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While our own Government continues to tentatively encourage homeowners to carry out energy-efficient measures, they will no doubt be eagerly watching...
27 January 2024
From: Features
Prime London prices fell 6% annually over 2023 but remain higher over the long term, LonRes claims. Analysis by the data company...
19 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Winkworth's network completed sales for the year fell by some 19% in 2023, the agency franchise brand has revealed but it...
11 January 2024
From: Breaking News
House prices are set to fall further next year, two major lenders claim. The house prices indices of Halifax and Nationwide have...
18 December 2023
From: Breaking News
House price falls could continue into 2024 as high interest rates continue to make it difficult for homebuyers to transact, an...
10 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Mortgage rates could be set to finally fall below 5%, brokers claim. The pricing of home loans has rocketed this year amid high...
07 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Paul Johnson, Head of Corporate Sales at Leaders Romans Group (LRG) Commercial property has historically been viewed as the more profitable asset...
04 November 2023
From: Features
The slower sales market has started hitting high-profile agency and property brands. Agency franchise brand Winkworth’s half year results yesterday showed network...
07 September 2023
From: Breaking News
A third of those opting to move home in the current market are downsizers, research claims. However, it’s not the increased cost...
25 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Cash purchasers, younger needs-based buyers and relocators are the driving force behind the current prime UK property market, according to research...
04 August 2023
From: Breaking News
The London property market is facing a "bleak" second half of the year, the National Association of Property Buyers (NAPB) has...
26 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Property market activity has returned to levels last seen in the aftermath of last October’s mini Budget, data from the Royal...
13 July 2023
From: Breaking News
The UK is heading for a further drop in housebuilding, according to the latest Purchasing Managers Index data by S&P and...
08 July 2023
From: Features
More than a third of homes have declined in value over the past six months, Zoopla data shows. It comes despite the...
06 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Price sensitivity and a flight to quality is dominating prime London markets, research suggest. Analysis of second quarter property market activity by...
06 July 2023
From: Breaking News
The majority of mortgage lenders have committed to showing more flexibility to struggling borrowers but the Government has confirmed that support...
27 June 2023
From: Breaking News
A new survey suggests the overwhelming majority of the public are critical of the government’s apparent housing failures. A study of 1,323...
01 June 2023
From: Breaking News
Higher energy costs and rising interest rates are leading to a surge in the number of homeowners looking to downsize, a...
24 April 2023
From: Breaking News
The gap between prime buyer and seller price expectations has widened, estate agents have warned, with the majority of buyers expecting...
03 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Agents are continuing to secure instructions and sales but transactions are mainly being done below asking price, data suggests. Agency trade body...
21 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Homebuyers should prepare for short-term volatility as mortgage rates are currently being repriced, OnTheMarket chief executive Jason Tebb has warned. Tebb warned...
21 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Almost half of sellers who took their homes off the market in 2022 will relist them in the next two years,...
16 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Agents may have been slightly put out by Rightmove reporting a boom in user fees despite a drop in members, but...
06 March 2023
From: Breaking News
A high-profile charity is calling for a Stamp Duty overhaul, local buyer restrictions and extra charges on property purchases by landlords...
24 February 2023
From: Breaking News
House prices could drop by almost 25% ‘start-to-trough’ or by as much as 40% in severe circumstances, Lloyds Banking Group has...
23 February 2023
From: Breaking News
With the property market showing signs of a slow-down and the economic outlook rather uncertain, we spoke to Lucy Noonan, founder...
18 January 2023
From: Features
The property market is still active for ‘realistic’ sellers and serious buyers, OnTheMarket (OTM’s) claims. Jason Tebb, chief executive of the portal,...
18 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Halifax is predicting an 8% decline in house prices next year. The lender’s housing market review has forecasted that higher energy bills...
19 December 2022
From: Breaking News
The cost of living crisis and rising interest rates will lead to a decline in property transactions and mortgage lending next...
12 December 2022
From: Breaking News
A market analyst has rejected claims that the property market is heading for so-called ‘Armageddon.’ Rising interest and mortgage rates as well...
07 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Determined first-time buyers are cutting back on going out and energy usage to still be able to save up for a...
17 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Estate agents could face new transaction delays after the Land Registry and its Scottish equivalent were among Government departments and civil...
15 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Home repossessions have begun to rise but remain below pre-Covid levels, Government figures show. The number of mortgage possession claims increased by...
11 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Property professionals heralded the end of the low interest era yesterday after the latest Bank of England base rate hike. The Bank...
04 November 2022
From: Breaking News
The number of viewings per sale should be used as an indicator for the health of the housing market, a senior...
03 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Agents should be getting buyers to focus on what they can afford now and in the future rather than worrying about...
01 November 2022
From: Breaking News
They say Christmas hits the shops earlier each year and the same may be said for the seasonal slowdown, Zoopla suggests. Its...
21 October 2022
From: Breaking News
The housing market is moving but sellers need to be more realistic about pricing, Propertymark claims. It comes as the agency trade...
20 October 2022
From: Breaking News
The share of homeowners struggling to repay their mortgages could hit the same peak levels of the 2008 financial crisis by...
13 October 2022
From: Breaking News
House prices in some regions of the UK could continue increasing, despite concerns over the economic downturn and forecasts of house...
10 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Let’s be completely honest - as challenges go, estate agents are up against it trying to persuade reluctant vendors to take...
06 October 2022
From: Breaking News
The level of price cutting on agency listings has started to hit new highs. Property Log, which is a Chrome extension that...
29 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Interest rate rises are driving an increase in homes for sale, research claims. National estate agency Jackson-Stops has analysed Rightmove data and...
29 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Agents and other property professionals have, perhaps unsurprisingly, reacted positively to rumours of a Stamp Duty cut. Prime Minister Liz Truss and...
22 September 2022
From: Breaking News
The number of mortgages available to borrowers has hit the lowest level for more than a year, Moneyfacts has warned. Analysis by...
13 September 2022
From: Breaking News
A financial analyst has suggested homeowners may be better off staying put in the current market. CMC Markets has predicted a likely...
06 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Many first-time buyers and homeowners are becoming more cautious of the property market. The cost of living crisis, combined with rising...
03 September 2022
From: Features
Increasing numbers of buyers are gazundering or ‘price chipping’ on their offers to force property sellers and agents into last minute...
24 August 2022
From: Breaking News
As uncertainty continues to prevail across the industry, aided by a government in crisis, the challenges in the months ahead feel...
29 July 2022
From: Sponsored Content
The number of transactions progressing to completion is being hit by the cost of living crisis and rising interest rates, new...
15 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Fine & Country is predicting the impending housing market slowdown will be gradual. Nicky Stevenson, managing director of Fine & Country UK...
07 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Legal experts are warning that the rush to beat interest rate rises could lead to “ill conceived” and “rushed transactions.” The Bank...
05 July 2022
From: Breaking News
First-time buyers are now facing up to a nine-year wait to save enough of a deposit to get on the property...
07 June 2022
From: Breaking News
House price growth is set to slow but talk of a correction is overstated, Savills claims. The latest house price forecasts from...
01 June 2022
From: Breaking News
Agents have heralded the beginning of the house price slowdown. The latest Land Registry House Price Index yesterday showed values increased by...
19 May 2022
From: Breaking News
A senior industry figure has called for upfront information changes to move faster to boost market confidence amid the cost of...
13 May 2022
From: Breaking News
A third of first-time buyers have had to reduce their budgets as a result of recent interest rate hikes and the...
03 May 2022
From: Breaking News
OnTheMarket has revealed it is expanding the scope and scale of its successful Town Hall initiative in response to growing demand...
20 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Increasingly cautious mortgage lending could dampen the property market and cause more sales to fall-through, it has been warned. Recent house price...
12 April 2022
From: Breaking News
One of the country’s leading estate agents has played down the significance of the latest house price index which at first...
01 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Despite a backdrop of the Ukraine crisis, soaring fuel bills, rising interest rates and high inflation, buyer sentiment remains strong according...
11 March 2022
From: Breaking News
Analysts are gearing up for the full year figures to be revealed by Rightmove to its shareholders at the end of...
21 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Annual house price growth hit 10.0 per cent last month - and is now tracking close to the level seen before...
02 December 2021
From: Breaking News
A high end estate agency says prices in Prime Central London are poised to rise 18 per cent by 2024 despite...
30 December 2019
From: Breaking News
There’s been a four per cent rise in the number of estate agencies becoming insolvent according to a new report. In the...
11 December 2018
From: Breaking News
Savills has issued its forecast for the housing market for the next five years, and while it highlights some bright spots...
02 November 2018
From: Breaking News
The UK’s real estate sector, embracing estate agencies as well as other aspects of the property industry, has been facing “increased...
26 April 2018
From: Breaking News
Britain’s biggest mortgage lender, the Halifax, says the housing market will slow next year with average price rises of four to...