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Lloyds Bank has issued figures showing a 28% profits plunge for the first quarter of the year - but it nonetheless...

The best news for the property sector to come from Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget statement came not from any fiscal...

A senior estate agent has described the Government’s pledge to compel councils to cut red tape in favour of development as...

As Conveyancers we operate in such a volatile market, where government economic policy can and has repeatedly made our professional lives...

As the UK economy faces a period of uncertainty characterised by a cost of living crisis and soaring inflation rates, many...

UK housing market activity "remains weak" according to the Nationwide. Its latest house price index shows that prices declined 5.3 per cent...

Experts are warning that the weekend’s better than expected economic news could indirectly hurt the housing market. The UK economy grew by...

After a bumpy six months media-wise, I was fascinated to see that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle chose a tech-based project...

Sustainability has become a watch word for businesses the world over but there’s one element of this equation that is too...

Toscafund Asset Management chief economist Savvas Savouri has slammed the use of ‘outdated metrics’ when measuring the housing market. The investment firm...

Property fraud is a significant risk for agents, particularly as fake IDs become increasingly prevalent, and the economic climate remains challenging....

Lower mortgage rates than the end of last year and slowing inflation should sustain the housing market as it enters the...

According to Women Count 2022, an Insights report from The Pipeline, women still face entrenched systemic barriers on their route to...

SmartSearch, the UK’s leading provider of digital compliance, has published an agenda-setting whitepaper to highlight the anti-money laundering shortcomings and sanctions...

The growth of the short term rentals sector has helped to create an economy featuring several new types of jobs that...

New year, old worries: what’s happening in the housing market? We’ve asked experts and collated forecasts, 15 in total. On the one...

The property market is ‘recalibrating’ but should be seen in context of economic events, agents are being urged. Kris Mclean, managing director...

A report earlier this month warned that conveyancing firms should stress test their businesses for a sharp decline in work volumes. These businesses...

In a statement likely to rile plenty of estate agents, a proptech firm is suggesting aspiring homebuyers should wait until 2024...

The Government’s mini budget on September 23 was anything but ‘mini’ with several major announcements one of the most significant of...

Now that the industry has had the weekend to digest Kwasi Kwarteng’s short and dramatic mini-Budget, more reaction has been filtering...

Increasing numbers of buyers are gazundering or ‘price chipping’ on their offers to force property sellers and agents into last minute...

A new lender is preparing to enter the mortgage market with long-dated fixed rate mortgages in a move seen by some...

A property expert has claimed that it remains to be seen where housing will feature in the upcoming political agenda. Nicky Stevenson,...

The auction industry could end up taking advantage of the upcoming downturn in the property market, because it provides the quickest...

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

Right now, one topic seems to be dominating talk in the industry. Everywhere I go people tend to quiz me about...

The fast-moving property sales market is increasing the risk of fraud, an anti-money laundering expert claims. Olly Thornton-Berry, co-founder of risk management...

In this latest ‘Women in Property’ edition of the Natter, I check in with Collette Allen, who was recently appointed as...

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

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a dramatic future income tax cut, changes to National Insurance thresholds and scrapping VAT on more...

Storm clouds continue to gather over the UK economy with growing inflation, another likely interest rate rise, and a warning from...

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

There were 13 new buyers for every property listed for sale in the UK in September according to Knight Frank.  Over the...

First-time buyers are £25,000 worse off thanks to the stamp duty holiday, according to estate agent comparison site GetAgent. The website revealed...

A relatively modest interest rate rise could trigger a crash in the housing market according to the housing analyst behind the...

One of the most outspoken campaigners against stamp duty has been fined for avoiding tens of thousands of pounds in … stamp...

Boomin co-founder Kenny Bruce says the UK economy should now be opening up thanks to the success of the Coronavirus vaccines. In...

Propertymark has set out a four point strategy for the future of the organisation. The body - which encompasses the National Association...

Rarely do Budgets produce positive sentiments from the agency industry but Chancellor Rishi Sunak appears to have won widespread support for...

An MP demanding a root and branch reform of property taxation, including scrapping stamp duty, says the chance of fundamental reform is...

The property sector is set to lead the UK out of its Covid slump according to Ernst & Young’s latest forecast....

A leading property consultancy is suggesting that a possible increase in Capital Gains Tax could end up losing money for the...

Tenants, landlords, agents, and house buyers all breathed a sigh of relief on Halloween when the government announced that home moves...

Recent figures emanating from the mortgage and housing market suggest that – since lockdown was ended in mid-May – transaction levels...

2020 has definitely been a year of change. With little warning, the pandemic disrupted the day-to-day operations of almost every industry...

The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, better known as the furlough scheme, was introduced by the chancellor Rishi Sunak in March to...

The latest market snapshot by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors warns the current boom may not continue as government support measures...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s stamp duty holiday means prime property in the UK now enjoys lower tax rates than most European countries. Buyers...

There’s a record number of property industry companies, including agencies, in financial distress according to the latest Red Flag alert monitor. The...

Agents have spoken out angrily against any uncertainty in the market caused by government leaks about future stamp duty changes. In recent...

House prices have risen 2.3 per cent in the past year - the strongest rate of inflation for property since July...

Annual house price growth increased to 4.1 per cent in January, up slightly from the end of 2019, according to Halifax...

Logbooks about properties must be made available up-front at the point of marketing and not later in the buying process if...

Insolvency firm Begbies Traynor says the estate agency and property industry sector of the UK economy has seen a big rise...

Purplebricks - which is at the centre of a string of controversies - has joined the growing campaign for stamp duty...

Although property transactions have, unsurprisingly, recently seen a decline which is almost certainly in part due to the ‘B-word’, this doesn’t...

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee - which meets monthly to set the base rate on which the costs of...

Theresa May’s ‘hostile environment’ policy that was implemented in 2012 was designed to make staying and residing in the UK as...

In the first Q&A Natter for a while, I catch up with Angelica Donati - CEO of Donati Immobiliare Group, PropTech...

A survey undertaken by the respected Economist Intelligence Unit and a risk solutions company suggests that estate agency may be one...

Respected investment consultancy London Central Portfolio is warning that “sales go on falling and falling” across the capital, fuelled by Brexit...

Foxtons has revealed that its six branch closures announced towards the end of last year will save the company £3m in...

Countrywide’s senior executives have set out reasons why investors should put their money into the group, despite its troubled recent years. Yesterday...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, your regular catch-up on key appointments news in our industry. It’s been a difficult seven...

The Minister for Digital and the Creative Industries, Margot James, has used social media to say she is “thrilled to see...

As 2018 draws to a close, it is fair to say that stretched affordability and uncertainty over the Brexit negotiations has...

A recent 'red flag alert' report from an insolvency firm warned that the number of real estate businesses defined as being...

An insolvency firm is warning that the real estate sector of the economy is showing a growing number of businesses defined...

A left-leaning think tank is urging the Bank of England to manipulate the housing market to ensure house prices don’t rise...

The UK’s real estate sector, embracing estate agencies as well as other aspects of the property industry, has been facing “increased...

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

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

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

It has been revealed that a paper on Brexit’s impact on the property market, prepared by a government department, is one...

Ten out of 14 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News say Brexit and economic uncertainty are likely to stall London’s housing market...

Are you protecting your data right? This may sound like the sort of direct warning you get from cold callers or...

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

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

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

With almost every pundit predicting house prices to moderate in 2017 - perhaps even fall - it comes as some surprise...

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

The East of England, which takes in areas from Hertfordshire to Norfolk, has recorded the biggest hike in property prices over...

There is no doubt that 2016 managed to catch the world by surprise on more than one occassion.  But will 2017 be...

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...

The Nationwide is the latest major industry forecaster to predict a sluggish average house price rise of two per cent in...

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

We are now only days away from one of the most-anticipated events in UK politics; one which has a considerable impact...

It is fair to say that 2016 is a year full of surprises. Anyone who had the foresight to predict Britain...

The morning after the EU referendum, and Westminster, Britain, Europe and the world were left in shock at the news that...

Countrywide says there will “almost certainly” be no more acquisitions of agencies or other firms for the group over the rest...

Plans for the Northern Powerhouse scheme, designed to rival London and the South East as the main driver of economic growth...

A note to investors sent out yesterday by the international bank Societe Generale is warning that Brexit could wipe 30 per...

London house prices have fallen by 1.1 per cent in the past month - mostly since the Brexit vote on June...

As I sit and write this piece, even with the FTSE 100 back up and sterling having recovered some of its...

The sense of gathering momentum for the Leave campaign ahead of the upcoming EU referendum is causing high levels of uncertainty...

House prices in the three months to March were 10.1 per cent higher than in the same quarter a year earlier...

Yesterday George Osborne delivered his eighth budget as chancellor, announcing an extra £3.5 billion in spending cuts by 2019-20. The Office for...

A high-end estate agent who was one of the founding directors of Agents' Mutual says a British exit from the EU may not...