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Last weekend a story by The Sunday Times’ Deputy Political Editor indicated that the Government is proposing implementing a £250 cap...

The latest research by London lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves, has revealed that while a rental property with a...

Data and statistics are never in short supply for those of us working in the property sector.  But one set which really...

Strike remained in the red in the run up to its acquisition of Purplebricks last year and has new financial backing...

Southwark, Barnet, Camden, Croydon and Newham are the top five London boroughs with the highest number of vacant properties amid a...

The majority of buyers and sellers in the prime housing market will not be deterred by the upcoming General Election, according...

Connells Group has boosted its affordable housing offering after appoint Roy Hind as a director. Hind has been named affordable housing director...

If you want to hear of a tale for our industry’s times - featuring housing shortages, planning disputes, rampant  inflation and...

Global property consultancy Knight Frank has launched its latest UK Build to Rent Market Update, revealing that investment in the UK...

Today, I am reflecting on the Chancellor’s surprise Spring budget decision to abolish multiple dwellings relief for Stamp Duty Land Tax...

Last week the Government published new housing data which has largely gone unreported.  The vacuum was probably linked to the Budget, and...

Every year the media writes a lot about house price crashes, and often pose the question whether this is the year...

Belvoir shareholders have backed the agency brand's merger with The Property Franchise Group (TPFG), paving the way for the high-profile deal...

A first-of-its-kind degree has launched that focuses on residential estate agency. The Swindon campus of the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) has launched...

The majority of shareholders of The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) have backed a merger of the brand with Belvoir. TPFG and Belvoir...

Two brothers who previously worked as estate agents have launched a new networking platform for property professionals in the UK. Chris Tremlett,...

London based presenter and property expert Elizabeth Warburton has partnered with Fine & Country as one of the hosts of the...

In assessing the outlook for property auctions in 2024, it's crucial to look beyond interest rates. The real driving force behind...

What will happen to house prices? Should I rent or buy? Will a Labour or Tory Government be better for homeowners....

House prices are set to fall further next year, two major lenders claim. The house prices indices of Halifax and Nationwide have...

Three firms run by the same family have merged to create one of Derbyshire’s largest independent estate agency brands cope&co. Husband and...

The UK’s housing market is past ‘peak pain’ and looks set to bottom out in mid-2024, according to Savills. The agency giant’s...

Most weeks there are stories within the property sector that quietly slip under the radar - but which hold huge significance.  Last...

UK housing market activity "remains weak" according to the Nationwide. Its latest house price index shows that prices declined 5.3 per cent...

While some landlords may have breathed a sigh of relief following Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak’s announcement on energy upgrades, I suspect...

Fixer-upper homes have become the most in-demand properties, Rightmove claims. The portal has analysed the home features that are driving the most...

Stamp Duty changes and planning reform should be high on the party conference season agenda, agency executives have suggested. Leaders Roman Group...

Auction House has sold a fifth more properties this year than the same period in 2022 despite the wider market slowdown. The...

Mortgage searches on behalf of borrowers using gifted equity or making a concessionary purchase from a family member rose by 75%...

I'll start with a confession. I am not an estate agent - I'm a marketer. But since I joined the industry...

Former England footballer turned TV pundit and property expert, Dion Dublin, is to headline the South East Property Expo.   The centre...

Hamptons is warning landlords disillusioned with buy to let that they may have missed the top of the sales market -...

Over recent years, as successive governments have tightened lettings legislation and increased the tax burden on landlords, some with investment properties...

Social media has moved on from being a “nice to have” to a necessity for most businesses, but how do you...

So much has changed in the world of property of late that it’s easy to be behind the times - and...

The founder of an online agency that switched to the for sale-by-owner model has turned his attention to property portals. Kae Travis...

It’s no secret – 2023 is a difficult year for the property industry. While rising rents should lead to increased income...

EweMove Northampton North has confirmed the acquisition of Martin & Co Northampton.  Having finalised the deal earlier this year, franchisee Paul Chant...

The proportion of new homes sold off-plan across England & Wales has slipped to the lowest level since 2013, new data...

Strike chief executive Sam Mitchell has said he is looking forward to building a “new force” in the property industry after...

Fine & Country has welcomed its first Cypriot agency to the upmarket network. Purple International, which was established in September 2007, is...

Investors were licking their wounds yesterday after the Purplebricks’ share price plummeted by 60% off the back of warnings that it...

A company aiming to “disrupt the conventional homebuying space” has raised £8m in a Series A equity funding round. Wayhome offers a...

The Labour Party has outlined three ways it will help first-time buyers onto the housing ladder as it ramps up its...

Blockchain property network Coadjute has secured £4m of funding as it looks to continue efforts to transform the ease and speed...

News of a potential takeover gave Purplebricks’ share price a boost yesterday. Its share price rose 15.5% in a day after Estate...

Online agency brand Strike is believed to be considering a bid for beleaguered rival Purplebricks. A source close to the talks has...

Higher mortgage rates have meant that new buy-to-let purchases are increasingly being funded by cash rather than a mortgage, new research...

You don’t need me to tell you that buy to let has had a torrid time of it lately. For agents trying...

Agents working with iamproperty sold more than 7,000 properties through its auction service last year, the proptech firm has revealed, as it...

A high-profile charity is calling for a Stamp Duty overhaul, local buyer restrictions and extra charges on property purchases by landlords...

The flat market in prime central London (PCL) is undergoing a resurgence, a buying agent claims. Residential and investment buying agency London...

Agency acquirer The Lomond Group has unveiled a rebrand to mark its two-year anniversary. Co-created at the beginning of 2021 when property...

Agency brand LSL has announced the sale of its new build mortgage and protection brokerage firms, Group First, which operates under...

The Property Redress Scheme (PRS) has formed a new member panel that will be chaired by senior industry figure Eric Walker. The...

Consumer demand for auction can no longer be ignored. Month after month this alternative method of sale sees increased uptake as...

As we’ve mentioned in other blogs, even though we’re going through uncertain times, this is the right time not only to...

Winkworth has expanded further in the South West of England with a new office opening in the Bishopston area of Bristol. The...

Over the later part of 2022, we have experienced unprecedented economic and political turmoil, which will remain as we head into...

A property tax consultant has hit back at suggestions of a housing market crash, suggesting that overseas investors will help sustain...

As we move closer to the end of the year, we invariably begin to think of what 2023 will bring, how...

House price growth slowed annually and fell for the third month in a row during November, Nationwide data shows. The latest Nationwide House...

The Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has written off its investment in collapsed challenger portal Boomin. The broker entered a strategic relationship with,...

Estate agency comparison website GetAgent has been ranked amongst the UK’s 50 fastest growing technology companies in the 2022 Deloitte UK...

Aside from all the news surrounding the Autumn Statement this week, which will have a significant bearing on the property market...

The property industry often gets a bad rep, despite all the work that agents and others in the sector do for...

Activist investor Lecram Holdings has used its new 5.16% stake in Purplebricks to call for the beleaguered online agent to remove...

House prices could fall by 10% next year as higher mortgage pricing and rising inflation dampen buyer budgets, Savills has warned. The agency...

Mortgage rate hikes have already halved landlord profits according to latest research, and a base rate rise to 2.5% will see...

Property professionals are hoping for calmer markets after Rishi Sunak was confirmed as the new UK Prime Minister yesterday. Sunak won the...

Estate Agent Today has been told that Lecram Holdings – the investment vehicle of Adam Smith which last week increased its...

Despite all the recent speculation surrounding the housing market after the badly-received mini-Budget and regular talk of a possible slowdown, new...

The National Association of Professional Sourcing Agents (NAPSA) has partnered with The Property Ombudsman (TPO) to boost compliance and working practices in...

With the Treasury and the Bank of England stepping in to try and calm the markets, talk of an emergency interest...

Agents and other property professionals have, perhaps unsurprisingly, reacted positively to rumours of a Stamp Duty cut. Prime Minister Liz Truss and...

As inflation passes the 10% mark, it’s no surprise that many landlords are hurriedly reviewing the health of their buy-to-let portfolio. You...

In this guest piece, Kevin Shaw, National Sales Managing Director at Leaders Romans Group, looks at whether house prices will start to cool...

A prominent analyst has suggested three ways Purplebricks could boost investor confidence and contend in a recessionary market. Davy Research released an...

Fewer than 20% of Scots homeowners paid more than 83% of all house purchase tax north of the border, according to...

The auction industry could end up taking advantage of the upcoming downturn in the property market, because it provides the quickest...

Global property firm Knight Frank has revealed the pipeline of transactions in prime London residential markets grew further in July as...

A major new scheme worth half a million pounds is now underway in an effort to promote sustainable investment into housing,...

Savills has released a revised five-year forecast for the UK’s prime housing markets, to reflect the strong levels of activity in...

Purplebricks’ share price hit a record low during trading yesterday after an activist investor upped its stake and called for the...

The recovery of the prime central London property market is being hampered by a lack of international buyers and Russia’s invasion...

Winkworth Shepherd’s Bush has passed to new owners in the latest example of succession planning at the franchise agency network. Its former owner,...

PropertyHeads has relaunched its valuation and insights tool as Mouseprice Pro in the UK after a period of major investment and...

Renewed calls are being made for an “urgent review” of stamp duty as research shows rising house prices mean first-time buyers...

Between you and me, dear reader, I had little to no idea about what the metaverse was before researching it for...

There’s one message that’s come home to me loud and clear from my dealings with agents so far this year -...

Record numbers of buyers are now purchasing homes chain-free research suggests. Analysis by Hamptons has found that an increase in the share...

The proportion of homes sold to landlords has hit a five-year high but buyers are paying above asking price due to...

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

The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) is planning more acquisitions after a busy 2021 for buying-up agencies. The umbrella property brand, which incorporates...

Sky News is reporting that Boomin, the portal founded by Purplebricks creator Michael Bruce, is close to finalising a new round...

The extreme shortage of properties for sale has fuelled the first rise in new homes sold off-plan since 2016.   In 2021 some...

The industry has reacted to the Spring Statement by breathing a sigh of relief that nothing was likely to cause damage...

An estate agency says London’s sales market is now at its busiest since the Brexit referendum in mid-2016. Douglas & Gordon, sold by...

An industry trade body wants the government to scrap the three per cent stamp duty surcharge on additional homes - and...

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