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

Members of Propertymark are left wondering today what if any future there is for the industry’s trade body. The shock resignation yesterday...

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...

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

Mortgage approvals decreased slightly in December but remain well above pre-Covid levels thanks to the continuing incentive of the stamp duty...

The average UK house price is now a record £253,374 according to the Halifax - but the rate of growth is...

Just a week ago, I thought it was all over. Christmas and New Year had gone, as had the passionate calls...

There’s growing optimism that an extension to the stamp duty holiday - thought to be off the agenda just days ago...

Agents have been outlining how they have beefed up their measures to combat the risk of Coronavirus, especially during property viewings. “We...

New figures from the Bank of England show that mortgage approvals rose 7.0 per cent in November to reach 105,000 -...

House prices surged in December to post their fastest growth in six years, according to the Nationwide.  Prices rose 7.3 per cent...

Another day, another index, another record - house prices rose 5.4 per cent annually in October according to official figures from the Office...

Another day, another house price record as the bull market continues. The latest Halifax index shows prices surging 7.6 per cent to...

Annual house price inflation is now running at 6.5 per cent according to the latest Nationwide index after a 0.9 per...

The housing market may be slowing as we enter December but the latest snapshot suggests there’s still momentum with mortgage approvals...

Just when you thought the housing market was beginning to calm down... along comes a likely vaccine for Coronavirus. One of the country’s...

House prices by the end of October were running 7.5 per cent above their level a year ago - but the...

A leading market analyst says the widespread belief that we are ‘safe’ in our homes may indirectly lead to the recent...

The housing market boom looks set to continue for some months yet as mortgage approvals for home purchases hit their highest...

One of Britain’s most respected agents is suggesting Chancellor Rishi Sunak could ‘taper’ the stamp duty holiday to avoid a cliff-edge...

Savills says the shape and size of the housing market in the coming months will be determined by the capacity of conveyancers...

A Bank of England survey suggests it may be more difficult for prospective buyers to get a mortgage later this year. In...

House prices in September were 7.3 per cent higher than a year earlier – the highest house price inflation since June 2016. The Halifax...

Agents have universally welcomed new Nationwide data showing annual price growth picked up to 5.0 per cent last month - the highest rate...

Mortgage approvals for house purchases have soared to a 13 year high according to Bank of England figures up to the...

House prices rose again in August to reach a record high level according to Halifax, which is part of the Lloyds...

Record house prices recorded this week by the Nationwide index are set to go higher still according to a leading agent. Nationwide...

A specialist property lender says transactions are being delayed by key staff being furloughed. Gareth Lewis, commercial director of property lender MT...

The scale of the market bounce back after lockdown is made clear in new figures from HM Revenue & Customs. It registers...

Agents have been understandably delighted at the latest Halifax index which shows house prices posting their biggest gain of the year...

The Nationwide says annual house price growth has recovered to 1.5 per cent. Its July house price index says the fall in...

Mortgage approvals - a key indicator of short-term activity in the housing market - beat expectations in June according to Bank...

Agents have almost unanimously been reporting a big surge in business since the reopening of the housing market, but new figures...

Mortgage enquiries in June surged to double the rate of the previous month according to the latest halifax house price index. Although...

Agents have spoken out angrily against any uncertainty in the market caused by government leaks about future stamp duty changes. In recent...

Agents have remained calm in the light of Nationwide’s house price index which shows the first annual fall for eight years...

The housing market is set for long-term recovery, despite dips in the road on the way.  That's the message from the latest house...

Leading estate agents are warning that the sharp fall in house prices reported by the Nationwide may be just the first...

** This Bank Holiday Monday both Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today look at how agencies have modified offices and...

The housing market is likely to rebound relatively strongly after the Coronavirus lockdown eases, according to the Nationwide. House prices grew at...

House sales edged down only slightly in March compared with February according to HM revenue & Customs, despite the lockdown in...

Working from home is something of a leveller right now, applying to people in the capital and in the sticks, but...

One of Britain’s leading agents says online viewing and interest in videos for homes on sale continues to be relatively strong...

Although all bets are off as to what the housing market will be like after the Coronavirus subsides, there is now...

A Spanish housebuilder’s bespoke system to allow prospective buyers to view properties without visiting is being offered to the UK agency...

The Bank of England has announced an emergency cut in the base interest rate to shore up the economy during the Coronavirus...

The agency behind a poll showing one in six buyers putting plans on hold because of Coronavirus is warning that if...

A second prominent agent has broken cover to say Coronavirus is slowing the market. Jess Simpson - an ex-Savills and ex-Strutt and...

Agents and senior industry figures fear Coronavirus may derail the strong start to the  2020 housing market. One of the country’s leading...

There’s been a significant rise in the number of transactions recorded in January - another sign of an improving housing market...

In another positive sign for the housing market, every region of the UK has seen a price rise according to the...

Predictions that landlords are not buying properties to let out because of tougher rental taxes and regulations appear to be short...

Annual house price growth increased to 4.1 per cent in January, up slightly from the end of 2019, according to Halifax...

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee meets today for its monthly decision on whether the move base rate - and...

The number of residential transactions rose by 6.2 per cent in December - an unseasonal increase - according to data from...

House prices rose 4.0 per cent in 2019 according to Britain’s biggest mortgage lender Halifax, as a December bounce - some...

Annual UK house price growth exceeded one per cent for the first time in 12 months in December according to the...

After a year dogged by Brexit deadlock, political turmoil, and slow growth, estate agents’ confidence in the property market hit a...

Analysts are putting a surprise surge in mortgage approvals from banks down to a spike in applications ahead of the General...

The number of residential sales rose 1.9 per cent to 102,050  in November compared to the same month last year, the...

A former residential chairman of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has posed key questions for the government to answer over...

Government figures from the Office for National Statistics show that house prices across the UK rose by a mere 0.7 per...

It’s a substantial Tory government for the next five years: what does this mean for estate agents, property and the market? We have...

Agents have welcomed the surprise news from the Halifax that house prices last month saw their largest rise since the start...

With Brexit still unresolved, the domestic agenda has been pushed from the headlines by the seemingly overwhelming public and political discord...

House prices increased 0.5 per cent in November, which was the strongest monthly rise since April according to the Nationwide.  However, annual...

Data from HM Revenue & Customs has revealed that residential property transactions have increased by 4.3 per cent year-on-year. In October 2019...

There was an increase in the number of first time buyers getting on the property ladder in September compared to the...

House prices dipped a tiny 0.1 per cent in October - but this led to the annual rate coming in at...

Agents have interpreted the latest house price figures as evidence that the market is in limbo waiting for the Brexit -...

The number of new mortgages approved by banks fell to a six-month low in September - but the annual figure shows...

There’s been an encouraging increase in property transaction volumes according to new figures from HM Revenue & Customs. The total number of...

Agents have expressed quiet optimism that the market may be over the worst as it continues to show resilience in the...

The annual number of property transactions edged down slightly according to the figures released applying to August. However, buyers and sellers email...

The annual rate of growth of UK house prices has slowed to its lowest level since September 2012. Official government data from...

There's good news for the market in at least one sector - mortgages offered to first time buyers. Latest figures from the...

Another house price index has suggested the housing market continuing to show great resilience despite the continuing economic and political uncertainty. The...

A senior estate agency director is warning that house price growth could continue to stall “with Boris loose at the wheel”. Benham...

Residential property transactions totalled 86,630 in July, representing a monthly drop of 8.5 per cent and an annual fall of 12.4...

Average house prices in the UK increased by a mere 0.9 per cent in the year to June - the lowest...

House prices fell unexpectedly for the second month in a row in July according to the Halifax - but the mortgage...

Seemingly-endless uncertainty over Brexit and now speculation over whether there will be an easing of stamp duty on transactions is making...

Data from UK Finance, which represents most of the country’s lenders, shows that gross mortgage lending across the residential market in...

Agents have put a brave face on official government figures which have shown a shock fall in London house prices and...

Online estate agency Yopa is warning of price falls ahead in London and south east England - although price rises elsewhere...

Theresa May arrived in Downing Street some three years ago - but her premiership has not been a smooth ride. As she...

The number of residential property transactions in May was a thumping 11.3 per cent lower than the same month last year,...

Too many sellers are wedded to the idea that prices will rise after a Brexit deal is resolved, says one of the...

Average UK house prices rose 0.5 per cent in May according to the latest Halifax house price index as the long...

The latest house price index shows very little happening in the market, with analysts expecting little significant movement until Brexit is...

The number of mortgages approved by High Street banks increased 5.4 per cent to 44,000 in April. Data from trade body UK...

House prices have remained roughly stagnant according to the latest figures produced by the Office for National Statistics and HM Land...

The number of residential property transactions across the UK fell very slightly last month according to new figures from HM Revenue...

Agents have reacted gloomily to the release of figures showing that the number of new mortgages offered to both movers and...

There’s a silver lining to another set of stodgy housing market figures - at least one sector, for those buying their...

Residential property transactions rose 1.4 per cent in March, making them a healthy 6.8 per cent higher than in March 2018. Data...

House prices rose slightly more rapidly in the first three months of the year but growth is likely to remain subdued...

Agents appear to be speaking with one voice in response to the latest house price index, saying that once Brexit is...

There’s good news from the market - property transactions increased by 1.7 per cent between the start of this year and February,...

Average house prices in the UK increased by 1.7 per cent in the year to the end of January according to...

Estate agents have responded cynically to the small-fry property sector announcements made by Chancellor Phillip Hammond in yesterday’s spring statement mini-Budget. Overshadowed...

More downbeat house price figures have prompted one leading estate agent to admit that the 2019 market had not taken off...

The first set of figures for the year from HMRC show that there were 0.8 per cent more residential property transactions...

Government figures show the UK’s annual house price growth now being down to 2.5 per cent - the lowest rate since...

Agents have suggested that the latest price figures from the Halifax may be masking increased activity in the market in recent...

House prices grew at the slowest annual rate for nearly six years in January, according to Nationwide, which says the market...

There were 102,330 residential property transactions in December - that’s up 3.6 per cent on the same month last year on...

A slew of property experts and commentators have put the blame on Brexit for a surprise drop in house price growth...

As 2018 draws to a close, it is fair to say that stretched affordability and uncertainty over the Brexit negotiations has...

There’s nothing new about identifying 10 figures who have helped shape an industry over the past year, but that doesn’t mean...

House price rises are now the slowest they have been for six years according to the Halifax. Across the UK, property values...

House prices showed an unexpected pre-Christmas boost last last month but worries about Brexit remain foremost for buyers according to the...

Mainstream bank lending for house purchases grew by 3.6 per cent in October compared to the same month last year. However the...

Price growth in the housing market is slow across the UK but London is again the most troubled region, seeing an...

The agency industry has reacted in a broadly downbeat way at the relatively few housing-related proposals that were announced in yesterday’s...

Mortgage approvals fell again in September - this means that every month of 2018 so far has seen a drop against...

Data from HM Revenue & Customs shows some 98,400 homes were sold across the UK in September - that’s slightly lower...

House prices grew two per cent year on year for September according to new figures - and a senior agency chief...

Estate agents say the continuing gentle slowdown reflected in the latest government house price figures will be the story of the...

The latest house price index from Nationwide shows a monthly fall of 0.5% in August, the largest decline recorded since July...

In a surprise announcement, house prices picked up in July with the annual rate of growth rising from 1.8 per cent...

A leading estate agent is warning that an interest rate increase today ould hurt the delicate balance of the housing market. The...

The latest transaction figures from HM Revenue and Customs make depressing reading - a three per cent drop between May and...

Agents appear to be getting more pessimistic over the housing market as the latest government figures show prices still growing - but...

One of the UK’s leading group of economic experts has repeated its warning that housing market is not going to see...

House prices rose at their slowest annual rate in five years in June according to the latest indicator of this summer’s...

Total mortgage approvals by the main High Street banks increased three per cent in May over the same month last year...

Prices grew at a faster than expected rate last month according to the Halifax House Price Index, which has reported a...

One of the country’s leading experts on the housing market says first time buyers are still hampered from purchasing homes despite...

House prices in the three months to the end of April were 2.2 per cent higher than in the same period...

Fewer mortgages were approved for home buyers last month than in the same month a year ago according to figures from...

Average house prices in the UK have increased 4.4 per cent in the year to February according to the latest official...

The latest house price index figures from the Halifax gives just the spur the market may need as the spring sales...

Agents and representatives from other property sectors have reacted enthusiastically to proposals to professionalise the industry. As we reported yesterday, the government...

A leading estate agent says his findings confirm those of the latest house price index in suggesting that prices are turning...

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’...

Agents have welcomed more data suggesting the 2018 market is enjoying a robust start. Last week Rightmove reported a record number of...

Despite a string of property pundits suggesting the market is slowing down, new figures from the Office for National Statistics show...

Annual house price growth is now 3.2 per cent according to Nationwide - an unexpected rise from the 2.6 per cent recorded at...

The story of this week - the ousting of Countrywide chief executive Alison Platt - prompts two key questions. Firstly, who takes...

The number of transactions last year dropped to 1.22m - a minor 0.8 per cent drop on the year before and...

Figures from the Office for National Statistics show that in the year to November average house prices in the UK increased...

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

House prices across the UK have jumped by an average of 4.0 per cent in the year to September says the...

Mortgage lending reached £24.2 billion in August according to latest estimates by UK Finance. There were some 41,807 house purchase approvals, with...

Government figures suggest house prices are still rising by 5.1 per cent a year, with the average property value in the...

House prices in June, July and August were a tiny 0.1 per cent higher than in the previous three months according...

There’s good news for the housing market from new mortgage and remortgage approval figures showing growth in July after three flat...

New data from UK Finance - previously the Council of Mortgage Lenders - paints a relatively optimistic assessment of the UK-wide...

UK house prices grew by 4.9 per cent in the year to the end of June according to the government’s official...

Agents say the latest Nationwide index showing a surprise rise in house prices does not change the fact that it is...

The number of transactions in the housing market has fallen for the third successive month - and for the first time...

Former RICS residential chief Jeremy Leaf says he is not downcast by the latest Halifax house price index which shows prices...

The Queen’s speech to the British parliament this week was a scaled-back affair, which was unsurprising given the Grenfell Tower fire,...

As the UK is gearing up for a weekend of BBQs, beach visits and sunburn, property professionals have continued to do...

Theresa May’s call for a snap general election on June 8 took many by surprise. But estate agents have been broadly...

A prominent agent admits to being “disappointed” at what appears to be slowing mortgage figures at a time of year when...

The Conservative Party says it wants greater competition and more digitisation to cut the costs and reduce the amount of time...

Home buyers borrowed £11.2 billion in March - down on the ‘stamp duty bonanza‘ period at the same time last year...

The director of a respected mortgage broker is warning that market sentiment is changing with more down-valuations from surveyors and some...

Property transactions rose marginally in March this year, up 0.5 per cent on February’s total according to figures from HM Revenue...

The industry has broadly welcomed the shock announcement of a June 8 General Election as a chance to end long term...

The triggering of Article 50 may have been regarded as a historic event but it appears to have left the housing...

Concern is growing over the stagnation in transactions in London generally and in prime central areas in particular. Consultancy JLL says there...

Data from the Council for Mortgage Lenders show that loans taken out by buyers have hit a near two-year low.   Home buyers...

Jeremy Leaf, the London estate agent and former RICS residential chairman, is the latest industry figure to call for the government...

Charity takes on many appearances and this section of Estate Agent Today treats all aspects of fund-raising equally - it all...

With almost every pundit predicting house prices to moderate in 2017 - perhaps even fall - it comes as some surprise...

The number of home buyers in London dropped to a four-year low in 2016 while the number of loans taken out...

It is perhaps a sign of how difficult it is to read the UK housing market right now that the latest...

The government’s attitude of “Nanny knows best” has “squandered another opportunity” to make a real difference to the housing crisis, according...

Agents have given a cautious welcome to the latest index from the Nationwide, suggesting that the annual rate of price growth...

Gross mortgage lending reached a remarkable £246 billion in 2016 - that’s 12 per cent higher than the previous year and...

Inflation has taken over from Brexit as “the biggest threat to affordability and confidence in the housing market” according to a...

The rental market has had to face a raft of changes over the past year, including the introduction of the 3% stamp...

Data from HM Revenue & Customs shows that the sale of residential properties rose a marginal 0.8 per cent last month...

Following a strong start to 2016, particularly in the lower to middle range of the UK housing market, that lasted up...

The latest official house price index, released by the Office for National Statistics, shows that house price growth was 6.9 per...

Next year is likely to be a challenging time for letting agents, following a raft of changes introduced by the government...

Your terrific Christmas pictures continue to drop like snowflakes - thanks very much to everyone who has contributed to our daily...

Estate agency Carter Jonas has made critical comments about the high-end housing market, suggesting a combination of factors have created “a toxic landscape”. Rory...

Estate agents and market analysts have spent 24 hours expressing their nervousness over the repercussions of Donald Trump's victory in the...

House purchase mortgage approvals last month were 15 per cent lower than in September 2015 according to figures from the British...

The morning after the EU referendum, and Westminster, Britain, Europe and the world were left in shock at the news that...

The Bank of England says there has been a dip in the housing market activity after the Brexit referendum result -...

Estate agents and mortgage experts have reacted to the Bank of England’s surprise decision to keep base rate unchanged at 0.5...

The first new ‘official’ UK House Price Index, released yesterday, has received mixed reviews from the industry. On the one hand there...

House prices across the UK increased by 9.0 per cent in the year to March, showing a significant rise from the 7.6...

House prices in the three months to March were 10.1 per cent higher than in the same quarter a year earlier...

New proposals to curtail mortgage borrowing in the buy to let sector have been branded as “a classic case of slamming...

Agents have reacted cautiously to a surprisingly-high 2.5 per cent increase in house prices - in just one month - announced...

There has been a warm welcome given to figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders showing that lending to first time...

The prospect of quarterly tax returns being imposed on some businesses - including small estate agencies and other small firms servicing...

There are fears that a little-publicised proposal could mean some of the country's smallest estate agencies would have to file tax returns...

House prices ended the year with strong growth of 0.8 per cent in the month of December according to the building...