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London agent Martyn Gerrard has launched a new flagship office in Hampstead, expanding its presence across the capital. It follows the launch...

A senior estate agent has described the Government’s pledge to compel councils to cut red tape in favour of development as...

House prices fell at their fastest rate since 2011 during November 2023, the Land Registry has revealed. The latest Land Registry House...

The Government appears to have gone through so many housing ministers that it is now repeating them. Lee Rowley was appointed as...

An estate agency veteran has urged Government ministers to consider where their own children will live amid a continuing shortage of...

London agency Martyn Gerrard opened its latest new office last weekend. It is based in Winchmore Hill, expanding the agency’s established service...

A leading agent has claimed that the economic plans of Liz Truss, the frontrunner to be the country’s next Prime Minister,...

House price growth slowed in June but remains in double figures, Nationwide data shows. The latest Nationwide House Price Index shows property...

Annual house price growth figures returned to double digits in April but there are warnings that this could be as good...

Hello, and if it’s Friday it can only mean Charity day as we celebrate the industry’s continuing fund-raising despite challenges from...

A London estate agent has broken ranks with much of the industry and instead of welcoming the stamp duty holiday has...

A well-respected agent who was president of the NAEA just five years ago has written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson asking...

When renting a property out, letting agents and landlords recognise that it is important to take a deposit from the tenant...

A former president of the National Association of Estate Agents has attacked “irresponsible agents” for over-valuing asking prices in London in...

Earlier this week, Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered the Autumn Budget with a strong focus on housing.  The decision to cut stamp duty...

The housing industry has set out a list of demands in advance of the government’s hotly anticipated Autumn Budget on Wednesday.  Despite...

Former National Association of Estate Agents president Simon Gerrard is renewing his campaign for the government to adopt two innovative reforms...

Conservative MP John Stevenson is the latest to throw his weight behind switching the burden of stamp duty from the buyer...

Simon Gerrard, a past president of the National Association of Estate Agents, has called on the government to switch the burden...

The Queen’s speech to the British parliament this week was a scaled-back affair, which was unsurprising given the Grenfell Tower fire,...

The housing industry has responded with shock, joy, and jitters, after Theresa May’s snap general election went catastrophically wrong, leaving her...

Looking ahead to the Spring Budget this week, the Chancellor Philip Hammond will be obliged to face up to the implications...

The rental market has had to face a raft of changes over the past year, including the introduction of the 3% stamp...

Agency review website RaterAgent has listed its top 50 agents for 2016 based on customer reviews posted in the year to...

It may still be too early to start compiling a Christmas wish list, but it is the right time to provide...