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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...

The latest figures from NAEA Propertymark suggest that the market is bouncing back after its hiatus during the General Election and...

The Competition and Markets Authority has released the full wording on its decision to give the go-ahead to ZPG’s acquisition of Expert...

Given the shift change in the estate agent world at the moment, with online models becoming more prevalent (think easyProperty’s £60...

The housing market is approaching something of a standstill as the summer holiday season begins according to a downbeat report from...

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

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

Facebook has finally released more details about its previously announced plans to build 1,500 homes, 30 miles south of San Francisco,...

The National Association of Estate Agents says the General Election led to a drop in the number of registered house hunters...

A research report compiled by Strutt & Parker in partnership with Octopus Healthcare has revealed what the baby boomer generation expects...

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

As the nation waits with bated breath to see if Theresa May can form either a minority or coalition government after...

Average house prices in the three months to May were 3.3% higher than in the same period of 2016, according to...

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

In years to come, students of political history might come to look at the 2017 General Election campaign with some interest....

The number of house hunters registered per estate agency branch fell last month to 381 - well down on its figure...

The latest measure of house price rises in key UK cities by the property consultancy Hometrack shows house price in many...

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

Since the seventies, housing starts and completions across England and Wales have been on a downward trajectory. The long run average...

Is it the Brexit triggering of Article 50, the snap General Election or the cold weather we have had until recently?...

Local media in Scotland suggest an agency in Motherwell is continuing as normal despite the owner of the business having been...

Research from Legal & General and the Centre for Economic Business and Research says parents are to spend 23 per cent...

The number of properties available to buy on agents’ books decreased to 39 last month - the lowest amount recorded for...

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

The website Home, which monitors asking prices, says prices have rallied strongly in the last month but thanks to growing inflation...

A substantial new research body is to be launched this summer with a remit of looking at six overlapping aspects of...

Average house prices across the UK in the three months to March were only 0.1 per cent higher than in the...

The number of new homes built in London will reach record levels in 2017, according to high-end agency Savills - but...

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

The Centre for Economic and Business Research has surprised some in the industry by stating that the average house price across...

More than one in three house sales across England and Wales fell through before completion in the first quarter of 2017,...

Peter Robinson, CEO of AIPP – Association of International Property Professionals – shines a light onto the international property market. Some UK...

The National Association of Estate Agents says the number of sales agreed rose to a 10 year high in February. The NAEA...

The property market in northern England, supported in part by the Northern Powerhouse concept, has attracted a lot of media attention,...

A year ago, we were days away from the introduction of a 3% stamp duty surcharge on second homes – a...

Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered his first Budget this week pledging extra funding for the NHS, transport in the Midlands and the...

An assessment of new stock on sale through agents in February suggests a monthly rise in supply of 13.3 per cent...

It has been a busy week for investment in PropTech businesses and no doubt you have already got reading fatigue about...

The latest house price index from Halifax reports that annual house price growth dipped during February. The bank recorded annual house price...

With almost every pundit predicting house prices to moderate in 2017 - perhaps even fall - it comes as some surprise...

The average number of prospective buyers registered in each branch in January was 425, a 10 per cent rise from December...

Over the past two decades, investing in buy-to-let has been a relatively easy way to make money, which is why so...

A data portal called REalyse and aimed at professional property investors is launching today after raising £500,000 in seed capital.  The site...

The number of home buyers in London dropped to a four-year low in 2016 while the number of loans taken out...

The property website Home is warning that while prices may show an early spring uplift there’s a long-term slowing of the market underway...

The East Midlands, which consists of several areas including Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, and much of Lincolnshire, has an ancient...

If you work in lettings, I’ll already have a pretty good idea on how you feel about the current Conservative Government.  The...

The chronic shortage of housing supply in the UK relative to demand has been a national issue for decades. The Government...

Housing minister Gavin Barwell has told the NAEA conference that there is no quick fix for the country’s housing shortage -...

Lots of people buy new-build due to the perceived lack of hassle with maintenance, as they are built to the latest...

The East of England, which takes in areas from Hertfordshire to Norfolk, has recorded the biggest hike in property prices over...

There were an estimated 354,000 homemovers in 2016, a fall of 4% compared to the 367,000 recorded the previous year. Analysis by...

The housing market ended 2016 on a positive note, according to the latest report from the National Association of Estate Agents...

The rental market has had to face a raft of changes over the past year, including the introduction of the 3% stamp...

The seasonal slowdown in property supply was much sharper than usual in December, claims an online agency which monitors property listings...

The government’s blizzard of New Year announcements about new homes has received a distinctly frosty welcome from many within the property...

After years of surveys suggesting the UK’s new-build homes were getting smaller, and may even be the smallest in much of...

2017 is set to be the first year since 2008 that the UK constructs 200,000 new homes, suggests Redrow, one of...

No fewer than 84 per cent of homes sold for less than their asking prices last month - the highest number...

The Adam Smith Institute, a right-wing think-tank, has blasted the campaigning charity Shelter over its allegations of land-banking by house builders in...

Following a strong start to 2016, particularly in the lower to middle range of the UK housing market, that lasted up...

Next year is likely to be a challenging time for letting agents, following a raft of changes introduced by the government...

Just a couple of weeks ago, we waited with anticipation to see what the new Chancellor, Philip Hammond, would say in...

House prices will stall in 2017 and there won’t by any significant improvement in affordability for many hard-pressed buyers - but...

Housing data consultancy Hometrack says the disparity between average earnings and house prices is reaching record levels in certain parts of...

In case you missed it yesterday, here’s a summary of everything relating to property that was in Chancellor Phillip Hammond’s Autumn...

Phillip Hammond has delivered his first Autumn Statement, tackling amongst other things, what he called “the housing challenge.” The speech made no...

It may still be too early to start compiling a Christmas wish list, but it is the right time to provide...

Forecasts are a tricky business. And as I wrote in a recent Industry Views opinion piece, any prediction in the current...

We are now only days away from one of the most-anticipated events in UK politics; one which has a considerable impact...

The long-awaited Redfern Review has recommended that improved access to mortgage finance and improved income levels for first time buyers are...

Labour’s long-awaited Redfern Review, set up a year ago after the party’s defeat in the general election, finally reports tomorrow. Although it...

There are now around 715,000 homes classed as ‘retirement housing’ which is equivalent to about 2.6 per cent of total housing stock. The...

As many northern cities struggled to recover from the 2008 global financial crisis, the north-south divide returned to plague the British...

The average number of house hunters registered at each branch of the National Association of Estate Agents rose to 333 from 287...

Auction rooms across the UK are filled with people looking to buy property, from bargain hunters to seasoned investors, ensuring that...

The huge consequences of the EU referendum, and the impending Brexit negotiations, have drawn into sharp light the consequences for a...

The latest Hometrack cities index suggests that London house prices in the last quarter recorded the lowest growth for 20 months...

Data just released from the Land Registry shows that the average price of a property in the UK is now £218,964...

Buy-to-let landlords may have failed in their recent legal battle against planned government tax relief changes for buy-to-let homes set to...

It is a tedious fact, but the housing market is underpinned by economic fundamentals. This won’t be a surprise.  However, at a...

A property website monitoring the housing market claims that the propertion of homes cutting their prices whilst on the market has...

An online agent monitoring the market claims there was a 10.4 per cent rise in new properties listed in September up,...

The pace of annual house price growth slowed to 5.3 per cent in September from 5.6 per cent in August according...

Fears raised over the UK housing market in the wake of the Brexit vote have so far proved to be ‘wide...

The Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation Authority has confirmed that tighter regulations will apply to lenders providing mortgages for buy to...

Three quarters of properties sold by National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) member branches in August were for less than the...

Annual house price growth in 20 UK cities dipped to 8.2% last month, according to the latest figures from Hometrack. The research...

Those working within the UK housing market would have felt considerable worry about the immediate impact of the vote to leave...

With the number of new homes being built across the UK still significantly below the level needed to meet demand, housebuilders...

Given the uncertainty that shrouded the immediate build up to, and aftermath of, the EU referendum, the current lettings market in...

The huge rush to acquire buy-to-let property in the first quarter of the year ahead of the stamp duty change deadline...

Barratt Homes is the latest housebuilder to report strong figures - for the period up to the EU referendum - with...

The government’s housing policy, while helpful outside London, has had a negative effect on the capital according to one of the...

A campaign has been launched to make Bristol the colour capital of the UK by ensuring that more homes are painted...

Average house prices across the UK increased by 0.6 per cent in August, taking the annual rate of growth to 5.6...

More criticism has come of the government’s multi-faceted Help To Buy initiative, this time from campaigning housing charity Shelter. The charity claims...

The National Association of Estate Agents says a huge shortage of bricks and the possible consequences of Brexit are two reasons...

The industry publication Property Week says it has exclusively discovered that the government is preparing a housing market stimulus package to...

The investment advice company UBS Wealth Management says it is likely that UK house prices will flatline by the end of...

Against the trend of some recent market snapshots, the National Association of Estate Agents says there has been a sharp drop...

Square foot prices at one of central London’s most controversial new developments - Nine Elms - are down eight per cent...

The morning after the EU referendum, and Westminster, Britain, Europe and the world were left in shock at the news that...

A property supply index suggests there has been a bounce-back of homes on the market in July, following the EU referendum.  HouseSimple...

A housing body says that, rather than presiding over a worsening housing crisis as many suggest, David Cameron has actually left...

Property prices were at the forefront of the EU debate in the run-up to the referendum, with the now former Chancellor...

Sheffield in South Yorkshire, which was once one of the leading industrial cities in Britain and is still recognised for its...

London’s rising supply of homes on sale and relatively low level of transactions are “pointing to slower house price growth in...

House price falls triggered by weaker economic growth and a drop in economic confidence following the EU referendum may not actually...

With a number of agent partner programmes available nationwide, estate agents can often increase business by offering sales by auction, especially...

What a month it has been. By the time you read this, we'll have a new Prime Minister, a new Cabinet,...

The Bank of England has kept its base rate to 0.50 per cent despite many analysts expecting it would be cut...

One of the first major pieces of research to come from an estate agency following the EU referendum suggests the short-term...

With the new Formula One season now well underway, we delve into the fast lane to take you on a whirlwind...

The National Association of Estate Agents says it is unlikely that there will be price drops for homes in the very...

The Bank of England’s governor is warning future mortgage borrowers who buy homes that “conditions will be difficult” as a result...

Housebuilder St Modwen has been forced to write down the value of the landmark Nine Elms regeneration scheme because “recent transactional...

Buyer numbers remain broadly unchanged but some sellers are withdrawing their homes from the market accoding to the chief executive of...

It’s over. A win is a win, whichever side you backed. It’s true that everyone seems a lot less happy than...

Never in my lifetime have I seen so much enthusiasm and passion for politics. Brexit awoke the sleeping dog in almost...

Uncertainty - even that which existed before the EU referendum just a week ago today - means demand for property has...

A leading London buying agency is warning that some areas of prime central London could face a downturn following the Brexit...

One of the country’s leading property experts says she expects buyers to hold off over the summer as a result of...

Agents have been giving their reaction to the shock Brexit referendum result - and their comments have ranged from the gloomy...

Members of the property industry join the rest of the country in going to the polls today to decide whether the...

Property software supplier VTUK is the latest to warn that a Brexit could have a damaging effect on the supply of...

An analysis of 750,000 homes on sale across the UK reveals areas where activity remains high despite economic uncertainty surrounding the...

Rightmove says fewer new sellers are coming to market, with this month’s total some 5.3 per cent below the monthly average...

The sense of gathering momentum for the Leave campaign ahead of the upcoming EU referendum is causing high levels of uncertainty...

So we now have a new 'official' index of house prices, and much good may it do us. For the chattering classes...

Access to labour is a continuing problem for the construction industry and may worsen if Britain leaves the European Union, according...

Three separate surveys appear to suggest that even a long-term shortage of homes on sale is not enough to stop a...

Who are you? Sarah Neate, Design and Marketing Manager     Who Are Mid West Displays? We make, supply and install window and interior display panels. ...

Worsening affordability caused by a sustained period of higher-than-earnings house price growth, should curb demand and result in a slowdown in...

A high-end agency claims that despite prices falling in Prime Central London (PCL), demand was subdued in May due to the prospect...

During April demand for housing dropped to the lowest level recorded since March 2014, according to the National Association of Estate...

The head of one of the country's largest estate agency chains has urged sellers to be more realistic with the asking...

The National Association of Estate Agents and Association of Residential Letting Agents say that although there are no conclusive ‘leave’ or...

House prices across the UK increased by 9.0 per cent in the year to March, showing a significant rise from the 7.6...

The National Association of Estate Agents says it welcomes the government’s commitment to establish a public register of beneficial ownership information...

House prices dipped by 0.8 per cent in April, the first month of the stamp duty surcharge and the period when...

The race to replace London Mayor Boris Johnson has entered its final few days, and like never before, housing is the...

The National Association of Estate Agents says there is light at the end of the tunnel for first time buyers seemingly...

In 2014 there were 19,000 estate agent branches in the UK. Of which 18,000 were registered to list properties on the...

There was a significant drop in interest in purchasing buy to let properties in March as the April 1 stamp duty surcharge...

House prices in the three months to March were 10.1 per cent higher than in the same quarter a year earlier...

An academic study claims that increasing the supply of new-build properties - widely thought to be the favoured solution to the...

The price of a typical home increased by 0.8 per cent in March, while the annual rate of house price growth...

New proposals to curtail mortgage borrowing in the buy to let sector have been branded as “a classic case of slamming...

With less than a month to go before the new rate of stamp duty kicks in for second property purchasers, we’re...

A property buying spree recorded in the East of England last month has now spread across the rest of the UK.  The...

Research from a residential investment consultancy throws light on the extraordinary large pipeline of new homes to be built in central London,...

The housing market is coming out of the winter doldrums but remains much quieter than at this time last year according...

The supply of homes to buy is at its lowest level in 14 years according to the National Association of Estate...

Agents have reacted cautiously to a surprisingly-high 2.5 per cent increase in house prices - in just one month - announced...