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

HMRC has recorded the lowest level of UK property sales for the month of June since 2020. The latest property transaction data...

Reducing gas and electricity bills is trumping environmental and regulatory concerns for buyers seeking more energy efficient homes, research suggests. Knight Frank’s...

The majority of homeowners and homebuyers believe Stamp Duty Land Tax is outdated and needs reform. The mortgage lender Butterfield commissioned an...

Almost exactly two thirds of buyers questioned by Savills say their choice of home to purchase was a case of ‘love...

OnTheMarket says it delivered a record number of instant valuation enquiries last month, beating its previous best period in June of...

A sentiment survey amongst wealthy international buyers suggests the affluent sector of the western world is seeing similar house buying frenzy...

OnTheMarket, which until now has lagged behind the leading two portals in terms of consumer-facing housing market information, has today launched...

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

A new survey says 80 per cent of homeowners believe the process of buying a house has remained largely the same or...

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

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

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

Public sentiment over the housing market remains stable despite the Coronavirus crisis and the possibility of a No Deal Brexit. That’s the conclusion...

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...

A sentiment survey conducted amongst 585 estate agents by the OnTheMarket portal suggests fewer than half have witnessed price rises since...

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

A survey of agents’ attitudes which two weeks ago showed a big majority of agents wanting to work as self employed...

The second part of a survey which has already thrown up shock results has been launched with an appeal for agents...

One of the industry’s top recruitment gurus wants to check the pulse of the industry - and that includes whether furloughed...

One of the first analyses of portal listings since the start of the Coronavirus crisis shows that new listings have plummeted...

Over 80 per cent of home owners say they expect house prices to rise in their area before the end of...

The latest market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests the number of properties on estate agents’ books is now nearing...

Research by Zoopla suggests that homeowners' confidence in the property market is on the rise.  The property website's latest Housing Market Sentiment...

The rapid growth in popularity of buy-to-let in recent years, fuelled in part by the failings of the pensions industry, has...

Most householders taking part in a sentiment survey by estate agency Knight Frank say they believe the value of their home...

Confidence amongst ‘second steppers’ - those aiming to sell up to move to larger homes - is improving according to a...

It is a tedious fact, but the housing market is underpinned by economic fundamentals. This won’t be a surprise.  However, at a...

An increasing number of UK households say they plan to buy a property in the next 12 months.  Knight Frank's latest house...