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In recent years, estate and letting agents have been faced with a series of tough challenges to absorb and react to. There...

In a surprising announcement overnight, housing minister Kit Malthouse says he is standing to become the Conservative party leader and next...

There’s been a mixed response to the government’s surprise announcement that it would make permanent the right of home owners to...

While media attention has been on Theresa May, Brexit and the Tories, chatter in the agency industry has been about what...

An outspoken building society chief has taken the unusual step of calling for stamp duty to be replaced by capital gains...

One of the capital’s most outspoken estate agents at the upper end of the market has given eye-watering statistics to show...

Some of the most expensive properties in London are selling typically between 13 and 21 per cent off the asking price. And...

The issue of ‘intergenerational fairness’ has been raised in recent weeks, some might say somewhat ironically by a House of Lords’...

A new and comprehensive analysis of the housing market shows a jaw-dropping collapse in stamp duty revenue going to the Treasury...

House prices in 20 UK cities analysed by Zoopla show an average 1.7 per cent increase over the 12 months to...

New figures from HM Revenue and Customs suggest that stamp duty receipts have fallen by no less than £1 billion. The drop...

An ex-housing minister and ex-Brexit secretary says he wants to radically change taxes on buy to let capital appreciation to help...

HM Revenue & Customs is set to pocket £60m less from one of its property taxes than it forecast. An analysis of...

Savills, which in the past has been restrained in its critique of Brexit’s effect on the housing market, now says that...

It’s being suggest that a recent tax tribunal verdict might just open the way to challenges to the three per cent...

A large-scale survey by a consumer group has revealed that over half of home owners regard stamp duty as a growing...

Over the last few years, there have a number of changes to the stamp duty land tax (SDLT) regime, which have...

Another new online auction company has launched and is bidding to woo traditional estate agents with the controversial ‘modern method of...

Estate agents have responded cynically to the small-fry property sector announcements made by Chancellor Phillip Hammond in yesterday’s spring statement mini-Budget. Overshadowed...

A member of a prominent legal network is warning buyers and their conveyancers to be ”wary” of the Modern Method of...

Cast your minds back to the summer of 2014. It’s 9.55 am somewhere in east London ‘Sorry I’m late’ offers the...

Government figures show the UK’s annual house price growth now being down to 2.5 per cent - the lowest rate since...

A design and renovation business has set up a property sourcing business which will find homes requiring renovation. What’s more, it claims...

A solicitor is warning estate agents and the public about allegedly wrong advice relating to the additional homes stamp duty surcharge. Julie...

The government has launched an official consultation about a new stamp duty surcharge - the long-awaited additional one per cent for...

He may not yet have had time to produce a Brexit plan but Boris Johnson has at least had a few...

An annual study of transaction charges shows that house moving costs are now at a record average high of almost £10,000...

If former Chancellor George Osborne thought his 2014 stamp duty reform would produce more income for the government, it appears he...

There was a huge 33 per cent collapse in transactions in central London in the final quarter of 2018 compared with...

A review of the housing market at present, particularly when it comes to purchase transactions, might not necessarily feel overly positive.  The...

High-end agency Savills says London’s super-rich are now buying and selling more actively than a year ago.  The agency says London’s so-called...

I often speak of my wish to see property taken out of the hands of politicians. Indeed, this is likely to...

It’s the word on everyone’s lips: after two and a half years of debate, and months before that leading up to...

It’s safe to say that the majority of agents will be glad to see the end of the past two years....

As 2018 draws to a close, it is fair to say that stretched affordability and uncertainty over the Brexit negotiations has...

Uncertainty will be a key characteristic of the housing market for “the next few years” warns Countrywide - and not just...

More than 75 per cent of first time buyers have benefited from the changes to stamp duty thresholds for introduced a...

If your New Year’s resolution is to move to a four bedroom home in London or the south of England, you...

There is a perfect storm brewing in the lettings market, and as the saying goes, “you can’t change the direction of...

Two reports have suggested London’s residential market may be damaged by Brexit - both the past two and a half years...

An end-of-year analysis from the National Association of Estate Agents shows the state of the industry - and it confirms just...

The global chief executive of Purplebricks, Michael Bruce, has warned mortgage lenders against offering so-called ‘super-sized’ home loans to borrowers.  Bruce is...

The holiday home market may still be struggling in the wake of the three per cent additional homes stamp duty surcharge...

A consumer group which has already expressed alarm at some aspects of the so-called ‘Modern Method of Auction’ says it has...

The chief executive of Haart, Paul Smith, is warning that a No Deal exit from the EU could leave Britain with...

A leading buying agent says the first quarter of 2019 may be crucial in determining the future of the current stamp...

Shocking figures from the Local Data Company, a consultancy monitoring the health of High Streets, show that 211 estate agency offices...

There was a drop in the number of new listings across the UK last month, suggesting that the usual autumn rush to...

Homes that require major structural work have asking prices which are on average £40,000 below the market norm, according to research...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? It just says “Agent” for, at the end of the...

We’re used to recent stories about transaction dips and price stagnation as Brexit uncertainty and stamp duty take their toll on...

Latest figures on the central London market from franchise giant Winkworth show that viewings dropped 20 per cent in the third...

On the face of it, this year’s Budget was not what you could describe as ‘housing heavy’ in terms of the...

Experts suggest that overseas buyers are likely to act quickly to take advantage of a delay in any stamp duty surcharge on...

The agency industry has reacted in a broadly downbeat way at the relatively few housing-related proposals that were announced in yesterday’s...

Stamp duty relief for first time buyers of full-priced houses and apartments is to be extended to first time buyers of...

It’s Budget day and the government is once again on the receiving end of a blast from one of the country’s...

Perhaps it’s been our pre-occupation with Brexit, or on the other hand maybe we’re bored with politics, but this year’s Budget...

One of London’s most prominent buying agencies says post-Brexit the interest in buying in the capital will return - whether there...

A London buying agent has called for a second referendum on Britain’s EU membership, suggesting that it would give more certainty...

Few things anger the industry more than the effect of stamp duty and other costs on property transactions (well, maybe Purplebricks...

A leading London estate agency is reporting a surge in overseas buyers sealing deals ahead of the government’s new stamp duty...

It’s time to sort the wheat from the chaff when it comes to overseas buyers of property. If you listen to Theresa...

I’ve spoken many times before of my desire to see government take property more seriously. For more than just lip service...

Savills is warning that heightened uncertainty around Brexit negotiations will delay recovery in the prime central London housing market for up...

Knight Frank appears to have shrugged off the problems hitting the high end of the housing market, reporting a 14 per...

Foxtons is shutting its Park Lane office - the flagship of the agency in prime central London’s Mayfair. Estate Agent Today was...

“Do we really need another tax?” - that’s the question from a new buying agency, querying why the government wants to...

The head of a leading Chinese property portal has taken the unusual step of commenting on a British tax policy -...

An accountancy trade body has revealed that last year it briefed MPs - including the Prime Minister and Housing Minister of...

One of London’s highest profile and most outspoken estate agent chiefs has scolded ‘Maybot’ Theresa May on the day she is to...

House prices grew two per cent year on year for September according to new figures - and a senior agency chief...

Agents have continued to express their shock and opposition to the announcement by the government that it wants a stamp duty...

Figures released by HMRC over the weekend show another huge rise in stamp duty going to the Treasury - and that’s...

Experts suggest that overseas buyers are likely to act quickly to take advantage of the delay in any stamp duty surcharge...

The government has used this week’s Conservative party conference to announce a new stamp duty tax of one per cent to three...

Landlords and letting agents might feel they’ve taken a bit of a battering from the government in recent years – and...

A buying agency says it has secured a prime London property for one of its clients at almost 40 per cent...

A London estate agent who works closely with High Net Worth overseas buyers has hit out a proposed law which he...

Any day now we’ll hear the date for the Autumn Budget: it may be delayed to wait for a Brexit deal...

Fake news has become the popular catchphrase of a certain orange-tinted president in recent years. And everyone, from tech giants like...

Over a fifth of pensioners say they would be encouraged to downsize if there was a stamp duty incentive - particularly...

A downbeat report from property investment specialist London Central Portfolio says “there are very few causes for optimism in the domestic...

Some 31 per cent of first time buyers residing in London ended up moving away from the capital to purchase a...

There’s little doubt that downsizing is less of a factor in the housing market than it used to be - so...

Data from the buying agency Black Brick reveals just how big an impact has been made by the additional homes stamp...

Were it not for climate change, I would be very close to predicting that the summer is close to being over,...

The buy-to-let sector, which has been under sustained pressure for a number of years now thanks to tax changes designed to...

There’s been another call for the government to reform stamp duty - and this time the request is that the duty...

Boris Johnson is calling for a cut to Britain’s “absurdly high” stamp duty. Writing in this morning’s Daily Telegraph - the same newspaper...

Research by Estate Agent Today reveals that there have been 12 different stamp duty regimes in the UK since the Millennium. What’s...

A respected mortgage broker has found that there is widespread public uncertainty amongst the public about the effects of stamp duty...

One of London’s leading estate agents says Brexit has had at worst a neutral effect on the housing market and may...

The former Chancellor George Osborne - architect of drastic stamp duty reform - has come out fighting to defend the tax...

An analysis of HMRC stamp duty statistics for the second quarter of this year suggest that receipts are down 13.8 per...

Gazumping is the biggest irritation in the property market to the general public according to a survey of over 2,000 people.  Respondents...

Prices and transaction volumes have both fallen again in Prime Central London according to the index produced by Central London Portfolio,...

A government announcement this morning claims 121,500 first time buyers have taken advantage of the stamp duty cut introduced at the...

Labour says stamp duty receipts and other tax income from properties in the capital should go to the Mayor, Sadiq Kahn,...

The price per square foot for homes in central London is currently £1,194 - that’s 16.9 per cent below its 2014...

With the continued indecision surrounding Brexit and the final divorce settlement still months away, it seems property buyers are choosing to...

Figures from Savills suggest that there’s currently an average 1.14 price adjustments per sale across the prime regional markets of the...

Another day, another housing minister – at least that’s what it feels like! The resignation of the Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson...

Agents appear to be getting more pessimistic over the housing market as the latest government figures show prices still growing - but...

House prices in London are projected to fall in the short-term, down by two per cent by the end of 2018...

An outspoken high-end London estate agent says millionaire foreign buyers purchasing “cheap” properties in the capital represent what he calls “the...

If agents want to get into what looks like a guaranteed growth sector, retirement properties might just be the one if...

Transactions across Greater London have plummeted - they were down 7.9 per cent over the past three months and a whopping...

The three per cent stamp duty additional properties surcharge is to blame for tumbling house prices in some of Britain’s holiday...

The Money editor of The Mirror newspaper has finally sold a home he first put on the market in late 2016...

Prime London’s transactions are now the preserve of so-called ‘needs-based buyers’ and not investors according to high-end agency Knight Frank -...

The housing market “is clearly currently struggling to gain traction” and any real upturn ”will remain elusive over the coming months”...

The proportion of homes sold in London was lower than any other part of England and Wales last year according to...

What is the biggest challenge in estate agency today? At the risk of sounding flippant, selling houses! It’s a unique industry...

London estate agency Kay & Co says it is targeting Chinese buyers following research data produced by a portal. The China property...

A poll of housing market experts suggests London house prices are likely to fall this year as a result of Brexit...

One of the country’s leading experts on the housing market says first time buyers are still hampered from purchasing homes despite...

National estate agency Jackson-Stops claims that the 3% stamp duty surcharge on additional homes is still confusing buyers, despite being in...

The introduction of the Land Transaction Tax (LTT) to replace stamp duty in Wales has had a significant impact on house...

Strutt & Parker has repeated its warning that the market in prime central London could see a typical house price fall...

Only one property in every eight sold in the current market succeeds in achieving its asking price - while no fewer than...

Research from the Nationwide suggests that the share of cash transactions has declined over the past 18 months, at least partly...

If you want to know whether buy to let, landlords and letting agents will be in the firing line for more...

Given the level of resource and energy being put behind upping the number of first-time buyers in the UK, you might...

Figures from the Treasury suggest that the annual revenue from stamp duty for the year to the end of March is...

Coutts bank has issued a starkly pessimistic snapshot of prime London’s housing landscape, reporting price falls, valuation mark-downs and slower sales...

A new study reveals precisely how little first time buyers apparently understand about the buying process.  In a survey of 500 people...

Stubbornly high house prices and concerns over leasehold-related charges top the list of worries amongst the public about the housing market. That’s...

A proposal by HMRC to speed up HMRC Capital Gains Tax payments for residential property sales could create a “compliance nightmare.” The...

Average prices dropped another 1.1 per cent in prime central London in the year to March according to new figures released...

Statistics published for the Annual Tax for Enveloped Dwellings show that the government appears to be succeeding in its  bid to...

Holiday home sales in one of the country’s most popular tourist destinations are holding up, despite stamp duty and the age...

The National Association of Estate Agents says the government’s first time buyer stamp duty incentive “seems to be having the desired...

One day, I’ll sit down to write for Estate Agent Today and I won’t express my dismay at the lack of...

HM Revenue and Customs has won a key ruling concerning a tax avoidance scheme promoter which claimed to be able to...

Average asking price of newly-marketed property have jumped 1.5 per cent - or over £4,500 - in the past month, says...

  Chancellor Phillip Hammond claims over 60,000 first time buyers have already benefitted from the stamp duty relief he announced at his...

In the great swathe of housing market data which is delivered each month, conveyancers’ case volumes often get overlooked, however the...

Rightmove has reported another very large leap in revenue in 2017 and a modest rise in agency and new home customers...

Scotland is considering giving first time buyers relief or exemption from Land and Buildings Transaction Tax - the replacement for stamp...

The number of first-time buyers has increased 16 per cent in the past month and 10 per cent year on year...

A range of factors - including fierce competition under the supplied housing market, rising property prices and political uncertainty – have...

Q. How did you get in to the property industry? My career in the property industry actually started out as a holiday...

The Mortgage Advice Bureau says early evidence suggests typical first time buyers are now spending more following the effective scrapping of stamp...

A partner at Carter Jonas says that the next 12 months could see stagnation in the market and as a result...

Foxtons has this morning given details of a sharp fall in both profits and revenue, wirth sales significantly falling away and...

Rightmove’s former lettings chief Sam Mitchell has taken over as chief executive of online agency HouseSimple, which recently won another £20m...

London’s prime central market is turning around at last according to the chief executive of Belgravia estate agency Henry & James. James...

One of the most influential select committees in parliament has told the government that it needs to do more - much...

A set of figures produced by Haart suggests the market has had a difficult past 12 months - but the firm...

Last week’s news that the lettings fee ban is unlikely to materialise before next spring was perhaps to be expected. Ever since...

An overwhelming 86 per cent of RICS members questioned in a survey claim they have seen no increase in interest from...

Franchise giant Winkworth has told its shareholders that its revenues for 2017 are likely to be less than five per cent...

As the £1m-plus housing market continues to struggle in most parts of the country, so the use of stunts and gimmicks...

The managing director of a bank has called for young people to be given more assistance in understanding the finances and processes behind...

Buyers spent £9.7 billion on moving house in 2017 with the average individual move costing £9,580 according to comparison website Compare...

The Department of Communities and Local Government has been rebadged as the Department of Housing, Communities and Local Government in what...

Estate agents are facing the biggest industry changes seen in decades. The rise of online and hybrid agents alongside more traditional...

Figures out this morning from the Nationwide show the first annual fall in London-wide house prices for eight years - and...

Mystery surrounds a claim made by Prime Minister Theresa May that the stamp duty changes for first time buyers made in...

More price falls have been recorded across areas of prime London according to Savills.  The pattern is not uniform - the agency...

What a year it’s been! Back in 2016 we had Brexit, a new prime minister, Donald Trump’s election, and so when...

The Nationwide says the Chancellor’s decision to effectively scrap stamp duty for the majority of first time buyers will have only...

The last of the leading agency analysts and business consultancies have now given their predictions for the UK housing market in...

Grosvenor Crescent, located in the heart of London’s Belgravia between Hyde Park Corner and Belgravia Square, is the most expensive residential...

House price growth will come to a halt next year as the number of transactions reduces, according to the RICS forecast...

One of prime London’s most senior estate agents says stamp duty is “strangling the residential property market” in areas of the...

The Welsh Government has revealed the bands and rates for its new Land Transaction Tax, which replaces stamp duty in the...

Another new year is nearly upon us and, once we’ve got the season of mince pies, mulled wine, pigs in blankets,...

A survey released this morning shows that estate agents’ fees have risen only four per cent in real terms since 2007...

Some 62 per cent of current home owners feel that moving house has become more difficult over the past 10 years...

The Halifax reports that house prices in the last three months, that’s between September and November, were 2.4 per cent higher...

It’s not breaking new ground to say that younger people have what many regard as the raw end of the deal...

Here we are again: another much anticipated Budget has been and gone and, yet, still nothing much has changed! Yes, of course,...

House price growth appears to have stabilised at 2.5 per cent per year according to the latest index to appear, that...

The latest market snapshot from the National Association of Estate Agents suggests that the proportion of sales made to first time...

The London-focussed estate agency Cluttons says chains in central London are becoming increasingly fragile thanks to general uncertainty in the wider...

Countrywide chief executive Alison Platt says she welcomes the government’s scrapping of stamp duty for first time buyers purchasing homes under...

Figures from the independent Office for Budget Responsibility suggest that house prices across the UK will rise by 3.1 per cent...

As we hurtle towards the end of 2017, it’s time to reflect on the year that’s just been.   Even better, this property-based...

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

The small print of the Budget has revealed that the government is to make minor changes to the ‘additional homes’ three...

The government has defined the ‘first time buyers’ who will benefit from its immediate scrapping of stamp duty for FTB purchases...

Agents and even the Labour Party have backed the government’s scrapping of stamp duty for first time buyers’ purchases up to...

Housing may have taken centre stage in the Budget but most of the industry appears to remain sceptical of whether the...

Stamp duty reform for first time buyers has taken pride of place in the Budget speech of Chancellor Phillip Hammond.   From today,...

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

British politics is extraordinarily volatile right now and the ongoing battle between austerity and anti-austerity, Leave and Remain, and Conservative and...

The London residential market is at last improving - but faces a make or break situation with next week’s Budget according...

easyProperty, the online agency, says stamp duty should be paid by sellers and not by first time buyers. The online firm’s head...

Jackson-Stops predicts that average UK house prices will remain flat in 2018, with stamp duty, Brexit and political uncertainties taking their...

Nicky Morgan, a former Cabinet minister and now chair of the highly respected Commons' Treasury Select Committee, is the most senior...

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

HMRC has refunded £185m to some 15,000 house buyers since the introduction of the stamp duty surcharge in April of last...

The largest mutual life pension and insurance company in the UK has added its voice to growing calls for stamp duty...

The head of a major Oxford estate and lettings agency has written an open letter to Chancellor Phillip Hammond urging him...

Two thirds of first time buyers over-estimate the cost of purchasing a home according to a survey from the NatWest. The NatWest’s...

Central London’s housing market is showing a recovery from price falls which followed stamp duty changes in 2014 and 2016 according...

Stamp duty on property sales is gumming up the housing market, stopping people from moving to the jobs they need, and...

Garrington Property Finders says some two-thirds of homes in two high-value parts of prime central London have been on sale for...

A breakdown of data from over 4,100 agents has revealed that it takes on average 201 days to move home, from...

With the Budget just over a month away, the steady stream of ‘leaks’ continues to grow as journalists and the industry...

Pressure is continuing to build on the government to reform stamp duty in next month’s Budget. Firstly a group of senior financial...

A minister has floated the idea that stamp duty could be reduced on homes where sellers have improved energy efficiency. Climate Change...

Stamp duty reform lies at the heart of the submission by the National Association of Estate Agents ahead of next month’s...

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

Like many of Labour’s recent policy proposals, its call for rent controls leaves more questions than answers.  There has been widespread criticism...

Respected buying agency Black Brick says there is evidence that prices in prime central London may be stabilising and transactions volumes...

The Welsh Government has set out the new levels of stamp duty for the country from next year onwards - and...

If the government slashed stamp duty for the country’s most expensive properties the entire housing market would benefit, an estate agency...

Confidence in buying property remains negative according to the quarterly sentiment measure undertaken by the Building Societies Association. Over a quarter of...

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

It appears activity in the housing market in 2017 will be around 15% down on 2016. The number of housing transactions...

I’ve written before about the impact of headlines on the property industry. Interest rate speculation.   Market booms and busts. Demand...

The average cost of moving home in the UK has increased by £628 over the past year from £10,966 to £11,624...

Winkworth says solid performances from its lettings and property management services, plus new franchise deals, have compensated for a challenging sales...

With party conference season around the corner and the next Budget just a couple of months away, more industry players are...

Whenever any research is released, part of me can’t help thinking of that old adage, ‘lies, damn lies and statistics’ especially...

Two years of stagnation fuelled by Brexit uncertainty and stamp duty increases may be coming to an end in prime central...

Jackson-Stops & Staff, a critic of the stamp duty system since its reform in 2014, now says the government should slash...

Analysis by the Nationwide suggests that the proportion of UK-wide stamp duty payments paid by purchasers in the south east of...

Homeowners ready to take their second step up the property ladder say it's harder than getting on it in the first...

It’s not just the evenings drawing in that marks the approach of autumn - it’s also the return to work of...

Ten out of 14 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News say Brexit and economic uncertainty are likely to stall London’s housing market...

The number of existing home owners moving house fell two per cent in the first six months of 2017 compared with...

A think tank says the penalties now levied against second home owners - such as the stamp duty surcharge and phasing...

Shelter, the campaigning charity that has been hugely critical of private landlords and letting agents in recent years, has now launched...

An analysis of data from HM Revenue and Customs reveals that inheritance tax paid by UK families has topped £5 billion...

Black Brick says its turnover in 2016 tripled to £3m with new business so far this year focussing increasingly on owner-occupier...

Stamp duty has become the latest weapon in the ongoing war of words between different wings of the Conservative party, as...

Savills has reported strong figures for the first half of 2017 across its worldwide activities, but its UK residential divisions have...

The ‘lower priced’ 80 per cent of homes in prime central London are seeing price rises again, giving hope they have...

A detailed analysis of the UK housing market by The Economist suggest many reasons lie behind the slump in property transactions...

Agents say the latest Nationwide index showing a surprise rise in house prices does not change the fact that it is...

The latest market snapshot by high-end agency Strutt & Parker reveals more bad news for London - despite the agency itself...

Countrywide has revealed a massive plunge in its profits for the first six months of 2017.   Pre-tax profit for the six months...

Foxtons has reported its half-year figures for the six months to the end of June and, as expected, they show how...

The number of transactions in the housing market has fallen for the third successive month - and for the first time...

With several agent partner programmes available across the country, estate agents can often increase business by offering sales by auction, with...

As discussed in our previous article, it’s all about the first impression. Once your team have handled that initial phone call...

PwC says the drop in the number of property transactions is the economic indicator where the uncertainty over Brexit is most...

Being a leading world-class city comes at a price – they are the most expensive for occupiers and the most lucrative...

For those of us working within the property sector, we’re in the very midst of what, for generations, has been one...

The latest market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows price growth dipping further, struggling transaction volumes and the...

First time buyers have finances stretched beyond their means, buy to let is attracting fewer investors because of taxes, and affordability...

A survey of just over 2,000 candidates and 1,000 employers across London’s residential property market suggests over half of them believe...

Gently rising house values in the mainstream market and problems facing the prime market in the capital mean that over half...

One of the industry’s leading analysts says Countrywide’s figures for the first half of 2017 are likely to be tough -...

The chief economist of Price Waterhouse Coopers says that although by some measures the London housing market looks ripe for a...

Sales in prime central London in the year to the end of March are a huge 41 per cent below the...

When it comes to provoking anger in property professionals, taxation takes some beating. Press releases are still arriving berating the December...

Prime London house prices are now 5.3 per cent lower than at the time of the EU referendum admits Savills, following...

“Housing policy should be in independent hands.” That was the conclusion of a panel debate that Andrews held, not recently, but two...

Just 27% of property valuations in May were requested by prospective home sellers, according to the latest data from Connells Survey...

National average house price growth bounced back in April after a slow March, according to official figures. The latest UK House Price...

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

The introduction of a 3% stamp duty surcharge on the purchase of additional properties has 'shattered' the property market, according to...

As we approach Thursday's General Election, more property professionals have criticised stamp duty and called for the Government to make changes...

London Central Portfolio, a property investment consultancy, has set out a five point plan for the next government elected this week...

Theresa May’s call for a snap general election on June 8 took many by surprise. But estate agents have been broadly...

Scotland already has the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax instead of stamp duty - now Wales is following suit, with a...

Asking prices of homes coming to the market have now been rising for five consecutive months says Rightmove.  Asking prices rose 2.0...

News headlines talk more and more about a slowdown in the property market, a drop in house prices and the need...

A ‘disrupter’ estate agent says the English housing market operates in a way that is far less efficient than Scotland’s -...

A respected City analyst has pointedly dissed Purplebricks over its allegedly modest inventory of homes for sale and rent. Antony Codling of...

Home buyers borrowed £11.2 billion in March - down on the ‘stamp duty bonanza‘ period at the same time last year...

The boss of the UK's largest independent agency has called on the government to be 'radical' and consider a range of...

Transaction levels in Prime Central London (PCL) increased for the third consecutive quarter during Q1 2017, according to Strutt & Parker. However,...

The Guild of Property Professionals, which has over 800 agent members across the country, has this week launched a new website.  The...

The next few weeks leading to the General Election on June 8 are likely to have “a short term adverse impact...

Auctions are a great way to sell property competitively, with a wide range of homes often selling under the hammer, and...

The average cost of moving home in the UK was £9,472 in 2016 according to a survey by the Centre for...

Trevor Abrahmsohn, one of London’s best known estate agents and a founder of OnTheMarket, says stamp duty should be split between...

HMRC says there has been a five per cent drop on the number of transactions attracting stamp duty in the first...

The government should resist any further increase in stamp duty not only to help the property market but to help guarantee...

The HomeOwners' Alliance says it has identified what it describes as "the UK's best performing agent" based on how much it...

The snap General Election on June 8 adds to uncertainty but does not significantly worsen the market for prime properties in...

First time buyer registrations in the past month have jumped nearly 20 per cent across the UK and almost 30 per...

Property transactions rose marginally in March this year, up 0.5 per cent on February’s total according to figures from HM Revenue...

I wrote last month about how the Government, in introducing a 3% stamp duty surcharge on second homes, had scored an...

Anyone hoping that the General Election could herald an immediate change of heart by the Conservatives on high levels of stamp...

A well-informed industry article on the possible sale of Strutt & Parker to French bank BNP Paribas suggests that the deal,...

Average UK house price growth will reach 2.2 per cent this year, a rise of £4,460 that will see the average...

My apologies if this causes you to break your Easter egg with a little too much aggression, but I reckon the...

A series of strong sales performances at recent auctions has led one firm to claim the sector is leading the residential industry’s...

More than three quarters of developers want to see the government go into reverse on its stamp duty and mortgage interest...

A building society claims that in the past three years alone no fewer than 1.2m buyers have given up on house...

Land Registry data shows that homes across the UK have risen in price by an average 5.8 per cent in the...

In recent years the mortgage industry has gone through some testing times. Recession and regulation have led to more stringent lending...

Purplebricks has stepped up its attack on what it calls “Britain's antiquated method of buying and selling homes” by describing it as...

Winkworth’s annual figures for 2016 reveal a franchise turnover drop of six per cent and a pre-tax profit fall of 25.6...