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Sellers are still being lowballed by their buyer having previously accepted a higher offer, research suggests. A survey of more than 1,000...

Homebuyer appetite has abruptly fallen across all regions this year, new data suggests. Property purchasing specialist the House Buyer Bureau measured transactions...

The number of property transactions estimated to have collapsed across the UK market has started to climb after two quarters in...

Almost a third of homes sold across Britain have been purchased by a cash buyer, new research shows. Analysis of the latest...

A large proportion of sellers have admitted to hiding problematic parts of their property from potential buyers. A survey of more than...

The majority of buyers would offer less for a property or even pull-out of a transaction if they discovered a nightmare...

New research aims to address the age-old debate of which generation has it worse when it comes to housing affordability. Quick-buy firm...

Sale stock levels have surged by 15% since the start of the year due to the ‘stagnant market,’ research claims. Quick-buy firm...

Fall-throughs are at their lowest quarterly level since the start of 2019, new data suggests. Analysis by House Buyer Bureau has found...

The number of fall-throughs declined during the final three months of 2022 but this trend may not last, new data suggests. Analysis...

Almost a third of UK home sellers are being gazundered by their buyers, many of whom are seeing their potential buyer...

Vendors are cutting asking prices by as much as 20% on average to secure a sale, new research claims. Quick-buy firm House...

The number of home sellers looking to sell their home quickly in the current market has increased by 12%, new research...

The number of fall-throughs hit a five-year high during the third quarter of 2022, research suggests. Analysis of TwentyCi fall through data...

The level of property sales fell by a quarter in the first half of this year in what is being described...

The number of property sales falling through has increased for the first time since the height of the pandemic market boom...

Properties that are slow to sell are typically commanding a discount of up to 17% off England’s average house price, research...

Properties are being down valued by up to 5% in some areas of the UK in the sign of a housing...

Inflation remains a bigger concern to homeowners than house prices but potential vendors may get sensitive if prices drop, research suggests. A...

Homes that agents are putting back on the market after a fall-through are being relisted for as much as £21,000 cheaper,...

Estate agents and sellers could be set to benefit from fewer fall-throughs this year but the costs of a collapsed sale...

Buyer issues have been cited as the main cause of fall-throughs, according to new research. A survey of more than 940 agents,...

Mortgage brokers have warned that an increase in downvaluations is starting to hit the property market. Lenders and their valuers are cutting...

The typical time taken to sell a property has got so long that people could learn a language before a transaction...

The overwhelming majority of buyers want the gazumping to be made illegal, a poll shows. Some 89 per cent think it’s wrong...

With 2022 swiftly approaching, businesses in the property industry are likely to be reflecting on the trials and tribulations that have...

Agents are being urged to be more open to new methods of stopping deals falling through. HBB Solutions - a part exchange...

At first glance, Rishi Sunak’s Budget speech earlier this week didn’t offer much from a property perspective. But digging down a little...

It’s certainly the case that awareness of part exchange isn’t very high in the property and agency world, despite the potential...

Estate agents are being urged to future-proof and diversify by linking with retirement developers via part-exchange services. Property investment service HBB Solutions...

The already-high fall-through rate for transactions is likely to be supercharged by the impending end of the tapered stamp duty holiday...

By any measure, the housing market has been unprecedently busy in recent months, fuelled not just by the stamp duty holiday...

Agents should prepare for a surge in fall throughs and collapsed sales thanks to the first stamp duty holiday period expiring...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Well I rarely use them now! Chris Hodgkinson, Managing Director What...