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Welcome to the latest edition of our daily service dedicated to advice and guidance on how agents can best cope with...

Two auctions held behind closed doors have been deemed a success, and evidence that the property market can still function despite...

It seems an eternity ago but the housing market in February - that’s only last month - was in rude health...

Hello, and we trust you had as good a weekend as possible in these difficult circumstances.  As we start a new week...

Hello and welcome to a special Agents Do Charity, given over entirely to a wonderful effort to coordinate the industry’s response...

A senior figure in the industry has spoken out against the shock sackings and branch closures announced by Spicerhaart. Jon Cooke, chief...

The extraordinary past week of anger over portals’ fees plus early-warning statements like that from Foxtons indicate the anxiety in the...

By now, most letting agents and landlords will have heard about the draft legislation laid in Parliament concerning a mandatory minimum...

New figures from the National Association of Estate Agents show a big surge in demand despite the winter weather since the...

A free-to-list portal says the costs of listing on the established sites - especially Rightmove - are contributing to estate agencies...

In another positive sign for the housing market, every region of the UK has seen a price rise according to the...

For several years the regular monthly RICS market snapshot has made depressing reading - now, for there second month in a...

Coutts has identified areas of London where house prices are still below peak. Although the wealth manager and private bank says there...

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee meets today for its monthly decision on whether the move base rate - and...

Rightmove and Zoopla have been working with key figures from government and the agency and conveyancing industries on how to reform...

The housing market appears to have ended 2019 on a positive note according to the National Association for Estate Agents. Its latest...

Some buying agents have batted away the many signs of an improving housing market but one says the Boris Bounce is...

Data from HM Revenue & Customs shows tax receipts from stamp duty fell a further 5.2 per cent between 2018 and...

In its latest State of the Property Nation report, which questions over 650 agents and 6,000 consumers, Zoopla says 55 per...

As I look towards this year, I am sure that my thoughts are the same as many within the industry. I am...

At the end of a strong week for housing market indicators, the latest survey from the website Home suggests a major...

The Property Franchise Group - which operates five High Street agency brands and the EweMove hybrid - has set up a...

Savills says the decisive General Election result appears to have suddenly turned the market around and gave “a strong close to...

House prices rose 4.0 per cent in 2019 according to Britain’s biggest mortgage lender Halifax, as a December bounce - some...

We are facing a new world in the lettings industry, with the proportion of households in the private rented sector (PRS)...

Annual UK house price growth exceeded one per cent for the first time in 12 months in December according to the...

After a year dogged by Brexit deadlock, political turmoil, and slow growth, estate agents’ confidence in the property market hit a...

A high end estate agency says prices in Prime Central London are poised to rise 18 per cent by 2024 despite...

NAEA member agents have delivered a relatively downbeat forecast for 2020 - but the organisation says an injection of digital technology...

The number of residential sales rose 1.9 per cent to 102,050  in November compared to the same month last year, the...

There are reasons to be optimistic that a majority government will improve the housing market, simply by ending political and economic...

A former residential chairman of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has posed key questions for the government to answer over...

Government figures from the Office for National Statistics show that house prices across the UK rose by a mere 0.7 per...

The National Association of Estate Agents has given its analysis of 2019 - and it may have been a better year...

Here’s the final part of our questioning of the three portals based on comments and queries from our readers - thanks...

The latest snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows that the UK housing market is still on hold, pending...

Agents have welcomed the surprise news from the Halifax that house prices last month saw their largest rise since the start...

With Brexit still unresolved, the domestic agenda has been pushed from the headlines by the seemingly overwhelming public and political discord...

There used to be a consolation for some estate agents at this time of year - while it was wintry and...

In just over two weeks, the UK population will head to the polls for the fourth general election since 2010. Of course,...

The latest market snapshot from the National Association of Estate Agents continues to show how political uncertainty is dampening sentiment and...

Agents have reacted angrily to General Election proposals by all three main political parties to hike stamp duty for foreign buyers. The...

A new survey suggests that an overwhelming majority of householders want a legal ban on gazumping. The result is likely to be...

The listings website Home, which conducts a monthly survey of asking prices and wider market monitors, is reporting a show 10...

This morning’s new market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors confirms the worst - that the market is in...

The latest market snapshot of prime central London suggests that homes there are now 15.2 per cent cheaper than five years...

One of London’s leading estate and lettings agents has criticised the government over what he calls its “pitiful” record on affordable...

Another estate agency has come out in favour of reservation agreements. High-end agency Chestertons says transactions currently fall through too frequently and the...

The latest housing market snapshot from the listings website Home suggests more regional markets are heading for price corrections. Home says that...

Raise more money for your charity with help from the industry charity – Agents Giving. At Agents Giving we work with estate and...

The latest market snapshot from the National Association of Estate Agents shows that the late summer period was a good one...

The Bank of England has once again maintained base rate at 0.75 per cent - but it is warning that the...

There's good news for the market in at least one sector - mortgages offered to first time buyers. Latest figures from the...

A report by the influential Public Accounts committee of MPs has been highly sceptical of the effectiveness of Help To Buy. It...

A rock bottom supply of homes on sale is helping to reinvigorate London sales according to a market monitor. The website Home...

The number of new property listings in the UK fell by a whopping 13.2 per cent in August according to online...

There has been a sceptical response by agents and others in the property industry to the government’s latest headline-grabbing tweaks to...

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

Recently a number of politicians and charities have been calling for the introduction of rent controls or rent freezes in the...

A dramatic slump in the supply of homes being put on sale in London means that parts of the capital now...

The typical new real estate agency forms when an entrepreneurial high performer quits their job at a leading chain and sets...

The property website Home has identified the four regions of the UK where it says the current market slowdown is at...

A free-to-list property portal says that contrary to opinion within parts of the agency industry, the more portals there are the...

A new house price index that in June predicted big house price rises over the summer has now repeated its claim,...

The latest survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests that last month’s optimistic assessment of the housing market has...

Speculation surrounding whether Boris Johnson will honour his pledge to reduce stamp duty risks bringing the housing market “to a grinding...

Despite optimistic reports on prime London’s housing performance from some sources in recent weeks, figures from subscription service LonRes paint a...

With Boris Johnson winning the Conservative leadership election and becoming Prime Minister, he has spent his first few days in office...

A report by Santander says stamp duty cuts should be used as incentives for older home owners to downsize and allow...

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee - which meets monthly to set the base rate on which the costs of...

The National Association of Estate Agents says that  both demand and particularly supply have dipped in the past month - but...

The average house price growth across southern cities is running at the lowest level recorded since January 2012, according to Zoopla.  Prices...

We now have a new Leader of the Conservative Party and, rather more importantly, a new Prime Minister. That individual is Boris...

Welcome to this week’s ADC…and what a week it’s been. Politics? No, hot air of a different kind - the weather.  Yet...

The number of UK residential mortgages approved with a term of 40-years or more jumped over 20-fold in 2018. London estate agency...

Home, the property platform that often produces downbeat market forecasts, now says there are signs of improvement in London at least.  It...

The price of property coming to market fell by 0.2 per cent or an average of £656 in the past month...

Two Countrywide brands have joined forces to launch Airspace Exchange – a service to push the idea of constructing homes and...

Stories of a slow property market due to an ongoing lack of supply and Brexit woes have been well-documented in recent...

Theresa May arrived in Downing Street some three years ago - but her premiership has not been a smooth ride. As she...

With this summer marking forty years since Margaret Thatcher came to power, her legacy continues to invoke both celebration and consternation...

The practices of competitive bidding and sealed bids have made a 'surprise return' to the Prime Central London (PCL) property market,...

The summer market momentum building thanks to warmer weather and reduced Brexit uncertainty took a hit in June, according to new...

Increasing legislation and regulation has arguably been the biggest talking point in the private rented sector (PRS) over the last few...

New figures from the National Association of Estate Agents suggest that supply is at last creeping back up to seasonal norms...

Homes in central parts of London sold for a typical 11.5 per cent below asking price in the first three months...

Too many sellers are wedded to the idea that prices will rise after a Brexit deal is resolved, says one of the...

The latest asking prices data from Rightmove suggests that the national housing market is being dragged down by poor performance in...

It's becoming increasingly difficult to sell a property, especially in those regions undergoing a price correction. That’s the verdict from Home, a...

The National Audit Office says many users of Help To Buy would have been able to purchase a home anyway, without...

Sellers are back with a vengeance according to figures from online agency HouseSimple.  It claims the Brexit date extension has given sellers...

Four years ago, as we approached the general election, Andrews Property Group held a roundtable debateon the impact the election might have...

Demand for shared ownership properties will rise by over 15,000 units a year when Help To Buy comes to an end...

The number of sales agreed per branch has increased for the first time this year, rising from an average of seven...

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

Whether you love or hate it, Purplebricks has undoubtedly left its mark since arriving on the scene in 2015 – much...

Reforms to the house buying process in England and Wales to bring it more into line with Scotland could slash the...

With a mere matter of weeks until the Tenant Fees Act comes in to effect, I can’t help but wonder just...

Thousands of homeowners listed their properties for sale in the days following the latest Brexit delay on April 12, new research...

1989 was a significant time for the property industry: it marked the beginning of the end of a period of unprecedented...

The breathing space offered by the October Brexit deadline and the receding prospect of a No Deal exit from the EU...

There’s a silver lining to another set of stodgy housing market figures - at least one sector, for those buying their...

There may be rain outside but the housing market is now officially in a drought according to the National Association of...

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

With Easter now upon us (happy Easter, by the way, and hope you’re enjoying the long weekend, the Easter eggs and...

A new housing market survey paints a bleaker picture than that from Rightmove earlier this week - and instead speaks of...

There’s been a spring bounce with prices of new-to-the market properties increasing an average of 1.1 per cent in the past...

It has been a long time coming, but the tenant fees ban, which forbids landlords and letting agents in England from...

No, this isn’t about Brexit. But as the saga of leaving the EU is likely to bring about the downfall of...

Campaigning groups like Generation Rent and Shelter like to think they are simultaneously edgy and radical; likewise some think tanks believe...

The National Association of Estate Agents says the number of house hunters registered per branch fell 15 per cent in February...

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....

The topic of introducing rent controls in London crops up time and time again in our industry. But it’s been hitting...

A survey by the Centre for Ageing Better recently showed that 72% of people want to see every new home built...

The latest RICS survey has one key message - 77 per cent of surveyors participating in the study say Brexit uncertainty...

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...

Latest data from property platform Home suggests that instruction numbers across the UK as a whole are down four per cent...

Countrywide’s senior executives have set out reasons why investors should put their money into the group, despite its troubled recent years. Yesterday...

Instagram (or, as the younger generation would have it, Insta) is, by any measure, massive.  Only launched in October 2010, it’s a...

More downbeat house price figures have prompted one leading estate agent to admit that the 2019 market had not taken off...

A new sales portal has launched with a radically different business model, aiming to pay agents to list on it. It’s the brainchild of...

Data from NAEA Propertymark suggests there were 20 per cent fewer buyers in January this year than in the same month...

The number of movers has declined by around 50 per cent since the halcyon days of 2006, before the global financial...

A new survey claims the market is at its worst for eight years. The latest market snapshot from property platform Home says...

Property consultancy JLL has launched a specialised Help to Buy team in response to what it calls “the increasing demand for...

Customer experience (CX) will largely determine the future of estate agency in the UK. This is now a key battleground for...

There’s been a big rise in the number of homes being listed for sale despite ongoing concerns over Brexit. That’s the news...

Brexit may be continuing to dominate the headlines - try to stifle that yawn - but there is still a housing...

Agents need to focus on more targeted marketing using a mix of traditional and modern methods to optimise their position in...

I don’t think I can add anything more to the excellent 2019 pieces we’ve seen on EAT in recent weeks –...

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

Even with 2019 well underway, letting agents need to keep refining their long-term goals and business targets. For agencies with a...

‘I need more power’ - it’s a common request experienced by landlords, letting agents and commercial estate agents across the country. Be...

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 time to think about planning the 2019 events calendar. This year, there are more PropTech conferences scheduled than ever before,...

With one year to go, the 2010s will see housebuilding figures in England come in below any decade since the Second...

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

Hard not to mention two major breaking news stories of recent days; one directly affecting the property market and one which...

House price rises are now the slowest they have been for six years according to the Halifax. Across the UK, property values...

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

At least some calls from potential customers to Emoov are being cut off and rival estate agents are now plundering the...

One of the country’s top buying agents says he expects 2019 to be a much better year than 2018 as Brexit...

Data from the National Association of Estate Agents suggests that the number of registered buyers per member branch has slumped to...

Every cloud has a silver lining, and a high end prime central London estate agent appears to have found one from...

The market is now over-supplied with homes to sell while at the same time demand is dipping and there are widespread...

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

The LonRes data consultancy that monitors transactions right across prime central London says Brexit is the single biggest factor impacting the...

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

What questions keep you awake at night? Do you know if you’re losing new instructions by undervaluing, or whether you could...

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

Data from HM Revenue & Customs shows some 98,400 homes were sold across the UK in September - that’s slightly lower...

A city’s housing market that suffered badly because of the collapse in North Sea oil prices is now likely to rebound...

Is Help To Buy going to remain in existence for much longer? Question marks over the scheme’s future are being raised through...

Price cutting is becoming the new norm as the market adapts to reduced interest from buyers, according to property listings platform...

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

One estate agent has described the latest price fall announced by the Halifax as “quite a retreat” for the housing market...

When Facebook first announced it would be entering the property listings market a few weeks ago it sent shockwaves across the...

The latest assessment of supply across the housing market undertaken by online agency HouseSimple claims that the number of new properties...

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

Transactions in prime central London have dropped nine per cent in the year to the end of August according to Knight...

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

A website has officially launched this morning, aiming to push the concept of US-style For Sale By Owner online property marketing...

A new book has revealed that one of the long line of recent housing ministers was known as “the invisible minister”...

Emoov’s founder Russell Quirk has outlined how he would help Britain get out of its current housing crisis to a Labour...

Rightmove is reporting a mini-boom as the autumn market gets into gear, with a surge in buyers and a one-month rise...

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

House prices fell further this month as the slowdown tightened its grip according to he latest data from property platform Home. It...

New data reveals that new property listings have fallen for three successive months - and that includes a huge 17.1 per...

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld one of two complaints made against OnTheMarket's TV and print advertising. The complaints refer to...

Property sellers have been on the back foot over the slow summer period, according to the latest report from NAEA Propertymark....

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

The number of property transactions in July fell 3.2 per cent on the same month last year according to seasonally adjusted...

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

A sales platform that monitors the market is warning that house price falls are likely to spread beyond London and the...

Next week ludlowthompson celebrates its 25th anniversary. Here, I catch up with Stephen Ludlow, co-founder and now executive director of the...

New property listings in July were down 6.0 per cent across the UK and down no less than 12.7 per cent...

A leading estate agent is warning that an interest rate increase today ould hurt the delicate balance of the housing market. The...

The Council for Licensed Conveyancers says it wants legal practice websites to list cost information, including whether they have referral arrangements. The...

A leading buying agency is warning about asking prices that are higher than those acceptable to mortgage companies who therefore down-value...

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

The latest transaction figures from HM Revenue and Customs make depressing reading - a three per cent drop between May and...

The debate over alleged ‘down-valuing’ by mortgage lenders has flared again with one leading agent claiming that surveyors are just “covering...

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

Asking prices are at a virtual standstill as the summer lull kicks in, according to the latest Rightmove index. New seller asking...

There’s more gloomy reading for vendors from a new report by website Home, which says the volume of properties slashing their...

The battered prime central London market is now suffering from the UK’s wider political volatility, the lack of stability of the...

Hometrack says other cities are now closing the gap on London in terms of house prices and market value. The latest Hometrack UK...

In what is regarded as his most important speech since becoming housing minister, Dominic Raab has told a conference that it...

House prices rose at their slowest annual rate in five years in June according to the latest indicator of this summer’s...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Tom Cummuskey Sales & Marketing Manager … Fast approaching double...

To say this is a turbulent time for UK politics would be something of an understatement. As I write, the Brexit...

High-end housebuilder Berkeley Homes says “macro and political uncertainty, including Brexit” is leading to some developers previously building in London to...

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

Summer is traditionally the time of the year when the property market slows down, with people going away on their holidays...

The For Sale board is one of the oldest marketing tools available to agents, but it is still considered one of...

Prices grew at a faster than expected rate last month according to the Halifax House Price Index, which has reported a...

May saw the highest number of new sellers list their properties in any single month for at least 18 months, claims...

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

The housing market has swung back in favour of property sellers, according to the latest data from estate agents. NAEA Propertymark's Housing...

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

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee has decided to keep the base rate unchanged at 0.5 per cent this month. The...

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

House prices in the three months to the end of April were 2.2 per cent higher than in the same period...

The massive wealth of owners over 55 has been revealed by a new survey. They own £938 billion of UK housing, a figure...

Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...

Theresa May has appointed a controversial former Shelter executive as her new housing policy adviser working in Whitehall. Toby Lloyd was until...

The London Marathon may have been and gone but there are plenty of agents and others in our industry still prepared...

New figures from Hometrack show that a typical home in Greater London now takes 17 weeks to find a buyer -...

Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...

Average house prices in the UK have increased 4.4 per cent in the year to February according to the latest official...

A website that monitors house prices says “red warning lights are flashing as market conditions in London and the South East...

There were 43 per cent more new properties listed for sale than in the same month last year according to online...

The number of house sales falling through pre-completion during the first quarter of 2018 reached its highest level for this time...

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

House prices have taken a spring leap in the north of England as the market improves - but it’s a different...

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

Average house prices rose 0.5 per cent in February, making it the biggest rise in five months according to the latest...

Welcome once again to Property Jobs Today, the notice-board for agents, suppliers and other property professionals moving within, out or in...

There has been a 19.9 per cent increase in new property listings, with some locations seeing as many as 80 per...

The magazine Mortgage Strategy says Countrywide is investigating reports that one of its estate agent branches pressured buyers to use in-house...

An estate agent and former chairman of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says the government’s latest drive to build new...

The National Association of Estate Agents says the year has started with a boom as demand from prospective house-hunters increased by...

One of the industry’s largest sign makers has been spelling out its environmental credentials on the back of increased concern about...

Land and investment deals achieved by Connells Group in 2017 will add a further 2,750 units to its new homes pipeline,...

The death of traditional TV – where viewers sit down together to watch shows at defined times – has been much...

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

At the start of February, Nationwide suggested that the housing market was picking up. Last week, RICS reported on its continued...

The latest data from Knight Frank suggests that average prices in prime central London dropped 0.7 per cent in the year...

There has been a 40 per cent increase in new vendors registering their properties for sale according to an online estate...

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

The housing market has started 2018 as it ended 2017 according to the RICS, with new buyer enquiries, instructions and sales...

Prices in the three months to the end of January were 2.2 per cent, indicating a further slowing from the previous...

Between October and December 2017, some £822 million worth of UK residential property was sold at auction, according to the Essential...

Housing minister Dominic Raab took to Twitter to make a Trump-style criticism of trade magazine The Negotiator and its editor, the...

Whisper it quietly, but there seems to be change in the air when it comes to agents recommending lawyers based on...

Annual house price growth is now 3.2 per cent according to Nationwide - an unexpected rise from the 2.6 per cent recorded at...

Demand for homes fell by 20 per cent year-on-year in December. There were 268 prospective home-owners registered per NAEA member branch, down...

Agents’ Mutual has released more details of its float on the stock market, which begins on February 9 with a placing priced...

Connells Group’s estate agency business increased its market share of new instructions in 2017 by almost four per cent, despite a...

December saw the fewest number of people put their homes on the market than in any month in 2017, according to...

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

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

No fewer than 85 per cent of properties sold for less than the asking price in November, the highest seen since...

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

This week, news broke of the ‘first bitcoin homes’ being sold in the UK by Go Move, an estate agency in...

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

The housing market remains flat as it heads towards 2018 according to the latest snapshot survey by the Royal Institution of...

Rightmove is warning that the asking price of property coming to market has fallen by 2.6 per cent in the past...

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

A company supplying the conveyancing industry claims that new research reveals 55 per cent of home-movers are frustrated by a lack...

A survey of the housing market in 2017 from the National Association of Estate Agents suggests much of the busiest activity...

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

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

We’re delighted to say that the first estate agency pics have arrived as the industry unravels the tinsel and gets out...

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

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

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...

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

It’s one of the biggest days of the year for fund-raising in the UK, and we know many across our industry...

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

The supply of homes coming to the market has slumped again according to a monthly survey conducted by online agency HouseSimple. September...

The notion of a North-South divide in the UK has been around for as long as I can remember – certainly...

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

A survey conducted by the National Association of Estate Agents reveals that 79 per cent of agents regard the current home-buying...

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

Employment tribunal fees could soon become extinct, after the Supreme Court ruled they were an obstacle to the ‘access of justice’.  Once...

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

An upbeat survey by online website HouseSimple claims there has been a 20 per cent increase in the number of homes...

The Conservative party, in a press statement released to clarify comments made by Theresa May, says the government’s proposed extra £2...

England faces a growing gulf between new build completions and new households being added to the population according to a new...

Figures in the property industry have sharply criticised the announcement made at the Conservative party conference to pump an estimated £10...

Figures just released by the National Association of Estate Agents suggest that the number of house hunters registered at agencies dropped...

UBS says London's housing market still faces the risk of becoming a bubble - although that risk has marginally eased over...

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...

Government figures suggest house prices are still rising by 5.1 per cent a year, with the average property value in the...

Many industries in the UK are currently facing a tumultuous time as the great unknown of Brexit looms on the horizon...

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...

Stock levels for estate agents at the height of summer were their lowest for at least 15 years according to the...

The average price of a home in the UK is now £211,6712 - up slightly on last month but with growth...

Now we hate to spoil a long weekend but for much of the UK this is the final Bank Holiday before......

The typical asking price of a home coming on sale has fallen by 0.9 per cent, equivalent to £2,758 - precisely...

The price of houses in the UK will remain high because a “structural decline” means fewer homes are being sold and...

Record low stock numbers, political uncertainty and the aftermath of tax changes are the obstacles hindering the housing market, according to...

Last week the Nationwide reported house prices rising unexpectedly in July - now the Halifax has done the same, reporting a...

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