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Funny how time flies faster as you get older and I’m reminded that next week, (23rd September, to be precise) it...

New research from an estate agency attempts to quantify what most of the industry already knows - that prospective buyers won’t...

The number of property sales in England and Wales has dropped by more than 50% so far this year, research suggests. Analysis...

Annual house price growth slowed for the fifth consecutive month during March and remains negative on a monthly basis, Land Registry...

The Bank of England’s strategy to tackle inflation isn’t working, an agent has claimed, after policymakers hiked rates for the 12th...

New Land Registry data is set to kick-off the debate about whether house prices have started to fall. Plenty of commentators are...

The level of new housing sale stock has almost halved when compared to the closing stages of 2022, research suggests. Estate agent...

The Bank of England increased interest rates from 3% to 3.5% yesterday, potentially pushing up costs for those looking to purchase property...

New mortgage lending data from the Bank of England has indicated a slowdown in property market activity during October but agents...

The level of homes being snapped up within two weeks of being listed has fallen to 6.8% across the UK market...

Independent agent Barrows and Forrester has called for the appointment of a housing tsar for a fixed term as yet another...

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

The industry has reacted to the Spring Statement by breathing a sigh of relief that nothing was likely to cause damage...

New research shows an estimated £200 billion worth of property sat vacant across Britain’s housing market - up 2.1 per cent...

The market may be soaring in most of the country but there are still locations where significant numbers of properties sell...

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

Our story yesterday on whether agents should continue to dress formally post-pandemic seemed to relight the fire on a long-time debate...

Boris Johnson's sudden and unexpectedly ruthless Cabinet reshuffle, which drew comparisons with Margaret Thatcher's 'purge of the wets' in 1981, ended...

Scotland and the south west of England have been identified as cash buyer hotspots. Analysis by Barrows and Forrester, found 27 per...

One of the biggest trends since Covid, in the property world and elsewhere, has been a shift towards more hybrid, flexible...

Self-employed agents working for Purplebricks who want to resist the instruction to become fully employed are being wooed by a Midlands...

An estate agency says disgruntled and delayed property buyers are fast falling out of love with the stamp duty holiday, which...

An estate agency says the housing market could get a boost as a result of couples separating after the prolonged togetherness...