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Foxtons’ share price got a mini boost on Monday morning after rumours that the agency brand is preparing for a sale. The...

Interesting report this week in Estate Agent Today on an analysis by the Resolution Foundation thinktank which suggests that the UK’s...

There are often very grim snapshots of the current property crisis.  But one of the most shocking I’ve read in a long...

A drop in house prices remains likely for 2024 despite recent rises and improving sentiment. The latest Halifax house price index showed...

It wouldn’t be sensible to jump to a firm conclusion about the prospects of the housing market this side of Christmas,...

I’ve always been a half glass full kind of person.  But I’ve got to confess I struggled to get too excited by...

Nationwide has cautioned property market commentators about being too optimistic as its own house price index showed average prices surprisingly rose...

Higher agency fees and the end of pandemic support boosted Zoopla’s revenue in 2022. The portal’s annual accounts for the year to...

The cities of Liverpool, Nottingham and Manchester have enjoyed the biggest house price rises since pre-Covid. Despite interest rates at a 13-year...

Propertymark says that sellers who strive to find a “middle ground” in today’s difficult market can still turn a healthy profit...

The past seven days have seen a string of stories across the media relating to the property sector.  Reports have revealed how...

For just over a decade, the Government has operated ‘Help to Buy’ schemes in England. The first of these, ‘NewBuy’, which...

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

In tougher times – as is the case now, post-Covid, post-Brexit, cost-of-living crisis, war in Ukraine, etc – reputation and consumer...

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 firm has claimed that the number of properties advertised for sale in Scotland has almost halved over the last...

Right now, one topic seems to be dominating talk in the industry. Everywhere I go people tend to quiz me about...

Annual house price growth figures returned to double digits in April but there are warnings that this could be as good...

Properties are selling faster than ever either at or above asking price, Rightmove claims. It comes as the portal revealed that the...

The JLL property consultancy is opening a branch handling sales and lettings in an area of London often by-passed by rival...

Earlier this month, the government’s energy regulator Ofgem announced a record 54 percent increase to the energy bill price cap. Combined...

The mainstream UK housing market is overvalued by up to 20 per cent and the London market overvalued by as much...

Rising inflation may soon overtake house price growth even in the most buoyant areas of the UK, a property market analysis...

Peta Milne, founder of Instagram growth and PR service Monimo, and a content writer at Choices Estate Agents, recently sat down...

A financial analyst says there could be tough times ahead for the housing market, despite another upbeat set of figures regarding...

The latest house price data from the Halifax shows another absolute record but with a sharply reduced monthly rise indicating a...

Here’s the odd thing about interest rates - we all care about them, but they don’t directly affect that many people...

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

Government data shows the average UK house price increasing by 10 per cent on an annual basis in November. On a monthly...

Fears that the housing market may be seriously damaged by the worsening economy led to share price falls for Rightmove and others...

Areas with the biggest house price growth of 2021 have seen the value of homes rise by three times the national...

A housing market forecast based on conveyancing instructions says average prices will dip this month. Average prices will fall by 1.1 per...

UK house prices have reached an all time high - but 2022 will see a more normalised housing market thanks to...

The Bank of England has raised interest rates for the first time in more than three years, in response to surging...

Data out today from Rightmove shows the predictable seasonal effect of around 0.7 per cent knocked off the typical asking price. The...

Annual house price growth hit 10.0 per cent last month - and is now tracking close to the level seen before...

House prices will rise next year says Rightmove - but it warns that tax hikes will curb price rises, particularly later in...

Savills has set out its annual house price forecast for prime London - and after years of price falls, the prediction...

I’ve never written the three letters ‘EPC’ more often than I have in the past week. Law changes for the private rental...

There’s been a significant rise in buyer interest in the energy efficiency of properties - but so far it’s making no...

OnTheMarket says it delivered a record number of instant valuation enquiries last month, beating its previous best period in June of...

Strutt & Parker has revealed where it believes the housing market will see the largest demand in 2022, outside of London. The...

Increasing house prices has encouraged HM Revenue and Customs to launch huge numbers of probes into Inheritance Tax payments. According to law...

Official forecasts suggest house prices will rise for five years at least, although at well below the rate of growth seen...

There’s been some cynicism amongst the industry in response to new homes promises made by Chancellor Rishi Sunak in yesterday’s Budget. Sunak...

Business consultancy Hargreaves Lansdown is predicting house prices will still rise, even after a possible hike in interest rates later this year or...

The first agency to give its market forecast for 2022 and beyond has suggested an upbeat performance next year.  Hamptons says the...

First-time buyers are £25,000 worse off thanks to the stamp duty holiday, according to estate agent comparison site GetAgent. The website revealed...

An estate agency says it’s analysed the housing market’s long term cycles and forecasts that house price rises will continue -...

The first house price index for August suggests they rose 2.1 per cent in just a month - despite forecasts that the...

Scotland was the first UK nation to scrap the equivalent of its stamp duty holiday, yet already the official economic monitor...

An unexpected claim was made over the weekend - that the long-running stamp duty holiday was not, after all, behind the...

House prices in Wales - where the equivalent of the stamp duty holiday has fully ended - rose to a new...

Viewings are in the news right now and with good reason.  As the impact of the stamp duty holiday fades, and transaction...

As the Tokyo Olympics draws to a close this weekend, the Nationwide Building Society has analysed long-term capital appreciation in locations regenerated...

One of the leading housing market analysts says some of the extreme house price rises seen this year could unwind during...

The busiest first half of a year ever recorded by Rightmove has led to a raft of new records for the...

A leading agent says the supply of homes coming to the market is still insufficient to match demand. London estate agent Jeremy...

Estate agency comparison website GetAgent has calculated the typical fees charged to vendors in different parts of the country. It says agents...

Annual house price inflation is now at its strongest level in nearly seven years, says the Halifax House Price Index. The average...

A gradual increase in the supply of homes coming to the market means the stellar price rises of recent months are...

The Bank of England will intervene if it considers soaring house prices will affect the inflation rate says Sir Dave Ramsden,...

Shock price rises in materials are set to make new build homes more expensive if a warning from leading industry figures...

An unusual price forecast based on conveyancing quotes suggests the housing market is to continue busy over the summer with more...

The head of one of the UK’s largest conveyancing legal practices is warning the property market could “fall off a cliff...

An agency has analysed sold prices since the first lockdown in March 2020 and February this year - and has found...

The London housing market is enjoying the end of the lull before the storm, according to a leading buying agent. Sara Ransom...

An international property and residency consultancy claims the sold prices of homes in some prime London locations have collapsed by up to 40...

One of the housing market’s senior analysts says the end of the stamp duty holiday on March 31 would not be...

The average UK house price is now a record £253,374 according to the Halifax - but the rate of growth is...

London and other urban areas dominate the league table of locations seeing the biggest house price rises of 2020. This is despite...

Figures from Zoopla suggest there’s a Christmas present being unwrapped by agents across the country - a far busier housing market tha this...

Another day, another house price record as the bull market continues. The latest Halifax index shows prices surging 7.6 per cent to...

It may make little difference to agents but a leading analyst suggests thousands of buyers have effectively lost money on their purchase...

Staying on top of the numbers and figures in a constantly changing industry can be stressful. Changing property prices can be...

Mortgage approvals for house purchases have soared to a 13 year high according to Bank of England figures up to the...

A sentiment survey conducted amongst 585 estate agents by the OnTheMarket portal suggests fewer than half have witnessed price rises since...

Is Countrywide finally on the road to recovery? Its share price has risen 125 per cent in the past three months; much of...

The leader of the Say No To Rightmove campaign says that agents are demanding that there is “no return to full...

Investment bank RBC Capital has downgraded its rating of Rightmove and is warning that the property market is entering a prolonged...

Although all bets are off as to what the housing market will be like after the Coronavirus subsides, there is now...

In another positive sign for the housing market, every region of the UK has seen a price rise according to the...

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee meets today for its monthly decision on whether the move base rate - and...

At the end of a strong week for housing market indicators, the latest survey from the website Home suggests a major...

Annual UK house price growth exceeded one per cent for the first time in 12 months in December according to the...

Major UK cities have seen average house price rises of 54 per cent in the past decade - an increase of...

Rightmove predicts that the price of property coming to market in Britain will rise by two per cent next year. The portal...

A new portal claims it will do what OnTheMarket failed to do, and offer an agent-led operation charging every agency branch...

The new housing minister has admitted that her party has tried to “put a lid” on house price rises and has...

A rock bottom supply of homes on sale is helping to reinvigorate London sales according to a market monitor. The website Home...

A new house price index that in June predicted big house price rises over the summer has now repeated its claim,...

An equity release provider says there is now £382 billion worth of equity available within older homeowners’ properties following recent house...

Online estate agency Yopa is warning of price falls ahead in London and south east England - although price rises elsewhere...

A more stable trend is now emerging in the UK housing market, according to the latest results for the RICS UK...

Gazumping is alive and well in much of the country, despite the slowdown in the property market, according to new research...

It's becoming increasingly difficult to sell a property, especially in those regions undergoing a price correction. That’s the verdict from Home, a...

Over 80 per cent of home owners say they expect house prices to rise in their area before the end of...

An analysis of transactions agreed this spring suggests there will be a surge in prices which will ultimately be reflected later...

Purplebricks share price has risen over 10 per cent - at least temporarily - on news of a major expansion of...

OnTheMarket has revealed several agents have signed up to the portal on long-term contracts and stopped listing properties on Rightmove. The agencies...