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House prices increased for the second consecutive month in November, according to Halifax. The lender’s latest House Price Index recorded monthly growth...

Asking prices for newly listed homes dropped by the largest rate for November in five years, Rightmove has revealed. The portal’s latest...

After years - indeed a decade - of anti-rental sector policy and rhetoric it’s difficult not to see recent days as...

The ‘fizz’ has left the market, an industry veteran has claimed after the Nationwide House Price Index revealed a second consecutive...

The number of prospective sellers contacting estate agents to have their home valued has hit its highest level since January, Rightmove...

Stock shortages are seeing one in 10 homes get snapped up within 14 days of entering the market, GetAgent claims. The agent...

The lack of agency stock for sale has pushed the gap between asking and sold prices to record lows, research claims. Research...

Limited supply is prompting more buyers to consider new-builds but the sector is also suffering from a stock shortage, Savills warns. Research...

Record numbers of homes are being sold off-market and for a premium due to the property supply shortage. Off-market sales are traditionally...

The property supply shortage may be easing but Zoopla has warned it will still take some time for stock to be...

Knight Frank has issued a stark warning that house price growth is set to slow. House price indices from lenders such as...

One of the country’s leading estate agents has played down the significance of the latest house price index which at first...

The extreme shortage of properties for sale has fuelled the first rise in new homes sold off-plan since 2016.   In 2021 some...

As regular readers will know, I like to use this column to shout out about the independent agents who are the...

A prominent trade body says the property industry must do more to recognise and support those with mental health issues. The Association...

Agents have told Housing Secretary Michael Gove that his Levelling Up agenda needs to include positive efforts to bring hundreds of...

A leading agent and market commentator says he has identified one part of the UK where the current stock shortage is...

Cluttons has given its market snapshot for the sales market in central London - and it’s echoing the familiar story of...

There’s been a significant rise in buyer interest in the energy efficiency of properties - but so far it’s making no...

Knight Frank says it’s already being contacted by prospective vendors wanting their homes to be listed for sale next spring. James Cleland,...

There is no denying that managing properties is labour intensive. As real estate agents you are responsible for administering and addressing...

Zoopla has calculated how much the average house price has risen every single day since the start of the pandemic in...

Parts of Britain are so short of homes for sale they have only half the number of listings to be expected...

The very strong housing market seen throughout this year is set to extend into 2022 as a stock shortage is forecast...

Rightmove data released this morning shows that the average asking price of a detached house has risen literally 10 times the...

The stamp duty holiday came and went with much fanfare. For many buyers it represented a rare opportunity to make some...

With stock remaining perilously short for most agents, the industry has been advised to use data to identify those existing owners...

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

The biggest challenge facing many agents in the current climate is the general shortage of stock, both for sales & lettings. Let’s...

A leading agent says the supply of homes coming to the market is still insufficient to match demand. London estate agent Jeremy...

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

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

New research shared with Estate Agent Today suggest that in areas of the country almost four in 10 homes for sale...

An agent in part of the UK with the strongest seller’s market claims the stock shortage is the worst he’s seen...

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

The scores are in….and it looks like house prices are going to rise gently in 2020 according to forecasts from almost...

There were 102,330 residential property transactions in December - that’s up 3.6 per cent on the same month last year on...

New data from Haart estate agency suggests that despite many homes sticking on the market, apparently would be buyers are locked...

The UK’s largest property auctioneer says its first quarter’s sales figures for 2018 are ahead of those for the same period...

The vast majority of estate agents believe that not enough people are downsizing to free up family homes, according to conveyancing...

One of the industry’s best known training operators, TM training & development, is giving away free places on its next five...

Data from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests that over 60 per cent of its members contributing to a monthly...

Property has long been a safe investment. Before the downturn in 2008, sellers were able to gain a healthy capital return.  Post-economic...

More outdated office space should be converted into residential property in order to combat the UK’s shortage of homes, according to...

There are 47 per cent fewer properties for sale across England and Wales than in December 2007 with the general shortage...

The director of two major agencies says George Osborne’s stamp duty surcharge and stock at an “historically low level” will force...

The sales market may be troubled by a sharp stock shortage and the rental sector bogged down with a flurry of...

Humberts says property values across the south east of England have seen robust growth of almost eight per cent over the...

A retirement property sales business says increasing numbers of estate agents are considering selling specialist retirement housing “but often without the...