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It’s holiday season shortly and we’ve got just the weather for it - good news for some, perhaps less so for...

House prices in London are projected to fall in the short-term, down by two per cent by the end of 2018...

Over 15,000 households have exchanged after listing with an online agent in the second quarter of 2018 - that’s eight per...

The Agency Express board company says its monitor of the sales market suggests that it’s in better shape now than it...

The average asking price of newly marketed property continues to rise according to Rightmove - and this is despite a dip...

Government figures are the latest to show that house prices are still going up - but with a reduced rate of...

More stock and longer times on the market are combining to create a surge in asking price reductions according to a...

Average property prices fell in all but one English region during March, according to the latest official UK House Price Index. Overall,...

Research by Zoopla suggests that homeowners' confidence in the property market is on the rise.  The property website's latest Housing Market Sentiment...

The latest data from Rightmove indicates that the average national asking price has reached another all-time high of £308,075 following a...

Recent void statistics have had me wondering how agents can juggle client and consumer demands in the face of the impending...

The sun has finally returned to ours skies and you’re on the lookout for a little bit of summer reading. As...

Average house prices in the UK have increased 4.4 per cent in the year to February according to the latest official...

Prices of new-to-the-market property rose by a modest 0.4 per cent over the past month says Rightmove - but that’s enough...

Agency Express, which reported a muted housing market in February, says the pace picked up considerably last month. The board company, which...

Average asking price of newly-marketed property have jumped 1.5 per cent - or over £4,500 - in the past month, says...

Only one local authority in England and Wales has an average house price below £100,000 - while in every London borough...

House prices have taken a spring leap in the north of England as the market improves - but it’s a different...

Average house prices rose 0.5 per cent in February, making it the biggest rise in five months according to the latest...

The fast-diversifying Humberts has set up regional hubs to handle its new homes and land division, in addition to taking on...

Rightmove says it has enjoyed its highest ever monthly number of visitors - 141 million in January. They spent a total of...

House Network, which describes itself as the UK’s first online estate agency, is using TV advertising to promote a new "20-point...

House price falls have been recorded in London, the South East and the North East according to data from LSL Property Services,...

PayProp had an exceedingly good 2017, enjoying excellent growth in client numbers, new regions – and, best of all, our customers’...

Purplebricks has this morning announced it’s to launch in New York. A statement to the London Stock Exchange this morning read: The...

An overwhelming 86 per cent of RICS members questioned in a survey claim they have seen no increase in interest from...

Figures from the Office for National Statistics show that in the year to November average house prices in the UK increased...

Rightmove says its visits so far in January are running over nine per cent higher than the same period a year...

New analysis by credit and comparison service Totally Money has revealed the districts where the controversial Help To Buy initiative is...

A chain tracking platform claims a trial by Leaders Group during 2017 shows its sales progression tool improving completion times by...

New analysis by the Nationwide has revealed just how big an obstacle a 20 per cent deposit can be for buyers...

What a year it’s been! Back in 2016 we had Brexit, a new prime minister, Donald Trump’s election, and so when...

The Nationwide says the Chancellor’s decision to effectively scrap stamp duty for the majority of first time buyers will have only...

House price growth will come to a halt next year as the number of transactions reduces, according to the RICS forecast...

Here it is - the industry’s verdict on the latest set of figures from Purplebricks. The agency doesn’t play by any of...

The housing market remains flat as it heads towards 2018 according to the latest snapshot survey by the Royal Institution of...

Stamp duty reform for first time buyers has taken pride of place in the Budget speech of Chancellor Phillip Hammond.   From today,...

Your Move and Reeds Rains, both part of LSL Property Services, are the latest agencies to admit a slowdown in house...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has issued a downbeat snapshot of the current housing market with "subdued sales trends" across...

The notion of a North-South divide in the UK has been around for as long as I can remember – certainly...

Some 12 per cent of transactions in England and Wales so far this year have been subject to gazumping, being sold...

Savills has given a pessimistic outlook for the mainstream housing market for the next five years.  It says average house prices across...

With the Budget just over a month away, the steady stream of ‘leaks’ continues to grow as journalists and the industry...

Asking prices have risen by an average of 1.1 per cent or £3,432 in the past month according to Rightmove.  This is...

There’s a particularly heart-warming theme to Agents Do Charity this week...several of our heroic industry figures are raising funds for children and...

The latest RICS market survey shows that buyer enquiries and transactions slipped back last month with expectations pointing to “a subdued...

The latest data from Your Move reveals London as still being the area of England and Wales with the lowest house...

Rightmove’s monthly price index says the average asking price of homes coming to the market has fallen 1.2 per cent in...

The housing market remains mixed across different parts of the UK but London and the south east remain the weakest areas...

Government figures suggest house prices are still rising by 5.1 per cent a year, with the average property value in the...

Countrywide has issued forecasts for the housing market over the next two years amidst a warning that Brexit volatility is the...

The typical asking price of a home coming on sale has fallen by 0.9 per cent, equivalent to £2,758 - precisely...

New figures produced by estate agency Carter Jonas show that the long-term consequences of the credit crunch have exacerbated the historic...

Households appear to be more optimistic about the strength of the housing market despite Brexit and political and economic uncertainty, according to...

PwC says the drop in the number of property transactions is the economic indicator where the uncertainty over Brexit is most...

The UK property market has entered a period of stagflation where house price growth is consistently lower than the rate of...

Purplebricks has released more details of expansion plans to recruit hundreds of additional Local Property Experts. The recruitment drive was launched yesterday...

Government schemes like Help To Buy, supposedly assisting more people get on the ladder, have little impact on improving social mobility...

The Nationwide is warning that a slowdown in household spending is likely in the near future, leading to a ‘drag’ on...

The Property Ombudsman’s annual report reveals a significant increase in the number of formal complaints resolved by the scheme and a...

One of the biggest choices you can make in regards to the logistics of your estate agency can be picking a...

Analysis of over 120,000 sales valuations has revealed some of the UK's most expensive and cheapest property regions. Central London's 'W' postcode...

A sales progression tool claims to have analysed how long it takes to expedite sales chains of different lengths, and to...

Barclays Bank has given an optimistic view of the housing market over the next five years, with a prediction that across...

Average asking prices in London have fallen, while the majority of regional markets are performing strongly, according to the latest index...

A well-informed industry article on the possible sale of Strutt & Parker to French bank BNP Paribas suggests that the deal,...

Average UK house price growth will reach 2.2 per cent this year, a rise of £4,460 that will see the average...

Your Move’s latest house price index shows that the average house price in England and Wales is now £301,278 after a...

The website Home, which monitors asking prices, says prices have rallied strongly in the last month but thanks to growing inflation...

Savills is warning that while low interest rates will probably keep house prices relatively static, transaction volumes are likely to remain...

The property market in northern England, supported in part by the Northern Powerhouse concept, has attracted a lot of media attention,...

The average asking price rise for homes coming to the market in the last month has been a chunky 1.3 per...

New analysis shows what appears to be the correlation between rising house prices and falling burglary rates across the country.  The research,...

Estate agency Butters John Bee has been told by the Advertising Standards Authority not to re-run an ad because of an...

The property website Home is warning that while prices may show an early spring uplift there’s a long-term slowing of the market underway...

There's bad news for the government in the form of house building targets on the eve of its long-awaited Housing White...

Brexit and the economic uncertainty since the EU Referendum have not prevented Connells delivering overall growth in 2016 - despite a...

Lots of people buy new-build due to the perceived lack of hassle with maintenance, as they are built to the latest...

The rental market has had to face a raft of changes over the past year, including the introduction of the 3% stamp...

There is no doubt that 2016 managed to catch the world by surprise on more than one occassion.  But will 2017 be...

Following a strong start to 2016, particularly in the lower to middle range of the UK housing market, that lasted up...

Hatched, the online agency snapped up just over a year ago by Connells in what was described as an ‘industry defining’...

The latest data from board supplier Agency Express suggests November was a surprisingly buoyant month for the housing market, with only...

It may still be too early to start compiling a Christmas wish list, but it is the right time to provide...

The latest forecast for the housing market in 2017 and beyond includes a warning that Brexit uncertainty will create a slowdown...

House prices were unchanged in October according to the latest Nationwide house price index, but a typical home now costs six...

As many northern cities struggled to recover from the 2008 global financial crisis, the north-south divide returned to plague the British...

Most householders taking part in a sentiment survey by estate agency Knight Frank say they believe the value of their home...

The huge consequences of the EU referendum, and the impending Brexit negotiations, have drawn into sharp light the consequences for a...

Several estate agencies have announced expansions and new offices - and once again a former Countrywide management figure is revealed to...

Data just released from the Land Registry shows that the average price of a property in the UK is now £218,964...

Available stock levels across Greater London, the east of England, plus the south east and the south west are now 16...

The housing market has not fallen over in the wake of the Brexit vote, contrary to come predictions, “but there are...

The Property Ombudsman scheme’s annual report, just released, reveals that there has been a dramatic 32 per cent surge in the...

The pace of annual house price growth slowed to 5.3 per cent in September from 5.6 per cent in August according...

The average asking price of a property coming to market has started to recover from the dip that followed June's Brexit...

The huge rush to acquire buy-to-let property in the first quarter of the year ahead of the stamp duty change deadline...

New data released from Agency Express suggests an unexpectedly strong month for sale in August.  Figures for properties ‘Sold’ bucked the seasonal...

Estate Agent Today has received a list of around 60 Countrywide Group estate agency offices expected to close in the next...

The typical price of property coming to the market in the last four weeks is 1.2 per cent lower than in...

The Conveyancing Association has set out recommendations to end what it claims are significant delays and overcharging taking place within the...

There has been a gloomy response to the latest Knight Frank measure of house price sentiment - the first of its...

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

London house prices have fallen by 1.1 per cent in the past month - mostly since the Brexit vote on June...

An analysis of 750,000 homes on sale across the UK reveals areas where activity remains high despite economic uncertainty surrounding the...

There is a slowdown in homes coming to the market and in those selling according to data from Agency Express based...

It’s long been considered the case that vendors tend to move only relatively close distance but new research has quantified the...

An increasing number of UK households say they plan to buy a property in the next 12 months.  Knight Frank's latest house...

Here are the top letting agents in Britain who go above and beyond to help their customers, as voted for by...

Rightmove says the average asking price of a property coming to market in England and Wales has now passed £300,000 for the...

A property buying spree recorded in the East of England last month has now spread across the rest of the UK.  The...

The housing market is coming out of the winter doldrums but remains much quieter than at this time last year according...

A survey of 1,000 people shows that a significant number in each region of the UK are putting their sales plans...

As we know, the property market in London is notorious for sitting a long way outside the conventions of the wider UK...

New research shows that the north-south divide over house prices is not only continuing but is getting significantly worse.  High-end agency Savills,...

The latest government house price index from the Office for National Statistics shows that house prices across the UK rose by...

Hybrid estate agency YOPA - standing for YOur Property Agent - says it is going to launch across England and Wales...

The latest market survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows that the stock of homes on sale with agents...

A body called the UK Housing Market Observatory - consisting of economists at Lancaster University Management School - is giving a...

Strutt & Parker is early off the marks with its forecast for 2016 and beyond, predicting the strongest market growth in...

The limited supply of homes means average property prices will rise 3.5 per cent next year and a further 4.2 per cent...

We have reached an interesting point in what has been a most unusual year for the property sector.  The latest figures from...

Prime Central London’s housing market will stagnate with no price growth at all next year, warns Savills. Even in 2017 price growth...

Property portal Home says in some regions of the UK the number of properties coming to the market is 74 per...

Last month was the strongest September since 2007 for home sales, with a distinct north-south divide when it comes to transactions...

The 65 equity partners and 8,000 staff of high-end estate agency and property consultancy Knight Frank are set to benefit from...

Average house prices across England and Wales jumped £1,900 in August – the fastest rise seen for past 12 months according...

Households in all UK regions perceived that house prices increased this month, according to Knight Frank’s latest House Price Sentiment Index. This...

LSL Property Services, owner of Reeds Rains and Your Move amongst other high street chains, says last month’s sales market was the...

The average value of homes across Britain rose by 2.7 per cent or almost £7,000 during the first six months of...

Data from the estate and letting agency answering service Moneypenny appears to confirm what we have been thinking for some weeks...

The unexpected outcome of the general election has given a shot in the arm to sellers and agents leading to a...

Online estate agency Purplebricks is expanding its reach by launching in Northern Ireland.  The agency – which has ‘local property experts’ working...

UK house price growth accelerated to an annual rate of 9.6 per cent in the year to March, according to the...

For the first time in four and a half years, London is no longer the region with the country’s strongest house...

The housing market across the UK is in a pre-election ‘squeeze’ with several indicators used by agents suggesting a significant slump...

The 800 lettings and estate agents and industry suppliers who packed the ballroom at London’s Park Lane Hilton on Friday witnessed...