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![At last! Property sales data shows recovery from Brexit](/upload/images/shutterstock_1074715964.jpg)
It’s taken eight years but one of London’s highest profile estate agencies says the value of its Under Offer pipeline has...
19 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Wrong To Buy - our worst ever housing policy](/upload/images/__thumbs/1%20Proofed%20----%20%20EAT%20-%20IndustryViews%20(003)%20-%20October%202023%20by%20Graham%20Norwood.jpg/1%20Proofed%20----%20%20EAT%20-%20IndustryViews%20(003)%20-%20October%202023%20by%20Graham%20Norwood__400x267.jpg)
What a waste. Islington council announced in recent days that it will buy back 310 ex-council houses this winter, to add to...
21 October 2023
From: Features
![Autumn Statement - is it the start of a new chapter?](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/JeremyHunt%20_400x310.png)
The latest measures for property the Chancellor included in his Autumn Statement may not have been dramatic, but has it given...
10 December 2022
From: Features
![Industry Views - Michael Gove and His Dead Cat](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/MichaelGove-400x310.jpg)
In retrospect, it was perhaps inevitable that the infamous dead cat would come into the debate over government housing targets and...
21 May 2022
From: Features
![London market at its best since Brexit vote says former Foxtons agency](/upload/images/library/London400x310.png)
An estate agency says London’s sales market is now at its busiest since the Brexit referendum in mid-2016. Douglas & Gordon, sold by...
22 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Six Things We DIDN’T See In 2021](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Homes-MaginifyingGlass-400x310.jpg)
We all know what did happen in 2021 - Covid and more Covid, the stamp duty holiday frenzy, a soaring rental...
11 December 2021
From: Features
![City may face vote to ban sale of new-builds as additional homes](/upload/images/Locations/BrightonPier-400x310.jpg)
There is pressure growing in Brighton for the city to hold a referendum giving residents the opportunity to ban new build...
19 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![The EPC - how it’s defied sceptics, critics and Brexiteers](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/Energyefficiency400x310.jpg)
I’ve never written the three letters ‘EPC’ more often than I have in the past week. Law changes for the private rental...
13 November 2021
From: Features
![Reshuffle - Gove replaces Jenrick, but will Pincher survive?](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Parliament-Summer-400x310.jpg)
In a day of unexpected drama, Boris Johnson carried out a surprisingly brutal and widespread Cabinet reshuffle which saw a number...
16 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Robert Jenrick sacked as Housing Secretary; Michael Gove replaces him](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/RobertJenrick-400x310.jpg)
Robert Jenrick has been sacked from his post as Housing, Communities and Local Government Secretary. He was the third major name to...
15 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Second Homes Targeted - government ‘preparing triple whammy blow’](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/RobertJenrick-400x310.jpg)
Media reports over the weekend suggest the government is preparing a triple whammy - three measures which may reduce the number...
06 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Foxtons chairman quits, blaming Brexit and Covid for poor performance](/img/default/eat.png)
Foxtons’ chairman and longest-serving board member is to stand down at the end of this year at the latest, after a...
08 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![At last - Prime Central London shows house prices growth again](/img/default/eat.png)
Prices in prime central London grew by 0.3 per cent in the year to May - tiny rise but a significant...
07 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![London agony goes on as sales in prime central area hit record low](/img/default/eat.png)
The Prime Central London pain throughout the pandemic can be seen by new figures just released by an investment consultancy, showing...
06 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stamp duty surcharge won’t hurt foreign buyer market - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
A prominent London agency says today’s new two per cent stamp duty surcharge imposed on most overseas buyers will not dampen...
01 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Brexit and Boris backer calls for stamp duty to be scrapped](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the chief figures behind Brexit and Boris Johnson’s role as London Mayor is now advising that stamp duty should be...
09 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Banned? Another housing hotspot ponders second home curbs](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the country’s most popular tourist destinations may ban the sale of new builds to second home buyers. The council in Padstow -...
02 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Brexit could be good for house prices predicts top market commentator](/img/default/eat.png)
Anthony Codling, the City analyst who made his name as a scourge of Purplebricks, says Brexit may be good news for the...
04 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Many overseas buyers don’t even visit Brexit bargain purchasers](/img/default/eat.png)
A London property investment consultancy says 22 per cent of properties it’s advised overseas purchasers on this year have been bought sight-unseen. London...
04 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![London’s Foreign Buyers: surprise country heads global league table](/img/default/eat.png)
The country producing the largest number of buyers of prime London properties is not China, nor from north America or the...
20 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![London house prices over-valued despite Brexit doldrums - bank](/img/default/eat.png)
London’s properties are “over-valued” according to a leading bank. UBS, which has what it calls a Global Real Estate Bubble Index, says...
07 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Hundreds of thousands extra sales thanks to SDLT holiday - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
Savills has boosted its forecast for housing transactions this year because the stamp duty holiday has been such a success at...
01 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Purchase tax on some UK prime homes now amongst lowest in Europe](/img/default/eat.png)
Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s stamp duty holiday means prime property in the UK now enjoys lower tax rates than most European countries. Buyers...
30 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents continue to adapt as property market bounces back from lockdown](/img/default/eat.png)
The property market is used to change, and I’m confident it will bounce back from any lockdown effects. Despite being acutely aware...
20 June 2020
From: Features
![Coup for London agency selected to provide Bank of England data](/img/default/eat.png)
High end London agency Beauchamp Estates has been selected to join the Bank of England’s advisory panel of companies and senior directors, and to...
15 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Ban on new-build holiday homes likely in another tourist hotspot](/img/default/eat.png)
Another west country tourist hotspot looks set to ban any future new-build home being sold as a holiday or additional property. Bigbury...
21 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Four-year high for mortgage approvals in pre-virus period](/img/default/eat.png)
Mortgage lenders approved the highest number of loans for house purchase in nearly four years in January, according to Bank of...
03 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Ban on new-build second homes going to a vote tomorrow](/img/default/eat.png)
Another westcountry town may ban new-build homes being sold as holiday properties, even though the idea has backfired elsewhere. Fowey in Cornwall -...
26 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Brexit challenges for agents and the property industry](/img/default/eat.png)
Suddenly Brexit Day is nearly here. It may have taken three and a half years from the Referendum but the UK will,...
25 January 2020
From: Features
![Market Fever! Rightmove records highest-ever January price rise](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s been an average asking price rise of 2.3 per cent in the past four weeks - the biggest ever increase...
20 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agent confidence hits three year high says Zoopla](/img/default/eat.png)
In its latest State of the Property Nation report, which questions over 650 agents and 6,000 consumers, Zoopla says 55 per...
20 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![More High Street agents will go under this year - shock warning](/img/default/eat.png)
A warning has been issued by a prominent industry figure that more bricks-and-mortar High Street agents will go under in 2020,...
03 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: what has the last decade meant for the property industry?](/img/default/eat.png)
Yes, believe it or not, we’ve nearly reached the end of a whole decade. And what an eventful decade it’s been. We’ve...
14 December 2019
From: Features
![Early Christmas gift for agents as transactions show surprise rise](/img/default/eat.png)
Data from HM Revenue & Customs has revealed that residential property transactions have increased by 4.3 per cent year-on-year. In October 2019...
22 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Backfired! Ban on second homes makes it harder for locals to buy](/img/default/eat.png)
A new study by the London School of Economics suggests that a high profile ban on the sale of new homes...
05 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Comfort for prime central London as transactions and instructions rise](/img/default/eat.png)
Stories with good news about the prime central London market seem few and far between but the latest figures from B2B...
17 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Brexit hurting the south while north prices rise, says Rightmove](/img/default/eat.png)
A pessimistic set of figures on asking prices, transaction volumes and stock levels culminates in Rightmove urging vendors to be willing...
16 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Party Conferences: what agents should look out for](/img/default/eat.png)
If you thought - perhaps hoped - that five weeks of prorogued Parliament meant a break from politics, think again: the...
14 September 2019
From: Features
![Agency downgrades London and UK market forecasts](/img/default/eat.png)
Cluttons has downgraded its forecasts for the housing markets in London and the rest of the UK for the remainder of...
12 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Foreign buyers in London enjoy 25% off pre-referendum prices](/img/default/eat.png)
High end agency Knight Frank says prices in prime central London have fallen again - although the 4.4 per cent drop...
06 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agency chief blasted for backing Boris Johnson, Brexit and homes policy](/img/default/eat.png)
Estate agent turned Conservative MP Kevin Hollinrake has provoked a furious response on social media by coming out in favour of...
30 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![No Deal Brexit will create “feeding frenzy” of foreign buyers, says agent](/img/default/eat.png)
An independent estate agency says a No Deal Brexit will prompt a “feeding frenzy” of foreign buyers who are already “piling...
29 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Big fall in transactions put down to Brexit and summer](/img/default/eat.png)
Residential property transactions totalled 86,630 in July, representing a monthly drop of 8.5 per cent and an annual fall of 12.4...
22 August 2019
From: Breaking News
15 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Backfired! Ban on new-build second homes leads to higher house prices](/img/default/eat.png)
A bid to ban the building of new homes for out-of-town buyers has backfired on a Cornish community - and now...
24 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![US high rollers buy London homes expecting post-Brexit bounce](/img/default/eat.png)
A leading London estate agency with US connections says there has been a surge in high net worth American buyers in...
18 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter - is a no deal Brexit real life, or is it just fantasy?](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s now more than three years since the EU referendum result in June 2016, and we’re still no clearer on when...
13 July 2019
From: Features
![Housing market - steady as she goes, suggests RICS](/img/default/eat.png)
A more stable trend is now emerging in the UK housing market, according to the latest results for the RICS UK...
11 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Transactions tumble but glimmer of hope in prime London market](/img/default/eat.png)
London Central Portfolio, a respected property consultancy that has been pessimistic about the market in prime areas of the capital, says...
25 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Brexit-related uncertainty leads to big slump in high-end London sales](/img/default/eat.png)
Knight Frank says Brexit-related uncertainty has curbed trading activity across all UK residential markets over the last 12 months - and...
13 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Almost a million home sales lost to Brexit, new survey claims](/img/default/eat.png)
New research by comparison website GoCompare suggests almost a million house sales have been lost because of Brexit. The study claims that...
13 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![There’s never been a better time for property to rise above politics](/img/default/eat.png)
Four years ago, as we approached the general election, Andrews Property Group held a roundtable debateon the impact the election might have...
08 June 2019
From: Features
![Many regional housing markets booming despite London woe, say agents](/img/default/eat.png)
House prices have remained roughly stagnant according to the latest figures produced by the Office for National Statistics and HM Land...
23 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agent reveals true scale of London market collapse - but it may be over](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the capital’s most outspoken estate agents at the upper end of the market has given eye-watering statistics to show...
22 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![London market gloom - is there light at the end of the tunnel at last?](/img/default/eat.png)
Might the central London market gloom be broken by just a sliver of light? London Central Portfolio, an investment consultancy, has recently...
21 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Brexit snub: EU movers' interest in UK plummets since 2016](/img/default/eat.png)
Home movers from the European Union have become less interested in moving to the UK, according to new research. Analysis of over...
14 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![“Sales go on falling and falling” warns London property consultancy](/img/default/eat.png)
Respected investment consultancy London Central Portfolio is warning that “sales go on falling and falling” across the capital, fuelled by Brexit...
30 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![So farewell Theresa May and thanks for...well, not much](/img/default/eat.png)
No, this isn’t about Brexit. But as the saga of leaving the EU is likely to bring about the downfall of...
13 April 2019
From: Features
![Brexit, not stamp duty, is biggest problem for high-end sales market, says Savills](/img/default/eat.png)
Savills, which in the past has been restrained in its critique of Brexit’s effect on the housing market, now says that...
04 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Brexit ‘prompts transaction surge to beat possible market slump’](/img/default/eat.png)
A mortgage firm claims that around a third of all those who have moved homes since 2016 have done so -...
02 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Foxtons: front-office headcount under review as branch closures save £3m](/img/default/eat.png)
Foxtons has revealed that its six branch closures announced towards the end of last year will save the company £3m in...
29 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Registered buyers dive 46% in three years as Brexit trauma goes on](/img/default/eat.png)
The National Association of Estate Agents says the number of house hunters registered per branch fell 15 per cent in February...
26 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agents ‘hide how long it takes to sell homes’ claims quick-buy firm](/img/default/eat.png)
A quick-buy firm that buys homes at around 85 per cent of market value claims the industry is concealing how slow...
26 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove average charges top £1,000 a month as revenue and profits soar](/img/default/eat.png)
Rightmove has this morning given its 2018 report to shareholders, laying bare the huge financial wealth of the company which dominates...
01 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Brexit backfires as it brings in flood of foreign buyers - new figures](/img/default/eat.png)
If anyone thought Brexit may allow domestic buyers a bigger share of the market, think again: no fewer than 57 per...
18 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![Transactions dive 33% as another London agency warns on Brexit](/img/default/eat.png)
There was a huge 33 per cent collapse in transactions in central London in the final quarter of 2018 compared with...
01 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![Maverick agent threatens ‘yellow vest’ civil protest over Brexit](/img/default/eat.png)
A maverick estate agent pictured wearing a yellow vest has threatened to mount what he calls a “civil protest” if Brexit...
16 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Brexit: where does our industry stand? and where do you stand?](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s the word on everyone’s lips: after two and a half years of debate, and months before that leading up to...
11 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Brexit bites as house price growth drops to near six-year low](/img/default/eat.png)
A slew of property experts and commentators have put the blame on Brexit for a surprise drop in house price growth...
07 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Marketing your way through challenging times](/img/default/eat.png)
It is something of an understatement to say that we are in challenging times. BREXIT is unresolved and we wait with...
18 December 2018
From: Sponsored Content
![No Deal Brexit would see ‘buyers and sellers hit the brakes’ - top agent](/img/default/eat.png)
The chief executive of Haart, Paul Smith, is warning that a No Deal exit from the EU could leave Britain with...
22 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Don't bank on 'prime' vendors cutting prices again, warns agent](/img/default/eat.png)
A senior figure in the Knight Frank agency says those buyers who may be expecting Brexit-inspired bargains in the so-called ‘super...
22 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Second EU Referendum would help housing market, claims agent](/img/default/eat.png)
A London buying agent has called for a second referendum on Britain’s EU membership, suggesting that it would give more certainty...
22 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Surge in overseas buyers ahead of latest stamp duty surcharge](/img/default/eat.png)
A leading London estate agency is reporting a surge in overseas buyers sealing deals ahead of the government’s new stamp duty...
18 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![More market mayhem? Fall-Throughs rise as uncertainty grips buyers](/img/default/eat.png)
The number of house sales falling through before completion is on the increase according to data collated by a home buying...
17 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Is it time to take more notice of Brexit?](/img/default/eat.png)
“Baton down the hatches. Stockpile the food cupboard. Brexit is coming and it’s little more than six months away!” I jest, but there is...
15 September 2018
From: Features
![Emoov boss in Twitter outburst describing Mark Carney as dangerous](/img/default/eat.png)
Bank of England governor Mark Carney says a no-deal Brexit exit could lead to a 35 per cent house price crash. The...
14 September 2018
From: Breaking News
!['Brexit smog' blamed for long-term slump in Foxtons' share price](/img/default/eat.png)
The investment bank Jefferies says Foxtons’ long-running share price slump is a reflection of Brexit uncertainty “until we find out what...
14 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Don’t blame Brexit! Agent reveals who's behind housing market woe](/img/default/eat.png)
One of London’s leading estate agents says Brexit has had at worst a neutral effect on the housing market and may...
08 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Why property software needn’t be as changeable as the Housing Minister](/img/default/eat.png)
With the shelf life of recent housing ministers being on a par with football managers, it's perhaps little surprise that we're...
20 July 2018
From: Sponsored Content
![Property Natter: what has 2018 brought so far?](/img/default/eat.png)
First things first, I have to mention the World Cup. The dream is over, football’s not quite coming home (not until...
14 July 2018
From: Features
![Housing minister Raab now takes over David Davis exit-EU role](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s been announced this morning that Dominic Raab - who became housing minister just a few months ago - is to...
09 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Another massive vote banning new-build holiday homes](/img/default/eat.png)
Part of the South Hams area, a popular tourist hotspot in south Devon, has voted overwhelmingly in favour of a ban...
05 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Summer is no time to check out if you’re an estate agent](/img/default/eat.png)
In recent weeks, you could have been forgiven for thinking that you’re not actually in the UK. Flash floods aside, the...
23 June 2018
From: Features
![Huge 90% vote to ban new-build second homes in another hotspot](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s been a landslide vote to ban new-build second homes in another tourist hotspot. Some 90 per cent of those who voted...
19 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Locked out: agent says stock shortage stops buyers buying](/img/default/eat.png)
New data from Haart estate agency suggests that despite many homes sticking on the market, apparently would be buyers are locked...
14 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Brexit transition period will help central London market - agency](/img/default/eat.png)
A leading buying agency says the Brexit transition deal will help central London’s fragile sales market. Caspar Harvard-Walls, a partner in the...
04 April 2018
From: Breaking News
![Holiday home sales holding up according to estate agency's figures](/img/default/eat.png)
Holiday home sales in one of the country’s most popular tourist destinations are holding up, despite stamp duty and the age...
29 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage Advice Bureau enjoys good trading despite flat market](/img/default/eat.png)
Mortgage Advice Bureau has batted off the flat housing market by reporting good figures for 2017. Revenue for the year increased by...
23 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![GDPR: new warning about data security, including job applications](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s a new warning being issued for estate agents and all other businesses to ensure they are prepared for the General...
05 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Some pretty dodgy foreigners purchase in the UK, says buying agent](/img/default/eat.png)
Outspoken buying agent Henry Pryor says some “pretty dodgy” overseas buyers have purchased homes in the UK in the past -...
29 December 2017
From: Breaking News
![Five things that didn’t happen in 2017](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s traditional before Christmas to either review the year past or anticipate the one ahead - but I’m intrigued about what...
16 December 2017
From: Features
!['Put your home on market by Tuesday if you want to move by Christmas'](/img/default/eat.png)
The HomeOwners’ Alliance says vendors must put their homes on the market no later than Tuesday if they are serious about selling by...
13 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![London housing market may yet become a bubble, warns bank](/img/default/eat.png)
UBS says London's housing market still faces the risk of becoming a bubble - although that risk has marginally eased over...
29 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Foreign buyers get discounts on UK homes of 21% thanks to weak pound](/img/default/eat.png)
Investors from countries as diverse as South Africa and Russia are getting a 21 per cent discount on UK property according...
15 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Winkworth celebrates new franchise signings despite weaker sales](/img/default/eat.png)
Winkworth says solid performances from its lettings and property management services, plus new franchise deals, have compensated for a challenging sales...
14 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Brexit is not a consideration for majority of home movers](/img/default/eat.png)
New research has revealed that Britain's impending exit from the European Union is not a consideration for 71% of consumers. A study...
07 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Savills suffers fall in sales in London, country and new-build sectors](/img/default/eat.png)
Savills has reported strong figures for the first half of 2017 across its worldwide activities, but its UK residential divisions have...