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Only realistic sellers willing to negotiate prices are successful in the current market, says one of the country’s leading estate agents. The...

The property market appears to be benefiting from the much-hoped for spring bounce, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors...

Estate agency stock has hit the highest level since February 2021, new figures from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)...

Representatives from Propertymark, Trading Standards and The Property Ombudsman (TPO) are set to discuss estate agency regulation in the House of...

A first-of-its-kind degree has launched that focuses on residential estate agency. The Swindon campus of the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) has launched...

Homebuyer and seller activity has finally started to turn positive, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) suggests. The latest...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has published an updated UK supplement of its ‘Red Book’ – its master document...

Property professionals remain negative about the prospects for the housing market over the coming months amid low buyer demand and fewer...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has been granted observer status for this year's UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) to...

The latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors housing market snapshot shows the increasing damage being wrought by high interest rates. The RICS...

The chairman of the Residential Logbook Association (RLBA) has queried the relevance of a new Government-backed property group focused on digital...

As the Governor, Andrew Bailey, announces his plans to install heat pumps at the Bank of England, we are increasingly hearing...

Property market activity has returned to levels last seen in the aftermath of last October’s mini Budget, data from the Royal...

Two sets of housing data have suggested a declining property market, with further price drops on the horizon. Halifax has recorded the...

In simple terms, as you are probably aware, ‘lenders’ are the organisations who loan you something, in this case money to...

High borrowing costs and an uncertain economic outlook remaining the main challenges for homebuyers, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)...

Property professionals have given their backing to new guidance on cladding. A webinar poll by Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS) has revealed that...

The property market remains weak but there are long-term signs of stability, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) claims. The latest...

A more stable picture of the housing market may be emerging, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has suggested. It comes...

Property professionals have started the year in a relatively less despondent mood compared with the end of 2022 but the market...

The level of new listings coming to market is at its weakest since the end of the 2021 Stamp Duty holiday,...

It’s been a year since Housing Secretary Michael Gove declared that was “morally wrong” that leaseholders should pay to fix unsafe...

Surveying is traditionally a male-dominated profession, and many women who have worked in the profession for many years report that at...

Buyer demand, new instructions and agreed sales all continued falling in November, according to a downbeat update from the Royal Institution...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has warned of a further weakening of the property market as buyer caution increases. The...

In tougher times – as is the case now, post-Covid, post-Brexit, cost-of-living crisis, war in Ukraine, etc – reputation and consumer...

A key minister in the Scottish Government has warned that the country faces a ‘monumental but essential task’ if it is to...

With green issues on the agenda more than ever, homeowners wanting to learn more about making their homes more eco-friendly have...

Millions of people use online property portals every year to conduct their property search, whether it be for sales or for...

You can tell that spring is in the air as this week's Agents Do Charity is full of outdoor fundraising pursuits...

House sales in February were around a fifth lower than the same month in 2021, according to HM Revenue and Customs...

For an unregulated industry, agents have an awful lot of regulations to deal with. For example, there’s the mandatory membership of a...

It really is beginning to look a lot like Christmas – just a week to go now. Presents all wrapped and...

There’s been yet another month of declining property listings according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors market snapshot. Those responding...

There’s been a significant rise in buyer interest in the energy efficiency of properties - but so far it’s making no...

The bid by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors to re-establish itself as a trusted body continues with the naming of...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is trying to win back respect within the property industry with new Rules of Conduct...

The governing council of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has issued a public apology to the whistle blowers whose actions...

A surprise statement from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says the stamp duty holiday, which goes on until the end...

A news conference today is expected to reveal more details of the governance scandal which has engulfed the Royal Institution of...

The chief executive of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Sean Tompkins, is in talks to step down according to an...

House sales slumped nearly two thirds last month as the main deadline for the stamp duty holiday passed.  HM Revenue and Customs...

The independent QC asked to prepare a report into the financial conduct row at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has...

The market slowdown continues with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors reporting that new buyer enquiries have reduced for the first...

A leading agent says the supply of homes coming to the market is still insufficient to match demand. London estate agent Jeremy...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says its monthly sentiment measure of house prices is at its highest level since 1988. A...

The independent review into the governance of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is calling for comments. Earlier this year RICS was the...

The shortage of supply compared to demand, which has characterised the housing market in recent months, could soon be a thing...

Unsurprisingly it’s been a busy few months in the property market so far this year, and a busy few months in...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says the market should prepare itself for a glut of new supply thanks to the...

Some 100 new apprentice estate agents are to be recruited in London. Dexters, which has 70 offices across the capital including 12...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors last night announced a dramatic U-turn in the controversy over a report by an independent...

The speed and success of the Coronavirus vaccine programme holds the key to the housing market rebounding in the second half...

Countrywide and Foxtons have thrown their weight behind an idea to identify every single UK residential property with a unique number. The...

The president of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors insists that the organisation is acting on recommendations of a probe into...

The Sunday Times has made new and detailed allegations regarding the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. For some weeks the newspaper has...

The sales market is currently strong but the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has issued a warning about a slowdown next...

Another day, another house price record as the bull market continues. The latest Halifax index shows prices surging 7.6 per cent to...

Safety checks which are apparently now preventing thousands of owners selling flats are to be eased - but there is confusion...

The latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors review of sales and rentals, often amongst the most pessimistic of analyses, says Covid 19...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says its new Home Survey Standard will be implemented from March and will represent a...

The mandatory qualifications expected of agents have not been forgotten and will come into effect in two or three years. That’s the...

A leading agent says the government’s new Coronavirus clampdown from Monday will push more home owners to sell. Caspar Harvard-Wills, a partner at...

The Residential Property Surveyors’ Association appears to be taking on the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in a battle for authority...

It’s no surprise the mainstream news remains dominated by coronavirus - not so much the actual effect of it right now,...

The latest market snapshot by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors warns the current boom may not continue as government support measures...

Earlier this month, it was revealed that property industry bodies have joined a new Code of Practice Steering Group to enact...

The hunt is on for a new boss of Countrywide according to news reports. Sky News says the company has recruited professional...

The new code of conduct for estate agents has been dismissed as “a waste of time” - and the senior industry...

There’s more confirmation this morning that the housing market is enjoying a short-term bounce - and that’s before the effect of...

They are the names we hear about often, pushing for this or seeking clarifications on that. They are the representatives of...

A new estate agency Code of Practice is to be written by a group set up by the Royal Institution of Chartered...

To most people, purchasing a home is the single most significant financial commitment made across a lifetime. Given the impact and...

The latest sentiment snapshot produced by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors confirms the trend that the market is still improving...

The housing market is set for long-term recovery, despite dips in the road on the way.  That's the message from the latest house...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has revised its Anti-Money Laundering guidance in the light of Coronavirus. It says the scale of...

A large majority of property professionals polled by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors say a stamp duty holiday would be...

A property law firm is the latest to back a call for a stamp duty holiday to help kick-start the housing...

House sales edged down only slightly in March compared with February according to HM revenue & Customs, despite the lockdown in...

The government has been called upon by one of the industry’s most respected bodies to announce a stamp duty holiday to...

Purplebricks Local Property Experts are asking sellers who are not allowing agents into their homes during the virus crisis to draw...

The extraordinary past week of anger over portals’ fees plus early-warning statements like that from Foxtons indicate the anxiety in the...

Estate Agent Today is launching a daily service to help agents facing the Coronavirus threat. This is where you’ll find news, advice...

Sales in February grew, for the third consecutive month, according to the latest market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered...

An agency has repaid a £6,000 reservation fee to someone who thought they had purchased a property for £83,000 but was later...

For several years the regular monthly RICS market snapshot has made depressing reading - now, for there second month in a...

It is possible that agents and their business partners in the conveyancing, mortgage and survey industries could be obliged to have...

The annual conference of the National Association of Estate Agents takes place on February 27 - the date when the future...

Whisper it quietly but the housing market could be significantly stronger in 2020 than in recent years. Two key indicators in the...

The new government has announced that its first Budget is to be held on Wednesday March 11 - and it’s giving...

The scores are in….and it looks like house prices are going to rise gently in 2020 according to forecasts from almost...

The new mood of apparent political stability promoted by supporters of Boris Johnson and Brexit appears to have failed to win...

A former residential chairman of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has posed key questions for the government to answer over...

Government figures from the Office for National Statistics show that house prices across the UK rose by a mere 0.7 per...

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

Pressure is building on the Conservative party to honour its previous commitment to reform stamp duty for British buyers and sellers...

Hello and welcome to the regular Monday Property Jobs Today feature, your chance to catch up with who’s moving where in...

A new Home Survey Standard is being launched today in a bid to improve and speed up the house moving process. The...

This morning’s new market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors confirms the worst - that the market is in...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has today published the paperwork behind the recent Countrywide £10m accounting controversy. Published on the RICS...