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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...

Labour MP Chris Williamson, regarded as an ally of party leader Jeremy Corbyn, is suggesting that high-value homes in England should...

A new national housing agency – Homes England – has been launched by the newly-rebadged Ministry of Housing Communities and Local...

It didn’t take long - within 24 hours of high-flying Tory Dominic Raab being named as housing minister, so there was...

There has been general surprise at the appointment of legal expert and outspoken Brexiteer Dominic Raab to the post of housing...

In a surprise announcement this lunchtime, Dominic Raab has been appointed as housing minister. Raab, the 16th housing minister in the past...

New housing minister Sajid Javid says the subtle change of name for his department and his own job “reflects this government’s renewed...

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

The Department of Communities and Local Government has been rebadged as the Department of Housing, Communities and Local Government in what...

It’s no surprise that figures don’t always show the results or consequences we expect - even if they are entirely accurate. Look...

Estate agents are facing the biggest industry changes seen in decades. The rise of online and hybrid agents alongside more traditional...

Welcome to 2018 and if your charitable activities are an indicator, it’s going to be a busy year with plenty happening...

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

Well, I don’t know about you but after the holidays I've got an imprint just below my navel where my belt...

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

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

A housing association which for over two years has operated its own estate agency now wants similar organisations to join up...

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

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

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

Grosvenor Crescent, located in the heart of London’s Belgravia between Hyde Park Corner and Belgravia Square, is the most expensive residential...

No fewer than 85 per cent of properties sold for less than the asking price in November, the highest seen since...

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

Asking prices are being cut more heavily than at any time in the past six years says Zoopla.  It says just over...

Chris Philp, a Conservative MP and Parliamentary Private Secretary to Chancellor Phillip Hammond, says 50 per cent of new homes in...

It’s traditional before Christmas to either review the year past or anticipate the one ahead - but I’m intrigued about what...

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

The housing market remains flat as it heads towards 2018 according to the latest snapshot survey by the Royal Institution of...

The UK’s largest property franchise group, Belvoir, says it is reaping rewards from its acquisition of Brook Financial Services and its...

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

Rightmove is warning that the asking price of property coming to market has fallen by 2.6 per cent in the past...

Financial analysts over the weekend have been giving their view on Purplebricks, which later this week issues its figures for the...

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

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

A survey of the housing market in 2017 from the National Association of Estate Agents suggests much of the busiest activity...

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

It’s not breaking new ground to say that younger people have what many regard as the raw end of the deal...

Here we are again: another much anticipated Budget has been and gone and, yet, still nothing much has changed! Yes, of course,...

Foxtons says it takes just eight minutes for a purchaser to know whether they will go ahead with buying a home.  The...

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

The government says it is going to look at “bold options” to improve consumer redress across all aspects of housing -...

The latest market snapshot from the National Association of Estate Agents suggests that the proportion of sales made to first time...

LSL Property Services - which includes Your Move, Reeds Rains and other high street estate agencies - batted away any housing...

Countrywide chief executive Alison Platt says she welcomes the government’s scrapping of stamp duty for first time buyers purchasing homes under...

As we hurtle towards the end of 2017, it’s time to reflect on the year that’s just been.   Even better, this property-based...

Earlier this week, Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered the Autumn Budget with a strong focus on housing.  The decision to cut stamp duty...

A survey suggests that over 10 per cent of existing homeowners have been deterred from selling thanks to the recent interest rate...

Agents and even the Labour Party have backed the government’s scrapping of stamp duty for first time buyers’ purchases up to...

Housing may have taken centre stage in the Budget but most of the industry appears to remain sceptical of whether the...

The fast-growing Leaders Romans Group now looks set to grow its new homes business. Alison Guyton, currently Leaders’ head of marketing with...

Stamp duty reform for first time buyers has taken pride of place in the Budget speech of Chancellor Phillip Hammond.   From today,...

Estate Agent Today understands that a high-profile online estate agency in the UK has approached Facebook with a view to operating...

A housing market expert says agents should be more pro-active and explain to the public that contrary to popular belief, some...

Another Budget, another pledge of new house building: it appears from statements made over the weekend by Chancellor Phillip Hammond that...

The housing industry has set out a list of demands in advance of the government’s hotly anticipated Autumn Budget on Wednesday.  Despite...

A large part of the DCLG’s Call for Evidence on the home buying and selling process focuses on the role of...

The average UK property takes 96 days to sell, according to a new report. The survey, by Post Office Money and the...

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

Nicky Morgan, a former Cabinet minister and now chair of the highly respected Commons' Treasury Select Committee, is the most senior...

House price growth has been strongest in the north west of England according to the latest government figures from the Office...

Currell is defying any gloomy predictions about the capital's housing market by opening a new office at Hackney Wick Fish Island. Currell...

An estate agency has used the experiences of Cambridge, Oxford and other cities to forecast that pockets of central London's housing...

Former National Association of Estate Agents president Simon Gerrard is renewing his campaign for the government to adopt two innovative reforms...

Sellers have launched "their own sale" in response to the stagnating market by slashing asking prices according to Rightmove - but...

The supply of homes coming to the market has slumped again according to a monthly survey conducted by online agency HouseSimple. September...

Despite growing concern about the health of the housing market, a string of estate agencies have made appointments this week. Connells Residential...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has issued a downbeat snapshot of the current housing market with "subdued sales trends" across...

Mortgage approvals are well above last year's levels despite concerns about the health of the housing market.  There were 66,185 mortgage applications...

The raffle-a-home gimmick appears to be gaining strength with the arrival of a new website - Rafflemyhouse.com - which will also...

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

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

It’s something of an understatement to say it’s been a busy fortnight for the industry in terms of announcements, consultations and...

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

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

The Bank of England has raised the base rate from 0.25 per cent to 0.5 per cent. The Bank’s monetary policy committee was...

Experts suggest that a possible interest rate rise this morning - if it is backed by a majority of members of...

Central London’s housing market is showing a recovery from price falls which followed stamp duty changes in 2014 and 2016 according...

Stamp duty on property sales is gumming up the housing market, stopping people from moving to the jobs they need, and...

A survey conducted by the National Association of Estate Agents reveals that 79 per cent of agents regard the current home-buying...

As the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee consider whether to increase base rate later this week, new figures from the...

New figures out this morning show that house builders registered nearly 38,000 new homes in the UK during the third quarter...

New Zealand’s new Labour prime minister elect has banned non-resident foreigners from buying existing homes anywhere in the country in a...

New figures from UK Finance, the umbrella body for finance houses, show gross mortgage lending in September rose to £21.4 billion...

Hunters has another new office in its network, this time in the west Yorkshire town of Cleckheaton. The franchise group, which is...

Ten jobs have been lost with the closure of a long-standing north of England estate agency - with the downward pressure...

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

An industry analyst says some agents may find it tough to survive in 2018 if they’re hit by a double whammy...

There has been a wide range of views from trade bodies and individual agents on the government’s surprise ‘call for evidence’...

The government has launched a consultation this weekend calling for evidence on how to make the home buying process “cheaper, faster...

Another week, yet more consultations - the agency industry can’t complain about not being asked for its views recently. The latest were on...

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

Pressure is continuing to build on the government to reform stamp duty in next month’s Budget. Firstly a group of senior financial...

A man dubbed as Theresa May’s ‘brain’ when he worked in Downing Street has been invited to speak at the annual...

Employers and government should introduce auto-enrolment of monthly salaries to allow people aged 18 to 40 to save for deposits on...

It has been revealed that the beleaguered government of Theresa May is to hold a summit at 10 Downing Street tomorrow...

Asking prices have risen by an average of 1.1 per cent or £3,432 in the past month according to Rightmove.  This is...

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

They say presentation is key (something that Theresa May now knows all too well after her calamitous conference speech). But equally...

The latest RICS market survey shows that buyer enquiries and transactions slipped back last month with expectations pointing to “a subdued...

Auction House says it has enjoyed a rise in its volume of lots sold this year, despite what it admits is...

The housing market may appear sluggish at best in many areas but data from Rightmove suggests it’s now quicker to sell...

Like many of Labour’s recent policy proposals, its call for rent controls leaves more questions than answers.  There has been widespread criticism...

And so concludes another party conference season.  We’ve followed the great and the good (both terms are debatable) around Torbay, Bournemouth,...

An upbeat survey by online website HouseSimple claims there has been a 20 per cent increase in the number of homes...

Carter Jonas has made three key appointments to beef up its London team. Simon Scott has joined as an associate partner in...

Respected buying agency Black Brick says there is evidence that prices in prime central London may be stabilising and transactions volumes...

It’s not just that the days are shortening and the occasional smell of smoke lingers in the evening - the weather...

More than one in four house sales across England and Wales fell through before completion in the third quarter of 2017...

The Conservative party, in a press statement released to clarify comments made by Theresa May, says the government’s proposed extra £2...

The Welsh Government has set out the new levels of stamp duty for the country from next year onwards - and...

England faces a growing gulf between new build completions and new households being added to the population according to a new...

If the government slashed stamp duty for the country’s most expensive properties the entire housing market would benefit, an estate agency...

Figures in the property industry have sharply criticised the announcement made at the Conservative party conference to pump an estimated £10...

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

The UK is home to four million leasehold properties in private ownership, according to government figures. The majority of which require...

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

Every week we carry reports of how great causes are helped by individual agents and other property professionals - this week...

Confidence in buying property remains negative according to the quarterly sentiment measure undertaken by the Building Societies Association. Over a quarter of...

Online petitions appear to be the flavour of the week - the latest is calling for the government’s Help to Buy...