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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...

The latest HM Revenue and Customs figures show that there were 1.23 million property transactions in 2016, the highest figure recorded...

No longer just a domain for investors, developers and property traders, the auction room is now the preferred option of buying...

Prime central London’s housing market may be suffering a well-publicised downturn but one agency has defied the negative mood by launching...

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

A surge in sales of London properties to overseas buyers taking advantage of the Pound’s post-referendum collapse has helped Savills exceed...

The flexibility of Foxtons’ business model - especially its ability to control headcount, including the number of agents it employs -...

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

Sales of homes in prime central London improved towards the end of 2016 says Savills - but only after prices were...

Most would-be house buyers have moved on from the shock result of the EU referendum and are likely to renew their...

This is the final Estate Agent Today until Tuesday January 3 2017, so everyone at Angels Media sends all good wishes for...

The Halifax says house prices across the UK will rise between 1.0 and 4.0 per cent in the next 12 months...

Data from HM Revenue & Customs shows that the sale of residential properties rose a marginal 0.8 per cent last month...

The government has announced that its next Budget will be on March 8 next year. Until recently, Budgets and their ‘mini-me’ Autumn...

The introduction of the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax to replace stamp duty in Scotland is having an “eye watering” impact...

New data revealed by investment consultancy Central London Portfolio claims that transactions in prime central areas of the capital have dropped 24...

Brexit and wider economic uncertainties worsened by changes to property taxation have forced the Council of Mortgage Lenders to cut its...

An insolvency firm active in the property sector says that after a year of major taxation, legislative and economic volatility, many...

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

Forecasts are so last year: who anticipated Bowie, Brexit or Balls for example? Quotes, on the other hand, really ARE last year...

I recently came across a consumer comment expressing frustration at the length and complexity of UK conveyancing and raising the question...

The latest official house price index, released by the Office for National Statistics, shows that house price growth was 6.9 per...

The Conveyancing Association has revised its wish-list of reforms to, in its words, “ensure fewer delays, a less costly process, and...

Prominent top end London estate agent Trevor Abrahmsohn says some homes in the higher levels of the market may now have...

Transaction volumes across all of London are 48 per cent lower than they were a year ago, claims an estate agency...

Purplebricks says it is receiving an average revenue per customer of £1,000, has more than doubled instructions and is now generating...

A trading update released by Countrywide this morning shows a 29 per cent slump in London exchanges in the third quarter...

The industry has reacted angrily to the Chancellor declining to change stamp duty despite pleas from agents and suppliers ahead of the Autumn...

Share prices for both Foxtons and Countrywide took a significant tumble yesterday as news of the ban on letting agents’ fees...

Estate agency Carter Jonas has made critical comments about the high-end housing market, suggesting a combination of factors have created “a toxic landscape”. Rory...

Recent stamp duty changes have resulted in a substantial decline in transaction numbers and HM Revenue & Customs missing its revenue...

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

Jefferies, the City investment service known for its analysis of major residential sector firms, forecasts Foxtons’ transactions to fall 10 per...

The former Apprentice runner-up Jamie Lester, who at one time ran four London estate agency branches under Haus Properties, says he...

Figures released by the government show sales during July - the first month after the EU referendum - tumbling by well over...

Agents selling homes at the high end of the market have generally welcomed the Daily Telegraph campaign to persuade the Chancellor...

The Daily Telegraph has this morning launched a campaign calling on Chancellor Phillip Hammond to slash stamp duty. The newspaper - a...

Working relationships between estate agents and conveyancers can be mutually beneficial with the referral of work between parties. However, they are missing...

Estate agents and market analysts have spent 24 hours expressing their nervousness over the repercussions of Donald Trump's victory in the...

House prices in the three months to late October were on average 5.2 per cent higher than over the same period...