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Britain's housebuilders are seeing a recovery in buyer interest and land purchasing activity in early 2024, according to the latest Knight...

A senior agency industry figure has criticised the lack of homebuilding targets after the latest Government data showed a drop in...

London and the Home Counties have topped the list of ‘hotspots’ for potential house sales, according to a new Pre Mover...

The term mixed-tenure development usually refers to residential developments where different residential tenures are provided on the same site. Typically, tenure was...

Landlords are now quite accustomed to the challenges of operating in a market where they are often perceived as the antagonist...

A West Midlands estate agent has backed Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s plans to reverse cuts to Stamp Duty, claiming they should never...

And…breathe. For a while back there, the only certainty for the housing market was uncertainty. That isn’t to say the election of Rishi...

Kirstie Allsopp says the Sunday Times has amended its report of an interview in which she says first time buyers may...

Outspoken TV property expert Kirstie Allsopp has told first time buyers they may have to sacrifice lattes, Netflix and gym membership...

As a character from a fairly well-known TV show once said, winter is coming and we’re all contemplating where 2021 has...

An estate agent has been sacked after being identified as one of two people accosting England's chief medical officer, Professor Chris Whitty. A...

The editor of the legal publication the Law Gazette has taken an estate agent to task for daring to suggest that...

An estate agency has apologised after a bogus employee posted offensive comments about Prince Philip on a newly-created fake Facebook account. This...

An agent is challenging the insurer Hiscox over its interpretation of whether to honour a Business Interruption Insurance policy. A standard letter...

The death has been announced of Colin Lowman, a veteran south London estate agent who had a 64 year career in...

There’s been national newspaper publicity and widespread social media criticism of the Dexters estate agency which asked its staff to report...

There’s been widespread outrage amongst agents at Rightmove’s offer to allow some agents a deferred payment scheme operating for just three...

If you thought - perhaps hoped - that five weeks of prorogued Parliament meant a break from politics, think again: the...

Property industry commentator and former online agency chief executive Russell Quirk has defended Rightmove’s charges to agents, saying that compared to...

Dare we mention it but this is the final Bank Holiday weekend of the year before Christmas - so what a...

Yesterday morning OnTheMarket confirmed its IPO plans but with no firm date. The question remains on whether the float will be...

Annoying isn’t it. You take on a stunning property, agree a compelling asking price and your Vendor is desperate to get the...

Buy-to-let landlords may have failed in their recent legal battle against planned government tax relief changes for buy-to-let homes set to...

The action group representing rebel OnTheMarket agents says it is considering legal action with a barrister named to lead any possible...

Last week, on the latest series of The Apprentice, Lord Sugar threw his teams into the London property market.  As expected, Twitter...

Agents' Giving: No less than £20,000 has been raised at the Agents Giving Ball where Phil Spencer and 240 of the...