properties for sale according to an online estate...

A range of factors - including fierce competition under the supplied housing market, rising property prices and political uncertainty – have...

The housing market has started 2018 as it ended 2017 according to the RICS, with new buyer enquiries, instructions and sales...

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

Between October and December 2017, some £822 million worth of UK residential property was sold at auction, according to the Essential...

Housing minister Dominic Raab took to Twitter to make a Trump-style criticism of trade magazine The Negotiator and its editor, the...

A law firm says the problems with housing transactions lie not with issues like fall-throughs but with “people’s general lack of...

One of the three government-approved redress schemes for estate and letting agents says it’s quitting the sector this year - but...

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

Right To Buy is unsustainable without local councils being given the right to set discounts for their areas and replacing every...

Hello and welcome to our latest Property Jobs Today; if you missed the launch last week, each Monday we will provide...

It’s probably unwise to write too much about politics these days. The most fanciful predictions turn out to be less wild...

Whisper it quietly, but there seems to be change in the air when it comes to agents recommending lawyers based on...

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...

A new ‘quick buy’ property company claims it will make an offer on any home within 24 hours of the vendor...

Demand for homes fell by 20 per cent year-on-year in December. There were 268 prospective home-owners registered per NAEA member branch, down...

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...

If you were under any misconceptions about how pivotal a role HM Land Registry is going to play in the future...

A partner at Carter Jonas says that the next 12 months could see stagnation in the market and as a result...

The latest release of data from the English Housing Survey reveals that the number of under-45s owning their own homes has...

Auction House says it has maintained its number one industry ranking, selling 3,485 lots last year – four per cent up...

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

London’s prime central market is turning around at last according to the chief executive of Belgravia estate agency Henry & James. James...

It is now an industry truism to say that Alison Platt has transformed Countrywide - but recent evidence, and now doubt...

One of the most influential select committees in parliament has told the government that it needs to do more - much...

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

Mortgage Advice Bureau has batted off the flat housing market by reporting good figures for 2017. Revenue for the year increased by...

Last week’s news that the lettings fee ban is unlikely to materialise before next spring was perhaps to be expected. Ever since...

Connells Group’s estate agency business increased its market share of new instructions in 2017 by almost four per cent, despite a...

  A new league table showing how long it takes homes to sell on average in different postcodes across England and Wales...

As the £1m-plus housing market continues to struggle in most parts of the country, so the use of stunts and gimmicks...

Fall-through rates have long been a problem for the UK residential property market, the issue is nothing new. Today, however, the...

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...

Rightmove says its visits so far in January are running over nine per cent higher than the same period a year...

After the fun and over-indulgence of the festivities, most of us are now back to the world of work. And, with...