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Annual house price growth remains above 10 per cent despite a small monthly dip in July according to the Nationwide. A 0.5...

Propertymark has worked with one of the UK governments to create an information sheet which, in virtual or hard copy firm,...

New research shows that the surge in house prices this year has taken homes in at least 25 areas of England...

One of the leading housing market analysts says some of the extreme house price rises seen this year could unwind during...

The already-high fall-through rate for transactions is likely to be supercharged by the impending end of the tapered stamp duty holiday...

Demand for all types of houses, from terraced to detached, has more than doubled in the current housing market - creating...

“There is an average of 19 buyers for every available property on the market” according to Propertymark’s latest market snapshot for...

A surge in activity ahead of June’s stamp duty deadline and tight supply saw price growth in the country house market...

A new service launched over the weekend, proposing to charge buyers £30 for a “guaranteed” viewing, has split opinions amongst estate...

London’s super prime residential market has recorded its strongest half year in volume and value terms since the rush to beat...

There’s gathering momentum to do ‘something’ about the unfairness of council tax and stamp duty. This isn’t new in principle. Agents have...

Zoopla data has confirmed that buyer demand started to moderate in the months prior to the initial stamp duty holiday tapering...

Remember the early days of lockdown when there was a general panic? Perhaps the hot demand for toilet rolls was a sign...

The first stamp duty holiday deadline has now passed, and we can all sigh a slight relief after the sheer numbers...

The post-lockdown housing market boom is showing signs of a significant slowdown according to a new forecast. The prediction, from the quote...

Regional hybrid agency Hortons says its repaid its £50,000 bounce back loan at the earliest opportunity - because the industry has...

Knight Frank’s network of residential sales offices in London had a record month in June as the end of the main...

HM Revenue & Customs has warned of what it calls the “negative impacts” of the pandemic on the latest property transactions...

A new online forum wants to unite estate agents and conveyancers, and ditch the traditional rivalry between the two professional disciplines. It’s...

Ben Ridgway gives his views on the current market, material information and PropTech for agents. What is your current view of the...

A group of MPs has suggested the government consider a “proportional property tax” to replace the current council tax, in a...

Property consultancy LonRes says June was a record-breaking month for property sales in the capital, with exchanges up 140 per cent...

The busiest first half of a year ever recorded by Rightmove has led to a raft of new records for the...

A new analysis off the housing market suggests that the current frenzy is down partly to activity in the most expensive...

Let it never be said that this column isn’t here to help out agents directly. In this week’s Natter, I speak...

Our long-awaited ‘Freedom Day’ approaches. From Monday all of the restrictions, introduced since the Covid-19 pandemic made an impact across the...

The housing market across the country shows little or no sign of cooling despite the end of the main stamp duty...

The signs are that even with the stamp duty holiday tapering to a close at the end of the summer, the...

As we slowly ease out of lockdown and back to something closer to normality, some legacies of the pandemic will be...

The Halifax is reporting a 0.5 per cent monthly drop in house prices, plus a fall in the annual rate from...

A leading agency in the capital says it’s seen its strongest ever half year of trading. According to Chestertons’ latest market analysis,...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Jamie Cooke, Co-Founder and Managing Director of iamsold, part...

Several estate agencies have reported record months of business thanks to the rush of transactions ahead of the main stamp duty...

The race to complete home sales before the stamp duty holiday came to an end on June 30 has created what...

By any measure, the housing market has been unprecedently busy in recent months, fuelled not just by the stamp duty holiday...

Labour says the stamp duty holiday is an example of the government’s “failed approach” to home ownership and housing affordability. Labour’s Shadow...

Online estate agency Strike - which used to be HouseSimple - is expanding its sell-for-free service out across the Midlands and...

Knight Frank claims that the number of UK property transactions in June is on track to be the highest on record.  Although...

Rightmove estimates that 1.3m buyers have benefitted from the stamp duty holidays across Great Britain since they were announced in July...

A third of owners would consider moving more regularly if the stamp duty holiday on the first £500,000 of a purchase...

The leading reason for property sales falling through is gazumping, according to new research from Comparethemarket. Over the past year, nearly two-fifths of...

Back in April, leading portal Zoopla launched a new multi-million-pound marketing campaign, its biggest ever, to help agents capitalise on the...

The property market was expected to struggle to recover after the first lockdown, but, thanks to the stamp duty holiday and...

Average house prices have risen by £29,000 over the course of the stamp duty holiday as house price annual inflation hits...

So, who would have thought it? England finally beat Germany in a knockout game at a major competition - and it...

An online agent operating in the Midlands says the idea of flipping property is a thing of the past thanks to...

High end agency Savills says prime central London remains “relatively subdued” ahead of the return of foreign travel and overseas buyers. PCL...

The frenzy of activity in the housing market thanks to the stamp duty holiday shows the need for automated processes to...

Price renegotiations are underway between buyers and sellers in danger of missing Wednesday’s stamp duty holiday deadline, says Knight Frank. The agency...

For the second time in two working days, a report suggests that ever-higher numbers of buying are paying over the asking...

There are just three working days until the end of the stamp duty holiday for most buyers. That’s not even enough time...

Phil Spencer has interviewed five key regional estate agents in the latest of his Move iQ industry videos. It’s a fascinating insight...

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

In this week’s In Conversation Today, we have one of the most familiar names in agency on board for a Q&A....

A rush to beat next week’s stamp duty holiday deadline has caused a 200 per cent increase in demand for removal...

An authoritative study on the housing market has shown that the big losers from the pandemic have been first time buyers. The...

There may well have been times in recent weeks when any agent would have been forgiven for wanting a break -...

The frantic growth in house prices is showing its first sign of slowing down, says Rightmove. In its latest monthly market snapshot,...

One in 10 buyers say they will seek to renegotiate on the price of their chosen home if they miss the...

In an unusual move, HM Land Registry has issued guidance to agents to help them reassure jittery buyers and sellers ahead...

In the first of a two-part special with the presidents of the UK’s largest property trade organisation, we carry out an...

The property market is currently in a unique position where the number of house hunters looking for their next home is...

Agents should prepare for a surge in fall throughs and collapsed sales thanks to the first stamp duty holiday period expiring...

The finance arm of a leading estate agency has taken the unusual step of warning about delays in the conveyancing process. “The...

Average house prices in the year to the end of April increased by 8.9 per cent according to the government’s Office...

Auction House has announced its highest-ever monthly sales total, with its sales in May just topping £70m.  The firm sold 397 properties...

The Stamp Duty holiday has been very beneficial for hundreds of thousands of buyers looking to take advantage of savings, even...

Knight Frank says it will be September at the earliest before the current frenzy of housing market activity will stabilise. The agency’s...

The cost of the average mortgage deposit has climbed £11,000 in some areas thanks to the stamp duty holiday fuelling the...

The policy and campaigns team at Propertymark, headed by Mark Hayward, has been expanded after what it calls “a number of...

Buyers are not told the true scale of flood risk in many properties - and the rush to beat the stamp...

The government has dismissed a call for reform of the stamp duty system, which would have meant the tax would apply...

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

An industry supplier is urging agents to dust off old prospects to build their pipeline and keep the market boom going...

Boomin says it’s added over 600 new agency branches during May, with the latest signing being the large Pattinson independent with...

Over 500,000 homebuyers in England are set to benefit from the stamp duty holiday to the tune of £3.4 billion, according...

There are over 700,000 homes marked Sold Subject to Contract and going through conveyancing right now, according to a new Rightmove...

The Law Society has published new guidance for what it calls “under-pressure conveyancing solicitors” as the stamp duty deadline of June...

The editor of the legal publication the Law Gazette has taken an estate agent to task for daring to suggest that...

Annual house price inflation is now at its strongest level in nearly seven years, says the Halifax House Price Index. The average...

There are now more mortgage products available than at any time since the start of the pandemic in March 2021. Data from...

An estate agency says disgruntled and delayed property buyers are fast falling out of love with the stamp duty holiday, which...

Independent agents come in all shapes, sizes and looks, many with their own USPs and little quirks. It is this variety...

The growth of the internet and technology has transformed virtually every aspect of our lives, including how we approach the property...

A gradual increase in the supply of homes coming to the market means the stellar price rises of recent months are...

The MP who chairs one of the most important committees in the House of Commons has urged the government to increase...

New data shows no let-up on the pressure on the conveyancing sector as the stamp duty holiday and the broader economic...

House prices have soared 10.9 per cent in the past year - the highest level since 2014 - according to the...

The government is to answer a call made in an online petition for stamp duty to apply when contracts are exchanged,...

One of the country’s leading politicians says a yet-to-be-revealed way of taxing property sales could be one way of helping homes...

Books about property are, relatively speaking, commonplace - books by estate agents are far less so, hence the interest in The...

An agency says two thirds of its sales valuations in London in the first quarter of the year have been conducted...

An anonymous conveyancer has admitted increasing fees to deter buyers and sellers in the frenzied housing market during the stamp duty...

The number of transactions is scheduled to reach 1.52 million this year - way above the norm of between 1.0 and...

An all-time record high of one in three properties sold for more than the original asking price last month. This is according...

Digital marketing agency Angels Media and digital platform Gazeal have announced an exclusive strategic partnership to help improve and speed up...

Telephone and chat support service Moneypenny has outlined a strategy to help agents avoid burn out. The service argues that working throughout...

An unusual price forecast based on conveyancing quotes suggests the housing market is to continue busy over the summer with more...

One of the country’s leading estate agents claims some solicitors are charging exorbitant fees on transactions as they near the latest...

The head of one of the UK’s largest conveyancing legal practices is warning the property market could “fall off a cliff...

One of the industry’s key marketing suppliers has given four tips for agent readers of Estate Agent Today. Graeme Edwards, managing director...

It’s now over a year since the property market officially reopened after an unprecedented two-month shutdown at the height of the...

In an industry which is faced with constant changes in day-to-day practices and even more so given the Covid terrain which agents...

EweMove says it’s has just recorded its best-ever month for new enquiries from sellers. In April the hybrid - which is part...

The Bank of England’s deputy governor says it’s possible that the current housing market boom may continue even after the end...

A think tank wants the government to scrap stamp duty and replace it with an annual property tax based on capital...

An online platform claims each agency branch in the UK has benefited from the stamp duty holiday by over £120,000. WiggyWam says...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Christopher Keen and Company Director  What is ‘company name’ and what...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Bal Arora – Managing Director In your experience, what is the...

Thousands of sales are at risk because slow searches by councils may prevent deals completing by the next stamp duty deadline. With just under...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, I speak to someone who has made an excellent impression on the property industry in...

A relatively modest interest rate rise could trigger a crash in the housing market according to the housing analyst behind the...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Jack Reid Founding Director of Orlando Reid  In your experience,...

London’s super prime residential market shows signs of recovery with more £5m-plus sales recorded in the first four months of 2021 than...

Increasing optimism at the success of the Coronavirus vaccine programme and the relaxation of restrictions have contributed to house prices rising...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Ben Ridgway, Group Managing Director at iamproperty. What is iamproperty...

Even before the pandemic, the estate agency sector was evolving considerably as a younger generation started buying, selling and letting homes,...

Changes to the way the property market operates over the last year - with increased flexibility and remote interactions - has...

A market analysis by Fine & Country suggests that annual house price inflation could hit 10 per cent next month. Nicky Stevenson,...

The latest Coutts Prime Property Index has revealed that activity in this sector of the market - based mostly in London...

Property owners who play it cool when it comes to marketing their home find their frustration soon becomes overheated. The constant we...

The Prime Central London pain throughout the pandemic can be seen by new figures just released by an investment consultancy, showing...

Mortgage lending has shown the biggest net increase on record according to the Bank of England.  Mortgage borrowing in March rose by...

Parts of the UK property market face a supply shortage with a quarter fewer properties listed for sale in England and...

A leading agency says the stamp duty holiday is not a big influence on the current housing market frenzy - and...

House prices are 7.1 per cent above their level a year ago as the boom continues. The latest house price index, from...

Local elections rarely set the pulse racing and this year’s poll on Thursday faces a similar problem. But this time, it’s a...

Propertymark is staging a webinar today tackling the challenging issue of conveyancing - just as the market is at its busiest...

A new petition has been launched asking the government to make the stamp duty holiday apply when contracts are exchanged, rather...

Rightmove and Zoopla have both made PropTech announcements as the scramble to retain and win agents continues. Rightmove’s draw-a-search tool has been...

If you’re worried the stamp duty holiday is denying the Treasury of much-needed income, think again. Stamp duty receipts soared to £1,196...

A consumer financial service suggests it’s already too late for most buyers to meet the latest stamp duty holiday deadline of June...

A major agency is reporting a “frenzy” with branches inundated with enquiries as soon as homes are listed. Nicky Stevenson, managing director of...

Some 80 per cent of the property market will remain free of stamp duty for first-time buyers, even after the current...

A leading agent says that for every house he puts on the market, he has over 40 requests for viewings -...

Zoopla today begins a new marketing drive - the latest move in the fierce battle between Rightmove, Zoopla, OnTheMarket and Boomin. Zoopla is...

Agents are being urged to push through their pipelines before the upcoming stamp duty deadlines. The plea comes from Simply Conveyancing, which...

Another week begins, another record tumbles - Rightmove this morning reports a monthly price surge of 2.1 per cent has propelled...

There’s been a surge in activity in London’s prime housing market according to LonRes. The property data company says that new instructions in March...

An analysis of the average time taken for properties from 10 leading estate agency brands to complete shows a significant increase...

The UK government has been told it should make the stamp duty cut permanent to encourage investment and make it easier...

We’re officially transitioning to summer – marked by the clocks going forward and warmer weather – just as restrictions start to...

One housing market index suggests that average house prices in England and Wales have risen by 9.8 per cent in the...

A leading agency claims the stamp duty holiday has actually had a minimal impact in the mainstream market, despite many suggestions...

One in three property sales in England and Wales fell through before completion in the first quarter of 2021. The 32 per...

The Chancellor’s decision to extend the stamp duty holiday has “put a spring in the step" of the housing market according...

A mortgage firm specialising in high net worth clients says the stamp duty holiday cliff edge will not impact the most expensive...

The shortage of supply compared to demand, which has characterised the housing market in recent months, could soon be a thing...

Data from agency Knight Frank suggests the number of UK exchanges last month was the highest in 10 years - well above...

A portal says it’s the most significant challenger to the Big Three of Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket. OneDome says it bases this on...

The property market has performed strongly in recent months  as the impact of the pandemic has encouraged more people to move...

One of the most outspoken campaigners against stamp duty has been fined for avoiding tens of thousands of pounds in … stamp...

The sizes and numbers of gardens in London are reducing because stamp duty is encouraging more extensions as an alternative to moving. That’s...

The MP leading a new parliamentary committee on the housing market says a radical reform of tax would help more people move...

First time buyers are now saving more than £800 a year in comparison with tenants, new analysis suggests.  The Halifax says the...

The stamp duty holiday has backfired and buyers almost everywhere are paying more for homes, rather than less. StripeHomes analysed house price...

The launch of Boomin has been and gone with, perhaps, something less than its expected fanfare of publicity. Of course there are...

We are just over one year on from the day our lives truly changed, when the UK went into its first...

Estate agents play a key role in identifying tax savings that can benefit all parties. If a purchaser can benefit from...

It’s 12 years since we opened our doors with the Fine and Country estate agency in Drayton on April 1 2009. The...

Annual house price growth remains strong but it has slowed significantly according to the Nationwide. Prices dropped 0.2 per cent on average...

A prominent London agency says today’s new two per cent stamp duty surcharge imposed on most overseas buyers will not dampen...

With March marking one year since the beginning of the first national lockdown across all four nations of Britain in response...

Earlier this month, Fixflo held a webinar with David Cox, legal and compliance director of Rightmove, to discuss key government policies...

NAEA Propertymark says a record number of transactions are taking four months to move from offer to exchange. The organisation says this...

Bank of England figures reveal that in February there were 87,700 mortgage approvals - down from a peak of 103,700 in...

As an indication of the frenzied property market, this may take some beating - an agent has had 18 viewings on...

With just days before the launch of new portal Boomin, Rightmove says it’s hit a record 9.1m visits in a 24...

It’s costing taxpayers £750,000 just for the government to update its IT systems to handle the stamp duty holiday.  In a document...

The Chancellor’s recent announcement that the stamp duty holiday would be extended for another three months was undoubtedly great news for...

The stamp duty holiday frenzy has reduced the gap between asking and sale prices according to new research. Before the start of...

Data from Rightmove suggests a sharp increase in the number of chain-free properties on the market because sellers are increasingly willing...

The original stamp duty freeze, which started in July 2020, has already helped push house prices to a record high and...

Residential transactions totalled 147,050 last month according to HMRC - that’s 23 per cent higher than the previous month and an...

The government’s highly-anticipated Tax Day was just a damp squib.  That’s the view of leading analyst Anthony Codling, who says the almost complete...

The Building Societies Association says there’s been a surge in consumer confidence in the housing market following the Budget. Some 37 per...

Some 30 tax documents have been released by HM Treasury this afternoon - a mix of responses to past consultations, proposals...

Zoopla has crunched the numbers for the continuing stamp duty holiday in England and Northern Ireland, calculating 500,000 buyers will have...

The Conservatives have promised that first time buyers would not pay tax when buying a home in Wales if the party wins...

Stamp Duty receipts for the year to the end of February fell just six per cent despite the high profile SDLT...

One year on from the UK’s first stay-at-home order, London has been overtaken as the most searched-for location on Rightmove, according...

Purplebricks is now part of the mainstream landscape of British estate agency. There - I said it. An agency whose whispered name...

There is growing speculation that a raft of tax proposals to be unveiled next week will include reform of Capital Gains...

London’s residential market appears to be showing renewed signs of life thanks to the rollout of the government roadmap and vaccine...

Uncertain market means additional revenue streams are more important than ever The last year has been an uncertain period for many business...

A quarter of agents say they intend to recruit new staff in the next 12 months, following on from the surge...

Later this year, on October 22, the ESTAS 2021 will take place in London. The glittering ceremony will welcome property professionals...

The findings of the new ‘Thriving in a Pandemic’ report, recently published by tmgroup and mio, have highlighted that the market...

There’s a warning this morning that possible tax reforms to be unveiled next Monday could wreak huge damage on the property...

One of the companies at the heart of the campaign to provide more upfront information to prospective buyers has struck a...

It now takes 43 days longer to sell a home than it did a year ago. Comparison site GetAgent, which makes the...

Agents have been warned they are likely to require PropTech assistance to cope with a surge in transactions expected this year. The...

The UK is only the eighth most popular country for Asian investment buyers, and accounts for just three per cent of...

Another leading research team in a major agency has revised upwards its forecast for the 2021 market. Savills revised its predictions recently...

Following the fluctuation of the property market during the UK’s first national lockdown, the industry was given a lifeline by the...

High end purchasers of homes in London paid 15 per cent of the stamp duty in 2020, yet the value of...

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

The latest breakdown of the stamp duty holiday extension has given a first estimate of the total number of deals to...

The property sector is in the middle of a boom and demand is high. Last week’s announcement that the stamp duty...

Transactions and house price forecasts for the mainstream housing market are being revised upwards by Savills following the Budget. The new predictions follow an...

Boomin has revealed its launch date after months of high-profile publicity. It’s to be three and a half weeks from now on...

The latest house price index from the Halifax suggests the market has softened ahead of the original scheduled end of the stamp...

Agents in England are told that sellers should market their homes by March 23 - only 18 days from now - if...

Varying decisions across the country means the dreaded stamp duty cliff-edge will hit the market at different times in different UK...

Labour says Chancellor Rishi Sunak “will give away half a billion pounds to second homeowners and landlords through the stamp duty...

Another week and another frenzy of news, culminating in the Budget and the extension of the stamp duty holiday. A cliff edge...

Rarely do Budgets produce positive sentiments from the agency industry but Chancellor Rishi Sunak appears to have won widespread support for...

The government has issued an official note to detail the announcement made yesterday by Chancellor Rishi Sunak regarding stamp duty holiday...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak says the stamp duty holiday on properties up to £500,000 will be extended from March 31 to June 30; from...

The head of a PropTech platform wants financial penalties on conveyancers if transactions miss deadlines. “The only way to accelerate the current...

Today’s Budget is the most eagerly-anticipated for many years, as it juggles to shore up the economy with the longer-term issue...

A surge in demand from buyers, even those unlikely to benefit from the stamp duty holiday, offers hope for the market...

No fewer than 79 per cent of people want the stamp duty holiday extended according to a survey conducted by an...

Mortgage approvals declined slightly in January as the market braces itself for the end of the stamp duty holiday - currently...

A radical way to end the current stamp duty holiday has been suggested by three different legal bodies. The Society of Licensed...

It’s been revealed that some far reaching changes to property taxes may not be unveiled at Wednesday’s Budget and may wait...

With just two days to go, it's fair to say the property industry is eagerly awaiting Chancellor Rishi Sunak's Budget statement...

A leading agent says the worst thing that could happen with Wednesday’s Budget is if the Chancellor does not deliver on...

Honesty is a concept that journalists will tell their readers is non-existent for estate agents. Yeah, right! But as the end...

Rightmove has revealed its figures for the full year 2020 - down in terms of profit and revenue because of the impact...

An open letter from Boomin chief executive Michael Bruce shows how fierce the competition is going to be in the portal field...

New research from Propertymark suggests a typical fall through costs an agent £4,123.  The association says that if the stamp duty holiday...

A prominent conveyancer has hit out at the extension to the stamp duty holiday, which is now ending in late June and...

Much of the agency industry has reacted with delight at the extension of the stamp duty holiday deadline until June. Rightmove estimates...

A conveyancing trade publication wants those involved in residential transactions to be kind to each other - especially as the stamp duty...

Older homeowners gifted an average of £42,500 to younger relatives to help them buy in the past year, according to new...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak will extend the stamp duty holiday deadline until the end of June - a three month extension. The lead...

Transaction totals took a tumble last month for the first time since last summer as HMRC figures suggest the stamp duty...

Zoopla says it has so far delivered almost £80,000 in agent fees through its access to the Modern Method of Auction. MMA...

A new study suggests that the end of the stamp duty holiday should not significantly dent the purchasing pattens of buy...

Conveyancing volumes rose 27 per cent in just one month as the sector attempts to cope with huge demand prompted by...

The online petition which prompted a debate by MPs has now won the support of around 150,000 signatures. Typically public support for...

Propertymark - still reeling over two senior resignations in less than a week - says its lobbying sessions with politicians are...

Some 12 per cent of buyers will pull out of their transaction if it does not complete in time for their stamp...

A study by estate agency Coulters has revealed which areas of the country make the biggest savings courtesy of the stamp...

We’re now well into the third national lockdown and as the nation’s thoughts start to focus on how and when we’ll...

The Law Society for England and Wales says it wants action now to prevent tens of thousands of  transactions collapsing at...

First time buyers with just a 10 per cent deposit - for long almost excluded from the mortgage market - now...

The Chancellor’s rumoured six week extension to the stamp duty holiday has been backed by Rightmove. Over last weekend the Daily Telegraph,...

A huge number of additional transactions completing in the next few weeks due to the stamp duty holiday provides estate agents...

A new forecast suggests 70,000 buyers will miss the March 31 stamp duty holiday deadline. Zoopla has undertaken a new analysis to...

The deadline to complete the purchase of a home under the current Help to Buy scheme in England has been extended...

Agents and conveyancers are expressing doubt over whether a possible six week extension to the stamp duty holiday will be enough...

Rightmove is the latest portal to forge a link with the controversial Modern Method of Auction service being offered to agents. A...

The Chancellor is considering extending the stamp duty holiday for a short period according to a newspaper report this morning. The Daily...

You can always tell when Budget day is approaching. There’s lots of comment from every imaginable quarter about what the Chancellor of...

An MP demanding a root and branch reform of property taxation, including scrapping stamp duty, says the chance of fundamental reform is...

Agents will soon have a chance to hear a US motivational speaker described as one of the world’s most influential sales...

A leading bank says as many as one in three buyers pay too much for a property because they are afraid...

A leading agency chief suggests there will have to be substantial bargaining between buyers and sellers as the stamp duty holiday cliff...

One of the chief figures behind Brexit and Boris Johnson’s role as London Mayor is now advising that stamp duty should be...

A housing market analyst says stamp duty, for all its unpopularity within the property industry, may not be so bad after...

There’s been a huge focus on both the stamp duty holiday and Help To Buy deadlines at the end of March...

House price growth is running out of steam ahead of the stamp duty holiday cliff-edge. That’s the suggestion from the Halifax; its latest...

Experts are warning that buyers rushing to complete before the March 31 cliff edge for the stamp duty holiday may miss...

There is no scientific formula, no list of must-have elements in a successful campaign. That’s especially the case for a campaign involving...

Pressure is building for widespread property tax reform beyond short term issues regarding stamp duty. Many MPs in this week’s 65-minute special...

A mortgage has been launched targeting borrowers who believe they are unlikely to complete their purchase before the stamp duty holiday’s...

An estate agency says 10 per cent of its sellers have already dropped their asking prices to keep buyers on board,...

After high levels of publicity for Zoopla and Boomin in recent weeks, Rightmove has struck back with figures suggesting it’s enjoyed...

A 10-point ’must have’ list of demands for Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget on March 3 has been issued by NAEA Propertymark. It’s...

Agents can win more instructions by using text messages to prospective sellers as part of a short term ‘nurture’ campaign, according...

New government figures show that stamp duty transactions in the final quarter of last year were 43 per cent higher than in...

We are now over four weeks in to our third national lockdown in the UK. Although the property market remains open,...

Estate agents have kept up the pressure on the Westminster government to consider some kind of tapered ending to the stamp...

The government needs to step in to rescue two valuable property incentives before they expire at the end of March, a...

The Nationwide has pulled no punches with Chancellor Rishi Sunak - it’s made it clear that if the stamp duty holiday...

The government is keeping everyone guessing about the stamp duty holiday but one comment by a senior minister suggests movement towards a...

Mortgage approvals decreased slightly in December but remain well above pre-Covid levels thanks to the continuing incentive of the stamp duty...

Labour and Conservative MPs have expressed a unanimous view on their desire to see an extension of the stamp duty holiday...

You can watch the Parliamentary debate on a possible Stamp Duty Holiday extension here, using the streaming link at the bottom of...

Today’s the day when Parliament debates a possible extension to the stamp duty holiday beyond its March 31 cliff edge deadline...

At the back-end of last year and the start of this, the biggest news stories in town – besides debates over...

Technology has advanced in leaps and bounds in recent years, undoubtedly improving many parts of the moving process for both estate...

As we now find ourselves in the UK’s third national lockdown in 10 months, what tenants want, and need from their...

A leading mortgage broker is warning that over half the lenders in a key segment of the market are already unable...

Properties are currently taking 29 per cent longer than average to sell once under offer, according to research by a home...

Covid-19 has caused the number of new homes registered by UK house builders to fall 23 per cent in 2020. The NHBC...

Property commentator Phil Spencer says lockdown - which we know will now last for another six weeks at least, and possibly...

Homeowners staying at home during another lockdown are doing more than sharing memes of groundhog day or doing family quizzes on...

A large majority of estate agents fear a surge in 'failed sales’ as the stamp duty holiday cliff edge gets ever-closer. The latest National...

Zoopla's latest figures suggest 70,000 transactions are likely to miss the stamp duty holiday deadline of March 31.  And the portal says: “The...

It's been announced that MPs will after all debate the Stamp Duty Holiday extension following a hugely popular online petition. The 90-minute...

The stamp duty holiday should be extended to include properties that have exchanged but have yet to complete, a leading accountancy...

A PropTech supplier says the conveyancing process is “antiquated” and buyers and sellers would be better served if they were ’shadowed’...

An international property and residency consultancy claims the sold prices of homes in some prime London locations have collapsed by up to 40...

In a wide-ranging video interview for his Move iQ service, Phil Spencer speaks to buying agent and TV property pundit Henry...

The last few months have seen property agents work hard to continue delivering quality client communications and maintain an increasingly digital...

Well, what a start to 2021! None of us thought things would change as the clock struck midnight on New Year’s...

A leading analyst is questioning whether buyers have benefitted from the stamp duty holiday because demand has purshed up prices far...