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A poll of Conservative voters shows strong majorities for higher taxes on second homes and empty properties, and tougher demands on...

Rising inflation triggered by the supply chain crisis following Brexit and the pandemic may undermine recent house price gains according to...

Auction House has announced its highest-ever monthly sales total, with its sales in May just topping £70m.  The firm sold 397 properties...

Property commentator Phil Spencer says lockdown - which we know will now last for another six weeks at least, and possibly...

The Financial Conduct Authority is extending the ban on repossessions by two months until April 1, in light of the pandemic. The...

It’s that time of year again. Black Friday has been and gone and the run-up to Christmas is well and truly...

Property is considered to be a safe investment. The buy-to-let market is booming, fuelled by a generation unable to get on...

There’s one key takeaway for agents from the weekend’s announcements on the next England-wide lockdown - the housing market is staying...

Recent figures emanating from the mortgage and housing market suggest that – since lockdown was ended in mid-May – transaction levels...

The announcement of the Renters’ Reform Bill in the Queen’s speech last December caused a collective groan across the country from...

The Financial Conduct Authority has published new draft guidance for lenders which will set out options available to their customers in the extended...

The market could take five years to recover from the Coronavirus crisis after possible double-digit percentage price falls and fast-increasing repossessions.  That’s the...

One of London’s most experienced estate agents says there has been a very significant surge in foreclosure sales in part of...

A new analysis of privately owned homes with mortgages outstanding shows repossessions have risen in London - but they’re down in...

The number of owners' properties being repossessed jumped 15 per cent year on year in the second quarter of 2019. There were...

Spicerhaart claims that it achieved an average of 104.29 per cent against the market value on properties that were taken into...

The Money Laundering Regulations require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation to...

A house in Mayfair that was sold for £19.175m in 2014 and put on the market this year at £25m has...

There’s been another drop in mortgage arrears and possessions for owner occupiers - although an increase for some elements of the...

A disciplinary investigation by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has blown the lid on the infamous fee-fixing cartel scandal involving estate...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today - a slim edition given how quiet the industry is at the...

The housing market may have seen some depressing figures of late but there’s good news about mortgage arrears - they’re at...

Here’s how the LetsBid Property team is helping them do it. A new property platform called LetsBid has launched in the...

When a tenant failed to pay any rent after the first month his tenancy last year, the landlord did not expect...

The number of properties taken into possession last year declined by almost 25 per cent and has hit the lowest level in 35...

The number of mortgages in arrears is now at its lowest level since records began more than 20 years ago.  Data from...

The Council of Mortgage Lenders says the number of repossessions in the first quarter of 2016 was 2,100 - the lowest...

A mortgage servicing company is forecasting that the number of UK houses repossessed this year will represent only 0.09 per cent...

Repossession levels in the north and south of England have closed by 80 per cent since the end of the recession,...

Negativity. There’s a lot of it about in the lettings industry right now. Where you might see barriers, hurdles and more...

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

The latest data released by the agents’ favourite house price source, the Land Registry, shows that prices in England and Wales...

The repossession rate has fallen again in the second quarter of 2015, and is at the lowest rate since records began. The...