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There’s more bad news for the long-troubled Prime Central London market. A new analysis shows that transaction volumes have plunged 11.6 per cent...

Landlords and letting agents might feel they’ve taken a bit of a battering from the government in recent years – and...

The old cliche about statistics may be cruel but the government has perhaps left itself open to its use after announcing...

EweMove is the country’s fifth largest online agency group based on transactions, and continues to make a profit according to its owner,...

Fresh data from a PropTech firm suggests that 'conveyancer absenteeism' is causing severe delays to property transactions. When You Move reports that...

A downbeat report from property investment specialist London Central Portfolio says “there are very few causes for optimism in the domestic...

Out and about recently, I got to thinking: how often do I actually have the call for cash anymore? Or, for...

Reapit has teamed up with a new tool called mio, which is promising “a smarter way to manage the home buying...

Data from the buying agency Black Brick reveals just how big an impact has been made by the additional homes stamp...

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

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

House prices are rising at their slowest rate for nearly five years as London suffers its largest decline in prices since...

The investment bank Jefferies says Foxtons’ long-running share price slump is a reflection of Brexit uncertainty “until we find out what...

The chairman of LonRes says online estate agents have only a one per cent share of the market in prime central...

LonRes says transactions in prime locations in London dropped another six per cent when the second quarter of 2018 is compared...

The Swiss investment bank Credit Suisse has slashed its target share price for the company from 77p to only 17.2p.  The reason...

High-end agency and international property consultancy Savills has reported strong half-year figures for its UK business - but warns that Brexit...

The EY ITEM Club, regarded as one of the most influential groups of economists in the UK, says it’s still “dubious”...

The number of properties withdrawn from the market in the second quarter of this year was greater than the number of...

Outspoken property commentator and buying agent Henry Pryor has made a scathing attack on some of the main house price indices. In...

Making my way to our London office on a busy commuter train, my mind got busy thinking about the new do-it-yourself...

An analysis of HMRC stamp duty statistics for the second quarter of this year suggest that receipts are down 13.8 per...

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

Prices and transaction volumes have both fallen again in Prime Central London according to the index produced by Central London Portfolio,...

The latest market snapshot released by the National Association of Estate Agents’ shows the challenges faced by the industry right now. The...

The price per square foot for homes in central London is currently £1,194 - that’s 16.9 per cent below its 2014...

A leading legal firm has given broad approval to proposals from the Law Commission aimed at improving the conveyancing process and...

Does your company apply adequate customer due diligence measures when carrying out estate agency work?  Does it establish and maintain appropriate policies...

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

We are currently engaged in consultations with our members to help to find a practical solution to the concern of the...

You will notice that there is a new author for this regular column for Estate Agent Today. Last month I was...

Only 24 hours after the Land registry released data showing a 20 per cent slump in housing transactions, new figures from...

Foxtons share price hit a new low yesterday, dropping to only 46p early in the afternoon: it eventually closed narrowly up...

A new market snapshot shows how there’s now a two-tier market with homes in London taking substantially longer to sell than...

House prices in London are projected to fall in the short-term, down by two per cent by the end of 2018...

A PropTech company boss says evidence given to MPs confirms the need to improve anti-money laundering processes through greater automation and...

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...

A ‘disruptor’ tech company claims that large numbers of people are dissastisfied with the conveyancing element of house moves, with many...

One of the UK’s leading group of economic experts has repeated its warning that housing market is not going to see...

By now we’ve all seen news about the long-term decline in property sales and competition from online alternatives leading to ‘more...

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...

So here’s the thing. It’s summer - not much going on, school holidays about to start, industry publications filling out space...

Total mortgage approvals by the main High Street banks increased three per cent in May over the same month last year...

Transactions across Greater London have plummeted - they were down 7.9 per cent over the past three months and a whopping...

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...

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

The housing market “is clearly currently struggling to gain traction” and any real upturn ”will remain elusive over the coming months”...

Purplebricks is expanding its US activities by entering the markets of Las Vegas, Nevada and Phoenix, in the state of Arizona. A...

Whisper it quietly, but it may be that some bosses of online agencies used traditional High Street companies to sell their...

The proportion of homes sold in London was lower than any other part of England and Wales last year according to...

A magazine which earlier this year claimed that two big corporates pressured customers to use their preferred mortgage brokers has now...

One of the country’s leading experts on the housing market says first time buyers are still hampered from purchasing homes despite...

A PropTech startup which claims to revolutionise the speed at which property transactions can be processed has officially launched this week. When...

Average property prices fell in all but one English region during March, according to the latest official UK House Price Index. Overall,...

Despite numerous reports of a 'stagnant market' and predictions of a 'housing bust', conveyancers have 'bounced back after a disappointing end...

The chief executive of Winkworth says the upcoming Brexit is creating uncertainty and causing buyers and investors to delay purchasing plans. Dominic Agace,...

It went largely unreported when news broke last week but now the suggestion that home owners should pay a surcharge if...

One in five sellers suffer a fall-through costing them an average £2,700 - but many lose £5,000 or more. These are the...

Another high end estate agency is reporting difficulties in the London market with Knight Frank saying prices are down in both...

Estate Agent Today understands several major national agencies and some smaller operators are involved in a project to understand why transaction...

As the world becomes ever more digital and people increasingly look to technology to provide convenient solutions to sometimes complex problems,...

New data from a private bank shows a five per cent rise in the number of £1m-plus homes sold in 2017.  The...

I have sold hundreds of lettings businesses over the last twenty-five years. Based on this experience, these are the mistakes that you...

Research from the Nationwide suggests that the share of cash transactions has declined over the past 18 months, at least partly...

Figures from the Treasury suggest that the annual revenue from stamp duty for the year to the end of March is...

LSL Property Services has issued a warning that market conditions are softer than expected so far in 2018 and that transaction...

Leading housing analyst Kate Faulkner says the current low transaction level is “a little scary” because with so few sellers, buyers...

Maplin, Toys R Us, Carpetright, Warren Evans – what do they have in common? All are well-known high street chains that...

The sun has finally returned to ours skies and you’re on the lookout for a little bit of summer reading. As...

An umbrella body representing search organisations says searches “are very rarely the cause of delays” in transactions. The Council of Property Search...

The assessment by an investment consultancy that Purplebricks sells some 76 per cent of the homes it lists may have made...

A central London buying agent says she was once offered a bribe by an estate agent to try to persuade a...

A proposal by HMRC to speed up HMRC Capital Gains Tax payments for residential property sales could create a “compliance nightmare.” The...

The Conveyancing Association has backed the government’s calls for extensive reform of the buying and selling process, announced at the weekend. The...

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

Agents and representatives from other property sectors have reacted enthusiastically to proposals to professionalise the industry. As we reported yesterday, the government...

A technology company says that despite government attempts to eradicate money laundering in property transactions, agents and other industry professionals have been left...

With reports continuing to focus on a slowing property market and an understanding that not enough properties are being marketed for...

Gross mortgage lending is set to reach its highest level since 2007 despite Brexit, says the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association. But its...

A US TV company is considering making a news programme about Russian involvement in property transactions in the UK and particularly London. The...

Three weeks has flown by (I missed an early deadline last week - apologies) and I find myself writing the next...

HM Revenue and Customs has won a key ruling concerning a tax avoidance scheme promoter which claimed to be able to...

The Haart agency group has given an upbeat picture of the housing market in its latest figures with instructions up 15...

House prices started 2018 with a modest 0.3 per cent drop across the UK as a whole, including 0.5 per cent...

A Manchester-based property investment firm is claiming to be the first company in Britain to record an online exchange of a...

Conveyancing services firm My Home Move has launched a portal which it claims gives users complete transparency checking their conveyancing progress.  eWay, which is...

The Ernst & Young ITEM Club - a group of economists highly regarded by politicians and some sectors of the property...

New research appears to show that Purplebricks, HouseSimple, Yopa and other prominent online agencies are most popular with vendors selling in...

In an exclusive and candid interview with Estate Agent Today, Countrywide chairman Peter Long has admitted that the company had been...

House prices in the UK have suffered their first quarterly fall in almost a year - but strong transaction totals suggest...

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

Your buy-to-let investment is an extremely valuable asset and you need to know the income generated from it will be safely...

One of the country’s leading PropTech entrepreneurs has responded to recent criticism of online estate agencies and their allegedly-poor record of...

London estate agency chain Dexters is expanding its brand once again thanks to a new partnership with Stirling Ackroyd New Homes.  Dexters...

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

A former president of the National Association of Estate Agents has attacked “irresponsible agents” for over-valuing asking prices in London in...

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

The UK property sector has been a hotbed for financial crime in recent years, with many criminals seeing it as an...

An online agency says it knows exactly when a home should be marketed in order to sell in the optimum timeframe.  And...

Estate Agent Today can reveal that one of London’s best known agency chains has acquired one of the capital’s leading independent...

The well-respected buying agency Black Brick has revealed the scale of discounts it secures on prime properties being sold for different...

Agents have welcomed more data suggesting the 2018 market is enjoying a robust start. Last week Rightmove reported a record number of...

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

Conveyancing volumes shrunk by 12 per cent last year, the first annual drop in workloads since 2011 - and the struggling...

“Are we there yet?” In the same way that these words can drive you to distraction (any parent who has endured the...

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

Why I won’t buy Purplebricks shares and why if I had any, I’d sell fast… In its latest adverts, Purplebricks attempts to...

Hello and welcome to Property Jobs Today; this is the latest of our weekly round-ups of key job moves within estate...

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

A law firm says the problems with housing transactions lie not with issues like fall-throughs but with “people’s general lack of...

This year is going to be “challenging” for the housing market according to the influential Ernst & Young ITEM Club, a...

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

Q. How did you get in to the property industry? My career in the property industry actually started out as a holiday...

Homes for sale in some parts of inner London are seeing price discounts of up to 10 per cent says Hometrack...

The government has given its support to Land Registry proposals to increase the digitalisation of its services, with changes coming into...

If you were under any misconceptions about how pivotal a role HM Land Registry is going to play in the future...

A partner at Carter Jonas says that the next 12 months could see stagnation in the market and as a result...

Foxtons has this morning given details of a sharp fall in both profits and revenue, wirth sales significantly falling away and...

The number of transactions last year dropped to 1.22m - a minor 0.8 per cent drop on the year before and...

A set of figures produced by Haart suggests the market has had a difficult past 12 months - but the firm...

Japanese knotweed, the invasive plant brought over to Britain in the Victorian era, threatens millions of pounds worth of property transactions...

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

New research from the National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting Agents reveals that no fewer than...

  A new league table showing how long it takes homes to sell on average in different postcodes across England and Wales...

An overwhelming 86 per cent of RICS members questioned in a survey claim they have seen no increase in interest from...

A poll of over 2,500 first time buyers suggests that on average they pay £5,300 less than the asking price -...

The number of owners selling up and moving home is at its highest level since 2007 with one exception - London.  The...

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

The death has been announced of Jim Horsley, a former chairman of Yorkshire agency chain Dacre Son & Hartley - and...

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

The Society of Licensed Conveyancers says it is worried that HM Land Registry’s decision to publish details of apparent errors in...

HM Land Registry says it’s consulting with the legal industry on a proposal to publish a league table of conveyancers who...

An online intermediary platform called OpenMoov has been set up which instructs agents on behalf of sellers and tenants - and...

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

The last of the leading agency analysts and business consultancies have now given their predictions for the UK housing market in...

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

HM Land Registry has revealed how major house price indices are compiled - showing the huge variation in transactions behind the headline figures. The critique,...

A conveyancers’ trade body has told the government that it wants the house buying process to be modernised by having estate...

Bitcoin has smashed into the headlines again recently with major news outlets describing the ever increasing worth of this wildly volatile...

Some 62 per cent of current home owners feel that moving house has become more difficult over the past 10 years...

The HM Land Registry has revealed more details of long-term plans to improve and speed up conveyancing processes in a five...

The first residential transaction has taken place under the so-called Conveyancer’s Code for Completion - a new procedure in which the...

LSL Property Services - which includes Your Move, Reeds Rains and other high street estate agencies - batted away any housing...

The London-focussed estate agency Cluttons says chains in central London are becoming increasingly fragile thanks to general uncertainty in the wider...

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

A housing market expert says agents should be more pro-active and explain to the public that contrary to popular belief, some...

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

British politics is extraordinarily volatile right now and the ongoing battle between austerity and anti-austerity, Leave and Remain, and Conservative and...

The London residential market is at last improving - but faces a make or break situation with next week’s Budget according...

Auction House says it sold more properties in October than during any other month in the company’s 10 year history. The firm...

A conveyancing body says it wants the government to allocate “a small fund” in next week’s Budget to promote research into...

Jackson-Stops predicts that average UK house prices will remain flat in 2018, with stamp duty, Brexit and political uncertainties taking their...

Your Move and Reeds Rains, both part of LSL Property Services, are the latest agencies to admit a slowdown in house...

A new EU crackdown on money laundering requires estate agency businesses to adopt a collaborative approach if they are to avoid...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has issued a downbeat snapshot of the current housing market with "subdued sales trends" across...

The government's call for evidence from agents and others in a bid to improve the house buying process has pushed some...

The owner of a penthouse flat in London says he is willing to accept the cryptocurrency Bitcoin - providing the buyer...

The spread and sophistication of financial crime in the UK in recent years has been unprecedented.  Figures from UK Finance show that...

Some 12 per cent of transactions in England and Wales so far this year have been subject to gazumping, being sold...

Savills has given a pessimistic outlook for the mainstream housing market for the next five years.  It says average house prices across...

The first of the major estate agency research teams to offer a forecast for the 2018 market has kicked off the...

An influential consumer group has responded to the government’s commitment to reform the house buying process by advocating legally-binding reservation agreements...

The industry appears to be embracing this year’s Halloween celebrations like never before - tomorrow’s the big day but we’ve got...

Sajid Javid, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, has launched a consultation on proposals to reform the house buying...

An industry analyst says some agents may find it tough to survive in 2018 if they’re hit by a double whammy...

The Conveyancing Association says some of its members are piloting HIPs-style Digital Home Reports in a bid to reduce fall-throughs and...

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

Pressure is continuing to build on the government to reform stamp duty in next month’s Budget. Firstly a group of senior financial...

Estate agency James Pendleton says the sales of flats across London have collapsed 47 per cent in only a year -...

Annual house price inflation is 1.3 per cent according to Your Move - even though prices dipped 0.1 per cent in...

The latest RICS market survey shows that buyer enquiries and transactions slipped back last month with expectations pointing to “a subdued...

Respected buying agency Black Brick says there is evidence that prices in prime central London may be stabilising and transactions volumes...

In his PropTech 3.0 report, Andrew Baum dedicated an entire section to blockchain; it was titled: ‘Blockchain is coming – get...

If the government slashed stamp duty for the country’s most expensive properties the entire housing market would benefit, an estate agency...

UK house price inflation is now running at a modest 2.0 per cent but London's housing market has recorded its worst...

There is growing concern that online agents who do not chase-up on behalf of clients are leading to delays and fall-throughs...

A survey of over 1,700 people has revealed that over a quarter who have purchased their home in the last 12 months...

It appears activity in the housing market in 2017 will be around 15% down on 2016. The number of housing transactions...

Purplebricks has given more details of its activities in the United States, where it is hoping to break into a market...

Winkworth says solid performances from its lettings and property management services, plus new franchise deals, have compensated for a challenging sales...

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

Hunters’ figures for the six months to the end of June show small rises in income and turnover but a substantial...

Activity in the conveyancing market dropped significantly during the second quarter of the year, according to Search Acumen. The search provider found...

Whenever any research is released, part of me can’t help thinking of that old adage, ‘lies, damn lies and statistics’ especially...

Two years of stagnation fuelled by Brexit uncertainty and stamp duty increases may be coming to an end in prime central...

Giving clients reliable advice when they are buying, selling or letting a home lies at the core of every successful estate...

Analysis by the Nationwide suggests that the proportion of UK-wide stamp duty payments paid by purchasers in the south east of...

The number of existing home owners moving house fell two per cent in the first six months of 2017 compared with...

Countrywide has issued forecasts for the housing market over the next two years amidst a warning that Brexit volatility is the...

Sources within Countrywide say the latest senior management figure to leave the company is Sam Tyrer, who under her title of...

Shelter, the campaigning charity that has been hugely critical of private landlords and letting agents in recent years, has now launched...

Black Brick says its turnover in 2016 tripled to £3m with new business so far this year focussing increasingly on owner-occupier...

Savills has reported strong figures for the first half of 2017 across its worldwide activities, but its UK residential divisions have...

The ‘lower priced’ 80 per cent of homes in prime central London are seeing price rises again, giving hope they have...

A detailed analysis of the UK housing market by The Economist suggest many reasons lie behind the slump in property transactions...

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

The latest market snapshot by high-end agency Strutt & Parker reveals more bad news for London - despite the agency itself...

Without wishing to blow our own trumpet at this time, we did say at the start of the year that 2017...

Countrywide has revealed a massive plunge in its profits for the first six months of 2017.   Pre-tax profit for the six months...

Reapit has launched a new digital product following agents’ demands to handle an increasing volume of out of hours dealings with...

The number of transactions in the housing market has fallen for the third successive month - and for the first time...

PwC says the drop in the number of property transactions is the economic indicator where the uncertainty over Brexit is most...

LSL Property Services does not report its figures for the first half of 2017 until August 1, but even so it...

The buying agency Black Brick says 38 per cent of its transactions the first half of the year were off market...

Your Move says the surprise General Election and the creation of a weaker minority government has exacerbated the slowdown in the...

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

Gently rising house values in the mainstream market and problems facing the prime market in the capital mean that over half...

Over a quarter of prospective house sales completed in the past three months had fallen through at some stage according to...

Sales in prime central London in the year to the end of March are a huge 41 per cent below the...

The Nationwide is warning that a slowdown in household spending is likely in the near future, leading to a ‘drag’ on...

Estate agents complying with new anti-money laundering regulations introduced this week are unlikely to avoid falling foul of terrorists and criminal...

A network which helps estate agents win more instructions in the land and new homes sector is launching a lead generation...

The Property Ombudsman’s annual report reveals a significant increase in the number of formal complaints resolved by the scheme and a...

The latest Rightmove figures show that the number of sales agreed by agents over the last month is up 7% when...

An estate agent claims that chain management tool View My Chain has helped his firm to deal with chains involving online...

The share price of hybrid estate agency Purplebricks dipped yesterday after it announced its US expansion will begin in California. Purplebricks' share...

National average house price growth bounced back in April after a slow March, according to official figures. The latest UK House Price...

The sealed bids process - where purchasers submit their final offer by a specific time and date - should be more transparent,...

To give you a nice distraction from the post-election madness, here’s an interview with Charlie Wright, founder of CIELA (or The...

There’s barely a week that goes by when you don’t read about an estate or letting agency business that’s been acquired...

The man behind fledgling trade body The Charter for Independent Estate and Letting Agents (CIELA) says that public misunderstanding of the...

The introduction of a 3% stamp duty surcharge on the purchase of additional properties has 'shattered' the property market, according to...

As the nation goes to the polls today, industry boards supplier Agency Express reports that the property market picked up in...

As we approach Thursday's General Election, more property professionals have criticised stamp duty and called for the Government to make changes...

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

A sales progression tool claims to have analysed how long it takes to expedite sales chains of different lengths, and to...

The banning of letting fees levied on tenants has dominated the industry headlines in recent months but this election campaign suggests...

As Dataloft’s home town and having been declared the best place to live, we needed no further excuse to have a...

Conveyancers have backed a call by the Conservatives for reform of the house buying process - and says more up-front information...

Scotland already has the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax instead of stamp duty - now Wales is following suit, with a...

The Conservative Party says it wants greater competition and more digitisation to cut the costs and reduce the amount of time...

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

The Conservatives now say they are not resuscitating Home Information Packs, despite a suggestion by a prominent former minister that they "had...

A ‘disrupter’ estate agent says the English housing market operates in a way that is far less efficient than Scotland’s -...

The Conservatives have this morning announced a reform of the house buying process in the party’s manifesto for the June 8...

Official figures from the latest UK House Price Index show that average house prices fell by 0.6% between February and March. The...

The boss of the UK's largest independent agency has called on the government to be 'radical' and consider a range of...

Theresa May's decision to call a snap election in June has so far had 'little effect' on the property market, according...

Analysis of over 500,000 transactions shows that completions are slowest in London and the South East. The average progress from an offer...

Transaction levels in Prime Central London (PCL) increased for the third consecutive quarter during Q1 2017, according to Strutt & Parker. However,...

Cash is becoming an increasingly large proportion of the funding used to buy homes according to a new analysis of transactions...

The director of a respected mortgage broker is warning that market sentiment is changing with more down-valuations from surveyors and some...

Auctions are a great way to sell property competitively, with a wide range of homes often selling under the hammer, and...

There has been widespread praise for the Nationwide building society's crackdown on criteria for mortgages for leasehold new build homes.   From May...

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

HMRC says there has been a five per cent drop on the number of transactions attracting stamp duty in the first...

A London estate agency’s analysis of the latest Land Registry data suggests transactions in the capital are the lowest ever recorded.  Land...

The government should resist any further increase in stamp duty not only to help the property market but to help guarantee...

Property transactions rose marginally in March this year, up 0.5 per cent on February’s total according to figures from HM Revenue...

Anyone hoping that the General Election could herald an immediate change of heart by the Conservatives on high levels of stamp...

The first meeting of fledgling trade group CIELA has ended with a pledge to expose what it calls ‘fake agents’ which...

Your Move’s latest house price index shows that the average house price in England and Wales is now £301,278 after a...

A building society claims that in the past three years alone no fewer than 1.2m buyers have given up on house...

Land Registry data shows that homes across the UK have risen in price by an average 5.8 per cent in the...

Savills is warning that while low interest rates will probably keep house prices relatively static, transaction volumes are likely to remain...

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

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

Countrywide’s share price, which just over three years ago was riding high at just above 685p, has hit a new low...

The publication of our Strategic Plan, ‘Building the framework for the future’, met with an anticipated degree of positive and not-so-positive...

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

The triggering of Article 50 may have been regarded as a historic event but it appears to have left the housing...

Concern is growing over the stagnation in transactions in London generally and in prime central areas in particular. Consultancy JLL says there...

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

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

Savills has revealed relatively strong figures for 2016 in its report to the City this morning, with group revenue up 13...

An online estate agency which says it could be the next Purplebricks says prejudice against internet property transactions is waning  “With Neil...

The Conveyancing Association wants the creation of a ‘log book’ and ‘Home Reports’ for each home on sale - reminiscent in...

This week I’m lucky enough to be out here in Cannes as a PropTech Ambassador for MIPIM, the international real estate...

Data from the Council for Mortgage Lenders show that loans taken out by buyers have hit a near two-year low.   Home buyers...

House prices grew at their fastest pace for 12 months in February, with average values increasing 0.6 per cent -  that’s...

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

The Office for Budget Responsibility, which released its latest economic forecasts on Wednesday, has adjusted its prediction for UK house prices…again.  It...

It's been revealed that Countrywide has lost 200 branches in its reorganisation - that's around 20 per cent of its branch...

Purplebricks' entry into selective areas of the US market comes just as new evidence suggests the use of estate agencies by...

Foxtons' figures released to the City this morning confirm a huge slump in sales in 2016 - and even lettings revenue...

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

The Prime Central London (PCL) property market finished 2016 on a high with transactions increasing by 36% between Q3 and Q4,...

Jeremy Leaf, the London estate agent and former RICS residential chairman, is the latest industry figure to call for the government...

Looking ahead to the Spring Budget this week, the Chancellor Philip Hammond will be obliged to face up to the implications...

An estate agent and a building society have both advocated radical moves to reform stamp duty - and want Chancellor Phillip...

A sales progression tool claims to have reduced the average transaction time for a property from around 94 days to around...

The housing market has not been short of a White Paper over the last few months, and while you might just...

Connells Group’s estate agency business recorded an eight per cent increase in exchanges in 2016 over the previous year, and says...

The rapid growth in popularity of buy-to-let in recent years, fuelled in part by the failings of the pensions industry, has...

The market got off to a strong start in 2017 with prices growing 0.3 per cent in January to push the...

Welcome to February! It means that 2017 is well under way and we’re edging closer to Spring – a time when...

The Keller Williams franchise agency, one of the largest in the world, is relaunching in the UK on Wednesday with the...

Another agency says price reductions of 10 per cent or more are often found in some prime central London areas such...

A former Countrywide director is joining estate and lettings agency franchise group Homexperts as its operations director. Mike Gowland, who originally qualified...

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

A conveyancing portal has announced the release of new functionality which allows estate agents to create chains in its system. The 'Estate...