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There’s good news from the think-tank the Resolution Foundation, which says the threat of negative equity because of the Coronavirus crisis...

A prominent tax specialist has suggested that stamp duty cuts would not help improve the housing market, despite many agents suggesting...

All my recent Natters have been focused on one particular topic, the coronavirus crisis, for obvious reasons. But there has been...

Rightmove and Knight Frank are today both calling for a series of government incentives to kick-start the market after the Coronavirus...

The impact of the Coronavirus crisis is going to reduce agents' revenue into the third quarter finishing in late September warns a leading...

New research of the buying habits of first-time buyers in the UK we’ve undertaken here at reallymoving.com shows that Shared Ownership...

The Financial Conduct Authority has issued a shock warning that mortgage borrowers who purchased properties through the Help To Buy scheme...

A stridently anti-Labour estate agent has launched a stinging attack on the Opposition’s policies and has issued a stark warning of...

It’s been six years since the Help to Buy scheme was launched, with the honourable intentions of helping more people onto...

We now have a new Leader of the Conservative Party and, rather more importantly, a new Prime Minister. That individual is Boris...

The National Audit Office says many users of Help To Buy would have been able to purchase a home anyway, without...

While media attention has been on Theresa May, Brexit and the Tories, chatter in the agency industry has been about what...

A large-scale survey by a consumer group has revealed that over half of home owners regard stamp duty as a growing...

A no-deal Brexit The biggest impact of a no-deal Brexit in relation to housing is a potential fall in house prices -...

Estate Agent Today is 10 years old this weekend. We hope you’ll agree that’s a cause for celebration and a great...

Property has been changing hands for centuries, but when did estate agents as we know them today – with their branches,...

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

The sales website Home claims that London house prices have dropped an average of 1.2 per cent in the past four...

One of the country’s leading property experts says she expects buyers to hold off over the summer as a result of...

It’s the news that has got everyone talking: Barclays are bringing back the 100% mortgage.  The market has taken a bit of...

A body called the UK Housing Market Observatory - consisting of economists at Lancaster University Management School - is giving a...