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Agency brand Chestertons has joined calls for Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to include Stamp Duty reform in his Autumn Statement. Hunt will deliver...

The Bank of England is facing calls to hold off on raising interest rates this week. Its Monetary Policy Committee is set...

Buyers are now calling the shots and can expect lower bids to secure the house of their dreams, a property expert...

The National Association of Property Buyers (NAPB) and Gumtree have teamed up to help fightback against fraudsters, particularly when it comes...

Homebuyers and borrowers could be set to benefit from a mortgage price war, a property expert claims. Jonathan Rolande, from the National...

The National Association of Property Buyers’ Jonathan Rolande gives his latest take on the property market. Having just got back from holiday, I am...

The London property market is facing a "bleak" second half of the year, the National Association of Property Buyers (NAPB) has...

House prices will fall by at least another 5% between now and Christmas, a property group has warned, creating tough times...

The National Association of Property Buyers’ Jonathan Rolande gives his take on another manic week for the property market. Like many working in the...

The National Association of Property Buyers’ Jonathan Rolande gives his take on why it’s those working across the sector who will help drag us...

After yet another tumultuous week in the property market, many of those working sector will be breathing a huge sigh of...

The National Association of Property Buyers’ Jonathan Rolande gives his take on a manic week for the property market. This is the week when...

The National Association of Property Buyers’ Jonathan Rolande gives his take on a manic week for the property market. I dearly hope I...

In his latest column, property commentator Jonathan Rolande, provides his take on the biggest stories from the past seven days.  For a long...

Homebuyers are entering bidding wars for bungalows, a property expert claims. The Daily Telegraph recently reported that young professionals in their 20s and...

It has certainly been a very busy week for news in the housing sector.  Here, the first of a new series of...

Higher energy costs and rising interest rates are leading to a surge in the number of homeowners looking to downsize, a...

Home-movers are being warned to be on alert for ‘Friday afternoon fraud,’ which experts claim is becoming more common since the...

A property group is the latest to call for a Stamp Duty overhaul in today's Budget. The National Association of Property Buyers’ (NAPB)...

A well known critic of stamp duty has returned to his long-standing theme of querying whether buyers have paid too much...

Sellers are being urged to be upfront about property issues and consider lower offers from better buyers as increasing numbers of...

Buyers should be mindful about the rise of so called ‘Insta-agents,’ a property body has warned. The National Association of Property Buyers...

Usually, I enter January with a spring in my step - optimistic about what the future holds.  Two years ago, after the...

Scammers are “bombarding” homeowners with fraudulent offers on green energy or insulation to allegedly boost their property value and cash in...

Homeowners must accept that 2023 will become “the year of the price drop”, a property expert claims.  As Nationwide and Halifax data...

Estate agency branches are bracing themselves for “a very difficult few months,” the National Association of Property Buyers (NAPB) claims. The NAPB...

A former Housing Secretary has outlined why the Conservative Party mustn’t abandon its commitment to housebuilding. It comes as some 47 Conservative...

The Government’s target of constructing 300,000 new homes annually by 2025 has been called into question due to a lack of...

House prices in some regions of the UK could continue increasing, despite concerns over the economic downturn and forecasts of house...

As I watched Liz Truss take to the stage at this week’s Conservative Party conference, my eyes were drawn to the sign behind her. “Getting Britain...

A leading property association has warned that house prices are likely to spike in the wake of the government’s recent economic...

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

The Bank of England is being urged by property professionals to avoid further interest rate hikes this week. The Bank’s Monetary Policy...

From housebuilding to planning laws and stamp duty reform, agents and property professionals were ready with plenty of suggestions for Liz...

A leading property association argues it won’t be long before we start to see house price growth slowing. According to the National...

A quarter of agents have indicated they may prefer Rishi Sunak as the next Conservative Party leader and Prime Minister –...

The Tory leadership debates have covered everything from taxes to trans rights but industry executives have lamented the lack of focus...

New calls have emerged to give pensioners stamp duty tax breaks to downsize their homes. The National Association of Property Buyers (NAPB)...

There are whispers in Whitehall about plans to encourage pensioners to downsize with a stamp duty tax break. The move, first reported...

Speedy property sales may not be as good as they seem, an industry figure has warned. Recent figures released by Rightmove indicate...

A property expert has predicted that mortgage applicants are likely to find it 'much harder' to be approved for loans as...

An industry group is predicting that record numbers of homes sold this year will be off-plan. The National Association of Property Buyers...

The pandemic may have helped first-time buyers get on the property ladder sooner but are they paying too high a price? Research...

As debate rages over levelling up and a north/south property divide, in the first of a new monthly column, property expert...

Inflation could deal a double blow to the housing market, an agency expert warns. Last week it was revealed that UK inflation...

There’s been a surge in the number of sellers who resort to using quick buy firms, according to the sector’s trade...

Scams are rife in the quick house buying sector with many companies seeking to take advantage of sellers in desperate situations. That’s...

Sellers are being warned to make strict checks before responding to advertisements apparently from prospective buyers.  The National Association of Property Buyers...

The trade body representing so-called quick sale companies is marking five years in business with two feathers in its cap. Firstly the...

The police are investigating a quick sale company after a claim by an individual that he received less than half of...

A third of ‘quick sale’ companies - those that buy homes in bulk at discounted prices - say the rise of...

There were only 14 complaints to The Property Ombudsman about so-called 'quick sale' firms - the professional buying companies that purchase...