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18 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A housing index says the market continues to defy Coronavirus and Brexit worries with asking prices up 4.9 per cent in...
15 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The housing market remains open in Scotland, despite tighter restrictions announced yesterday by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. The only significant difference specific...
14 January 2021
From: Breaking News

There’s a call this morning for estate and letting agents to regard the physical viewing of any property on sale or...
06 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Agents are sharply split over how they should operate during the current phase of the Coronavirus crisis. In a poll of almost...
05 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Zoopla has revealed precisely how much house prices have risen over the course of 2020. Across the UK as a whole prices...
31 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A house price index that is routinely one of the most pessimistic about the market claims the New Year will see...
30 December 2020
From: Breaking News

He’s gone from Downing Street but the legacy of Dominic Cummings lives on in Rightmove’s top searches of 2020. Barnard Castle -...
30 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Propertymark has told the government that it needs to introduce overarching regulation of agents now, because existing piecemeal provisions are unmanageable...
24 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The shock and almost immediate increase in stamp duty on additional homes in Wales has prompted one question in the industry...
22 December 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s been a shock one per cent increase in the Welsh equivalent of stamp duty on second homes, coming into effect...
21 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Another day, another index, another record - house prices rose 5.4 per cent annually in October according to official figures from the Office...
17 December 2020
From: Breaking News

If you fear the market will slow after Christmas, think again - Rightmove is expecting several months of frenzied transactions to...
14 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to our latest doffing of the cap in honour of those in our industry fund-raising for great causes....
11 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The sales market is currently strong but the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has issued a warning about a slowdown next...
10 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The UK has topped the rankings for the highest property taxes as a percentage of overall taxation in the developed world...
09 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The design quality of new homes and neighbourhoods across the UK remains stubbornly low, according to a new report by academics. The...
09 December 2020
From: Breaking News

MPs lobbied by agents to extend the stamp duty holiday are staying firmly on the fence with standard answers and no...
08 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Public sentiment over the housing market remains stable despite the Coronavirus crisis and the possibility of a No Deal Brexit. That’s the conclusion...
01 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The housing market in England and Wales is stabilising, according to analysis of web traffic from a property advice site. Valuation requests...
27 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The high profile Yorkshire agency chain Dacre, Son & Hartley has been appointed by the largest charity care provider for older...
27 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Average house prices in Wales have risen three per cent in the past year, despite multiple difficult lockdowns considered more severe...
26 November 2020
From: Breaking News

What’s the happiest place in Britain? Rightmove has the answer. In a new ‘Happy At Home’ index calculated by the portal and...
25 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The mixture of the stamp duty holiday and generally fast-rising house prices has led to a resurgence of flipping. Data released this...
23 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The first monthly market monitor to show activity in the housing market tailing off has appeared - and it says momentum...
11 November 2020
From: Breaking News

As lockdown – Season 2, the sequel no one asked for – gets underway in England, landlords, tenants and agents will...
10 November 2020
From: Sponsored Content

While England’s national lockdown exempts the housing market and allows agents to operate normally, it’s not been the same in Wales...
09 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The trend of buyers apparently fleeing the city to get more for their money in the country has hit the buffers...
06 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to yet another Agents Do Charity, the weekly forum for the industry to share its good news on...
06 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A conveyancing firm is blaming councils for delays in transactions. Conveyancers have themselves been sharply criticised in recent weeks as the sharp...
28 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Yet-to-launch portal Boomin has secured the support of 10 more estate agencies, one of them the national chain Humberts. In its third...
27 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Estate Agent Today can reveal that a string of Countrywide offices across the country have been closed in recent weeks - but...
26 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to a new week - and evenings that get darker earlier. As winter approaches we’re continuing to bring you...
26 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Savills says the shape and size of the housing market in the coming months will be determined by the capacity of conveyancers...
22 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A tax expert says his research suggests some buyers of homes with annexes may have paid too much stamp duty on...
22 October 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the industry's senior agency leaders says it would be a mistake for agents to be stopped from working in...
21 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Some 713 estate agency branches have failed to reopen following the spring lockdown according to a business consultancy. TwentyCi says that is the...
20 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Most agents' branches in Wales are expected to close for just over two weeks from 6pm this Friday, October 23 - moving...
19 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A mortgage service claims 46 per cent of buyers have had their prospective property down-valued by lenders - often forcing them...
19 October 2020
From: Breaking News

With many transactions now delayed by up to three weeks by slow searches, a body representing local search providers is urging...
14 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Many agents, certainly those in London, will have faced the difficult task of selling a flat with a shorter lease. A...
09 October 2020
From: Sponsored Content

A former healthcare executive is the latest convert to become an online agent with easyProperty, the company has announced. Richard Ayres has...
06 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A league table drawn up by a quick buy property firm claims that some estate agents' average commission has hit 2.32 per...
30 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Online agency easyProperty has announced four new areas to its portfolio to build on its existing 41 locations - and it’s seeking...
29 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The strong house price growth experienced in recent months could soon be 'marred' by oversupply, according to Home.co.uk. The property website says...
16 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The property market experienced a slowdown last month as a result of more people going on summer holidays, according to the...
15 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The Residential Property Surveyors’ Association appears to be taking on the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in a battle for authority...
07 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Fine & Country has revealed its latest branch - a West Wales office opening for business on Tuesday. It will initially cover...
28 August 2020
From: Breaking News

You might be forgiven for thinking we’ve been cheated out of our Bank Holidays this year, as so many fell during...
28 August 2020
From: Breaking News

With the UK officially in what has been described as the single worst national recession in the world, one agency has...
27 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The supply of homes coming to the market could struggle to meet the demand from buyers shown in recent weeks, with...
21 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Asking prices are up again for a third consecutive month in all English regions and across Scotland and Wales. The measurement, from...
14 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The proportion of the asking price achieved on average in the past year is 95.8 per cent according to a new survey. Comparison...
06 August 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s probably not a surprise but new research has revealed where people want to move to - as well as where...
06 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Zoopla's Research and Insight Director Richard Donnell writes: Just over a fortnight on since the Chancellor announced the Stamp Duty holiday and...
23 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Rightmove is reporting a mini-boom that was existing even before the stamp duty holiday - enough to propel average asking prices...
20 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The latest monthly index suggests that the average asking price in England and Wales has jumped 1.5 per cent in the...
16 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A think tank says the stamp duty holiday introduced a week ago is understandable and may be helpful to the housing...
16 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The Welsh First Minister, Mark Drakeford, has suggested that there will be further housing market lockdown easing later this month. His announcement...
14 July 2020
From: Breaking News

We recently issued our Zoopla House Price Index, which analyses the latest real-time trends from the sales market. In our analysis, we...
04 July 2020
From: Features

The Say No To Rightmove campaign says the portal has merely kicked the fees can down the road, deferring a long-term...
25 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Rightmove and OnTheMarket have announced that they are extending their cut-price fees deals, introduced because of Coronavirus. This morning Rightmove says: "We have...
23 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The Welsh housing market is back in business today - at least in part. Letting and estate agents can reopen their offices...
22 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Video tours, heralded as the next big thing just a few weeks ago, are being abandoned by buyers and dismissed as...
19 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I'm Darren Loftus and it says Commercial Director on...
18 June 2020
From: 60 Second Interview

The devolved government in Wales - where the housing market is still officially closed - has urged agents to report rivals...
16 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Two estate agency directors have been disqualified by the Competition and Markets Authority after taking part in an illegal price fixing...
15 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Data released this morning by Rightmove suggests that agents in England have agreed no fewer than 40,000 sales since the market...
15 June 2020
From: Breaking News

To most people, purchasing a home is the single most significant financial commitment made across a lifetime. Given the impact and...
13 June 2020
From: Features

The latest sentiment snapshot produced by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors confirms the trend that the market is still improving...
11 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Typical house prices in England and Wales are set to fall over the rest of summer according to home moving service...
09 June 2020
From: Breaking News

An agent in the unusual position of operating across the England and Welsh border says many of his competitors appear to...
05 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The outlook for the housing market is still taking shape, but here I take a look at three market indicators to...
30 May 2020
From: Features

In these unprecedented times, Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS) aims to reassure letting agents, landlords and tenants on any legislative changes, relating...
06 May 2020
From: Features

HM Land Registry is making it easier to verify individuals’ ID from today. In addition to conveyancers and chartered legal executives, verification...
04 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Fine & Country says now is “a great time” for estate agents to go upmarket and become “the luxury agent” in...
21 April 2020
From: Breaking News

An economic consultancy predicts house prices will fall by a sixth as unemployment grows across Britain this year. The consultancy, Cebr, says...
14 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to Wednesday’s update on what offers and advice are available to agents at this most difficult and challenging...
08 April 2020
From: Breaking News

The Nationwide says government measures mean the impact of Coronavirus on the housing market may be “much less” damaging than many...
03 April 2020
From: Breaking News

New research of the buying habits of first-time buyers in the UK we’ve undertaken here at reallymoving.com shows that Shared Ownership...
25 March 2020
From: Features

Hello - here we are with Friday’s help and advice. A reminder, if you need it, that we want to share your...
20 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Another index shows how strong the market was in the build-up to the escalation in Coronavirus across the country. The website Home...
17 March 2020
From: Breaking News

With confirmation that Section 21 will be scrapped, how can agents get ready for life after no-fault evictions? The short answer is...
11 March 2020
From: Sponsored Content

An agency has repaid a £6,000 reservation fee to someone who thought they had purchased a property for £83,000 but was later...
09 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Almost eight in 10 sellers have instructed High Street agents in the past year - a significantly higher figure than 12...
06 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A survey suggests that 77 per cent of first time buyers do not purchase their initial property in the same town...
04 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Forget the Boris Bounce - this might be the Rightmove Retreat. A new tool produced by the portal measures price per...
26 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello - it’s Monday and so it’s PJT, where you can catch up on the industry major moves of recent days. Please...
24 February 2020
From: Breaking News

A free-to-list portal says the costs of listing on the established sites - especially Rightmove - are contributing to estate agencies...
21 February 2020
From: Breaking News

A conveyancing firm has launched what it claims to be one of the first ever apps for vendors and buyers in...
21 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Joanne (Jo) Tattum. Channel Manager - Property What is Moneypenny and...
14 February 2020
From: 60 Second Interview

After a challenging period for the UK property market, recovery is very much on the cards and the end to uncertainty...
01 February 2020
From: Features

The Law Society has announced that there will be a new TA6 Property Information Form launching next week, on Friday February...
31 January 2020
From: Breaking News

The average time it took a home to sell last year - measured from its first day listed on a portal...
29 January 2020
From: Breaking News

In the field of conveyancing, there’s a new dynamic at play. And that dynamic is customer-driven and customer-focused, using digital technology...
22 January 2020
From: Features

At the end of a strong week for housing market indicators, the latest survey from the website Home suggests a major...
17 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Whisper it quietly but the housing market could be significantly stronger in 2020 than in recent years. Two key indicators in the...
16 January 2020
From: Breaking News

New build homes cost 19 per cent more than comparable pre-owned properties according to a new survey - and sometimes 50...
16 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Almost exactly one quarter of house sales in England and Wales fell through prior to completion according to new figures. In the...
10 January 2020
From: Breaking News

The tussle for New Build listings between Zoopla and OnTheMarket has swung in favour of the former this morning with the...
10 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Stepping back and moving out of the front line is all the rage…but not, it seems, for hard-working agents and others...
10 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Government figures suggest that the number of second homes in the UK has dropped two per cent in the eight year...
09 January 2020
From: Breaking News

It's been two years since the SDL Group launched its franchise block management business, SDL Property Partners, the first of its...
28 December 2019
From: Features

When looking back on the property market this year, the main message we can take is that it has remained extremely...
21 December 2019
From: Features

Yes, believe it or not, we’ve nearly reached the end of a whole decade. And what an eventful decade it’s been. We’ve...
14 December 2019
From: Features

House prices in England and Wales are set to fall over the next three months according to a price index produced...
13 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The election is over and there’s nothing on the agenda except the run-up to Christmas - although there’s still time for...
13 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The latest snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows that the UK housing market is still on hold, pending...
12 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Data scientists have released a study into the characteristics of homes and how they give away the likely voting intentions of...
09 December 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s beginning to look a lot like…we’re running a very popular service for agents, as we’ve been inundated with more fund-raising...
29 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Congratulations from everyone at Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today to all those who triumphed at the Relocation Agent Network...
26 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The Property Franchise Group has issued a trading statement that is upbeat on lettings but warns that the sales market has...
21 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A shock prediction from a property management firm suggests that around 10 estate agencies have gone bust every week in Britain...
18 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The listings website Home, which conducts a monthly survey of asking prices and wider market monitors, is reporting a show 10...
15 November 2019
From: Breaking News

This morning’s new market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors confirms the worst - that the market is in...
14 November 2019
From: Breaking News

House prices are forecast to dip as the year ends and stagnate at the start of 2020 according to the latest...
13 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Reservation Agreements are the subject of the moment in the agency industry. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is to...
09 November 2019
From: Features

One of London’s leading estate and lettings agents has criticised the government over what he calls its “pitiful” record on affordable...
07 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting Agents have issued their manifesto for next month’s General...
05 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Zoopla is continuing its aggressive expansion of listings and services to agents with news this morning that it has added a...
04 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A new league table of High Street agents’ charges published over the weekend reveals the locations where agents charge an average...
28 October 2019
From: Breaking News

The number of prime residential housing transactions has increased rapidly in the past two decades and even in the past five...
28 October 2019
From: Breaking News

The latest housing market snapshot from the listings website Home suggests more regional markets are heading for price corrections. Home says that...
18 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Data from an agency comparison website reveals that in the current market it takes well over a year for a home...
17 October 2019
From: Breaking News

This is stating the obvious to estate agents but the government has revealed that homes near parks, gardens, playing fields and...
16 October 2019
From: Breaking News

There are fewer ‘accidental landlords’ - vendors who resort to letting out their homes because the sales market is difficult. That’s the...
14 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Of all the UK properties for sale over the last year, 59% would have been exempt from any type of transaction...
10 October 2019
From: Breaking News

The new managing director of easyProperty claims the hybrid agency will be targeting branch managers and senior negotiators who think they...
07 October 2019
From: Breaking News

House price growth in the UK 'ground to a halt' last month, according to the latest Nationwide figures. The lender's house price...
02 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Although property transactions have, unsurprisingly, recently seen a decline which is almost certainly in part due to the ‘B-word’, this doesn’t...
28 September 2019
From: Features

As an agent, it’s part of your role to protect and advise your clients throughout the buying and selling process. Mortgages are...
26 September 2019
From: Sponsored Content

The annual rate of growth of UK house prices has slowed to its lowest level since September 2012. Official government data from...
19 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A rock bottom supply of homes on sale is helping to reinvigorate London sales according to a market monitor. The website Home...
16 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Our first wonderful fund-raising agents this week are walking over hot coals - now that’s a dare for you. But you don’t...
13 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Who knows how long any housing minister will last, especially with a General Election widely expected in the coming months. So Esther...
12 September 2019
From: Breaking News

The independent Seel and Co, one of Cardiff’s and Wales’ oldest independent agencies and auction houses, has been acquired by Jeffrey...
12 September 2019
From: Breaking News

As the self-employed estate agency market continues to grow in the UK, one of Australia's most succesful proponents of the model...
07 September 2019
From: Features

An estate agent in Cardiff has come up with a marketing wheeze in a bid to win more instructions - but...
05 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A housing market monitor that for some months has been pessimistic about London and the rest of the England and Wales...
05 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A new analysis of privately owned homes with mortgages outstanding shows repossessions have risen in London - but they’re down in...
29 August 2019
From: Breaking News

The Liverpool Echo says housing minister Esther McVey, who was born in the city, is now ”reviled” there following comments about poor families. According...
23 August 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s that time again. Each year I take a look at newspaper readership - not from the angle of journalists, but...
17 August 2019
From: Features

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been urged to go further with property tax reform and not just stop at reducing stamp...
06 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Sellers across England and Wales achieve an average 95.94 per cent of their asking price according to research from estate agency...
01 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Online estate agency EasyProperty has been acquired by a firm with the backing of Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou. easyProperty has been sold by the eProp...
30 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Those who bought and sold the same property in 2018 made an average of £30,150 - but the number who do...
29 July 2019
From: Breaking News

One of the earliest property websites, nethouseprices.com, has been acquired by fledgling property portal OneDome. Nethouseprices was set up in 2004 and...
26 July 2019
From: Breaking News

How many of you are in favour of estate agents being licenced? Would most agents rather not be overseen by a regulator...
25 July 2019
From: Features

The government has published its response to an MPs’ committee’s comments on overseas buyers of properties in the UK - and...
19 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Agents have put a brave face on official government figures which have shown a shock fall in London house prices and...
18 July 2019
From: Breaking News

There’s more bad news for online estate agencies this morning as a survey reveals that they have only a seven per cent...
17 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Home, the property platform that often produces downbeat market forecasts, now says there are signs of improvement in London at least. It...
16 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Theresa May arrived in Downing Street some three years ago - but her premiership has not been a smooth ride. As she...
06 July 2019
From: Features

The head of a website that contrasts the performances of rival estate agents is urging buyers to ‘drill down’ and find...
02 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Gazumping is alive and well in much of the country, despite the slowdown in the property market, according to new research...
01 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Increasing legislation and regulation has arguably been the biggest talking point in the private rented sector (PRS) over the last few...
29 June 2019
From: Features

Phil Spencer and his advice website IQ have endorsed the concept of legally binding reservation agreements and digital legal packs through...
27 June 2019
From: Breaking News

The number of cash buyers in London has recently plummeted by very nearly a fifth - and every other part of...
26 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A national newspaper claims that the 20 millionth domestic EPC in the UK is set to be issued in the next...
25 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Too many sellers are wedded to the idea that prices will rise after a Brexit deal is resolved, says one of the...
20 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Conveyancing platform The Moving Hub and Acquaint CRM have announced a strategic partnership. New and existing users of Acquaint CRM will have...
18 June 2019
From: Breaking News

The latest asking prices data from Rightmove suggests that the national housing market is being dragged down by poor performance in...
17 June 2019
From: Breaking News

It's becoming increasingly difficult to sell a property, especially in those regions undergoing a price correction. That’s the verdict from Home, a...
14 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Just 200 conveyancing firms control over 39 per cent of the market in England and Wales, wielding significant power over customers,...
30 May 2019
From: Breaking News

A new sales progression tool that claims to have been hugely successful over an 18-month pilot is being rolled out across...
22 May 2019
From: Breaking News

A Parliamentary committee has claimed that 160 properties in the UK are owned by “high corruption-risk individuals” and wants more to...
20 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Rightmove’s latest house price statistics reveal that asking prices for newly-marketed property are on average 0.9 per cent higher than a...
20 May 2019
From: Breaking News

So far in our contribution to the campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold we have outlined the stories of some of...
18 May 2019
From: Features

Reforms to the house buying process in England and Wales to bring it more into line with Scotland could slash the...
16 May 2019
From: Breaking News

The average time on the market for a property is soaring across the UK thanks to Brexit uncertainty, according to the...
16 May 2019
From: Breaking News

A set of historic property details unearthed by a local resident have created a buzz on social media and in the...
09 May 2019
From: Breaking News

The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) has launched its long-awaited ‘How to sell a home’ and ‘How to...
08 May 2019
From: Breaking News

A new and comprehensive analysis of the housing market shows a jaw-dropping collapse in stamp duty revenue going to the Treasury...
02 May 2019
From: Breaking News

A property listings platform has revealed what it describes as ‘the best places to sell a home’ in England and Wales. The...
29 April 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s clear that some agents are not fans of Trading Standards officers, described in the comments sections of the trade press...
27 April 2019
From: Features

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....
20 April 2019
From: Features

Low risk letting is everyone’s aim, but unless legitimate guidelines are followed it’s difficult to know if a tenant will prove...
17 April 2019
From: Features

A new housing market survey paints a bleaker picture than that from Rightmove earlier this week - and instead speaks of...
17 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Two of the PropTech sector's highest profile digital marketing suppliers are integrating in a bid to help agents nurture the leads...
16 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to Property Jobs Today - your final chance before the Easter break to catch up with the key...
15 April 2019
From: Breaking News

No, this isn’t about Brexit. But as the saga of leaving the EU is likely to bring about the downfall of...
13 April 2019
From: Features

The recent ARLA Propertymark conference featured a hugely interesting line-up of speaks and session during a watershed time for the lettings...
13 April 2019
From: Features

The average time it takes for a single first time buyer to save for a 15 per cent deposit in England...
11 April 2019
From: Breaking News

At the end of a week consisting of largely depressing market reports, new data from Knight Frank suggests that the bad...
09 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Campaigning groups like Generation Rent and Shelter like to think they are simultaneously edgy and radical; likewise some think tanks believe...
30 March 2019
From: Features

Over the last few years, there have a number of changes to the stamp duty land tax (SDLT) regime, which have...
23 March 2019
From: Features

Prices have dropped 0.5 per cent in the past year according to LSL Property Services, the parent company of Your Move...
20 March 2019
From: Breaking News

An estate agency which was set up in south Wales late last year is opening a new branch that it describes...
19 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Latest data from property platform Home suggests that instruction numbers across the UK as a whole are down four per cent...
13 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Agency Express says that following a strong start to the year there’s a been a slowdown in the number of properties...
12 March 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s time, surely, for government to crackdown not just on rogue agents and landlords but on rogue councils that confuse the...
09 March 2019
From: Features

The proliferation of big data is paving the way to improving our economy on almost every front as entrepreneurial digital companies...
09 March 2019
From: Features

The influential Treasury Select Committee says estate agents should be more closely monitored to ensure they abide by anti-money laundering regulations. In...
08 March 2019
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket will be “blanketing the commercial radio landscape” as well as engaging in sports and agency industry sponsorship programmes over the...
04 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Both major portals have this morning revealed more evidence of a gently slowing housing market. The average time to sell a property...
27 February 2019
From: Breaking News

A new survey claims the market is at its worst for eight years. The latest market snapshot from property platform Home says...
19 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to this half-term week’s PJT, your regular Monday opportunity to catch up with the key personnel changes in...
18 February 2019
From: Breaking News

With the home buying and selling process firmly on the news agenda of late – everything from a possible ban on...
16 February 2019
From: Features

Government figures show the UK’s annual house price growth now being down to 2.5 per cent - the lowest rate since...
14 February 2019
From: Breaking News

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...
11 February 2019
From: Breaking News

To a sales-focused agency, having a lettings department can sometimes feel like losing control of the business. Recent cases of property management...
07 February 2019
From: Sponsored Content

As an estate agent, you need to be ready to cater for the specific requirements of buyers and sellers, tailoring your...
06 February 2019
From: Sponsored Content

OnTheMarket is to continue its TV advertising campaign throughout February - and this time it’s ad is also going to be...
04 February 2019
From: Breaking News

An estate agent who stole per £300,000 from an estate agency spent the money on designer goods and expensive holidays -...
30 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A respected property investment consultancy is warning that the current premium put on the prices of new-build homes - around 15...
29 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Fine & Country has revealed that it is the fastest-growing premium agency in the UK. Quoting research from TwentyCi - the business...
24 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A new report from Zoopla claims very nearly a third of buyers want to know the street - or even the...
24 January 2019
From: Breaking News

The industry has long been critical of reports claiming house price movements are in some way uniform across the country, but...
22 January 2019
From: Breaking News

The share of the market taken by online agencies in the final quarter of 2018 slipped from last summer’s high of...
18 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Almost half of all house sales in England and Wales fell through before completion in the final quarter of 2018, according...
11 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A new property management firm claims that an average of nine estate agencies have gone bust each week since 2010. Apropos -...
11 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A slew of property experts and commentators have put the blame on Brexit for a surprise drop in house price growth...
07 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Ilchester Place in London’s Holland Park may be the most expensive residential street in Britain - but it’s cheaper than a year...
31 December 2018
From: Breaking News

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

One of the country’s most detailed housing market forecasts for 2019 suggests house prices will fall in London and nearby regions...
27 December 2018
From: Breaking News

House prices are flatlining with the rate of annual growth having fallen continually since August according to LSL Property Services, which...
20 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Asking prices of homes coming to the market have fallen for the second month in a row - and Rightmove says...
17 December 2018
From: Breaking News

The number of active conveyancing firms handling property transactions in England and Wales has fallen to an eight year low. A market...
13 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Estate agency Strutt & Parker says that despite Brexit and the economic and political uncertainty accompanying it, house prices in the...
12 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Every other advert on the TV is featuring Santa Claus, snowmen or reindeer, the tinsel, trees and decorations are out in...
01 December 2018
From: Features

Communities have missed out on more than 10,000 affordable homes in the past three years as a result of government rules...
29 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Belvoir has this morning announced that it has acquired MAB Glos, part of the Mortgage Advice Bureau. The £3.6m deal, done through...
27 November 2018
From: Breaking News

New build property values are rising at a much greater rate than existing property values according to a study by DJ Alexander. The...
15 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Price growth in the housing market is slow across the UK but London is again the most troubled region, seeing an...
15 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The market is now over-supplied with homes to sell while at the same time demand is dipping and there are widespread...
14 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The latest Your Move house price data confirms what a wide range of indices have shown recently - slowing price growth and,...
13 November 2018
From: Breaking News

New data from Barclays Mortgages suggests Britons are now likely to stay in their homes for almost 19 years between house...
07 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Transactions across England and Wales in September dropped 7.6 per cent year on year while Prime Central London now sees fewer than...
23 October 2018
From: Breaking News

New research by TheAdvisory consultancy, shared exclusively with Estate Agent Today, reveals exactly how fees have fallen for traditional agents in...
22 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Cash used to be king in the housing market but new figures released today show that in the first half of...
22 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Price cutting is becoming the new norm as the market adapts to reduced interest from buyers, according to property listings platform...
15 October 2018
From: Breaking News

The latest market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests the number of properties on estate agents’ books is now nearing...
11 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A government minister has told the estate agency industry that it must be more transparent over the issue of referral fees. In...
09 October 2018
From: Breaking News

It seems a lifetime ago but in fact we’re approaching just the first anniversary since the government triggered its Call for...
05 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Figures released by HMRC over the weekend show another huge rise in stamp duty going to the Treasury - and that’s...
01 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Rightmove is reporting a mini-boom as the autumn market gets into gear, with a surge in buyers and a one-month rise...
17 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Any day now we’ll hear the date for the Autumn Budget: it may be delayed to wait for a Brexit deal...
15 September 2018
From: Features

House prices fell further this month as the slowdown tightened its grip according to he latest data from property platform Home. It...
13 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Owning a home has become almost impossible for many public sector workers across Britain, according to research from the union UNISON. Getting...
13 September 2018
From: Breaking News

A housing academic claims that while popular belief has it that homes are getting smaller, the typical living space in England...
12 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Fine & Country is claiming to be the fastest growing premium estate agency brand in England and Wales over the last...
31 August 2018
From: Breaking News

A property management company is warning that some areas of the UK could be in line for a price correction this...
28 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Reapit has teamed up with a new tool called mio, which is promising “a smarter way to manage the home buying...
23 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Data from the buying agency Black Brick reveals just how big an impact has been made by the additional homes stamp...
22 August 2018
From: Breaking News

A sales platform that monitors the market is warning that house price falls are likely to spread beyond London and the...
15 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Another agency has teamed up with an auction company to allow it to offer vendors the choice of both in-room and...
15 August 2018
From: Breaking News

The government has revised its guidance to agents over redress schemes - amending it to take account of the fact that...
06 August 2018
From: Breaking News

The former Chancellor George Osborne - architect of drastic stamp duty reform - has come out fighting to defend the tax...
06 August 2018
From: Breaking News

It’s holiday time: schools have broken up, quite a few estate agents are taking time off, and the MPs are in...
28 July 2018
From: Features

With the weather scheduled to get a little cooler this weekend, fund-raising is clearly still a hot topic in the industry...
27 July 2018
From: Breaking News

The Law Commission has unveiled proposals that it claims could stop property fraudsters in theirb tracks and improve conveyancing at the...
24 July 2018
From: Breaking News

If you’re an estate agent and have a property that is difficult to sell or the homeowner simply needs a fast...
20 July 2018
From: Sponsored Content

The Welsh estate agency Jeffrey Ross has opened its fourth branch in Cardiff, with a former Savills agent as its head....
19 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Amid the headline-grabbing political manoeuvring over Brexit, a policy proposal which could have serious ramifications for private landlords, and those who...
14 July 2018
From: Features

There’s more gloomy reading for vendors from a new report by website Home, which says the volume of properties slashing their...
13 July 2018
From: Breaking News

The dream may be over but the return to reality can at least be staged in the spirit of an England...
13 July 2018
From: Breaking News

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

Estate Agent Today is 10 years old this weekend. We hope you’ll agree that’s a cause for celebration and a great...
29 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Savills has suggested that it may be time for a fundamental review of what’s left of the flagship policy of Margaret...
20 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Summer is traditionally the time of the year when the property market slows down, with people going away on their holidays...
19 June 2018
From: Sponsored Content

The average asking price of newly marketed property continues to rise according to Rightmove - and this is despite a dip...
18 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Government figures are the latest to show that house prices are still going up - but with a reduced rate of...
14 June 2018
From: Breaking News

More stock and longer times on the market are combining to create a surge in asking price reductions according to a...
13 June 2018
From: Breaking News

The proportion of homes sold in London was lower than any other part of England and Wales last year according to...
12 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Letting agents are being advised to think seriously about how they can recoup costs to help compensate for the introduction of...
09 June 2018
From: Features

Last time out I looked at the growing importance of content, social media and design – but these should only form...
02 June 2018
From: Features

A housing association has launched its own online agency which offers to sell vendors' homes for £275. Capsel Homes, based in Mamhilad,...
29 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Average property prices fell in all but one English region during March, according to the latest official UK House Price Index. Overall,...
24 May 2018
From: Breaking News

National franchise agency Hunters has announced the opening of its latest branch in the Welsh town of Llandrindod Wells. The agency's third...
24 May 2018
From: Breaking News

The latest data from Rightmove indicates that the average national asking price has reached another all-time high of £308,075 following a...
21 May 2018
From: Breaking News

The introduction of the Land Transaction Tax (LTT) to replace stamp duty in Wales has had a significant impact on house...
21 May 2018
From: Breaking News

The rise and fall - and perhaps rise again - of Countrywide has been of enduring interest to the agency industry...
12 May 2018
From: Features

Estate Agent Today understands several major national agencies and some smaller operators are involved in a project to understand why transaction...
09 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Here’s some good news to take into the Bank Holiday weekend. Research undertaken by Estate Agent Today suggests that fees charged by...
04 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Given the level of resource and energy being put behind upping the number of first-time buyers in the UK, you might...
28 April 2018
From: Features

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...
16 April 2018
From: Breaking News

A website that monitors house prices says “red warning lights are flashing as market conditions in London and the South East...
16 April 2018
From: Breaking News

The latest mortgage snapshot from e.surv has reinforced recent claims from other sources that London’s housing market remains the most difficult...
13 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Demand is down for the 12th successive month according to the latest market survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. New...
12 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Statistics published for the Annual Tax for Enveloped Dwellings show that the government appears to be succeeding in its bid to...
05 April 2018
From: Breaking News

An estate agent who ‘glassed’ a man who rejected her advances in a pub has escaped a prison sentence. Sarah Brown, 27,...
20 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Only one local authority in England and Wales has an average house price below £100,000 - while in every London borough...
19 March 2018
From: Breaking News

House prices have taken a spring leap in the north of England as the market improves - but it’s a different...
19 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Average house prices rose 0.5 per cent in February, making it the biggest rise in five months according to the latest...
13 March 2018
From: Breaking News

New research appears to show that Purplebricks, HouseSimple, Yopa and other prominent online agencies are most popular with vendors selling in...
09 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Investment consultancy London Central Portfolio has launched a new index which it claims uses “the most comprehensive data available” to assess...
07 March 2018
From: Breaking News

New figures released by ZPG suggest increasing numbers of agents are listing on three portals. Amongst the latest agencies to renew long...
02 March 2018
From: Breaking News

In an unexpected trading statement this morning, OnTheMarket says it has signed 243 new listing agreements within its first 10 days...
23 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Thanks once again for your contributions to this weekly round-up of agents’ good works; we love covering these stories which show...
16 February 2018
From: Breaking News

The number of first-time buyers has increased 16 per cent in the past month and 10 per cent year on year...
15 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Despite a string of property pundits suggesting the market is slowing down, new figures from the Office for National Statistics show...
14 February 2018
From: Breaking News

House price falls have been recorded in London, the South East and the North East according to data from LSL Property Services,...
12 February 2018
From: Breaking News

A new year means new predictions for what’s to come in the letting industry. Sometimes things come to fruition as expected....
10 February 2018
From: Features

The housing market has started 2018 as it ended 2017 according to the RICS, with new buyer enquiries, instructions and sales...
08 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Right To Buy is unsustainable without local councils being given the right to set discounts for their areas and replacing every...
06 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks has increased its charges in Australia by up to 33 per cent. The Australian Financial Review reports that the 33 per...
05 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Lloyds Bank has revealed a league table of the cities which have seen the highest price growth over the past decade...
02 February 2018
From: Breaking News

We seem to be getting more and more contact from agents and others in the industry who are doing great work...
02 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Q. How did you get in to the property industry? My career in the property industry actually started out as a holiday...
01 February 2018
From: 60 Second Interview

Homes for sale in some parts of inner London are seeing price discounts of up to 10 per cent says Hometrack...
30 January 2018
From: Breaking News

The housing market has returned to stability with exchanges up one per cent year on year and the average house price...
30 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Home owners seeking lease extensions may now have to pay more as a result of a controversial judgement handed down by...
25 January 2018
From: Breaking News

A set of figures produced by Haart suggests the market has had a difficult past 12 months - but the firm...
23 January 2018
From: Breaking News

New research from the National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting Agents reveals that no fewer than...
19 January 2018
From: Breaking News

A new league table showing how long it takes homes to sell on average in different postcodes across England and Wales...
19 January 2018
From: Breaking News

The Court of Appeal is today expected to rule on a legal battle which may be critical in determining the value...
16 January 2018
From: Breaking News

New figures from Your Move suggest that average house prices across England and Wales barely moved in 2017, increasing just 0.2...
16 January 2018
From: Breaking News

New analysis by credit and comparison service Totally Money has revealed the districts where the controversial Help To Buy initiative is...
15 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Buyers spent £9.7 billion on moving house in 2017 with the average individual move costing £9,580 according to comparison website Compare...
10 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Figures out this morning from the Nationwide show the first annual fall in London-wide house prices for eight years - and...
04 January 2018
From: Breaking News

A Happy New Year to all our readers and their families - and all the very best for a successful, profitable...
29 December 2017
From: Breaking News

In 2017 the average seller sold their home for £92,466 more than they paid for it, having owned the home for...
28 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Grosvenor Crescent, located in the heart of London’s Belgravia between Hyde Park Corner and Belgravia Square, is the most expensive residential...
28 December 2017
From: Breaking News

The Welsh Government has revealed the bands and rates for its new Land Transaction Tax, which replaces stamp duty in the...
18 December 2017
From: Breaking News

The housing market remains flat as it heads towards 2018 according to the latest snapshot survey by the Royal Institution of...
14 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Anscombe & Ringland and Russell, Baldwin & Bright are tobe rebranded under the Chancellors name. The agencies - Anscombe & Ringland in...
07 December 2017
From: Breaking News

The average home in England and Wales now sells for very nearly four per cent under its original asking price - a...
04 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Chancellors Group has signed a five year deal to list its sales and lettings properties with the OnTheMarket portal. The group has...
30 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Four weeks today almost the entire industry will be finishing work for Christmas after another year - and ready to start...
24 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Stamp duty reform for first time buyers has taken pride of place in the Budget speech of Chancellor Phillip Hammond. From today,...
22 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Members of the Relocation Agent Network are celebrating after a successful annual awards event in London, combined with keynote conference sessions...
22 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Your Move and Reeds Rains, both part of LSL Property Services, are the latest agencies to admit a slowdown in house...
14 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The Guild of Property Professionals is partnering with the ESTAS to introduce greater customer service elements into its 2018 awards. Gold and...
14 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has issued a downbeat snapshot of the current housing market with "subdued sales trends" across...
09 November 2017
From: Breaking News

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...
06 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Some 12 per cent of transactions in England and Wales so far this year have been subject to gazumping, being sold...
03 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Central London’s housing market is showing a recovery from price falls which followed stamp duty changes in 2014 and 2016 according...
01 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Sajid Javid, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, has launched a consultation on proposals to reform the house buying...
28 October 2017
From: Features

The government should take a close look at gazundering as well as gazumping in its review of the house sales process,...
27 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Another week, yet more consultations - the agency industry can’t complain about not being asked for its views recently. The latest were on...
21 October 2017
From: Features

With the Budget just over a month away, the steady stream of ‘leaks’ continues to grow as journalists and the industry...
21 October 2017
From: Features

Annual house price inflation is 1.3 per cent according to Your Move - even though prices dipped 0.1 per cent in...
16 October 2017
From: Breaking News

The latest RICS market survey shows that buyer enquiries and transactions slipped back last month with expectations pointing to “a subdued...
12 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Homes in the most expensive area of England and Wales cost 25 times as much as in the cheapest area, according...
12 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Leamington Spa in Warwickshire has been named as the happiest place to live in Great Britain in Rightmove’s 2017 Happy at...
11 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Like many of Labour’s recent policy proposals, its call for rent controls leaves more questions than answers. There has been widespread criticism...
07 October 2017
From: Features

More than one in four house sales across England and Wales fell through before completion in the third quarter of 2017...
05 October 2017
From: Breaking News

The Welsh Government has set out the new levels of stamp duty for the country from next year onwards - and...
04 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Every week we carry reports of how great causes are helped by individual agents and other property professionals - this week...
29 September 2017
From: Breaking News

A mystery online petition is urging Rightmove to filter its advertisements “in a bid to curb down inflationary / speculative / fake...
26 September 2017
From: Breaking News

The latest data from Your Move reveals London as still being the area of England and Wales with the lowest house...
20 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Labour’s shadow housing minister John Healey is reported to be one of a number of prominent front bench opposition spokespeople being...
18 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Government figures suggest house prices are still rising by 5.1 per cent a year, with the average property value in the...
13 September 2017
From: Breaking News

It’s been quite a week, much of it concerning the technology that increasingly underpins our industry. A glut of fund-raising and relaunching...
08 September 2017
From: Breaking News

easyProperty has unveiled details of its relaunch, declaring itself to be the UK’s second largest hybrid estate agency - second only...
07 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Over the past few months, hundreds of agents across the UK have been improving their photography skills by taking part in...
01 September 2017
From: Sponsored Content

Countrywide has issued forecasts for the housing market over the next two years amidst a warning that Brexit volatility is the...
21 August 2017
From: Breaking News

UK house prices grew by 4.9 per cent in the year to the end of June according to the government’s official...
16 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Stamp duty has become the latest weapon in the ongoing war of words between different wings of the Conservative party, as...
14 August 2017
From: Breaking News

The police are investigating a quick sale company after a claim by an individual that he received less than half of...
11 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Let’s start with a quick fire quiz. How many more leads do you think you’d get with photos that have been...
01 August 2017
From: Sponsored Content

You’ll see a lot of 10th anniversary stories in the property industry and consumer media in the coming days: early August...
28 July 2017
From: Features

With several agent partner programmes available across the country, estate agents can often increase business by offering sales by auction, with...
22 July 2017
From: Features

Your Move says the surprise General Election and the creation of a weaker minority government has exacerbated the slowdown in the...
17 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Being a leading world-class city comes at a price – they are the most expensive for occupiers and the most lucrative...
14 July 2017
From: Features

A leasehold enfranchisement expert wants government action over what he calls the "forgotten casualties" of the recent ground rent scandal. Louie Burns,...
14 July 2017
From: Breaking News

The latest market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows price growth dipping further, struggling transaction volumes and the...
13 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Gently rising house values in the mainstream market and problems facing the prime market in the capital mean that over half...
12 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Over a quarter of prospective house sales completed in the past three months had fallen through at some stage according to...
05 July 2017
From: Breaking News

**The free photography course for estate agents (part one) offer has now expired. It is still available in special circumstances so...
03 July 2017
From: Sponsored Content

The start of Wimbledon means we’re reaching peak summer - even if the weather suggests otherwise. But distractions like sporting events...
30 June 2017
From: Breaking News

A new PropTech venture aims to do what the ill-fated Veyo system failed to achieve - creating an online platform bringing...
28 June 2017
From: Breaking News

A consumer group says it is giving what it calls “the top 1,000 estate agents in England and Wales” badges to...
22 June 2017
From: Breaking News

The introduction of a 3% stamp duty surcharge on the purchase of additional properties has 'shattered' the property market, according to...
09 June 2017
From: Breaking News

As the nation goes to the polls today, industry boards supplier Agency Express reports that the property market picked up in...
08 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Barclays Bank has given an optimistic view of the housing market over the next five years, with a prediction that across...
30 May 2017
From: Breaking News

The recent rise in consumer complaints against sales and letting agents suggests that there is a general lack of trust and...
27 May 2017
From: Features

Scotland already has the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax instead of stamp duty - now Wales is following suit, with a...
26 May 2017
From: Breaking News

As we end an especially tragic week, it is heart-warming to remember how our industry - along with so many other...
26 May 2017
From: Breaking News

In November 2016 when the Autumn Statement was delivered by Chancellor Philip Hammond, the announcement was made to ban letting agent...
20 May 2017
From: Features

The Conservatives now say they are not resuscitating Home Information Packs, despite a suggestion by a prominent former minister that they "had...
19 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Official figures from the latest UK House Price Index show that average house prices fell by 0.6% between February and March. The...
17 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Since the seventies, housing starts and completions across England and Wales have been on a downward trajectory. The long run average...
12 May 2017
From: Features

Average asking prices in London have fallen, while the majority of regional markets are performing strongly, according to the latest index...
12 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Network Auctions has added 19 additional estate agency offices to its network so far this year. They include three offices of Chaffers...
09 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks has this morning issued its latest trading update, reporting what it calls "strong growth" in the UK and updating investors on...
04 May 2017
From: Breaking News

The agent working as both managing director and chairman of the Halls regional chain covering mid-Wales, the West Midlands and neighbouring...
26 April 2017
From: Breaking News

First time buyer registrations in the past month have jumped nearly 20 per cent across the UK and almost 30 per...
25 April 2017
From: Breaking News

By Wednesday April 19th, a UK citizen, on an average income, had earned £7,789 from their day job so far this...
22 April 2017
From: Features

Your Move’s latest house price index shows that the average house price in England and Wales is now £301,278 after a...
18 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Land Registry data shows that homes across the UK have risen in price by an average 5.8 per cent in the...
12 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Ten years ago this month (April 2007) tenancy deposit schemes were first introduced in England and Wales. You need to go a...
08 April 2017
From: Features

More than one in three house sales across England and Wales fell through before completion in the first quarter of 2017,...
06 April 2017
From: Breaking News

A two year investigation by the Law Commission has ended with a claim that some owners of leasehold retirement properties, and...
03 April 2017
From: Breaking News

There are more first-time buyers (FTBs) finding a way on to the property ladder than at any time since the Financial...
01 April 2017
From: Features

It’s been another busy week of fund-raising for agents across the industry, sparing time to do good works despite the market...
31 March 2017
From: Breaking News

House prices in the UK increased by 6.2 per cent in the year to January according to government figures. The Office for...
23 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Forget the popular term ‘housing affordability’ - the latest government figures suggest the real issue may be housing un-affordability. Data from the...
20 March 2017
From: Breaking News

An online estate agency which says it could be the next Purplebricks says prejudice against internet property transactions is waning “With Neil...
17 March 2017
From: Breaking News

New analysis shows what appears to be the correlation between rising house prices and falling burglary rates across the country. The research,...
17 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Wales is the latest part of the UK to formally scrap the policy which was once the flagship of Margaret Thatcher’s...
14 March 2017
From: Breaking News

House prices grew at their fastest pace for 12 months in February, with average values increasing 0.6 per cent - that’s...
13 March 2017
From: Breaking News

The Office for Budget Responsibility, which released its latest economic forecasts on Wednesday, has adjusted its prediction for UK house prices…again. It...
11 March 2017
From: Features

A chronic shortage of affordable housing is forcing councils to spend more than £2m a day on temporary accommodation for homeless...
06 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Looking ahead to the Spring Budget this week, the Chancellor Philip Hammond will be obliged to face up to the implications...
04 March 2017
From: Features

I had a very interesting chat with the man behind a new portal the other day. He was John Dixon, the portal...
04 March 2017
From: Features

A London property investment firm says the government has enjoyed a tax take of £394m since introducing the Annual Tax for...
21 February 2017
From: Breaking News

A survey of 5,000 people by agency chain Your Move reveals that 80 per cent of buyers view three or more...
17 February 2017
From: Breaking News

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...
16 February 2017
From: Breaking News

The consumer body Which? claims that 19 per cent of properties sold in the year to September went for prices five...
15 February 2017
From: Breaking News

The market got off to a strong start in 2017 with prices growing 0.3 per cent in January to push the...
13 February 2017
From: Breaking News

The Property Ombudsman’s office has defended a change to its code of practice which, according to a national newspaper, means agents...
06 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Housing minister Gavin Barwell says the government will provide “substantial investment” to ensure more transparency in leasehold tenure. “We are determined to...
03 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Zoopla Property Group says that in the last three months alone over 100 estate agency branches have returned to its portal...
26 January 2017
From: Breaking News

The rental market has had to face a raft of changes over the past year, including the introduction of the 3% stamp...
14 January 2017
From: Features

Welsh politicians have called for clarity over the new Land Transaction Tax that will replace stamp duty from April next year. In September...
06 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Eaton Square, in the heart of London’s wealthy Belgravia district, has been crowned the most expensive street in England and Wales,...
30 December 2016
From: Breaking News

Home ownership rates among 25-year-olds have plummeted by more than half in 20 years, council leaders have warned. New analysis for the...
22 December 2016
From: Breaking News

The latest official house price index, released by the Office for National Statistics, shows that house price growth was 6.9 per...
14 December 2016
From: Breaking News

Hatched, the online agency snapped up just over a year ago by Connells in what was described as an ‘industry defining’...
09 December 2016
From: Breaking News

Estate agency Knight Frank says that the UK housing market has rebounded more strongly than expected after the Brexit referendum -...
01 December 2016
From: Breaking News

Chancellor Philip Hammond caught the lettings industry unaware with an incredulous Autumn Statement. The buy-to-let sector took a bashing earlier in 2015...
26 November 2016
From: Features

Relocation Agent Network has ended the year handing out 28 awards to individuals and firms at a gala dinner in London. The...
22 November 2016
From: Breaking News

The latest housing market confidence index measured by agency Knight Frank says householders in every region of the UK expect their...
21 November 2016
From: Breaking News

It may still be too early to start compiling a Christmas wish list, but it is the right time to provide...
19 November 2016
From: Features

Figures released by the government show sales during July - the first month after the EU referendum - tumbling by well over...
16 November 2016
From: Breaking News

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