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A building society is calling for stamp duty reforms to incentivise downsizing. A statement from the Suffolk Building Society says it believes...

What’s in a name? Or particularly a label? We all seem to have one these days. If we’re not a first time...

Despite a consultation starting back in 2020, the proposed legislation hadn’t progressed through Parliament and no doubt many landlords who faced...

House price growth may have slowed last year but homeowners who sold their property still made an average gain of £74,000...

A Labour council has revealed that it’s bought 15 open market homes, beefed up  their energy efficiency and will use them...

House price growth may be slowing but Sottish agency brand DJ Alexander has revealed that it recorded its highest ever sales...

Homebuyers are entering bidding wars for bungalows, a property expert claims. The Daily Telegraph recently reported that young professionals in their 20s and...

It has been another busy week in the property sector.  In his latest column, property commentator Jonathan Rolande, provides his take on...

New-build buyers will save on average around £2,600 a year in energy bills, research claims. Analysis based on Government’s Energy Performance Certificate...

Empty nesters may be considering downsizing their home this September as their children set off to university, whilst other downsizers are...

A veteran estate agent has revealed his first commission, which earned just £75. John Pring, director at Fisks Estate Agents in Essex,...

The government is being urged to tailor its housing market reforms beyond solely focusing on first-time buyers. It comes as new analysis...

A County Down-based estate agent has acquired a local rival and launched a new “stop-gap” accommodation service for buyers and sellers...

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

The owner of an estate agency in Sussex has been jailed for five years for what a judge has called “an...

Media reports from the US state of Virginia say an 84-year-old man killed his estate agent after buying a property ‘sight...

Rightmove claims to have identified the dream home for buyers. A survey of more than 2,000 visitors to the portal’s website has...

An estate agent says the housing market now has a hidden characteristic - an absence of homes that are friendly for...

An analysis of over 1.6m listings by Rightmove shows a big return to normality - demand for smaller city centre properties...

A branch of franchise agency CJ Hole is marking what it calls “an incredible 30 years of success” this month. The Burnham-on-Sea...

The Sequence Group is to be the sole selling agent for RoyaleLife, the country’s largest builder of bungalows, exclusively aimed at...

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

Zoopla has revealed the most searched-for property terms on its portal in the past 12 months with ‘garage’, ‘parking’ and ‘garden’...

A high proportion of over-65s would consider moving to a bungalow and believe more properties should be designed exclusively for older...

The issue of ‘intergenerational fairness’ has been raised in recent weeks, some might say somewhat ironically by a House of Lords’...

It’s being suggest that a recent tax tribunal verdict might just open the way to challenges to the three per cent...

Over the last few years, there have a number of changes to the stamp duty land tax (SDLT) regime, which have...

An online auction platform which works with estate agents says this method of selling homes works, with four sales in one...

The brief but troubled history of individuals and companies attempting to raffle homes as prizes has received another blow as a...

Nicky Morgan, a former Cabinet minister and now chair of the highly respected Commons' Treasury Select Committee, is the most senior...

The raffle-a-home gimmick appears to be gaining strength with the arrival of a new website - Rafflemyhouse.com - which will also...

In this week’s Natter I’m going to get all political. Don’t worry, I won’t be giving my opinions on Brexit, Trump...

The first ever home to have a viewing staged over Facebook Live has sold after it received three offers as a...

Online estate agency Housesimple says it is aiming to sell the first home in the UK via a viewing on Facebook...

No longer just a domain for investors, developers and property traders, the auction room is now the preferred option of buying...

Around six in 10 estate agents say their experience shows that mortgage lending restrictions targeting customers aged 55 or over are...

It may still be too early to start compiling a Christmas wish list, but it is the right time to provide...

Auction rooms across the UK are filled with people looking to buy property, from bargain hunters to seasoned investors, ensuring that...

There has been another warning that older home owners are reluctant to sell and free-up family housing because of the cost...

Sheffield in South Yorkshire, which was once one of the leading industrial cities in Britain and is still recognised for its...

Bungalows are likely to be sold-off as a by-product the government’s plans to extend Right To Buy, but are unlikely to...

The average price of an apartment has risen by 60 per cent over the past 10 years, far ahead of the...