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![Inflation set to hit 2% target - will interest rates be cut?](/upload/images/shutterstock_2423830211.jpg)
The latest inflation figures this morning are expected to show that the cost of living measure has slowed to the Bank...
19 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Buyers urged to get protected amid rise in gazumping](/upload/images/shutterstock_1787597288.jpg)
Buyers are being urged to be on alert about being gazumped amid a rise in the practice. The HomeOwners Alliance has highlighted...
12 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Interest rate cuts more important for housing than election - claim](/upload/images/shutterstock_2355420851.jpg)
Affordability is a bigger factor for buyers than the confirmed General Election, Savills claims. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has set a date...
24 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency regulation and enforcement will improve home sales - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
Estate agency regulation is needed to help improve the homebuying and selling process, MPs have been told. The first hearing of the...
14 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![MPs begin inquiry into home buying and selling process](/upload/images/shutterstock_2375332805.jpg)
MPs are set to begin their inquiry into improving the home buying and selling process today. The Levelling Up, Housing and Communities...
13 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Research highlights risk of skipping home surveys](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310.png)
Around one in 10 buyers who failed to get a survey on a property purchase have gone on to find issues...
13 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Consumers ‘unaware’ about the role of a conveyancer - research](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
Only two out of five UK adults are aware of what conveyancing is, while the number for those who are already...
11 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Millions of young people ‘unlikely’ to follow parents on property ladder](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/AdultChildren-400x310.png)
Almost 2m aspiring homeowners do not think they will be able to follow in the footsteps of their parents by owning...
26 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Bank of England urged to ‘stop interest rate attacks’ on homeowners](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BankofEngland_1-400x310.png)
The Bank of England is facing calls to hold off on raising interest rates this week. Its Monetary Policy Committee is set...
20 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Government urged to resurrect Help to Buy](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
The Government is facing calls to resurrect the Help to Buy Equity Loan scheme. The housing support scheme, which provided a Government-backed...
11 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![How far will interest rates rise today?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3-MortgageRates1.png)
Agents and property professionals will be keeping an eye on Threadneedle Street in London today, with the Bank of England expecting...
03 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Budget 2023: Property groups call for Stamp Duty overhaul](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/StampDuty1_400x310.png)
A property group is the latest to call for a Stamp Duty overhaul in today's Budget. The National Association of Property Buyers’ (NAPB)...
15 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents need to sell listings in nine to 14 days for optimum price - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Property_Portal1-400x310.png)
Properties need to be listed for at least nine to 14 days to achieve their optimum selling price, new research claims. The...
02 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Elon Musk suspends UK property group from Twitter - but why?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Banned_400x310.png)
A property consumer group has had its Twitter account suspended and its bid to be reinstated has failed - and it...
14 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter - 2023? Keep calm and carry on](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
Happy New Year, to you all. Now that we’re all back in harness and Christmas feels like a long-distant memory, I...
14 January 2023
From: Features
![Spray foam warning issued for sellers amid new Eco scheme](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/_EcoHome-400x310.png)
The Government is being urged to exclude spray foam insulation from its new Eco+ scheme aimed at improving the energy efficiency...
29 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Government urged to review stamp duty as more first-time buyers now pay the tax](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/StampDuty-3-400x310.jpg)
Renewed calls are being made for an “urgent review” of stamp duty as research shows rising house prices mean first-time buyers...
22 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![House sales faster despite conveyancing overload and buying frenzy](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket-5-400x310.jpg)
Agents finding it difficult to persuade potential vendors to come to the market this early in the year have new ammunition...
18 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Conveyancing fraud warning issued by leading consumer group](/img/default/eat.png)
Consumers are not as worried as they should be about conveyancing fraud, putting them at risk of losing life-changing sums of...
02 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Stamp duty holiday essential to kick-start market, says top consumer body](/img/default/eat.png)
A major consumer survey of existing home owners and potential movers has resulted in a plea to government to allow house...
30 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Consumer group concerned over 30% cut price First Home scheme](/img/default/eat.png)
The HomeOwners Alliance, a leading property consumer group, has now suggested it has some concerns about the government’s First Homes scheme. This...
11 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Consumer champion backs 30% discount scheme for local first timers](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the leading consumer groups has backed the government’s controversial First Homes policy, which aims to give 30 per cent...
10 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Searches: consumer chief and Propertymark leader join trade body](/img/default/eat.png)
The Council of Property Search Organisations has named three industry figures as members of its newly-formed compliance committee, set to regulate...
16 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: what has the last decade meant for the property industry?](/img/default/eat.png)
Yes, believe it or not, we’ve nearly reached the end of a whole decade. And what an eventful decade it’s been. We’ve...
14 December 2019
From: Features
![This is it - the busiest week of the year for house moves](/img/default/eat.png)
This is the busiest week of the year for house moves, with the single busiest day being Friday according to a...
27 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Good News: Agents’ fees not considered a key worry for consumers](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the largest surveys of housing concerns amongst consumers suggests that agents fees - once a major issue - is...
08 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty and conveyancing are growing worries for home owners](/img/default/eat.png)
A large-scale survey by a consumer group has revealed that over half of home owners regard stamp duty as a growing...
26 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Email sent to agents was professional attempt at deception](/img/default/eat.png)
The HomeOwners Alliance says a hack on its IT infrastructure was “a professional attempt at deception” by people who uploaded 5,000...
14 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agents beware! Hack emails sent from HomeOwners Alliance address](/img/default/eat.png)
Agents should be on the alert after what appears to be the hacking of the email account of the consumer group...
13 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Ridiculous moving day delays hit almost one-in-five buyers - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
Just under one in five buyers in the past two years have suffered moving day delays, either because funds have been...
16 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![More backing for buying reforms from conveyancers and agents](/img/default/eat.png)
The Conveyancing Association has backed the government’s calls for extensive reform of the buying and selling process, announced at the weekend. The...
12 April 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agents accused of pressuring sellers and buyers into additional services](/img/default/eat.png)
Estate agents are making buyers and sellers feel pressured into paying for additional services so as not to miss out on...
10 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Fees are vendors' biggest concern - but only 25% are willing to negotiate](/img/default/eat.png)
Nearly all home owners (96%) consider fees to be the most important factor when choosing an estate agent, according to research...
04 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Consumer group criticises estate agency industry awards](/img/default/eat.png)
A consumer group says it is giving what it calls “the top 1,000 estate agents in England and Wales” badges to...
22 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Property ads may soon contain air quality information, says NAEA chief](/img/default/eat.png)
Estate agents' listings may soon include compulsory information on a location's air quality, the chief executive of NAEA Propertymark, Mark Hayward,...
16 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage market review](/img/default/eat.png)
In recent years the mortgage industry has gone through some testing times. Recession and regulation have led to more stringent lending...
08 April 2017
From: Features
![Brexit jitters have hit sales volumes, claims consumer group](/img/default/eat.png)
The consumer group HomeOwners Alliance claims new research indicates that more than a million UK adults have shelved plans to purchase...
28 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Consumer group says hybrid estate agency is the future](/img/default/eat.png)
The influential consumer property body HomeOwners Alliance says Purplebricks-style hybrid estate agencies may be “the future”. In a blog on the HOA website,...
14 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![Home owners' consumer group says Brexit may lead to house price falls](/img/default/eat.png)
The influential Home Owners’ Alliance pressure group says Britain pulling out of the EU would probably depress house prices. The HOA - a...
22 March 2016
From: Breaking News
![Budget: further stamp duty surcharge details expected today](/img/default/eat.png)
Later today chancellor George Osborne will make his latest budget speech. The announcement is expected to confirm the details of the 3%...