With the exception of lockdown, new home registrations have bumped along consistently for the last 15 years. But things are changing...
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09 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Average house prices will fall 3.6% in the first quarter of the year, according to forecasts by reallymoving.com. The research is based...
05 February 2024
From: Breaking News
The Register of Overseas Entities has hit the 30,000 registration milestone. The register, which is administered by Companies House, came into force...
03 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Average house prices fell annually for the second consecutive month during October, Land Registry figures show. The data may only reflect activity...
21 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Savills has appointed Mark Redfern to head its Notting Hill sales department. Having worked in the prime central London property market for...
30 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Increasing numbers of homeowners are signing up to a property alert scheme to protect against fraudulent property transactions. New figures obtained from...
04 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Higher interest rates have already softened UK prime regional markets but cities are proving resilient, Savills claims. Research by the agent shows...
03 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Ever taken on a property where the sale has got tangled up in problems arising from the title register? It’s a...
21 June 2023
From: Features
Agents are being urged to ensure they are up to speed with anti-money laundering (AML) requirements as the market enters its...
24 March 2023
From: Breaking News
The Connells Group has said it remains optimistic about the year ahead after reporting falling profits and a decline in exchanges...
02 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Utility technology platform Muuvo has unveiled a range of new features as it celebrates its second birthday. The proptech firm provides a...
22 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Record energy bills and the cost-of-living crisis has prompted a surge in downsizing activity over the past 12 months, new research...
03 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Staff at the Land Registry and its Scottish equivalent are among Government departments and civil servants who will take part in...
13 January 2023
From: Breaking News
The number of anti-money laundering (AML) checks by agents declined in the third quarter but looks se to be up by...
29 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Winkworth has predicted a sales demand rebound before the Christmas slowdown. A trading update from the agency franchise brand revealed that new...
23 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Double-think, for those who have not read George Orwell, is when people are expected to accept two conflicting beliefs as truth,...
06 August 2022
From: Features
Four estate agents have had their anti-money laundering (AML) registrations cancelled by HMRC so far this year. The taxman has published its...
09 June 2022
From: Breaking News
Agents using Boomin have managed to convert more than 20% of SmartVal valuation requests into instructions. The challenger portal and lead generation...
24 May 2022
From: Breaking News
Agency listings appear to be on the rise with major brands seeing a spike in valuations and instructions. Data from national agent Jackson-Stops...
24 May 2022
From: Breaking News
In this piece, the team at Iceberg Digital look at whether the first cracks are appearing in the portals. For the last...
06 April 2022
From: Breaking News
In this guest piece, the team at Lifesycle discuss a recent experiment they did with AI and estate agents' data and...
27 January 2022
From: Breaking News
The Bruce brothers’ new portal Boomin has given its first statistics regarding usage following the launch of a new marketing campaign...
18 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget did not ignore Capital Gains Tax after all. For those selling UK residential property the deadline to file...
28 October 2021
From: Breaking News
Chestertons, the London high-end estate agency chain, is reported to be looking for a buyer. Sky News says it’s hired Deloitte, the...
02 September 2021
From: Breaking News
New data shows the strongest quarter for new build home registrations since 2007. According to NHBC, the new home warranty and insurance...
03 August 2021
From: Breaking News
A leading agency in the capital says it’s seen its strongest ever half year of trading. According to Chestertons’ latest market analysis,...
07 July 2021
From: Breaking News
A leading agency says the stamp duty holiday is not a big influence on the current housing market frenzy - and...
04 May 2021
From: Breaking News
Fundamental changes to the way in which agents can work were shown at the online launch of Lifesycle 2 by Iceberg...
04 March 2021
From: Breaking News
Propertymark’s qualifications division says it’s seen a 30 per cent rise in apprenticeship registrations since the start of this year. In a...
10 February 2021
From: Breaking News
Covid-19 has caused the number of new homes registered by UK house builders to fall 23 per cent in 2020. The NHBC...
29 January 2021
From: Breaking News
The London sales market is slowing as Christmas nears but no significant impact has been caused by the second wave of...
12 November 2020
From: Breaking News
Survivors and bereaved family members from the Grenfell Tower fire have joined forces with residents trapped in allegedly dangerous flats in...
28 September 2020
From: Breaking News
Connells Group has announced its trading statement for the first half of 2020 - and its support for its staff is...
12 August 2020
From: Breaking News
Buyer registrations and sales enquiries are reportedly back to pre-Covid levels. Completions, however, are lagging behind. This is probably down to...
27 June 2020
From: Features
The Covid-19 crisis has forced the UK property industry to rethink the way it operates. With little warning, the pandemic disrupted the...
03 June 2020
From: Features
New home registrations in the UK have risen over 80 per cent in the last decade, according to the NHBC. From 2010...
06 February 2020
From: Breaking News
London-focussed high end agency Chestertons says it’s on the hunt for acquisitions after posting what it describes as a “record performance”...
30 January 2020
From: Breaking News
Chancellors Estate Agents is next month opening its newest branch in Swindon - the first time the company has operated in...
07 January 2020
From: Breaking News
Another estate agency has come out in favour of reservation agreements. High-end agency Chestertons says transactions currently fall through too frequently and the...
29 October 2019
From: Breaking News
New figures released this morning by the National House Building Council show the number of new homes registered to be built...
24 October 2019
From: Breaking News
The number of new homes registered to be built in the UK during July was nine per cent lower than a...
02 September 2019
From: Breaking News
A new house price index that in June predicted big house price rises over the summer has now repeated its claim,...
08 August 2019
From: Breaking News
New free-to-list portals Residential People and Commercial People are aiming to secure one million property listings by Q4 2019. The portals -...
14 May 2019
From: Breaking News
Data from NAEA Propertymark suggests there were 20 per cent fewer buyers in January this year than in the same month...
28 February 2019
From: Breaking News
A new group called the Federation of Independent Agents has been set up as a network of like-minded independent agents who...
18 February 2019
From: Breaking News
Winkworth has set up a dedicated land and new homes division. The franchise agency, which has most of its offices in and...
07 February 2019
From: Breaking News
Conveyancing regularly adds unnecessary and costly delays to the home buying process and improvement could be far quicker than any efforts...
17 November 2018
From: Features
Latest figures on the central London market from franchise giant Winkworth show that viewings dropped 20 per cent in the third...
05 November 2018
From: Breaking News
Clients of software provider Reapit can now integrate with leading sharing and online valuation service The ValPal Network. The objective is to help Reapit...
12 June 2018
From: Breaking News
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
The Haart agency group has given an upbeat picture of the housing market in its latest figures with instructions up 15...
22 March 2018
From: Breaking News
Agents have welcomed more data suggesting the 2018 market is enjoying a robust start. Last week Rightmove reported a record number of...
22 February 2018
From: Breaking News
As someone who spends his days peering into the PropTech world, one thing I’ve observed is the way in which certain tech prompts...
23 August 2017
From: Breaking News
Are you protecting your data right? This may sound like the sort of direct warning you get from cold callers or...
19 August 2017
From: Features
The on-off-on saga of the fledgling trade group for independent agents has taken another twist. The founder of the organisation suggests that...
20 July 2017
From: Breaking News
First time buyer registrations in the past month have jumped nearly 20 per cent across the UK and almost 30 per...
25 April 2017
From: Breaking News
The East Midlands, which consists of several areas including Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, and much of Lincolnshire, has an ancient...
11 February 2017
From: Features
There's bad news for the government in the form of house building targets on the eve of its long-awaited Housing White...
06 February 2017
From: Breaking News
Housing minister Gavin Barwell says the government will provide “substantial investment” to ensure more transparency in leasehold tenure. “We are determined to...
03 February 2017
From: Breaking News
The average number of house hunters registered at each branch of the National Association of Estate Agents rose to 333 from 287...
28 October 2016
From: Breaking News
With the number of new homes being built across the UK still significantly below the level needed to meet demand, housebuilders...
16 September 2016
From: Features
A new website has launched with the aim of providing vendors, landlords, buyers and tenants with an easy way of registering...
15 September 2016
From: Breaking News
A campaign has been launched to make Bristol the colour capital of the UK by ensuring that more homes are painted...
02 September 2016
From: Features
Mystery surrounds the fate of Fresh Chilli, a north of England-based hybrid estate agency that launched with a fanfare last autumn,...
19 August 2016
From: Breaking News
An estate agency is claiming that the psychology of buying and selling has come to the fore following the EU referendum,...
18 August 2016
From: Breaking News
The head of one of the country's largest estate agency chains has urged sellers to be more realistic with the asking...
26 May 2016
From: Breaking News
An online petition against the privatisation of the Land Registry now has around 225,000 signatures with just over a week to...
17 May 2016
From: Breaking News
The number of house hunters registered per agency branch in June was the highest recorded in 11 years according to the...
28 July 2015
From: Breaking News
First time buyer registrations have plummeted over the past year and the average price of a home purchased by FTBs has...
28 July 2015
From: Breaking News
Registrations for new private homes rose 17 per cent in the three months to the end of May when compared to...
01 July 2015
From: Breaking News
A new portal aimed at investors looking to purchase buy-to-let property has reported that it has thousands of listings from agents...