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

A prominent financial analyst is warning that the hopes for a housing market resurgence over the autumn could be derailed by...

Would-be home-buyers are enjoying the highest level of spring-time choice of homes in five years says Zoopla. The portal claims that there...

Sellers are already less open to price adjustments despite the spring market being slow to kick in, an agent has warned. Chestertons...

Rightmove has joined growing calls for Stamp Duty reform ahead of the Spring Budget next week. The property portal has outlined three...

A first-of-its-kind degree has launched that focuses on residential estate agency. The Swindon campus of the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) has launched...

Knight Frank has launched a bespoke customer portal after 18 months of development. Coined ‘My Knight Frank,’ the firm says it is a digital customer experience platform, accessible...

House prices are set to fall further next year, two major lenders claim. The house prices indices of Halifax and Nationwide have...

Asking prices for newly listed homes dropped by the largest rate for November in five years, Rightmove has revealed. The portal’s latest...

Who are you, and what does it say on your business card? I'm Ashley Day, the Director of Bristol Property Centre.   What is...

Homes in England are less affordable and in worse condition than those in most other developed nations, new research claims. Analysis from the...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Mark Bevan and I am the Sales...

St. George in Bristol has been identified as the UK’s strongest sellers’ market. Analysis by Rightmove found eight in ten homes listed...

New data from respected consultancy TwentyEA showed that the market is proving unexpectedly resilient - and in the case of new...

A recent poll of 11,000 private renters by SpareRooom reveals that 81% spend more than 30% of their take-home pay on...

The level of sales agreed has fallen below its normal market trend for this time of year but the “right-priced” properties...

Property supply appears weighted toward couples and small families, an agent has claimed. Analysis by self-employed agency brand eXp UK analysed current...

Taking a proactive approach with viewing generation can increase foot flow through properties and generate more offers, and ultimately close more...

Property listings and sales remain down on pre-pandemic levels but there are signs that sellers are starting to heed agent advice...

LonRes has launched a new mobile app for its subscribers to access listings while on the move and support agents while...

Winkworth has predicted a sales demand rebound before the Christmas slowdown. A trading update from the agency franchise brand revealed that new...

Agency franchise brand Winkworth is sticking to its market expectations for this year as it claims the mini-Budget is yet to...

Around one-third of properties on the portals are ‘fake listings,’ it has been claimed. Industry analyst Charlie Lamdin, founder of estate agency...

The seller’s market remains but the wind may not be blowing as strongly as before, Propertymark warns. The latest member data from...

Market activity has shifted back from sales to lettings, Belvoir has reported. Half-year results from the agency franchise network show the “race...

Agency stock has reached its highest level for 12 months, OnTheMarket claims. The portal’s latest Property Sentiment Index revealed that there has...

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

All regions of the UK have seen at least a 2% increase in property supply, TwentyCi claims. A June update from the...

Average asking prices have hit new highs but there are signs of the market easing, Rightmove claims. The portal’s latest listings data...

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

In this week’s Natter, I carry out a Q&A with Lisa Knight, who has taken the impressive journey from barmaid to...

An agency is warning some house hunters that they face a more competitive time this year following a “truly remarkable” change...

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

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

Rightmove has identified the UK’s strongest sellers’ market - and it’s in Easton, Bristol. Four of the top 10 sellers’ markets are...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? David Ruddock – Partner and Head of Residential Sales Operations...

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

West London agency RiverHomes is rebranding in what it describes as a bid to more closely reflect its unique expertise on...

Parts of Britain are so short of homes for sale they have only half the number of listings to be expected...

The frantic growth in house prices is showing its first sign of slowing down, says Rightmove. In its latest monthly market snapshot,...

The property market is currently in a unique position where the number of house hunters looking for their next home is...

EweMove says it’s has just recorded its best-ever month for new enquiries from sellers. In April the hybrid - which is part...

We’re officially transitioning to summer – marked by the clocks going forward and warmer weather – just as restrictions start to...

Today is the day that non-essential retail reopens as part of the government's roadmap out of lockdown. For the majority of the...

Annual house price growth remains strong but it has slowed significantly according to the Nationwide. Prices dropped 0.2 per cent on average...

Data from Rightmove suggests a sharp increase in the number of chain-free properties on the market because sellers are increasingly willing...

The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has changed the way we evaluate our lives and, looking more specifically at the property market, it...

The latest in the recent surge of consumer information publicised by Rightmove suggests that demand for flats has fallen significantly as...

Over the last few years, there have been a number of high-profile court cases in which renters took action against letting...

An unknown website called EA League Tables has issued a list of agencies and agency-groups which it claims shows their order by...

Agents have welcomed the surprise news from the Halifax that house prices last month saw their largest rise since the start...

Of all the UK properties for sale over the last year, 59% would have been exempt from any type of transaction...

There's good news for the market in at least one sector - mortgages offered to first time buyers. Latest figures from the...

I remember the day well; the day we all fell foul of addiction, the day our website was launched. Until then, at...

All the most successful startups of recent years – from Airbnb and Uber to Just Eat and Deliveroo – have melded...

A statement from London-focussed agency Chestertons claims to have bucked the poor market in the capital - and says it’s partly...

Foxtons and Quintain have both recently made an important decision about their technological innovation, the same decision must also be made...

Instagram (or, as the younger generation would have it, Insta) is, by any measure, massive.  Only launched in October 2010, it’s a...

Yieldit, an online agency that specialises in selling investment houses and apartments with tenants in situ, is claiming a strong quarter...

A 'new breed' estate agency with no shop front, which uses bloggers to market its properties, has announced the opening of...

A new estate agency has opened its doors in North London, despite operating in what it describes as a 'weak' London...

Property sellers have been on the back foot over the slow summer period, according to the latest report from NAEA Propertymark....

In the modern marketplace – where people live their lives on their smartphones and tablets, social media has a bigger influence...

Rightmove’s latest assessment of the housing market suggests that Newport in Gwent is the fastest moving area in Britain for vendors. A...

Average house prices rose 0.5 per cent in February, making it the biggest rise in five months according to the latest...

The National Association of Estate Agents says the year has started with a boom as demand from prospective house-hunters increased by...

Between October and December 2017, some £822 million worth of UK residential property was sold at auction, according to the Essential...

It's great to hear how new proptech is being embraced by a number of front line agents in order to network...

A high-end agency claims that despite prices falling in Prime Central London (PCL), demand was subdued in May due to the prospect...

Housing supply increased by 25% in July, according to the latest report from the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA).  The number...

Wednesday’s budget proved a grim viewing for those who have worked in the rental sector for some time and watched the...

A new portal aimed at investors looking to purchase buy-to-let property has reported that it has thousands of listings from agents...

The majority of agents do not see the supply and demand of homes levelling out over the next five years, according...