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The minister at the centre of reforms to the estate and lettings industry sector has apologised for what she calls “inappropriate...

The weekend is over all-too-quickly but at least if it’s Monday, it’s Property Jobs Today - your weekly catch up with...

Britain lives in fundamentalist black-and-white times - all the more surprising when the country's most divisive point of contention sits on...

You may be right in thinking that Brexit has dominated the thinking of the government in the last three years. However,...

LSL Property Services’ Land & New Homes division says it’s set a record by selling 50 per cent of the units...

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

The latest asking prices data from Rightmove suggests that the national housing market is being dragged down by poor performance in...

Some 10 per cent of Britons now own a second home, a buy to let or an overseas property according to...

All the most successful startups of recent years – from Airbnb and Uber to Just Eat and Deliveroo – have melded...

It's becoming increasingly difficult to sell a property, especially in those regions undergoing a price correction. That’s the verdict from Home, a...

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...

South west regional agency Luscombe Maye has amended an advertisement for a new housing development following a complaint to a watchdog. A...

Sellers are back with a vengeance according to figures from online agency HouseSimple.  It claims the Brexit date extension has given sellers...

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...

Hello and here’s another PJT to start the week: we hope it’s your first port of call when you want to...

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

Four years ago, as we approached the general election, Andrews Property Group held a roundtable debateon the impact the election might have...

With summer in full swing (will someone tell the weather?) we’re having bumper editions of Agents Do Charity, and this weekend’s is...

A portal specialising in prime and super-prime London property has turned perceptions of the capital’s housing market on their head -...

Demand for shared ownership properties will rise by over 15,000 units a year when Help To Buy comes to an end...

The estate agency industry is at a crossroads. A turbulent market, unstable political situation and a chronic lack of public confidence has...

A writer for the influential financial publication Money Week says investors should “steer clear” of Foxtons - at least for now. Sarah...

Housing minister Kit Malthouse appears to have some difficulty being taken seriously as a candidate for Conservative party leader and Prime...

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

In the first Q&A Natter for a while, I catch up with Angelica Donati - CEO of Donati Immobiliare Group, PropTech...

It may well seem that the government is pre-occupied with one issue, and one issue alone. While preparations for Brexit take up a...

The number of sales agreed per branch has increased for the first time this year, rising from an average of seven...

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

In a surprising announcement overnight, housing minister Kit Malthouse says he is standing to become the Conservative party leader and next...

New research suggests it takes, on average, six months and 24 days to buy a home. The study, for PropTech virtual tours...

Homeowners will be able to extend properties more easily instead of moving home. In a surprise announcement this morning - less than...

While media attention has been on Theresa May, Brexit and the Tories, chatter in the agency industry has been about what...

The Property Ombudsman says its members must in future disclose referral fees in a bid to make previously-hidden costs open and...

A firm supporting leaseholders across the UK says the ongoing Competition and Markets Authority probe should “punish” what it calls “rip off...

An outspoken building society chief has taken the unusual step of calling for stamp duty to be replaced by capital gains...

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

The number of residential property transactions across the UK fell very slightly last month according to new figures from HM Revenue...

Might the central London market gloom be broken by just a sliver of light? London Central Portfolio, an investment consultancy, has recently...

Rightmove’s latest house price statistics reveal that asking prices for newly-marketed property are on average 0.9 per cent higher than a...

It appears almost certain that there will be another new housing minister named when a new Conservative leader - and thus...

So far in our contribution to the campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold we have outlined the stories of some of...

Whether you love or hate it, Purplebricks has undoubtedly left its mark since arriving on the scene in 2015 – much...

The National Association of Estate Agents has welcomed the commitment by the Competition and Markets Authority to investigate the mis-selling of...

Agents have reacted gloomily to the release of figures showing that the number of new mortgages offered to both movers and...

The average time on the market for a property is soaring across the UK thanks to Brexit uncertainty, according to the...

Consumer habits have changed massively over the past few years, and regardless of which market you operate in, being able to...

North East England regional agency chain Bradley Hall has amended details for a property listed on its website following a complaint...

With a mere matter of weeks until the Tenant Fees Act comes in to effect, I can’t help but wonder just...

Fresh analysis by Zoopla has revealed Britain's fastest moving property markets with the lowest number of average days for a seller...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) has launched its long-awaited ‘How to sell a home’ and ‘How to...

Some of the most expensive properties in London are selling typically between 13 and 21 per cent off the asking price. And...

Equity release, seen by many agents as a reason why fewer older homeowners are downsizing these days, has reported more growth...

During our school days, most of us did that task where we imagined and drew the homes of the future, but...

The issue of ‘intergenerational fairness’ has been raised in recent weeks, some might say somewhat ironically by a House of Lords’...

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

The breathing space offered by the October Brexit deadline and the receding prospect of a No Deal exit from the EU...

A new and comprehensive analysis of the housing market shows a jaw-dropping collapse in stamp duty revenue going to the Treasury...

In recent weeks our campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold has continued to gather momentum both in the press and across...

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

With the UK population spending longer in rental accommodation, due to the upfront expense of buying a home, their time and...

Data produced by the government showed that some 211,000 homes have been bought using the Help to Buy: Equity Loan. The scheme...

There may be rain outside but the housing market is now officially in a drought according to the National Association of...

Respected investment consultancy London Central Portfolio is warning that “sales go on falling and falling” across the capital, fuelled by Brexit...

A property listings platform has revealed what it describes as ‘the best places to sell a home’ in England and Wales. The...

It’s clear that some agents are not fans of Trading Standards officers, described in the comments sections of the trade press...

The trade body for ‘home stagers’ says that properties that have been dressed sell three times faster than those that have...

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

Estate Agent Today has been given details of the new National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agents Team - the body...

With Easter now upon us (happy Easter, by the way, and hope you’re enjoying the long weekend, the Easter eggs and...

The leasehold scandal continues to generate plenty of column inches, with fresh stories emerging almost daily of people living in unsellable...

The fledgling trade body the Federation of Independent Agents has revealed another new partner - this one dealing with housing and...

A new team has been set up to police all estate and letting agency legislation including the upcoming tenants' fees ban. The...

I am writing this as I reflect on a recent trip to Nigeria. I was asked to speak at the country’s...

A new housing market survey paints a bleaker picture than that from Rightmove earlier this week - and instead speaks of...

An ex-housing minister and ex-Brexit secretary says he wants to radically change taxes on buy to let capital appreciation to help...

On the same day as one of the most optimistic Rightmove market snapshots of recent months, the latest mortgage monitor from...

The estate agency industry is in a staffing dilemma because of the continuing uncertainty over Brexit and its effect on the...

There’s been a spring bounce with prices of new-to-the market properties increasing an average of 1.1 per cent in the past...

It has been a long time coming, but the tenant fees ban, which forbids landlords and letting agents in England from...

No, this isn’t about Brexit. But as the saga of leaving the EU is likely to bring about the downfall of...

The recent ARLA Propertymark conference featured a hugely interesting line-up of speaks and session during a watershed time for the lettings...

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...

At the end of a week consisting of largely depressing market reports, new data from Knight Frank suggests that the bad...

As many as one transaction in three is now undertaken by a so-called Last Time Buyer - twice as many as...

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

The leasehold scandal has received plenty of press coverage, with horror stories of people living in homes that are impossible to...

Savills, which in the past has been restrained in its critique of Brexit’s effect on the housing market, now says that...

New figures from the Equity Release Council suggest more growth in this sector, alarming those agents who see this as a...

A long running property magazine delivered to homes in prime areas of London has shut down with immediate effect. London Property had...

A mortgage firm claims that around a third of all those who have moved homes since 2016 have done so -...

A statement this morning from the government says that property details must use Imperial Measurements after Britain leaves the EU. The Imperial...

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

The government has revealed that it’s to ‘test’ the workings of the New Homes Ombudsman before the scheme formally launches. Housing Secretary...

Campaigning groups like Generation Rent and Shelter like to think they are simultaneously edgy and radical; likewise some think tanks believe...

It’s no secret that the UK’s housing sector is in crisis. Headlines scream about the shortage of new-build homes. TV pundits...

Virtual tours are a compelling way of enhancing a property’s potential through online marketing, increased transparency and efficiency for agents, and...

Zoopla’s Hometrack index of 20 major UK cities shows that London property prices are starting to stabilise after a three year...

The National Association of Estate Agents says the number of house hunters registered per branch fell 15 per cent in February...

A quick-buy firm that buys homes at around 85 per cent of market value claims the industry is concealing how slow...

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

Hello and welcome to the regular Monday edition of Property Jobs Today. Everyone here contacted us on press@estateagenttoday.co.uk to espresso the word;...

This article was originally written for City AM in response to an article it published attacking letting agents. See more here.  A...

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

When it comes to major issues confronting housing, and in particular the direction that the government would like to take the...

There’s good news from the market - property transactions increased by 1.7 per cent between the start of this year and February,...

The founder of the Hunters franchise agency group, Kevin Hollinrake - now a Conservative MP - is the latest parliamentarian to...

A newspaper claims that 1,228 estate agent branches closed on Britain’s High Streets last year. The Mirror’s business editor, Graham Hiscott, says the...

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

The Law Society claims that the unforeseen charges faced by some purchasers of leasehold properties could be addressed “if developers and...

Zoopla says the number of its leads delivered to member agents in the period March 2018 to February 2019 was 36...

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

The leasehold system has created many unsellable and unmortgageable homes and should change, MPs say. The all-party Housing, Communities and Local Government...

The spring market has got off to a subdued start according to Rightmove - and the portal says more buyers are...

The topic of introducing rent controls in London crops up time and time again in our industry. But it’s been hitting...

A survey by the Centre for Ageing Better recently showed that 72% of people want to see every new home built...

The latest RICS survey has one key message - 77 per cent of surveyors participating in the study say Brexit uncertainty...

Estate agents have responded cynically to the small-fry property sector announcements made by Chancellor Phillip Hammond in yesterday’s spring statement mini-Budget. Overshadowed...

Latest data from property platform Home suggests that instruction numbers across the UK as a whole are down four per cent...

Figures released this morning show a surge in first time buyers securing mortgages in recent months, despite the market showing continued signs...

Agency Express says that following a strong start to the year there’s a been a slowdown in the number of properties...

Last week, the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government announced a number of measures aimed at further tackling homelessness, including...

The proliferation of big data is paving the way to improving our economy on almost every front as entrepreneurial digital companies...

Countrywide’s senior executives have set out reasons why investors should put their money into the group, despite its troubled recent years. Yesterday...

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

Countrywide’s executive chairman and group managing director have spoken to Estate Agent Today about the impact of Brexit on the company,...

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

OnTheMarket has stepped up its attack on Rightmove with a stridently-worded email to agents explaining how a drop in leads from...

Instagram (or, as the younger generation would have it, Insta) is, by any measure, massive.  Only launched in October 2010, it’s a...

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

Data from NAEA Propertymark suggests there were 20 per cent fewer buyers in January this year than in the same month...

Connells Group says investment in PropTech will be the way to safeguard its almost-600 High Street branches - and it’s repeated...

Nobody likes change. It makes people feel threatened, undermines their confidence, and makes them worry about the future. But regardless of...

No doubt we’ve all seen the recent Purplebricks news - shares have, according to the BBC, ‘plunged after it slashed its...

The chief executive and founder of a developer and property investment group says Purplebricks is “an excellent business” but its recent...

Both major portals have this morning revealed more evidence of a gently slowing housing market. The average time to sell a property...

The row over whether Help To Buy benefits house builders’ personal wealth more than it assists the housing market is continuing...

The vast majority of people want homes built as standard for all age groups - a contrary view to those in...

More details are emerging of the first-ever ESTAS conference for conveyancers - the Bold Legal Conference - taking place on the...

The first set of figures for the year from HMRC show that there were 0.8 per cent more residential property transactions...

Labour’s housing spokesman, John Healey, has spoken out against the split in the party which has so far seen eight MPs...

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

After several days of gloomy market news, here's something more optimistic - there were 370,000 new first time buyer mortgages completed in...

The number of movers has declined by around 50 per cent since the halcyon days of 2006, before the global financial...

A poster advertising shared ownership, promoting homes from a housing association, has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority. The poster, for...

A 36 per cent collapse in sales between November and January has created an “unprecedented” five year low in the number...

The latest Rightmove price index suggests that homes are at their most affordable level for some years thanks to wage growth...

Property consultancy JLL has launched a specialised Help to Buy team in response to what it calls “the increasing demand for...

Barely a day goes by when we don’t read a new report on the unscrupulous practices of landlords; of the sub-standard...

One of the country’s leading conveyancing chiefs has given his support to reforms to the house buying process. But Rob Hailstone -...

Hello and welcome to yet another Agents Do Charity - our tribute to the great work done by our industry in...

Government figures show the UK’s annual house price growth now being down to 2.5 per cent - the lowest rate since...

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

New data from LonRes shows that prices of homes in three key prime areas of London tumbled 5.7 per cent last...

The dust may have settled on the government’s recent announcement regarding housing and property complaints, but opinion is still split on...

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

The Property Ombudsman’s annual conference is to hear from the chair of the government’s ‘Property Agents Working Group’ - just days...

Winkworth has set up a dedicated land and new homes division. The franchise agency, which has most of its offices in and...

There’s been a big rise in the number of homes being listed for sale despite ongoing concerns over Brexit. That’s the news...

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

If former Chancellor George Osborne thought his 2014 stamp duty reform would produce more income for the government, it appears he...

Kit Malthouse has been making headlines this week, but – in keeping with his tenure as Housing Minister so far -...

Conventional wisdom appears to have it that there are fewer owner-occupiers and more renters these days - but that’s not what...

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

Brexit may be continuing to dominate the headlines - try to stifle that yawn - but there is still a housing...

A respected property investment consultancy is warning that the current premium put on the prices of new-build homes - around 15...

There’s been a dramatic improvement in the speed of searches being completed and returned by local authorities, the government claims. Housing minister...

In what promises to be a transformative year for conveyancing in the UK, the ESTAS is joining forces with the well-known...

Alongside hundreds of agents and suppliers, I recently attended the Guild of Property Professionals’ annual conference. As ever, it was a great...

A review of the housing market at present, particularly when it comes to purchase transactions, might not necessarily feel overly positive.  The...

  The National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Lettings Agents have thrown their weight behind the government’s latest...

The government has this morning set out wide-ranging changes to redress systems for agents, the sales and lettings sectors, and other...

Politicians and officials are studying a ‘model’ two page reservation agreement drawn up by a law firm as a possible way...

It’s been revealed that the National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team is to deliver new guidelines to agents for referral fees...

There were 102,330 residential property transactions in December - that’s up 3.6 per cent on the same month last year on...

The industry has long been critical of reports claiming house price movements are in some way uniform across the country, but...

A think tank is suggesting that micro-homes could be the answer to London’s shortage of available homes for first time buyers. The...

Gloomy statements from some industry organisations have suggested the market is in trouble thanks to Brexit uncertainty but Rightmove says visits...

I often speak of my wish to see property taken out of the hands of politicians. Indeed, this is likely to...

The civil servant leading work to reform the house buying has revealed key areas of government thinking - with a ban on...

The share of the market taken by online agencies in the final quarter of 2018 slipped from last summer’s high of...

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...

While even agents of the calibre of Savills struggle in today’s market - see the agency’s figures here - it’s a...

Kenny Bruce, one of the founders of sector-leading online agency Purplebricks, has sent his good wishes to Russell Quirk, who founded...

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...

It’s the word on everyone’s lips: after two and a half years of debate, and months before that leading up to...

Almost half of all house sales in England and Wales fell through before completion in the final quarter of 2018, according...

The former boss of Emoov, the controversial Russell Quirk, has resuscitated his career as a public relations man and pro-Brexit commentator. Just...

The man who is leading the government’s efforts to reform the house buying process will be one of the speaker at...

The latest Bank of England mortgage figures suggest that approvals for home buyers are running at more than a fifth below...

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

Yet another property raffle has had to be abandoned because it has been deemed illegal under Gambling Commission rules. A Yorkshire couple,...

A new analysis claims transaction numbers fell in 241 of 374 local authority areas of the UK last year. Analysis of Land...

The housing minister has made it clear that his government - and the property industry as a whole - must deliver...

It’s safe to say that the majority of agents will be glad to see the end of the past two years....

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

Phil Spencer is on the warpath against “constant tinkering” by government in housing matters - and instead, he wants the problems...

The government says it will be releasing details of its ideas to revamp redress systems concerning agents and new homes “in...

With one year to go, the 2010s will see housebuilding figures in England come in below any decade since the Second...

Ilchester Place in London’s Holland Park may be the most expensive residential street in Britain - but it’s cheaper than a year...

As 2018 ticks away and 2019 beckons, it’s time for everyone at Estate Agent Today to wish you, your family and...

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

A major UK city which previously appeared to have avoided Brexit-induced problems is now showing signs of being affected by political...

There’s nothing new about identifying 10 figures who have helped shape an industry over the past year, but that doesn’t mean...

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...

Londoners paid some £30 billion on homes elsewhere in the UK this year - the highest amount since 2007. A report from...

Developers have continued to sell thousands of new-build houses with leaseholds, despite a government pledge to ban the “unscrupulous” practice a...

Another year is nearly done – and what an eventful year it’s been. We’ve had more than our fair share of breaking...

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...

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

Asking prices of homes coming to the market have fallen for the second month in a row - and Rightmove says...

Hard not to mention two major breaking news stories of recent days; one directly affecting the property market and one which...

Has the bell finally tolled for online agencies? Emoov’s collapse and an investor revolt over crowdfunding have left a large question...

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

There’s been a four per cent rise in the number of estate agencies becoming insolvent according to a new report. In the...

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

Two weeks to Christmas but no sign of our industry slowing down with more job moves announced in recent days.  Please let...

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...

An end-of-year analysis from the National Association of Estate Agents shows the state of the industry - and it confirms just...

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

Figures released by the government over the weekend show that 14,867 Help To Buy equity loans were taken out in the...

The circus surrounding the fate of online agency Emoov has taken an unexpected turn. Yesterday Sky News revealed that the company was...

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

One of the country’s top buying agents says he expects 2019 to be a much better year than 2018 as Brexit...

Communities have missed out on more than 10,000 affordable homes in the past three years as a result of government rules...

The global chief executive of Purplebricks, Michael Bruce, has warned mortgage lenders against offering so-called ‘super-sized’ home loans to borrowers.  Bruce is...

Data from the National Association of Estate Agents suggests that the number of registered buyers per member branch has slumped to...

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...

The title may be unfamiliar but most agents know by now that in the corridors of Whitehall a working party exists...

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...

Shock figures out this morning show that a staggering £15.4 billion of annual interest is being paid by mortgage borrowers sitting...

A senior figure in the Knight Frank agency says those buyers who may be expecting Brexit-inspired bargains in the so-called ‘super...

The latest research from online estate agency Emoov shows at least one silver lining to the current Brexit-hit housing market -...

Purplebricks chief executive in Australia, Ryan Dinsdale, is quitting the firm after two and a half years. The influential Australian Financial Review...

Rightmove is this morning reporting that the asking price of property coming to market has fallen 1.7 per cent in the...

It’s not just the Cabinet and the government where jobs are in flux - there are plenty of moves to announce...

How will things be done in the future? There’s no knowing, of course, given the many variables at play, but it’s...

Conveyancing regularly adds unnecessary and costly delays to the home buying process and improvement could be far quicker than any efforts...

New research shows 35 per cent of deals fall through within three weeks of a seller receiving an offer and a...

Housing minister Kit Malthouse appears to be backing Theresa May as Brexit chaos consumes the government. A request from Estate Agent Today...

New build property values are rising at a much greater rate than existing property values according to a study by DJ Alexander. The...

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...

An online agency launched by a traditional high street agent to ward off competition says the online business model might have...

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

Shocking figures from the Local Data Company, a consultancy monitoring the health of High Streets, show that 211 estate agency offices...

There was a drop in the number of new listings across the UK last month, suggesting that the usual autumn rush to...

Coutts Private Bank is the latest institution to express its concern over London’s housing market. The latest Courts London Prime Property Index...

A house in Mayfair that was sold for £19.175m in 2014 and put on the market this year at £25m has...

Rather like doctors, estate agents are present at critical points in our lives – moving in together, bidding farewell to a...

New data from Barclays Mortgages suggests Britons are now likely to stay in their homes for almost 19 years between house...

Purplebricks says it has seen year-on-year revenue growth of about 20 per cent despite what its chairman calls “a challenging UK...

A diverse cast-list has been announced for this year’s Relocation Agent Network national conference and exhibition to be staged in London...

It’s the most obvious visual medium high street agents have at their disposal, and for many decades has been absolutely pivotal...

On the face of it, this year’s Budget was not what you could describe as ‘housing heavy’ in terms of the...

Raffles are in the news as a way of ‘selling’ homes, and not just because an Irish club has won a...

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

As scary Halloweens go, yesterday was quite a shocker for Britain’s online estate agency sector - and not in a good...

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...

Stamp duty relief for first time buyers of full-priced houses and apartments is to be extended to first time buyers of...

It’s Budget day and the government is once again on the receiving end of a blast from one of the country’s...

Hello and welcome to a bumper edition of Property Jobs Today, your weekly insight into the key moves within our industry. Everyone...

Perhaps it’s been our pre-occupation with Brexit, or on the other hand maybe we’re bored with politics, but this year’s Budget...

It’s now almost a month since the government introduced new rules on Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO), as part of its...

An open rental market, where neither landlord nor tenant is in a dominant position, enables rents to rise and fall, which...

An insolvency firm is warning that the real estate sector of the economy is showing a growing number of businesses defined...

Zoopla says 38 per cent of properties on sale have had their asking prices slashed. That’s a five per cent rise since...

Mortgage approvals fell again in September - this means that every month of 2018 so far has seen a drop against...

One of London’s most prominent buying agencies says post-Brexit the interest in buying in the capital will return - whether there...

Data from HM Revenue & Customs shows some 98,400 homes were sold across the UK in September - that’s slightly lower...

The government says mobile home residents are to receive greater protection from dishonest site owners seeking to make a profit at...

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

Cash used to be king in the housing market but new figures released today show that in the first half of...

Few things anger the industry more than the effect of stamp duty and other costs on property transactions (well, maybe Purplebricks...

A service which describes itself as an alternative to part exchange has been launched to facilitate sales to ‘corporate property buyers’. It’s...

Figures from the mortgage lenders’ umbrella group, UK Finance, suggest the government desire to see more first time buyers and fewer...

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