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New instructions and buyer demand have stumbled again but agents are still managing to sell existing stock above asking price, the...

The JLL property consultancy is opening a branch handling sales and lettings in an area of London often by-passed by rival...

The average home sale in England and Wales in 2021 achieved 98 per cent of the asking price - slightly improved...

The market may be soaring in most of the country but there are still locations where significant numbers of properties sell...

Luke Thirkettle heads up the lettings division at Stratfords, a single-branch lettings and sales agency based in Milton Keynes. Here, he speaks to...

Implementing measures recommended in an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) could boost the sales price of a property for a vendor, the...

Data from Rightmove shows that no less than 37 per cent of homes early this year sold for the asking price...

A league table of the most important issues facing vendors places the scale of estate agents’ charges at the bottom - and this...

One of the housing market’s senior analysts says the end of the stamp duty holiday on March 31 would not be...

A property developer has set up an estate agency that charges no commission to sellers but instead levies a non-refundable reservation...

The impact of the Coronavirus crisis is going to reduce agents' revenue into the third quarter finishing in late September warns a leading...

A rock bottom supply of homes on sale is helping to reinvigorate London sales according to a market monitor. The website Home...

Knight Frank has expanded its residential London network with the addition of a new South Bank office. While many agencies have shut...

The latest survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests that last month’s optimistic assessment of the housing market has...

A leading London estate agency with US connections says there has been a surge in high net worth American buyers in...

Purplebricks has this morning announced it’s to launch in New York. A statement to the London Stock Exchange this morning read: The...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has issued a downbeat snapshot of the current housing market with "subdued sales trends" across...

An experiment conducted by insurance company AXA has revealed how sloppy photographs can alter the perception of a property in the...

Record low stock numbers, political uncertainty and the aftermath of tax changes are the obstacles hindering the housing market, according to...

Two leading voices in the PropTech sector suggest a radical overhaul of agents’ fee structures, saying that neither traditional full service nor online...

As Dataloft’s home town and having been declared the best place to live, we needed no further excuse to have a...

Purplebricks’ advertising is very negative and critical of the competition. They talk about 'commisery', trying to make potential sellers feel ripped...

Concern is growing over the stagnation in transactions in London generally and in prime central areas in particular. Consultancy JLL says there...

The guys at Which? are at it again, all over estate agents like a rash for “over valuing” properties so they...

The consumer body Which? claims that 19 per cent of properties sold in the year to September went for prices five...

Online estate agent Purplebricks has now completed its pre-Christmas IPO with shares initially valued at £240m. It’s the latest news that...

Online agency and DIY sales platform Settled claims on its website that traditional agents charge commission of up to 3.5% +...