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The term ‘time bomb’ is sometimes overly used in the housing market, and while it has been linked to many things...

House prices dipped on a monthly basis during March but annual growth improved, Nationwide data shows. The latest Nationwide House Price Index...

House prices are growing annually for the first time since January 2023, Nationwide claims. The latest Nationwide House Price Index found average...

The times, they are indeed a-changin’. But what Dylan may not have appreciated, however, was how fast that change would be...

Average house prices rose between December and January but a rapid rebound is unlikely, Nationwide has warned. The latest Nationwide House Price...

The benefits for letting agents to outsource their client accounting is well documented, however with an increasing number of options available,...

Mortgage lenders are “treading a fine line” between offering attractive rates for homebuyers and getting caught out by rising swap rates,...

Like millions of others, I watched in open-mouthed astonishment as details emerged about the Post Office scandal. I knew a little bit about...

After months of negative messaging and anti-development sentiment, espoused both nationally by the Government, and locally during May’s local election campaigning,...

The factor most likely to influence the housing market next year is entirely outside the industry’s control: the General Election. Knight Frank...

Heat pumps are become more prevalent across the UK to power our homes’ heating requirements and they are only likely to...

House prices increased for the third month in a row during November but are still down annually, Nationwide data shows. The lender’s...

As sure as night follows day, so our industry sets out a wish list of tax changes which it hopes the...

What a waste. Islington council announced in recent days that it will buy back 310 ex-council houses this winter, to add to...

After years - indeed a decade - of anti-rental sector policy and rhetoric it’s difficult not to see recent days as...

Twenty-minute neighbourhoods, 15-minute cities, low traffic neighbourhoods, walkable neighbourhoods: these concepts are suddenly everywhere. They boil down to a simple idea:...

If, like me, you’re an ardent England rugby fan or indeed a fan of rugby in general, you’ll be counting down...

I recently wrote that the long-gestating Renters Reform Bill, finally introduced in Parliament back in May, could be poorly timed, both...

After months of negative messaging and anti-development sentiment, espoused both nationally by the Government, and locally during recent local election campaigning,...

It’s not a sentence that I thought I would be writing, but Housing Secretary Michael Gove has indeed finally done something...

Savills and the Daily Telegraph newspaper have combined to produce a league table of what they claim to be Britain’s 50...

A quarter of homeowners are considering selling up and going back to renting amid rising mortgage costs. New Moneyfacts figures shows the...

Landlords are now quite accustomed to the challenges of operating in a market where they are often perceived as the antagonist...

Last week was the first ever National Conveyancing Week, which I hope registered with agents and perhaps you even took up...

When Jeremy Hunt sat down in the Commons after delivering his first Spring Budget, I imagine there were many who felt...

Annual house price growth has fallen for the first time since June 2020 and is now at its weakest level since...

The slowing housing market may have at least one benefit for leaseholders looking to sell their homes, a property lawyer claims. House...

Surveying is traditionally a male-dominated profession, and many women who have worked in the profession for many years report that at...

I’ve been on Twitter for a decade and have 23,500 followers - a gratifying number and of those a couple of...

The housing market isn’t definitely facing a 2008-style cliff-edge moment, Knight Frank claims. New commentary from the agent has asked if October’s weak...

And…breathe. For a while back there, the only certainty for the housing market was uncertainty. That isn’t to say the election of Rishi...

Conveyancing is an integral part of the house buying and selling process. But it is a slow process, with the length...

It’s fair to say that ours is an industry which has a language of its own, and often revels in the...

The Bank of England is being urged by property professionals to avoid further interest rate hikes this week. The Bank’s Monetary Policy...

Agents and property professionals paid tribute to the Queen last night after Buckingham Palace announced she had passed away. Readers were celebrating...

As the summer draws to a close, and we begin to move towards the final few months of the year, I’m...

Agents are being invited to help shape and be part of the future of the proptech sector. Propertymark is hosting proptech investment company...

For years now estate agents have been on a journey from digital infancy to digital maturity. But what does the future...

Late last week, Leeds Building Society announced that it would no longer lend on second homes to concentrate on first-time buyers...

There has been so much coverage recently over how painfully slow conveyancing is at the moment - 18-20 weeks is now...

The ongoing debate about how to boost agent and conveyancer relations, and improve the homebuying system for all, continues to rage,...

A senior agency executive has said minimum standards and qualifications are “desperately needed” in the property sector. Adam Day, international expansion leader...

It’s often fashionable to criticise trade bodies and official groups, but right now I think that’s absolutely inappropriate. In well over 20...

Images can have the ability to paint a vivid image, but video content can take this to the next level if...

This question is not as flippant as it sounds because over recent years the status of the private landlord has taken...

If there’s not a book called ‘The Art of Collaboration’ then there should be. Update: a quick Google search shows there...

Why the urgency? Because the appetite is strong. Research by the Conveyancing Association reports that 98% of consumers are overwhelmingly in...

Rural areas are dominating the boost in property supply. Agents have reported an improvement in sales stock in recent weeks. Analysis by Knight...

Buyers and sellers should focus on the Bank of England’s actions rather than words when it comes to the housing market,...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson recently announced that he is considering extending Margaret Thatcher’s Right-to-Buy scheme, that gives council tenants the chance to...

Just this month, the Government Property Agency kicked off its search for a digital chief to lead its 10-year technology journey,...

There seems a consensus amongst agents, analysts and amateur pundits alike that the market will stay relatively strong for some months,...

Estate agency recruiter Josh Rayner has said job demand is at the highest level he can remember. Rayner, who runs property jobs...

PayProp’s recent Rental Confidence Index survey polled property professionals about their biggest concerns for 2022. Unsurprisingly, new regulations were a top...

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has said it may consider complaints about ‘misleading SSTC listings’ on portals but suggests it may...

It’s not an easy time for many renters (and homeowners). The cost of living is going up across the board for...

If you want to sex-up the Chancellor’s financial statement scheduled for lunchtime on Wednesday, you’d call it a Budget or a...

The path from agent to developer is not easy, but it is a relatively straightforward one, if you are willing to...

A well known UK estate agency has pledged £50,000 to help the growing Ukrainian refugee crisis. Brown & Co - the 13-branch...

OnTheMarket says buyer and seller confidence has not been adversely affected by the first base rate rise in more than three...

MRI Software explores the use of PropTech to enhance the performance of the sales and lettings processes and how to select...

The level of house price growth is at a 17 year high at 11.2 per cent according to the Nationwide. The annual...

Historic estate agency group Humberts - which was at risk of disappearing entirely just over two years ago - has opened...

A prominent agency chief is warning that record house prices could lead to a housing bust if lending gets out of...

The surge in Omicron cases and possible future restrictions are set to hit the housing market in 2022 - and may...

House prices in the UK have ended the year of yet another record high. The Nationwide says annual house price growth increased...

A conveyancing company is asking clients to set their own fee - with some strings. Zen Move Solicitors is a year-old digital...

Estate agents, and indeed all professionals, should be offered the option of flexible working when they are appointed to the job. That’s...

Purplebricks’ official statement on the departure of chief marketing officer Ben Carter merely says he’s leaving at the end of the...

Annual house price growth hit 10.0 per cent last month - and is now tracking close to the level seen before...

Despite the progress made in so many areas, particularly in terms of leasehold reform – although we are calling upon the...

I’ve never written the three letters ‘EPC’ more often than I have in the past week. Law changes for the private rental...

The average price of a house in the UK has hit £250,000 for the first time as the  market shows no...

An estate agent who has now gone self-employed after working on the staff of Connells and Spicerhaart says her move is...

A Hertfordshire-based hybrid agency has released a surprising and some might argue refreshing message, saying it’s not interested in size as...

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

We are living in the age of information. Our working and personal lives are underpinned by software, data and technology to...

A  mortgage expert says surveyors should improve their standard services to cover the threat of climate change.  This comes after a summer...

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

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

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

The stamp duty holiday came and went with much fanfare. For many buyers it represented a rare opportunity to make some...

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

Around 2.66 million landlords were operational in Great Britain in 2019, according to data estimations previously released by Hamptons International. Of those...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, we have another industry big-hitter and one of the most high-profile female leaders in property...

Property consultancy LonRes says June was a record-breaking month for property sales in the capital, with exchanges up 140 per cent...

It may be ‘Freedom Day’ but it looks certain that many estate agents will still wear masks in offices today and...

Our long-awaited ‘Freedom Day’ approaches. From Monday all of the restrictions, introduced since the Covid-19 pandemic made an impact across the...

Phil Spencer has interviewed five key regional estate agents in the latest of his Move iQ industry videos. It’s a fascinating insight...

The Stamp Duty holiday has been very beneficial for hundreds of thousands of buyers looking to take advantage of savings, even...

Welcome to our second Euros Agent Match Report, when we get leading agents’ and suppliers’ takes on the matches featuring England and Scotland.  Today...

Hello and welcome to our first Euros Agent Match Report, a really engaging piece on England's triumphant campaign start yesterday. Our thanks go to...

A home within 500 metres of a tube or railway station in London will carry a massive premium compared to a...

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

There are an estimated 2.7 million landlords in the private rented sector (PRS) providing rental accommodation to multiple generations of tenant,...

It’s been quite a week for the rental sector. Lettings agents and landlords have had such a torrid time in recent years...

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

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

Keller Williams now boasts 377 estate agency partners across the UK - agents that have set up and run their own...

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