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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...