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

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

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

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

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

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

Your Move says the surprise General Election and the creation of a weaker minority government has exacerbated the slowdown in the...

Being a leading world-class city comes at a price – they are the most expensive for occupiers and the most lucrative...

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

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

Gently rising house values in the mainstream market and problems facing the prime market in the capital mean that over half...

Over a quarter of prospective house sales completed in the past three months had fallen through at some stage according to...

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

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

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

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

The introduction of a 3% stamp duty surcharge on the purchase of additional properties has 'shattered' the property market, according to...

As the nation goes to the polls today, industry boards supplier Agency Express reports that the property market picked up in...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Buy-to-let landlords may have failed in their recent legal battle against planned government tax relief changes for buy-to-let homes set to...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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