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Knight Frank says it’s opened six new offices over the past two years, and hired 14 new partners, as part of...

Would-be home-buyers are enjoying the highest level of spring-time choice of homes in five years says Zoopla. The portal claims that there...

The borough of Richmond upon Thames in London has been crowned the happiest place to live in Great Britain, according to...

Twenty-minute neighbourhoods, 15-minute cities, low traffic neighbourhoods, walkable neighbourhoods: these concepts are suddenly everywhere. They boil down to a simple idea:...

Sustainability has become a watch word for businesses the world over but there’s one element of this equation that is too...

The ‘race for space’ may not have been as significant a contest as first thought, new data suggests. Figures from property data...

The growth of the short term rentals sector has helped to create an economy featuring several new types of jobs that...

A West Sussex estate agency has unveiled expansion plans after achieving a record-breaking £112m of new home sales in the past...

Housing Secretary Greg Clark, who is also the Levelling Up Secretary, has been caught up in the storm surrounding Rishi Sunak...

Late last week, Leeds Building Society announced that it would no longer lend on second homes to concentrate on first-time buyers...

Rural areas are dominating the boost in property supply. Agents have reported an improvement in sales stock in recent weeks. Analysis by Knight...

A prominent trade body says the property industry must do more to recognise and support those with mental health issues. The Association...

A wealth tax on overseas owners of UK homes could raise £5 billion a year to help local people buy their...

Zoopla’s chief operating officer says the portal has made progress for agents in 2021 but recognises there’s more to do next...

A pilot scheme has been announced to test ways of limiting second home ownership and reducing the impact additional properties have...

Buyers are getting less square foot for their money when buying a property. Research by insurer Churchill has found that the average...

A  mortgage expert says surveyors should improve their standard services to cover the threat of climate change.  This comes after a summer...

New research from Zoopla appears to show that buyers typically move further away for larger homes rather than smaller or same-size...

A rush to beat next week’s stamp duty holiday deadline has caused a 200 per cent increase in demand for removal...

An analysis of over 1.6m listings by Rightmove shows a big return to normality - demand for smaller city centre properties...

A London agency is rejecting the suggestion that sellers are heading to the countryside - instead, it says they’re likely to move...

The asking price of a typical home in the UK has hit a third of a million pounds for the first...

A first-time-buyer couple in a part of the country renowned for its second homes and shortage of stock has praised a...

One year on from the UK’s first stay-at-home order, London has been overtaken as the most searched-for location on Rightmove, according...

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

Countrywide’s high-end brand John D Wood and Co has launched a new country house department, to take advantage of growing demand...

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

It’s probably not a surprise but new research has revealed where people want to move to - as well as where...

Businesses across all sectors have struggled to adapt to the changes brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic. One group that have bucked...

For a very long time, it was one of the best ways – if not the best way – of generating...

Quite a few years ago, I spoke at a conference for auctioneers. It was a traditional affair. Rural location. Nice hotel....

An insurance company claims that over 29,000 property deals fall through in a year because buyers get cold feet over their...

The demand for rural properties is high, and with 20.7% of England’s population in countryside areas, estate agents have a large...

The snap General Election on June 8 adds to uncertainty but does not significantly worsen the market for prime properties in...

There’s plenty to occupy our thoughts these days, including the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th US President - yet...

Humberts, long established as a southern England agency specialising in rural and semi-rural areas, says it is now going to use...

The sale of country houses - already tough as buyers increasingly want to live on the edge of market towns and...

The government is reported to be considering a policy of capping prices of some homes in the countryside to ensure they...

Fracking could reduce house prices by as much as seven per cent and make homes harder to sell because of traffic...