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A lender is predicting mortgage-backed home purchases will be “significantly lower” in the coming months after borrowing has dropped since the...

The latest research from Rightmove has revealed that the price of property coming to the market has witnessed its first fall...

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

As the UK works towards its net zero goal by 2050, Legal & General Mortgage Club has launched a Green Hub to support...

Most of us can only dream of buying a prime home, and new research by a mortgage broker has reinforced this...

The entirety of the property market could be enhanced by embracing all-in-one moving and streamlining processes, according to The ValPal Network. This,...

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

Last week was quite a week for major trading updates, with four of the market’s biggest players announcing either half-year or...

Global property firm Knight Frank has revealed the pipeline of transactions in prime London residential markets grew further in July as...

It was announced back in February this year that PEXA, the Australian FinTech/PropTech that enabled the world’s first fully digitised property settlement...

Interest rates made their biggest leap in 27 years yesterday, rising by 0.5% from 1.25% to 1.75%. It was the biggest...

Property website Rightmove has calculated that yesterday’s interest rate rise – up 0.5% to 1.75% - will mean new first-time buyers...

Savills has released a revised five-year forecast for the UK’s prime housing markets, to reflect the strong levels of activity in...

The Property Franchise Group, the UK's largest property franchisor, has provided a trading update ahead of publishing its interim results on Tuesday...

Dye & Durham says it could potentially appeal the decision by the Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) to effectively disallow its acquistion...

Research over recent years has regularly pointed to the Bank of Mum & Dad being one of the UK’s biggest lenders,...

Yesterday’s publication of Purplebricks’ annual results – which made for very difficult reading for the troubled brand – came as part...

A leading agent has claimed that the economic plans of Liz Truss, the frontrunner to be the country’s next Prime Minister,...

Purplebricks has this morning announced its long-awaited annual results, delayed since July 12 due to internal changes. It shows that revenue...

The latest house price index from Zoopla has suggested the market remains resilient in the face of the cost-of-living crisis, but...

Recent months have seen interest rates rise from historic lows back closer to pre-financial crisis levels as the Bank of England...

Late last week, Leeds Building Society announced that it would no longer lend on second homes to concentrate on first-time buyers...

The cost-of-living crisis has been dominating the news headlines for some months now, but new research has revealed the extent to...

Stipendium, the platform that simplifies life’s complex events, has compiled a guide to submitting an offer and exchanging contracts, to help buyers...

New calls have emerged to give pensioners stamp duty tax breaks to downsize their homes. The National Association of Property Buyers (NAPB)...

Asking prices for typical first-time buyer homes and equivalent rents have risen three times faster compared with the pre-pandemic years, Rightmove...

Zoopla has launched a Progression Portal for agents, promising real-time updates for 15 key milestones during the sales transaction process. Agents can...

With so many benefits including lower fall-through rates and quicker sales, it is no surprise that selling a property via auction...

In this Guides & Tips piece, the team at Together set out what Right to Buy is and who is eligible. If...

The housing market continues to defy expectations after the latest Land Registry figures show annual price growth in May hit its...

A mortgage broker has hit out at estate agents for forcing prospective buyers to visit their branches to sell financial services...

The current challenges facing the conveyancing sector have put the industry in the spotlight. Here, property expert Colum Smith, Chief Vision...

The number of transactions progressing to completion is being hit by the cost of living crisis and rising interest rates, new...

Issues with property titles and borrower affordability have been revealed among the main reasons why mortgage offers have been withdrawn. The results...

The other day I read a story here on Estate Agent Today, which was both depressing and inspiring. It reported a study...

Almost a third of property sales that collapsed during the second quarter of this year were hit by lenders toughening their...

Online agent Griffin Property Co has become the latest brand to partner with Help to Buy-style equity loan provider Proportunity. The partnership...

Knight Frank is predicting a post-summer slump in the prime London property market. It comes despite its data for the second quarter...

There’s talk of 50-year mortgages being introduced, loans that, along with the property they finance, could be passed to the next...

The housing market appears almost as stubborn as now caretaker Prime Minister Boris Johnson as it continues to defy predictions of...

Essex-based estate agent Beresford Group has celebrated and thanked sales director Mike Sayers who is retiring from the company after 35...

Legal experts are warning that the rush to beat interest rate rises could lead to “ill conceived” and “rushed transactions.” The Bank...

Long-term 50-year mortgages that can be passed on by parents to their children appear to be the latest idea from the...

The ongoing debate about how to boost agent and conveyancer relations, and improve the homebuying system for all, continues to rage,...

House price growth slowed in June but remains in double figures, Nationwide data shows. The latest Nationwide House Price Index shows property...

The property market is unlikely to see forced sales but buyers are becoming more price sensitive, Zoopla warns. The property portal’s latest...

Unless you have been living under a rock since the end of last year, you won’t need to be told about...

Increasing numbers of women are being flagged during anti-money laundering (AML) compliance checks. AML platform Credas Technologies suggests the main reason for...

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

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

The government has launched a new equity loan scheme for the self-build market. The Help to Build scheme aims to help thousands...

Proptech firm iamproperty has overhauled its movebutler platform with more material information features and a Love Island theme. The end-to-end onboarding and...

Annual house price growth figures returned to double digits in April but there are warnings that this could be as good...

PropertyHeads has relaunched its valuation and insights tool as Mouseprice Pro in the UK after a period of major investment and...

Estate agents use their experience, knowledge, and connections to help people to sell properties at the best prices. Working in this field...

The Bank of England has confirmed plans to withdraw the requirement for lenders to conduct interest rate stress tests on mortgage...

A group of mortgage advisers has proposed a range of reforms to reduce barriers to home ownership for first time buyers. The...

The Bank of England raised interest rates for the fifth consecutive month yesterday. The cost of borrowing is now at a 13-year...

OneDome has launched a new platform for agents to monitor and manage referrals made and earned through the challenger portal. The platform,...

New data suggests the prime London market has a new lease of life as buyers and sellers look to beat the...

First-time buyers have admitted to feeling overwhelmed or scared to talk to estate agents about the homebuying process. A study of 2,000...

Agency trade body Propertymark has called for the government’s housing market reforms to go further and has even suggested targeted stamp...

Property professionals and MPs were left wanting more after Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s much-anticipated housing announcements yesterday. Johnson yesterday promised a review...

Mortgage down valuations are being driven-up by sellers trying their luck and ignoring their estate agent’s advice, a broker claims. Analysis by...

Boris Johnson has promised a review of the mortgage market and housing benefit rules to help more people to get on...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to unveil a flagship policy today to help more people onto the property ladder. It is...

The balance of power in the property market may be shifting back to buyers. It comes as Halifax data showed annual house...

The lack of agency stock for sale has pushed the gap between asking and sold prices to record lows, research claims. Research...

In this article, Kristian Stott, Head of New Business at iamproperty, analyses the digital revolution in our lives and in property and why...

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has launched its 2022 Lender Survey to identify where the industry can collaborate to improve the mortgage...

First-time buyers are now facing up to a nine-year wait to save enough of a deposit to get on the property...

House price growth is set to slow but talk of a correction is overstated, Savills claims. The latest house price forecasts from...

Rural areas are dominating the boost in property supply. Agents have reported an improvement in sales stock in recent weeks. Analysis by Knight...

A record 600 firms and individuals have been shortlisted for the 2022 ESTAS Customer Service Awards. Sponsored by blockchain property network Coadjute,...

The government is being urged to expand and make the Treasury’s mortgage guarantee scheme permanent and compulsory on home loans above...

Estate agents use property technology each and every day for residential property transactions, but is there more they can do with...

Agents from Leaders are getting into the Platinum Jubilee spirit across the country. The brand’s branches have added a royal touch to...

Belvoir has reported that group revenue is up 14% in the first four months of the year, helped mainly by its...

The Belvoir Group has announced the acquisition of mortgage broker TIME. The agency franchise and financial services brand has acquired the entire issued...

Spicerhaart’s annual conference and awards ceremony returned earlier this month after a three-year hiatus caused by the pandemic. The company’s two day...

It is no longer significantly cheaper to rent compared with making monthly mortgage payments, Rightmove claims, but raising a deposit remains...

Proptech firm Gazeal is working on buyer-focused product that can be used to show a seller they are serious about a...

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

A lack of mortgage knowledge could be holding buyers back, research claims. A survey of more than 1,000 consumers by Nottingham Building...

A property lender claims to have identified signs that the property market is slowing. Analysis of Bank of England mortgage approval data...

Agency proptech supplier Muuvo has partnered with Canopy to provide its RentPassport and RentTracking products. Muuvo provides software for agents to help...

There are signs that properties are starting to take longer to sell. A lack of stock in recent months has meant agents...

Buyers and sellers should focus on the Bank of England’s actions rather than words when it comes to the housing market,...

Many people in recent years will have become familiar with challenger banks such as Monzo, Starling and Atom. Many will have...

New research has revealed the regional hotspots where Japanese knotweed has been identified. The data could be of interest to estate agents...

Prime property purchasers are typically paying a 122% premium to be in the top 10% of buyers, research suggests. London agent Benham...

The property market is bracing for the start of the slowdown in the rate of house price growth.  The Halifax House Price...

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

In this guest piece, Colum Smith, a property expert at law firm Taylor Rose MW, sets out why speedier transactions could...

Buyers are being urged to act now to secure decent mortgage pricing as interest rates hit a 13-year high yesterday. The Bank...

PropTech company Gazeal has launched a new product to help agents secure a sale at any point. The new product is called...

Fundraising frolics by agents and property professionals this week include bike rides and triathlon challenges, plus the charity award season returns. Remember,...

Buyer demand has rebounded in prime areas of the capital and there is also talk of a return to competitive bidding. The...

The property market could be set for further upheaval when the Bank of England makes its latest interest rate decision today. The...

Mortgage brokers have warned that an increase in downvaluations is starting to hit the property market. Lenders and their valuers are cutting...

A third of first-time buyers have had to reduce their budgets as a result of recent interest rate hikes and the...

House price growth is expected to hit single digits by the end of the year as the cost of living crisis...

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

The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...

Agency franchisees with brands such as Hunters, Martin & Co, Belvoir and EasyProperty are being given the chance to sign up...

EweMove managing director Nick Neill has set out plans to double the size of the franchise network by 2025 as the brand’s...

In this Q&A, I catch up with Jesper With-Fogstrup, chief executive officer of Smoove (formerly ULS Technology until a very recent...

The latest trading update from Foxtons has revealed that sales revenue in the first quarter of this year was down 9%...

New research from Bluestone Mortgages has shown that 'non-vanilla' customers are being turned down for financial products and services. More than two...

A property expert has predicted that mortgage applicants are likely to find it 'much harder' to be approved for loans as...

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

The stamp duty holiday last year has caused a surge of borrowers taking on mortgages with terms of more than 35...

A leading conveyancing network that works closely with estate agents has signed up to property blockchain platform Coadjute. The blockchain technology provided...

Increasingly cautious mortgage lending could dampen the property market and cause more sales to fall-through, it has been warned. Recent house price...

Mortgage search platform Twenty7Tec is predicting there could be one million searches for home loans this month. The technology company, which lets...

Foxtons, Chancellors and Douglas & Gordon have been named among the first paid-up agency brands on Boomin. The challenger portal, launched by...

The lack of housing stock, rising inflation and rising mortgage rates could all lead to agents running out of stock in...

You’re probably up to your neck at the start of a busy spring market but I’d hope there’s one thing most...

The pandemic may have helped first-time buyers get on the property ladder sooner but are they paying too high a price? Research...

The Property Franchise Group has reported record like-for-like revenue for 2021. The umbrella property brand, which incorporates well-known names such as EweMove,...

More acquisitions are being predicted at agency franchise group Belvoir. It comes as the listed brand yesterday reported record group revenue of...

One of the country’s leading estate agents has played down the significance of the latest house price index which at first...

A survey of 700 borrowers by a high net worth lender suggest almost four out of 10 have lost a mortgage...

More vendors are wanting to use property logbooks in a bid to speed their sales and reduce the risk of fall-throughs. That’s...

A rule change has been introduced this week in a bid to make equity release customers reduce interest costs. The option to...

A rewards and recognition programme has been launched at an agency chain, with claims that it will enhance staff careers and...

It’s not an easy time for many renters (and homeowners). The cost of living is going up across the board for...

In a new column, solicitor Colum Smith, an expert in combating fraud at Taylor Rose MW Solicitors, explains why those looking...

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

Earlier this month, the government’s energy regulator Ofgem announced a record 54 percent increase to the energy bill price cap. Combined...

Buyers are already tightening their belts and choosing not to borrow as much as they could, but instead calculate what they...

The Skipton Building Society, which owns Connells estate agency, says the house-selling arm helped it reach a record profit pre-tax profit...

The jury is still out on whether the Ukraine crisis will damage public confidence in the UK housing market. Rightmove’s property data...

Fifteen businesses which had bought freeh­olds from housing developer Countryside have now given formal undertakings to remove terms that cause ground...

The Building Societies Association’s regular confidence tracker about the housing market shows rising pessimism over interest rates, the escalating cost of...

The Bank of England has confirmed that base rate is to rise again, for the third time in three months, to a...

The LSL Property Services group - which is increasingly focussing activities in the mortgage and personal finance world - has issued...

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

The path from agent to developer is not easy, but it is a relatively straightforward one, if you are willing to...

The chief executive of Boomin says agents have asked him to do something about rival portals “pocketing income from mortgage referral...

There’s been a marked reduction in mortgage product availability for a second consecutive month.  Independent mortgage market monitor Moneyfacts says there are...

A new ‘quick buy’ service has been announced which would mean that sales could be completed in a week, providing a...

Despite the latest Halifax house price index showing a 10.8 per cent annual rise, a leading housing market analyst is warning...

Peta Milne, founder of Instagram growth and PR service Monimo, and a content writer at Choices Estate Agents, recently sat down...

Of the many industry buzzwords, I suspect “upfront information” was up there as one of the most widely used in 2021....

The findings of a new survey may make worrying reading for agents who have taken the self-employed route as agency business...

An analyst is warning that the latest buoyant house price figures could be the last hurrah before a significant depression. The Nationwide’s...

The hot topic of rent controls has remerged in recent weeks, with passionate voices on both sides of the argument speaking...

Foxtons has told shareholders that it has enjoyed "a good year of progress with revenues, profits and cash flow significantly ahead of...

The Bank of England has issued a consultation on changing the affordability tests for large mortgages introduced in the wake of...

Until a few years ago, you would have been forgiven for not knowing who or what Coadjute was. But the company, founded...

In the last two years digital Property Logbooks for our homes have moved from concept to reality with almost a quarter...

A lead generation platform that boasts Leaders, EweMove and Northwood amongst its clients says it’s expanding into mortgages. Rentround, now in its...

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

Only 6.8m homes in England now have mortgages, just 28 per cent of the overall market and about two per cent...

Fall throughs remain a significant problem with transaction collapses costing buyers and sellers a wasted £880m in 2021 according to new...

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

The UK property industry has long been a target of fraudsters due to the low levels of transparency and the fact...

Connells-owned Countrywide has announced a major deal in which 49 of its brands will use the ESTAS customer review platform. The deal...

The finance arm of LSL Property Services - known as Pivotal Growth - has snapped up a specialist mortgage and insurance...

Stamp duty statistics show that the introduction of a two per cent surcharge on residential properties by overseas buyers, means HM...

Features often overlooked by agents and buyers now, such as double glazing and insulation, are likely to become high up on...

The majority of homeowners and homebuyers believe Stamp Duty Land Tax is outdated and needs reform. The mortgage lender Butterfield commissioned an...

After a long period of improvement in the level of product choice for borrowers, February has seen mortgage availability fall for the...

The latest house price data from the Halifax shows another absolute record but with a sharply reduced monthly rise indicating a...

Here’s the odd thing about interest rates - we all care about them, but they don’t directly affect that many people...

Without doubt, 2021 was an exceptional year in the property market, with the stamp duty holiday and favourable market conditions helping...

Boomin chief executive Michael Bruce wants government action to help save the housing market as the cost of living crisis grows.  Following...

With a Bank of England base rate rise expected as soon as tomorrow, new figures from the government add weight to...

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

A former Purplebricks chief is the new CEO of rival online company Yopa. Verona Frankish has been involved in the property industry...

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee is set to meet today to consider a possible rise in base rate -...

Coadjute, the blockchain network for the UK property market that claims it can radically simplify home purchasing, has revealed that PropTech...

The level of house price growth is at a 17 year high at 11.2 per cent according to the Nationwide. The annual...

OnTheMarket has signed a deal with Brickflow, a new comparison site for development finance.   The portal says the partnership will provide member...

The PropTech network Coadjute, which says it will ultimately slash the time it takes to move house by as much as...

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

Will he stay or will he go? You don’t need me to say who ‘he’ is - it’s the only story...

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...

If agents wonder why more older home owners don’t sell and downsize, it may be because they’re taking equity out of...

OnTheMarket chief executive Jason Tebb is warning that we might be near the top of the market. His portal’s latest sentiment index...

As this is the first Natter back since the Christmas break, I should like to first wish all our readers a...

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

Boomin co-founder and chief executive Michael Bruce has returned to the attack on Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket with an open letter,...

Estate Agent Today understands that the civil servant who has been at the heart of plans to reform the house buying...

Mortgage lenders serving the housing market are set for a quieter 2022 after the unprecedented levels of activity seen in 2021,...

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

At the risk of mixing my metaphors, any mention of energy has become something of a blue touch paper in the...

A hybrid agency that charges no fees to vendors but instead relies on referral fees for income has officially rolled out...

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

For the first time since before the global financial crisis of 2008, the number of first-time buyers is estimated to have...

A new survey suggests two thirds of current or potential home owners would accept the idea of a mortgage interest rate...

Prime Central London’s attraction to multi-millionaire and billionaire buyers appears to have soared during the pandemic. High end agency Beauchamp Estates says...

The latest figures for mortgage approvals show demand as being relatively unchanged - a development welcomed by agents. House purchase mortgage approvals...

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

As agents return to work after the Christmas break, here’s an insight into possible new instructions. A quarter of owners apparently think...

As we slide into Christmas, with the busiest levels of house buying since 2006 and activity still buoyant, I don’t think...

A property finance expert is telling buyers to sit on their hands and not commit to purchases - as he believes...

Halifax has revealed the UK’s most expensive streets in 2021 - and it’s no surprise that the very dearest examples are...

A surveyors’ trade body claims as many as 250,000 homes could find themselves impossible to sell or secure a mortgage on...

UK house prices have reached an all time high - but 2022 will see a more normalised housing market thanks to...

With the business model for self-employed agents hotly debated within the industry, new data has suggested that most freelance professionals are...

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

The Bank of England has raised interest rates for the first time in more than three years, in response to surging...

Around a quarter of mortgage lenders currently have ‘green’ products promoting improved EPCs - and the vast majority of the rest...

A new guide to help avoid property title fraud, where home ownership can be stolen, has been released by the Fraud...

Lenders’ umbrella group UK Finance has given its housing and mortgage market forecasts for 2022 and 2023 together, plus a year-end report for 2021. It estimates...

Mortgage lenders have announced a voluntary moratorium on possessions from today, December 13, until Tuesday January 4.  A statement from the umbrella...

The Covid-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on all aspects of our lives, but undoubtedly one major negative side effect...

An estate agency owner who is also a qualified independent mortgage adviser has hit out against the suggestion that lenders may...

Increasing numbers of commentators are forecasting that the Bank of England will not, after all, raise the base rate next week. It...

The product choice for buyers wanting mortgages is now the highest it has been since 2008 according to the independent service...

Rightmove is to try to help potential buyers get their finances in order much earlier in the transaction process, to reduce...

In a first for the Natter, this week's interview is a video affair, with me posing the questions to Stephen Brown,...

There are many features and functionalities a website must have to be successful. Ultimately, the purpose of your website should be...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I can’t remember the last time I had a business...

Tomorrow sees the Relocation Agent Network’s first in-person conference since 2019.   The event, at the Metropole Hilton in Birmingham, will focus...

Coadjute, the PropTech platform that aims to slash the length of property transactions, has announced a further £6m investment. Coadjute is a blockchain...

The investment arms of Savills and the Daily Mail General Trust have pumped more cash into online agency Yopa which has...

The government’s plan to put Energy Performance Certificates at the heart of its bid to reach Net Zero has hit a stumbling...

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

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

Figures from the Building Societies Association show continued momentum in the housing market, with gross lending by building societies up 22...

The equity release market is on course for a record year after customers took out £1.049 billion in property wealth in...

The police have been called in to investigate the ongoing cyber-security incident which has led to many firms in the Simplify...

The Relocation Agent Network has unveiled its speakers for its national conference and exhibition early next month. Called RAN Live! 2021 it...

The prospect of higher mortgage interest rates mean the housing market may get tougher soon despite another set of upbeat house...

It’s been a busy and arguably fruitful year for the property market, with an eager consumer base pushing forwards with their...

TV property celebrity Amanda Lamb has revealed the winners of the 2021 allAgents customer experience awards. They were announced at the awards’...

Savills has set out its annual house price forecast for prime London - and after years of price falls, the prediction...

I’ve never written the three letters ‘EPC’ more often than I have in the past week. Law changes for the private rental...

With Remembrance Sunday this weekend, the nation and our industry will remember those who fell. Yesterday on Estate Agent Today we featured one...

We have been speaking with many agents over the past months and the story appears the same with them all. There...

A leading estate agency says the government may have to use stamp duty and council tax as incentives to persuade owners...

A leading agency predicts that prime central London house prices, so long in the doldrums throughout the pandemic, will bounce back...

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

The head of research at a leading agency is warning that although the housing market remains buoyant, there may be macro-economic...

A few weeks ago the ESTAS took place at the Grosvenor House hotel in London - the first chance for many...

In the Autumn Budget on Wednesday 27 October, very few impending tax hikes were revealed by the Chancellor Rishi Sunak –...

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee has defied expectations by keeping base rate at its historic low of 0.1 per...

Analysts suggest there is a 50:50 chance of a base rate rise being announced by the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy...

The average price of a house in the UK has hit £250,000 for the first time as the  market shows no...

Official forecasts suggest house prices will rise for five years at least, although at well below the rate of growth seen...

A petition calling on the government to set up an independent enquiry into the cladding crisis has reached a key 10,000...

In this op-ed, Warwick Haycock, accounting software specialist at The Access Group, looks at how the use of tech can empower...

The Budget has proven more generous than many expected - and with most property taxation left unchanged. Chancellor Rishi Sunak has made...

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

The largest live event in the property industry for two years took place last Friday - the ESTAS awards.  TV property expert...

A new service has been launched claiming to offer ‘a new supportive partnership opportunity’ for agents to earn referral fees. Cox &...

Research by price comparison service MoneySuperMarket has itemised the additional fees incurred by people moving home. This year’s 12 per cent rise...

Over-65s saw their property wealth increase by £800 a month recently thanks to frenzied demand during the stamp duty holiday, an equity release...

A part of the Connells Group is telling the new Housing Secretary that he and his government “must do more” 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...

TV property personality Amanda Lamb has been named as the presenter of the first ever allAgents Annual Customer Experience Awards in...

Many agents working in the industry, whether for large corporates or smaller independents, might one day have ambitions to branch out...

House prices rose by the most in almost 15 years in September ahead of the end of the stamp duty holiday.  The...

I recently took part in a webinar hosted by ICG (The Innovation Collaboration Group) – titled ‘New estate agency revenue streams...

A leading market commentator is warning that transactions and prices will fall without the stimulus of the stamp duty holiday. Karen Noye,...

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

ESTAS has announced that FocalAgent, a visual content supplier to estate agents, has signed up as an executive partner for the...

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

As we motor towards the next major global climate change conference – the UN’s COP26 being held in Glasgow from 31...

Affordability has always been a hot topic when it comes to the property market, and this is doubly true for first-time...

First-time buyers are shifting to online-only banks to help get a mortgage. A survey by personal finance website NerdWallet found that with...

Strike chief executive Sam Mitchell has hailed the online agent’s no-fee model after reaching £5 billion worth of sales. The agency, previously...

One of the biggest campaign groups calling for leasehold reform has welcomed the action taken by the Competition and Markets Authority...

The worst of the Covid-19 pandemic appears to be firmly in the rear-view mirror as we move into the last quarter...

In what will be seen as the latest win for leaseholders across the UK, it’s been revealed that – following action...

The value of mortgage lending hit a record high in the final months of the stamp duty holiday. Figures from the Bank...

Picky buyers are walking away from property deals after realising the internet connection at a property is poor, research claims. A poll...

The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) – the umbrella property brand which incorporates well-known names such as EweMove, Ellis & Co, Martin...

The property market is unlikely to enter a last-minute rush before the final stamp duty holiday ends in October, research claims. Analysis...

2020 gave rise to an exodus from the city as work from home became the mandated norm for large swaths of...

Welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity - another edition of good will and cheer generated by the industry’s fund-raising heroes. It’s...

The Property Franchise Group - the UK's largest property franchisor, which owns EweMove and other brands - has acquired 80 per...

A survey conducted by a bank suggests that over half of the self-employed sector of the economy believes its financial position...

Independent agency chain haart is opening what it calls a new ‘property centre’ in Aylesbury later this month.   Tim Wardley, managing...

Belvoir’s chief executive haas taken to Twitter to hail his company’s latest results as “superb” - with sales for the franchise agency...

Few political policies have such a ring of the past as rent controls - they were last seen in this country...

Many Britains are apparently under-estimating the impact of furlough on their ability to get a mortgage and buy a property. A new...

Mortgage approvals declined over the last month as the tapering stamp duty holiday deterred home purchases, according to data from the...

Zoopla-owned software company Yourkeys and mortgage, insurance and wealth management broker SPF Private Clients have integrated. Yourkeys’ software provides buyer and seller...

An agency claims that across the UK there have been very nearly 400,000 property transactions down valued in the last year...

It may be the final day of August but Propertymark has first out of the blocks with advice for agents to...

A broker claims the high profile return of the 95 per cent mortgage has actually made little impact on the housing...

The very strong housing market seen throughout this year is set to extend into 2022 as a stock shortage is forecast...

An estate agency comparison website has conducted research into how much it costs to simply keep an average home in a...

The Guardian has sharply criticised Chancellor Rishi Sunak for introducing and then extending the stamp duty holiday - because helping estate...