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Buying agents are making waves about the hit on asking prices suffered by properties that have been flooded or are at...

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

A new study suggests cash buyers secure lower sale prices than mortgaged purchasers - but is that really the case? The survey by...

The Financial Conduct Authority has issued a shock warning that mortgage borrowers who purchased properties through the Help To Buy scheme...

A high profile and widely-respected estate agent is predicting a huge demographic change to one of the country’s wealthiest enclaves -...

Rightmove has hit back at critics saying it’s no longer the force it used to be by reporting record traffic for...

For several years the regular monthly RICS market snapshot has made depressing reading - now, for there second month in a...

The government has been told that raising the stamp duty threshold would both trigger more house moves, and bring the tax...

One of Britain’s most experienced estate agents says there’s no alternative to Rightmove, and the portal’s relationship with the industry is...

The mystery of why Countrywide’s crucial sale of its commercial arm has failed to go through as scheduled deepened over the...

Annual house price growth increased to 4.1 per cent in January, up slightly from the end of 2019, according to Halifax...

Boris Johnson is considering introducing a mansion tax for high value homes according to a Sunday newspaper. The Telegraph - citing two...

The government has announced its First Homes scheme - a policy under which it says some new homes will see their...

Coutts has identified areas of London where house prices are still below peak. Although the wealth manager and private bank says there...

  Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Catherine Shinerock - ARO Account Manager What is your ‘company name’...

Agents “dread” buyers’ questions on value, asking prices and nearby new development according to a survey. Some 50 agents and over 1,500...

A new renovation start-up is operating across eight cities and claims to be able to transform properties - including ones that...

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...

After a challenging period for the UK property market, recovery is very much on the cards and the end to uncertainty...

Is that a headline appropriate for Brexit Day? Surely not. No, instead it’s a description of the results of a survey...

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

Zoopla’s Hometrack data research arm says the start of 2020 has seen buyer demand up 26 per cent compared to the...

Suddenly Brexit Day is nearly here. It may have taken three and a half years from the Referendum but the UK will,...

Property portals generate revenue from estate agents regardless of the outcome of the transaction. This relationship has resulted in a fundamental...

Some buying agents have batted away the many signs of an improving housing market but one says the Boris Bounce is...

When is a property really off-market? There may be many answers to that question but it’s likely that few would consider...

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

There’s been an average asking price rise of 2.3 per cent in the past four weeks - the biggest ever increase...

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

Whisper it quietly but the housing market could be significantly stronger in 2020 than in recent years. Two key indicators in the...

Winkworth says it’s achieved a big jump in London sales market share despite “an uncertain and difficult year that was dominated...

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

House prices rose 4.0 per cent in 2019 according to Britain’s biggest mortgage lender Halifax, as a December bounce - some...

House price growth in the past decade was at its weakest for 30 years - and despite that it remains though...

Estate agents who deliberately over-value properties in order to win instructions are effectively committing fraud according to a prominent industry figure. Russell...

Purplebricks is not revealing details of the different pricing strategies it is testing “in the field” early this year. Last month the...

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

After a year dogged by Brexit deadlock, political turmoil, and slow growth, estate agents’ confidence in the property market hit a...

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

First time buyers reached an estimated 353,436 in 2019, the highest level since 2007. This is the fifth time in six years...

The scores are in….and it looks like house prices are going to rise gently in 2020 according to forecasts from almost...

Analysts are putting a surprise surge in mortgage approvals from banks down to a spike in applications ahead of the General...

Bristol is the location outside London most searched for on Rightmove this year, by both buyers and renters. The average asking price...

Here it is - the start of a new decade, a moment for resolutions and remembrance, and the last Bank Holiday...

The year just ending was when the North-South divide in house prices and capital appreciation slammed into reverse gear according to...

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

A high end estate agency says prices in Prime Central London are poised to rise 18 per cent by 2024 despite...

NAEA member agents have delivered a relatively downbeat forecast for 2020 - but the organisation says an injection of digital technology...

The number of residential sales rose 1.9 per cent to 102,050  in November compared to the same month last year, the...

Prices in Prime Central London dipped again in November according to the property investment consultancy London Central Portfolio. Monthly average prices fell...

The new mood of apparent political stability promoted by supporters of Boris Johnson and Brexit appears to have failed to win...

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

There are reasons to be optimistic that a majority government will improve the housing market, simply by ending political and economic...

Government figures from the Office for National Statistics show that house prices across the UK rose by a mere 0.7 per...

An estate agent in London claims he did £53m of property deals within hours of the Conservative victory in the General...

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

Home owners on Corbyn Road in a Midlands town are seeking a name change because they fear house prices will plummet. The...

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...

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

Purplebricks says it’s put four different pricing strategies into the market with a view to testing them in 2020. In a trading...

The latest snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows that the UK housing market is still on hold, pending...

Foxtons is reported to have closed four more branches across London, backing up widespread industry speculation that the agency is retrenching further in...

Agents have welcomed the surprise news from the Halifax that house prices last month saw their largest rise since the start...

With Brexit still unresolved, the domestic agenda has been pushed from the headlines by the seemingly overwhelming public and political discord...

The Australian agent is a very different beast to his or her British counterpart - and it’s not just because we...

[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...

[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...

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

Another estate agency has provided evidence of the problems that continue to hurt the prime central London housing market. Strutt & Parker,...

The man who founded Zoopla is now a second hand car salesman - but with a digital difference. Alex Chesterman, who founded...

House prices increased 0.5 per cent in November, which was the strongest monthly rise since April according to the Nationwide.  However, annual...

The latest figures from investment consultancy London Central Portfolio suggests new build sales have plummeted in prime areas of the capital...

The latest market snapshot from the National Association of Estate Agents continues to show how political uncertainty is dampening sentiment and...

It’s only five weeks to the New Year and new decade and the first agents have started making predictions for the...

Agents have reacted angrily to General Election proposals by all three main political parties to hike stamp duty for foreign buyers. The...

Winkworth says the central London market has picked up from its lows of a year or more ago, but warns that...

Pressure is building on the Conservative party to honour its previous commitment to reform stamp duty for British buyers and sellers...

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

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...