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The latest Rightmove analysis shows it now takes 126 days from the time an offer is accepted until legal completion -...
18 January 2021
From: Breaking News

While the property industry has suffered far less than other sectors during the past year, it would be short of the...
16 January 2021
From: Features

The speed and success of the Coronavirus vaccine programme holds the key to the housing market rebounding in the second half...
15 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A housing index says the market continues to defy Coronavirus and Brexit worries with asking prices up 4.9 per cent in...
15 January 2021
From: Breaking News

An estate agency is being criticised for marketing properties as second homes in an area reportedly suffering a housing shortage. Local media...
12 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The average UK house price is now a record £253,374 according to the Halifax - but the rate of growth is...
11 January 2021
From: Breaking News

London’s largest independent estate agency, Dexters, suggests that the stamp duty holiday ending in 12 weeks time will have relatively little...
05 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Anthony Codling, the City analyst who made his name as a scourge of Purplebricks, says Brexit may be good news for the...
04 January 2021
From: Breaking News

House prices surged in December to post their fastest growth in six years, according to the Nationwide. Prices rose 7.3 per cent...
31 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Zoopla has revealed precisely how much house prices have risen over the course of 2020. Across the UK as a whole prices...
31 December 2020
From: Breaking News

London and other urban areas dominate the league table of locations seeing the biggest house price rises of 2020. This is despite...
31 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A house price index that is routinely one of the most pessimistic about the market claims the New Year will see...
30 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The Brexit deal agreed in dramatic form on Christmas Eve is one part of a cocktail eventually boosting the London market...
30 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The pandemic has reignited the flagging country house market and boosted demand for larger homes with gardens, claims Savills. Larger country houses...
30 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The proportion of sales that fell through at the worst point of this year was 52 per cent it’s been claimed. However...
22 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Figures from Zoopla suggest there’s a Christmas present being unwrapped by agents across the country - a far busier housing market tha this...
21 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Well, what a year it has been for everyone, including the property market. I don’t think there’s anyone out there who...
19 December 2020
From: Features

Another day, another index, another record - house prices rose 5.4 per cent annually in October according to official figures from the Office...
17 December 2020
From: Breaking News

NAEA Propertymark has written to the Scottish Government demanding it extend the current Land and Buildings Transaction Tax holiday - the...
17 December 2020
From: Breaking News
Described on this site as a ‘powerful disruptor’ in March 2020, few would deny that the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted on...
16 December 2020
From: Sponsored Content

OnTheMarket is to undergo a revamp under its new chief executive, former Foxtons agent Jason Tebb - who has been given...
15 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The industry seems almost back to normal. Not the ‘new normal’ we spoke so much of a few weeks and months ago,...
12 December 2020
From: Features

In the six months to November there’s been a 79 per cent increase in sales of homes priced £5m to £10m says Knight...
11 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The sales market is currently strong but the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has issued a warning about a slowdown next...
10 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Another day, another house price record as the bull market continues. The latest Halifax index shows prices surging 7.6 per cent to...
08 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A new survey of prime London property shows 21 per cent of homes on sale have had their asking prices cut...
04 December 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the oldest portals in the UK, Mouseprice, has been bought by a service which describes itself as the country’s...
03 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Annual house price inflation is now running at 6.5 per cent according to the latest Nationwide index after a 0.9 per...
02 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Public sentiment over the housing market remains stable despite the Coronavirus crisis and the possibility of a No Deal Brexit. That’s the conclusion...
01 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Free-to-list portal group OneDome claims 425 estate agency branches joined its listing services last month, OneDome Group operates two portals, OneDome and...
30 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The secure Conservative victory in the 2019 General Election meant the property market in the sunlit uplands was set for a...
28 November 2020
From: Features

One of the highest profile figures in the agency industry - and a past critic of Purplebricks - has come out as a vociferous...
27 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The housing market in England and Wales is stabilising, according to analysis of web traffic from a property advice site. Valuation requests...
27 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Property tax rises and falling house prices look as if they are on the way according to the small print accompanying...
26 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Average house prices in Wales have risen three per cent in the past year, despite multiple difficult lockdowns considered more severe...
26 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The mixture of the stamp duty holiday and generally fast-rising house prices has led to a resurgence of flipping. Data released this...
23 November 2020
From: Breaking News

It may make little difference to agents but a leading analyst suggests thousands of buyers have effectively lost money on their purchase...
23 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The founder of OneDome says a likely housing market slowdown is the perfect time for agents to optimise revenue by investing in PropTech. Babek Ismayil believes...
19 November 2020
From: Breaking News

New research attempts for the first time to identify the most lucrative property markets in the country - with surprising results...
19 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The government has revealed new regional price caps for its revamped Help To Buy Equity Loan scheme, set to operate between...
19 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The Home website, which publishes a detailed monthly snapshot of the market, has raised the alarm over London because of a...
18 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Just when you thought the housing market was beginning to calm down... along comes a likely vaccine for Coronavirus. One of the country’s...
16 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Asking prices are down for the first time in many months. It’s a small drop - an average of 0.5 per cent...
16 November 2020
From: Breaking News

With a new President elected and the old one reluctant to move out, this is a good time to see how...
14 November 2020
From: Features

Property is considered to be a safe investment. The buy-to-let market is booming, fuelled by a generation unable to get on...
13 November 2020
From: Sponsored Content

One of the industry’s leading commentators says an unintended consequence of a possible Capital Gains Tax increase could be a bonus...
13 November 2020
From: Breaking News

As we embark on another nationwide lockdown, the team at SDL Auctions are keen to help agents ride the storm, beat...
11 November 2020
From: Sponsored Content

The first monthly market monitor to show activity in the housing market tailing off has appeared - and it says momentum...
11 November 2020
From: Breaking News

House prices by the end of October were running 7.5 per cent above their level a year ago - but the...
09 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Strike, the firm previously known as HouseSimple, has launched another attack on the charges levied by High Street agents. This time it is...
06 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The trend of buyers apparently fleeing the city to get more for their money in the country has hit the buffers...
06 November 2020
From: Breaking News

High end agents usually keep their powder dry when it comes to party politics, to avoid upsetting customers. However Knight Frank has...
05 November 2020
From: Breaking News

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

A leading market analyst says the widespread belief that we are ‘safe’ in our homes may indirectly lead to the recent...
02 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Recent figures emanating from the mortgage and housing market suggest that – since lockdown was ended in mid-May – transaction levels...
31 October 2020
From: Features

The housing market boom looks set to continue for some months yet as mortgage approvals for home purchases hit their highest...
30 October 2020
From: Breaking News
The caveat emptor of buying a new house is ‘Let The Buyer Beware.’ This is especially the case for homes that have an ageing boiler. Before...
29 October 2020
From: Sponsored Content

The rise and rise of £1m-plus homes continues apace with new research from Rightmove showing the biggest growth areas. Data released this...
29 October 2020
From: Breaking News

There are 140,000 more buyers waiting to complete on their properties right now than there were this time last year. The claim, by...
28 October 2020
From: Breaking News

One of Britain’s most respected agents is suggesting Chancellor Rishi Sunak could ‘taper’ the stamp duty holiday to avoid a cliff-edge...
28 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Putting fingers to keyboard to create blogs and articles isn’t always the easiest job for agents, particularly when meetings, viewings and...
27 October 2020
From: Marketing & Social Media

Staying on top of the numbers and figures in a constantly changing industry can be stressful. Changing property prices can be...
27 October 2020
From: PropTech & Innovation

The new two per cent stamp duty surcharge applying to non-resident buyers may cause a wide range of properties to be...
27 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Savills says the shape and size of the housing market in the coming months will be determined by the capacity of conveyancers...
22 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Agents in some parts of the country may be able to make use of data from utilities comparison service uSwitch, which...
21 October 2020
From: Breaking News

The latest Rightmove asking price index shows the extraordinary market and amazing times we are living through. The average price of property coming...
19 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Lawyers, politicians, bankers, insurance sellers – no matter where you go, there are some professions that are just always going to...
17 October 2020
From: Features

A Bank of England survey suggests it may be more difficult for prospective buyers to get a mortgage later this year. In...
16 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A prominent housing market analyst is warning that in 14 years of studying prices and transactions he has never seen the...
14 October 2020
From: Breaking News

The south of England is not the only region to benefit as city-dwellers search for more greenery and outdoor space, says...
14 October 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s not a big rise, but price growth has returned to the Prime Central London sales market for the first time...
13 October 2020
From: Breaking News

House prices in September were 7.3 per cent higher than a year earlier – the highest house price inflation since June 2016. The Halifax...
08 October 2020
From: Breaking News

London’s properties are “over-valued” according to a leading bank. UBS, which has what it calls a Global Real Estate Bubble Index, says...
07 October 2020
From: Breaking News

The so-called ‘trade up gap’ for people buying for the second time has grown to a record £67,761 according to Rightmove. The...
06 October 2020
From: Breaking News

An estate agent in Liverpool has adopted the unusual technique of urging vendors to sell now “before prices crash.” Clearly unworried about...
05 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Agents have universally welcomed new Nationwide data showing annual price growth picked up to 5.0 per cent last month - the highest rate...
01 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Mortgage approvals for house purchases have soared to a 13 year high according to Bank of England figures up to the...
30 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Property technology company OneDome, which operates two portals - OneDome and Nethouseprices - has raised another £5m in funding. It says it...
29 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The first leading agency to make a 2021 forecast says the market should be stable next year - so long as...
28 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Vendors spend an average £41 a day for 144 days when selling their home - but some spend a remarkable £140 a...
24 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Share prices for many quoted estate agencies and property portals fell in trading as fears grew about Coronavirus. London-focussed agency Foxtons was one...
22 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A survey of over 2,300 home owners across the UK suggests market sentiment is mixed, with most doubting house prices have risen. The...
22 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Logjams in the mortgage, conveyancing and removal stages of house moving mean sales are taking much longer than usual, according to...
21 September 2020
From: Breaking News
19 September 2020
From: Features

When it comes to the future of the property market in the wake of Covid-19, there are two main schools of...
19 September 2020
From: Features

Almost a third of property sellers (29%) say they won't accept a lower offer for their property, according to new research. Online...
18 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Property sellers are twice as likely to find a buyer for their property if the original asking price does not change,...
17 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The strong house price growth experienced in recent months could soon be 'marred' by oversupply, according to Home.co.uk. The property website says...
16 September 2020
From: Breaking News

PropertyHeads, a portal which describes itself as the industry’s social network, has sold a three per cent stake partly to raise funds...
14 September 2020
From: Breaking News

If you’re in any way connected to estate agency all it takes is a quick glance at Facebook or LinkedIn to...
12 September 2020
From: Features

The estate agency industry is still under the spotlight for possible illegal price fixing cartels according to the Competition and Markets...
11 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A leading agent says the government’s new Coronavirus clampdown from Monday will push more home owners to sell. Caspar Harvard-Wills, a partner at...
10 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Be proactive, have a plan, and keep prospecting. After the easing of lockdown measures, it’s safe to say the property market picked...
09 September 2020
From: Sponsored Content

For a mixture of reasons, I now only write this column every two weeks. At first, I missed the weekly consideration...
09 September 2020
From: Breaking News

House prices rose again in August to reach a record high level according to Halifax, which is part of the Lloyds...
08 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A sentiment survey conducted amongst 585 estate agents by the OnTheMarket portal suggests fewer than half have witnessed price rises since...
08 September 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s no surprise the mainstream news remains dominated by coronavirus - not so much the actual effect of it right now,...
05 September 2020
From: Features

With estate agents increasingly offering auction options to vendors, new research makes interesting reading - and suggests that homes sold via...
04 September 2020
From: Breaking News

In the week the Nationwide recorded the UK’s highest ever average house price, high-end agency Savills has forecast that prime markets...
04 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Record house prices recorded this week by the Nationwide index are set to go higher still according to a leading agent. Nationwide...
03 September 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s good news from the think-tank the Resolution Foundation, which says the threat of negative equity because of the Coronavirus crisis...
02 September 2020
From: Breaking News

OneDome, which operates two free-to-list property listing sites, says it’s had a record month as it strives to build an alternative...
27 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Figures from Zoopla quantify how Coronavirus is changing the market, with houses selling significantly faster than flats. The latest market report from...
27 August 2020
From: Breaking News

With the UK officially in what has been described as the single worst national recession in the world, one agency has...
27 August 2020
From: Breaking News

New research suggests that British estate agents charge some of the lowest fees in the world. Based on an apparent British average...
26 August 2020
From: Breaking News

It was officially announced last week that the UK is in recession for the first time since 2009, and although this...
22 August 2020
From: Features

The supply of homes coming to the market could struggle to meet the demand from buyers shown in recent weeks, with...
21 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Rightmove’s latest house price index shows the highest number of sales agreed in a month for over a decade. It’s 20 per...
17 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Asking prices are up again for a third consecutive month in all English regions and across Scotland and Wales. The measurement, from...
14 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The latest market snapshot by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors warns the current boom may not continue as government support measures...
13 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Many young people are stuck unable to purchase their first home even if house prices fall in the wake of the...
13 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A home office set up in a dedicated room apparently adds £17,500 to the value of a property. Direct Line Insurance has...
12 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The Sequence Group is to be the sole selling agent for RoyaleLife, the country’s largest builder of bungalows, exclusively aimed at...
10 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Agents have been understandably delighted at the latest Halifax index which shows house prices posting their biggest gain of the year...
10 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The proportion of the asking price achieved on average in the past year is 95.8 per cent according to a new survey. Comparison...
06 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Following the easing of lockdown restrictions on England’s property market in May, NAEA Propertymark reported a sharp increase in business for...
05 August 2020
From: Features

Strutt & Parker is warning that in a worst-case scenario house prices in some locations could drop 10 per cent this...
05 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The Nationwide says annual house price growth has recovered to 1.5 per cent. Its July house price index says the fall in...
03 August 2020
From: Breaking News

We have had a special relationship for many years and are bonded as countries in many ways – historically, politically and...
01 August 2020
From: Features

One of the main points I’ve had reinforced to me from agent after agent over the last year of hosting a...
01 August 2020
From: Features

A housing market snapshot for prime London shows a fall of over half in the number of £1m-plus properties sold so...
31 July 2020
From: Breaking News

OneDome has released a list of High Street agencies that have signed up to its free-to-list portal and sister website Nethouseprices -...
30 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Government leaks to mainstream and building trade media suggest the controversial Help To Buy scheme will be extended beyond its end-of-2020 deadline. An...
30 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Rightmove says a study of some 400,000 homes on its portal has revealed that those with a coveted south-facing garden have...
29 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Zoopla says while there may be speculation about people fleeing London and big urban areas for the countryside, the evidence suggests...
28 July 2020
From: Breaking News

As expected within the property industry, the Chancellor announced a stamp duty holiday in his Summer Statement. This now means that...
25 July 2020
From: Features

Tens of billions of pounds of new taxes should be levied through a Capital Gains Tax imposed on main homes, not...
24 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A new property website relying heavily on Artificial Intelligence allows sellers to by-pass estate agents and instead list directly for £14.99...
24 July 2020
From: Breaking News

It is widely expected that Purplebricks will shortly reveal the result of an experiment with a number of different pricing strategies. The...
23 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Agents have almost unanimously been reporting a big surge in business since the reopening of the housing market, but new figures...
22 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Rightmove is reporting a mini-boom that was existing even before the stamp duty holiday - enough to propel average asking prices...
20 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Emma Vigus, managing director of sales progression platform mio, in discussion with key suppliers in the residential property industry on operating...
18 July 2020
From: Features

The latest monthly index suggests that the average asking price in England and Wales has jumped 1.5 per cent in the...
16 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A major agency is warning that the current stamp duty holiday could leave the housing market in a state of lethargy...
14 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Savills has revised its market forecast for the enclaves of prime central London and now says prices will fall by 2.0...
10 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Chancellor Rishi Sunak - and the agency industry - will no doubt be delighted to know that visits to Rightmove soared...
09 July 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s more confirmation this morning that the housing market is enjoying a short-term bounce - and that’s before the effect of...
09 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The latest guidance from the government on the next phase of the HS2 high-speed railway confirms the previous demand that vendors...
09 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The number of offers agreed on homes priced below £1m since mid-May is a healthy 41 per cent higher than the...
09 July 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the many free-to-list portals now vying for attention is offering agents six months free access to a platform boasting...
08 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Mortgage enquiries in June surged to double the rate of the previous month according to the latest halifax house price index. Although...
08 July 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the possible stamp duty options floated by Chancellor Rishi Sunak could mean 89 per cent of sales would be...
07 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The chief executive of a hybrid agency in London has revealed why he deserted big corporates to create his own company. Rollo...
07 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The property market has been reopen for almost eight weeks now and during that time demand from prospective buyers has soared. Rightmove...
06 July 2020
From: Breaking News

We recently issued our Zoopla House Price Index, which analyses the latest real-time trends from the sales market. In our analysis, we...
04 July 2020
From: Features

A survey of 2,000 prospective movers by Zoopla shows the vast majority still intent on buying - but younger purchasers’ plans...
03 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Agents have remained calm in the light of Nationwide’s house price index which shows the first annual fall for eight years...
02 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A former City analyst best known for his scathing criticisms of Purplebricks has launched a PropTech platform that he describes as...
30 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Zoopla predicts that the price strength that has been seen since the reopening of the housing market is likely to continue...
24 June 2020
From: Breaking News

In the latest of a recent flurry of consumer-facing research exercises by Rightmove, a league table of the most popular seaside...
24 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The chief executive of a property information platform says now is a “dangerous time” to buy or sell homes because of...
22 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The property market is used to change, and I’m confident it will bounce back from any lockdown effects. Despite being acutely aware...
20 June 2020
From: Features

One of the leading ‘new breed’ of hybrids relying on self-employed agents is opening a share offer to investors in a...
18 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Rightmove has given a regional breakdown in where buyer demand is strongest in the past two weeks. It’s perhaps no surprise that...
18 June 2020
From: Breaking News

A market commentator says it will take up to three months before the housing market stabilises into the ‘new normal’ after...
18 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Tuesday mornings at 6am is usually my time to review all the latest PropTech news. This fires off ideas for my...
17 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Price discounts are diminishing as the housing market strengthens, according to data from Knight Frank. The average discount to the asking price...
17 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Online sector veterans Russell Quirk and Kenny Bruce have used social media to call for a temporary scrapping of all stamp...
16 June 2020
From: Breaking News

A free webinar is taking place this week to show how agents can list properties on Facebook Marketplace. The event, hosted by...
16 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Data released this morning by Rightmove suggests that agents in England have agreed no fewer than 40,000 sales since the market...
15 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The latest sentiment snapshot produced by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors confirms the trend that the market is still improving...
11 June 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s been a strong rebound in demand for homes and an “unprecedented” bounce in new sales agreed according to Zoopla. The portal...
10 June 2020
From: Breaking News

An estate agency says the housing market could get a boost as a result of couples separating after the prolonged togetherness...
10 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Typical house prices in England and Wales are set to fall over the rest of summer according to home moving service...
09 June 2020
From: Breaking News

A new thought-provoking five-part video series is launching to the industry today. ‘Simon says…’ is being hosted by Property Tribes with...
08 June 2020
From: Features

The housing market is set for long-term recovery, despite dips in the road on the way. That's the message from the latest house...
08 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The only story that has come remotely close to pushing coronavirus – and its various knock-on effects – off the top...
06 June 2020
From: Features

There’s no doubt we’re in a less-than-rosy phase of the property cycle. This, however, is not another doom and gloom piece:...
06 June 2020
From: Features

How prime London has changed. In 2002 work began on The Knightsbridge. Located within a stone’s throw of Harrods and a near-neighbour...
06 June 2020
From: Features

Leading estate agents are warning that the sharp fall in house prices reported by the Nationwide may be just the first...
03 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Family houses are under-occupied and only incentives to downsize can help improve the housing market - with a stamp duty cut...
03 June 2020
From: Breaking News

UK house prices fell by 1.7 per cent in May, after taking account of seasonal effects – this is the largest...
02 June 2020
From: Breaking News

A survey of sellers by a high-end agency suggests that around a third expect price falls of six per cent or...
02 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The outlook for the housing market is still taking shape, but here I take a look at three market indicators to...
30 May 2020
From: Features

Zoopla’s head of research says a stamp duty holiday could encourage more home owners to move which in turn could help...
28 May 2020
From: Breaking News

A digital ‘members-only club’ for property professionals around the world has slashed its prices nine months after launching. The Eighth Door is...
28 May 2020
From: Breaking News

All my recent Natters have been focused on one particular topic, the coronavirus crisis, for obvious reasons. But there has been...
23 May 2020
From: Features

Typical prices in the UK housing market will drop 12 per cent before long-term growth resumes in 2021 and beyond. That’s the...
22 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Rightmove says it enjoyed 5.3m visits on Tuesday of this week - up four per cent on the comparable day of...
22 May 2020
From: Breaking News

The number of full property details viewed on Rightmove - a key indicator of market health - is already stronger than...
20 May 2020
From: Breaking News

The surge in consumer activity encouraged by the government's decision to reopen the property market last week led to two portals...
19 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Rightmove has taken the unusual step this weekend of issuing its usual monthly asking price index on a Saturday instead of...
16 May 2020
From: Features

High end London agency Beauchamp Estates has been selected to join the Bank of England’s advisory panel of companies and senior directors, and to...
15 May 2020
From: Breaking News

A large majority of property professionals polled by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors say a stamp duty holiday would be...
14 May 2020
From: Breaking News

A respected estate agency has revised downwards its price forecast for the housing market for the second time since the start...
13 May 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s been an explosion of anger about Rightmove’s pledge to undertake its biggest-ever marketing campaign - while at the same time...
11 May 2020
From: Breaking News

The government has temporarily suspended its official house price index as a result of the Coronavirus crisis. In a long and far-reaching announcement...
11 May 2020
From: Breaking News

“A lot of people have learned that they can work at home, or that there’s other methods of conducting their business......
06 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Virtual viewings are here to stay and will continue long after lockdown eases according to the head of a PropTech group. Babek...
05 May 2020
From: Breaking News

The housing market is likely to rebound relatively strongly after the Coronavirus lockdown eases, according to the Nationwide. House prices grew at...
04 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Savills has kept in touch with almost 2,000 of its vendors and prospective buyers through two mass webinars. Entitled ‘What COVID-19 means...
28 April 2020
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket’s share price dropped again yesterday, ending down 2.4 per cent. This was despite the portal announcing a share giveaway to encourage new agents...
28 April 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s a warning today that the housing market could face a wave of legal disputes if buyers of off-plan new builds...
27 April 2020
From: Breaking News

At the moment, it somehow seems like tempting fate to think too far into the future, especially in terms of the...
25 April 2020
From: Features

One of prime central London’s most respected estate agencies is warning that it could take until spring 2021 for the luxury...
23 April 2020
From: Breaking News

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...
21 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Another west country tourist hotspot looks set to ban any future new-build home being sold as a holiday or additional property. Bigbury...
21 April 2020
From: Breaking News

The OneDome and Nethouseprices websites claim to have seen a surge in agents joining in recent weeks as an alternative to...
20 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Rightmove and Knight Frank are today both calling for a series of government incentives to kick-start the market after the Coronavirus...
20 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Winkworth is now offering free video valuations to clients who are considering a future house move. It’s created a bespoke virtual service...
20 April 2020
From: Breaking News

This month saw the introduction of the final stages of the Section 24 tax changes, first introduced in April 2017. Whereas buy-to-let...
18 April 2020
From: Features

Investment bank RBC Capital has downgraded its rating of Rightmove and is warning that the property market is entering a prolonged...
17 April 2020
From: Breaking News

The impact of the Coronavirus crisis is going to reduce agents' revenue into the third quarter finishing in late September warns a leading...
14 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Sellers are being warned to make strict checks before responding to advertisements apparently from prospective buyers. The National Association of Property Buyers...
14 April 2020
From: Breaking News

An economic consultancy predicts house prices will fall by a sixth as unemployment grows across Britain this year. The consultancy, Cebr, says...
14 April 2020
From: Breaking News

The government has been called upon by one of the industry’s most respected bodies to announce a stamp duty holiday to...
09 April 2020
From: Breaking News

As the impact of coronavirus unfolds, we are in constant conversations with customers to understand the challenges they’re facing and to...
08 April 2020
From: Features

One of Britain’s leading agents says online viewing and interest in videos for homes on sale continues to be relatively strong...
08 April 2020
From: Breaking News

The latest market forecast comes from Knight Frank which says that by the end of the year there will have been...
06 April 2020
From: Breaking News

The Nationwide says government measures mean the impact of Coronavirus on the housing market may be “much less” damaging than many...
03 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Over the last two weeks we’ve seen the country come to a standstill and the property market effectively put on ice...
01 April 2020
From: Features

The human cost of the Coronavirus crisis is growing and devastating, but behind that businesses are being badly hurt too. Many consider...
30 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello, and we trust you had as good a weekend as possible in these difficult circumstances. As we start a new week...
30 March 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s time to draw a line in the sand and condemn our rival portals for their current charging structure. Little will...
28 March 2020
From: Features

Although all bets are off as to what the housing market will be like after the Coronavirus subsides, there is now...
26 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A mortgage broker that’s just become a partner of OnTheMarket is warning that house prices are likely to fall 10 per...
23 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The extraordinary past week of anger over portals’ fees plus early-warning statements like that from Foxtons indicate the anxiety in the...
21 March 2020
From: Features

Countrywide shares fell by just over 30 per cent yesterday as the stock market blood-letting continued for property stocks. The value fell 30.86...
18 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Another index shows how strong the market was in the build-up to the escalation in Coronavirus across the country. The website Home...
17 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Countrywide’s share price has dived over 50 per cent during the course of the day, following news of LSL pulling out...
16 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Rightmove’s latest market snapshot, released this morning, appears starkly at odds with the situation described by some agents in recent days. “The...
16 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Almost all quoted agencies and portals have suffered as a result of stock market investors being spooked by Coronavirus, with some...
13 March 2020
From: Breaking News

We live in uncertain times. That I do not need to say to anybody. I am writing this piece aboard my...
11 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Sellers in the past 12 months accepted an average of 96 per cent of their asking price according to new research. Comparison...
11 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Rightmove’s growth rate is at an all-time low, despite what some consider to be an unbeatable lead amongst portals in the...
10 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The agency behind a poll showing one in six buyers putting plans on hold because of Coronavirus is warning that if...
09 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The coronavirus outbreak has highlighted once again how fragile and interconnected our societies have become. We don’t know yet how dangerous Covid-19...
07 March 2020
From: Features

There are fears that the so-called Boris Bounce which saw a surge in activity after the General Election may be hitting...
04 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A second prominent agent has broken cover to say Coronavirus is slowing the market. Jess Simpson - an ex-Savills and ex-Strutt and...
03 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Mortgage lenders approved the highest number of loans for house purchase in nearly four years in January, according to Bank of...
03 March 2020
From: Breaking News

House prices have risen 2.3 per cent in the past year - the strongest rate of inflation for property since July...
02 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The Atlantic Ocean is a vast space – some 4,000 miles eastwards across from the USA until land is met again....
29 February 2020
From: Features

Foxtons is warning that 2020 will be yet another difficult year for the agency despite the so-called Boris Bounce helping the...
28 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Forget the Boris Bounce - this might be the Rightmove Retreat. A new tool produced by the portal measures price per...
26 February 2020
From: Breaking News

The share price of challenger portal OnTheMarket has fallen to its equal lowest-ever level after a drop of over five per cent...
26 February 2020
From: Breaking News

A new call has been issued this morning by the Competition and Markets Authority for estate agents to confess if their...
25 February 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s been revealed that under takeover rules, LSL Property Services and Countrywide have until March 23 to make merger or takeover...
25 February 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s been a significant rise in the number of transactions recorded in January - another sign of an improving housing market...
24 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Despite still being in the transition period after leaving the EU on January 31, we are seeing an upturn in the...
22 February 2020
From: Features

Buying agents are making waves about the hit on asking prices suffered by properties that have been flooded or are at...
21 February 2020
From: Breaking News

In another positive sign for the housing market, every region of the UK has seen a price rise according to the...
20 February 2020
From: Breaking News

A new study suggests cash buyers secure lower sale prices than mortgaged purchasers - but is that really the case? The survey by...
19 February 2020
From: Breaking News

The Financial Conduct Authority has issued a shock warning that mortgage borrowers who purchased properties through the Help To Buy scheme...
19 February 2020
From: Breaking News

A high profile and widely-respected estate agent is predicting a huge demographic change to one of the country’s wealthiest enclaves -...
18 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Rightmove has hit back at critics saying it’s no longer the force it used to be by reporting record traffic for...
17 February 2020
From: Breaking News

For several years the regular monthly RICS market snapshot has made depressing reading - now, for there second month in a...
13 February 2020
From: Breaking News

The government has been told that raising the stamp duty threshold would both trigger more house moves, and bring the tax...
13 February 2020
From: Breaking News

One of Britain’s most experienced estate agents says there’s no alternative to Rightmove, and the portal’s relationship with the industry is...
12 February 2020
From: Breaking News

The mystery of why Countrywide’s crucial sale of its commercial arm has failed to go through as scheduled deepened over the...
10 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Annual house price growth increased to 4.1 per cent in January, up slightly from the end of 2019, according to Halifax...
10 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Boris Johnson is considering introducing a mansion tax for high value homes according to a Sunday newspaper. The Telegraph - citing two...
08 February 2020
From: Breaking News

The government has announced its First Homes scheme - a policy under which it says some new homes will see their...
07 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Coutts has identified areas of London where house prices are still below peak. Although the wealth manager and private bank says there...
07 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Catherine Shinerock - ARO Account Manager What is your ‘company name’...
06 February 2020
From: 60 Second Interview

Agents “dread” buyers’ questions on value, asking prices and nearby new development according to a survey. Some 50 agents and over 1,500...
06 February 2020
From: Breaking News

A new renovation start-up is operating across eight cities and claims to be able to transform properties - including ones that...
04 February 2020
From: Breaking News

A state-of-the-housing-market survey by Zoopla has led the portal to tell agents they have an opportunity to educate sellers about prices. “We...
03 February 2020
From: Breaking News

After a challenging period for the UK property market, recovery is very much on the cards and the end to uncertainty...
01 February 2020
From: Features

Is that a headline appropriate for Brexit Day? Surely not. No, instead it’s a description of the results of a survey...
31 January 2020
From: Breaking News

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee meets today for its monthly decision on whether the move base rate - and...
30 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Zoopla’s Hometrack data research arm says the start of 2020 has seen buyer demand up 26 per cent compared to the...
29 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Suddenly Brexit Day is nearly here. It may have taken three and a half years from the Referendum but the UK will,...
25 January 2020
From: Features

Property portals generate revenue from estate agents regardless of the outcome of the transaction. This relationship has resulted in a fundamental...
25 January 2020
From: Features

Some buying agents have batted away the many signs of an improving housing market but one says the Boris Bounce is...
24 January 2020
From: Breaking News

When is a property really off-market? There may be many answers to that question but it’s likely that few would consider...
22 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Figures released this morning by data firm LonRes provide the latest evidence of a so-called Boris Bounce with the market improving...
21 January 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s been an average asking price rise of 2.3 per cent in the past four weeks - the biggest ever increase...
20 January 2020
From: Breaking News

At the end of a strong week for housing market indicators, the latest survey from the website Home suggests a major...
17 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Whisper it quietly but the housing market could be significantly stronger in 2020 than in recent years. Two key indicators in the...
16 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Winkworth says it’s achieved a big jump in London sales market share despite “an uncertain and difficult year that was dominated...
16 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Three signs emerged over the weekend suggesting that the market may be shaping up well for 2020. Firstly a new survey by...
13 January 2020
From: Breaking News

House prices rose 4.0 per cent in 2019 according to Britain’s biggest mortgage lender Halifax, as a December bounce - some...
09 January 2020
From: Breaking News

House price growth in the past decade was at its weakest for 30 years - and despite that it remains though...
08 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Estate agents who deliberately over-value properties in order to win instructions are effectively committing fraud according to a prominent industry figure. Russell...
06 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks is not revealing details of the different pricing strategies it is testing “in the field” early this year. Last month the...
06 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Annual UK house price growth exceeded one per cent for the first time in 12 months in December according to the...
06 January 2020
From: Breaking News

After a year dogged by Brexit deadlock, political turmoil, and slow growth, estate agents’ confidence in the property market hit a...
04 January 2020
From: Features

A warning has been issued by a prominent industry figure that more bricks-and-mortar High Street agents will go under in 2020,...
03 January 2020
From: Breaking News

First time buyers reached an estimated 353,436 in 2019, the highest level since 2007. This is the fifth time in six years...
03 January 2020
From: Breaking News

The scores are in….and it looks like house prices are going to rise gently in 2020 according to forecasts from almost...
02 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Analysts are putting a surprise surge in mortgage approvals from banks down to a spike in applications ahead of the General...
02 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Bristol is the location outside London most searched for on Rightmove this year, by both buyers and renters. The average asking price...
31 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Here it is - the start of a new decade, a moment for resolutions and remembrance, and the last Bank Holiday...
31 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The year just ending was when the North-South divide in house prices and capital appreciation slammed into reverse gear according to...
31 December 2019
From: Breaking News

For the stock market generally, 2019 has been a positive year - but a few high profile agencies and associated companies...
30 December 2019
From: Breaking News

A high end estate agency says prices in Prime Central London are poised to rise 18 per cent by 2024 despite...
30 December 2019
From: Breaking News

NAEA member agents have delivered a relatively downbeat forecast for 2020 - but the organisation says an injection of digital technology...
27 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The number of residential sales rose 1.9 per cent to 102,050 in November compared to the same month last year, the...
27 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Prices in Prime Central London dipped again in November according to the property investment consultancy London Central Portfolio. Monthly average prices fell...
27 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The new mood of apparent political stability promoted by supporters of Boris Johnson and Brexit appears to have failed to win...
23 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Major UK cities have seen average house price rises of 54 per cent in the past decade - an increase of...
23 December 2019
From: Breaking News

There are reasons to be optimistic that a majority government will improve the housing market, simply by ending political and economic...
21 December 2019
From: Features

Government figures from the Office for National Statistics show that house prices across the UK rose by a mere 0.7 per...
19 December 2019
From: Breaking News

An estate agent in London claims he did £53m of property deals within hours of the Conservative victory in the General...
16 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Rightmove predicts that the price of property coming to market in Britain will rise by two per cent next year. The portal...
16 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Home owners on Corbyn Road in a Midlands town are seeking a name change because they fear house prices will plummet. The...
16 December 2019
From: Breaking News

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

House prices in England and Wales are set to fall over the next three months according to a price index produced...
13 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks says it’s put four different pricing strategies into the market with a view to testing them in 2020. In a trading...
12 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The latest snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows that the UK housing market is still on hold, pending...
12 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Foxtons is reported to have closed four more branches across London, backing up widespread industry speculation that the agency is retrenching further in...
11 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Agents have welcomed the surprise news from the Halifax that house prices last month saw their largest rise since the start...
09 December 2019
From: Breaking News

With Brexit still unresolved, the domestic agenda has been pushed from the headlines by the seemingly overwhelming public and political discord...
07 December 2019
From: Features
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The Australian agent is a very different beast to his or her British counterpart - and it’s not just because we...
06 December 2019
From: Features

[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...
06 December 2019
From: Breaking News

[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...
06 December 2019
From: Breaking News

A new portal claims it will do what OnTheMarket failed to do, and offer an agent-led operation charging every agency branch...
04 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Another estate agency has provided evidence of the problems that continue to hurt the prime central London housing market. Strutt & Parker,...
03 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The man who founded Zoopla is now a second hand car salesman - but with a digital difference. Alex Chesterman, who founded...
03 December 2019
From: Breaking News

House prices increased 0.5 per cent in November, which was the strongest monthly rise since April according to the Nationwide. However, annual...
29 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The latest figures from investment consultancy London Central Portfolio suggests new build sales have plummeted in prime areas of the capital...
28 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The latest market snapshot from the National Association of Estate Agents continues to show how political uncertainty is dampening sentiment and...
27 November 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s only five weeks to the New Year and new decade and the first agents have started making predictions for the...
26 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Agents have reacted angrily to General Election proposals by all three main political parties to hike stamp duty for foreign buyers. The...
25 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Winkworth says the central London market has picked up from its lows of a year or more ago, but warns that...
25 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Pressure is building on the Conservative party to honour its previous commitment to reform stamp duty for British buyers and sellers...
22 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Data from HM Revenue & Customs has revealed that residential property transactions have increased by 4.3 per cent year-on-year. In October 2019...
22 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Rightmove is this morning reporting a huge fall in the number of new sellers coming to the market - a drop...
18 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The listings website Home, which conducts a monthly survey of asking prices and wider market monitors, is reporting a show 10...
15 November 2019
From: Breaking News

This morning’s new market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors confirms the worst - that the market is in...
14 November 2019
From: Breaking News

You don’t need to go far to find news about the UK lettings market. From the banning of tenant fees to...
13 November 2019
From: Features

House prices are forecast to dip as the year ends and stagnate at the start of 2020 according to the latest...
13 November 2019
From: Breaking News

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

House prices dipped a tiny 0.1 per cent in October - but this led to the annual rate coming in at...
08 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Two very different views on Brexit have come forward in the past 24 hours from different players in the industry. First off,...
01 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Foxtons' latest trading statement shows another fall in sales revenue - but this time lettings income is down too. In an announcement...
31 October 2019
From: Breaking News

London Central Portfolio, the investment consultancy which saw signs of an upturn in the prime market in the capital this autumn,...
31 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Agents have interpreted the latest house price figures as evidence that the market is in limbo waiting for the Brexit -...
30 October 2019
From: Breaking News

The number of prime residential housing transactions has increased rapidly in the past two decades and even in the past five...
28 October 2019
From: Breaking News

It has been said time and time again that the uncertainty around Brexit is causing, well, uncertainty. As I write this, the...
26 October 2019
From: Features

The latest Rightmove asking price index indicates a smaller than usual autumn bounce - that’s a sign, the portal says, of...
21 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A London estate agency chain says It’s seen a 59 per cent surge in the number of its clients who have...
21 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Since I started working with Zero Deposit for me the market leader in deposit replacement alternatives, the most common question I am...
19 October 2019
From: Features

The latest housing market snapshot from the listings website Home suggests more regional markets are heading for price corrections. Home says that...
18 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Agents have expressed quiet optimism that the market may be over the worst as it continues to show resilience in the...
17 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Stories with good news about the prime central London market seem few and far between but the latest figures from B2B...
17 October 2019
From: Breaking News

There has been a real wind of change in estate agency and over the last 18 months we have seen the...
16 October 2019
From: Features

This is stating the obvious to estate agents but the government has revealed that homes near parks, gardens, playing fields and...
16 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A London agent is urging rivals to provide realistic valuations, even if vendors want more and despite temptations to over-value to...
14 October 2019
From: Breaking News

The boss of a 15+ branch estate agency group has explained how he thinks regulation could 'ruin' the estate agency industry. Simon...
10 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Of all the UK properties for sale over the last year, 59% would have been exempt from any type of transaction...
10 October 2019
From: Breaking News

The latest figures from Halifax show annual house price growth has dipped to a six-year low. Average property price growth in...
08 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Prospective property buyers have been provided with several reasons why they should stop delaying purchasing decisions due to Brexit uncertainty. Buying agency...
04 October 2019
From: Breaking News

House price growth in the UK 'ground to a halt' last month, according to the latest Nationwide figures. The lender's house price...
02 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Cash buyers have fallen in 90 per cent of major UK cities over the past three years according to a Zoopla...
30 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Although property transactions have, unsurprisingly, recently seen a decline which is almost certainly in part due to the ‘B-word’, this doesn’t...
28 September 2019
From: Features

Picture this: You have finally pushed that sale or purchase through, which means your client is over the moon and happy...
25 September 2019
From: Features

The annual number of property transactions edged down slightly according to the figures released applying to August. However, buyers and sellers email...
25 September 2019
From: Breaking News

The annual rate of growth of UK house prices has slowed to its lowest level since September 2012. Official government data from...
19 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A report by the influential Public Accounts committee of MPs has been highly sceptical of the effectiveness of Help To Buy. It...
18 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A study from Santander Mortgages has blown the cover on first time buyers, suggesting they know almost nothing and research very...
18 September 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s been revealed this morning that the organisation behind a new clean-air website is encouraging buyers to seek reductions of as...
17 September 2019
From: Breaking News

The new housing minister has admitted that her party has tried to “put a lid” on house price rises and has...
17 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A pessimistic set of figures on asking prices, transaction volumes and stock levels culminates in Rightmove urging vendors to be willing...
16 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A rock bottom supply of homes on sale is helping to reinvigorate London sales according to a market monitor. The website Home...
16 September 2019
From: Breaking News

The typical estate agency fee paid by a seller has actually fallen one per cent in the past year according to...
13 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Cluttons has downgraded its forecasts for the housing markets in London and the rest of the UK for the remainder of...
12 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Another house price index has suggested the housing market continuing to show great resilience despite the continuing economic and political uncertainty. The...
09 September 2019
From: Breaking News

First time buyers will constitute the largest single group of purchasers in 2019, despite the apparent difficulties of deposits and securing...
09 September 2019
From: Breaking News

High end agency Knight Frank says prices in prime central London have fallen again - although the 4.4 per cent drop...
06 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A housing market monitor that for some months has been pessimistic about London and the rest of the England and Wales...
05 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A leading London estate agent has written to The Times dismissing MPs who have been squabbling over Brexit and a possible...
04 September 2019
From: Breaking News

No less than 56 per cent of properties across the UK are in areas that are affordable for first time buyers...
04 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Pressure continued to mount on the government to clearly address the issue of stamp duty as a leading business consultancy suggested...
03 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A senior estate agency director is warning that house price growth could continue to stall “with Boris loose at the wheel”. Benham...
02 September 2019
From: Breaking News

I think I speak for most people when I say that we are not currently where we thought we would be...
31 August 2019
From: Features

A well-respected agent who was president of the NAEA just five years ago has written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson asking...
28 August 2019
From: Breaking News

The Housing Secretary says he wants to make home ownership more affordable for first time buyers - which could mean discounts...
28 August 2019
From: Breaking News

The London market has “plummeted” because almost a third of vendors have cut their asking prices in anticipation of Brexit. Using data...
27 August 2019
From: Breaking News

In the run up to his appointment as Prime Minister, Boris Johnson suggested that he might cut Stamp Duty Land Tax...
24 August 2019
From: Features

New figures produced by Zoopla’s research team shows for the first time the huge scale of regional variations in terms of...
23 August 2019
From: Breaking News

The international estate agency Engel & Volkers is closing its single prime central London office - despite past claims that sales...
22 August 2019
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s leading estate agents is leading the calls on Chancellor Sajid Javid to sort out the government’s stamp...
21 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Rightmove says the number of homes stuck in what it calls “the legal log jam” is at its highest for over...
19 August 2019
From: Breaking News

The property website Home has identified the four regions of the UK where it says the current market slowdown is at...
16 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A free-to-list property portal says that contrary to opinion within parts of the agency industry, the more portals there are the...
15 August 2019
From: Breaking News
15 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Prime Central London’s average prices remain 20 per cent below their 2014 peak according to high end estate agency Strutt &...
15 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Some homes in the UK are now worth 44 per cent less than they were a decade ago, claims the estate...
14 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Estate agents have collectively been fiercely criticised for allegedly exaggerating valuations to win instructions, doing a disservice to vendors and not...
13 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A property industry trade body claims 85 per cent of agents believes a ‘staged’ property sells three times faster than a...
13 August 2019
From: Breaking News

With the often negative portrayal of agents in the media and popular culture, you might ask yourself why anyone would want...
10 August 2019
From: Features

A new house price index that in June predicted big house price rises over the summer has now repeated its claim,...
08 August 2019
From: Breaking News

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

House prices fell unexpectedly for the second month in a row in July according to the Halifax - but the mortgage...
08 August 2019
From: Breaking News

The latest survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests that last month’s optimistic assessment of the housing market has...
08 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A record £8.2 billion was paid in Capital Gains Tax in 2017/18 - over £1 billion more than the year before. The...
07 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Lino Goncalves – Area Sales Manager What is Lets bid property...
06 August 2019
From: 60 Second Interview

Despite optimistic reports on prime London’s housing performance from some sources in recent weeks, figures from subscription service LonRes paint a...
06 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Rising house prices and the gender pay gap means that there is no English region where a single woman on median...
06 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A PropTech start up says its new free tool allows prospective sellers and buyers to get an automated valuation of their...
05 August 2019
From: Breaking News

The Advertising Standards Authority has issued a guidance note warning online estate agents, after complaints about them have “grown dramatically”. “Property is big...
01 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Seemingly-endless uncertainty over Brexit and now speculation over whether there will be an easing of stamp duty on transactions is making...
01 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Sellers across England and Wales achieve an average 95.94 per cent of their asking price according to research from estate agency...
01 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A local authority in the Home Counties says it will not be possible to accept search queries for six weeks starting...
31 July 2019
From: Breaking News

There may be signs that the gloomy housing market which has hit Prime Central London for some years may finally be...
31 July 2019
From: Breaking News

The average house price growth across southern cities is running at the lowest level recorded since January 2012, according to Zoopla. Prices...
30 July 2019
From: Breaking News

British homes have increased in value by an average of £11 per day since the beginning of the year, but with...
29 July 2019
From: Breaking News

We now have a new Leader of the Conservative Party and, rather more importantly, a new Prime Minister. That individual is Boris...
27 July 2019
From: Features

One of the earliest property websites, nethouseprices.com, has been acquired by fledgling property portal OneDome. Nethouseprices was set up in 2004 and...
26 July 2019
From: Breaking News

London and South East England are to see house price falls this year and only “very modest” growth in 2020 -...
24 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A bid to ban the building of new homes for out-of-town buyers has backfired on a Cornish community - and now...
24 July 2019
From: Breaking News

The number of UK residential mortgages approved with a term of 40-years or more jumped over 20-fold in 2018. London estate agency...
22 July 2019
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s leading estate agents says shifting the burden of stamp duty away from the buyer - which is...
19 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Agents have put a brave face on official government figures which have shown a shock fall in London house prices and...
18 July 2019
From: Breaking News

The recent announcement of a clicktopurchase partnership demonstrates some much-needed progression from Rightmove. In doing so, however, it could be said it...
17 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Online estate agency Yopa is warning of price falls ahead in London and south east England - although price rises elsewhere...
17 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Home, the property platform that often produces downbeat market forecasts, now says there are signs of improvement in London at least. It...
16 July 2019
From: Breaking News

The price of property coming to market fell by 0.2 per cent or an average of £656 in the past month...
15 July 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s now more than three years since the EU referendum result in June 2016, and we’re still no clearer on when...
13 July 2019
From: Features

Now could be the time to buy shares in Purplebricks and Foxtons if one stock market pundit turns out to be...
12 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A more stable trend is now emerging in the UK housing market, according to the latest results for the RICS UK...
11 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Conservative leadership frontrunner Boris Johnson's plans to reverse stamp duty changes could help to kickstart the prime property market, according to...
09 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Property sellers have been urged to list their properties now in the hope of selling their properties for maximum value within...
09 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Theresa May arrived in Downing Street some three years ago - but her premiership has not been a smooth ride. As she...
06 July 2019
From: Features

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