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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...