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Affordability has always been a hot topic when it comes to the property market, and this is doubly true for first-time...

It’s certainly the case that awareness of part exchange isn’t very high in the property and agency world, despite the potential...

Being able to show proof of funds in a quick, transparent and simple way is more crucial than ever to keep fall-throughs...

First-time buyers are £25,000 worse off thanks to the stamp duty holiday, according to estate agent comparison site GetAgent. The website revealed...

What estate agency is going to look like in the post-pandemic world, and what the role of the physical branch will...

2020 gave rise to an exodus from the city as work from home became the mandated norm for large swaths of...

The Victorian phrase “as safe as houses” well surmises the security of the housing market as, whether they are buying or...

A surprise statement from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says the stamp duty holiday, which goes on until the end...

An estate agency says it’s analysed the housing market’s long term cycles and forecasts that house price rises will continue -...

Exchanges of properties in prime central London, following the end of the largest part of the stamp duty holiday, suggest the...

The lifestyle changes triggered by the pandemic are likely to have a lasting effect on the housing market, pushing property prices permanently...

Estate agents are being urged to future-proof and diversify by linking with retirement developers via part-exchange services. Property investment service HBB Solutions...

Belvoir’s chief executive haas taken to Twitter to hail his company’s latest results as “superb” - with sales for the franchise agency...

Newly instructed properties across the country dropped by 10 per cent in August compared to July’s numbers, according to Homesearch. The company,...

The first house price index for August suggests they rose 2.1 per cent in just a month - despite forecasts that the...

Scotland was the first UK nation to scrap the equivalent of its stamp duty holiday, yet already the official economic monitor...

Mortgage approvals declined over the last month as the tapering stamp duty holiday deterred home purchases, according to data from the...

An agency claims that across the UK there have been very nearly 400,000 property transactions down valued in the last year...

A broker claims the high profile return of the 95 per cent mortgage has actually made little impact on the housing...

The very strong housing market seen throughout this year is set to extend into 2022 as a stock shortage is forecast...

An estate agent says the housing market now has a hidden characteristic - an absence of homes that are friendly for...

An estate agency comparison website has conducted research into how much it costs to simply keep an average home in a...

House sales slumped nearly two thirds last month as the main deadline for the stamp duty holiday passed.  HM Revenue and Customs...

The Guardian has sharply criticised Chancellor Rishi Sunak for introducing and then extending the stamp duty holiday - because helping estate...

Auction service Iamsold says a small-sample survey it conducted of agents suggests that increasing numbers are looking favourably on auctions as...

There are 19 new distinct £1m-plus property markets in the UK thanks to the soaring house prices of the past 15...

Politicians in one of the most exclusive property enclaves are complaining after average house prices have risen around £100,000 in just...

Proposals to resuscitate the self-build housing sector have been welcomed by the government. Conservative MP Richard Bacon has published an independent report...

An unexpected claim was made over the weekend - that the long-running stamp duty holiday was not, after all, behind the...

Every so often it comes around – the argument that stamp duty should be reformed/removed/replaced (delete as appropriate). But why? Where’s the...

The housing market could be in for a financial boost of an unusual kind as a High Street bank plans to...

A housing expert says the psychology of a population coping with the pandemic lies behind the house moving frenzy of recent...

Agents are reporting fewer sales and fewer deals above the asking price, as summer and the tapering stamp duty holiday take...

The lack of progress on the much-anticipated government reforms of the leasehold system is leaving thousands of homeowners stranded, according to...

Average house prices increased by 13.2 per cent over the year to June - the highest annual growth rate since November...

A nationalist party has blasted a Labour government in one national region of the UK for its lack of intervention in...

House prices in Wales - where the equivalent of the stamp duty holiday has fully ended - rose to a new...

High end agency Strutt & Parker is doubling its prediction for this year’s house price growth. For the UK-wide mainstream market the...

Connells-owned Hamptons says it’s calculated that no fewer the 117,500 sellers this year have chosen to rent before buying their next home.  The...

The average asking price, as recorded by Rightmove, has fallen for the first time this year. In another sign that the market...

The largest player in the Modern Method of Auction sector has reported a record average number of bids per property. In July...

Following a month in which the number of property transactions was the highest since records began, it might seem a little...

Yet another housing market snapshot is reporting the stock of property for sale plummeting further downwards.  Property website Home says that while...

The market slowdown continues with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors reporting that new buyer enquiries have reduced for the first...

Rightmove data released this morning shows that the average asking price of a detached house has risen literally 10 times the...

A report claims the flurry of transactions over recent months has been down mostly to families moving into larger homes and...

Savills has revised its price forecasts for prime property market across the UK, but when it coms to prime central London...

A major agency is predicting that the imbalance between supply and demand, which has characterised the housing market for all of...

Transaction volumes in prime London fell in July according to data from LonRes. Transactions were down 22 per cent compared with July...

House prices in July rose after falling in June, according to the Halifax. They were 0.4 per cent higher than in June,...

Propertymark says the supply of homes on the market has dwindled almost continuously since the start of the year, with 40...

There’s already plenty of talk about autumn - depressing huh? - with agents pondering how the housing market will respond to...

Are you experiencing Estate Agent burnout? As The Stamp Duty Holiday has begun to tail off, it didn’t bring the relaxation in...

If you were hoping for a summer lull during August, think again. That’s the messages from Nicky Stevenson, managing director of Fine...

As the Tokyo Olympics draws to a close this weekend, the Nationwide Building Society has analysed long-term capital appreciation in locations regenerated...

Volume house builder Taylor Wimpey has announced a pre-tax profit for the first half of this year of £287.5m - and...

A bank which a year ago told investors to sell Rightmove shares has now changed its tune - radically. In August 2020...

An estate agency has calculated precisely how much residential property has been sold so far this year, fuelled by the stamp...

The number of Energy Performance Certificates issued for new build homes in England rose 16 per cent in the year to...

A much higher than usual proportion of homes on sale in the current market have successfully found a buyer, according to...

A prominent advocate of a reformed transaction process says more secure moving systems can help agents maintain high business levels when...

Some 18 months on, we’re only just beginning to understand the impact of Covid-19 and how it’ll shape the future economy...

Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, technology has proven to be the answer for many problems faced by sectors across...

Rightmove has reported a dramatic bounce back in its fortunes - and it’s making more money from agents even than before...

Available residential property listings across the country are at historic lows according to property data firm Homesearch. The company, which focuses its...

Annual house price growth remains above 10 per cent despite a small monthly dip in July according to the Nationwide. A 0.5...

An estate agency which at one time hoped to be operating nationwide this year has now revised its target. Hortons says it...

New research shows that the surge in house prices this year has taken homes in at least 25 areas of England...

Purplebricks’ annual report has revealed that a short term bonus scheme to provide incentives for executive directors to meet financial and...

One of the leading housing market analysts says some of the extreme house price rises seen this year could unwind during...

Demand for all types of houses, from terraced to detached, has more than doubled in the current housing market - creating...

“There is an average of 19 buyers for every available property on the market” according to Propertymark’s latest market snapshot for...

One of the country’s longest-standing independent buying agencies has rebranded. Haringtons, established in 2004 and covering both London and the country, has...

London’s super prime residential market has recorded its strongest half year in volume and value terms since the rush to beat...

Zoopla data has confirmed that buyer demand started to moderate in the months prior to the initial stamp duty holiday tapering...

The post-lockdown housing market boom is showing signs of a significant slowdown according to a new forecast. The prediction, from the quote...

Knight Frank’s network of residential sales offices in London had a record month in June as the end of the main...

HM Revenue & Customs has warned of what it calls the “negative impacts” of the pandemic on the latest property transactions...

The busiest first half of a year ever recorded by Rightmove has led to a raft of new records for the...

A new analysis off the housing market suggests that the current frenzy is down partly to activity in the most expensive...

Over a fifth of properties have risen in value by more than the average salary according to a calculation made by...

The end of a largely-forgotten mortgage initiative connected with the pandemic could end up derailing the current strong housing market, agents...

The housing market across the country shows little or no sign of cooling despite the end of the main stamp duty...

OnTheMarket, which until now has lagged behind the leading two portals in terms of consumer-facing housing market information, has today launched...

Is print dead as an advertising medium for estate agents? Many have suggested it is, thanks to the rise and rise of...

Channel 4 Ventures is one of a number of investors who have collectively put the equivalent of £11m into the online...

A leading agent says the supply of homes coming to the market is still insufficient to match demand. London estate agent Jeremy...

The Halifax is reporting a 0.5 per cent monthly drop in house prices, plus a fall in the annual rate from...

A leading agency in the capital says it’s seen its strongest ever half year of trading. According to Chestertons’ latest market analysis,...

A conveyancing services firm is warning that buyers are making “hasty rather than considered” decisions over properties because they feel under...

Several estate agencies have reported record months of business thanks to the rush of transactions ahead of the main stamp duty...

By any measure, the housing market has been unprecedently busy in recent months, fuelled not just by the stamp duty holiday...

Labour says the stamp duty holiday is an example of the government’s “failed approach” to home ownership and housing affordability. Labour’s Shadow...

Knight Frank claims that the number of UK property transactions in June is on track to be the highest on record.  Although...

A third of owners would consider moving more regularly if the stamp duty holiday on the first £500,000 of a purchase...

The leading reason for property sales falling through is gazumping, according to new research from Comparethemarket. Over the past year, nearly two-fifths of...

Back in April, leading portal Zoopla launched a new multi-million-pound marketing campaign, its biggest ever, to help agents capitalise on the...

Average house prices have risen by £29,000 over the course of the stamp duty holiday as house price annual inflation hits...

An online agent operating in the Midlands says the idea of flipping property is a thing of the past thanks to...

High end agency Savills says prime central London remains “relatively subdued” ahead of the return of foreign travel and overseas buyers. PCL...

A new analysis claims Help To Buy has improved building volumes and has not been a drain on taxpayers. The scheme which...

The frenzy of activity in the housing market thanks to the stamp duty holiday shows the need for automated processes to...

Estate agency comparison website GetAgent has calculated the typical fees charged to vendors in different parts of the country. It says agents...

The distribution of home ownership across different generations has been a cause of strife according to a think-tank. The Resolution Foundation’s latest...

Price renegotiations are underway between buyers and sellers in danger of missing Wednesday’s stamp duty holiday deadline, says Knight Frank. The agency...

For the second time in two working days, a report suggests that ever-higher numbers of buying are paying over the asking...

I recently saw a fly-through video for a home on sale for well over £2m. The imagery was good (made better by...

The Bank of England has played down worries that interest rates may have to rise as a result of growing levels...

Data from Rightmove shows that no less than 37 per cent of homes early this year sold for the asking price...

There’s been a dramatic slump in instructions for online agencies, particularly Purplebricks, according to data produced by one online firm itself. 99Home...

A rush to beat next week’s stamp duty holiday deadline has caused a 200 per cent increase in demand for removal...

New research has thrown light on how much buyers must pay on average to trade up to a property with one...

An authoritative study on the housing market has shown that the big losers from the pandemic have been first time buyers. The...

Franchise giant Winkworth has launched a new property podcast to boost its marketing. The Property Exchange podcast will air monthly, with the...

London property is still a draw for the wealthiest in the world according to Knight Frank. Despite international travel restrictions, the number...

The frantic growth in house prices is showing its first sign of slowing down, says Rightmove. In its latest monthly market snapshot,...

Welcome to the start of another week and as the housing market continues at full pelt, so does the movement of...

One in 10 buyers say they will seek to renegotiate on the price of their chosen home if they miss the...

The property market is currently in a unique position where the number of house hunters looking for their next home is...

London’s housing market may be distinctly lacklustre compared to much of the rest of the UK right now but one development...

Agents should prepare for a surge in fall throughs and collapsed sales thanks to the first stamp duty holiday period expiring...

The finance arm of a leading estate agency has taken the unusual step of warning about delays in the conveyancing process. “The...

Average house prices in the year to the end of April increased by 8.9 per cent according to the government’s Office...

A traditional problem for agents has been ‘tyre kickers’ who come to view a home out of curiosity with little or...

The current housing market frenzy would be easier to deal with if upfront buyers’ packs were available, improving transparency and cutting...

Knight Frank says it will be September at the earliest before the current frenzy of housing market activity will stabilise. The agency’s...

The long running saga of insurance firms failing to honour agents’ Business Interruption claims appears to be making progress at last. A...

A leading agent has been in touch with EAT to vent his frustration at the government for extending most of the...

Amro Partners, the Build to Rent and student accommodation operator, has launched a venture capital arm investing in PropTech and FinTech. Amro...

The cost of the average mortgage deposit has climbed £11,000 in some areas thanks to the stamp duty holiday fuelling the...

The policy and campaigns team at Propertymark, headed by Mark Hayward, has been expanded after what it calls “a number of...

The youngsRPS agency now has a fifth branch in the north of England - it’s in Darlington and will cover the...

Right now it seems that another day means another house price record, an all-time high for transactions, and a conveyancing log-jam...

“A hybrid offering, which serves customers of all needs and capabilities, is what we should all be working towards.” Following Aconveyancing opening...

A senior estate agent says even if the restrictions easing lockdown, still formally scheduled for June 21, are delayed by several...

The government has dismissed a call for reform of the stamp duty system, which would have meant the tax would apply...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says its monthly sentiment measure of house prices is at its highest level since 1988. A...

An industry supplier is urging agents to dust off old prospects to build their pipeline and keep the market boom going...

An estate agent has been accused of charging prospective clients to view a property. The claim has been made on Twitter by...

Over 500,000 homebuyers in England are set to benefit from the stamp duty holiday to the tune of £3.4 billion, according...

There are over 700,000 homes marked Sold Subject to Contract and going through conveyancing right now, according to a new Rightmove...

OnTheMarket’s new chief executive has posted his first full year’s trading figures - and they suggest the portal is making progress...

The Law Society has published new guidance for what it calls “under-pressure conveyancing solicitors” as the stamp duty deadline of June...

Annual house price inflation is now at its strongest level in nearly seven years, says the Halifax House Price Index. The average...

An estate agency says disgruntled and delayed property buyers are fast falling out of love with the stamp duty holiday, which...

The growth of the internet and technology has transformed virtually every aspect of our lives, including how we approach the property...

Figures released from the government show 19,400 people in the real estate sector are still on furlough - suggesting some agents have back...

A gradual increase in the supply of homes coming to the market means the stellar price rises of recent months are...

The MP who chairs one of the most important committees in the House of Commons has urged the government to increase...

The Bank of England will intervene if it considers soaring house prices will affect the inflation rate says Sir Dave Ramsden,...

House prices have soared 10.9 per cent in the past year - the highest level since 2014 - according to the...

The government is to answer a call made in an online petition for stamp duty to apply when contracts are exchanged,...

Banks and building societies want the government to offer more help to the housing market through additional assistance to home owners...

An agency says two thirds of its sales valuations in London in the first quarter of the year have been conducted...

Buying agents level the playing field with estate agents according to Phil Spencer - the TV property expert who started his...

An anonymous conveyancer has admitted increasing fees to deter buyers and sellers in the frenzied housing market during the stamp duty...

A global financial software and analytics firm says it’s launching a new PropTech tool which promises in the near future to...

The number of transactions is scheduled to reach 1.52 million this year - way above the norm of between 1.0 and...

An all-time record high of one in three properties sold for more than the original asking price last month. This is according...

Telephone and chat support service Moneypenny has outlined a strategy to help agents avoid burn out. The service argues that working throughout...

An unusual price forecast based on conveyancing quotes suggests the housing market is to continue busy over the summer with more...

One of the country’s leading estate agents claims some solicitors are charging exorbitant fees on transactions as they near the latest...

The head of one of the UK’s largest conveyancing legal practices is warning the property market could “fall off a cliff...

With property fraud on the rise and an ever-increasing number of transactions taking place in the lettings sector, having strict anti-money laundering...

A report by the Office of Tax Simplification on Capital Gains Tax has called for a series of changes. They include extending...

The Bank of England’s deputy governor says it’s possible that the current housing market boom may continue even after the end...

Data consultancy LonRes has given a typically upbeat assessment of the Prime London sales market - despite the effects of Coronavirus...

Nationwide Building Society is to become the largest mortgage provider to reintroduce 95 per cent Loan-to-Value home loans without government support.  These...

Some sellers are suffering cash flow issues as a result of glitches in the Capital Gains Tax reporting system, according to...

The number of properties coming on the market is still not meeting the huge demand from buyers, but the level of...

A relatively modest interest rate rise could trigger a crash in the housing market according to the housing analyst behind the...

A league table of the most important issues facing vendors places the scale of estate agents’ charges at the bottom - and this...

Increasing optimism at the success of the Coronavirus vaccine programme and the relaxation of restrictions have contributed to house prices rising...

It’s not just housing transactions that signal a red-hot market - the mortgage landscape is at its strongest for some time...

A row has blown up over a house raffle where the property prize was withdrawn and a cash alternative offered because...

A company which was once an early adopter of using a central resource for self-employed agents working under its name, says...

A market analysis by Fine & Country suggests that annual house price inflation could hit 10 per cent next month. Nicky Stevenson,...

The latest Coutts Prime Property Index has revealed that activity in this sector of the market - based mostly in London...

The interim executive chair of Propertymark has now taken up a leading role in The Conveyancing Association Nicky Heathcote is becoming the...

The Prime Central London pain throughout the pandemic can be seen by new figures just released by an investment consultancy, showing...

The last 12 months have heralded significant change across the property market and indeed we could argue across all markets in...

Mortgage lending has shown the biggest net increase on record according to the Bank of England.  Mortgage borrowing in March rose by...

Parts of the UK property market face a supply shortage with a quarter fewer properties listed for sale in England and...

A leading agency says the stamp duty holiday is not a big influence on the current housing market frenzy - and...

House prices are 7.1 per cent above their level a year ago as the boom continues. The latest house price index, from...

The anti-money laundering compliance service that is now part of data company LonRes is holding a training session for Rightmove member...

This time last year the industry was awaiting the launch of a new portal - the free to list public site...

The government has launched a formal consultation process on a new residential property developer tax which is to contribute towards cladding...

Britain’s second largest estate agency has outlined radical new plans to shift direction, making financial services and not sales or rentals...

One in six properties sold for over the original asking price last month, higher than the proportion in February and another sign...

New figures from Zoopla today emphasise just how frenzied the housing market remains. Here are the figures: - so far in the first...

Around 30 people spent all night queuing outside an estate agent ahead of 14 homes going on sale - the most...

As London plays catch-up with the buoyant housing market seen in the rest of the country, two agencies have announced new...

An insolvency specialist is warning that the real estate sector of the UK is seeing more firms in financial distress despite...

A consumer financial service suggests it’s already too late for most buyers to meet the latest stamp duty holiday deadline of June...

The average UK house price has risen 8.6 per cent - that’s typically £20,000 - in the past year. This is the...

As the property market continues to boom, competition between portals such as Zoopla, Rightmove, OnTheMarket and Boomin has been hotting up...

Iamsold, the company best known for its Modern Method of Auction online platform, has won top spot in an auction league...

A leading analyst has told Knight Frank that the end of furlough this autumn is unlikely to kill off the housing...

A leading agent says that for every house he puts on the market, he has over 40 requests for viewings -...

Zoopla today begins a new marketing drive - the latest move in the fierce battle between Rightmove, Zoopla, OnTheMarket and Boomin. Zoopla is...

There’s been a surge in activity in London’s prime housing market according to LonRes. The property data company says that new instructions in March...

For many, the funeral of HRH Prince Philip will be a solemn affair, while for some it will also be a...

The UK government has been told it should make the stamp duty cut permanent to encourage investment and make it easier...

New research shared with Estate Agent Today suggest that in areas of the country almost four in 10 homes for sale...

This time out, I speak to one of the industry’s biggest-hitters. Adrian Gill may have retired from frontline agency, having had...

One housing market index suggests that average house prices in England and Wales have risen by 9.8 per cent in the...

Rightmove has so far this year recorded 20 of its busiest ever days for visits to the site as the current...

A leading agency claims the stamp duty holiday has actually had a minimal impact in the mainstream market, despite many suggestions...

One in three property sales in England and Wales fell through before completion in the first quarter of 2021. The 32 per...

The Chancellor’s decision to extend the stamp duty holiday has “put a spring in the step" of the housing market according...

A mortgage firm specialising in high net worth clients says the stamp duty holiday cliff edge will not impact the most expensive...

The shortage of supply compared to demand, which has characterised the housing market in recent months, could soon be a thing...

Data from agency Knight Frank suggests the number of UK exchanges last month was the highest in 10 years - well above...

An agency has analysed sold prices since the first lockdown in March 2020 and February this year - and has found...

One of the most outspoken campaigners against stamp duty has been fined for avoiding tens of thousands of pounds in … stamp...

The MP leading a new parliamentary committee on the housing market says a radical reform of tax would help more people move...

The stamp duty holiday has backfired and buyers almost everywhere are paying more for homes, rather than less. StripeHomes analysed house price...

Licensing of the short-term lets sector in Scotland was due to be introduced next month. However, it was recently announced that...

A new property board game called Gazumped aims to rival Monopoly but reflect a much more realistic view of how the house...

Annual house price growth remains strong but it has slowed significantly according to the Nationwide. Prices dropped 0.2 per cent on average...

With March marking one year since the beginning of the first national lockdown across all four nations of Britain in response...

Conveyancers should consider the provision of electric vehicle parking and charging in transactions according to a legal company. Law firm says that...

NAEA Propertymark says a record number of transactions are taking four months to move from offer to exchange. The organisation says this...

Bank of England figures reveal that in February there were 87,700 mortgage approvals - down from a peak of 103,700 in...

As an indication of the frenzied property market, this may take some beating - an agent has had 18 viewings on...

With just days before the launch of new portal Boomin, Rightmove says it’s hit a record 9.1m visits in a 24...

It’s costing taxpayers £750,000 just for the government to update its IT systems to handle the stamp duty holiday.  In a document...

Liverpool - where commissioners have been ordered by Whitehall to run part of the council following corruption allegations - is the...

Emoov’s new 'guaranteed offer' service means fall-thoughs and chain-related delays are effectively eliminated, the agency claims. Emoov - now owned by a firm...

Data from Rightmove suggests a sharp increase in the number of chain-free properties on the market because sellers are increasingly willing...

Another house price index shows a super-charged housing market with prices rising 7.5 per cent in the year to January according...

The government’s highly-anticipated Tax Day was just a damp squib.  That’s the view of leading analyst Anthony Codling, who says the almost complete...

The London housing market is enjoying the end of the lull before the storm, according to a leading buying agent. Sara Ransom...

The Building Societies Association says there’s been a surge in consumer confidence in the housing market following the Budget. Some 37 per...

Zoopla has crunched the numbers for the continuing stamp duty holiday in England and Northern Ireland, calculating 500,000 buyers will have...

Stamp Duty receipts for the year to the end of February fell just six per cent despite the high profile SDLT...

The events of the last 12 months have potentially shaped the future of our sector for years to come. There has been...

There is growing speculation that a raft of tax proposals to be unveiled next week will include reform of Capital Gains...

Later this year, on October 22, the ESTAS 2021 will take place in London. The glittering ceremony will welcome property professionals...

There’s a warning this morning that possible tax reforms to be unveiled next Monday could wreak huge damage on the property...

Agents have been warned they are likely to require PropTech assistance to cope with a surge in transactions expected this year. The...

Rightmove says the excess of demand over supply right now is bigger than at any time over the past decade -...

Another leading research team in a major agency has revised upwards its forecast for the 2021 market. Savills revised its predictions recently...

Following the fluctuation of the property market during the UK’s first national lockdown, the industry was given a lifeline by the...

Pressure is building on London agency Foxtons to repay its furlough funding. The company issued an upbeat trading statement on Wednesday; while...

A broker has launched the UK’s longest-ever fixed rate mortgage, with no early repayment charge or exit fees - the first product...

The latest breakdown of the stamp duty holiday extension has given a first estimate of the total number of deals to...

Mortgage availability has risen for the fifth consecutive month according to respected market monitor Moneyfacts. With 3,532 products on offer, this is...

Transactions and house price forecasts for the mainstream housing market are being revised upwards by Savills following the Budget. The new predictions follow an...

Savills has upgraded its house price and transaction forecasts following the Budget - and prime London, especially the centre, is tipped to...

The latest house price index from the Halifax suggests the market has softened ahead of the original scheduled end of the stamp...

Labour says Chancellor Rishi Sunak “will give away half a billion pounds to second homeowners and landlords through the stamp duty...

Another week and another frenzy of news, culminating in the Budget and the extension of the stamp duty holiday. A cliff edge...

Rarely do Budgets produce positive sentiments from the agency industry but Chancellor Rishi Sunak appears to have won widespread support for...

An independent agency has announced the opening of another office in what it calls a vote of confidence for the local housing...

When I joined Zoopla, I took the same approach that I always take whenever I enter a new sector: I was...

Today’s Budget is the most eagerly-anticipated for many years, as it juggles to shore up the economy with the longer-term issue...

A surge in demand from buyers, even those unlikely to benefit from the stamp duty holiday, offers hope for the market...

Mortgage approvals declined slightly in January as the market braces itself for the end of the stamp duty holiday - currently...

A leading agent says the worst thing that could happen with Wednesday’s Budget is if the Chancellor does not deliver on...

Rightmove has revealed its figures for the full year 2020 - down in terms of profit and revenue because of the impact...

An open letter from Boomin chief executive Michael Bruce shows how fierce the competition is going to be in the portal field...

A prominent conveyancer has hit out at the extension to the stamp duty holiday, which is now ending in late June and...

Much of the agency industry has reacted with delight at the extension of the stamp duty holiday deadline until June. Rightmove estimates...

Connells Group says it is the UK's largest estate agency group by market share - and that's before the Countrywide acquisition...

Transaction totals took a tumble last month for the first time since last summer as HMRC figures suggest the stamp duty...

The acquisition of Countrywide by Connells might just be the deal of the century in the British estate agency industry. That’s the...

The Law Society for England and Wales says it wants action now to prevent tens of thousands of  transactions collapsing at...

London still dominated the league table of locations with the highest volumes of sales by value in 2020, despite the apparent...

High net worth individuals are struggling when it comes to successfully applying for a mortgage, according to a lender.  Research by Butterfield...

A huge number of additional transactions completing in the next few weeks due to the stamp duty holiday provides estate agents...

A new forecast suggests 70,000 buyers will miss the March 31 stamp duty holiday deadline. Zoopla has undertaken a new analysis to...

The government has given details of two new taxes to provide funds to address the cladding problem on high rise tower blocks...

The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and shifting tenant requirements are reinforcing the need for good broadband in the rental market...

A leading bank says as many as one in three buyers pay too much for a property because they are afraid...

A leading agency chief suggests there will have to be substantial bargaining between buyers and sellers as the stamp duty holiday cliff...

There’s now more choice in the mortgage market than at any time since last March, before the pandemic reached a peak. The...

One of the chief figures behind Brexit and Boris Johnson’s role as London Mayor is now advising that stamp duty should be...

Affordability across the housing market is at its worst for 10 years according to an analysis by a London agency. Benham and Reeves...

A housing market analyst says stamp duty, for all its unpopularity within the property industry, may not be so bad after...

There’s been a huge focus on both the stamp duty holiday and Help To Buy deadlines at the end of March...

House price growth is running out of steam ahead of the stamp duty holiday cliff-edge. That’s the suggestion from the Halifax; its latest...

The high-end housing market on Jersey has been rocked by a plan from the island’s government which may ban foreign investors from...

There is no scientific formula, no list of must-have elements in a successful campaign. That’s especially the case for a campaign involving...

A mortgage has been launched targeting borrowers who believe they are unlikely to complete their purchase before the stamp duty holiday’s...

A 10-point ’must have’ list of demands for Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget on March 3 has been issued by NAEA Propertymark. It’s...

Estate agents have kept up the pressure on the Westminster government to consider some kind of tapered ending to the stamp...

The Nationwide has pulled no punches with Chancellor Rishi Sunak - it’s made it clear that if the stamp duty holiday...

The government is keeping everyone guessing about the stamp duty holiday but one comment by a senior minister suggests movement towards a...