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![Overseas buyers will help avert a property market crash - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HouseMarketCrash-400x310.png)
A property tax consultant has hit back at suggestions of a housing market crash, suggesting that overseas investors will help sustain...
15 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Fast decisions! One in three properties receive an offer one hour after viewing](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/CoupleMakingOffer-400x310.png)
Despite all the recent speculation surrounding the housing market after the badly-received mini-Budget and regular talk of a possible slowdown, new...
06 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Insight – what impact will the economic tug-of-war have on the property market?](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/_Kwasi%20Kwarteng_400x310.png)
With the Treasury and the Bank of England stepping in to try and calm the markets, talk of an emergency interest...
28 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![PCL to outpace best-performing lockdown markets over next five years, says Savills](/upload/images/Logos/Savills-NEW-logo400x310.png)
Savills has released a revised five-year forecast for the UK’s prime housing markets, to reflect the strong levels of activity in...
05 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Labour wants radical house buying changes if it comes to power](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Labour-logo400x310.png)
Labour is to reveal a raft of new housing policies at its party conference this weekend - and it claims it’s...
24 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: talking Brexit, Covid, USPs and mews homes with Lurot Brand](/img/default/eat.png)
Independent agents come in all shapes, sizes and looks, many with their own USPs and little quirks. It is this variety...
05 June 2021
From: Features
![Prime London market shows sign of returning at last](/img/default/eat.png)
The latest Coutts Prime Property Index has revealed that activity in this sector of the market - based mostly in London...
10 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Ambitious agency’s new branch is start of long-term national growth](/img/default/eat.png)
London-based estate agency Orlando Reid is opening an additional office in Manchester - the start of a long-term growth programme for...
06 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Phil Spencer: Budget rumours - pros and cons for agents](/img/default/eat.png)
With just two days to go, it's fair to say the property industry is eagerly awaiting Chancellor Rishi Sunak's Budget statement...
01 March 2021
From: Breaking News
02 January 2021
From: Features
![Many overseas buyers don’t even visit Brexit bargain purchasers](/img/default/eat.png)
A London property investment consultancy says 22 per cent of properties it’s advised overseas purchasers on this year have been bought sight-unseen. London...
04 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty change set to take centre stage in Budget next week](/img/default/eat.png)
Increasing numbers of reports suggest that the government will use next week’s Budget to confirm a three per cent stamp duty...
05 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![UK interest in free-to-list global portal ramping up in 2020](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s been a surge in UK enquiries to global free-to-list portal Residential People, and a comparable rise in interest from Chinese...
05 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Big Tory win: but agents warn over Stamp Duty and Section 21](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s a substantial Tory government for the next five years: what does this mean for estate agents, property and the market? We have...
13 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Stamp duty surcharge could have benefits for UK buyers - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
The chief of an online auction service says the Conservatives’ controversial proposal for a three per cent stamp duty surcharge on...
26 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Five years in Prime London: prices down 15% and supply 45% down](/img/default/eat.png)
The latest market snapshot of prime central London suggests that homes there are now 15.2 per cent cheaper than five years...
11 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Autumn breeze - Prime London market showing positive recovery signs](/img/default/eat.png)
The property market in prime central London showed some impressive signs of recovery during the summer months, according to Knight Frank. The...
08 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Now is the time to target foreign investors, says growing portal](/img/default/eat.png)
A growing free-to-list property portal says there's never been a better time for estate agents to target foreign investors. Residential People, which,...
02 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Free-to-list portal now has over 740 UK agents on board](/img/default/eat.png)
The free-to-list property portal Residential People says it now has over 740 independent agents in the UK on board - and...
25 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![‘Steer clear of Foxtons’ - investors urged to stay away](/img/default/eat.png)
A writer for the influential financial publication Money Week says investors should “steer clear” of Foxtons - at least for now. Sarah...
04 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Free-to-list portal says key USP is attracting foreign buyers to UK](/img/default/eat.png)
A recently-launched free-to-list portal says it’s uniquely positioned to attract overseas buyers and investors interested in purchasing in major UK cities. Residential...
30 May 2019
From: Breaking News
!['Desperate' stamp duty surcharge will hurt London market - warning](/img/default/eat.png)
Agents have continued to express their shock and opposition to the announcement by the government that it wants a stamp duty...
02 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Top London sales agents team up to form new buying service](/img/default/eat.png)
Lucie Hirst and Delphine Colombo, two of Prime Central London’s most high profile sales agents, have combined forces to set up Hirst...
23 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: Q&A with Stephen Ludlow, ludlowthompson](/img/default/eat.png)
Next week ludlowthompson celebrates its 25th anniversary. Here, I catch up with Stephen Ludlow, co-founder and now executive director of the...
11 August 2018
From: Features
![Property Jobs Today - who’s on the move in our industry?](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, the regular Monday update on who’s moving where within our industry. Let us know what’s...
23 April 2018
From: Breaking News
![The 'Golden Age' of house price growth is over, admits estate agency](/img/default/eat.png)
The first of the major estate agency research teams to offer a forecast for the 2018 market has kicked off the...
02 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![London’s prime housing market is no longer roaring](/img/default/eat.png)
Being a leading world-class city comes at a price – they are the most expensive for occupiers and the most lucrative...
14 July 2017
From: Features
![Money laundering: NAEA backs new bid to list 'beneficial owners'](/img/default/eat.png)
The National Association of Estate Agents has thrown its weight behind a government move to create a register of overseas companies...
07 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![60 Second Interview: Shameem Golamy, Managing Director of Properstar](/img/default/eat.png)
1.For those who are not familiar with Properstar yet, how would you summarise your services? Properstar is an online portal that helps...
16 January 2017
From: 60 Second Interview
![Auctioneer upbeat after only small dip in first post-referendum event](/img/default/eat.png)
Allsop’s latest residential auction in London - its first since the EU referendum - raised £51m, less than 10 per cent...
26 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![What does Sadiq Khan’s victory mean for housing in London?](/img/default/eat.png)
The new mayor of London Sadiq Khan has pledged to do all in his power to help make London “better” after...
12 May 2016
From: Features
![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
![London mayoral election: A referendum on housing](/img/default/eat.png)
The race to replace London Mayor Boris Johnson has entered its final few days, and like never before, housing is the...
29 April 2016
From: Features
![Property consultancy exposes London's new-build glut and premiums](/img/default/eat.png)
Research from a residential investment consultancy throws light on the extraordinary large pipeline of new homes to be built in central London,...
08 March 2016
From: Breaking News
![A New Year’s Resolution for every landlord – make someone love you](/img/default/eat.png)
Once you go beyond the industry’s anger about the Chancellor’s three per cent stamp duty surcharge – and that’s an anger...
27 November 2015
From: Features
![Foreign buyers increasingly-deterred by property taxes, agents say](/img/default/eat.png)
Reports suggest foreign buyers may be losing interest in directly owning property in London and are in some cases increasingly attracted...
19 November 2015
From: Breaking News
![Developer wants agents for luxury Cabo Verde resort](/img/default/eat.png)
The Resort Group, the developer of the all-suite Llana Beach Hotel and Spa, which is due to open in 2016, has...
20 October 2015
From: Sponsored Content
![Estate agents caught on Channel 4's secret filming](/img/default/eat.png)
Channel 4 admits to using what it calls “unusual” secret filming techniques and an undercover reporter posing as a Russian politician to...