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As we move into the second half of the year, the property market is looking buoyant. Demand and supply are most...

In the later stages of an election when the Conservatives’ best chance of success is forcing an own goal by Labour,...

A Labour frontbencher has failed to explain why the party has no plans to reform council tax based, in most cases,...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has pledged not to raise Stamp Duty as part of a Family Home Tax Guarantee. Writing in the Daily...

Stamp Duty reform and more housebuilding top the General Election wish-lists for the property sector. General Election manifestos are yet to be...

Anti-money laundering platform (AML) Credas Technologies has launched a material information function, helping estate agents to get ahead of the latest...

A standoff between sellers looking back at the 2021 and 2022 markets and buyers anticipating a weaker one is stifling the...

Aside from all the news surrounding the Autumn Statement this week, which will have a significant bearing on the property market...

In this guest feature, Ben Bailey, CCO at Even, a mortgage lender for first-time buyers launched this year, provides commentary on the end...

The market share of hybrid and online agents increased slightly during the third quarter of 2022 but firms are still struggling...

The Bank of England increased interest rates to their highest level since the financial crisis yesterday, prompting fears of higher cost...

Renewed calls are being made for an “urgent review” of stamp duty as research shows rising house prices mean first-time buyers...

You can tell that spring is in the air as this week's Agents Do Charity is full of outdoor fundraising pursuits...

First off, here at EAT we hope everyone enjoyed the Easter celebrations and didn’t eat too much chocolate! Despite the Easter break,...

Ben Ridgway and Jamie Cooke, co-founders of iamproperty Group brought together industry leaders in a recent roundtable to discuss the challenges...

The market share of hybrid and online agents has fallen again, this time to 6.7 per cent. That figure - taken at...

Propertymark has appointed an insider to the key role of policy adviser - effectively the position vacated last month by industry...

Top Scottish agency Galbraith says key parts of the country saw some buyers snapping up properties this year without even visiting...

A new survey by property consultancy TwentyCi shows that the market share of online and hybrid agents in the third quarter...

Disclaimer: This article is intended for information only and does not constitute legal advice. As part of its 2020 budget, the UK...

Propertymark’s chief executive - officially still in post on just an interim basis - is to face questions from a past...

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

The government has been warned that its much-talked about levelling up agenda is ‘doomed to fail’ without major reform of the...

The pandemic has led to many people ditching more formal wear as they work from home on a more regular basis,...

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

Zoopla is the first UK property company to launch advertising on Pinterest, the lifestyle picture-centric social media platform. A statement from Zoopla...

Asking prices are down for the first time in many months. It’s a small drop - an average of 0.5 per cent...

The new thresholds for the Scottish equivalent of stamp duty come into effect today - a week after the SDLT holiday...

It looks like the stamp duty holiday for England and Northern Ireland, already in effect following yesterday’s announcement, is unlikely to...

The number of offers agreed on homes priced below £1m since mid-May is a healthy 41 per cent higher than the...

There’s been a strong rebound in demand for homes and an “unprecedented” bounce in new sales agreed according to Zoopla. The portal...

The Bank of England has announced an emergency cut in the base interest rate to shore up the economy during the Coronavirus...

Hello and welcome to the start of a new week - and it’s been a frantic seven days since the last...

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...

An estate agent is linking a drop in transactions of as much as 20 per cent with the stamp duty increases...

In the run up to his appointment as Prime Minister, Boris Johnson suggested that he might cut Stamp Duty Land Tax...

Welcome to this week’s ADC…and what a week it’s been. Politics? No, hot air of a different kind - the weather.  Yet...

In the last ten years Google's revenue, largely from pay per click ads (Adwords), has grown by 527% (Source: Statista). In...

A buying agent has revealed how she advises potential clients to use portals when looking for a property to buy -...

Hello and welcome to this week’s ADC - yet more examples of stupendous fund-raising by our industry (and a lot of...

A new snapshot of market share claims that online agents accounted for 7.0 per cent of all exchanges in the first...

Purchasing a property. It’s a key life goal that so many Millennials aspire to - yet one that has become frustratingly...

It’s Budget day and the government is once again on the receiving end of a blast from one of the country’s...

Any day now we’ll hear the date for the Autumn Budget: it may be delayed to wait for a Brexit deal...

This week may have marked the landmark moment of Facebook entering the UK property market but as the industry prepares for...

Research by Estate Agent Today reveals that there have been 12 different stamp duty regimes in the UK since the Millennium. What’s...

The Property Franchise Group has this morning reported strong figures for 2017 with news that its hybrid brand EweMove traded profitably...

Labour MP Chris Williamson, regarded as an ally of party leader Jeremy Corbyn, is suggesting that high-value homes in England should...

The Welsh Government has revealed the bands and rates for its new Land Transaction Tax, which replaces stamp duty in the...

The latest market snapshot by high-end agency Strutt & Parker reveals more bad news for London - despite the agency itself...

As we head into August there’s no let up on your fantastic efforts for charity - thank you!   Everyone below has let...

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

Agents selling homes at the high end of the market have generally welcomed the Daily Telegraph campaign to persuade the Chancellor...

A fantastic exclusive this week as I carry out a question and answer session with one of the leading names in...

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

There has been an 11 per cent increase in sales in Scotland over the past year - and one major agency...

An estate agent is suggesting that the goverrnment’s new price index, coming into force in June, could be used to revalue...

There are to be significant increases in council tax paid by the owners of the most expensive homes across Scotland, in...

Edinburgh city council is seeking the permission of the Scottish Government to introduce a local mansion tax through new bands of...

A TV property show presenter and an estate agent's wife have reportedly been involved in a lurid fight that started with...