The UK housing market has returned to its pre-pandemic size, Savills claims. Research by the agency brand suggests the total value of...
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![Surge in agents’ Suspicious Activity Reports filed to National Crime Agency](/upload/images/shutterstock_2246635353.jpg)
There’s been a significant rise in the number of so-called Suspicious Activity Reports concerning money laundering and the agency industry. Suspicious Activity...
01 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![JONATHAN ROLANDE: Fall in new home registrations is creating crisis for the sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/DemandDown-400x310.jpg)
With the exception of lockdown, new home registrations have bumped along consistently for the last 15 years. But things are changing...
09 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Cohabiting as a couple - what happens to the house if we split?](/upload/images/4%20shutterstock_1746444971.jpg)
There are several pros to cohabitation, and it’s always a wonderful experience when you’re handed your set of keys as a...
03 February 2024
From: Features
![2024 auction predictions - looking beyond interest rates](/upload/images/6%20--%20Proofed%20--%20Weekend%20features%20-%20Auctions%202024%20Predictions%20By%20Daniel%20Gale%20.jpg)
In assessing the outlook for property auctions in 2024, it's crucial to look beyond interest rates. The real driving force behind...
23 December 2023
From: Features
![Prime prices hit new low but sellers are ‘more motivated’ - LonRes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePriceDrop-400x310.png)
Achieved prime London sale prices fell by their largest levels since May 2021 last month, research suggests. Analysis by property data firm...
14 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![High EPC ratings don’t boost property sale prices - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPCx400x310.png)
Energy performance certificates (EPC) make little difference to property sales and the Government should consider replacing them with more effective green...
18 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Jonathan Rolande: Separating fact from fiction](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
The National Association of Property Buyers’ Jonathan Rolande gives his take on another manic week for the property market. Like many working in the...
14 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![New blow for buyer budgets as five-year fixed mortgage rate passes 6%](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3-MortgageRates1.png)
Borrowers have been dealt a new blow after five-year fixed rates passed the 6% barrier yesterday. Moneyfacts data showed the average five-year...
05 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - the movers, shakers and people in the news](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyJobsToday-400x310.png)
There have been plenty of new jobs being started outside of Wesminster this month. Here are some of the latest moves that...
31 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark queries if business energy support package goes far enough](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/TenantStressed-400x310.jpg)
The Government yesterday unveiled its long-awaited package of energy bill support for businesses. It will help firms including high street estate agents...
22 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Home hunters may pay 25% more for a ‘green property’ – claim](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/GreenHomesGrant-400x310-min.jpeg)
Forget the ‘race for space’ or room for an extension, should agents start highlighting the green features of a vendor’s property...
15 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property developer claims agents ‘inflate the market’](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Business-Handshake-Transaction-400x310.jpg)
A property developer has hit out at corporate agents for “artificially inflating house prices” as she reveals the poor practices she...
30 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Scottish agents leading the way for sales - claim](/upload/images/Locations/ScotlandFlag400x310.png)
Estate agents in Scotland are bucking the sales slowdown trend, Homesearch claims. The property data and prospecting platform, which recently launched north...
22 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Phil Spencer – why sales-only agencies should get into lettings](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PhilSpencer-MoveIQ-EATLAT-400x310.jpg)
There’s one message that’s come home to me loud and clear from my dealings with agents so far this year -...
10 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Energy squeeze threatens financial nightmare for tenants and landlords](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EnergyLightbulb-400x310.png)
It’s not an easy time for many renters (and homeowners). The cost of living is going up across the board for...
26 March 2022
From: Features
![Sale Prices Up 25% - the housing sector with massive inflation](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/GenerateRevenueImage-400x310.jpg)
There’s been huge sale price inflation in the rarified high-end country estate market according to a buying agent. Jess Simpson, who runs...
26 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - the premium buyers pay for chain-free properties](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Millennial-PayingCard-400x310.jpg)
Buyers typically pay 10.8 per cent extra for chain-free properties than for similar homes with chains, according to new research. Website GetAgent...
20 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![The property that sold for 214% above asking price](/upload/images/Locations/ScotlandFlag400x310.png)
Top Scottish agency Galbraith says key parts of the country saw some buyers snapping up properties this year without even visiting...
21 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![London Market - it’s not yet business as usual, says agency](/upload/images/Logos/Knight-Frank-logo400x310.png)
The latest update on the prime central London market from agency Knight Frank warns that it’s still not business as usual,...
15 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Going Green: Demand grows for energy efficient homes, says RICS](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EnvironmentallyFriendly-400x310.jpg)
There’s been a significant rise in buyer interest in the energy efficiency of properties - but so far it’s making no...
11 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Number of homes selling over asking price dips as market softens](/upload/images/Logos/NAEA-ARLA-Propertymark-400x310.jpg)
The proportion of properties selling above asking price has dipped according to Propertymark - a likely sign the market is softening at...
29 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Better EPCs mean bigger sale prices, according to Rightmove](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/Energyefficiency400x310.jpg)
Rightmove says sellers who have upgraded their Energy Performance Certificate rating to a C - from a D, E or F -...
25 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Big Three Portals accused over inflated asking prices](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket-400x310.png)
A small property portal has accused Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket of listing properties with asking prices far in excess of market...
20 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![What’s in a name? A lot, if it includes the word ‘Hill’](/img/default/eat.png)
Research by an estate agency comparison service has revealed which type of road address produces the highest average price. GetAgent has analysed...
21 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Asking price/Sold price gap narrows thanks to stamp duty holiday](/img/default/eat.png)
The stamp duty holiday frenzy has reduced the gap between asking and sale prices according to new research. Before the start of...
26 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![A lot less: Houses at auction achieve 40% less than via private treaty](/img/default/eat.png)
With estate agents increasingly offering auction options to vendors, new research makes interesting reading - and suggests that homes sold via...
04 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Average sale price is £13k below asking, new survey shows](/img/default/eat.png)
The proportion of the asking price achieved on average in the past year is 95.8 per cent according to a new survey. Comparison...
06 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Average sale price was 4% below asking in pre-Boris bounce period](/img/default/eat.png)
Sellers in the past 12 months accepted an average of 96 per cent of their asking price according to new research. Comparison...
11 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Cash is king - but does it really mean lower sale prices?](/img/default/eat.png)
A new study suggests cash buyers secure lower sale prices than mortgaged purchasers - but is that really the case? The survey by...
19 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Catherine Shinerock - ARO Account Manager](/img/default/eat.png)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Catherine Shinerock - ARO Account Manager What is your ‘company name’...
06 February 2020
From: 60 Second Interview
![Estate agents offered ‘free’ refurbs of hard-to-sell properties](/img/default/eat.png)
A new renovation start-up is operating across eight cities and claims to be able to transform properties - including ones that...
04 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents say ‘staged’ homes sell three times faster - report](/img/default/eat.png)
A property industry trade body claims 85 per cent of agents believes a ‘staged’ property sells three times faster than a...
13 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Homes sell for 96 per cent of asking price in England and Wales](/img/default/eat.png)
Sellers across England and Wales achieve an average 95.94 per cent of their asking price according to research from estate agency...
01 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Vendors accepting larger discounts off asking prices, says Zoopla](/img/default/eat.png)
The gap between average asking prices and average selling prices has increased in recent months according to Zoopla. Its latest study of...
29 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Help To Buy equity loans drive over 210,000 home sales since 2013](/img/default/eat.png)
Data produced by the government showed that some 211,000 homes have been bought using the Help to Buy: Equity Loan. The scheme...
01 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Some London houses 25% below peak as transactions plummet - new index](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s a new index but it tells an old story - how prime central London prices have dropped significantly since their...
25 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Homes with ‘terrace’ or ‘court’ addresses attract below-average prices](/img/default/eat.png)
An analysis of thousands of transactions shows that homes with ‘street’ in their address produce sale prices which are almost exactly...
14 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Selling for 8.5% above asking price: why is Scotland's market so strong?](/img/default/eat.png)
As the sales market across much of Britain appears to be mired in political and economic uncertainty, figures from Scotland appear...
21 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![Website boss accuses agents of charging “vast” fees up to £7,000](/img/default/eat.png)
The head of a For Sale By Owner website claims that some agents are making “vast amounts” of up to £7,000...
01 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![Transactions dive 33% as another London agency warns on Brexit](/img/default/eat.png)
There was a huge 33 per cent collapse in transactions in central London in the final quarter of 2018 compared with...
01 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![Good or bad? Help To Buy surge reignites debate about scheme](/img/default/eat.png)
Figures released by the government over the weekend show that 14,867 Help To Buy equity loans were taken out in the...
03 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Viewings slump 20% in three months in central London](/img/default/eat.png)
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
!['Slump City' house prices set to rebound, claims agency](/img/default/eat.png)
A city’s housing market that suffered badly because of the collapse in North Sea oil prices is now likely to rebound...
17 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agency figures prove a well-priced property sells fastest - company chief](/img/default/eat.png)
An estate agency chain has produced strikingly successful sales figures for the first half of the year - evidence, it says,...
05 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Back to the future? - Industry experts predict estate agency in 2028](/img/default/eat.png)
A decade ago we were still years away from Purplebricks, Countrywide was a colossus in the industry, no one had thought...
02 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Asking prices may have to be cut as hybrid agency reveals 'reality gap'](/img/default/eat.png)
A major hybrid agency says there is a huge ‘reality gap’ between the typical asking price of homes on sale and the...
21 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Asking price reductions on the rise as market loses momentum](/img/default/eat.png)
Property sellers in the South of England are having to accept asking reductions in order to achieve a sale. Data from Hometrack...
30 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Former NAEA chief in fierce press attack on “irresponsible agents”](/img/default/eat.png)
A former president of the National Association of Estate Agents has attacked “irresponsible agents” for over-valuing asking prices in London in...
26 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Record 85% of homes now selling below asking price, says NAEA](/img/default/eat.png)
No fewer than 85 per cent of properties sold for less than the asking price in November, the highest seen since...
22 December 2017
From: Breaking News
![A third of homes have asking prices slashed by £25,000 says portal](/img/default/eat.png)
Asking prices are being cut more heavily than at any time in the past six years says Zoopla. It says just over...
19 December 2017
From: Breaking News
![Typical home sells £10,623 below original asking price, says portal](/img/default/eat.png)
The average home in England and Wales now sells for very nearly four per cent under its original asking price - a...
04 December 2017
From: Breaking News
![Full-service agents achieve over 5% higher sale price, research shows](/img/default/eat.png)
Research in the United States shows that traditional full-service estate agencies achieve better sale prices than the biggest alternative in that...
24 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Reviews - Agency complaint about Purplebricks upheld by watchdog](/img/default/eat.png)
The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld a complaint over a Purplebricks website statement featuring testimonials from clients; the complaint was made...
05 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks sharply criticised at industry technology conference](/img/default/eat.png)
Purplebricks' share price moved up over two per cent yesterday on the strength of its latest trading statement - but its...
05 May 2017
From: Breaking News
07 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Estate agency group challenged over links with fracking firm](/img/default/eat.png)
A campaign organisation is asking estate agency group Fisher German how professional assistance it is giving to fracking development can be...
18 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![Prime London transactions tumble 41% during referendum build-up](/img/default/eat.png)
New data from LonRes shows that transaction volumes across the capital’s prime markets tumbled 41 per cent in the second quarter...
11 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![Fracking may cut house prices 7% - but it will boost renting](/img/default/eat.png)
Fracking could reduce house prices by as much as seven per cent and make homes harder to sell because of traffic...