Agency stock has hit a seven-year high but realistic pricing is essential, Zoopla warns. The portal’s latest House Price Index for August...
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28 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Property market conditions in the new-build sector are likely to remain subdued this year. Persimmon has claimed. An outlook in the house...
13 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Buyer demand for homes in England has hit its lowest recorded levels since 2015, according to the latest House Builders’ Survey...
29 November 2023
From: Breaking News
The property market is set for its quietest year for sales since 2012, Zoopla claims. The portal’s latest House Price Index estimates...
30 August 2023
From: Breaking News
The worst of the pricing adjustment in response to higher mortgage rates appears to be behind us, Zoopla has claimed. The portal’s...
03 May 2023
From: Breaking News
New year, old worries: what’s happening in the housing market? We’ve asked experts and collated forecasts, 15 in total. On the one...
07 January 2023
From: Features
The property sector braced itself for the chill wind of Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement this week. His pre-Budget comment that he...
19 November 2022
From: Features
Property professionals heralded the end of the low interest era yesterday after the latest Bank of England base rate hike. The Bank...
04 November 2022
From: Breaking News
The property jobs market hasn't taken a summer holiday this month. Here are some of the latest moves that took place during...
31 August 2022
From: Breaking News
In this Guides & Tips piece, Brian Murphy, Head of Lending at Mortgage Advice Bureau, offers insight into what rate rises...
18 August 2022
From: Legislation & Compliance
The latest house price index from Zoopla has suggested the market remains resilient in the face of the cost-of-living crisis, but...
02 August 2022
From: Breaking News
The property supply shortage may be easing but Zoopla has warned it will still take some time for stock to be...
04 May 2022
From: Breaking News
Demand in prime areas of London has fallen in the first quarter of the year, says estate agency Benham and Reeves. The...
30 March 2022
From: Breaking News
The founder of fledgling portal Boomin says the latest Nationwide house price index findings demonstrate that there’s no sign yet of...
03 March 2022
From: Breaking News
22 January 2022
From: Features
Another day, another house price index record. The latest, from the Halifax, shows that typical house prices increased by over £24,500 in...
10 January 2022
From: Breaking News
The average price of a house in the UK has hit £250,000 for the first time as the market shows no...
04 November 2021
From: Breaking News
The total value of homes in Britain has risen 20 per cent - that’s £1.6 trillion – in the past five...
14 October 2021
From: Breaking News
The latest market snapshot of prime London by estate agency Benham and Reeves shows demand up 5.8 per cent annually for...
07 October 2021
From: Breaking News
What estate agency is going to look like in the post-pandemic world, and what the role of the physical branch will...
11 September 2021
From: Features
2020 gave rise to an exodus from the city as work from home became the mandated norm for large swaths of...
11 September 2021
From: Features
Later this year, on October 22, the ESTAS 2021 will take place in London. The glittering ceremony will welcome property professionals...
17 March 2021
From: Features
Homeowners staying at home during another lockdown are doing more than sharing memes of groundhog day or doing family quizzes on...
27 January 2021
From: Features
Zoopla's latest figures suggest 70,000 transactions are likely to miss the stamp duty holiday deadline of March 31. And the portal says: “The...
27 January 2021
From: Breaking News
The strong house price growth experienced in recent months could soon be 'marred' by oversupply, according to Home.co.uk. The property website says...
16 September 2020
From: Breaking News
A leading agent says the government’s new Coronavirus clampdown from Monday will push more home owners to sell. Caspar Harvard-Wills, a partner at...
10 September 2020
From: Breaking News
Rightmove is warning of a conveyancing log-jam that may delay sales, despite the ongoing frenzy of activity and faster transactions for...
04 September 2020
From: Breaking News
Zoopla says while there may be speculation about people fleeing London and big urban areas for the countryside, the evidence suggests...
28 July 2020
From: Breaking News
Zoopla's Research and Insight Director Richard Donnell writes: Just over a fortnight on since the Chancellor announced the Stamp Duty holiday and...
23 July 2020
From: Breaking News
We recently issued our Zoopla House Price Index, which analyses the latest real-time trends from the sales market. In our analysis, we...
04 July 2020
From: Features
Agents have remained calm in the light of Nationwide’s house price index which shows the first annual fall for eight years...
02 July 2020
From: Breaking News
There’s been a strong rebound in demand for homes and an “unprecedented” bounce in new sales agreed according to Zoopla. The portal...
10 June 2020
From: Breaking News
Research from Zoopla suggests that demand from buyers across England surged 88 per cent shortly after the housing market reopened -...
27 May 2020
From: Breaking News
London estate agency Benham & Reeves says there’s been a sharp fall-off in demand for ultra-expensive homes in prime suburbs of...
21 May 2020
From: Breaking News
Demand for homes fell by 20 per cent year-on-year in December. There were 268 prospective home-owners registered per NAEA member branch, down...
31 January 2018
From: Breaking News
A set of figures produced by Haart suggests the market has had a difficult past 12 months - but the firm...
23 January 2018
From: Breaking News
The number of owners selling up and moving home is at its highest level since 2007 with one exception - London. The...
17 January 2018
From: Breaking News
What a year it’s been! Back in 2016 we had Brexit, a new prime minister, Donald Trump’s election, and so when...
30 December 2017
From: Features
The average home in England and Wales now sells for very nearly four per cent under its original asking price - a...
04 December 2017
From: Breaking News
The director of a respected mortgage broker is warning that market sentiment is changing with more down-valuations from surveyors and some...
09 May 2017
From: Breaking News
A housebuilder that has in the past profited from its concentration on high-end London schemes says demand for its units is...
05 December 2016
From: Breaking News
Uncertainty - even that which existed before the EU referendum just a week ago today - means demand for property has...
30 June 2016
From: Breaking News
The sense of gathering momentum for the Leave campaign ahead of the upcoming EU referendum is causing high levels of uncertainty...
17 June 2016
From: Features
More outdated office space should be converted into residential property in order to combat the UK’s shortage of homes, according to...
14 March 2016
From: Breaking News
It’s time to take a pause, to reflect and put into context—and what a year it has been for our industry...
24 December 2015
From: Features
UK house prices increase 10.5 per cent annually to an average of £224,242 - a price fuelled by the number of...
24 November 2015
From: Breaking News
Demand for homes last month hit an eight-month high according to the National Association of Estate Agents. But as individual agents have...
30 June 2015
From: Breaking News
A high-end estate agency which closed unexpectedly in April is now reported to have been hit by low demand for homes...