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Average house prices and mortgage approvals hit new highs during the summer months, in a positive sign for the property market. Nationwide...

The number of property sales registered with HMRC rose in July but remains below pre-pandemic levels, official data shows. HMRC property transactions...

The predictions game can be tricky. Sometimes you just don’t know whether to stick or twist. As reported in Estate Agent Today...

Rightmove is launching a new national marketing campaign to coincide with what is hoped to be a busy autumn selling season. The...

Agency stock has hit a seven-year high but realistic pricing is essential, Zoopla warns. The portal’s latest House Price Index for August...

Knight Frank has left the door open to revise its house price forecasts after the chancellor’s first Budget in October. Chancellor Rachel...

More homeowners are preparing to put their property on the market in the autumn, Chestertons claims. The estate agency said it registered...

Chestertons Global has agreed a strategic collaboration with Romanian real estate agency Top Estate Team.  Established in 2018, Top Estate Team has...

House price forecasts have improved in just one month and significantly from a year ago, analysis shows. The Treasury regularly compiles independent...

Average asking prices for new property listings had their usual summer drop this month but Rightmove is predicting a busy Autumn. The...

When I first started working as an estate agent there was one thing I never saw coming… and that was having...

Leaders Romans Group (LRG) has acquired Milton Keynes brand Alan Francis Estate Agents. The estate agency was founded in 1999 by Jeremy...

Demand for new-build homes in London eased in the run up to and just after the General Election but more recent...

Mortgage rates may be dropping but buyers need to act fast as product shelf-life is also falling. Moneyfacts data shows the average...

The latest prime London market snapshot from Knight Frank suggests muted activity so far this summer and warns of possible hesitancy...

A new study by Barclays Bank suggests that despite most Brits either owning a home or aspiring to be future homeowners,...

The latest RICS Residential Property Survey found the UK's residential property sector brightened slightly in July.  Average mortgage rates lowered slightly during...

A consumer group and a removals firm claims to have identified the busiest day of the year for house moves -...

One of Spicerhaart’s top performers has been rewarded with promotion to the estate agency director role covering Essex. Dan Augustin had previously...

Welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity, our chance to salute those who do so much to help others. If your agency...

Mortgage rates are dropping faster than many expected, Rightmove claims. Nationwide unveiled a 3.99% five-year fix for home purchases this week –...

HSBC has promised rate cuts this week as mortgage pricing continues to drop, but it is unclear how much further pricing...

Manning Stainton has committed to nurturing the rising stars of the property industry in Yorkshire through a summer training academy with...

Zoopla has been named as the official data partner of the latest series of popular Channel 4 programme ‘Worst House on...

Welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity, our chance to salute those who do so much to help others. If your agency...

Major lenders have started cutting their mortgage pricing in anticipation of an interest rate cut in the coming months. The Bank of...

The recent dip in inflation to 2% for the first time in three years brings a glimmer of optimism in the...

The announcement by the Bank Of England that interest rates will remain fixed at 5.25% for the seventh month in a...

A new house price forecast by peer-to-peer real estate investment platform, easyMoney, reveals that recent optimism in the UK property market could...

Interest rates were held for the sixth consecutive Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting yesterday, as agents expressed hope of a cut...

The number of market appraisals and sales agreed among estate agents are now back above levels seen before the September 2022...

Prominent housing and mortgage experts are downplaying the chance of an interest rate cut following the Bank of England monetary policy...

Big demand for small properties has helped to drive growth in UK property prices in the early months of this year,...

We all know that first-time buyers have had a tough time of it lately. Mad mini-budgets resulting in higher interest rates...

An analysis by Rightmove reveals that the average interest rate for a two year fixed mortgage at 95% loan to value...

A report in the Times newspaper says Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is planning a stamp duty cut in the early autumn. The paper...

The number of new sellers coming to the market is up by 12% compared to this time a year ago, and...

Inflation has eased to 3.2% down from 3.4%, official figures from the Office for National Statistics show, the lowest level since...

New data suggests Thursday 28 March was the biggest day for the number of new sellers coming to market so far...

Epsom and Ewell, Epping Forest and Dartford have been named as the top London leaver hotspots as buyers continue to move...

Interest rates were held for the fifth consecutive time after the latest Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting yesterday. The...

Just one estate agency has signed up to become a UK-regulated agent to verify overseas entities for property ownership. The Register of...

Propertymark has joined growing calls for the Bank of England to cut interest rates. Interest rates have been held at 5.25% since...

Average asking prices have grown on an annual basis for the first time in six months but properties are taking longer...

LSL Property Services yesterday announced the completion of its acquisition of TenetLime  The property brand announced in August that it had acquired the mortgage...

The property industry is no stranger to shifts in the technology landscape. The past year in particular saw rapid growth in technology...

Happy New Year and welcome to what’s looking like a busy - perhaps even hectic - 2024! I thought it worth running...

The Register of Overseas Entities has hit the 30,000 registration milestone. The register, which is administered by Companies House, came into force...

This year has seen an ongoing cost-of-living crisis, fluctuating mortgage rates, rising rents, and the threat of falling property prices. Although average...

The number of agents reporting listings selling for under asking price has hit its highest level this year as Propertymark warns...

This week saw around 80 conveyancing firms across the UK paralysed by a service outage caused by a ‘cyber incident’ on...

A buying agent has given his backing to the prospect of a Stamp Duty and Inheritance Tax (IHT) cut during this...

By Kevin Shaw, National Sales, Managing Director, Leaders Romans Group This year has seen an ongoing cost-of-living crisis, fluctuating mortgage rates, rising...

Chestertons has launched a new initiative with its e-Bike partner Forest that it hopes will get 5,000 of its customers and...

The number of property sales recorded by HMRC is at its lowest level for almost a decade. New HMRC property transactions data...

The number of mortgage approvals for home purchase hit an eight-month low during September, Bank of England data shows. Mortgage data from...

Estate agents sold a record number of properties via online auction between July and September, figures from proptech firm iamproperty have...

Simon Jackson is Managing Director of SDL Surveying If we look at the latest data, it looks like there is something of...

Three men who set fire to an estate agency branch in Luton while residents of upstairs flat were home have been...

The latest market snapshot from Propertymark suggests a more pessimistic view of the market. The trade body’s latest Housing Insight report says...

House price growth fell to its lowest annual rate since 2012 in August, official data shows. The latest Land Registry House Price...

A few weeks ago I asked an estate agent friend how the market was treating him. "I feel like I’ve had a...

Property professionals remain negative about the prospects for the housing market over the coming months amid low buyer demand and fewer...

Demand for residential property remains fragile despite a pause in interest rate rises, Knight Frank claims. While the number of new prospective...

House prices fell for the sixth consecutive month in a row during September and dropped at the fastest rate since August...

Agents are securing sales closer to asking price but properties are taking longer to sell, new data suggests. Analysis by Hamptons, using...

Prime London property values are not falling as far as the rest of the market but realistic pricing will be crucial...

Jamie Lester is set to revive the HAUS Properties brand that he previously founded and quit. Lester, a former contestant on The...

The old adage that estate agency is a people business is rarely more relevant than right now, when the market is...

UK housing market activity "remains weak" according to the Nationwide. Its latest house price index shows that prices declined 5.3 per cent...

Property sales and mortgage approvals both fell annually in August, official data shows. Figures from HMRC show UK residential transactions were down...

As much of the country battened down the hatches for the first storm of the season, there may have been a...

Rising numbers of property owners are dropping the asking price of their homes in a bid to secure a quick sale.  Latest...

Estate agents are 54% more likely to secure a sale agreed on an off-market instruction than a property switched to them...

The number of first-time buyers has fallen this year but the proportion of sales to this cohort remains the same due...

We might be at the start of an improving housing market, suggests Propertymark. In its latest market snapshot, concentrating mostly on August,...

The Bank of England has held off on further interest rate rises for now but agents warn that there is still...

The rate of inflation slowed from 6.8% to 6.7% in August, providing hope for homebuyers when it comes to high mortgage...

Fewer sellers are willing to cut their asking prices, Chestertons claims. The agent said vendors in the capital have already priced in...

The artificial intelligence (AI) platform, Bard, correctly guessed what the UK’s average house price would be in the Land Registry’s monthly...

The number of homes going under offer within 30 days of listing has dropped from 54% to 38% as buyers become...

The mortgage rate rollercoaster is finally winding down but pressure will remain on the property market, Knight Frank claims. New commentary from...

Auction House has sold a fifth more properties this year than the same period in 2022 despite the wider market slowdown. The...

Asking prices have fallen by the largest level since March 2019 and discounts are at their highest in more than a...

The ESTAS team and I are now on the final countdown to Friday 20th October.  Having run the event for twenty...

High mortgage rates and a lack of supply may mean the prime property market misses its typical seasonal boost in the...

Mortgage borrowers now have the greatest choice of home loan products since February 2022, Moneyfacts data suggests. It is a boost for...

Marketing expert Simon Leadbetter has recommended that Purplebricks absorb its owner’s brand to consolidate its market position.  Leadbetter, former group marketing director...

Mortgage searches on behalf of borrowers using gifted equity or making a concessionary purchase from a family member rose by 75%...

House prices have fallen at the steepest rate since 2009, Halifax data shows. The latest Halifax House Price Index for August suggests...

It’s a great time to be a homebuyer if purchasers can afford it, TwentyCi has claimed. It comes as the property data...

House prices fell at their fastest rate since July 2009 last month, according to Nationwide.  The lender’s latest House Price Index shows...

If, like me, you’re an ardent England rugby fan or indeed a fan of rugby in general, you’ll be counting down...

Uncertainty over interest rates continues to dominate the thoughts of many working in the property sector.  Here in his latest column property...

Foxtons remains confident about the property market despite sliding house price growth. It comes as data from Rightmove revealed that asking prices...

Asking prices of new listings have dropped 1.9% this month, the largest fall in August since 2018. Data from Rightmove shows asking...

The number of properties going under the hammer has increased but there has been a dip in the percentage of lots...

Time is running out for agents to submit their final customer reviews for consideration in the prestigious 2023 allAgents Customer Experience...

House price growth and inflation has continued to slow but there are warnings that further interest rate cuts could still dent...

There is uncertainty in the market but it is still moving, TwentyCi claims. It comes as figures from the property data company...