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Agents have heralded the beginning of the house price slowdown. The latest Land Registry House Price Index yesterday showed values increased by...

The limited amount of property stock continues to push up house prices despite cost of living concerns, surveyors claim. The latest RICS...

Buyers are being urged to act now to secure decent mortgage pricing as interest rates hit a 13-year high yesterday. The Bank...

The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...

You can tell that spring is in the air as this week's Agents Do Charity is full of outdoor fundraising pursuits...

The supply shortage may be coming to an end. That is the view from the latest RICS Residential Market Survey. The research among...

One of the country’s leading estate agents has played down the significance of the latest house price index which at first...

The industry has reacted to the Spring Statement by breathing a sigh of relief that nothing was likely to cause damage...

There’s been a remarkable 1.7 per cent increase in the average asking price of homes coming to the market in just...

A shift is occurring in the rental market across the UK. The Government is planning to reform the sector with increased...

The founder of fledgling portal Boomin says the latest Nationwide house price index findings demonstrate that there’s no sign yet of...

The rental market is recalibrating after Covid, and this is evident in the latest data from Zoopla’s rental index. For 18 months...

Selling a home - the period from listing to completion - is now back to its pre-pandemic levels of 16 weeks...

Boomin chief executive Michael Bruce wants government action to help save the housing market as the cost of living crisis grows.  Following...

A study suggests that 70 per cent of buyers would be willing to pay more for a property with good indoor...

The level of house price growth is at a 17 year high at 11.2 per cent according to the Nationwide. The annual...

Purplebricks is claiming that literally thousands of High Street agents from conventional bricks-and-mortar firms are applying to the agency. It says this...

A free to list portal has launched a tool which it claims will predict a seller’s propensity to switch agents.  Residential People...

The latest figures for mortgage approvals show demand as being relatively unchanged - a development welcomed by agents. House purchase mortgage approvals...

The surge in Omicron cases and possible future restrictions are set to hit the housing market in 2022 - and may...

It really is beginning to look a lot like Christmas – just a week to go now. Presents all wrapped and...

There’s been yet another month of declining property listings according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors market snapshot. Those responding...

There are many features and functionalities a website must have to be successful. Ultimately, the purpose of your website should be...

RICS has appointed Lord Michael Bichard to lead a wide-ranging independent review into the governance and purpose of the institution. The review...

In this latest Natter piece zoning in on independent agents doing things differently, following on from the one I did with...

It’s been a busy and arguably fruitful year for the property market, with an eager consumer base pushing forwards with their...

There’s been a significant rise in buyer interest in the energy efficiency of properties - but so far it’s making no...

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee has defied expectations by keeping base rate at its historic low of 0.1 per...

The average price of a house in the UK has hit £250,000 for the first time as the  market shows no...

RICS has appointed a former civil servant with a 42-year career as its new audit committee chair. Mike Driver, currently president of...

The Budget has proven more generous than many expected - and with most property taxation left unchanged. Chancellor Rishi Sunak has made...

The bid by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors to re-establish itself as a trusted body continues with the naming of...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is trying to win back respect within the property industry with new Rules of Conduct...

House prices rose by the most in almost 15 years in September ahead of the end of the stamp duty holiday.  The...

The governing council of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has issued a public apology to the whistle blowers whose actions...

The independent QC leading a review into the governance scandal at the RICS says there was “no fraudulent or criminal misbehaviour”...

The independent review into the RICS scandal of recent months and how the governance of the body failed, has thrown up...

A surprise statement from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says the stamp duty holiday, which goes on until the end...

A news conference today is expected to reveal more details of the governance scandal which has engulfed the Royal Institution of...

The chief executive of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Sean Tompkins, is in talks to step down according to an...

Mortgage approvals declined over the last month as the tapering stamp duty holiday deterred home purchases, according to data from the...

Average house prices increased by 13.2 per cent over the year to June - the highest annual growth rate since November...

The independent QC asked to prepare a report into the financial conduct row at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has...

The market slowdown continues with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors reporting that new buyer enquiries have reduced for the first...

Transaction volumes in prime London fell in July according to data from LonRes. Transactions were down 22 per cent compared with July...

House prices in July rose after falling in June, according to the Halifax. They were 0.4 per cent higher than in June,...

A recent news story will have set alarm bells ringing for agencies up and down the country, when it was revealed...

The stamp duty holiday came and went with much fanfare. For many buyers it represented a rare opportunity to make some...

Annual house price growth remains above 10 per cent despite a small monthly dip in July according to the Nationwide. A 0.5...

A new service launched over the weekend, proposing to charge buyers £30 for a “guaranteed” viewing, has split opinions amongst estate...

The publication of a report following a controversial RICS investigation has been pushed back another month. Last month it was announced that...

A leading agent says the supply of homes coming to the market is still insufficient to match demand. London estate agent Jeremy...

The Halifax is reporting a 0.5 per cent monthly drop in house prices, plus a fall in the annual rate from...

The property market is currently in a unique position where the number of house hunters looking for their next home is...

Average house prices in the year to the end of April increased by 8.9 per cent according to the government’s Office...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says its monthly sentiment measure of house prices is at its highest level since 1988. A...

The editor of the legal publication the Law Gazette has taken an estate agent to task for daring to suggest that...

The Grenfell Tower disaster in June 2017 exposed the dangers of inflammable cladding on residential tower blocks, and what has come...

An anonymous conveyancer has admitted increasing fees to deter buyers and sellers in the frenzied housing market during the stamp duty...

One of the country’s leading estate agents claims some solicitors are charging exorbitant fees on transactions as they near the latest...

Mortgage lending has shown the biggest net increase on record according to the Bank of England.  Mortgage borrowing in March rose by...

House prices are 7.1 per cent above their level a year ago as the boom continues. The latest house price index, from...

The independent review into the governance of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is calling for comments. Earlier this year RICS was the...

We have more regulations controlling the sector than ever before and we have more ‘regulators’ involved in controlling the sector than...

As an estate agent, you should of course be performing robust Know Your Customer (KYC) checks as part of your Anti-Money...

Our recent state of the property nation survey, which yielded nearly 350 responses from directors to junior negotiators, and many others...

The last property event I attended in person – and I think the last physical property event held all told –...

The shortage of supply compared to demand, which has characterised the housing market in recent months, could soon be a thing...

Annual house price growth remains strong but it has slowed significantly according to the Nationwide. Prices dropped 0.2 per cent on average...

With March marking one year since the beginning of the first national lockdown across all four nations of Britain in response...

Bank of England figures reveal that in February there were 87,700 mortgage approvals - down from a peak of 103,700 in...

Residential transactions totalled 147,050 last month according to HMRC - that’s 23 per cent higher than the previous month and an...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says the market should prepare itself for a glut of new supply thanks to the...

The head of one of the industry’s foremost recruitment organisations says the pandemic has caused people to re-evaluate priorities and change...

Rarely do Budgets produce positive sentiments from the agency industry but Chancellor Rishi Sunak appears to have won widespread support for...

Mortgage approvals declined slightly in January as the market braces itself for the end of the stamp duty holiday - currently...

A leading agent says the worst thing that could happen with Wednesday’s Budget is if the Chancellor does not deliver on...

When it comes to communications, Propertymark could do with a lot fewer confidentiality agreements and a lot more transparency. And I...

Being a letting agent today means keeping up to date with the long list of rules and regulations governing how a...

Members of Propertymark are left wondering today what if any future there is for the industry’s trade body. The shock resignation yesterday...

First time buyers with just a 10 per cent deposit - for long almost excluded from the mortgage market - now...

Agents and conveyancers are expressing doubt over whether a possible six week extension to the stamp duty holiday will be enough...

Estate agents have kept up the pressure on the Westminster government to consider some kind of tapered ending to the stamp...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors last night announced a dramatic U-turn in the controversy over a report by an independent...

A PropTech company has won a grant for a project to improve ID verification in the buying and selling process, via...

The speed and success of the Coronavirus vaccine programme holds the key to the housing market rebounding in the second half...

Two of the most outspoken agents in the industry have criticised those calling for an extension to the stamp duty holiday...

The president of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors insists that the organisation is acting on recommendations of a probe into...

The Sunday Times has made new and detailed allegations regarding the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. For some weeks the newspaper has...

The average UK house price is now a record £253,374 according to the Halifax - but the rate of growth is...

Just a week ago, I thought it was all over. Christmas and New Year had gone, as had the passionate calls...

Countrywide’s former management seriously damaged the company’s share value and status by adopting a flawed business plan - and then executing...

Firstly, Happy New Year – here’s to 2021 being less chaotic than the last! In the final part of our series on...

House prices surged in December to post their fastest growth in six years, according to the Nationwide.  Prices rose 7.3 per cent...

The sales market is currently strong but the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has issued a warning about a slowdown next...

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...

Annual house price inflation is now running at 6.5 per cent according to the latest Nationwide index after a 0.9 per...

The housing market may be slowing as we enter December but the latest snapshot suggests there’s still momentum with mortgage approvals...

Safety checks which are apparently now preventing thousands of owners selling flats are to be eased - but there is confusion...

Just when you thought the housing market was beginning to calm down... along comes a likely vaccine for Coronavirus. One of the country’s...

The latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors review of sales and rentals, often amongst the most pessimistic of analyses, says Covid 19...

As you may have seen over the weekend, the long-running Property Natter column – penned by Angels Media chief executive, Nat...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says its new Home Survey Standard will be implemented from March and will represent a...

A relaunched home buying service says it wants to partner with agents to unlock sales if the housing market deteriorates. The service...

A new survey has been launched by the Residential Property Surveyors Association. The RPSA - which wants to rival the RICS as...

The housing market boom looks set to continue for some months yet as mortgage approvals for home purchases hit their highest...

One of Britain’s most respected agents is suggesting Chancellor Rishi Sunak could ‘taper’ the stamp duty holiday to avoid a cliff-edge...

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

One of the industry's senior agency leaders says it would be a mistake for agents to be stopped from working in...

The latest Rightmove asking price index shows the extraordinary market and amazing times we are living through. The average price of property coming...

A Bank of England survey suggests it may be more difficult for prospective buyers to get a mortgage later this year. In...

House prices in September were 7.3 per cent higher than a year earlier – the highest house price inflation since June 2016. The Halifax...

The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020 have been in place for several months now. While letting...

Mortgage approvals for house purchases have soared to a 13 year high according to Bank of England figures up to the...

Are agents swimming upstream against the Electrical Safety Regulations? 3 months on from the introduction of the ‘Electrical Safety Standards in the...

The cross-sector group looking at reforming the sales process has agreed a new pledge which it says introduces greater transparency for...

For a number of years now, predictions have been made that one of the major tech giants will eventually enter the...

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...

House prices rose again in August to reach a record high level according to Halifax, which is part of the Lloyds...

The Residential Property Surveyors’ Association appears to be taking on the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in a battle for authority...

Record house prices recorded this week by the Nationwide index are set to go higher still according to a leading agent. Nationwide...

The new president of NAEA Propertymark says one of her key objectives for the year ahead is to prepare the industry...

From December, the new RICS Home Survey Standard will become mandatory for all RICS professionals undertaking home surveys. The below article explains...

A specialist property lender says transactions are being delayed by key staff being furloughed. Gareth Lewis, commercial director of property lender MT...

The scale of the market bounce back after lockdown is made clear in new figures from HM Revenue & Customs. It registers...

One of Countrywide’s biggest shareholders has written a second letter to the company to demand bold action to save the agency...

The latest market snapshot by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors warns the current boom may not continue as government support measures...

Agents have been understandably delighted at the latest Halifax index which shows house prices posting their biggest gain of the year...

The Nationwide says annual house price growth has recovered to 1.5 per cent. Its July house price index says the fall in...

Mortgage approvals - a key indicator of short-term activity in the housing market - beat expectations in June according to Bank...

Earlier this month, it was revealed that property industry bodies have joined a new Code of Practice Steering Group to enact...

The hunt is on for a new boss of Countrywide according to news reports. Sky News says the company has recruited professional...

Agents have almost unanimously been reporting a big surge in business since the reopening of the housing market, but new figures...

The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020 - which require increased electrical testing in rental properties...

There’s more confirmation this morning that the housing market is enjoying a short-term bounce - and that’s before the effect of...

Mortgage enquiries in June surged to double the rate of the previous month according to the latest halifax house price index. Although...

Agents have spoken out angrily against any uncertainty in the market caused by government leaks about future stamp duty changes. In recent...

They are the names we hear about often, pushing for this or seeking clarifications on that. They are the representatives of...

Agents have remained calm in the light of Nationwide’s house price index which shows the first annual fall for eight years...

Businesses across all sectors have struggled to adapt to the changes brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic. One group that have bucked...

A new estate agency Code of Practice is to be written by a group set up by the Royal Institution of Chartered...

Buyer registrations and sales enquiries are reportedly back to pre-Covid levels. Completions, however, are lagging behind. This is probably down to...

Data released this morning by Rightmove suggests that agents in England have agreed no fewer than 40,000 sales since the market...

To most people, purchasing a home is the single most significant financial commitment made across a lifetime. Given the impact and...

The latest sentiment snapshot produced by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors confirms the trend that the market is still improving...

Leading estate agents are warning that the sharp fall in house prices reported by the Nationwide may be just the first...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has revised its Anti-Money Laundering guidance in the light of Coronavirus. It says the scale of...

** This Bank Holiday Monday both Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today look at how agencies have modified offices and...

Rightmove says it enjoyed 5.3m visits on Tuesday of this week - up four per cent on the comparable day of...

The surge in consumer activity encouraged by the government's decision to reopen the property market last week led to two portals...

A large majority of property professionals polled by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors say a stamp duty holiday would be...

The housing market is likely to rebound relatively strongly after the Coronavirus lockdown eases, according to the Nationwide. House prices grew at...

Lockdown measures are still in place for another two weeks, at least, with the possibility of them being extended beyond that....

A property law firm is the latest to back a call for a stamp duty holiday to help kick-start the housing...

Another body is calling for a stamp duty holiday to help resuscitate the housing market following the Coronavirus standstill. The Royal Institute...

Working from home is something of a leveller right now, applying to people in the capital and in the sticks, but...

The government has been called upon by one of the industry’s most respected bodies to announce a stamp duty holiday to...

One of Britain’s leading agents says online viewing and interest in videos for homes on sale continues to be relatively strong...

Due to the current Coronavirus pandemic, we are all being told to stay at home as much as possible to contain...

Where else to start? Since my last Natter two weeks ago, all our lives have changed more than we could ever...

Although all bets are off as to what the housing market will be like after the Coronavirus subsides, there is now...

Estate Agent Today is launching a daily service to help agents facing the Coronavirus threat. This is where you’ll find news, advice...

Rightmove’s latest market snapshot, released this morning, appears starkly at odds with the situation described by some agents in recent days. “The...

Sales in February grew, for the third consecutive month, according to the latest market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered...

The Bank of England has announced an emergency cut in the base interest rate to shore up the economy during the Coronavirus...

Agents and senior industry figures fear Coronavirus may derail the strong start to the  2020 housing market. One of the country’s leading...

More than 18 months on from the acquisition of ZPG for £2.2 billion by Silver Lake Partners, a US private equity...

The Atlantic Ocean is a vast space – some 4,000 miles eastwards across from the USA until land is met again....

Hello and welcome to this week’s ADC - a sure sign that it’s the end of the week and time to...

There’s been a significant rise in the number of transactions recorded in January - another sign of an improving housing market...

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

Predictions that landlords are not buying properties to let out because of tougher rental taxes and regulations appear to be short...

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

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

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

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

It's been confirmed that Humberts has been sold for an undisclosed amount to a consortium of franchisees - and that the...

The number of residential transactions rose by 6.2 per cent in December - an unseasonal increase - according to data from...

As I look towards this year, I am sure that my thoughts are the same as many within the industry. I am...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

As part of its commitment to promoting and enforcing high standards, RICS has launched its Home Survey Standard, which will become...

It’s a substantial Tory government for the next five years: what does this mean for estate agents, property and the market? We have...

An unlicensed landlord who let out rooms with dangerous electrics and refused to pay a civil fine, has been told he...

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

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...

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

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

A conveyancing company has thrown its weight behind reforms to surveys outlined by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. As Estate Agent Today...

There was an increase in the number of first time buyers getting on the property ladder in September compared to the...

A new Home Survey Standard is being launched today in a bid to improve and speed up the house moving process. The...

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

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

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has today published the paperwork behind the recent Countrywide £10m accounting controversy. Published on the RICS...

Countrywide’s ever-patient investors appear to have been unfazed by the company’s latest compliance issue, which has led to a £100,000 fine...

It’s now emerged that Countrywide has to pay a £100,000 fine to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors after breaching guidelines...

Countrywide has this afternoon released a statement suggesting it has, in its eyes, settled the controversy over unclaimed lettings funds being...

Countrywide has declined to comment on circumstances surrounding today’s Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors disciplinary meeting about diverted funds. One of RICS’...

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

The number of new mortgages approved by banks fell to a six-month low in September - but the annual figure shows...

There’s been an encouraging increase in property transaction volumes according to new figures from HM Revenue & Customs. The total number of...

I have been banging on about partnerships and collaborations for years now. Whether it’s between two real estate firms, two PropTech firms,...

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...

There's good news for the market in at least one sector - mortgages offered to first time buyers. Latest figures from the...

There are those who say that PropTech is at risk of becoming a bubble market, and others who say bubbles don’t...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your weekly opportunity to catch up on key moves within the industry. Everyone mentioned here...

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

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

There has been a sceptical response by agents and others in the property industry to the government’s latest headline-grabbing tweaks to...

Residential property transactions totalled 86,630 in July, representing a monthly drop of 8.5 per cent and an annual fall of 12.4...

Rightmove’s blog suggests that pro-standard photos can increase enquiries by up to four times, but how do you make great photos? You...

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

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...

Hello and welcome to PJT, breaking you in to the working week every Monday with news of the movers and shakers...

With Boris Johnson winning the Conservative leadership election and becoming Prime Minister, he has spent his first few days in office...

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

Data from UK Finance, which represents most of the country’s lenders, shows that gross mortgage lending across the residential market in...

The industry press has given substantial space to recommendations from the Regulation of Property Agents, the government’s working party which has...

Trade bodies and property firms have strongly welcomed the recommendations for root and branch reform of the agency industry - and...

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

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

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

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

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

An analyst on shares website Motley Fool says Purplebricks is not only in surprisingly strong financial health, but is actually outperforming...

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

A conveyancing body is calling on mortgage lenders to standardise their policies in respect of unexpired lease terms in order to...

A PropTech firm has repeated claims it first made in March about allegedly inaccurate floorpan measurement and says a new initiative...

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

PropTech company Landmark has thrown its weight behind the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’ new Home Survey Standard, which is now out...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is running a Certified Property Measurer course aimed at training agents and others in the...

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...

One of my biggest concerns in all of my writing, speaking and influencing around PropTech is that for the people we...

The number of mortgages approved by High Street banks increased 5.4 per cent to 44,000 in April. Data from trade body UK...

A homeowner in London has won a legal case against a chartered surveyor who failed to identify Japanese knotweed during a...

Agents have reacted gloomily to the release of figures showing that the number of new mortgages offered to both movers and...

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

We’re accustomed to tech firms promising disruption in how homes are bought, let, sold and rented: now one is pledging to...

With Easter now upon us (happy Easter, by the way, and hope you’re enjoying the long weekend, the Easter eggs and...

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

When you think of the best ad campaigns – from moustachioed opera singers and talking meerkats to millions of bouncing balls...

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

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...

The latest RICS survey has one key message - 77 per cent of surveyors participating in the study say Brexit uncertainty...

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...

The end of 2018 was a bit of a rocky time for online estate agents. Yet only a few years ago...

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

The first set of figures for the year from HMRC show that there were 0.8 per cent more residential property transactions...

With the home buying and selling process firmly on the news agenda of late – everything from a possible ban on...

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

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

BAD PHOTOS – 6 BIG MISTAKES YOU MIGHT BE MAKING! In our last article, we highlighted some really important and shocking stats...

There were 102,330 residential property transactions in December - that’s up 3.6 per cent on the same month last year on...

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

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

As 2018 draws to a close, it is fair to say that stretched affordability and uncertainty over the Brexit negotiations has...

If you thought Christmas Eve meant no more news in terms of industry movers and shakers…well, think again - we’ve one...

A new website is offering to contact owners of homes that are not for sale, on behalf of people who would...

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

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

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

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has launched a new guide in a bid to end what it calls inconsistencies and...

This won’t be a long article. Just to the point and hopefully with a nice angle to it.  I get asked at...

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

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says it wants to simplify the system of surveys by scrapping the three current options...

Mortgage approvals fell again in September - this means that every month of 2018 so far has seen a drop against...

Data from HM Revenue & Customs shows some 98,400 homes were sold across the UK in September - that’s slightly lower...

A service which describes itself as an alternative to part exchange has been launched to facilitate sales to ‘corporate property buyers’. It’s...

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

A new survey claims to have found the five issues that prospective buyers wish they had checked out ahead of purchase...

House prices grew two per cent year on year for September according to new figures - and a senior agency chief...

Estate agents say the continuing gentle slowdown reflected in the latest government house price figures will be the story of the...

The number of new franchise applicants reported by Winkworth in the first half of the year rocketed 135 per cent -...

Fake news has become the popular catchphrase of a certain orange-tinted president in recent years. And everyone, from tech giants like...

A warning to people selling their homes to beware of internet-based scams offering cut-price surveys has been sounded by a leading...

Why do we choose to engage with one application more than another, or find ourselves returning to the same piece of...

When Oakland A’s, a small-market team, stunned the baseball world 16 years ago by transforming itself into world-beaters on a shoestring-budget,...

A leading estate agent is warning that an interest rate increase today ould hurt the delicate balance of the housing market. The...