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The share of homes purchased by first-time buyers so far this year has been pushed to record levels, but most are...
02 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Borrowers are currently rolling off relatively favourable two-year fixed-rate deals agreed at the start of 2022, but the pain from higher...
30 March 2024
From: Features
If you want to hear of a tale for our industry’s times - featuring housing shortages, planning disputes, rampant inflation and...
23 March 2024
From: Features
The UK Government should make better use of property taxes to deter foreign buyers, boost property supply and raise tax revenue,...
20 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Today, I am reflecting on the Chancellor’s surprise Spring budget decision to abolish multiple dwellings relief for Stamp Duty Land Tax...
16 March 2024
From: Features
Conveyancers shouldn’t give buyers and sellers assurances about building safety remediations unless they are confident doing so, the Law Society has...
16 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Conveyancing fees increased by around 6% last year, analysis suggests. Property Solvers’ annual research of legal practices in England and Wales has...
01 February 2024
From: Breaking News
The number of mortgage approvals hit a six-month high in December as falling mortgage pricing and renewed buyer confidence “breathed new...
31 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The number of first-time buyers fell by a fifth last year but this cohort still made up the largest proportion of...
31 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Mortgage rates have continued to fall this morning, with Santander releasing a new market leading deal below 4%. The lender has unveiled...
10 January 2024
From: Breaking News
London’s ultra-prime housing market for multi-millionaire and billionaire buyers rose by 10% in unit sales and 25% by value of property...
03 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Home sales and house prices may have struggled in 2023 but more affluent buyers and sellers may not have noticed. Analysis by...
29 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Average house prices fell annually for the second consecutive month during October, Land Registry figures show. The data may only reflect activity...
21 December 2023
From: Breaking News
House prices increased for the second consecutive month in November, according to Halifax. The lender’s latest House Price Index recorded monthly growth...
08 December 2023
From: Breaking News
It was actor Charlies Sheen who said: ‘I have one speed. I have one gear. Go!’ The same might not be said...
25 November 2023
From: Features
Builders are calling for Stamp Duty exemptions on more energy efficient properties to help tackle the housing crisis. A new 10-point plan...
21 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Mortgage brokers have hailed a ‘watershed moment’ as Nationwide became the first lender in months to release a sub-5% home loan...
09 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Fewer buyers are purchasing at auctions despite more sellers resorting to them. Quick buying firm House Buyer Bureau analysed auction stock that...
27 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Prime London Residential, which describes itself as London’s largest single branch agency, has acquired 21 Grosvenor Gardens from Grosvenor, securing the...
19 October 2023
From: Breaking News
UK consumers are feeling financially worse off than they were a year ago but this sentiment isn’t necessarily reflected when it...
16 October 2023
From: Breaking News
The Government is facing calls to resurrect the Help to Buy Equity Loan scheme. The housing support scheme, which provided a Government-backed...
11 September 2023
From: Breaking News
The Government’s First Homes Scheme is set to be the first state-backed initiative to use digital property logbooks. It comes after a...
11 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Mortgage lending has dropped and buyers are no longer stretching their affordability limits, UK Finance claims. New data from the banking trade...
30 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Record numbers of homebuyers are set to get on the property ladder with the help of the “Bank of Family” this...
30 August 2023
From: Breaking News
UK homebuyers have expressed support for more digital tools to reduce the administrative burden of purchasing a property yet few have...
29 August 2023
From: Breaking News
After months of negative messaging and anti-development sentiment, espoused both nationally by the Government, and locally during recent local election campaigning,...
19 August 2023
From: Features
The process from a Local Plan allocation to a digger on site typically stretches beyond the length of a five-year political...
12 August 2023
From: Features
The number of mortgage approvals edged up for a second month in a row during June but remains below 2022’s monthly...
01 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Chestertons has announced its second acquisition in six weeks and third of the year. The London agent has acquired boutique Chelsea agency...
20 July 2023
From: Breaking News
The long-awaited Renters Reform Bill was finally introduced in Parliament in May, but is it really good news for tenants? Several...
08 July 2023
From: Features
Fortune favours the brave, as the saying goes. So, when you consider how upfront material information can and does make the...
01 July 2023
From: Features
01 July 2023
From: Features
Connells group chief executive David Livesey has announced his intention to retire during 2024. Highly respected throughout the industry, Livesey joined Connells...
20 June 2023
From: Breaking News
The rising cost of living and higher mortgage rates are forcing potential homebuyers to put their property plans on hold, research...
14 June 2023
From: Breaking News
A man has been jailed for fraud after conning potential property buyers out of nearly £16,000. Jaspal Singh Juttla, 64 of Northwood...
01 June 2023
From: Breaking News
They dropped like a stone - that’s the verdict on property sales from a leading business analyst. Sarah Coles of Hargreaves Lansdown...
01 June 2023
From: Breaking News
The proportion of new homes sold off-plan across England & Wales has slipped to the lowest level since 2013, new data...
22 May 2023
From: Breaking News
First-time buyers in the UK are paying almost a third more to get on the property ladder than they were five...
04 May 2023
From: Breaking News
A company aiming to “disrupt the conventional homebuying space” has raised £8m in a Series A equity funding round. Wayhome offers a...
28 April 2023
From: Breaking News
The level of mortgage approvals for home purchases bounced back in February, Bank of England figures show, but buyers are borrowing...
30 March 2023
From: Breaking News
First-time buyers are persisting with Help to Buy purchases as cut-off-point approaches for the housing support scheme. To be eligible for an...
14 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Higher mortgage rates have meant that new buy-to-let purchases are increasingly being funded by cash rather than a mortgage, new research...
13 March 2023
From: Breaking News
As is generally the case, we didn’t start out with solutions, we started with questions…. two, actually. The first was, ‘Why does...
09 March 2023
From: Breaking News
A high-profile charity is calling for a Stamp Duty overhaul, local buyer restrictions and extra charges on property purchases by landlords...
24 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Over the last few years, the property industry has been focusing on the need to provide more information to buyers ‘up...
18 February 2023
From: Features
Agents may be regularly debating increasing their fees but property buyers and sellers are already used to paying more for conveyancing,...
17 February 2023
From: Breaking News
A senior banking figure has called for Stamp Duty rebates on property purchases to help create greener homes as research shows...
09 February 2023
From: Breaking News
January was a record month for mortgage searches but mainly for remortgaging rather than home purchase, data from an industry software...
07 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Lenders approved the lowest number of mortgages since May 2020 in December. The latest Bank of England data shows mortgage approvals for...
01 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Agents and property professionals are spreading plenty of charitable love ahead of Valentine's Day. See some of the inspirational examples below. Whatever the...
27 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Challenger portal and homebuying support platform OneDome has acquired broker CMME Mortgage and Protection from the private equity-backed CMME Group. CMME Mortgage...
12 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Usually, I enter January with a spring in my step - optimistic about what the future holds. Two years ago, after the...
07 January 2023
From: Features
Estate agents have the challenging job of creating relationships and trust with their customers, who will make crucial life decisions such...
07 January 2023
From: Features
Rich Americans will dominate ultra-premium property purchases in 2023, Beauchamp Estates claims. The luxury agent suggests that the strength of the dollar...
04 January 2023
From: Breaking News
The rush to complete property purchases continued throughout November but fewer sellers are now coming to market, a major estate agency...
03 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Fewer buyers are leaving London to purchase property elsewhere, research suggests. Analysis by Hamptons has found that the share of Londoners purchasing...
28 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Energy efficiency will become key considerations for buyers next year while those with cash will be preferred purchasers, Jackson-Stops has predicted. The...
28 December 2022
From: Breaking News
A property tax consultant has hit back at suggestions of a housing market crash, suggesting that overseas investors will help sustain...
15 December 2022
From: Breaking News
As we move closer to the end of the year, we invariably begin to think of what 2023 will bring, how...
10 December 2022
From: Features
Mortgage borrowers who paused home purchasing plans may be getting a respite from rising rates after new data shows average pricing...
23 November 2022
From: Breaking News
A West Midlands estate agent has backed Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s plans to reverse cuts to Stamp Duty, claiming they should never...
21 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has outlined plans to reduce Stamp Duty cuts outlined in his predecessor’s mini-Budget. In September, former Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng...
17 November 2022
From: Breaking News
An estate agent has kicked off a bid for Christmas number one with a World Cup-inspired song. Ealing-based estate agent Marco Helliwell,...
14 November 2022
From: Breaking News
One of the UK’s largest building societies is urging the government to provide more homebuying support as research warns of a...
11 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Propertmark is calling for a 12 month exemption on additional Stamp Duty rates to boost rental property supply. The issue will be...
02 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Property buyers aiming to reduce their Stamp Duty bill with “mixed-use” purchases are being warned that HMRC is sniffing out those...
26 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Let’s be completely honest - as challenges go, estate agents are up against it trying to persuade reluctant vendors to take...
06 October 2022
From: Breaking News
The threshold for the Welsh version of stamp duty is set to rise, following on from the stamp duty cut for...
28 September 2022
From: Breaking News
The stamp duty cut announced by the government in last week’s mini-Budget could save homebuyers across England more than £1 billion...
27 September 2022
From: Breaking News
The confirmation of an immediate Stamp Duty cut last week may have meant delayed sales could complete, but there are concerns...
26 September 2022
From: Breaking News
The much-rumoured Stamp Duty cut has been confirmed, increasing the thresholds before the property tax is paid. Delivering his mini-Budget this morning,...
23 September 2022
From: Breaking News
An Estate Agent Today reader poll has revealed opposition to climate risks being outlined to buyers when purchasing a property. A poll...
22 September 2022
From: Breaking News
First-time buyers are set to wait up to two years longer to get on the property ladder due to the cost...
22 September 2022
From: Breaking News
House price growth slowed in August but remains in double digits, Nationwide figures have revealed. The lender’s August House Price Index shows...
02 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Two senior estate agency figures have given their views on the prospects for the property market as commentators warn that longer-term...
25 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Buyers are putting off property purchases by at least one year due to increasing living costs, research claims. Research by savings websites...
22 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Fewer than 20% of Scots homeowners paid more than 83% of all house purchase tax north of the border, according to...
22 August 2022
From: Breaking News
A lender is predicting mortgage-backed home purchases will be “significantly lower” in the coming months after borrowing has dropped since the...
17 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Most of us can only dream of buying a prime home, and new research by a mortgage broker has reinforced this...
12 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Despite the cost-of-living crisis causing many to tighten their belts and the beginnings of a slowdown of the property market, the...
02 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Buyers of new-build homes are being left exposed to the risk of Japanese knotweed due to difference in the conveyancing process...
28 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Homebuyers are deterred from moving again and using the same estate agent due to the stress and increasing length of time...
26 July 2022
From: Breaking News
With so many benefits including lower fall-through rates and quicker sales, it is no surprise that selling a property via auction...
23 July 2022
From: Features
Cybersecurity and cryptocurrencies have been identified among the main risks facing conveyancers. The latest Risk Agenda report from the Council for Licensed...
19 July 2022
From: Breaking News
The current challenges facing the conveyancing sector have put the industry in the spotlight. Here, property expert Colum Smith, Chief Vision...
16 July 2022
From: Features
House price growth slowed in June but remains in double figures, Nationwide data shows. The latest Nationwide House Price Index shows property...
01 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Mortgage down valuations are being driven-up by sellers trying their luck and ignoring their estate agent’s advice, a broker claims. Analysis by...
10 June 2022
From: Breaking News
A survey among home movers has revealed support for making first-time buyers fully exempt from stamp duty and replacing the stamp...
24 May 2022
From: Breaking News
Next month will see new rules around upfront Material Information for property sales and lettings come into force in the UK...
18 May 2022
From: Features
A property lender claims to have identified signs that the property market is slowing. Analysis of Bank of England mortgage approval data...
17 May 2022
From: Breaking News
The number of areas where the average house sale price exceeded £500,000 has surpassed 15% of Great Britain for the first...
16 May 2022
From: Breaking News
Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) has long been the bugbear of many property transactions. Even the very wealthy will lose interest...
07 May 2022
From: Features
The property market could be set for further upheaval when the Bank of England makes its latest interest rate decision today. The...
05 May 2022
From: Breaking News
Record numbers of buyers are now purchasing homes chain-free research suggests. Analysis by Hamptons has found that an increase in the share...
25 April 2022
From: Breaking News
The trend for remote working could continue to influence the property market into next year, Rightmove claims. The portal’s data shows there...
25 April 2022
From: Breaking News
House price growth hit a five-month high in February, according to Land Registry data but there are warnings that this will...
14 April 2022
From: Breaking News
The Building Societies Association’s regular confidence tracker about the housing market shows rising pessimism over interest rates, the escalating cost of...
18 March 2022
From: Breaking News
Foxtons has this morning launched a £3m share buy back programme, representing a major windfall for its investors. A statement from the...