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New research has revealed the areas where sellers have the best chance of finding a cash buyer. Analysis by My Home Conveyancing...

An analysis of Rightmove data shows that sale stock levels were up 9.2% across England during the first quarter of 2024,...

Buyer demand has continued to climb during the first quarter (Q1) of the year, research suggests. Analysis by agency comparison website GetAgent...

Our latest research has revealed London’s six best performing boroughs when it comes to positive property price growth. But a wider trend...

Buyer demand across England crept up during the final months of 2023 but remains down annually, research has revealed. Analysis has revealed...

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

The London property market is facing a "bleak" second half of the year, the National Association of Property Buyers (NAPB) has...

New 2023 research from Open Property Group found that just 41% of homes in England meet the recommended Energy Performance Certificate...

Consolidation and industry challenges are among the key themes to be tackled at The Conveyancing Association’s (CA) annual conference next month...

The Conveyancing Association has set a date for its 2023 Annual Conference. It will take place in London on 7 February 2023...

New research from GetAgent has outlined where the UK’s best-performing estate agents are currently located when it comes to the price secured...

Property demand has dropped while price reductions have increased in recent weeks, data shows. Two separate pieces of industry data give new...

A major new scheme worth half a million pounds is now underway in an effort to promote sustainable investment into housing,...

Agents helped vendors sell homes at 97.9% of asking price on average last year, research claims. Analysis of portal and Land Registry...

A new housing market snapshot from Zoopla suggests that in the supply of homes coming to the market has triggered a...

It appears that new controls on property ownership may feature in future sanctions against Russia in response to its aggression in Ukraine. Prime...

Only 6.8m homes in England now have mortgages, just 28 per cent of the overall market and about two per cent...

An estate agency has revealed which London boroughs have been the busiest in terms of the number of homes sold as...

Every year we at EAT are impressed by the pleasingly political festive cards sent out by the STANLEY Chelsea agency -...

First-time buyers are £25,000 worse off thanks to the stamp duty holiday, according to estate agent comparison site GetAgent. The website revealed...

There are currently 341,419 homes across England, Scotland and Wales that have been vacant for at least six months.  Collectively, these homes...

The founder and managing director of FCS Compliance, Jerry Walters, has died suddenly. A statement from the company says he died during...

London’s housing market may be distinctly lacklustre compared to much of the rest of the UK right now but one development...

The number of transactions is scheduled to reach 1.52 million this year - way above the norm of between 1.0 and...

With property fraud on the rise and an ever-increasing number of transactions taking place in the lettings sector, having strict anti-money laundering...

Liverpool - where commissioners have been ordered by Whitehall to run part of the council following corruption allegations - is the...

An agent working for a Countrywide brand in Lancashire has been given a suspended jail sentence after being found guilty of...

A study by estate agency Coulters has revealed which areas of the country make the biggest savings courtesy of the stamp...

A leading analyst is questioning whether buyers have benefitted from the stamp duty holiday because demand has purshed up prices far...

Zoopla has revealed precisely how much house prices have risen over the course of 2020. Across the UK as a whole prices...

The Westminster government has published extensive guidance on the operation of the new Tier 4 Coronavirus restrictions in England. This includes a...

Here we are, on the brink of a festive season like never before, and approaching the end of 2020. Although a dreadful...

It now takes an average 12 days longer to complete a sale in Britain compared to a year ago - but...

A survey of completion times for house sales over the past four years suggests that the worst performing local authority area...

With the UK officially in what has been described as the single worst national recession in the world, one agency has...

Sellers in the past 12 months accepted an average of 96 per cent of their asking price according to new research. Comparison...

Suddenly Brexit Day is nearly here. It may have taken three and a half years from the Referendum but the UK will,...

Hello and welcome to a new week, and a new edition of PJT. If you’re on the move or your firm has...

HM Land Registry appears to be making painfully slow progress on digitising land charge search data - contrary to its earlier...

Data from an agency comparison website reveals that in the current market it takes well over a year for a home...

London-focussed business-to-business deal data service LonRes has acquired an anti-money laundering compliance consultancy specialising in residential and commercial property. Financial Crime Services,...

The city of Norwich has become the sixth part of the UK to switch from council Local Land Charges to digital...

Two reports have suggested London’s residential market may be damaged by Brexit - both the past two and a half years...

The town of Blackpool has become the fourth part of the UK to switch from council Local Land Charges to digital...

Hello and welcome to our weekly catch-up on the major moves within our industry. Remember, you can let the rest of the...

Yopa - the online agency with huge financial backing from Savills - has attracted a Knight Frank agent to become its...

We’re well and truly back from summer with a flurry of fund-raising to report on this week: thanks to each and...

Peter Long, the chairman of the troubled Royal Mail organisation, has stepped down from that role to focus full time on...

HM Land Registry says the full roll-out of its Local Land Charges digital register could take up to seven years, with...

Russell Quirk, chief executive of Emoov, says his agency is now one of the top seven in the UK following its...

Major auction companies continue to claim successes despite the challenging housing market. Auction House says a recent auction of London properties produced...

A US TV company is considering making a news programme about Russian involvement in property transactions in the UK and particularly London. The...

HM Land Registry has taken another step towards its aim to “make conveyancing simpler, faster and cheaper” for the general public. The...

Homes in the most expensive area of England and Wales cost 25 times as much as in the cheapest area, according...

Today we’re publishing what we think is our longest-ever list of charitable activities being conducted by agents and their supporters -...

New research by business information firm Bloomberg suggests many thousands of London’s financial services jobs are under threat thanks to Brexit...

The chronic shortage of housing supply in the UK relative to demand has been a national issue for decades. The Government...

Fraser & Co is opening a new office in the City of London, despite gloomy reports from other agencies about the...

Becky Fatemi of central London estate agency Rokstone says prime areas of the capital are to suffer a “prolonged phase of...

The highest number of second homes in UK local authority areas exist not in the south west, the Lake District or...

Research from a residential investment consultancy throws light on the extraordinary large pipeline of new homes to be built in central London,...

Zoopla Property Group is reporting record figures to the City and claims it has seen “continuous agency growth since May” as...

I’m writing this from the brand spanking new Center Parks in Woburn Forest. Set within 365 acres of lush Bedfordshire forest,...