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Rightmove is this morning reporting a huge fall in the number of new sellers coming to the market - a drop...

The listings website Home, which conducts a monthly survey of asking prices and wider market monitors, is reporting a show 10...

This morning’s new market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors confirms the worst - that the market is in...

You don’t need to go far to find news about the UK lettings market. From the banning of tenant fees to...

House prices are forecast to dip as the year ends and stagnate at the start of 2020 according to the latest...

The latest market snapshot of prime central London suggests that homes there are now 15.2 per cent cheaper than five years...

House prices dipped a tiny 0.1 per cent in October - but this led to the annual rate coming in at...

Two very different views on Brexit have come forward in the past 24 hours from different players in the industry. First off,...

Foxtons' latest trading statement shows another fall in sales revenue - but this time lettings income is down too. In an announcement...

London Central Portfolio, the investment consultancy which  saw signs of an upturn in the prime market in the capital this autumn,...

Agents have interpreted the latest house price figures as evidence that the market is in limbo waiting for the Brexit -...

The number of prime residential housing transactions has increased rapidly in the past two decades and even in the past five...

It has been said time and time again that the uncertainty around Brexit is causing, well, uncertainty. As I write this, the...

The latest Rightmove asking price index indicates a smaller than usual autumn bounce - that’s a sign, the portal says, of...

A London estate agency chain says It’s seen a 59 per cent surge in the number of its clients who have...

Since I started working with Zero Deposit for me the market leader in deposit replacement alternatives, the most common question I am...

The latest housing market snapshot from the listings website Home suggests more regional markets are heading for price corrections. Home says that...

Agents have expressed quiet optimism that the market may be over the worst as it continues to show resilience in the...

Stories with good news about the prime central London market seem few and far between but the latest figures from B2B...

There has been a real wind of change in estate agency and over the last 18 months we have seen the...

This is stating the obvious to estate agents but the government has revealed that homes near parks, gardens, playing fields and...

A London agent is urging rivals to provide realistic valuations, even if vendors want more and despite temptations to over-value to...

The boss of a 15+ branch estate agency group has explained how he thinks regulation could 'ruin' the estate agency industry. Simon...

Of all the UK properties for sale over the last year, 59% would have been exempt from any type of transaction...

The latest figures from Halifax show annual house price growth has dipped to a six-year low. Average property price growth in...

Prospective property buyers have been provided with several reasons why they should stop delaying purchasing decisions due to Brexit uncertainty. Buying agency...

House price growth in the UK 'ground to a halt' last month, according to the latest Nationwide figures. The lender's house price...

Cash buyers have fallen in 90 per cent of major UK cities over the past three years according to a Zoopla...

Although property transactions have, unsurprisingly, recently seen a decline which is almost certainly in part due to the ‘B-word’, this doesn’t...

Picture this: You have finally pushed that sale or purchase through, which means your client is over the moon and happy...

The annual number of property transactions edged down slightly according to the figures released applying to August. However, buyers and sellers email...

The annual rate of growth of UK house prices has slowed to its lowest level since September 2012. Official government data from...

A report by the influential Public Accounts committee of MPs has been highly sceptical of the effectiveness of Help To Buy. It...

A study from Santander Mortgages has blown the cover on first time buyers, suggesting they know almost nothing and research very...

It’s been revealed this morning that the organisation behind a new clean-air website is encouraging buyers to seek reductions of as...

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

A pessimistic set of figures on asking prices, transaction volumes and stock levels culminates in Rightmove urging vendors to be willing...

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

The typical estate agency fee paid by a seller has actually fallen one per cent in the past year according to...

Cluttons has downgraded its forecasts for the housing markets in London and the rest of the UK for the remainder of...

Another house price index has suggested the housing market continuing to show great resilience despite the continuing economic and political uncertainty. The...

First time buyers will constitute the largest single group of purchasers in 2019, despite the apparent difficulties of deposits and securing...

High end agency Knight Frank says prices in prime central London have fallen again - although the 4.4 per cent drop...

A housing market monitor that for some months has been pessimistic about London and the rest of the England and Wales...

A leading London estate agent has written to The Times dismissing MPs who have been squabbling over Brexit and a possible...

No less than 56 per cent of properties across the UK are in areas that are affordable for first time buyers...

Pressure continued to mount on the government to clearly address the issue of stamp duty as a leading business consultancy suggested...

A senior estate agency director is warning that house price growth could continue to stall “with Boris loose at the wheel”. Benham...

I think I speak for most people when I say that we are not currently where we thought we would be...

A well-respected agent who was president of the NAEA just five years ago has written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson asking...

The Housing Secretary says he wants to make home ownership more affordable for first time buyers - which could mean discounts...

The London market has “plummeted” because almost a third of vendors have cut their asking prices in anticipation of Brexit. Using data...

In the run up to his appointment as Prime Minister, Boris Johnson suggested that he might cut Stamp Duty Land Tax...

New figures produced by Zoopla’s research team shows for the first time the huge scale of regional variations in terms of...

The international estate agency Engel & Volkers is closing its single prime central London office - despite past claims that sales...

One of the country’s leading estate agents is leading the calls on Chancellor Sajid Javid to sort out the government’s stamp...

Rightmove says the number of homes stuck in what it calls “the legal log jam” is at its highest for over...

The property website Home has identified the four regions of the UK where it says the current market slowdown is at...

A free-to-list property portal says that contrary to opinion within parts of the agency industry, the more portals there are the...

Average house prices in the UK increased by a mere 0.9 per cent in the year to June - the lowest...

Prime Central London’s average prices remain 20 per cent below their 2014 peak according to high end estate agency Strutt &...

Some homes in the UK are now worth 44 per cent less than they were a decade ago, claims the estate...

Estate agents have collectively been fiercely criticised for allegedly exaggerating valuations to win instructions, doing a disservice to vendors and not...

A property industry trade body claims 85 per cent of agents believes a ‘staged’ property sells three times faster than a...

With the often negative portrayal of agents in the media and popular culture, you might ask yourself why anyone would want...

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

One of the largest surveys of housing concerns amongst consumers suggests that agents fees - once a major issue - is...

House prices fell unexpectedly for the second month in a row in July according to the Halifax - but the mortgage...

The latest survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests that last month’s optimistic assessment of the housing market has...

A record £8.2 billion was paid in Capital Gains Tax in 2017/18 - over £1 billion more than the year before.  The...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Lino Goncalves – Area Sales Manager What is Lets bid property...

Despite optimistic reports on prime London’s housing performance from some sources in recent weeks, figures from subscription service LonRes paint a...

Rising house prices and the gender pay gap means that there is no English region where a single woman on median...

A PropTech start up says its new free tool allows prospective sellers and buyers to get an automated valuation of their...

The Advertising Standards Authority has issued a guidance note warning online estate agents, after complaints about them have “grown dramatically”. “Property is big...

Seemingly-endless uncertainty over Brexit and now speculation over whether there will be an easing of stamp duty on transactions is making...

Sellers across England and Wales achieve an average 95.94 per cent of their asking price according to research from estate agency...

A local authority in the Home Counties says it will not be possible to accept search queries for six weeks starting...

There may be signs that the gloomy housing market which has hit Prime Central London for some years may finally be...

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

British homes have increased in value by an average of £11 per day since the beginning of the year, but with...

We now have a new Leader of the Conservative Party and, rather more importantly, a new Prime Minister. That individual is Boris...

One of the earliest property websites, nethouseprices.com, has been acquired by fledgling property portal OneDome.  Nethouseprices was set up in 2004 and...

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

A bid to ban the building of new homes for out-of-town buyers has backfired on a Cornish community - and now...

The number of UK residential mortgages approved with a term of 40-years or more jumped over 20-fold in 2018. London estate agency...

One of the country’s leading estate agents says shifting the burden of stamp duty away from the buyer - which is...

Agents have put a brave face on official government figures which have shown a shock fall in London house prices and...

The recent announcement of a clicktopurchase partnership demonstrates some much-needed progression from Rightmove. In doing so, however, it could be said it...

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

Home, the property platform that often produces downbeat market forecasts, now says there are signs of improvement in London at least.  It...

The price of property coming to market fell by 0.2 per cent or an average of £656 in the past month...

It’s now more than three years since the EU referendum result in June 2016, and we’re still no clearer on when...

Now could be the time to buy shares in Purplebricks and Foxtons if one stock market pundit turns out to be...

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

Conservative leadership frontrunner Boris Johnson's plans to reverse stamp duty changes could help to kickstart the prime property market, according to...

Property sellers have been urged to list their properties now in the hope of selling their properties for maximum value within...

Theresa May arrived in Downing Street some three years ago - but her premiership has not been a smooth ride. As she...

With somewhere in the region of 1.2 million property sales transactions being completed each year, and 16,500 estate agents actively vying...

With this summer marking forty years since Margaret Thatcher came to power, her legacy continues to invoke both celebration and consternation...

The practices of competitive bidding and sealed bids have made a 'surprise return' to the Prime Central London (PCL) property market,...

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

The latest report commissioned by the Labour party to resolve the UK’s housing problems would crash the housing market rather than...

Purplebricks has released figures which appear to show it is one of the most successful agencies - or perhaps THE most...

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

The number of cash buyers in London has recently plummeted by very nearly a fifth - and every other part of...

New figures from the National Association of Estate Agents suggest that supply is at last creeping back up to seasonal norms...

London Central Portfolio, a respected property consultancy that has been pessimistic about the market in prime areas of the capital, says...

The number of residential property transactions in May was a thumping 11.3 per cent lower than the same month last year,...

Homes in central parts of London sold for a typical 11.5 per cent below asking price in the first three months...

Too many sellers are wedded to the idea that prices will rise after a Brexit deal is resolved, says one of the...

Research from OnTheMarket shows that 40 per cent of London homes costing around £1m have only two bedrooms or fewer. And only...

LSL Property Services’ Land & New Homes division says it’s set a record by selling 50 per cent of the units...

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

The latest asking prices data from Rightmove suggests that the national housing market is being dragged down by poor performance in...

Some 10 per cent of Britons now own a second home, a buy to let or an overseas property according to...

The founder of Zoopla has explained how the portal got its name and branding, and the philosophy behind it when it...

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

A buying agent has revealed how she advises potential clients to use portals when looking for a property to buy -...

The National Audit Office says many users of Help To Buy would have been able to purchase a home anyway, without...

New research by comparison website GoCompare suggests almost a million house sales have been lost because of Brexit.  The study claims that...

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

Fine & Country has a new office in Hampshire as a result of an independent which has joined its network. Hampshirewide is...

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

Average UK house prices rose 0.5 per cent in May according to the latest Halifax house price index as the long...

The latest house price index shows very little happening in the market, with analysts expecting little significant movement until Brexit is...

In the first Q&A Natter for a while, I catch up with Angelica Donati - CEO of Donati Immobiliare Group, PropTech...

It appears that at least three Countrywide brands are undergoing branch closures as the company’s cuts continue to bite. Estate Agent Today...

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

New data from respected property consultancy LonRes shows that prices in prime central London fell 9.7 per cent in the 12...

While media attention has been on Theresa May, Brexit and the Tories, chatter in the agency industry has been about what...

Ultra slow broadband speeds could knock a quarter off the value of a property according to research undertaken by online agency...

House prices have remained roughly stagnant according to the latest figures produced by the Office for National Statistics and HM Land...

Might the central London market gloom be broken by just a sliver of light? London Central Portfolio, an investment consultancy, has recently...

Rightmove’s latest house price statistics reveal that asking prices for newly-marketed property are on average 0.9 per cent higher than a...

So far in our contribution to the campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold we have outlined the stories of some of...

The UK property market can be seen by criminals as an effective vehicle to conceal the proceeds of economic crime. Criminally...

The average time on the market for a property is soaring across the UK thanks to Brexit uncertainty, according to the...

North East England regional agency chain Bradley Hall has amended details for a property listed on its website following a complaint...

Thousands of homeowners listed their properties for sale in the days following the latest Brexit delay on April 12, new research...

Some of the most expensive properties in London are selling typically between 13 and 21 per cent off the asking price. And...

1989 was a significant time for the property industry: it marked the beginning of the end of a period of unprecedented...

There’s a silver lining to another set of stodgy housing market figures - at least one sector, for those buying their...

Data produced by the government showed that some 211,000 homes have been bought using the Help to Buy: Equity Loan. The scheme...

Respected investment consultancy London Central Portfolio is warning that “sales go on falling and falling” across the capital, fuelled by Brexit...

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

For the second day in a row Countrywide was subject to two so-called Price Monitoring Extensions - temporary freezing of trading...

Residential property transactions rose 1.4 per cent in March, making them a healthy 6.8 per cent higher than in March 2018. Data...

It’s a new index but it tells an old story - how prime central London prices have dropped significantly since their...

The London Stock Exchange twice froze trading in Countrywide’s shares yesterday after volatile movements - and a new record low price. The...

It’s not often we can enjoy beautiful sunshine on bank holidays, but I suppose this one was a particularly blessed weekend,...

A solicitor handling cases involving Japanese Knotweed say the problem could devalue the prices of affected houses by as much as...

Low risk letting is everyone’s aim, but unless legitimate guidelines are followed it’s difficult to know if a tenant will prove...

A new housing market survey paints a bleaker picture than that from Rightmove earlier this week - and instead speaks of...

An influential investment blog says the number of analysts and investors still believing in Purplebricks’ growth story is dwindling - and...

There’s been a spring bounce with prices of new-to-the market properties increasing an average of 1.1 per cent in the past...

Labour is proposing two methods of controlling house price rises should it win the next General Election - and the ideas...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says house price sentiment improved by a small amount last month for the first time...

First time buyers purchasing new homes using the government’s Help to Buy equity loan scheme paid on average 12 per cent...

UK estate agents charge the lowest commission out of any nation in the European Union, according to a recent study by...

At the end of a week consisting of largely depressing market reports, new data from Knight Frank suggests that the bad...

There’s anger in the industry over an article in The Times which accused agents of overvaluing properties - although why this was happening...

House prices rose slightly more rapidly in the first three months of the year but growth is likely to remain subdued...

The chairman of franchise giant Hunters says his company’s purchasing power is such that it secures 60 per cent discounts from...

Agents appear to be speaking with one voice in response to the latest house price index, saying that once Brexit is...

Foxtons has revealed that its six branch closures announced towards the end of last year will save the company £3m in...

UK estate agents charge the lowest commission in the European Union according to new research from a comparison website. Despite high levels...

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

A large-scale survey by a consumer group has revealed that over half of home owners regard stamp duty as a growing...

Over the last few years, there have a number of changes to the stamp duty land tax (SDLT) regime, which have...

There’s good news from the market - property transactions increased by 1.7 per cent between the start of this year and February,...

Average house prices in the UK increased by 1.7 per cent in the year to the end of January according to...

Prices have dropped 0.5 per cent in the past year according to LSL Property Services, the parent company of Your Move...

In another bid to take on Rightmove, OnTheMarket is introducing a new range of advertising products which will enable agents to...

The spring market has got off to a subdued start according to Rightmove - and the portal says more buyers are...

The topic of introducing rent controls in London crops up time and time again in our industry. But it’s been hitting...

Estate agents have responded cynically to the small-fry property sector announcements made by Chancellor Phillip Hammond in yesterday’s spring statement mini-Budget. Overshadowed...

An analysis of thousands of transactions shows that homes with ‘street’ in their address produce sale prices which are almost exactly...

Latest data from property platform Home suggests that instruction numbers across the UK as a whole are down four per cent...

Just when you thought it was all Brexit doom and gloom, a major index shows that house prices in February grew...

A couple of weeks ago, SoftBank’s Vision Fund led a whopping $200 million investment injection into Clutter, the US-based on-demand storage...

It’s not just the high-end market for homes in the south east that’s hit by Brexit according to the Guild of...

More downbeat house price figures have prompted one leading estate agent to admit that the 2019 market had not taken off...

An estate and lettings agency that has been trading in the centre of Exeter for 12 years has ceased trading and...

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

Monthly mortgage payments as a proportion of income have dropped to 31 per cent now from 43 per cent a decade...

As the sales market across much of Britain appears to be mired in political and economic uncertainty, figures from Scotland appear...

In these tougher times, we recognise that helping agents win new inventory is the key to their businesses.  There were more than...

A new survey claims the market is at its worst for eight years. The latest market snapshot from property platform Home says...

The latest Rightmove price index suggests that homes are at their most affordable level for some years thanks to wage growth...

Government figures show the UK’s annual house price growth now being down to 2.5 per cent - the lowest rate since...

The average prices of flats and maisonettes bucked the trend by falling very slightly in the year to December, according to...

A design and renovation business has set up a property sourcing business which will find homes requiring renovation. What’s more, it claims...

New data from LonRes shows that prices of homes in three key prime areas of London tumbled 5.7 per cent last...

The government has launched an official consultation about a new stamp duty surcharge - the long-awaited additional one per cent for...

Agents have suggested that the latest price figures from the Halifax may be masking increased activity in the market in recent...

Strutt & Parker says transaction levels in Prime Central London, already at a low ebb, plummeted a further nine per cent...

An annual study of transaction charges shows that house moving costs are now at a record average high of almost £10,000...

Average prices of flats and houses in prime central London are now the same as they were six years ago; meanwhile...

Strutt & Parker says the housing crisis - in the shape of too few homes and their stubbornly high prices -...

The head of a For Sale By Owner website claims that some agents are making “vast amounts” of up to £7,000...

There was a huge 33 per cent collapse in transactions in central London in the final quarter of 2018 compared with...

House prices grew at the slowest annual rate for nearly six years in January, according to Nationwide, which says the market...

The British Property Federation has made an outspoken intervention into the Brexit debate, telling politicians that No Deal is the worst...

The monthly index of house price changes in Britain’s major cities, for many years operated under the Hometrack banner, has been...

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

If you want an engaging page-turner novel for cold winter evenings, my recommendation is Our House by Louise Candlish, a bestseller...

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...

The industry has long been critical of reports claiming house price movements are in some way uniform across the country, but...

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...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says the housing market outlook over the next three months is the worst for 20...

A statement this morning by franchise agency Winkworth says lettings and property management now accounts for 50 per cent of its turnover. The...

One of Britain’s foremost property consultancies has given a relatively upbeat prediction for the UK housing market over the next five...

There may be a cloud over the economy right now but growth of 2.7 per cent in house prices last year...

It’s the word on everyone’s lips: after two and a half years of debate, and months before that leading up to...

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

Still recovering from Christmas and New Year? There’s no shame in that - the agents’ fund-raising season resumes in earnest in...

A slew of property experts and commentators have put the blame on Brexit for a surprise drop in house price growth...

Rightmove has revealed which day was its busiest in 2018 in terms of page views. It says February 19 was the date,...

Ilchester Place in London’s Holland Park may be the most expensive residential street in Britain - but it’s cheaper than a year...

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...

Purplebricks’ global chief executive Michael Bruce has taken a swipe at the property and mainstream media for being too London-centric in...

Uncertainty will be a key characteristic of the housing market for “the next few years” warns Countrywide - and not just...

House prices are flatlining with the rate of annual growth having fallen continually since August according to LSL Property Services, which...

More than 75 per cent of first time buyers have benefited from the changes to stamp duty thresholds for introduced a...

If your New Year’s resolution is to move to a four bedroom home in London or the south of England, you...

A new analysis of the online estate agency business model claims that it ‘could be described as a Ponzi scheme’. The accusation...

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

Hard not to mention two major breaking news stories of recent days; one directly affecting the property market and one which...

Estate agency Strutt & Parker says that despite Brexit and the economic and political uncertainty accompanying it, house prices in the...

It’s that time of year again where we start saying goodbye to 12 months of hard work and start looking forward...

There’s been a four per cent rise in the number of estate agencies becoming insolvent according to a new report. In the...

One of the country’s most influential bodies says house price rises over 2019 will be limited to around two per cent...

House price rises are now the slowest they have been for six years according to the Halifax. Across the UK, property values...

Thanks to vast improvements in processing powers, the use of virtual reality (VR) in some sectors is becoming more evident than...

The chief executive of online agency HouseSimple says “sellers need to be prepared and willing to lower their expectations” in the current...

Property analysts say ‘flippers’ - those who buy new homes and sell them quickly, hopefully for a profit - are losing...

House prices showed an unexpected pre-Christmas boost last last month but worries about Brexit remain foremost for buyers according to the...

Figures released by the government over the weekend show that 14,867 Help To Buy equity loans were taken out in the...

A high-end estate agency selling some of the country’s most expensive homes says the possible currency falls resulting from Brexit chaos...

One of the country’s top buying agents says he expects 2019 to be a much better year than 2018 as Brexit...

The closure of Foxtons’ Park Lane office and five other branches in the capital are merely the start of things to come...

Newspapers are reporting that Brexit’s impact on house prices - especially if there is No Deal - are likely to take...

Mainstream bank lending for house purchases grew by 3.6 per cent in October compared to the same month last year. However the...

To say legendary ZPG founder and CEO Alex Chesterman left big boots to fill when he stepped back from day-to-day operations...

A no-deal Brexit The biggest impact of a no-deal Brexit in relation to housing is a potential fall in house prices -...

The chief executive of Haart, Paul Smith, is warning that a No Deal exit from the EU could leave Britain with...

A senior figure in the Knight Frank agency says those buyers who may be expecting Brexit-inspired bargains in the so-called ‘super...

Rightmove is this morning reporting that the asking price of property coming to market has fallen 1.7 per cent in the...

Every cloud has a silver lining, and a high end prime central London estate agent appears to have found one from...

Given that online property portals, dominated by a handful of websites, are by far the most popular home search method, it...

A property comparison website has made a defence of the controversial Help To Buy initiative, claiming it “acts as an important...

New build property values are rising at a much greater rate than existing property values according to a study by DJ Alexander. The...

Price growth in the housing market is slow across the UK but London is again the most troubled region, seeing an...

The market is now over-supplied with homes to sell while at the same time demand is dipping and there are widespread...

A leading property consultancy has called out Manchester as the location which has seen the highest urban price growth of anywhere...

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

Coutts Private Bank is the latest institution to express its concern over London’s housing market. The latest Courts London Prime Property Index...

Homes that require major structural work have asking prices which are on average £40,000 below the market norm, according to research...

A house in Mayfair that was sold for £19.175m in 2014 and put on the market this year at £25m has...

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

Latest figures on the central London market from franchise giant Winkworth show that viewings dropped 20 per cent in the third...

Savills has issued its forecast for the housing market for the next five years, and while it highlights some bright spots...

It’s November so forecasts for next year are beginning to emerge from high-end agencies with research departments - and the first one...

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

The agency industry has reacted in a broadly downbeat way at the relatively few housing-related proposals that were announced in yesterday’s...

Millennials aged 18 to 34 are putting plans for romance, children and even hobbies on ice as they make huge sacrifices...

An open rental market, where neither landlord nor tenant is in a dominant position, enables rents to rise and fall, which...

Zoopla says 38 per cent of properties on sale have had their asking prices slashed. That’s a five per cent rise since...

Given that ‘UK buyers are the most digitally active home hunters’, with HSBC’s Beyond the Bricks report stating that 90% of...

The Competition and Markets Authority is stepping up its campaign to identify and prosecute companies behind cartels - and it’s offering...

One of London’s most prominent buying agencies says post-Brexit the interest in buying in the capital will return - whether there...

Transactions across England and Wales in September dropped 7.6 per cent year on year while Prime Central London now sees fewer than...

A London buying agent has called for a second referendum on Britain’s EU membership, suggesting that it would give more certainty...

A leading London estate agency is reporting a surge in overseas buyers sealing deals ahead of the government’s new stamp duty...

An insurer claims there is a huge gulf between the cost of rebuilding a house and its market value because around...

A city’s housing market that suffered badly because of the collapse in North Sea oil prices is now likely to rebound...

The cost of new-build leasehold properties has surged 16 times faster than freeholds according to research from property investment platform. The revelation...

We’re sorry to be starting the week with more evidence of the housing market in the doldrums, but Rightmove’s latest index...

Price cutting is becoming the new norm as the market adapts to reduced interest from buyers, according to property listings platform...

The latest market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests the number of properties on estate agents’ books is now nearing...

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an advertisement for a new development in London after complaints over claims about the yields...

Even the cheapest local homes are out of reach for at least 40 per cent of young adults according to a...

One estate agent has described the latest price fall announced by the Halifax as “quite a retreat” for the housing market...

It seems a lifetime ago but in fact we’re approaching just the first anniversary since the government triggered its Call for...

Transactions in prime central London have dropped nine per cent in the year to the end of August according to Knight...

New build house prices rose 5.1 per cent in the year to the end of August - substantially more than the...