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A leading analyst is questioning whether buyers have benefitted from the stamp duty holiday because demand has purshed up prices far...

A housing index says the market continues to defy Coronavirus and Brexit worries with asking prices up 4.9 per cent in...

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

In the six months to November there’s been a 79 per cent increase in sales of homes priced £5m to £10m says Knight...

It’s not a big rise, but price growth has returned to the Prime Central London sales market for the first time...

The first leading agency to make a 2021 forecast says the market should be stable next year - so long as...

Share prices for many quoted estate agencies and property portals fell in trading as fears grew about Coronavirus. London-focussed agency Foxtons was one...

In the week the Nationwide recorded the UK’s highest ever average house price, high-end agency Savills has forecast that prime markets...

With the UK officially in what has been described as the single worst national recession in the world, one agency has...

Many young people are stuck unable to purchase their first home even if house prices fall in the wake of the...

Strutt & Parker is warning that in a worst-case scenario house prices in some locations could drop 10 per cent this...

Savills has revised its market forecast for the enclaves of prime central London and now says prices will fall by 2.0...

Zoopla predicts that the price strength that has been seen since the reopening of the housing market is likely to continue...

Typical house prices in England and Wales are set to fall over the rest of summer according to home moving service...

A survey of sellers by a high-end agency suggests that around a third expect price falls of six per cent or...

A respected estate agency has revised downwards its price forecast for the housing market for the second time since the start...

The market could take five years to recover from the Coronavirus crisis after possible double-digit percentage price falls and fast-increasing repossessions.  That’s the...

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

The share price of challenger portal OnTheMarket has fallen to its equal lowest-ever level after a drop of over five per cent...

Figures released this morning by data firm LonRes provide the latest evidence of a so-called Boris Bounce with the market improving...

Three signs emerged over the weekend suggesting that the market may be shaping up well for 2020. Firstly a new survey by...

For the stock market generally, 2019 has been a positive year - but a few high profile agencies and associated companies...

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

It’s a substantial Tory government for the next five years: what does this mean for estate agents, property and the market? We have...

House prices in England and Wales are set to fall over the next three months according to a price index produced...

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

The average house price growth across southern cities is running at the lowest level recorded since January 2012, according to Zoopla.  Prices...

Estate agents are amongst the workers to suffer the worst fall in wages over the past 10 years according to shock...

London and South East England are to see house price falls this year and only “very modest” growth in 2020 -...

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

The income required for first time buyers to purchase in the three most expensive UK cities has fallen slightly according to...

Over a third of homes across Southern England are at risk of suffering price falls as the housing market slowdown extends...

The gap between average asking prices and average selling prices has increased in recent months according to Zoopla. Its latest study of...

House prices in 20 UK cities analysed by Zoopla show an average 1.7 per cent increase over the 12 months to...

Zoopla’s Hometrack index of 20 major UK cities shows that London property prices are starting to stabilise after a three year...

Another estate agency has closed one of its prime London offices as the capital’s most exclusive areas continue to be hit...

A respected property investment consultancy is warning that the current premium put on the prices of new-build homes - around 15...

High-end agency Savills says London’s super-rich are now buying and selling more actively than a year ago.  The agency says London’s so-called...

Gloomy statements from some industry organisations have suggested the market is in trouble thanks to Brexit uncertainty but Rightmove says visits...

Another housing market snapshot is showing a pessimistic start to 2019 as the property platform Home reports that four regions of...

A leading buying agent says 2019 is likely to see the continuation of last year’s trend where distressed sellers accept discounts...

As 2018 draws to a close, it is fair to say that stretched affordability and uncertainty over the Brexit negotiations has...

House price inflation across the UK has slowed to a six-year low of 2.6 per cent thanks to falls in London...

One of the country’s most detailed housing market forecasts for 2019 suggests house prices will fall in London and nearby regions...

Asking prices of homes coming to the market have fallen for the second month in a row - and Rightmove says...

Purplebricks chief executive in Australia, Ryan Dinsdale, is quitting the firm after two and a half years. The influential Australian Financial Review...

The latest Your Move house price data confirms what a wide range of indices have shown recently - slowing price growth and,...

There was a drop in the number of new listings across the UK last month, suggesting that the usual autumn rush to...

The LonRes data consultancy that monitors transactions right across prime central London says Brexit is the single biggest factor impacting the...

An early sign of a possible recovery in the London housing market may be appearing, according to data consultancy Hometrack.  It’s just...

Rightmove is reporting a mini-boom as the autumn market gets into gear, with a surge in buyers and a one-month rise...

House prices fell further this month as the slowdown tightened its grip according to he latest data from property platform Home. It...

A sales platform that monitors the market is warning that house price falls are likely to spread beyond London and the...

LonRes says transactions in prime locations in London dropped another six per cent when the second quarter of 2018 is compared...

A leading buying agency is warning about asking prices that are higher than those acceptable to mortgage companies who therefore down-value...

Figures from Savills suggest that there’s currently an average 1.14 price adjustments per sale across the prime regional markets of the...

Two more price reports from high-end agencies make grim reading about the prime London housing market. New data from Savills suggests that...

Another high end estate agency is reporting difficulties in the London market with Knight Frank saying prices are down in both...

Coutts bank has issued a starkly pessimistic snapshot of prime London’s housing landscape, reporting price falls, valuation mark-downs and slower sales...

New figures from Hometrack show that a typical home in Greater London now takes 17 weeks to find a buyer -...

A leading estate agent says his findings confirm those of the latest house price index in suggesting that prices are turning...

House price growth in London has hit a seven year low according to Hometrack, with prices actually down across 42 per...

Purplebricks’ share price dipped below the psychologically-important 300p mark yesterday - its lowest performance since spring last year. It’s the latest development...

House price falls have been recorded in London, the South East and the North East according to data from LSL Property Services,...

Most listed agencies and portals suffered share price falls yesterday, creating a challenging landscape for Agents’ Mutual which launches on the London stock exchange...

Homes for sale in some parts of inner London are seeing price discounts of up to 10 per cent says Hometrack...

Shares in troubled agency group Countrywide have fallen to their lowest-ever level of 106.40p in trading this morning. Yesterday shares fell a...

New figures from Your Move suggest that average house prices across England and Wales barely moved in 2017, increasing just 0.2...

Figures out this morning from the Nationwide show the first annual fall in London-wide house prices for eight years - and...

More price falls have been recorded across areas of prime London according to Savills.  The pattern is not uniform - the agency...

What a year it’s been! Back in 2016 we had Brexit, a new prime minister, Donald Trump’s election, and so when...

It’s traditional before Christmas to either review the year past or anticipate the one ahead - but I’m intrigued about what...

Central London’s housing market is showing a recovery from price falls which followed stamp duty changes in 2014 and 2016 according...

The latest data from Your Move reveals London as still being the area of England and Wales with the lowest house...

Property consultancy Hometrack says London’s 12 month market slowdown has bottomed out with the annual growth rate rising to 2.8 per...

Being a leading world-class city comes at a price – they are the most expensive for occupiers and the most lucrative...

Prime London house prices are now 5.3 per cent lower than at the time of the EU referendum admits Savills, following...

Two reports produced by Savills suggests continuing struggles for high-priced properties in prime locations to combat economic uncertainty and the deterrent...

New data from LSL Property Services suggest that the image of London as one large housing market encountering difficulties at the...

Sales of homes in prime central London improved towards the end of 2016 says Savills - but only after prices were...

Transaction volumes across all of London are 48 per cent lower than they were a year ago, claims an estate agency...

Jefferies, the City investment service known for its analysis of major residential sector firms, forecasts Foxtons’ transactions to fall 10 per...

Countrywide’s share price started the week at below 200 for the first time - about 30 months after it was riding...

The number of 95 per cent loan to value mortgages available for first time buyers has dwindled 16 per cent in...

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

Marsh & Parsons is the latest agency to show a price drop in prime central London - homes there were down...

Brexit is set to weaken the wider economy and will lead to a small house price dip of one per cent...

The typical price of property coming to the market in the last four weeks is 1.2 per cent lower than in...

House price falls triggered by weaker economic growth and a drop in economic confidence following the EU referendum may not actually...

Rightmove’s latest house price index, covering two weeks either side of the EU referendum at the end of June, suggests average...

One of the first major pieces of research to come from an estate agency following the EU referendum suggests the short-term...

London house prices have fallen by 1.1 per cent in the past month - mostly since the Brexit vote on June...

The possibility of short-term falling house prices caused by Brexit may be good news for the UK’s four million leasehold flat...

As I sit and write this piece, even with the FTSE 100 back up and sterling having recovered some of its...

The National Association of Estate Agents says it is unlikely that there will be price drops for homes in the very...

Referendum uncertainty - even before the shock Brexit vote itself - led prime central London prices to drop 1.4 per cent...

Data from Your Move and Reeds Rains - for May, so well before the EU referendum result - suggests average prices slumped 0.4...

The Council of Mortgage Lenders says the Brexit vote will hit transactions as buyers and sellers wait for the dust to...

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

Three separate surveys appear to suggest that even a long-term shortage of homes on sale is not enough to stop a...

Recent debate about a London market slowdown has clouded the fact that the areas seeing price falls are almost entirely in...

Winkworth, the franchise giant with most offices concentrated in or close to London, says the high-end of the capital’s prime market...

The influential Home Owners’ Alliance pressure group says Britain pulling out of the EU would probably depress house prices. The HOA - a...

JLL says the stamp duty surcharge on buy to let properties and second homes has obliged it to downgrade its forecast...

Countrywide says the current malaise in the central London housing market is not, as many agents and commentators suggest, simply down...

UK house prices increase 10.5 per cent annually to an average of £224,242 - a price fuelled by the number of...

Buyers are finding haggling over house prices increasingly difficult with the typical property currently reduced by just 6.05 per cent from...

Scottish house prices have seen their sharpest fall in six years as the ‘transaction tax boom’ has come to an end...

Average house price growth is slowing and is now just a third of what it was this time last year according...