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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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 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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

Just a week ago, I thought it was all over. Christmas and New Year had gone, as had the passionate calls...

The next Budget will be held on March 3 next year - in time for Chancellor Rishi Sunak to change his...

MPs lobbied by agents to extend the stamp duty holiday are staying firmly on the fence with standard answers and no...

A petition has been launched demanding a stamp duty holiday extension. The online petition is the idea of Jonathan Steel - a layperson...

The Guild of Property Professionals is urging the industry - all agents, not just its own members - to lobby MPs...