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Agents using Boomin have managed to convert more than 20% of SmartVal valuation requests into instructions. The challenger portal and lead generation...

Agents have heralded the beginning of the house price slowdown. The latest Land Registry House Price Index yesterday showed values increased by...

Supply is slowly increasing but there are signs that buyers are now biding their time. Analysis by property data company TwentyCi shows...

Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) has long been the bugbear of many property transactions. Even the very wealthy will lose interest...

Property data and estate agent prospecting platform Homesearch is expanding north of the border. After three years of operation in England and...

More than half of properties across England and Wales only meet insulation standards of 1976 or older. The startling figures, based on...

The shortlists for this year’s much-coveted ESTAS awards will be revealed from the end of this week. The ESTAS Customer Service Awards,...

Propertymark has given its backing to the ban on ground rents for new leasehold properties and has reminded agents of their...

House price growth hit a five-month high in February, according to Land Registry data but there are warnings that this will...

Knight Frank has issued a stark warning that house price growth is set to slow. House price indices from lenders such as...

All regions of the UK remain in a seller’s market as the traditional spring selling season begins for agents. Housing market consultancy...

The proportion of homes sold to landlords has hit a five-year high but buyers are paying above asking price due to...

An industry group is predicting that record numbers of homes sold this year will be off-plan. The National Association of Property Buyers...

Propertymark says only a national retrofitting programme  can make UK homes more energy efficient - and it says a new government...

A government aim to improve the home buying process by making Local Land Charge search results instantly available is well underway,...

They say that in fashion, if you wait for long enough, clothes that are hanging at the back of your wardrobe...

Propertymark is urging restraint on the part of the Welsh Government as it moves to tackle what it sees as the...

The extreme shortage of properties for sale has fuelled the first rise in new homes sold off-plan since 2016.   In 2021 some...

Hello and welcome to another Agents Do Charity, the weekly round up of fund-raising in our industry. Once more our thoughts are...

The latest government house price data has sparked a fear that the market may be heading towards an affordability crisis. The Office...

haart, part of the Spicerhaart estate agency group, has accused rival agencies of copying its hybrid working model. Spicerhaart group managing director...

Rising inflation may soon overtake house price growth even in the most buoyant areas of the UK, a property market analysis...

A shift is occurring in the rental market across the UK. The Government is planning to reform the sector with increased...

Some 86 Bronze, Silver, Gold and Special Awards have been presented to agents in the Guild off Property Professionals at its...

A rural body in Wales has hit out at the Welsh Government’s proposals for draconian new taxes on second homes.  Earlier this...

Franchise giant Belvoir has snapped up one of the earliest British estate agencies to adopt the model of using self-employed or...

The time it takes to complete a transaction is beginning to drop according to an analysis by comparison website GetAgent. The average...

A new housing market snapshot from Zoopla suggests that in the supply of homes coming to the market has triggered a...

The government is considering seizing British property owned by Russian oligarchs on the sanctions list without paying compensation. The Financial Times says Housing...

The Welsh Government has announced an increase to the maximum level of council tax premiums for second homes, as well as...

A new analysis has revealed those areas of England and Wales with the largest numbers of Russian-owned homes. Credas Technologies analysed Land...

It is claimed by Propertymark that the government’s Economic Crime Bill - to be debated in the House of Commons today -...

A bid to regulate second home ownership in part of the UK through changes to planning policy will add complexity and...

Agents have 21 per cent fewer homes on their books now than a year ago according to a quick buy company. In...

The Chartered Institute of Housing, set to unveil its latest annual housing review next month, has indicated that to no one’s...

It may be blowing a gale outside but we’re safe and warm here reading about our industry’s great work for good...

An Australian PropTech platform called PEXA aims to break into the UK property industry this year, claiming to improve transaction processes. PEXA...

Research by new homes sales service Unlatch has revealed how much cheaper energy bills are for new-builds, saving as much as...

A famous environmental campaigner has sold his home to a local - because he feels second homes are “obscene and grotesque.” Green...

There’s been a huge rise in the amount of money contributed to the housing market by first time buyers. They paid over...

Some regional property markets are perilously close to running out of any stock to sell. That’s the news from property data...

The current ratings of the Energy Performance Certificate are under review according to the Department for Business, Energy and Industry Strategy. A...

Rightmove is running a series of webinars this month focused on legislation affecting agents. Tomorrow the former ARLA Propertymark supreme David Cox...

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, wants the government to put a stop to the capital being used for international money...

The Bank of England has increased the base rate from 0.25 per cent to 0.5 per cent. This means a typical tracker...

The average home sale in England and Wales in 2021 achieved 98 per cent of the asking price - slightly improved...

The total value of all UK homes broke the £8 trillion barrier in 2021 according to Savills - and London is...

The supply of new properties coming to the market is up on this time last year in every single region of...

The average age at which someone buys their first home has risen to 32, up from 29 in 2011 and is...

Inflation could deal a double blow to the housing market, an agency expert warns. Last week it was revealed that UK inflation...

In this guest feature, James Dilgul, Head of Marketing at Fixflo, the market-leading repairs and maintenance management software provider, looks at how...

The Nationwide has released data listing the most and least affordable locations in Britain - background information for agents. Some entries are...

Government data shows the average UK house price increasing by 10 per cent on an annual basis in November. On a monthly...

House prices are up by as much as £100,000 on this time last year according to a mortgage company. Research by the...

Soaring inflation means that house price growth in much of the country is being wiped out, according to a leading housing...

Propertymark is reiterating its view that energy efficiency and EPC changes being considered by government must take account of property age...

Strong house price growth since the pandemic began has boosted seller gains with the typical vendor who bought two decades ago...

Another day, another house price index record. The latest, from the Halifax, shows that typical house prices increased by over £24,500 in...

The housing market boom of 2021 has given rise to an increasing number of £1m-plus deals.  Government statistics analysed by mortgage firm...

High-value properties were the top-performers in the country house market in 2021, according to an agency that majors in this sector.  In...

House prices in the UK have ended the year of yet another record high. The Nationwide says annual house price growth increased...

Areas with the biggest house price growth of 2021 have seen the value of homes rise by three times the national...

Rightmove has revealed the UK’s property hotspot of 2021 - where prices have risen 31 per cent in just a year. The...

Leasehold, quite rightly, remains not just an emotive topic given what has happened over the past decade, but it’s very much...

Hello again and with just two weeks to go before the festivities begin, there’s a definite ramping up of fund-raising for...

Estate agents, and indeed all professionals, should be offered the option of flexible working when they are appointed to the job. That’s...

By the end of 2021, one in 16 homes will have changed hands, making it the busiest property market since 2007...

A housebuilding-led mortgage indemnity scheme called Deposit Unlock has now been launched nationally with 17 major developers taking part. Nationwide is the...

A pilot scheme has been announced to test ways of limiting second home ownership and reducing the impact additional properties have...

High house prices relative to average earnings make raising a deposit a big barrier for first time buyers, a new study...

Rightmove claims to have found the happiest place in the UK - and it’s in Northumberland. The market town of Hexham has...

It appears almost certain that there will be limits imposed on the number and location of second homes in Wales, following...

Surprise figures released through Freedom of Information requests show that the number of homes in England and Wales with owners registered...

The average asking price across the UK is now £43,000 higher than it was in late 2019 according to data and...

The market may be soaring in most of the country but there are still locations where significant numbers of properties sell...

A business analyst is warning that the growing emphasis on energy efficiency of homes could spell trouble for the value of...

Annual house price growth increased to 8.1 per cent in October according to the Halifax.  The average UK property price is now...

Despite the roaring housing market, a new report says that no fewer than 70,500 real estate and property businesses are showing...

Sir David Amess, murdered at a constituency surgery last month, may have an unexpected housing market legacy for his constituents. To commemorate...

A BBC investigation has revealed that a man’s house was sold and his furnishings removed without his knowledge, in the latest...

The housing market is on track to record its strongest year since 2007 for transactions and house price inflation says Zoopla.  The...

Rightmove says sellers who have upgraded their Energy Performance Certificate rating to a C - from a D, E or F -...

Buyers are being warned about scams conning people out of hundreds of thousands of pounds. The Law Society of England and Wales...

House price inflation accelerated to 10.6 per cent in August, up from 8.5 per cent in July as buyers rushed to...

Another market snapshot has identified low supply as the chief characteristic of the sales landscape this autumn. Landmark Information Group’s latest Property...

Despite increasing public debate and media spotlight on energy efficiency, the issue appears relatively unimportant to seven out of eight buyers according to...

Rising inflation triggered by the supply chain crisis following Brexit and the pandemic may undermine recent house price gains according to...

The total value of homes in Britain has risen 20 per cent - that’s £1.6 trillion – in the past five...

Knight Frank is opening a new branch in Shrewsbury, covering Shropshire into the Cheshire Borders, north Wales, and mid Wales.  The opening...

The stamp duty holiday concluded at midnight, marking the end of the busiest period for the industry - all parts of...

House prices rose by just 0.1 per cent in September - but they are still increasing by 10 per cent a...

A government report suggests that house prices are rising at three times the national rate in some rural and coastal areas...

Zoopla has calculated how much the average house price has risen every single day since the start of the pandemic in...

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has hinted for the second time that he is looking towards property to help fund his...

The Halifax claims that homes with the highest energy ratings are worth up to £40,000 more on average compared to less...

The first agency to give its market forecast for 2022 and beyond has suggested an upbeat performance next year.  Hamptons says the...

The recent stamp duty holiday and the subsequent conveyancing logjam this triggered has acted as a wakeup call for the industry....

New figures from HM Treasury have revealed that businesses, including a number of major agencies, have returned £1.3 billion in furlough...

Buyers are getting less square foot for their money when buying a property. Research by insurer Churchill has found that the average...

The lifestyle changes triggered by the pandemic are likely to have a lasting effect on the housing market, pushing property prices permanently...

A plea has been made to the government to help small companies and stop letting online firms off the hook. The Federation...

Two former Local Property Experts at Purplebricks have set up their own hybrid agency, offering an upfront fee or a no-sale-no-fee...

There are 19 new distinct £1m-plus property markets in the UK thanks to the soaring house prices of the past 15...

An unexpected claim was made over the weekend - that the long-running stamp duty holiday was not, after all, behind the...

Awful isn’t it? Where was that sunshine? Well, the clouds have parted when it comes to fund-raising as the industry continues...

Average house prices increased by 13.2 per cent over the year to June - the highest annual growth rate since November...

A nationalist party has blasted a Labour government in one national region of the UK for its lack of intervention in...

House prices in Wales - where the equivalent of the stamp duty holiday has fully ended - rose to a new...

Connells-owned Hamptons says it’s calculated that no fewer the 117,500 sellers this year have chosen to rent before buying their next home.  The...

The estate agents’ trade body has set out three ways conveyancers can further help the sales process. Propertymark has made the suggestions...

Yet another housing market snapshot is reporting the stock of property for sale plummeting further downwards.  Property website Home says that while...

The market slowdown continues with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors reporting that new buyer enquiries have reduced for the first...

A report claims the flurry of transactions over recent months has been down mostly to families moving into larger homes and...

Even at the height of summer (or the British wet season, as some call it) there are substantial numbers of job...

A prominent property consultancy is urging the government to ensure that holiday home owners pay more tax.  Colliers claims local authorities are...

Are you experiencing Estate Agent burnout? As The Stamp Duty Holiday has begun to tail off, it didn’t bring the relaxation in...

Thirty-five years after London estate agent Suzy Lamplugh disappeared, the trust that bears her name is calling for action to address...

The former leader of the Liberal Democrats is calling for a ban on family homes being used for holiday lets and...

An estate agency has calculated precisely how much residential property has been sold so far this year, fuelled by the stamp...

The number of Energy Performance Certificates issued for new build homes in England rose 16 per cent in the year to...

Students at a high school have been given an insight into the career opportunities in the property sector. The sixth formers from...

Propertymark has worked with one of the UK governments to create an information sheet which, in virtual or hard copy firm,...

A young estate agent is being praised because of his heroic actions to save a woman from drowning.  Austin Mellor - just...

Demand for all types of houses, from terraced to detached, has more than doubled in the current housing market - creating...

The post-lockdown housing market boom is showing signs of a significant slowdown according to a new forecast. The prediction, from the quote...

The busiest first half of a year ever recorded by Rightmove has led to a raft of new records for the...

A new analysis off the housing market suggests that the current frenzy is down partly to activity in the most expensive...

At first sight it’s a tough ask to defend holiday homes when there’s evidence that many who want to buy can’t,...

There are currently 341,419 homes across England, Scotland and Wales that have been vacant for at least six months.  Collectively, these homes...

It may be the height of summer but the industry is still super-busy and new appointments continue to come thick and...

The race to complete home sales before the stamp duty holiday came to an end on June 30 has created what...

The founder and managing director of FCS Compliance, Jerry Walters, has died suddenly. A statement from the company says he died during...

A third of owners would consider moving more regularly if the stamp duty holiday on the first £500,000 of a purchase...

Estate agency comparison website GetAgent has calculated the typical fees charged to vendors in different parts of the country. It says agents...

Last weekend we spoke with Liana Loporto, NAEA Propertymark’s president, in an exclusive interview. Here we follow that up with an...

Average house prices in the year to the end of April increased by 8.9 per cent according to the government’s Office...

With just hours to go to the start of the Euros, we can announce our squad for writing Agents Reports on...

There are an estimated 2.7 million landlords in the private rented sector (PRS) providing rental accommodation to multiple generations of tenant,...

The Law Society has published new guidance for what it calls “under-pressure conveyancing solicitors” as the stamp duty deadline of June...

Annual house price inflation is now at its strongest level in nearly seven years, says the Halifax House Price Index. The average...

New data shows no let-up on the pressure on the conveyancing sector as the stamp duty holiday and the broader economic...

We’re only a little over a week away from the Euros, happening at last a year later than scheduled because of...

One of the country’s leading politicians says a yet-to-be-revealed way of taxing property sales could be one way of helping homes...

The number of transactions is scheduled to reach 1.52 million this year - way above the norm of between 1.0 and...

An online platform claims each agency branch in the UK has benefited from the stamp duty holiday by over £120,000. WiggyWam says...

The asking price of a typical home in the UK has hit a third of a million pounds for the first...

A leading industry trade body is warning that remote-working agents and smaller independent agencies are particularly vulnerable to the growing threat...

The government has set up a committee to push forward ideas on the collective form of homeownership known as commonhold. Housing Secretary...

A market analysis by Fine & Country suggests that annual house price inflation could hit 10 per cent next month. Nicky Stevenson,...

The ESTAS Awards ceremony is traditionally held each May but no prizes for guessing why this year, as with 2020, things...

Parts of the UK property market face a supply shortage with a quarter fewer properties listed for sale in England and...

Local elections rarely set the pulse racing and this year’s poll on Thursday faces a similar problem. But this time, it’s a...

Around 30 people spent all night queuing outside an estate agent ahead of 14 homes going on sale - the most...

A nationalist candidate in next month’s elections claims there is a second homes crisis which may create a “lost generation” of...

The average UK house price has risen 8.6 per cent - that’s typically £20,000 - in the past year. This is the...

Research by an estate agency comparison service has revealed which type of road address produces the highest average price.  GetAgent has analysed...

Another week begins, another record tumbles - Rightmove this morning reports a monthly price surge of 2.1 per cent has propelled...

One housing market index suggests that average house prices in England and Wales have risen by 9.8 per cent in the...

A leading agency claims the stamp duty holiday has actually had a minimal impact in the mainstream market, despite many suggestions...

One in three property sales in England and Wales fell through before completion in the first quarter of 2021. The 32 per...

Estate agency offices in Wales, closed for many weeks as part of that country’s lockdown, will reopen from next Monday, April 12. The...

The managing director of Fine & Country Cardiff, Dan Thomas, has wasted no time with his fundraiser - starting as soon...

Welsh independent agency Nuttall Parker has been snapped up by Cardiff-based property business Seraph Group. Newport-centred Nuttall Parker is Seraph Group's second...

Earlier this month, Fixflo held a webinar with David Cox, legal and compliance director of Rightmove, to discuss key government policies...

Fine & Country is opening a new branch in the Welsh capital, Cardiff. It covers the city and surrounding areas, the Vale...

Another house price index shows a super-charged housing market with prices rising 7.5 per cent in the year to January according...

The Building Societies Association says there’s been a surge in consumer confidence in the housing market following the Budget. Some 37 per...

The Law Society is to pilot upfront conveyancers’ information for home buyers and sellers. This will involve the TA6 form which contains...

The Conservatives have promised that first time buyers would not pay tax when buying a home in Wales if the party wins...

From 4 May 2021, your agency could be blocked from charging late fees, compounding interest on missing rent and taking any...

The Guild of Property Professionals is to offer a formal agency qualification as it goes increasingly on the offensive in a...

A broker has launched the UK’s longest-ever fixed rate mortgage, with no early repayment charge or exit fees - the first product...

Varying decisions across the country means the dreaded stamp duty cliff-edge will hit the market at different times in different UK...

The head of a PropTech platform wants financial penalties on conveyancers if transactions miss deadlines. “The only way to accelerate the current...

Propertymark has slammed government energy efficiency proposals as being “unrealistic, too simplistic and could deter people from moving home.” A formal consultation...

The Law Society for England and Wales says it wants action now to prevent tens of thousands of  transactions collapsing at...

London still dominated the league table of locations with the highest volumes of sales by value in 2020, despite the apparent...

Two mothers have launched a new estate agency using a virtual office - and they have overcome personal challenges to achieve their...

The government may be stopping MPs debating an extension to the stamp duty holiday - despite a pledge they would do...

Both Rightmove and Zoopla have issued new data showing how the market is changing as buyers’ aspirations alter. Zoopla has looked at where...

Estate agency offices in Wales with five or more staff will have to carry out a Coronavirus risk assessment under new...

A housing index says the market continues to defy Coronavirus and Brexit worries with asking prices up 4.9 per cent in...

The housing market remains open in Scotland, despite tighter restrictions announced yesterday by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. The only significant difference specific...

There’s a call this morning for estate and letting agents to regard the physical viewing of any property on sale or...

Agents are sharply split over how they should operate during the current phase of the Coronavirus crisis.  In a poll of almost...

Zoopla has revealed precisely how much house prices have risen over the course of 2020. Across the UK as a whole prices...

A house price index that is routinely one of the most pessimistic about the market claims the New Year will see...

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

Propertymark has told the government that it needs to introduce overarching regulation of agents now, because existing piecemeal provisions are unmanageable...

The shock and almost immediate increase in stamp duty on additional homes in Wales has prompted one question in the industry...

There’s been a shock one per cent increase in the Welsh equivalent of stamp duty on second homes, coming into effect...

Another day, another index, another record - house prices rose 5.4 per cent annually in October according to official figures from the Office...

If you fear the market will slow after Christmas, think again - Rightmove is expecting several months of frenzied transactions to...

Hello and welcome to our latest doffing of the cap in honour of those in our industry fund-raising for great causes....

The sales market is currently strong but the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has issued a warning about a slowdown next...

The UK has topped the rankings for the highest property taxes as a percentage of overall taxation in the developed world...

The design quality of new homes and neighbourhoods across the UK remains stubbornly low, according to a new report by academics.  The...

MPs lobbied by agents to extend the stamp duty holiday are staying firmly on the fence with standard answers and no...

Public sentiment over the housing market remains stable despite the Coronavirus crisis and the possibility of a No Deal Brexit. That’s the conclusion...

The housing market in England and Wales is stabilising, according to analysis of web traffic from a property advice site.  Valuation requests...

The high profile Yorkshire agency chain Dacre, Son & Hartley has been appointed by the largest charity care provider for older...

Average house prices in Wales have risen three per cent in the past year, despite multiple difficult lockdowns considered more severe...

What’s the happiest place in Britain? Rightmove has the answer. In a new ‘Happy At Home’ index calculated by the portal and...

The mixture of the stamp duty holiday and generally fast-rising house prices has led to a resurgence of flipping. Data released this...

The first monthly market monitor to show activity in the housing market tailing off has appeared - and it says momentum...

As lockdown – Season 2, the sequel no one asked for – gets underway in England, landlords, tenants and agents will...

While England’s national lockdown exempts the housing market and allows agents to operate normally, it’s not been the same in Wales...

The trend of buyers apparently fleeing the city to get more for their money in the country has hit the buffers...

Hello and welcome to yet another Agents Do Charity, the weekly forum for the industry to share its good news on...

A conveyancing firm is blaming councils for delays in transactions. Conveyancers have themselves been sharply criticised in recent weeks as the sharp...

Yet-to-launch portal Boomin has secured the support of 10 more estate agencies, one of them the national chain Humberts. In its third...

Estate Agent Today can reveal that a string of Countrywide offices across the country have been closed in recent weeks - but...

Hello and welcome to a new week - and evenings that get darker earlier.  As winter approaches we’re continuing to bring you...

Savills says the shape and size of the housing market in the coming months will be determined by the capacity of conveyancers...

A tax expert says his research suggests some buyers of homes with annexes may have paid too much stamp duty on...

One of the industry's senior agency leaders says it would be a mistake for agents to be stopped from working in...

Some 713 estate agency branches have failed to reopen following the spring lockdown according to a business consultancy. TwentyCi says that is the...

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

A mortgage service claims 46 per cent of buyers have had their prospective property down-valued by lenders - often forcing them...

With many transactions now delayed by up to three weeks by slow searches, a body representing local search providers is urging...

Many agents, certainly those in London, will have faced the difficult task of selling a flat with a shorter lease. A...

A former healthcare executive is the latest convert to become an online agent with easyProperty, the company has announced. Richard Ayres has...

A league table drawn up by a quick buy property firm claims that some estate agents' average commission has hit 2.32 per...

Online agency easyProperty has announced four new areas to its portfolio to build on its existing 41 locations - and it’s seeking...

The strong house price growth experienced in recent months could soon be 'marred' by oversupply, according to Home.co.uk. The property website says...

The property market experienced a slowdown last month as a result of more people going on summer holidays, according to the...

The Residential Property Surveyors’ Association appears to be taking on the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in a battle for authority...

Fine & Country has revealed its latest branch - a West Wales office opening for business on Tuesday. It will initially cover...

You might be forgiven for thinking we’ve been cheated out of our Bank Holidays this year, as so many fell during...

With the UK officially in what has been described as the single worst national recession in the world, one agency has...

The supply of homes coming to the market could struggle to meet the demand from buyers shown in recent weeks, with...

Asking prices are up again for a third consecutive month in all English regions and across Scotland and Wales.  The measurement, from...

The proportion of the asking price achieved on average in the past year is 95.8 per cent according to a new survey. Comparison...

It’s probably not a surprise but new research has revealed where people want to move to - as well as where...

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

Rightmove is reporting a mini-boom that was existing even before the stamp duty holiday - enough to propel average asking prices...

The latest monthly index suggests that the average asking price in England and Wales has jumped 1.5 per cent in the...

A think tank says the stamp duty holiday introduced a week ago is understandable and may be helpful to the housing...

The Welsh First Minister, Mark Drakeford, has suggested that there will be further housing market lockdown easing later this month. His announcement...

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

The Say No To Rightmove campaign says the portal has merely kicked the fees can down the road, deferring a long-term...

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

The Welsh housing market is back in business today - at least in part. Letting and estate agents can reopen their offices...

Video tours, heralded as the next big thing just a few weeks ago, are being abandoned by buyers and dismissed as...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I'm Darren Loftus and it says Commercial Director on...

The devolved government in Wales - where the housing market is still officially closed - has urged agents to report rivals...

Two estate agency directors have been disqualified by the Competition and Markets Authority after taking part in an illegal price fixing...

Data released this morning by Rightmove suggests that agents in England have agreed no fewer than 40,000 sales since the market...

To most people, purchasing a home is the single most significant financial commitment made across a lifetime. Given the impact and...

The latest sentiment snapshot produced by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors confirms the trend that the market is still improving...

Typical house prices in England and Wales are set to fall over the rest of summer according to home moving service...

An agent in the unusual position of operating across the England and Welsh border says many of his competitors appear to...

The outlook for the housing market is still taking shape, but here I take a look at three market indicators to...

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

HM Land Registry is making it easier to verify individuals’ ID from today. In addition to conveyancers and chartered legal executives, verification...

Fine & Country says now is “a great time” for estate agents to go upmarket and become “the luxury agent” in...

An economic consultancy predicts house prices will fall by a sixth as unemployment grows across Britain this year. The consultancy, Cebr, says...

Hello and welcome to Wednesday’s update on what offers and advice are available to agents at this most difficult and challenging...

The Nationwide says government measures mean the impact of Coronavirus on the housing market may be “much less” damaging than many...

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

Hello - here we are with Friday’s help and advice.  A reminder, if you need it, that we want to share your...

Another index shows how strong the market was in the build-up to the escalation in Coronavirus across the country.  The website Home...

With confirmation that Section 21 will be scrapped, how can agents get ready for life after no-fault evictions? The short answer is...

An agency has repaid a £6,000 reservation fee to someone who thought they had purchased a property for £83,000 but was later...

Almost eight in 10 sellers have instructed High Street agents in the past year - a significantly higher figure than 12...

A survey suggests that 77 per cent of first time buyers do not purchase their initial property in the same town...

Forget the Boris Bounce - this might be the Rightmove Retreat. A new tool produced by the portal measures price per...

Hello - it’s Monday and so it’s PJT, where you can catch up on the industry major moves of recent days. Please...

A free-to-list portal says the costs of listing on the established sites - especially Rightmove - are contributing to estate agencies...

A conveyancing firm has launched what it claims to be one of the first ever apps for vendors and buyers in...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Joanne (Jo) Tattum. Channel Manager - Property What is Moneypenny and...

After a challenging period for the UK property market, recovery is very much on the cards and the end to uncertainty...

The Law Society has announced that there will be a new TA6 Property Information Form launching next week, on Friday February...

The average time it took a home to sell last year - measured from its first day listed on a portal...

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

At the end of a strong week for housing market indicators, the latest survey from the website Home suggests a major...

Whisper it quietly but the housing market could be significantly stronger in 2020 than in recent years. Two key indicators in the...

New build homes cost 19 per cent more than comparable pre-owned properties according to a new survey - and sometimes 50...

Almost exactly one quarter of house sales in England and Wales fell through prior to completion according to new figures. In the...

The tussle for New Build listings between Zoopla and OnTheMarket has swung in favour of the former this morning with the...

Stepping back and moving out of the front line is all the rage…but not, it seems, for hard-working agents and others...

Government figures suggest that the number of second homes in the UK has dropped two per cent in the eight year...

It's been two years since the SDL Group launched its franchise block management business, SDL Property Partners, the first of its...

When looking back on the property market this year, the main message we can take is that it has remained extremely...

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...

House prices in England and Wales are set to fall over the next three months according to a price index produced...

The election is over and there’s nothing on the agenda except the run-up to Christmas - although there’s still time for...

The latest snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows that the UK housing market is still on hold, pending...

Data scientists have released a study into the characteristics of homes and how they give away the likely voting intentions of...

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...