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The government is being urged to tailor its housing market reforms beyond solely focusing on first-time buyers. It comes as new analysis...
27 June 2022
From: Breaking News

The Bank of England’s continued rise in interest rates – the latest being a shift up to 1.25% - is, in...
25 June 2022
From: Features

Right now, one topic seems to be dominating talk in the industry. Everywhere I go people tend to quiz me about...
25 June 2022
From: Features

More than 500,000 homes are currently sold subject to contract, creating a conveyancing logjam, Rightmove claims. Data from the portal suggests the...
20 June 2022
From: Breaking News

The Bank of England raised interest rates for the fifth consecutive month yesterday. The cost of borrowing is now at a 13-year...
17 June 2022
From: Breaking News

All regions of the UK have seen at least a 2% increase in property supply, TwentyCi claims. A June update from the...
15 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Agent marketing platform Growth Track has rebranded with a new offering aiming to save firm’s money and boost their digital presence. Now...
15 June 2022
From: Breaking News

New data suggests the prime London market has a new lease of life as buyers and sellers look to beat the...
14 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Agency trade body Propertymark has called for the government’s housing market reforms to go further and has even suggested targeted stamp...
13 June 2022
From: Breaking News
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Property professionals and MPs were left wanting more after Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s much-anticipated housing announcements yesterday. Johnson yesterday promised a review...
10 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Mortgage down valuations are being driven-up by sellers trying their luck and ignoring their estate agent’s advice, a broker claims. Analysis by...
10 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to unveil a flagship policy today to help more people onto the property ladder. It is...
09 June 2022
From: Breaking News

In this article, Kristian Stott, Head of New Business at iamproperty, analyses the digital revolution in our lives and in property and why...
08 June 2022
From: Features

Limited supply is prompting more buyers to consider new-builds but the sector is also suffering from a stock shortage, Savills warns. Research...
07 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Record numbers of homes are being sold off-market and for a premium due to the property supply shortage. Off-market sales are traditionally...
06 June 2022
From: Breaking News

We are all acutely aware of the surge in demand for rental properties in and around the capital in the months...
01 June 2022
From: Features

The chance of a vendor selling a property is at its highest level for a decade, research claims. The continuing imbalance between...
01 June 2022
From: Breaking News

House price growth is set to slow but talk of a correction is overstated, Savills claims. The latest house price forecasts from...
01 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Rural areas are dominating the boost in property supply. Agents have reported an improvement in sales stock in recent weeks. Analysis by Knight...
31 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The property market is starting to get hit by price cuts and slower sales times. Research by Zoopla has highlighted that one...
30 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Cash buyers may no longer be king in the property market. The level of demand and lack of supply in the current...
30 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The government is being urged to expand and make the Treasury’s mortgage guarantee scheme permanent and compulsory on home loans above...
30 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Estate agents use property technology each and every day for residential property transactions, but is there more they can do with...
28 May 2022
From: Features

In this latest video interview zoning in on the current property market, and the stats, facts and data behind its present...
25 May 2022
From: Features

Property sales slumped in April but are still above the pre-pandemic average, HMRC data shows. Provisional UK property transaction figures from the...
25 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Agency listings appear to be on the rise with major brands seeing a spike in valuations and instructions. Data from national agent Jackson-Stops...
24 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Property data company Dye & Durham has promised to “work collaboratively” with the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) after the watchdog...
19 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Agents have heralded the beginning of the house price slowdown. The latest Land Registry House Price Index yesterday showed values increased by...
19 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has warned that it may block the merger of two property search firms as it...
18 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Supply is slowly increasing but there are signs that buyers are now biding their time. Analysis by property data company TwentyCi shows...
17 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Buyers and sellers should focus on the Bank of England’s actions rather than words when it comes to the housing market,...
16 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Propertymark has expressed hope that the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill will help boost much needed agency supply. The trade body has...
16 May 2022
From: Breaking News
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson recently announced that he is considering extending Margaret Thatcher’s Right-to-Buy scheme, that gives council tenants the chance to...
14 May 2022
From: Features

A senior industry figure has called for upfront information changes to move faster to boost market confidence amid the cost of...
13 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The prime country market outside of London appears to be booming again in a rush to beat a slowdown in house...
12 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Agents have pledged to keep a close eye on planning reforms amid a proposed overhaul announced in the Queen’s Speech yesterday. Prince...
11 May 2022
From: Breaking News
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The government’s legislative agenda will be set out this morning in the Queen’s Speech and there are plenty of potential laws that...
10 May 2022
From: Breaking News

There seems a consensus amongst agents, analysts and amateur pundits alike that the market will stay relatively strong for some months,...
09 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The property market is bracing for the start of the slowdown in the rate of house price growth. The Halifax House Price...
09 May 2022
From: Breaking News

What a difference two months and some local elections make. Cast your minds back to March 9 and the annual report of...
07 May 2022
From: Features

Buyer demand has rebounded in prime areas of the capital and there is also talk of a return to competitive bidding. The...
06 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The property supply shortage may be easing but Zoopla has warned it will still take some time for stock to be...
04 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly are due to be held on 5 May and agents are hoping that housing remains...
04 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A third of first-time buyers have had to reduce their budgets as a result of recent interest rate hikes and the...
03 May 2022
From: Breaking News

House price growth is expected to hit single digits by the end of the year as the cost of living crisis...
03 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The proportion of offers accepted at or above asking price has hit a record high, research shows. The latest Propertymark Housing Report,...
26 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Although Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak’s Spring Statement did not include many announcements regarding housing, it did provide a good...
23 April 2022
From: Features

The supply shortage may be coming to an end. That is the view from the latest RICS Residential Market Survey. The research among...
14 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Knight Frank has issued a stark warning that house price growth is set to slow. House price indices from lenders such as...
13 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Winkworth agents posted record sales income last year, attributed to the stamp duty holiday. The London-listed agent franchise group revealed in its...
13 April 2022
From: Breaking News

All regions of the UK remain in a seller’s market as the traditional spring selling season begins for agents. Housing market consultancy...
12 April 2022
From: Breaking News

The Ukraine conflict and cost of living crisis is likely to but a dent in the spring market for agents, an...
11 April 2022
From: Breaking News

The proportion of homes sold to landlords has hit a five-year high but buyers are paying above asking price due to...
11 April 2022
From: Breaking News

PayProp’s recent Rental Confidence Index survey polled property professionals about their biggest concerns for 2022. Unsurprisingly, new regulations were a top...
09 April 2022
From: Features

As amendments to smoke and carbon monoxide alarm legislation loom for rented properties later this year, we look at how inventory...
09 April 2022
From: Features

Homeowners are now earning almost as much from their property as they are from their salary after prices hit new highs. The...
08 April 2022
From: Breaking News

The lack of housing stock, rising inflation and rising mortgage rates could all lead to agents running out of stock in...
07 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Savills suggests that London is returning to its role as the dominant element in the high end housing market in the...
04 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A government aim to improve the home buying process by making Local Land Charge search results instantly available is well underway,...
04 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A leading business analyst says that house prices may appear to be defying gravity but they will soon return to normality...
04 April 2022
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s leading estate agents has played down the significance of the latest house price index which at first...
01 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Rightmove has created a league table to identify where new buyer competition is hottest across the UK housing market. Across the country...
01 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Propertymark is urging restraint on the part of the Welsh Government as it moves to tackle what it sees as the...
29 March 2022
From: Breaking News

It’s not an easy time for many renters (and homeowners). The cost of living is going up across the board for...
26 March 2022
From: Features

Typical stamp duty paid by property purchasers now is actually 84 per cent more than before the pandemic and the SDLT...
25 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The JLL property consultancy is opening a branch handling sales and lettings in an area of London often by-passed by rival...
25 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The industry has reacted to the Spring Statement by breathing a sigh of relief that nothing was likely to cause damage...
24 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Buyers are already tightening their belts and choosing not to borrow as much as they could, but instead calculate what they...
22 March 2022
From: Breaking News

There’s been a remarkable 1.7 per cent increase in the average asking price of homes coming to the market in just...
21 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The jury is still out on whether the Ukraine crisis will damage public confidence in the UK housing market. Rightmove’s property data...
21 March 2022
From: Breaking News

In this guest feature, Chris Mason, Operations Director at The Letting Partnership, outlines why agents might want to consider outsourcing client accounting. The...
19 March 2022
From: Features

The Building Societies Association’s regular confidence tracker about the housing market shows rising pessimism over interest rates, the escalating cost of...
18 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Sales agreed per Propertymark member branch are now running at eight per month - the highest figure since last October according...
18 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A shift is occurring in the rental market across the UK. The Government is planning to reform the sector with increased...
16 March 2022
From: Features

An industry trade body wants the government to scrap the three per cent stamp duty surcharge on additional homes - and...
15 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A rural body in Wales has hit out at the Welsh Government’s proposals for draconian new taxes on second homes. Earlier this...
14 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Buying agency Stacks Property Search is reporting g rising buyer demand for wrecks requiring significant levels of renovation. The agency says that...
10 March 2022
From: Breaking News

We know from our customer research that being able to showcase property that looks the best it can online is the...
09 March 2022
From: Features

The market boom goes on, for now at least. In February, house prices rose at their fastest since June 2007 according to...
08 March 2022
From: Breaking News

PropTech supplier nurtur.group - which owns Fine & Country and the Guild of Property Professionals - has acquired Brief Your Market,...
07 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Peta Milne, founder of Instagram growth and PR service Monimo, and a content writer at Choices Estate Agents, recently sat down...
05 March 2022
From: Features

A new housing market snapshot from Zoopla suggests that in the supply of homes coming to the market has triggered a...
04 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The Welsh Government has announced an increase to the maximum level of council tax premiums for second homes, as well as...
03 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The founder of fledgling portal Boomin says the latest Nationwide house price index findings demonstrate that there’s no sign yet of...
03 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The hot topic of rent controls has remerged in recent weeks, with passionate voices on both sides of the argument speaking...
02 March 2022
From: Features

A popular myth suggesting 50 per cent of homes sell with a second agent, is simply untrue. That’s the claim from property...
02 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A national newspaper has lifted the lid on what it alleges to be the backgrounds of high-end self-employed agents who feature...
28 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Propertymark has backed a call for stamp duty incentives to be introduced to drive forward domestic energy efficiency. The trade body’s policy...
28 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A bid to regulate second home ownership in part of the UK through changes to planning policy will add complexity and...
25 February 2022
From: Breaking News

The rental market is recalibrating after Covid, and this is evident in the latest data from Zoopla’s rental index. For 18 months...
23 February 2022
From: Features

A leading property lawyer says some agents will struggle to meet the demand for more ‘material information’ put forward by Trading...
23 February 2022
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket has inked a deal with Kremer Signs to supply agents with Smartboards to be added to For Sale signs -...
23 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Agents have 21 per cent fewer homes on their books now than a year ago according to a quick buy company. In...
23 February 2022
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s leading agencies says the recent and expected interest rate rises, and the surging inflation, will not blow...
22 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Timothy Douglas, Head of Policy and Campaigns at Propertymark, analyses the impact that the lack of available data is having on...
19 February 2022
From: Features

A leading agent and market commentator says he has identified one part of the UK where the current stock shortage is...
16 February 2022
From: Breaking News

An agency is warning some house hunters that they face a more competitive time this year following a “truly remarkable” change...
15 February 2022
From: Breaking News

If 2020 was the year of survival, then 2021 was about the post-Covid boom. The impact of the pandemic on the...
12 February 2022
From: Features

One of Scotland’s leading legal and estate agency, Pacitti Jones, is continuing to expand. This week it has snapped up Tip Top...
11 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Some regional property markets are perilously close to running out of any stock to sell. That’s the news from property data...
08 February 2022
From: Breaking News

The latest house price data from the Halifax shows another absolute record but with a sharply reduced monthly rise indicating a...
08 February 2022
From: Breaking News
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Housing ministers have lined up in recent days to support beleaguered Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Housing minister Chris Pincher, upon hearing of new...
07 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Here’s the odd thing about interest rates - we all care about them, but they don’t directly affect that many people...
05 February 2022
From: Features

The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper, revealed this morning includes a radical reshaping of the private rental sector. Section 21 eviction...
02 February 2022
From: Breaking News

The level of house price growth is at a 17 year high at 11.2 per cent according to the Nationwide. The annual...
02 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks says there’s an uncertain period ahead following a sharp loss of revenue in the first half of its trading year. In...
31 January 2022
From: Breaking News

A stamp duty cut would provide a long-term to improve energy efficiency on homes, the Chancellor has been told by an...
31 January 2022
From: Breaking News

The supply of new properties coming to the market is up on this time last year in every single region of...
31 January 2022
From: Breaking News

A leading buying agency says that while prime central London’s property market shows clear signs of recovery, a weak area remains...
27 January 2022
From: Breaking News

There’s been huge sale price inflation in the rarified high-end country estate market according to a buying agent. Jess Simpson, who runs...
26 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Inflation could deal a double blow to the housing market, an agency expert warns. Last week it was revealed that UK inflation...
24 January 2022
From: Breaking News
22 January 2022
From: Features

Rightmove’s first housing market report of 2022 starts when last year’s ended - on a high. The average price of property coming...
17 January 2022
From: Breaking News

London’s super-prime residential market has recorded its strongest year since 2013, according to high end agency Savills. In total, there were 522...
17 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Soaring inflation means that house price growth in much of the country is being wiped out, according to a leading housing...
14 January 2022
From: Breaking News

When we all thought that the Covid-19 pandemic was coming to an end, the virus decided to throw another curveball and...
12 January 2022
From: Features

OnTheMarket agents are to have access to the prospecting tool SmartMail, produced by data firm Sprift. SmartMail is a canvassing and prospecting...
12 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Mortgage lenders serving the housing market are set for a quieter 2022 after the unprecedented levels of activity seen in 2021,...
11 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Another day, another house price index record. The latest, from the Halifax, shows that typical house prices increased by over £24,500 in...
10 January 2022
From: Breaking News

At the risk of mixing my metaphors, any mention of energy has become something of a blue touch paper in the...
08 January 2022
From: Features

The latest figures for mortgage approvals show demand as being relatively unchanged - a development welcomed by agents. House purchase mortgage approvals...
05 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Planning delays, labour shortages and the surging price of building materials are combining to sharply cut the number of new homes...
05 January 2022
From: Breaking News

A conveyancer has contacted Estate Agent Today suggesting that the Simplify Group IT data crisis could be the death knell for the company...
04 January 2022
From: Breaking News

The surge in Omicron cases and possible future restrictions are set to hit the housing market in 2022 - and may...
04 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Zoopla’s chief operating officer says the portal has made progress for agents in 2021 but recognises there’s more to do next...
29 December 2021
From: Breaking News

As we slide into Christmas, with the busiest levels of house buying since 2006 and activity still buoyant, I don’t think...
22 December 2021
From: Features

The last Propertymark housing market snapshot for 2021, based on date from the end of November, finds that there is an...
22 December 2021
From: Breaking News

UK house prices have reached an all time high - but 2022 will see a more normalised housing market thanks to...
21 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Rightmove has revealed the UK’s property hotspot of 2021 - where prices have risen 31 per cent in just a year. The...
20 December 2021
From: Breaking News

As 2021 draws to a swift close, there is much speculation about what 2022 will have to offer. Despite the emergence of...
18 December 2021
From: Features

There’s lots of talk of people moving over within estate agency to be self-employed so they can chase the dream of...
18 December 2021
From: Features

Rightmove has identified the UK’s strongest sellers’ market - and it’s in Easton, Bristol. Four of the top 10 sellers’ markets are...
16 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Demand will continue to outpace supply well into next year. That’s the view of the Reallymoving House Price Forecast, based on an...
16 December 2021
From: Breaking News

There’s been yet another month of declining property listings according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors market snapshot. Those responding...
09 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Increasing numbers of commentators are forecasting that the Bank of England will not, after all, raise the base rate next week. It...
08 December 2021
From: Breaking News

A leading agency has admitted that the uncertainty over the effects of the Omicron Covid variant has thrown forecasts for the...
07 December 2021
From: Breaking News

The last 18 months have been full of ups and downs, but the property market has coped remarkably well during the...
04 December 2021
From: Features
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Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I can’t remember the last time I had a business...
03 December 2021
From: 60 Second Interview

New data from Rightmove has analysed millions of supply, demand and pricing data points across the property market, to assess activity...
03 December 2021
From: Breaking News

While the Christmas season is usually heralded by an influx of terrible Christmas adverts, the launch of Starbucks’ gingerbread lattes, Adam...
01 December 2021
From: Features
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Propertymark has criticised the government over poor house building figures. New figures from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities show...
01 December 2021
From: Breaking News

The chief executive of Propertymark says the number of homes on sale has fallen to an average of just 21 per branch. “Figures from...
30 November 2021
From: Breaking News

By the end of 2021, one in 16 homes will have changed hands, making it the busiest property market since 2007...
29 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Let’s begin with total transparency from this author: I believe there’s a place for Build To Rent in the wider portfolio...
27 November 2021
From: Features

Just as city centre traffic is reminiscent of life before the pandemic, the rental market in central zones of UK’s largest...
20 November 2021
From: Features

It’s been a busy and arguably fruitful year for the property market, with an eager consumer base pushing forwards with their...
17 November 2021
From: Features

The average asking price across the UK is now £43,000 higher than it was in late 2019 according to data and...
17 November 2021
From: Breaking News

The latest update on the prime central London market from agency Knight Frank warns that it’s still not business as usual,...
15 November 2021
From: Breaking News
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? David Ruddock – Partner and Head of Residential Sales Operations...
10 November 2021
From: 60 Second Interview

Strutt & Parker has revealed where it believes the housing market will see the largest demand in 2022, outside of London. The...
10 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Rightmove has revealed the strongest markets for sellers and buyers this autumn. Grays in Essex has topped the list of the strongest...
10 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Knight Frank says it’s already being contacted by prospective vendors wanting their homes to be listed for sale next spring. James Cleland,...
09 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Annual house price growth increased to 8.1 per cent in October according to the Halifax. The average UK property price is now...
08 November 2021
From: Breaking News

The Property Franchise Group, the agency industry’s largest franchise operation, has reported strong performance in recent months. Chief executive Gareth Samples has...
05 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks' share price tumbled a remarkable 34 per cent this morning when trading opened on the London Stock Exchange. The price crashed...
04 November 2021
From: Breaking News

The average price of a house in the UK has hit £250,000 for the first time as the market shows no...
04 November 2021
From: Breaking News
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At first glance, Rishi Sunak’s Budget speech earlier this week didn’t offer much from a property perspective. But digging down a little...
30 October 2021
From: Features

The housing market is on track to record its strongest year since 2007 for transactions and house price inflation says Zoopla. The...
26 October 2021
From: Breaking News

New figures from Knight Frank show that price growth in the high end country market moderated in the third quarter of...
26 October 2021
From: Breaking News

As a character from a fairly well-known TV show once said, winter is coming and we’re all contemplating where 2021 has...
23 October 2021
From: Features

With soaring property prices, supply continuing to be outstripped by demand and overworked and overtired industry professionals; we’re seeing the sector...
23 October 2021
From: Features

The ESTAS – often known as the property world’s version of the Oscars – returns as an in-person event this Friday...
21 October 2021
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Another market snapshot has identified low supply as the chief characteristic of the sales landscape this autumn. Landmark Information Group’s latest Property...
19 October 2021
From: Breaking News
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A part of the Connells Group is telling the new Housing Secretary that he and his government “must do more” to...
18 October 2021
From: Breaking News

There’s a rising number of over-65s but a short supply of suitable affordable properties for them, Propertymark has told government. The agents’...
18 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Despite increasing public debate and media spotlight on energy efficiency, the issue appears relatively unimportant to seven out of eight buyers according to...
15 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Rising inflation triggered by the supply chain crisis following Brexit and the pandemic may undermine recent house price gains according to...
14 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Remarkably, just 11 per cent of property sales fell through in the third quarter of this year as buyers raced to beat...
13 October 2021
From: Breaking News

The housing market is not immune from the supply shortage hitting the economy, according to Knight Frank - with London the...
13 October 2021
From: Breaking News

The ESTAS Forum scheduled for the morning of the annual awards ceremony on October 22 has been postponed - but the...
11 October 2021
From: Breaking News

There were 13 new buyers for every property listed for sale in the UK in September according to Knight Frank. Over the...
11 October 2021
From: Breaking News

A leading business consultancy is warning that supply chain shortages as a result of Brexit and the pandemic will push up...
08 October 2021
From: Breaking News

House prices rose by the most in almost 15 years in September ahead of the end of the stamp duty holiday. The...
08 October 2021
From: Breaking News
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An interesting demand has been made of Chancellor Rishi Sunak - to consider reforming stamp duty with thresholds revised to reflect...
06 October 2021
From: Breaking News

A leading market commentator is warning that transactions and prices will fall without the stimulus of the stamp duty holiday. Karen Noye,...
04 October 2021
From: Breaking News

The stamp duty holiday which finally ends later this week might have a lasting legacy - encouraging more agents to use...
29 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Zoopla has calculated how much the average house price has risen every single day since the start of the pandemic in...
28 September 2021
From: Breaking News

A leading planning consultancy has claimed that ‘the myth’ that housing developers are hoarding land after gaining planning consent in order...
23 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Affordability has always been a hot topic when it comes to the property market, and this is doubly true for first-time...
22 September 2021
From: Features

It’s certainly the case that awareness of part exchange isn’t very high in the property and agency world, despite the potential...
22 September 2021
From: Features

Being able to show proof of funds in a quick, transparent and simple way is more crucial than ever to keep fall-throughs...
16 September 2021
From: Breaking News

The property market is unlikely to enter a last-minute rush before the final stamp duty holiday ends in October, research claims. Analysis...
14 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Demand from buyers is set to be strong for the rest of 2021 as the stamp duty holiday unwinds but uncertainty...
13 September 2021
From: Breaking News

2020 gave rise to an exodus from the city as work from home became the mandated norm for large swaths of...
11 September 2021
From: Features

A surprise statement from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says the stamp duty holiday, which goes on until the end...
09 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Exchanges of properties in prime central London, following the end of the largest part of the stamp duty holiday, suggest the...
09 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Does this photo drive you mad? Do you see it everywhere (including on Estate Agent Today stories)? Who are these people and...
07 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Few political policies have such a ring of the past as rent controls - they were last seen in this country...
04 September 2021
From: Features

The first house price index for August suggests they rose 2.1 per cent in just a month - despite forecasts that the...
02 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Parts of Britain are so short of homes for sale they have only half the number of listings to be expected...
01 September 2021
From: Breaking News

The very strong housing market seen throughout this year is set to extend into 2022 as a stock shortage is forecast...
26 August 2021
From: Breaking News

A new survey of online and hybrid agents claims that they are now taking a 13 per cent share of the...
24 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Proposals to resuscitate the self-build housing sector have been welcomed by the government. Conservative MP Richard Bacon has published an independent report...
24 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Like most aspects of life since the pandemic hit, the employment arena has been hit hard. But not just with uncertainty...
21 August 2021
From: Features

Average house prices increased by 13.2 per cent over the year to June - the highest annual growth rate since November...
19 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Estate agents have gone on the record to say the flow of purchasers from London to country and market town locations...
18 August 2021
From: Breaking News

The average asking price, as recorded by Rightmove, has fallen for the first time this year. In another sign that the market...
16 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Yet another housing market snapshot is reporting the stock of property for sale plummeting further downwards. Property website Home says that while...
13 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to another round-up of our industry’s wonderful work for good causes. Before we salute this week’s heroes, our usual...
13 August 2021
From: Breaking News

The market slowdown continues with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors reporting that new buyer enquiries have reduced for the first...
12 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Apart from a buoyant market, high transaction levels, and consumer confidence in the property market, one considerable additional benefit which has...
11 August 2021
From: Breaking News

A major agency is predicting that the imbalance between supply and demand, which has characterised the housing market for all of...
10 August 2021
From: Breaking News

House prices in July rose after falling in June, according to the Halifax. They were 0.4 per cent higher than in June,...
09 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Propertymark says the supply of homes on the market has dwindled almost continuously since the start of the year, with 40...
09 August 2021
From: Breaking News

There’s already plenty of talk about autumn - depressing huh? - with agents pondering how the housing market will respond to...
07 August 2021
From: Features

If you were hoping for a summer lull during August, think again. That’s the messages from Nicky Stevenson, managing director of Fine...
05 August 2021
From: Breaking News

The Fine & Country network has added another agency to its network - this one in the west country city of...
03 August 2021
From: Breaking News

The number of Energy Performance Certificates issued for new build homes in England rose 16 per cent in the year to...
03 August 2021
From: Breaking News

The stamp duty holiday came and went with much fanfare. For many buyers it represented a rare opportunity to make some...
31 July 2021
From: Features

With stock remaining perilously short for most agents, the industry has been advised to use data to identify those existing owners...
30 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Available residential property listings across the country are at historic lows according to property data firm Homesearch. The company, which focuses its...
30 July 2021
From: Breaking News

One of the leading housing market analysts says some of the extreme house price rises seen this year could unwind during...
28 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Demand for all types of houses, from terraced to detached, has more than doubled in the current housing market - creating...
27 July 2021
From: Breaking News

“There is an average of 19 buyers for every available property on the market” according to Propertymark’s latest market snapshot for...
27 July 2021
From: Breaking News

A surge in activity ahead of June’s stamp duty deadline and tight supply saw price growth in the country house market...
27 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Zoopla data has confirmed that buyer demand started to moderate in the months prior to the initial stamp duty holiday tapering...
24 July 2021
From: Features

A leading industry personnel expert says agencies must do more to attract new staff, including adapting how they work to compete...
21 July 2021
From: Breaking News

The busiest first half of a year ever recorded by Rightmove has led to a raft of new records for the...
19 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Our long-awaited ‘Freedom Day’ approaches. From Monday all of the restrictions, introduced since the Covid-19 pandemic made an impact across the...
17 July 2021
From: Features

The end of a largely-forgotten mortgage initiative connected with the pandemic could end up derailing the current strong housing market, agents...
15 July 2021
From: Breaking News

The housing market across the country shows little or no sign of cooling despite the end of the main stamp duty...
15 July 2021
From: Breaking News

At first sight it’s a tough ask to defend holiday homes when there’s evidence that many who want to buy can’t,...
10 July 2021
From: Features

The son of an Oscar winner has been named as the latest estate agent working under the easyProperty banner. Damian Wanstall is...
09 July 2021
From: Breaking News

A leading agent says the supply of homes coming to the market is still insufficient to match demand. London estate agent Jeremy...
09 July 2021
From: Breaking News

The Halifax is reporting a 0.5 per cent monthly drop in house prices, plus a fall in the annual rate from...
08 July 2021
From: Breaking News

A conveyancing services firm is warning that buyers are making “hasty rather than considered” decisions over properties because they feel under...
07 July 2021
From: Breaking News

A bankrupt builder from Devon persuaded pensioners to pay him £271,000 to construct a home - but his poor workmanship has...
06 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Average house prices have risen by £29,000 over the course of the stamp duty holiday as house price annual inflation hits...
30 June 2021
From: Breaking News

An online agent operating in the Midlands says the idea of flipping property is a thing of the past thanks to...
30 June 2021
From: Breaking News

A new analysis claims Help To Buy has improved building volumes and has not been a drain on taxpayers. The scheme which...
30 June 2021
From: Breaking News

A company supplying data to conveyancers and other property professionals warns that Japanese Knotweed is a bigger headache than usual this summer. A wet and frosty spring,...
29 June 2021
From: Breaking News

For the second time in two working days, a report suggests that ever-higher numbers of buying are paying over the asking...
28 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Last weekend we spoke with Liana Loporto, NAEA Propertymark’s president, in an exclusive interview. Here we follow that up with an...
26 June 2021
From: Features

There’s been a dramatic slump in instructions for online agencies, particularly Purplebricks, according to data produced by one online firm itself. 99Home...
24 June 2021
From: Breaking News

New research has thrown light on how much buyers must pay on average to trade up to a property with one...
24 June 2021
From: Breaking News

It was never going to be easy for Scotland - and there was no sense of jeopardy for an already-through England. Yet...
23 June 2021
From: Breaking News

The frantic growth in house prices is showing its first sign of slowing down, says Rightmove. In its latest monthly market snapshot,...
21 June 2021
From: Breaking News

The property market is currently in a unique position where the number of house hunters looking for their next home is...
19 June 2021
From: Features

The Stamp Duty holiday has been very beneficial for hundreds of thousands of buyers looking to take advantage of savings, even...
16 June 2021
From: Features

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says its monthly sentiment measure of house prices is at its highest level since 1988. A...
11 June 2021
From: Breaking News

An industry supplier is urging agents to dust off old prospects to build their pipeline and keep the market boom going...
11 June 2021
From: Breaking News

The editor of the legal publication the Law Gazette has taken an estate agent to task for daring to suggest that...
08 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Annual house price inflation is now at its strongest level in nearly seven years, says the Halifax House Price Index. The average...
08 June 2021
From: Breaking News

There are now more mortgage products available than at any time since the start of the pandemic in March 2021. Data from...
08 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Agents have given their backing to the government’s First Homes initiative, offering discounted houses for local people and key workers and...
07 June 2021
From: Breaking News

The growth of the internet and technology has transformed virtually every aspect of our lives, including how we approach the property...
05 June 2021
From: Features

A gradual increase in the supply of homes coming to the market means the stellar price rises of recent months are...
04 June 2021
From: Breaking News

The MP who chairs one of the most important committees in the House of Commons has urged the government to increase...
03 June 2021
From: Breaking News

The Bank of England will intervene if it considers soaring house prices will affect the inflation rate says Sir Dave Ramsden,...
03 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Propertymark has thrown its weight behind the government’s First Homes initiative, describing it as “creative” and saying it’s a sign of...
27 May 2021
From: Breaking News

The number of transactions is scheduled to reach 1.52 million this year - way above the norm of between 1.0 and...
26 May 2021
From: Breaking News

An unusual price forecast based on conveyancing quotes suggests the housing market is to continue busy over the summer with more...
25 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Agents’ views are being sought by Propertymark on how best to improve the housing supply in Northern Ireland. The province’s Department for...
25 May 2021
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s leading estate agents claims some solicitors are charging exorbitant fees on transactions as they near the latest...
24 May 2021
From: Breaking News

A London agency is rejecting the suggestion that sellers are heading to the countryside - instead, it says they’re likely to move...
18 May 2021
From: Breaking News
17 May 2021
From: Breaking News

It’s been quite a week for the rental sector. Lettings agents and landlords have had such a torrid time in recent years...
15 May 2021
From: Features

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Christopher Keen and Company Director What is ‘company name’ and what...
14 May 2021
From: 60 Second Interview

The number of properties coming on the market is still not meeting the huge demand from buyers, but the level of...
14 May 2021
From: Breaking News

A relatively modest interest rate rise could trigger a crash in the housing market according to the housing analyst behind the...
13 May 2021
From: Breaking News

The so-called race for space as the pandemic drives buyers to reconsider their lifestyle options has led to prices for prime...
06 May 2021
From: Breaking News

The last 12 months have heralded significant change across the property market and indeed we could argue across all markets in...
05 May 2021
From: Features

Mortgage lending has shown the biggest net increase on record according to the Bank of England. Mortgage borrowing in March rose by...
05 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Parts of the UK property market face a supply shortage with a quarter fewer properties listed for sale in England and...
05 May 2021
From: Breaking News

House prices are 7.1 per cent above their level a year ago as the boom continues. The latest house price index, from...
04 May 2021
From: Breaking News

With property transactions taking longer than ever and many people operating at capacity, it is easy to overlook the progress made,...
28 April 2021
From: Features

One in six properties sold for over the original asking price last month, higher than the proportion in February and another sign...
28 April 2021
From: Breaking News

New figures from Zoopla today emphasise just how frenzied the housing market remains. Here are the figures: - so far in the first...
27 April 2021
From: Breaking News

A prime London estate agency is going global - not only with a new office in the UK capital but with...
27 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Around 30 people spent all night queuing outside an estate agent ahead of 14 homes going on sale - the most...
26 April 2021
From: Breaking News

A leading buying agent says the phenomenon of ‘buying unseen’ is the most dramatic property trend to have emerged from the...
23 April 2021
From: Breaking News

A major agency is reporting a “frenzy” with branches inundated with enquiries as soon as homes are listed. Nicky Stevenson, managing director of...
21 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Rightmove has so far this year recorded 20 of its busiest ever days for visits to the site as the current...
14 April 2021
From: Breaking News

The shortage of supply compared to demand, which has characterised the housing market in recent months, could soon be a thing...
09 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Earlier this month, Fixflo held a webinar with David Cox, legal and compliance director of Rightmove, to discuss key government policies...
31 March 2021
From: Features

With just days before the launch of new portal Boomin, Rightmove says it’s hit a record 9.1m visits in a 24...
29 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Another house price index shows a super-charged housing market with prices rising 7.5 per cent in the year to January according...
25 March 2021
From: Breaking News

The London housing market is enjoying the end of the lull before the storm, according to a leading buying agent. Sara Ransom...
24 March 2021
From: Breaking News

The Law Society is to pilot upfront conveyancers’ information for home buyers and sellers. This will involve the TA6 form which contains...
23 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Rightmove says the excess of demand over supply right now is bigger than at any time over the past decade -...
15 March 2021
From: Breaking News

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says the market should prepare itself for a glut of new supply thanks to the...
12 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Foxtons says it's set for radical new investment and further takeovers following the acquisition of rival London agency Douglas and Gordon. In...
10 March 2021
From: Breaking News

When I joined Zoopla, I took the same approach that I always take whenever I enter a new sector: I was...
03 March 2021
From: Features

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Mark Meyer, CEO, Meyers Franchising What is Meyers and what...
01 March 2021
From: 60 Second Interview

Much of the agency industry has reacted with delight at the extension of the stamp duty holiday deadline until June. Rightmove estimates...
25 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Agency websites supplier Property Webmasters has secured a substantial but undisclosed cash injection to expand internationally. The investment comes from Net Ventures...
25 February 2021
From: Breaking News

The acquisition of Countrywide by Connells might just be the deal of the century in the British estate agency industry. That’s the...
23 February 2021
From: Breaking News

We’re now well into the third national lockdown and as the nation’s thoughts start to focus on how and when we’ll...
20 February 2021
From: Features

A leading estate agent says fear of strangers coming into people’s homes is leading to a fall in supply of properties...
16 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Agents and conveyancers are expressing doubt over whether a possible six week extension to the stamp duty holiday will be enough...
15 February 2021
From: Breaking News

As we move towards the one-year anniversary of the beginning of the first lockdown, it is a good time to reflect...
13 February 2021
From: Features

An estate agency says 10 per cent of its sellers have already dropped their asking prices to keep buyers on board,...
05 February 2021
From: Breaking News

After high levels of publicity for Zoopla and Boomin in recent weeks, Rightmove has struck back with figures suggesting it’s enjoyed...
05 February 2021
From: Breaking News

As we now find ourselves in the UK’s third national lockdown in 10 months, what tenants want, and need from their...
30 January 2021
From: Features

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I am the General Manager of Ravensworth, which is what...
28 January 2021
From: 60 Second Interview

Homeowners staying at home during another lockdown are doing more than sharing memes of groundhog day or doing family quizzes on...
27 January 2021
From: Features

The Prime Minister this afternoon stated that lockdown will remain in effect until early March at the earliest. He told the House...
27 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A housing index says the market continues to defy Coronavirus and Brexit worries with asking prices up 4.9 per cent in...
15 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The average UK house price is now a record £253,374 according to the Halifax - but the rate of growth is...
11 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Here’s hoping you managed to have as good a Christmas and New Year as Covid rules allowed. Journalism in early January is...
02 January 2021
From: Features

House prices surged in December to post their fastest growth in six years, according to the Nationwide. Prices rose 7.3 per cent...
31 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Figures from Zoopla suggest there’s a Christmas present being unwrapped by agents across the country - a far busier housing market tha this...
21 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Another day, another index, another record - house prices rose 5.4 per cent annually in October according to official figures from the Office...
17 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The sales market is currently strong but the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has issued a warning about a slowdown next...
10 December 2020
From: Breaking News

MPs lobbied by agents to extend the stamp duty holiday are staying firmly on the fence with standard answers and no...
08 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Welcome to part three of our ongoing series on local independent agents, as we seek to give this all-important part of...
05 December 2020
From: Features

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...
04 December 2020
From: Sponsored Content

NAEA Propertymark has renewed its warning that a cliff-edge threatens housing market stability as the stamp duty holiday ends. The organisation’s outgoing chief...
30 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The secure Conservative victory in the 2019 General Election meant the property market in the sunlit uplands was set for a...
28 November 2020
From: Features

The housing market in England and Wales is stabilising, according to analysis of web traffic from a property advice site. Valuation requests...
27 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has resisted changing any property taxes in the short term, but has used his Spending Review statement to...
25 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Zoopla’s research team is anticipating the first quarter of next year will see the current boom continue as 100,000 additional sales...
25 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The Home website, which publishes a detailed monthly snapshot of the market, has raised the alarm over London because of a...
18 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your opportunity to catch up on who’s moving where in the agency and supplier...
16 November 2020
From: Breaking News

With a new President elected and the old one reluctant to move out, this is a good time to see how...
14 November 2020
From: Features

Property is considered to be a safe investment. The buy-to-let market is booming, fuelled by a generation unable to get on...
13 November 2020
From: Sponsored Content

Residential People, one of many free-to-list platforms in the hectic portal marketplace, is set to launch which it calls its “AI...
13 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The Competitions and Markets Authority is to probe the proposed merger of two crowdfunding sites used by numerous property industry companies. Crowdcube...
13 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The London sales market is slowing as Christmas nears but no significant impact has been caused by the second wave of...
12 November 2020
From: Breaking News

There are 140,000 more buyers waiting to complete on their properties right now than there were this time last year. The claim, by...
28 October 2020
From: Breaking News

There is no doubting that 2020 has been a challenging year for all industries, with the lettings market being no exception. Following...
24 October 2020
From: Features

Tenant enquiries and property viewings unsurprisingly slowed this spring, due to the necessary government restrictions brought in to manage the pandemic....
24 October 2020
From: Features

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is taking credit for saving thousands of agency jobs through increased transactions prompted by the stamp duty holiday. A...
23 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Conveyancers are sending a blunt message to estate agents: transactions will take longer than usual and don’t chase us with queries and...
19 October 2020
From: Breaking News

New instructions almost doubled across prime areas of London in September compared to the same period a year ago, while the...
15 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A prominent housing market analyst is warning that in 14 years of studying prices and transactions he has never seen the...
14 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Mortgage approvals for house purchases have soared to a 13 year high according to Bank of England figures up to the...
30 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Data from NAEA Propertymark shows that in August, some 13 per cent of properties sold for more than the original asking...
29 September 2020
From: Breaking News

With no clear end in sight and conflicting Government advice as to whether we should work from home or go to...
24 September 2020
From: Sponsored Content

The government claims its stamp duty holiday has supported nearly 750,000 jobs thanks to the ripple effect in the economy. A statement from HM...
23 September 2020
From: Breaking News
19 September 2020
From: Features

The strong house price growth experienced in recent months could soon be 'marred' by oversupply, according to Home.co.uk. The property website says...
16 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The property market experienced a slowdown last month as a result of more people going on summer holidays, according to the...
15 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A leading agent says the government’s new Coronavirus clampdown from Monday will push more home owners to sell. Caspar Harvard-Wills, a partner at...
10 September 2020
From: Breaking News

If yet more proof were needed of the housing boom this summer, NAEA Propertymark says its sales agreed data suggests a...
27 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Figures from Zoopla quantify how Coronavirus is changing the market, with houses selling significantly faster than flats. The latest market report from...
27 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Data from Rightmove shows that demand is up 61 per cent compared to the same period last year - and the...
26 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The supply of homes coming to the market could struggle to meet the demand from buyers shown in recent weeks, with...
21 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Rightmove’s latest house price index shows the highest number of sales agreed in a month for over a decade. It’s 20 per...
17 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Life as we know it has changed – for everybody – and what tenants want, need and expect in this post-pandemic...
15 August 2020
From: Features

Asking prices are up again for a third consecutive month in all English regions and across Scotland and Wales. The measurement, from...
14 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The latest market snapshot by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors warns the current boom may not continue as government support measures...
13 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The Zoopla Rental Market Report, published this week, mentioned a two-speed rental market, but what does that mean? We are seeing two...
08 August 2020
From: Features

Following the easing of lockdown restrictions on England’s property market in May, NAEA Propertymark reported a sharp increase in business for...
05 August 2020
From: Features

Strutt & Parker is warning that in a worst-case scenario house prices in some locations could drop 10 per cent this...
05 August 2020
From: Breaking News

We have had a special relationship for many years and are bonded as countries in many ways – historically, politically and...
01 August 2020
From: Features

Zoopla says while there may be speculation about people fleeing London and big urban areas for the countryside, the evidence suggests...
28 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The housing market is still booming according to data released by the National Association of Estate Agents Propertymark - although the...
28 July 2020
From: Breaking News

As expected within the property industry, the Chancellor announced a stamp duty holiday in his Summer Statement. This now means that...
25 July 2020
From: Features

Zoopla's Research and Insight Director Richard Donnell writes: Just over a fortnight on since the Chancellor announced the Stamp Duty holiday and...
23 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Emma Vigus, managing director of sales progression platform mio, in discussion with key suppliers in the residential property industry on operating...
18 July 2020
From: Features

Knight Frank has reported a remarkable set of figures for June showing how the housing market has bounced back with a...
17 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The latest monthly index suggests that the average asking price in England and Wales has jumped 1.5 per cent in the...
16 July 2020
From: Breaking News

You have to feel for Rishi Sunak - well, at least a little. Leave to one side that he carries more presentational...
11 July 2020
From: Features

An estate agency is warning that the likely rush of transactions when the new stamp duty holiday ends next spring will...
09 July 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s more confirmation this morning that the housing market is enjoying a short-term bounce - and that’s before the effect of...
09 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Mortgage enquiries in June surged to double the rate of the previous month according to the latest halifax house price index. Although...
08 July 2020
From: Breaking News

We recently issued our Zoopla House Price Index, which analyses the latest real-time trends from the sales market. In our analysis, we...
04 July 2020
From: Features

With the UK housing market now largely open - there are still restrictions in some areas on home moves to occupied properties...
02 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Agents have remained calm in the light of Nationwide’s house price index which shows the first annual fall for eight years...
02 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A former City analyst best known for his scathing criticisms of Purplebricks has launched a PropTech platform that he describes as...
30 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Few figures for the housing market can be truly representative in the current circumstances but NAEA Propertymark’s latest snapshot is showing...
26 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Zoopla predicts that the price strength that has been seen since the reopening of the housing market is likely to continue...
24 June 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s been a big rise in demand for new-builds since the lockdown according to figures from Knight Frank - but the...
23 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The property market is used to change, and I’m confident it will bounce back from any lockdown effects. Despite being acutely aware...
20 June 2020
From: Features

A market commentator says it will take up to three months before the housing market stabilises into the ‘new normal’ after...
18 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Data released this morning by Rightmove suggests that agents in England have agreed no fewer than 40,000 sales since the market...
15 June 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s been a strong rebound in demand for homes and an “unprecedented” bounce in new sales agreed according to Zoopla. The portal...
10 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Social distancing will be part of our daily routine moving forward for the foreseeable future and if you run an estate...
04 June 2020
From: Sponsored Content

** This Bank Holiday Monday both Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today look at how agencies have modified offices and protocols...
25 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Rightmove says it enjoyed 5.3m visits on Tuesday of this week - up four per cent on the comparable day of...
22 May 2020
From: Breaking News

The number of full property details viewed on Rightmove - a key indicator of market health - is already stronger than...
20 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Savills has given the industry an insight into how buyers’ and sellers’ priorities may change as the industry returns to work...
06 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Since my last column in April, one could argue that very little has changed for agents in terms of the market...
04 May 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s going to be a 35 per cent drop in the number of new homes delivered this year because of the...
28 April 2020
From: Breaking News

We are all operating in peculiar times. Times of great upheaval. Our lives are both in a complete state of flux...
22 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Today is the final day that agencies can register with the government scheme offering furlough pay on April 30. The furlough programme...
22 April 2020
From: Breaking News

The peak of the 2020 sales market is likely to be September instead of the usual early summer - but that...
21 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Welcome to the latest edition of our daily service dedicated to advice and guidance on how agents can best cope with...
01 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Two auctions held behind closed doors have been deemed a success, and evidence that the property market can still function despite...
31 March 2020
From: Breaking News

It seems an eternity ago but the housing market in February - that’s only last month - was in rude health...
31 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello, and we trust you had as good a weekend as possible in these difficult circumstances. As we start a new week...
30 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to a special Agents Do Charity, given over entirely to a wonderful effort to coordinate the industry’s response...
27 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A senior figure in the industry has spoken out against the shock sackings and branch closures announced by Spicerhaart. Jon Cooke, chief...
21 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The extraordinary past week of anger over portals’ fees plus early-warning statements like that from Foxtons indicate the anxiety in the...
21 March 2020
From: Features

By now, most letting agents and landlords will have heard about the draft legislation laid in Parliament concerning a mandatory minimum...
04 March 2020
From: Features

New figures from the National Association of Estate Agents show a big surge in demand despite the winter weather since the...
27 February 2020
From: Breaking News

A free-to-list portal says the costs of listing on the established sites - especially Rightmove - are contributing to estate agencies...
21 February 2020
From: Breaking News

In another positive sign for the housing market, every region of the UK has seen a price rise according to the...
20 February 2020
From: Breaking News

For several years the regular monthly RICS market snapshot has made depressing reading - now, for there second month in a...
13 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Coutts has identified areas of London where house prices are still below peak. Although the wealth manager and private bank says there...
07 February 2020
From: Breaking News

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee meets today for its monthly decision on whether the move base rate - and...
30 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Rightmove and Zoopla have been working with key figures from government and the agency and conveyancing industries on how to reform...
29 January 2020
From: Breaking News

The housing market appears to have ended 2019 on a positive note according to the National Association for Estate Agents. Its latest...
28 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Some buying agents have batted away the many signs of an improving housing market but one says the Boris Bounce is...
24 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Data from HM Revenue & Customs shows tax receipts from stamp duty fell a further 5.2 per cent between 2018 and...
23 January 2020
From: Breaking News

In its latest State of the Property Nation report, which questions over 650 agents and 6,000 consumers, Zoopla says 55 per...
20 January 2020
From: Breaking News

As I look towards this year, I am sure that my thoughts are the same as many within the industry. I am...
18 January 2020
From: Features

At the end of a strong week for housing market indicators, the latest survey from the website Home suggests a major...
17 January 2020
From: Breaking News

The Property Franchise Group - which operates five High Street agency brands and the EweMove hybrid - has set up a...
15 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Savills says the decisive General Election result appears to have suddenly turned the market around and gave “a strong close to...
14 January 2020
From: Breaking News

House prices rose 4.0 per cent in 2019 according to Britain’s biggest mortgage lender Halifax, as a December bounce - some...
09 January 2020
From: Breaking News

We are facing a new world in the lettings industry, with the proportion of households in the private rented sector (PRS)...
08 January 2020
From: Features

Annual UK house price growth exceeded one per cent for the first time in 12 months in December according to the...
06 January 2020
From: Breaking News

After a year dogged by Brexit deadlock, political turmoil, and slow growth, estate agents’ confidence in the property market hit a...
04 January 2020
From: Features

A high end estate agency says prices in Prime Central London are poised to rise 18 per cent by 2024 despite...
30 December 2019
From: Breaking News

NAEA member agents have delivered a relatively downbeat forecast for 2020 - but the organisation says an injection of digital technology...
27 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The number of residential sales rose 1.9 per cent to 102,050 in November compared to the same month last year, the...
27 December 2019
From: Breaking News

There are reasons to be optimistic that a majority government will improve the housing market, simply by ending political and economic...
21 December 2019
From: Features

A former residential chairman of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has posed key questions for the government to answer over...
20 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Government figures from the Office for National Statistics show that house prices across the UK rose by a mere 0.7 per...
19 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The National Association of Estate Agents has given its analysis of 2019 - and it may have been a better year...
18 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Here’s the final part of our questioning of the three portals based on comments and queries from our readers - thanks...
12 December 2019
From: Breaking News

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