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03 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![JONATHAN ROLANDE: If your social media feed is anything like mine, it's now full of cries for help from tenants](/upload/images/shutterstock_2276271295.jpg)
Amid the frenetic news agenda of recent weeks, a story broke that may have easily passed you by. It revealed how tenant...
31 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency stock hits eight-year high but many are relisted homes - Zoopla](/upload/images/shutterstock_1133901272.jpg)
Property supply has hit its highest level for eight years, Zoopla data shows. The latest Zoopla House Price Index shows the average...
30 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![There is a future in buy-to-let](/upload/images/3%20--%20Proofed%20--%20There%20is%20a%20future%20in%20buy%20to%20let%20-%20weekend%20feature%20By%20Emma%20Cox%2C%20MD%20of%20Real%20Estate%20at%20Shawbrook.jpg)
High interest rates, slow price growth and more stringent tax rules have eroded Buy-to-Let’s (BTL) charm for a number of landlords,...
18 May 2024
From: Features
![Buckle Up! It's Going To Be A Busy 2024](/upload/images/Phil%20Spencer%20NEW%20image.png)
Happy New Year and welcome to what’s looking like a busy - perhaps even hectic - 2024! I thought it worth running...
15 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![General election and legislation driving agency sales - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310%20(1).png)
Extra tax and rising costs drove agency acquisitions last year and more are expected in 2024. Agency broker Atomic Consultancy has said...
09 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![The Housing Market and the Election - Does It Matter Who Wins?](/upload/images/EAT%20-%20IndustryViews%20Will%20the%20election%20result%20affect%20the%20housing%20market.jpg)
The factor most likely to influence the housing market next year is entirely outside the industry’s control: the General Election. Knight Frank...
16 December 2023
From: Features
![The Hunt For Tax Cuts - An Autumn Statement Preview](/upload/images/__thumbs/1%20shutterstock_1196667214.jpg/1%20shutterstock_1196667214__400x215.jpg)
As sure as night follows day, so our industry sets out a wish list of tax changes which it hopes the...
18 November 2023
From: Features
![Agency boss: Government must stop fighting and fix the property market](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HouseMarketConfusion-400x310.png)
Winkworth is calling for the Government to take immediate action to fix the property market. On the eve of the Tory party...
29 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rising mortgage rates are worse than 2p tax hike - claim](/upload/images/shutterstock_1929426920.jpg)
The hit to the economy from soaring mortgage rates will be equivalent to a 2p income tax hike, new analysis by...
27 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Autumn Statement unveils council tax, CGT and stamp duty changes](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/_JeremyHunt%20_400x310.png)
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt warned tough times were coming ahead of his Autumn Statement yesterday and agents were left with plenty to...
18 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency trade body calls for Stamp Duty holiday on additional homes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/StampDuty-Image--400x310.png)
Propertmark is calling for a 12 month exemption on additional Stamp Duty rates to boost rental property supply. The issue will be...
02 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![HMRC rakes it in as stamp duty receipts surge to record high](/upload/images/library/StampDuty1-400x310.jpg)
Figures just released by HM Revenue & Customs show the Treasury enjoying a bumper year for stamp duty, with record receipts...
23 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![We survived 2021, so what has 2022 in store for estate agents?](/upload/images/Seasonal%20%26%20Holidays/2022Diary-400x310.png)
With the drastic changes enacted on the industry over the past two years thanks to the pandemic and political events such...
22 January 2022
From: Features
![HMRC consulting on new Stamp Duty threat to property sales](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/StampDuty1-400x310.jpg)
A leading accountant is warning of a possible stamp duty change affecting residential property this year. HMRC is currently consulting on a...
10 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Covid race for space helps boost posh country house market](/upload/images/Logos/Knight-Frank-logo400x310.png)
High-value properties were the top-performers in the country house market in 2021, according to an agency that majors in this sector. In...
06 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Budget 2021 aftermath - did the chancellor target property for tax revenue?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Tax-400x310.png)
In the Autumn Budget on Wednesday 27 October, very few impending tax hikes were revealed by the Chancellor Rishi Sunak –...
06 November 2021
From: Features
![Preparing for 2022 – How current trends will affect estate agencies](/upload/images/Seasonal%20%26%20Holidays/NewYearGoals-400x310.png)
As we move into the autumn of 2021, what the coming year has in store for estate agents is something we...
29 September 2021
From: Features
![Property tax threat returns as government sets Budget date](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/RishiSunak-400x310.jpg)
Lost in the noise of yesterday’s social care announcements, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has named October 27 as his next Budget Day...
08 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Top agent - We have no interest in digitalising the personal side of agency](/img/default/eat.png)
In this week’s In Conversation Today, we have one of the most familiar names in agency on board for a Q&A....
24 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Could an adjustment to BTL Stamp Duty improve the lettings market?](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Stamp Duty reform would speed sales says another leading Tory MP](/img/default/eat.png)
The MP leading a new parliamentary committee on the housing market says a radical reform of tax would help more people move...
06 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stamp duty surcharge won’t hurt foreign buyer market - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
A prominent London agency says today’s new two per cent stamp duty surcharge imposed on most overseas buyers will not dampen...
01 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Fears grow of Capital Gains Tax changes to be unveiled next week](/img/default/eat.png)
There is growing speculation that a raft of tax proposals to be unveiled next week will include reform of Capital Gains...
19 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stand by for Capital Gains Tax changes later this year - experts](/img/default/eat.png)
Tax experts suggest the widely expected reform of Capital Gains Tax is unlikely to be announced in tomorrow’s Budget - at...
02 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Calls grow to reform ALL property taxes, not just stamp duty](/img/default/eat.png)
Pressure is building for widespread property tax reform beyond short term issues regarding stamp duty. Many MPs in this week’s 65-minute special...
05 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Dozens of Tory MPs demand stamp duty extension from Sunak](/img/default/eat.png)
The Northern Research Group, which has the backing of over 50 Conservative MPs in the north of England, wants the Chancellor...
18 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Price falls lead to stronger sales in super-prime London says agency](/img/default/eat.png)
In the six months to November there’s been a 79 per cent increase in sales of homes priced £5m to £10m says Knight...
11 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents’ delight as mortgage lending bounces back](/img/default/eat.png)
Mortgage approvals - a key indicator of short-term activity in the housing market - beat expectations in June according to Bank...
30 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Stamp duty holiday: the first change to benefit landlords in years](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Is the housing market really storming ahead as some say?](/img/default/eat.png)
Agents have almost unanimously been reporting a big surge in business since the reopening of the housing market, but new figures...
22 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Delay property tax change until market revives, experts tell government](/img/default/eat.png)
A taxation institute is urging the government to delay Capital Gains Tax changes relating to housing transactions until the virus crisis...
03 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![The final stages of Section 24 – where does this leave the PRS?](/img/default/eat.png)
This month saw the introduction of the final stages of the Section 24 tax changes, first introduced in April 2017. Whereas buy-to-let...
18 April 2020
From: Features
![Boris Bounce subsides as agent admits London sales slump](/img/default/eat.png)
There are fears that the so-called Boris Bounce which saw a surge in activity after the General Election may be hitting...
04 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Prices up! Transactions up! Agent forecasts a boom in 2020](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![House prices to rise in 2020 according to almost all analysts](/img/default/eat.png)
The scores are in….and it looks like house prices are going to rise gently in 2020 according to forecasts from almost...
02 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![On The Up: UK’s city house prices rise 54% in a decade](/img/default/eat.png)
Major UK cities have seen average house price rises of 54 per cent in the past decade - an increase of...
23 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Capital Gains Tax changes: owners advised to seek financial advice](/img/default/eat.png)
A tax expert is urging owners of second homes, as well as property investors and existing landlords, to seek independent financial...
31 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Countrywide says fewer frustrated sellers now resort to letting out](/img/default/eat.png)
There are fewer ‘accidental landlords’ - vendors who resort to letting out their homes because the sales market is difficult. That’s the...
14 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Tony Strover, Director of Allen Davies](/img/default/eat.png)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Tony Strover. On my business card it says...
30 August 2019
From: 60 Second Interview
![MHCLG gets a makeover – three key tasks for the new ministers to consider](/img/default/eat.png)
With Boris Johnson winning the Conservative leadership election and becoming Prime Minister, he has spent his first few days in office...
03 August 2019
From: Features
![What now for the agency industry as Boris Johnson takes over?](/img/default/eat.png)
Our own industry’s upheaval over recent years has been no less dramatic than the turmoil at Westminster. The political earthquake has seen...
23 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Theresa May’s legacy - how has housing fared under her government?](/img/default/eat.png)
Theresa May arrived in Downing Street some three years ago - but her premiership has not been a smooth ride. As she...
06 July 2019
From: Features
![The evolution of conveyancing referrals – how can agents replace lost revenue?](/img/default/eat.png)
In recent years, estate and letting agents have been faced with a series of tough challenges to absorb and react to. There...
01 June 2019
From: Features
![Agent reveals true scale of London market collapse - but it may be over](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the capital’s most outspoken estate agents at the upper end of the market has given eye-watering statistics to show...
22 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Transactions dive 33% as another London agency warns on Brexit](/img/default/eat.png)
There was a huge 33 per cent collapse in transactions in central London in the final quarter of 2018 compared with...
01 February 2019
From: Breaking News
02 January 2019
From: Features
![Brexit blamed for falls in transactions and prices in prime central London](/img/default/eat.png)
Transactions in prime central London have dropped nine per cent in the year to the end of August according to Knight...
04 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Brexit and SDLT 'causing market to stagnate' warns property specialist](/img/default/eat.png)
A downbeat report from property investment specialist London Central Portfolio says “there are very few causes for optimism in the domestic...
29 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Why letting agents need to be ready for a challenging market this autumn](/img/default/eat.png)
The buy-to-let sector, which has been under sustained pressure for a number of years now thanks to tax changes designed to...
15 August 2018
From: Sponsored Content
![Don’t blame Brexit! Agent reveals who's behind housing market woe](/img/default/eat.png)
One of London’s leading estate agents says Brexit has had at worst a neutral effect on the housing market and may...
08 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![By George! Osborne re-appears to defend his stamp duty reforms](/img/default/eat.png)
The former Chancellor George Osborne - architect of drastic stamp duty reform - has come out fighting to defend the tax...
06 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Brexit and political fears now key drivers of prime London says agency](/img/default/eat.png)
The battered prime central London market is now suffering from the UK’s wider political volatility, the lack of stability of the...
13 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agents clash over whether prime London still appeals to investors](/img/default/eat.png)
Prime London’s transactions are now the preserve of so-called ‘needs-based buyers’ and not investors according to high-end agency Knight Frank -...
21 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Foreign buyers may shun UK because of tax changes - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
A new report suggests Capital Gains Tax changes coming into effect next year are worrying a large majority of wealthy overseas...
17 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Prime London woe: price falls, slow sales and valuation mark-downs](/img/default/eat.png)
Coutts bank has issued a starkly pessimistic snapshot of prime London’s housing landscape, reporting price falls, valuation mark-downs and slower sales...
27 April 2018
From: Breaking News
![More London woe as annual house price growth hits seven-year low](/img/default/eat.png)
House price growth in London has hit a seven year low according to Hometrack, with prices actually down across 42 per...
27 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![Treasury set to rake in record CGT this year - with more to come](/img/default/eat.png)
A forecast suggests HM Revenue & Customs will rake in no less than £8.8 billion in Capital Gains Tax in 2018...
23 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Rental market analysis: what is the outlook for 2018?](/img/default/eat.png)
A range of factors - including fierce competition under the supplied housing market, rising property prices and political uncertainty – have...
08 February 2018
From: Sponsored Content
![PropTech Today: 14 industry leaders give their 2018 predictions](/img/default/eat.png)
Well, I don’t know about you but after the holidays I've got an imprint just below my navel where my belt...
03 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![What next for property in 2018?](/img/default/eat.png)
What a year it’s been! Back in 2016 we had Brexit, a new prime minister, Donald Trump’s election, and so when...
30 December 2017
From: Features
![Transactions to dip and prices to flat-line, RICS warns](/img/default/eat.png)
House price growth will come to a halt next year as the number of transactions reduces, according to the RICS forecast...
22 December 2017
From: Breaking News
![Five things that didn’t happen in 2017](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s traditional before Christmas to either review the year past or anticipate the one ahead - but I’m intrigued about what...
16 December 2017
From: Features
![Property experts reveal their Autumn Budget wishlist](/img/default/eat.png)
The housing industry has set out a list of demands in advance of the government’s hotly anticipated Autumn Budget on Wednesday. Despite...
18 November 2017
From: Features
![Most senior Tory MP yet says she's open to stamp duty reform](/img/default/eat.png)
Nicky Morgan, a former Cabinet minister and now chair of the highly respected Commons' Treasury Select Committee, is the most senior...
15 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![Nil deposit schemes – a new era for the rental market?](/img/default/eat.png)
Research from the Centre for Economics and Business Research has shown that the cost of the average rental deposit is expected...
19 August 2017
From: Features
![Market being hurt by low stock, political uncertainty and tax - RICS](/img/default/eat.png)
Record low stock numbers, political uncertainty and the aftermath of tax changes are the obstacles hindering the housing market, according to...
10 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![London average price rises plummet from 13% to 3.5% in a year](/img/default/eat.png)
The latest measure of house price rises in key UK cities by the property consultancy Hometrack shows house price in many...
30 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Developers want SDLT and tax changes reversed to boost sales](/img/default/eat.png)
More than three quarters of developers want to see the government go into reverse on its stamp duty and mortgage interest...
13 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage market review](/img/default/eat.png)
In recent years the mortgage industry has gone through some testing times. Recession and regulation have led to more stringent lending...
08 April 2017
From: Features
![Property Natter: Q & A with David Cox, ARLA Propertymark](/img/default/eat.png)
In this Natter we have an exclusive interview with David Cox, CEO of ARLA Propertymark and one of the best-known figures...
08 April 2017
From: Features
![Budget 2017: Pleas for reform fall on deaf ears](/img/default/eat.png)
Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered his first Budget this week pledging extra funding for the NHS, transport in the Midlands and the...
11 March 2017
From: Features
![What does the future hold for the buy-to-let market?](/img/default/eat.png)
Over the past two decades, investing in buy-to-let has been a relatively easy way to make money, which is why so...
25 February 2017
From: Features
![What next for the rental market in 2017?](/img/default/eat.png)
The rental market has had to face a raft of changes over the past year, including the introduction of the 3% stamp...
14 January 2017
From: Features
![Farewell to 2016 and a cautious welcome to 2017](/img/default/eat.png)
There is no doubt that 2016 managed to catch the world by surprise on more than one occassion. But will 2017 be...
14 January 2017
From: Features
![Happy New Year from Estate Agent Today - this is what's in store...](/img/default/eat.png)
This is the final Estate Agent Today until Tuesday January 3 2017, so everyone at Angels Media sends all good wishes for...
30 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![What next for property in 2017?](/img/default/eat.png)
Following a strong start to 2016, particularly in the lower to middle range of the UK housing market, that lasted up...
17 December 2016
From: Features
![Are landlords about to ditch letting agents and go it alone?](/img/default/eat.png)
Next year is likely to be a challenging time for letting agents, following a raft of changes introduced by the government...
09 December 2016
From: Features
![ICYMI: What agents need to know from the Autumn Statement](/img/default/eat.png)
In case you missed it yesterday, here’s a summary of everything relating to property that was in Chancellor Phillip Hammond’s Autumn...
24 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Autumn Statement: The property industry's wish list for Philip Hammond](/img/default/eat.png)
It may still be too early to start compiling a Christmas wish list, but it is the right time to provide...
19 November 2016
From: Features
![Whither Countrywide](/img/default/eat.png)
Although Brexit, portal juggling and portal wars have stolen property industry headlines in recent months, there's been one story almost constantly...
05 November 2016
From: Features
![Cabinet minister hints at property tax changes next month](/img/default/eat.png)
The almost non-stop series of tax changes affecting all aspects of the housing market in recent years looks set to continue...
21 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![Rent rises are inevitable after tax clampdown on buy-to-let](/img/default/eat.png)
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...
14 October 2016
From: Features
![Bank of England confirms tougher buy to let mortgage lending regime](/img/default/eat.png)
The Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation Authority has confirmed that tighter regulations will apply to lenders providing mortgages for buy to...
30 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![House price growth slows in UK's biggest cities](/img/default/eat.png)
Annual house price growth in 20 UK cities dipped to 8.2% last month, according to the latest figures from Hometrack. The research...
26 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Is buy-to-let investing still a safe bet?](/img/default/eat.png)
The huge rush to acquire buy-to-let property in the first quarter of the year ahead of the stamp duty change deadline...
09 September 2016
From: Features
![What has been the Brexit impact on the housing market so far?](/img/default/eat.png)
The morning after the EU referendum, and Westminster, Britain, Europe and the world were left in shock at the news that...
05 August 2016
From: Features
![Property auctions market round-up Q2 2016](/img/default/eat.png)
With a number of agent partner programmes available nationwide, estate agents can often increase business by offering sales by auction, especially...
15 July 2016
From: Features
![Why negotiating skills will be more crucial than ever in the months ahead](/img/default/eat.png)
Sales skills, and the ability to negotiate in particular, have always been a core ingredient for any estate agent – and...
03 June 2016
From: Features
!['Major agency has cut fees to 0.5% on referendum fears' - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
A City investment consultancy says one leading private agency chain has slashed its fees to 0.5 per cent in order to...
27 April 2016
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove achieves busiest-ever first quarter for leads to agents](/img/default/eat.png)
There was a significant drop in interest in purchasing buy to let properties in March as the April 1 stamp duty surcharge...
13 April 2016
From: Breaking News
![Chris Coates, Oakford Homes MD](/img/default/eat.png)
Who are you? Chris Coates What does it say on your business card? Chris Coates As a small team we don’t have a hang up...
16 February 2016
From: 60 Second Interview
![Cameron dismisses industry's concerns over stamp duty and tax changes](/img/default/eat.png)
Prime Minister David Cameron has dismissed out of hand appeals and comments from Estate Agent Today readers to reconsider the recent...
25 January 2016
From: Breaking News
![Stamp duty and buy to let tax changes: Readers' views put to David Cameron](/img/default/eat.png)
In January readers of Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today were given the opportunity to give their views on proposed...
25 January 2016
From: Features
![Affordability and buy to let taxes will curb market warns ITEM Club](/img/default/eat.png)
The housing market will slow in the next three years as affordability problems and buy to let taxes combine to offset...
19 January 2016
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove says 'supply famine' easing after small rise in stock on sale](/img/default/eat.png)
Rightmove is reporting this morning that there has been a 6.6 per cent increase in the number ot homes with two...
18 January 2016
From: Breaking News
![Last chance for agents to send stamp duty and tax views to David Cameron](/img/default/eat.png)
Today is the last chance for Estate Agent Today readers to have their concerns about proposed stamp duty increases and recent...
07 January 2016
From: Breaking News
![Stamp duty and buy to let tax changes - put your views to David Cameron](/img/default/eat.png)
Estate Agent Today readers are being given the rare opportunity to have their concerns about proposed stamp duty increases and recent...
05 January 2016
From: Breaking News
![Stamp duty and stock shortage mean 'winter of higher prices' says top agent](/img/default/eat.png)
The director of two major agencies says George Osborne’s stamp duty surcharge and stock at an “historically low level” will force...