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The housing market continues to defy expectations after the latest Land Registry figures show annual price growth in May hit its...
21 July 2022
From: Breaking News

Property sales slumped in April but are still above the pre-pandemic average, HMRC data shows. Provisional UK property transaction figures from the...
25 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Agency listings appear to be on the rise with major brands seeing a spike in valuations and instructions. Data from national agent Jackson-Stops...
24 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Agents have heralded the beginning of the house price slowdown. The latest Land Registry House Price Index yesterday showed values increased by...
19 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Buyers are being urged to act now to secure decent mortgage pricing as interest rates hit a 13-year high yesterday. The Bank...
06 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...
30 April 2022
From: Features

Two of the country’s highest profile agencies have signed up to a fledgling website which allows users to find, research, buy or...
31 January 2022
From: Breaking News

This is our first Property Jobs Today column of 2022 and it’s testimony to how busy our industry is right now...
24 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Knight Frank has appointed David Lewis as head of rural sales for Devon and West Somerset. Lewis’s career in residential property began...
08 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Jonny Dyson, a leading London estate agent and the former regional director of John D Wood & Co., has joined Winkworth...
22 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Jackson-Stops, which currently has 42 branches across the UK, has revealed it’s going to have another 20 by the end of...
06 September 2021
From: Breaking News

House sales slumped nearly two thirds last month as the main deadline for the stamp duty holiday passed. HM Revenue and Customs...
25 August 2021
From: Breaking News

HM Revenue & Customs has warned of what it calls the “negative impacts” of the pandemic on the latest property transactions...
22 July 2021
From: Breaking News

A third of owners would consider moving more regularly if the stamp duty holiday on the first £500,000 of a purchase...
01 July 2021
From: Breaking News

New government figures show that stamp duty transactions in the final quarter of last year were 43 per cent higher than in...
04 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Figures just released from HM Revenue & Customs show just how much stamp duty buyers pay, at least before the current holiday...
02 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Let’s be honest: things are getting just a little tougher aren’t they? We’re delighted to say that the spirit of the industry...
16 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Two agencies have entered the debate on whether the current frenzied housing market is seeing delays in completions. Yesterday EAT reported that...
22 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of PJT - we know some agencies are reshaping their structures and downsizing but this...
17 August 2020
From: Breaking News

There are various reports of estate agencies closing branches - or not reopening them after lockdown - as they reduce the...
06 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Rupert and Annabel Wakley - both long-time stalwarts of Knight Frank’s country department - have moved over to the rival Jackson-Stops...
04 June 2020
From: Breaking News

In another positive sign for the housing market, every region of the UK has seen a price rise according to the...
20 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Estate Agent Today can reveal that one of the most senior figures in Countrywide’s upmarket John D Wood and Hampton International brands...
12 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Data from HM Revenue & Customs shows tax receipts from stamp duty fell a further 5.2 per cent between 2018 and...
23 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A veteran agent says the new government’s Budget, expected in the next few weeks, should not provide too much help to...
06 January 2020
From: Breaking News

The scores are in….and it looks like house prices are going to rise gently in 2020 according to forecasts from almost...
02 January 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s only five weeks to the New Year and new decade and the first agents have started making predictions for the...
26 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The controversial former Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, is to be the keynote speaker at a property industry...
11 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A survey undertaken for estate agency Jackson-Stops reveals that 55 per cent of people do not believe housing is a priority...
04 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Two very different views on Brexit have come forward in the past 24 hours from different players in the industry. First off,...
01 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Agents and property industry figures have given a clear message to the government six weeks ahead of the General Election -...
31 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A former sales agent with a historic property name and heritage has launched his own buying agency after becoming 'frustrated' with...
03 October 2019
From: Breaking News

The annual number of property transactions edged down slightly according to the figures released applying to August. However, buyers and sellers email...
25 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A new digital platform has been set up in a bid to provide a one-stop-shop for self-build enthusiasts - and it...
23 August 2019
From: Breaking News
15 August 2019
From: Breaking News

House prices have remained roughly stagnant according to the latest figures produced by the Office for National Statistics and HM Land...
23 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Jackson-Stops has launched a new branch in mid-Sussex, expanding the estate agency’s national network to over 45 offices. The Mid-Sussex branch will...
17 April 2019
From: Breaking News

There’s been no formal confirmation that London agency Dexters has acquired the London and nearby offices of Jackson-Stops, as has been...
29 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Average house prices in the UK increased by 1.7 per cent in the year to the end of January according to...
21 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Estate agents say the continuing gentle slowdown reflected in the latest government house price figures will be the story of the...
20 September 2018
From: Breaking News

A maverick Cornish estate agent who falsely gave the impression to customers that his business was highly successful has been hit...
20 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Most estate agents have tried to dismiss the impact of the Bank of England’s base rate rise, which came following a...
03 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Industry groups have welcomed Kit Malthouse as housing minister - but make little effort to hide their frustrations, disappointment and disillusionment. Malthouse was announced...
10 July 2018
From: Breaking News

National estate agency Jackson-Stops claims that the 3% stamp duty surcharge on additional homes is still confusing buyers, despite being in...
29 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to our latest chronicle of fund-raising exploits by our industry: the onset of fine weather and the Bank...
04 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Average house prices in the UK have increased 4.4 per cent in the year to February according to the latest official...
19 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Estate agency Jackson-Stops says it has discovered precisely how many existing home owners understand the difficulties facing first time buyers in...
16 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Figures from the Office for National Statistics show that in the year to November average house prices in the UK increased...
17 January 2018
From: Breaking News

With an average house price of £252,896 and trains to London taking as little as 24 minutes, Luton has been named...
03 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Earlier this week, Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered the Autumn Budget with a strong focus on housing. The decision to cut stamp duty...
25 November 2017
From: Features

Housing may have taken centre stage in the Budget but most of the industry appears to remain sceptical of whether the...
23 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Jackson-Stops predicts that average UK house prices will remain flat in 2018, with stamp duty, Brexit and political uncertainties taking their...
16 November 2017
From: Breaking News

It’s not just that the days are shortening and the occasional smell of smoke lingers in the evening - the weather...
06 October 2017
From: Breaking News

If the government slashed stamp duty for the country’s most expensive properties the entire housing market would benefit, an estate agency...
03 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Properties located directly on the seafront attract a price premium of 33%, according to new research. A study of 30 prime seaside...
05 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Jackson-Stops & Staff is undergoing a rebrand including the creation of a snappier title - it’s just Jackson-Stops now - as...
01 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Jackson-Stops & Staff, a critic of the stamp duty system since its reform in 2014, now says the government should slash...
31 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Jackson-Stops & Staff has revealed what it believes to be the main noise problems that deter buyers and distress existing owners. A...
17 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Property has been changing hands for centuries, but when did estate agents as we know them today – with their branches,...
04 August 2017
From: Features

Jackson-Stops & Staff has opened a new branch in Reigate, Surrey, taking its national network to 45 offices. The branch augments nearby...
05 July 2017
From: Breaking News

The National Association of Estate Agents says the General Election led to a drop in the number of registered house hunters...
28 June 2017
From: Breaking News

It’s the morning after the festival before for the 150,000 estimated revellers who enjoyed the Glastonbury Festival which drew to a...
26 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Data from the Council for Mortgage Lenders show that loans taken out by buyers have hit a near two-year low. Home buyers...
15 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Estate agents are angry that Chancellor Phillip Hammond made no attempt in his first Spring Budget to reform stamp duty -...
09 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Over the past two decades, investing in buy-to-let has been a relatively easy way to make money, which is why so...
25 February 2017
From: Features

It is perhaps a sign of how difficult it is to read the UK housing market right now that the latest...
15 February 2017
From: Breaking News

The government’s attitude of “Nanny knows best” has “squandered another opportunity” to make a real difference to the housing crisis, according...
08 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Richard Addington has switched from being Savills’ head of office in Exeter to joining Jackson-Stops & Staff’s branch in the same...
19 January 2017
From: Breaking News

The rental market has had to face a raft of changes over the past year, including the introduction of the 3% stamp...
14 January 2017
From: Features

Recent stamp duty changes have resulted in a substantial decline in transaction numbers and HM Revenue & Customs missing its revenue...
23 November 2016
From: Breaking News

The average house price in London is now £484,700 - over twice the national average - and property in the capital...
18 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Annual house price growth in 20 UK cities dipped to 8.2% last month, according to the latest figures from Hometrack. The research...
26 September 2016
From: Breaking News

Jackson-Stops & Staff says the housing market has weakened a little since the EU referendum but prices have not suffered and...
11 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Jackson-Stops & Staff has opened a new branch in in Blandford, Dorset, expanding the agency’s west country presence to nine offices. Simon...
05 August 2016
From: Breaking News

An analysis by a high-end estate agency of homes on the market appears to show no significant ‘Brexit effect’ - at...
08 July 2016
From: Breaking News

Estate agents from around the country are reporting only limited damage to business or prices caused by the Brexit result of...
07 July 2016
From: Breaking News

An analysis of 750,000 homes on sale across the UK reveals areas where activity remains high despite economic uncertainty surrounding the...
21 June 2016
From: Breaking News

The weather may be saying otherwise, but we're now in June and agents will be extra busy as buyers look to...
03 June 2016
From: Breaking News

In the first of what is sure to be a tsunami of Royal-related PR stories over the coming weeks, high-end agency...
04 April 2016
From: Breaking News

March and spring are fast approaching - time for more entries to be listed on this regular Friday feature, giving respect...
26 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Public relations used to be a minor part of estate agency, something only ‘the big boys’ paid for and with little...
30 January 2016
From: Features

It’s Friday so it’s time for us to salute those agents who tirelessly go the extra mile for good causes -...
18 September 2015
From: Breaking News

The high-end market in parts of prime central London is in the doldrums because of a glut of £2m-plus homes put...