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The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and shifting tenant requirements are reinforcing the need for good broadband in the rental market...

Affordability across the housing market is at its worst for 10 years according to an analysis by a London agency. Benham and Reeves...

Welcome to the start of another week and this catch up on the latest moves within the agency world. Everyone featured here...

Covid-19 has caused the number of new homes registered by UK house builders to fall 23 per cent in 2020. The NHBC...

Homeowners staying at home during another lockdown are doing more than sharing memes of groundhog day or doing family quizzes on...

The property sector is set to lead the UK out of its Covid slump according to Ernst & Young’s latest forecast....

Some 70 per cent of first time buyers in 2020 took out mortgages in excess of 25 years, says the Nationwide. A decade...

A housing index says the market continues to defy Coronavirus and Brexit worries with asking prices up 4.9 per cent in...

Zoopla has revealed precisely how much house prices have risen over the course of 2020. Across the UK as a whole prices...

Public sentiment over the housing market remains stable despite the Coronavirus crisis and the possibility of a No Deal Brexit. That’s the conclusion...

We are on the threshold in December with the pandemic still dominating but we’re delighted there is still positive jobs news...

Propertymark is in touch with the government to see how the new Tier structure being introduced on December 3 will affect...

The Home website, which publishes a detailed monthly snapshot of the market, has raised the alarm over London because of a...

An extensive culling of branches and staff continues apace at Countrywide as it significantly reduces the size of both its office...

Shorter days and darker nights deflate the spirits, especially in today’s challenging circumstances, but there’s some bright news - a large...

Online auction service Iamsold secured £52.7m in total for vendors in September, an increase of 16 per cent on the same period last...

Some 713 estate agency branches have failed to reopen following the spring lockdown according to a business consultancy. TwentyCi says that is the...

A prominent housing market analyst is warning that in 14 years of studying prices and transactions he has never seen the...

The first leading agency to make a 2021 forecast says the market should be stable next year - so long as...

Logjams in the mortgage, conveyancing and removal stages of house moving mean sales are taking much longer than usual, according to...

The strong house price growth experienced in recent months could soon be 'marred' by oversupply, according to Home.co.uk. The property website says...

The property market experienced a slowdown last month as a result of more people going on summer holidays, according to the...

Data from Rightmove shows that demand is up 61 per cent compared to the same period last year - and the...

The number of people moving home dropped by almost a third in the first half of 2020, as the global pandemic...

Rightmove’s latest house price index shows the highest number of sales agreed in a month for over a decade. It’s 20 per...

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of PJT - we know some agencies are reshaping their structures and downsizing but this...

In my last Natter, I explored the differences between estate agency in the UK and the US with the help of...

A leading expert on estate agency and the housing market in Australia has lifted the lid on how Purplebricks failed down...

Asking prices are up again for a third consecutive month in all English regions and across Scotland and Wales.  The measurement, from...

The UK residential activities of high-end agency Savills suffered a 54 per cent reduction in profits and an eight per cent...

Rightmove says a study of some 400,000 homes on its portal has revealed that those with a coveted south-facing garden have...

As expected within the property industry, the Chancellor announced a stamp duty holiday in his Summer Statement. This now means that...

Zoopla's Research and Insight Director Richard Donnell writes: Just over a fortnight on since the Chancellor announced the Stamp Duty holiday and...

Rightmove has given a regional breakdown in where  buyer demand is strongest in the past two weeks. It’s perhaps no surprise that...

There has been a huge surge in demand in some regions of the UK according to new data from Rightmove.  The portal...

Zoopla’s head of research says a stamp duty holiday could encourage more home owners to move which in turn could help...

Savills is donating over £800,000 to nominated charities across the UK. Following a commitment to Land Aid’s Covid-19 campaign for youth homelessness,...

An economic consultancy predicts house prices will fall by a sixth as unemployment grows across Britain this year. The consultancy, Cebr, says...

Hello and here’s the next batch of guidance and advice from different sectors of the industry, many from influential trade groups. It’s...

Another index shows how strong the market was in the build-up to the escalation in Coronavirus across the country.  The website Home...

Trials of reservation agreements for buyers and sellers have been delayed until the late spring. Statements last year from the Ministry of Housing, Communities...

Government figures suggest that the number of second homes in the UK has dropped two per cent in the eight year...

House price growth in the past decade was at its weakest for 30 years - and despite that it remains though...

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...

Rightmove predicts that the price of property coming to market in Britain will rise by two per cent next year. The portal...

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

Zoopla has revealed the most searched-for property terms on its portal in the past 12 months with ‘garage’, ‘parking’ and ‘garden’...

The listings website Home, which conducts a monthly survey of asking prices and wider market monitors, is reporting a show 10...

A PropTech company that monitors search times for transactions says only just over two thirds of them are now completed in...

House prices are forecast to dip as the year ends and stagnate at the start of 2020 according to the latest...

Hello, we hope you had a good weekend, and welcome to Monday - as ever, Property Jobs Today time, bringing you...

One of London’s leading estate and lettings agents has criticised the government over what he calls its “pitiful” record on affordable...

Buyers and sellers changing their minds lie behind almost a third of fall-throughs - the single biggest reason why transactions collapse,...

Zoopla is continuing its aggressive expansion of listings and services to agents with news this morning that it has added a...

Reservation Agreements may require bigger financial penalties than the £500 to £1,000 currently envisaged if they are to work. That’s the view...

Another estate agency has come out in favour of reservation agreements. High-end agency Chestertons says transactions currently fall through too frequently and the...

The Australian agent is a very different beast to his or her British counterpart - no surprises there. And it’s not...

New figures released this morning by the National House Building Council show the number of new homes registered to be built...

A London agency has told Estate Agent Today that it makes some of its buyers pay upwards of £5,000 in Reservation...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has given more details of the trial of reservation agreements likely to take...

Controversy and Purplebricks have gone hand in hand since the agency was first launched in 2012, through its float on the...

The latest housing market snapshot from the listings website Home suggests more regional markets are heading for price corrections. Home says that...

A high-end estate agency which describes itself as 'the world's only global lifestyle real estate company' is recruiting new partner agents. Quintessentially...

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

House price growth in the UK 'ground to a halt' last month, according to the latest Nationwide figures. The lender's house price...

A report by the influential Public Accounts committee of MPs has been highly sceptical of the effectiveness of Help To Buy. It...

A pessimistic set of figures on asking prices, transaction volumes and stock levels culminates in Rightmove urging vendors to be willing...

A rock bottom supply of homes on sale is helping to reinvigorate London sales according to a market monitor. The website Home...

A £3.6 billion Towns Fund to support towns across England to build prosperous futures through innovative regeneration is a perfect chance...

Pressure continued to mount on the government to clearly address the issue of stamp duty as a leading business consultancy suggested...

I think I speak for most people when I say that we are not currently where we thought we would be...

Online estate agency Housesimple has appointed a company to handle its public relations and social media as it rolls it its...

Rightmove says the number of homes stuck in what it calls “the legal log jam” is at its highest for over...

Brexit is not deterring first time buyers this year according to an analysis by the Yorkshire Building Society. It says that despite...

The property website Home has identified the four regions of the UK where it says the current market slowdown is at...

A new house price index that in June predicted big house price rises over the summer has now repeated its claim,...

The latest survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests that last month’s optimistic assessment of the housing market has...

Rising house prices and the gender pay gap means that there is no English region where a single woman on median...

New research has identified those local housing market potentially worst hit by the planned changes to Help To Buy in 2021,...

Online estate agency EasyProperty has been acquired by a firm with the backing of Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou. easyProperty has been sold by the eProp...

British homes have increased in value by an average of £11 per day since the beginning of the year, but with...

London and South East England are to see house price falls this year and only “very modest” growth in 2020 -...

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

There’s more bad news for online estate agencies this morning as a survey reveals that they have only a seven per cent...

Home, the property platform that often produces downbeat market forecasts, now says there are signs of improvement in London at least.  It...

Theresa May arrived in Downing Street some three years ago - but her premiership has not been a smooth ride. As she...

The summer market momentum building thanks to warmer weather and reduced Brexit uncertainty took a hit in June, according to new...

Online agency Housesimple has become the first in the UK to sell houses for free. It says that based on the average...

The number of cash buyers in London has recently plummeted by very nearly a fifth - and every other part of...

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

It's becoming increasingly difficult to sell a property, especially in those regions undergoing a price correction. That’s the verdict from Home, a...

Over 80 per cent of home owners say they expect house prices to rise in their area before the end of...

An analysis of transactions agreed this spring suggests there will be a surge in prices which will ultimately be reflected later...

House prices have remained roughly stagnant according to the latest figures produced by the Office for National Statistics and HM Land...

Rightmove’s latest house price statistics reveal that asking prices for newly-marketed property are on average 0.9 per cent higher than a...

The average time on the market for a property is soaring across the UK thanks to Brexit uncertainty, according to the...

There’s a silver lining to another set of stodgy housing market figures - at least one sector, for those buying their...

A new housing market survey paints a bleaker picture than that from Rightmove earlier this week - and instead speaks of...

The average time it takes for a single first time buyer to save for a 15 per cent deposit in England...

New figures from the Equity Release Council suggest more growth in this sector, alarming those agents who see this as a...

Average house prices in the UK increased by 1.7 per cent in the year to the end of January according to...

Estate agents have been warned that if new guidance over referral fees is not taken seriously, they could be faced with...

Prices have dropped 0.5 per cent in the past year according to LSL Property Services, the parent company of Your Move...

The spring market has got off to a subdued start according to Rightmove - and the portal says more buyers are...

A former senior management figure at Rightmove and online estate agency Doorsteps is going it alone for a new holiday property...

Latest data from property platform Home suggests that instruction numbers across the UK as a whole are down four per cent...

Agency Express says that following a strong start to the year there’s a been a slowdown in the number of properties...

Both major portals have this morning revealed more evidence of a gently slowing housing market. The average time to sell a property...

A new training and development team has been set up by Connells Group. It’s designed - in the company’s words - “to...

A new survey claims the market is at its worst for eight years. The latest market snapshot from property platform Home says...

The industry has long been critical of reports claiming house price movements are in some way uniform across the country, but...

Gloomy statements from some industry organisations have suggested the market is in trouble thanks to Brexit uncertainty but Rightmove says visits...

The share of the market taken by online agencies in the final quarter of 2018 slipped from last summer’s high of...

Another housing market snapshot is showing a pessimistic start to 2019 as the property platform Home reports that four regions of...

While even agents of the calibre of Savills struggle in today’s market - see the agency’s figures here - it’s a...

There may be a cloud over the economy right now but growth of 2.7 per cent in house prices last year...

Ilchester Place in London’s Holland Park may be the most expensive residential street in Britain - but it’s cheaper than a year...

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

One of the country’s most detailed housing market forecasts for 2019 suggests house prices will fall in London and nearby regions...

Asking prices of homes coming to the market have fallen for the second month in a row - and Rightmove says...

One of the country’s most influential bodies says house price rises over 2019 will be limited to around two per cent...

House price rises are now the slowest they have been for six years according to the Halifax. Across the UK, property values...

The chief executive of online agency HouseSimple says “sellers need to be prepared and willing to lower their expectations” in the current...

Hello and welcome to the latest Property Jobs Today - the last one in November. Career moves tend to slow this time...

Rightmove is this morning reporting that the asking price of property coming to market has fallen 1.7 per cent in the...

New build property values are rising at a much greater rate than existing property values according to a study by DJ Alexander. The...

The market is now over-supplied with homes to sell while at the same time demand is dipping and there are widespread...

The latest Your Move house price data confirms what a wide range of indices have shown recently - slowing price growth and,...

Savills has issued its forecast for the housing market for the next five years, and while it highlights some bright spots...

Agents may sometimes have a tense relationship with conveyancers but admit it - when our legal colleagues are good, they are...

We’re sorry to be starting the week with more evidence of the housing market in the doldrums, but Rightmove’s latest index...

Price cutting is becoming the new norm as the market adapts to reduced interest from buyers, according to property listings platform...

New build house prices rose 5.1 per cent in the year to the end of August - substantially more than the...

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 old cliche about statistics may be cruel but the government has perhaps left itself open to its use after announcing...

Rightmove is reporting a mini-boom as the autumn market gets into gear, with a surge in buyers and a one-month rise...

House prices fell further this month as the slowdown tightened its grip according to he latest data from property platform Home. It...

Owning a home has become almost impossible for many public sector workers across Britain, according to research from the union UNISON. Getting...

The property market remained slow and stunted in August as the number of For Sale and Sold boards across the country...

A property management company is warning that some areas of the UK could be in line for a price correction this...

Some 31 per cent of first time buyers residing in London ended up moving away from the capital to purchase a...

Rightmove says the housing market is now into a ‘summer sale’ as newly-marketed property shows an average asking price fall of...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, the place where you find all the key agency industry moves over recent days. Please...

Figures from Savills suggest that there’s currently an average 1.14 price adjustments per sale across the prime regional markets of the...

With the weather scheduled to get a little cooler this weekend, fund-raising is clearly still a hot topic in the industry...

One of the property industry’s best known figures, Richard Berridge, has teamed up with estate agency My London Home to lead...

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...