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![RICS Warns Agents - Election Now Hurting Buyer Confidence](/upload/images/Election%20housing%20.jpg)
The latest residential market sentiment survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests confidence in the housing market is beginning...
13 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Housing Market Trouble Ahead - gloomy RICS predictions](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HouseMarketConfusion-400x310.png)
The latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors housing market snapshot shows the increasing damage being wrought by high interest rates. The RICS...
10 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![HMRC: June property sales hit three-year low](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/DemandDown-400x310.jpg)
HMRC has recorded the lowest level of UK property sales for the month of June since 2020. The latest property transaction data...
31 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Buyers willing to pay more for a greener home - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EnergyEfficiency_Savings-400x310.png)
Reducing gas and electricity bills is trumping environmental and regulatory concerns for buyers seeking more energy efficient homes, research suggests. Knight Frank’s...
26 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Message to HMRC and Government - stamp duty is outdated](/upload/images/library/Stamp-Duty400x310.png)
The majority of homeowners and homebuyers believe Stamp Duty Land Tax is outdated and needs reform. The mortgage lender Butterfield commissioned an...
09 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Most buyers say choice of home is ‘love at first sight’](/upload/images/Logos/Savills-NEW-logo400x310.png)
Almost exactly two thirds of buyers questioned by Savills say their choice of home to purchase was a case of ‘love...
31 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![OnTheMarket delivers record number of instant valuations](/upload/images/library/OnTheMarket-logo400x310.png)
OnTheMarket says it delivered a record number of instant valuation enquiries last month, beating its previous best period in June of...
10 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Rich buyers and the pandemic - agency’s survey lifts the lid](/upload/images/Locations/WorldMapAsia-400x310.jpg)
A sentiment survey amongst wealthy international buyers suggests the affluent sector of the western world is seeing similar house buying frenzy...
26 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![OnTheMarket takes on Rightmove and Zoopla with new market survey](/img/default/eat.png)
OnTheMarket, which until now has lagged behind the leading two portals in terms of consumer-facing housing market information, has today launched...
13 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Supply drought goes on - but more appraisals reported by agents](/img/default/eat.png)
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says its monthly sentiment measure of house prices is at its highest level since 1988. A...
11 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Many homeowners think selling process is getting worse - survey](/img/default/eat.png)
A new survey says 80 per cent of homeowners believe the process of buying a house has remained largely the same or...
31 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Revved-up sellers ready to market homes this spring says RICS](/img/default/eat.png)
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says the market should prepare itself for a glut of new supply thanks to the...
12 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Housing market rebound will depend on vaccine speed and success](/img/default/eat.png)
The speed and success of the Coronavirus vaccine programme holds the key to the housing market rebounding in the second half...
15 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Market losing steam as RICS worries about slowdown in 2021](/img/default/eat.png)
The sales market is currently strong but the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has issued a warning about a slowdown next...
10 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Brexit and Coronavirus? Housing market sentiment strong despite crises](/img/default/eat.png)
Public sentiment over the housing market remains stable despite the Coronavirus crisis and the possibility of a No Deal Brexit. That’s the conclusion...
01 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![New Covid clampdown will push people to sell says leading agent](/img/default/eat.png)
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...
10 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Under half of agents say prices are up since lockdown - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
A sentiment survey conducted amongst 585 estate agents by the OnTheMarket portal suggests fewer than half have witnessed price rises since...
08 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Warning bell rings - market boom could lead to bust, says RICS](/img/default/eat.png)
The latest market snapshot by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors warns the current boom may not continue as government support measures...
13 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Two thirds of agents want to go self-employed and/or work from home](/img/default/eat.png)
A survey of agents’ attitudes which two weeks ago showed a big majority of agents wanting to work as self employed...
20 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Do only one-in-three agents really want to work as before?](/img/default/eat.png)
The second part of a survey which has already thrown up shock results has been launched with an appeal for agents...
13 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Do furloughed agents want to stay in the industry? New survey](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the industry’s top recruitment gurus wants to check the pulse of the industry - and that includes whether furloughed...
20 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![New listings on portals plummet to under 10% of previous levels](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the first analyses of portal listings since the start of the Coronavirus crisis shows that new listings have plummeted...
09 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Sentiment Soars: 80% of homeowners expect prices to rise this year](/img/default/eat.png)
Over 80 per cent of home owners say they expect house prices to rise in their area before the end of...
11 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Brexit and Carney are to blame for slowing house sales, claims RICS](/img/default/eat.png)
The latest market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests the number of properties on estate agents’ books is now nearing...
11 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Confidence is returning to the housing market, says Zoopla](/img/default/eat.png)
Research by Zoopla suggests that homeowners' confidence in the property market is on the rise. The property website's latest Housing Market Sentiment...
23 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Buy-to-let mortgages: What opportunities and challenges lie ahead?](/img/default/eat.png)
The rapid growth in popularity of buy-to-let in recent years, fuelled in part by the failings of the pensions industry, has...
17 February 2017
From: Features
![Market sentiment dips - but still up on immediately after Brexit vote](/img/default/eat.png)
Most householders taking part in a sentiment survey by estate agency Knight Frank say they believe the value of their home...
24 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![Sentiment survey shows 'second steppers' are optimistic](/img/default/eat.png)
Confidence amongst ‘second steppers’ - those aiming to sell up to move to larger homes - is improving according to a...
20 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![Ye cannae change the laws of physics](/img/default/eat.png)
It is a tedious fact, but the housing market is underpinned by economic fundamentals. This won’t be a surprise. However, at a...