Homebuyer appetite has abruptly fallen across all regions this year, new data suggests. Property purchasing specialist the House Buyer Bureau measured transactions...
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15 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Hybrid agency reaches for the sky to diversify business](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
The Good Estate Agent hybrid agency franchise has taken to the skies by diversifying into travel. While some agents may be looking...
11 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Halifax: First-time buyer sales fall amid market slowdown](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Young%20people%20more%20likely%20MortgageCalculated1_400x310.png)
The number of first-time buyers has fallen this year but the proportion of sales to this cohort remains the same due...
27 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Auction House sales rise as it tracks down ‘elusive buyers’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/OneDome%20Intro%201%20ShakingHands-400x310.png)
Auction House has sold a fifth more properties this year than the same period in 2022 despite the wider market slowdown. The...
19 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Knight Frank: The super-rich can’t escape the property market slump](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BTR%20and%20affordable%20housing%20-%20By%20Andy%20Jones%20Property%20Investor%20Today%20BuildToRent-400x310.png)
Even the super-rich don’t seem to be immune from the property market slowdown, Knight Frank’s latest Global Super-Prime Intelligence Report, following sales...
15 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Simon Cowell takes a hit on Holland Park home](/upload/images/shutterstock_357780149.jpg)
It seems even celebrity music moguls and TV judges aren’t immune to the housing market slowdown. X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent...
24 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage approvals rise but buyers remain cautious](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Mortgage%20approvals%20down%20MortgageApplication_400x310.png)
The number of mortgage approvals edged up for a second month in a row during June but remains below 2022’s monthly...
01 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Weathering Economic Storms: Consolidating for Sanity in Estate Agency](/upload/images/shutterstock_2156722179.jpg)
In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they review the dynamics of the property market, and the current...
19 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Slowdown in housebuilding will lead to chronic lack of supply, warns RSM UK](/upload/images/3%20Builders-400x310.png)
The UK is heading for a further drop in housebuilding, according to the latest Purchasing Managers Index data by S&P and...
08 July 2023
From: Features
![First Time Buyer Woe - prices and deposits soar despite market slowdown](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property%20Budget.jpg)
The average first-time buyer in Britain has seen the cost of a home increase by £25 per day since interest rates...
31 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Number of homes under offer rises despite market uncertainty](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_1119041159.jpg)
The number of properties listed as sold subject to contract (SSTC) has increased by 5% so far this year versus the...
15 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency job market booming despite downturn concerns – claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents3-400x310.png)
The estate agency job market remains buoyant despite talk of a property market slowdown, an industry recruiter claims. Agency recruitment firm Rayner...
17 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Major housebuilder warns of housing market slowdown](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
Housebuilder Barratt Developments has implemented a hiring freeze and reduced land approvals as it warns of uncertain buyer confidence. A half-year trading...
12 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Revealed: The Top Trends For 2023 Auction Market](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Court-UK-400x310.png)
Consumer demand for auction can no longer be ignored. Month after month this alternative method of sale sees increased uptake as...
11 January 2023
From: Features
![Agents urged to ‘trim the fat’ but keep marketing in the New Year](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
Hatched founder Adam Day has drawn on his experiences of running the online agent during the 2008 financial crisis to advise...
30 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![‘Largest monthly drop since 2008’- Halifax highlights slowing market](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePriceDrop-400x310.png)
Average house prices fell by their largest level since October 2008 last month, Halifax data shows. It is the latest sign of...
08 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Boomin goes bust but Agents Together project unaffected](/upload/images/Logos/Boomin-Logo-400x310.jpg)
Challenger portal and property platform Boomin informed staff that it was calling in liquidators yesterday. As first reported by Sky News, the...
01 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Signs of a housing slump? Mortgage approvals fell 10% in September](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageApplyNow_400x310.png)
The Bank of England has prompted new warnings of a housing market slowdown after revealing a ‘significant decrease’ in mortgage approvals...
01 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Buyers and sellers rush to auctions to beat market slowdown - claim](/upload/images/Auctions/AuctioneerGavel-400x310.jpg)
Auctioneers claim they are benefiting from a sales market slowdown as buyers rush to make use of mortgage offers and sellers...
28 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Quality marketing counts more than ever in tougher conditions, claims firm](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/Focal%20Agent_400x310.png)
Estate agents need to concentrate on quality marketing more than ever before as mortgage interest rates rise and lenders become ever...
06 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents who stand out online will succeed in a slowing market](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/OnlineAgents-1-400x310.jpg)
After two years of extraordinary activity in the housing market there are signs that the clouds are gathering as RICS reports...
21 September 2022
From: Features
01 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents have nothing to fear from market slowdown - claim](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/House-Sky-Hands-400x310.jpg)
Agents have nothing to fear from a market slowdown, an industry executive claims. Nick Ball, head of sales and client services at...
27 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Buyer demand cools but 'remains above pre-pandemic levels'](/upload/images/Back-link-images/AdobeStock_227500145.jpeg)
More than a third of England’s regions have seen buyer demand fall over the previous quarter, research claims in the latest...
19 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Upmarket agent predicts ‘gradual reset’ of the housing market](/upload/images/Logos/Fine%26Country-logo400x310.png)
Fine & Country is predicting the impending housing market slowdown will be gradual. Nicky Stevenson, managing director of Fine & Country UK...
07 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Boomin boss and buoyant agents say no sign yet of housing market slowdown](/upload/images/library/Boomin-Logo-400x310.jpg)
The founder of fledgling portal Boomin says the latest Nationwide house price index findings demonstrate that there’s no sign yet of...
03 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property sales plummet - but there’s nothing to worry about…](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UK-Housing-1-400x310.jpg)
There’s been a dramatic 48.4 per cent fall in the number of property sales between September and October, reflecting the end...
24 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![New buyers thin out as market slowdown continues over summer](/upload/images/library/UK-Houses-Row-2019-400x310.jpg)
The market slowdown continues with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors reporting that new buyer enquiries have reduced for the first...
12 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Slowdown ‘is right time to invest in PropTech to optimise revenue’](/img/default/eat.png)
The founder of OneDome says a likely housing market slowdown is the perfect time for agents to optimise revenue by investing in PropTech. Babek Ismayil believes...
19 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Cash is king - but does it really mean lower sale prices?](/img/default/eat.png)
A new study suggests cash buyers secure lower sale prices than mortgaged purchasers - but is that really the case? The survey by...
19 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Revealed: 'time on market' from first portal listing to Land Registry sold](/img/default/eat.png)
The average time it took a home to sell last year - measured from its first day listed on a portal...
29 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents upbeat after prices show bigger-than-expected rise](/img/default/eat.png)
Agents have welcomed the surprise news from the Halifax that house prices last month saw their largest rise since the start...
09 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Surge in high-end deals in recent years, despite wider market woe](/img/default/eat.png)
The number of prime residential housing transactions has increased rapidly in the past two decades and even in the past five...
28 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Here they are - the four regions where housing market slowdown is worst](/img/default/eat.png)
The property website Home has identified the four regions of the UK where it says the current market slowdown is at...
16 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Off-market service launched in bid to combat sales slowdown](/img/default/eat.png)
Prime London subscription-based property platform LonRes has launched an off-market service for its subscribers. It says that as transactions across prime London...
15 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agents charge average 1.2% but highest hits 2.9% says comparison website](/img/default/eat.png)
Some estate agents are charging as much as 2.9 per cent commission according to a survey by comparison website GetAgent. While the...
26 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Southern England facing a year of selective price falls - Zoopla](/img/default/eat.png)
Over a third of homes across Southern England are at risk of suffering price falls as the housing market slowdown extends...
18 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Asking prices fall over £5,200 in largest November drop since 2012](/img/default/eat.png)
Rightmove is this morning reporting that the asking price of property coming to market has fallen 1.7 per cent in the...
19 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agents say current market slowdown to stay in place for rest of 2018](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Brexit worries 'putting a hold on buying' warns agency chief](/img/default/eat.png)
The chief executive of Winkworth says the upcoming Brexit is creating uncertainty and causing buyers and investors to delay purchasing plans. Dominic Agace,...
16 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![The Scores Are In: 2018 prices up 1% to 4% say most pundits](/img/default/eat.png)
The last of the leading agency analysts and business consultancies have now given their predictions for the UK housing market in...
29 December 2017
From: Breaking News
![London slowdown bottoms out, but only low price growth in long-term](/img/default/eat.png)
Property consultancy Hometrack says London’s 12 month market slowdown has bottomed out with the annual growth rate rising to 2.8 per...
25 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![What market slowdown? LSL agencies say 2017 is better than expected](/img/default/eat.png)
LSL Property Services does not report its figures for the first half of 2017 until August 1, but even so it...
18 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![Typical home now six times average salary - highest since 2008](/img/default/eat.png)
House prices were unchanged in October according to the latest Nationwide house price index, but a typical home now costs six...
03 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![UK house prices to grow 2.6% in 2017 - but London will fall 5.6%](/img/default/eat.png)
As economic consultancies and estate agency research departments begin their annual round of late-year forecasts for the 12 months ahead, the...
27 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![Agency says stamp duty, not Brexit, causing prime market slowdown](/img/default/eat.png)
New data from Knight Frank shows that prime property prices have dipped by 0.1 per cent in the three months following...
29 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Buyers now have over 23,000 mortgage products to choose from](/img/default/eat.png)
The number of mortgage products available is now over 23,000 - a figure last seen during the heady days just before...
22 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![Forecast of only modest market slowdown thanks to Brexit](/img/default/eat.png)
The Centre for Economics and Business Research says that house prices across the UK are set to increase by 5.7 per...
02 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![Sheffield is primed for growth: explains why Chinese will invest £1bn](/img/default/eat.png)
Sheffield in South Yorkshire, which was once one of the leading industrial cities in Britain and is still recognised for its...
22 July 2016
From: Features
![More trouble for landmark housing scheme as another fund halts](/img/default/eat.png)
Housebuilder St Modwen has been forced to write down the value of the landmark Nine Elms regeneration scheme because “recent transactional...
06 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![London slowdown largely confined to prime areas, insists agency](/img/default/eat.png)
Recent debate about a London market slowdown has clouded the fact that the areas seeing price falls are almost entirely in...
17 May 2016
From: Breaking News
![Brexit has upside for London's foreign investors - property advisers](/img/default/eat.png)
A property investment firm says a British exit from the EU may cause minimal damage to the prime London market and...
11 May 2016
From: Breaking News
![More agencies say political uncertainty hurting housing market](/img/default/eat.png)
Another agency has warned of the likely market slowdown caused by the June 23 EU referendum and political uncertainty over the...
28 April 2016
From: Breaking News
![Agents must make residential vendors aware of stamp duty changes](/img/default/eat.png)
Predicting how the housing market might play out over the next few months is incredibly difficult. There are a significant number...
30 January 2016
From: Features
![London housing market slowdown 'not as fast as some believe'](/img/default/eat.png)
The gap between house prices in London and other major regional cities is at its widest for 20 years, according to...