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Conveyancing fees increased by around 6% last year, analysis suggests. Property Solvers’ annual research of legal practices in England and Wales has...

Fewer buyers are purchasing at auctions despite more sellers resorting to them. Quick buying firm House Buyer Bureau analysed auction stock that...

UK consumers are feeling financially worse off than they were a year ago but this sentiment isn’t necessarily reflected when it...

Record numbers of homebuyers are set to get on the property ladder with the help of the “Bank of Family” this...

UK homebuyers have expressed support for more digital tools to reduce the administrative burden of purchasing a property yet few have...

So much has changed in the world of property of late that it’s easy to be behind the times - and...

The rising cost of living and higher mortgage rates are forcing potential homebuyers to put their property plans on hold, research...

A man has been jailed for fraud after conning potential property buyers out of nearly £16,000. Jaspal Singh Juttla, 64 of Northwood...

A company aiming to “disrupt the conventional homebuying space” has raised £8m in a Series A equity funding round. Wayhome offers a...

A high-profile charity is calling for a Stamp Duty overhaul, local buyer restrictions and extra charges on property purchases by landlords...

Agents may be regularly debating increasing their fees but property buyers and sellers are already used to paying more for conveyancing,...

A senior banking figure has called for Stamp Duty rebates on property purchases to help create greener homes as research shows...

Rich Americans will dominate ultra-premium property purchases in 2023, Beauchamp Estates claims. The luxury agent suggests that the strength of the dollar...

The rush to complete property purchases continued throughout November but fewer sellers are now coming to market, a major estate agency...

A West Midlands estate agent has backed Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s plans to reverse cuts to Stamp Duty, claiming they should never...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has outlined plans to reduce Stamp Duty cuts outlined in his predecessor’s mini-Budget. In September, former Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng...

One of the UK’s largest building societies is urging the government to provide more homebuying support as research warns of a...

The threshold for the Welsh version of stamp duty is set to rise, following on from the stamp duty cut for...

The stamp duty cut announced by the government in last week’s mini-Budget could save homebuyers across England more than £1 billion...

The confirmation of an immediate Stamp Duty cut last week may have meant delayed sales could complete, but there are concerns...

The much-rumoured Stamp Duty cut has been confirmed, increasing the thresholds before the property tax is paid. Delivering his mini-Budget this morning,...

An Estate Agent Today reader poll has revealed opposition to climate risks being outlined to buyers when purchasing a property. A poll...

Buyers are putting off property purchases by at least one year due to increasing living costs, research claims. Research by savings websites...

A lender is predicting mortgage-backed home purchases will be “significantly lower” in the coming months after borrowing has dropped since the...

Most of us can only dream of buying a prime home, and new research by a mortgage broker has reinforced this...

Despite the cost-of-living crisis causing many to tighten their belts and the beginnings of a slowdown of the property market, the...

A survey among home movers has revealed support for making first-time buyers fully exempt from stamp duty and replacing the stamp...

Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) has long been the bugbear of many property transactions. Even the very wealthy will lose interest...

The trend for remote working could continue to influence the property market into next year, Rightmove claims. The portal’s data shows there...

Momentum is building up in support of the government’s probe into whether the London homes of oligarchs on the sanctions list...

HM Revenue & Customs has been warned by financial experts that its latest crackdown on stamp duty abuse could make the...

It’s been revealed that the government did consider a stamp duty RISE which would have been announced in this week’s Budget. The...

Buyers are being warned about scams conning people out of hundreds of thousands of pounds. The Law Society of England and Wales...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak says HM Revenue & Customs will probe any alleged wrongdoing in property purchases included in the so-called Pandora...

A new Home Buyer App has been launched by the Mortgage Advice Bureau in a bid to educate first time buyers...

The Stamp Duty holiday has been very beneficial for hundreds of thousands of buyers looking to take advantage of savings, even...

The growth of the internet and technology has transformed virtually every aspect of our lives, including how we approach the property...

The UK government has been told it should make the stamp duty cut permanent to encourage investment and make it easier...

Estate agents play a key role in identifying tax savings that can benefit all parties. If a purchaser can benefit from...

Labour and Conservative MPs have expressed a unanimous view on their desire to see an extension of the stamp duty holiday...

A cyber-attack on a London council has caused some transactions to fall through and others to be significantly delayed. The attack occurred...

A leading firm of conveyancers will this week tell new clients that their property purchases are likely to miss the stamp...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s stamp duty holiday means prime property in the UK now enjoys lower tax rates than most European countries. Buyers...

NAEA Propertymark is calling on agents to show “greater diligence” when dealing with Russian buyers, in the light of the report...

Another new PropTech platform claims it can streamline the completion process - this time by coordinating the work of estate agents...

Family houses are under-occupied and only incentives to downsize can help improve the housing market - with a stamp duty cut...

The right wing political magazine that Boris Johnson used to edit has called on him to cut stamp duty. The Spectator says...

The government has given details of a scheme allowing 30 per cent reductions for what it calls ‘local first time buyers’...

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

A new survey suggests that an overwhelming majority of householders want a legal ban on gazumping. The result is likely to be...

There is a perfect storm brewing in the lettings market, and as the saying goes, “you can’t change the direction of...

The Bank of Mum and Dad will provide funding towards around a quarter of property purchases this year, according to research. By...

Property purchases for buyers requiring mortgages reached 50,000 in February, the highest level for the month since 2007.  The data, from mortgage...

The UK property sector has been a hotbed for financial crime in recent years, with many criminals seeing it as an...

A company supplying the conveyancing industry claims that new research reveals 55 per cent of home-movers are frustrated by a lack...

One one in every 300 property purchases by overseas buyers trigger a so-called ‘red flag’ with the National Crime Agency -...

Whenever any research is released, part of me can’t help thinking of that old adage, ‘lies, damn lies and statistics’ especially...

The Bank of England is warning that approvals of mortgages for property purchases in March were at a lower-than-expected 66,837, the weakest...

With a number of agent partner programmes available nationwide, estate agents can often increase business by offering sales by auction, especially...

While buy-to-let lenders brace themselves for further interventions as part of proposals currently being drawn up by the Prudential Regulation Authority...

Buy to let investors and second home owners were behind three in five property purchases made in prime London during the...

Unlikely as it seems, the Treasury has tipped-off the 909 individuals and organisations that responded to formal consultation over the stamp...

The days are getting longer, the sun is starting to appear on a more regular basis, Easter is just around the...

Reports suggest foreign buyers may be losing interest in directly owning property in London and are in some cases increasingly attracted...

Over 64,000 property purchases over the last year involved the buyer relying on a gift of cash for all or part...

The National Association of Estate Agents says HMRC have been making unscheduled visits to individual agency offices to check on their...

Investors now account for almost a third of buyers in prime central London according to one of the capital’s largest chains,...