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Prices have dropped 0.5 per cent in the past year according to LSL Property Services, the parent company of Your Move...

An estate agency which was set up in south Wales late last year is opening a new branch that it describes...

Latest data from property platform Home suggests that instruction numbers across the UK as a whole are down four per cent...

Agency Express says that following a strong start to the year there’s a been a slowdown in the number of properties...

It’s time, surely, for government to crackdown not just on rogue agents and landlords but on rogue councils that confuse the...

The proliferation of big data is paving the way to improving our economy on almost every front as entrepreneurial digital companies...

The influential Treasury Select Committee says estate agents should be more closely monitored to ensure they abide by anti-money laundering regulations. In...

OnTheMarket will be “blanketing the commercial radio landscape” as well as engaging in sports and agency industry sponsorship programmes over the...

Both major portals have this morning revealed more evidence of a gently slowing housing market. The average time to sell a property...

A new survey claims the market is at its worst for eight years. The latest market snapshot from property platform Home says...

Hello and welcome to this half-term week’s PJT, your regular Monday opportunity to catch up with the key personnel changes in...

With the home buying and selling process firmly on the news agenda of late – everything from a possible ban on...

Government figures show the UK’s annual house price growth now being down to 2.5 per cent - the lowest rate since...

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...

To a sales-focused agency, having a lettings department can sometimes feel like losing control of the business. Recent cases of property management...

As an estate agent, you need to be ready to cater for the specific requirements of buyers and sellers, tailoring your...

OnTheMarket is to continue its TV advertising campaign throughout February - and this time it’s ad is also going to be...

An estate agent who stole per £300,000 from an estate agency spent the money on designer goods and expensive holidays -...

A respected property investment consultancy is warning that the current premium put on the prices of new-build homes - around 15...

A new report from Zoopla claims very nearly a third of buyers want to know the street - or even the...

Fine & Country has revealed that it is the fastest-growing premium agency in the UK. Quoting research from TwentyCi - the business...

The industry has long been critical of reports claiming house price movements are in some way uniform across the country, but...

The share of the market taken by online agencies in the final quarter of 2018 slipped from last summer’s high of...

Almost half of all house sales in England and Wales fell through before completion in the final quarter of 2018, according...

A new property management firm claims that an average of nine estate agencies have gone bust each week since 2010.  Apropos -...

A slew of property experts and commentators have put the blame on Brexit for a surprise drop in house price growth...

Ilchester Place in London’s Holland Park may be the most expensive residential street in Britain - but it’s cheaper than a year...

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

One of the country’s most detailed housing market forecasts for 2019 suggests house prices will fall in London and nearby regions...

House prices are flatlining with the rate of annual growth having fallen continually since August according to LSL Property Services, which...

Asking prices of homes coming to the market have fallen for the second month in a row - and Rightmove says...

The number of active conveyancing firms handling property transactions in England and Wales has fallen to an eight year low.  A market...

Estate agency Strutt & Parker says that despite Brexit and the economic and political uncertainty accompanying it, house prices in the...

Every other advert on the TV is featuring Santa Claus, snowmen or reindeer, the tinsel, trees and decorations are out in...

Communities have missed out on more than 10,000 affordable homes in the past three years as a result of government rules...

Belvoir has this morning announced that it has acquired MAB Glos, part of the Mortgage Advice Bureau.  The £3.6m deal, done through...

New build property values are rising at a much greater rate than existing property values according to a study by DJ Alexander. The...

Price growth in the housing market is slow across the UK but London is again the most troubled region, seeing an...

The market is now over-supplied with homes to sell while at the same time demand is dipping and there are widespread...

The latest Your Move house price data confirms what a wide range of indices have shown recently - slowing price growth and,...

New data from Barclays Mortgages suggests Britons are now likely to stay in their homes for almost 19 years between house...

Transactions across England and Wales in September dropped 7.6 per cent year on year while Prime Central London now sees fewer than...

New research by TheAdvisory consultancy, shared exclusively with Estate Agent Today, reveals exactly how fees have fallen for traditional agents in...

Cash used to be king in the housing market but new figures released today show that in the first half of...

Price cutting is becoming the new norm as the market adapts to reduced interest from buyers, according to property listings platform...

The latest market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests the number of properties on estate agents’ books is now nearing...

A government minister has told the estate agency industry that it must be more transparent over the issue of referral fees. In...

It seems a lifetime ago but in fact we’re approaching just the first anniversary since the government triggered its Call for...

Figures released by HMRC over the weekend show another huge rise in stamp duty going to the Treasury - and that’s...

Rightmove is reporting a mini-boom as the autumn market gets into gear, with a surge in buyers and a one-month rise...

Any day now we’ll hear the date for the Autumn Budget: it may be delayed to wait for a Brexit deal...

House prices fell further this month as the slowdown tightened its grip according to he latest data from property platform Home. It...

Owning a home has become almost impossible for many public sector workers across Britain, according to research from the union UNISON. Getting...

A housing academic claims that while popular belief has it that homes are getting smaller, the typical living space in England...

Fine & Country is claiming to be the fastest growing premium estate agency brand in England and Wales over the last...

A property management company is warning that some areas of the UK could be in line for a price correction this...

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...

A sales platform that monitors the market is warning that house price falls are likely to spread beyond London and the...

Another agency has teamed up with an auction company to allow it to offer vendors the choice of both in-room and...

The government has revised its guidance to agents over redress schemes - amending it to take account of the fact that...

The former Chancellor George Osborne - architect of drastic stamp duty reform - has come out fighting to defend the tax...

It’s holiday time: schools have broken up, quite a few estate agents are taking time off, and the MPs are in...

With the weather scheduled to get a little cooler this weekend, fund-raising is clearly still a hot topic in the industry...

The Law Commission has unveiled proposals that it claims could stop property fraudsters in theirb tracks and improve conveyancing at the...

If you’re an estate agent and have a property that is difficult to sell or the homeowner simply needs a fast...

The Welsh estate agency Jeffrey Ross has opened its fourth branch in Cardiff, with a former Savills agent as its head....

Amid the headline-grabbing political manoeuvring over Brexit, a policy proposal which could have serious ramifications for private landlords, and those who...

There’s more gloomy reading for vendors from a new report by website Home, which says the volume of properties slashing their...

The dream may be over but the return to reality can at least be staged in the spirit of an England...

Over 15,000 households have exchanged after listing with an online agent in the second quarter of 2018 - that’s eight per...

Estate Agent Today is 10 years old this weekend. We hope you’ll agree that’s a cause for celebration and a great...

Savills has suggested that it may be time for a fundamental review of what’s left of the flagship policy of Margaret...

Summer is traditionally the time of the year when the property market slows down, with people going away on their holidays...

The average asking price of newly marketed property continues to rise according to Rightmove - and this is despite a dip...

Government figures are the latest to show that house prices are still going up - but with a reduced rate of...

More stock and longer times on the market are combining to create a surge in asking price reductions according to a...

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

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, and although we’re well into the summer season now there are still plenty of...

Letting agents are being advised to think seriously about how they can recoup costs to help compensate for the introduction of...

Last time out I looked at the growing importance of content, social media and design – but these should only form...

A housing association has launched its own online agency which offers to sell vendors' homes for £275. Capsel Homes, based in Mamhilad,...

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

National franchise agency Hunters has announced the opening of its latest branch in the Welsh town of Llandrindod Wells. The agency's third...

The latest data from Rightmove indicates that the average national asking price has reached another all-time high of £308,075 following a...

The introduction of the Land Transaction Tax (LTT) to replace stamp duty in Wales has had a significant impact on house...

The rise and fall - and perhaps rise again - of Countrywide has been of enduring interest to the agency industry...

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

Here’s some good news to take into the Bank Holiday weekend.  Research undertaken by Estate Agent Today suggests that fees charged by...

Given the level of resource and energy being put behind upping the number of first-time buyers in the UK, you might...

Prices of new-to-the-market property rose by a modest 0.4 per cent over the past month says Rightmove - but that’s enough...

A website that monitors house prices says “red warning lights are flashing as market conditions in London and the South East...

The latest mortgage snapshot from e.surv has reinforced recent claims from other sources that London’s housing market remains the most difficult...

Demand is down for the 12th successive month according to the latest market survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. New...

Statistics published for the Annual Tax for Enveloped Dwellings show that the government appears to be succeeding in its  bid to...

An estate agent who ‘glassed’ a man who rejected her advances in a pub has escaped a prison sentence. Sarah Brown, 27,...

Only one local authority in England and Wales has an average house price below £100,000 - while in every London borough...

House prices have taken a spring leap in the north of England as the market improves - but it’s a different...

Average house prices rose 0.5 per cent in February, making it the biggest rise in five months according to the latest...

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

Investment consultancy London Central Portfolio has launched a new index which it claims uses “the most comprehensive data available” to assess...

New figures released by ZPG suggest increasing numbers of agents are listing on three portals. Amongst the latest agencies to renew long...

In an unexpected trading statement this morning, OnTheMarket says it has signed 243 new listing agreements within its first 10 days...

Thanks once again for your contributions to this weekly round-up of agents’ good works; we love covering these stories which show...

The number of first-time buyers has increased 16 per cent in the past month and 10 per cent year on year...

Despite a string of property pundits suggesting the market is slowing down, new figures from the Office for National Statistics show...

House price falls have been recorded in London, the South East and the North East according to data from LSL Property Services,...

A new year means new predictions for what’s to come in the letting industry. Sometimes things come to fruition as expected....

The housing market has started 2018 as it ended 2017 according to the RICS, with new buyer enquiries, instructions and sales...

Right To Buy is unsustainable without local councils being given the right to set discounts for their areas and replacing every...

Purplebricks has increased its charges in Australia by up to 33 per cent. The Australian Financial Review reports that the 33 per...

Lloyds Bank has revealed a league table of the cities which have seen the highest price growth over the past decade...

We seem to be getting more and more contact from agents and others in the industry who are doing great work...

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 housing market has returned to stability with exchanges up one per cent year on year and the average house price...

Home owners seeking lease extensions may now have to pay more as a result of a controversial judgement handed down by...

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

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...

The Court of Appeal is today expected to rule on a legal battle which may be critical in determining the value...

New figures from Your Move suggest that average house prices across England and Wales barely moved in 2017, increasing just 0.2...

New analysis by credit and comparison service Totally Money has revealed the districts where the controversial Help To Buy initiative is...

Buyers spent £9.7 billion on moving house in 2017 with the average individual move costing £9,580 according to comparison website Compare...

Figures out this morning from the Nationwide show the first annual fall in London-wide house prices for eight years - and...

A Happy New Year to all our readers and their families - and all the very best for a successful, profitable...

In 2017 the average seller sold their home for £92,466 more than they paid for it, having owned the home for...

Grosvenor Crescent, located in the heart of London’s Belgravia between Hyde Park Corner and Belgravia Square, is the most expensive residential...

The Welsh Government has revealed the bands and rates for its new Land Transaction Tax, which replaces stamp duty in the...

The housing market remains flat as it heads towards 2018 according to the latest snapshot survey by the Royal Institution of...

Anscombe & Ringland and Russell, Baldwin & Bright are tobe rebranded under the Chancellors name.  The agencies - Anscombe & Ringland in...

The average home in England and Wales now sells for very nearly four per cent under its original asking price - a...

Chancellors Group has signed a five year deal to list its sales and lettings properties with the OnTheMarket portal. The group has...

Four weeks today almost the entire industry will be finishing work for Christmas after another year - and ready to start...

Stamp duty reform for first time buyers has taken pride of place in the Budget speech of Chancellor Phillip Hammond.   From today,...

Members of the Relocation Agent Network are celebrating after a successful annual awards event in London, combined with keynote conference sessions...

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

The Guild of Property Professionals is partnering with the ESTAS to introduce greater customer service elements into its 2018 awards. Gold and...

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

A new portal has been launched aimed at marketing ex-council properties for sale or to let through agencies.  Ex-Council.com says it is...

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

Central London’s housing market is showing a recovery from price falls which followed stamp duty changes in 2014 and 2016 according...

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

The government should take a close look at gazundering as well as gazumping in its review of the house sales process,...

Another week, yet more consultations - the agency industry can’t complain about not being asked for its views recently. The latest were on...

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

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...

Homes in the most expensive area of England and Wales cost 25 times as much as in the cheapest area, according...

Leamington Spa in Warwickshire has been named as the happiest place to live in Great Britain in Rightmove’s 2017 Happy at...

Like many of Labour’s recent policy proposals, its call for rent controls leaves more questions than answers.  There has been widespread criticism...

More than one in four house sales across England and Wales fell through before completion in the third quarter of 2017...

The Welsh Government has set out the new levels of stamp duty for the country from next year onwards - and...

Every week we carry reports of how great causes are helped by individual agents and other property professionals - this week...

A mystery online petition is urging Rightmove to filter its advertisements “in a bid to curb down inflationary / speculative / fake...

The latest data from Your Move reveals London as still being the area of England and Wales with the lowest house...

Labour’s shadow housing minister John Healey is reported to be one of a number of prominent front bench opposition spokespeople being...

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

It’s been quite a week, much of it concerning the technology that increasingly underpins our industry.  A glut of fund-raising and relaunching...

easyProperty has unveiled details of its relaunch, declaring itself to be the UK’s second largest hybrid estate agency - second only...

Over the past few months, hundreds of agents across the UK have been improving their photography skills by taking part in...

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

UK house prices grew by 4.9 per cent in the year to the end of June according to the government’s official...

Stamp duty has become the latest weapon in the ongoing war of words between different wings of the Conservative party, as...

The police are investigating a quick sale company after a claim by an individual that he received less than half of...

Let’s start with a quick fire quiz. How many more leads do you think you’d get with photos that have been...

  You’ll see a lot of 10th anniversary stories in the property industry and consumer media in the coming days: early August...

With several agent partner programmes available across the country, estate agents can often increase business by offering sales by auction, with...

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...

A leasehold enfranchisement expert wants government action over what he calls the "forgotten casualties" of the recent ground rent scandal.    Louie Burns,...

The latest market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows price growth dipping further, struggling transaction volumes and the...

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...

**The free photography course for estate agents (part one) offer has now expired. It is still available in special circumstances so...

The start of Wimbledon means we’re reaching peak summer - even if the weather suggests otherwise. But distractions like sporting events...

A new PropTech venture aims to do what the ill-fated Veyo system failed to achieve -  creating an online platform bringing...

A consumer group says it is giving what it calls “the top 1,000 estate agents in England and Wales” badges to...

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...

Barclays Bank has given an optimistic view of the housing market over the next five years, with a prediction that across...

The recent rise in consumer complaints against sales and letting agents suggests that there is a general lack of trust and...

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

As we end an especially tragic week, it is heart-warming to remember how our industry - along with so many other...

In November 2016 when the Autumn Statement was delivered by Chancellor Philip Hammond, the announcement was made to ban letting agent...

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

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

Since the seventies, housing starts and completions across England and Wales have been on a downward trajectory. The long run average...

Average asking prices in London have fallen, while the majority of regional markets are performing strongly, according to the latest index...

Network Auctions has added 19 additional estate agency offices to its network so far this year.  They include three offices of Chaffers...

Purplebricks has this morning issued its latest trading update, reporting what it calls "strong growth" in the UK and updating investors on...

The agent working as both managing director and chairman of the Halls regional chain covering mid-Wales, the West Midlands and neighbouring...

First time buyer registrations in the past month have jumped nearly 20 per cent across the UK and almost 30 per...

By Wednesday April 19th, a UK citizen, on an average income, had earned £7,789 from their day job so far this...

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

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

Ten years ago this month (April 2007) tenancy deposit schemes were first introduced in England and Wales.  You need to go a...

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

A two year investigation by the Law Commission has ended with a claim that some owners of leasehold retirement properties, and...

There are more first-time buyers (FTBs) finding a way on to the property ladder than at any time since the Financial...

It’s been another busy week of fund-raising for agents across the industry, sparing time to do good works despite the market...

House prices in the UK increased by 6.2 per cent in the year to January according to government figures. The Office for...

Forget the popular term ‘housing affordability’ - the latest government figures suggest the real issue may be housing un-affordability. Data from the...

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

New analysis shows what appears to be the correlation between rising house prices and falling burglary rates across the country.  The research,...

Wales is the latest part of the UK to formally scrap the policy which was once the flagship of Margaret Thatcher’s...

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

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

A chronic shortage of affordable housing is forcing councils to spend more than £2m a day on temporary accommodation for homeless...

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

I had a very interesting chat with the man behind a new portal the other day. He was John Dixon, the portal...

A London property investment firm says the government has enjoyed a tax take of £394m since introducing the Annual Tax for...

A survey of 5,000 people by agency chain Your Move reveals that 80 per cent of buyers view three or more...

The property website Home is warning that while prices may show an early spring uplift there’s a long-term slowing of the market underway...

The consumer body Which? claims that 19 per cent of properties sold in the year to September went for prices five...

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

The Property Ombudsman’s office has defended a change to its code of practice which, according to a national newspaper, means agents...

Housing minister Gavin Barwell says the government will provide “substantial investment” to ensure more transparency in leasehold tenure. “We are determined to...

Zoopla Property Group says that in the last three months alone over 100 estate agency branches have returned to its portal...

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

Welsh politicians have called for clarity over the new Land Transaction Tax that will replace stamp duty from April next year. In September...

Eaton Square, in the heart of London’s wealthy Belgravia district, has been crowned the most expensive street in England and Wales,...

Home ownership rates among 25-year-olds have plummeted by more than half in 20 years, council leaders have warned.  New analysis for the...

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

Hatched, the online agency snapped up just over a year ago by Connells in what was described as an ‘industry defining’...

Estate agency Knight Frank says that the UK housing market has rebounded more strongly than expected after the Brexit referendum -...

Chancellor Philip Hammond caught the lettings industry unaware with an incredulous Autumn Statement.  The buy-to-let sector took a bashing earlier in 2015...

Relocation Agent Network has ended the year handing out 28 awards to individuals and firms at a gala dinner in London. The...

The latest housing market confidence index measured by agency Knight Frank says householders in every region of the UK expect their...

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

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

House prices were unchanged in October according to the latest Nationwide house price index, but a typical home now costs six...

The huge consequences of the EU referendum, and the impending Brexit negotiations, have drawn into sharp light the consequences for a...

Available stock levels across Greater London, the east of England, plus the south east and the south west are now 16...

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...

Conveyancing is the most complained about area of law in England and Wales – accounting, on average, for nearly a quarter...

A property website monitoring the housing market claims that the propertion of homes cutting their prices whilst on the market has...

In the first half of this year, vendors in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, could have saved over £1.87 billion in...

Despite dire warnings from some estate agents that stamp duty receipts for the government would plummet in London, it now appears...

The pace of annual house price growth slowed to 5.3 per cent in September from 5.6 per cent in August according...

Data from the Land Registry suggests that - perhaps contrary to most agents’ expectations - there are some places in the...

An estate agency in Wales has recruited a head of PR with a difference - Moginie James' latest edition to its senior...

I write this during the week that David Cameron resigned as an MP – it is quite startling how quickly politics...

Despite storms in the North and September sun in the South, estate agents haven't been deterred from giving their all for charity this...

House prices increased by 0.4% between June and July, according to the latest UK House Price Index. The data for July, the...

The Welsh Government has announced that from April 2018, Stamp Duty Land Tax will be replaced with a Land Transaction Tax.  The...

The huge rush to acquire buy-to-let property in the first quarter of the year ahead of the stamp duty change deadline...

Estate Agent Today has received a list of around 60 Countrywide Group estate agency offices expected to close in the next...

The Conveyancing Association says it is continuing to campaign to reform the leasehold transaction process, despite the government saying there is...

For many people buy-to-let continues to look an attractive income investment at a time of low saving rates and stock market...

Average house prices across the UK rose 8.7 per cent in the year to the end of June - so including...

If you want an indicator that the United Kingdom isn’t so united any more, have a look at Right To Buy. The...

Wales has confirmed that it is to scrap the former flagship Thatcherite policy of Right To Buy. Since 1980, 138,423 homes have been...

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

The Law Society of England and Wales have moved to clarify the legal position of electronic signature and have endorsed their...

MP Bernard Jenkin, the chairman of the public administration committee, is the latest to raise concerns at the possible privatisation of...

There has been a gloomy response to the latest Knight Frank measure of house price sentiment - the first of its...

Stacks Property Search & Acquisition has become the first independent buying agency to become a member of the Royal Institute of...

The price of an average house or flat in the UK rose by £16,000 in the year to May after another...

With a number of agent partner programmes available nationwide, estate agents can often increase business by offering sales by auction, especially...

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

It’s been a remarkable week for Britain and a challenging week for the agency industry - with possibly many more to...

The Land Registry’s monthly ‘price paid data’ has revealed that there were 75,937 land and property sales in England and Wales...

Peter Alan, part of the Connells Group, has acquired Marina Quay, a specialist Swansea Marina estate agency as part of its...

The Conveyancing Association is setting up a working group to consider how to increase transparency, cut unnecessary delays and costs, and...

The property website Home is warning that some regional house price rises are unsustainable. It says that prices in the East of...

An analysis of 750,000 homes on sale across the UK reveals areas where activity remains high despite economic uncertainty surrounding the...

Well, the Euros have turned into a nail-biter for the home teams - but that appears not to be deterring you...

The first new ‘official’ UK House Price Index, released this morning, shows an annual price increase of 8.2 per cent which takes...

Three separate surveys appear to suggest that even a long-term shortage of homes on sale is not enough to stop a...

Let’s face it - the biggest distraction for many estate agents in the coming weeks may well be the Euro 2016...

The government is launching the new official UK House Price Index - to be known in short-form as the UK HPI...

With Euro 2016 kicking off in Paris on Friday evening and employment chiefs urging firms to be flexible with working hours...

The largest estate agency in Wales is to extend its regional footprint after acquiring an independent firm. Peter Alan has purchased 26-year-old...

One of the original online estate agents, Hatched, is marking its tenth anniversary with a series of announcements.  The firm, which began...

Fraudsters attacking the conveyancing sector, successfully stealing large sums of money from homebuyers, are making national headlines at a depressing rate....

House prices across the UK increased by 9.0 per cent in the year to March, showing a significant rise from the 7.6...

The National Association of Estate Agents says it welcomes the government’s commitment to establish a public register of beneficial ownership information...

The government is staying tight-lipped about it for the moment but there may be a major shake-up in house buying on...

Here are the top letting agents in Britain who go above and beyond to help their customers, as voted for by...

On Tuesday we managed hail, snow, rain, sun and a chilly wind all in one day. Whatever you want to say...

Land Registry house price data has shown a 0.5 per cent drop in March, taking annual house price inflation to 6.7...

An estate agent has pleaded guilty to a charge of drink-driving after being found almost three times above the legal alcohol...

SearchFlow, property intelligence specialists, has partnered with Decision First to offer an unrivalled service to protect conveyancers and homebuyers from the...

Hamptons International says single first time buyers and couples can significantly cut the time it takes to save for a deposit...

This week, as the title suggests, I turn my attentions to the world of deposit protection schemes. Landlords have been legally obliged...

It’s unlikely that this is what George Osborne wanted when he announced his stamp duty surcharge but its deadline for introduction...

House prices rose by 7.6 per cent in the year to February, according to the government’s Office for National Statistics.  This is a...

The former secretary of state at the Department of Communities and Local Government, Eric Pickles, is to write to Chancellor George...

The government's Office for National Statitsics has confirmed that a new single, official house price index is to be launched in...

The Land Registry says average house prices in England and Wales rose 6.1 per cent in the year to the end of ...