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As Conveyancers we operate in such a volatile market, where government economic policy can and has repeatedly made our professional lives...

In the current challenging market, housebuilders are increasingly looking for novel and engaging means of marketing to achieve the necessary supply/demand...

Winkworth's network completed sales for the year fell by some 19% in 2023, the agency franchise brand has revealed but it...

House prices may have slumped for most of the year but some areas have bucked the trend. Analysis by Halifax shows that...

As the temperature drops outside, it can be tempting to think activity in the market is likely to freeze out entirely. And,...

It wouldn’t be sensible to jump to a firm conclusion about the prospects of the housing market this side of Christmas,...

 Hilary Grayson is a Director at Sava focusing much of her time on the development of new qualifications to enhance skills...

Uncertainty over interest rates continues to dominate the thoughts of many working in the property sector.  Here in his latest column property...

Trading conditions in the housing market have worsened during this summer, Crest Nicholson has warned. A trading update from the housebuilder said...

 In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they review the dynamics of the property market, and the current...

The UK is heading for a further drop in housebuilding, according to the latest Purchasing Managers Index data by S&P and...

The well-being of property industry professionals has taken its toll with the economic downturn and cost-of-living crisis, with over a third...

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

The RICS Residential Survey Report for March caused a bit of a stir this week – despite the fact that it...

Blockchain property network Coadjute has secured £4m of funding as it looks to continue efforts to transform the ease and speed...

Listings are down, mortgage rates are high, regulations are becoming even more complex and already stretched tenants are feeling the effects...

The number of properties advertised for sale in Scotland has increased by 75% in some parts of the country as vendors...

The cost of living crisis in the UK has majorly impacted thousands of peoples’ plans to move home, with mortgage lending...

The estate agency job market remains buoyant despite talk of a property market slowdown, an industry recruiter claims. Agency recruitment firm Rayner...

New year, old worries: what’s happening in the housing market? We’ve asked experts and collated forecasts, 15 in total. On the one...

Usually, I enter January with a spring in my step - optimistic about what the future holds.  Two years ago, after the...

Agents are preparing to return for a full week of work as the festive period comes to an end, but was...

The most successful agents will be those who spot and act quickly on opportunities such as staging properties properly amid the...

Is it really just a year ago that we were nervously wondering whether yet another Christmas would be Covid-affected? Little did we...

House prices are set to fall by 9% over the next two years, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) claims. The OBR,...

An estate agency firm is urging sellers to resist cutting asking prices. Tom Cranenburgh, of GetanOffer, which describes itself as a quick...

House prices could fall by 10% next year as higher mortgage pricing and rising inflation dampen buyer budgets, Savills has warned. The agency...

The housing market is set to turn “sluggish” rather than experiencing a major slump, new predictions claim. Agency and property consultancy brand...

Liz Truss became the shortest serving UK Prime Minister yesterday, resigning after just 45 days and prompting a new Conservative Party...

Hundreds of thousands of mortgage applications could fail in the coming decade as lending criteria tightens amid the cost of living...

New Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has been described as a safe pair of hands who could limit the extent of a housing...

House prices in some regions of the UK could continue increasing, despite concerns over the economic downturn and forecasts of house...

The prime central London (PCL) market may escape a property downturn, JLL claims. The real estate and agency brand has highlighted the...

Rightmove insists the housing market is still moving as more lenders removed deals yesterday. Data from comparison website Moneyfacts shows there were...

Now that the industry has had the weekend to digest Kwasi Kwarteng’s short and dramatic mini-Budget, more reaction has been filtering...

There are positive signs that the country market could avoid a housing downturn, Knight Frank claims. Analysis by the agent found while...

The market is a long way off crashing but sellers are becoming more realistic, a senior agent has claimed. It comes as...

From housebuilding to planning laws and stamp duty reform, agents and property professionals were ready with plenty of suggestions for Liz...

Estate agency share prices had a mixed response to dire warnings about housing demand and prices issued by HSBC last week. The...

Hamptons is anticipating an 12% drop in property transactions across Great Britain next year as interest rate rises and the cost of...

As uncertainty, apprehension and anxiety increasingly infiltrates every aspect of our professional and personal lives, to ‘keep calm and carry on’...

The housing market is in a better position to weather a downturn than in previous economic cycles, Zoopla claims. The portal argues...

Agents have been warned that they risk letting down their clients by denying the prospect of a housing market correction. Charlie Lamdin,...

A new lender is preparing to enter the mortgage market with long-dated fixed rate mortgages in a move seen by some...

The auction industry could end up taking advantage of the upcoming downturn in the property market, because it provides the quickest...

Last week was quite a week for major trading updates, with four of the market’s biggest players announcing either half-year or...

Rightmove has been backed to weather the cost of living crisis and a property market downturn. Analysis by investment service Wealth Club,...

We are all acutely aware of the surge in demand for rental properties in and around the capital in the months...

The self-employed model, after years of not really catching on fully, was given a major boost by the pandemic and the...

We all know what did happen in 2021 - Covid and more Covid, the stamp duty holiday frenzy, a soaring rental...

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

It’s 12 years since we opened our doors with the Fine and Country estate agency in Drayton on April 1 2009. The...

Rarely do Budgets produce positive sentiments from the agency industry but Chancellor Rishi Sunak appears to have won widespread support for...

Estate agents might be expert at advising on buying and selling properties on their books but when it comes to buying...

At the back-end of last year and the start of this, the biggest news stories in town – besides debates over...

A house price index that is routinely one of the most pessimistic about the market claims the New Year will see...

Described on this site as a ‘powerful disruptor’ in March 2020, few would deny that the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted on...

Property is considered to be a safe investment. The buy-to-let market is booming, fuelled by a generation unable to get on...

House prices by the end of October were running 7.5 per cent above their level a year ago - but the...

London’s properties are “over-valued” according to a leading bank. UBS, which has what it calls a Global Real Estate Bubble Index, says...

The Nationwide says annual house price growth has recovered to 1.5 per cent. Its July house price index says the fall in...

What do General Electric, IBM, Microsoft, and WhatsApp have in common? Yes, they are American companies that boasted revenues of $50...

A survey of 2,000 prospective movers by Zoopla shows the vast majority still intent on buying - but younger purchasers’ plans...

The death has been announced of Colin Lowman, a veteran south London estate agent who had a 64 year career in...

There’s no doubt we’re in a less-than-rosy phase of the property cycle. This, however, is not another doom and gloom piece:...

A survey of sellers by a high-end agency suggests that around a third expect price falls of six per cent or...

The outlook for the housing market is still taking shape, but here I take a look at three market indicators to...

The government has temporarily suspended its official house price index as a result of the Coronavirus crisis. In a long and far-reaching announcement...

Savills has kept in touch with almost 2,000 of its vendors and prospective buyers through two mass webinars. Entitled ‘What COVID-19 means...

Investment bank RBC Capital has downgraded its rating of Rightmove and is warning that the property market is entering a prolonged...

New sales agreed have already plummeted by 15 per cent and over the next three months there’s going to be a...

One of Britain’s most outspoken and high profile agents has quit Rightmove in spectacular fashion, using an open letter to the...

Foxtons is warning that 2020 will be yet another difficult year for the agency despite the so-called Boris Bounce helping the...

Yes, believe it or not, we’ve nearly reached the end of a whole decade. And what an eventful decade it’s been. We’ve...

With Brexit still unresolved, the domestic agenda has been pushed from the headlines by the seemingly overwhelming public and political discord...

This line is one that I use a lot in my speeches and presentations, often as part of the final slide. I...

One of the industry’s leading consultants says Rightmove is in a form of abusive relationship with agents, who should consider legal...

They will be the doctors, lawyers, teachers, thinkers, leaders and captains of industry of the not too distant future, but is...

House prices fell unexpectedly for the second month in a row in July according to the Halifax - but the mortgage...

I missed the biggest property story of the week and it’s only scant consolation that almost everyone else seemed to miss it...

Foxtons’ sales slumped another 10 per cent and its total revenue dropped another 3.5 per cent according to figures released this...

It’s been reported that a Cheshire estate agent and auction house has gone into administration putting 130 jobs at risk. Around 40...

A portal specialising in prime and super-prime London property has turned perceptions of the capital’s housing market on their head -...

I hope you had another wonderful Bank Holiday weekend; only three weeks to hold on until the next one. Personally, it...

Some of the most expensive properties in London are selling typically between 13 and 21 per cent off the asking price. And...

Foxtons has revealed that its six branch closures announced towards the end of last year will save the company £3m in...

Purplebricks has become the major partner with a leading Australian rugby league team, Melbourne Storm. "Purplebricks is reshaping the real estate market...

OnTheMarket has stepped up its attack on Rightmove with a stridently-worded email to agents explaining how a drop in leads from...

A review of the housing market at present, particularly when it comes to purchase transactions, might not necessarily feel overly positive.  The...

It’s the word on everyone’s lips: after two and a half years of debate, and months before that leading up to...

It’s that time of year again where we start saying goodbye to 12 months of hard work and start looking forward...

It’s the most obvious visual medium high street agents have at their disposal, and for many decades has been absolutely pivotal...

Mortgage approvals fell again in September - this means that every month of 2018 so far has seen a drop against...

Data from HM Revenue & Customs shows some 98,400 homes were sold across the UK in September - that’s slightly lower...

A city’s housing market that suffered badly because of the collapse in North Sea oil prices is now likely to rebound...

Bank of England governor Mark Carney says a no-deal Brexit exit could lead to a 35 per cent house price crash. The...

House prices fell further this month as the slowdown tightened its grip according to he latest data from property platform Home. It...

New data reveals that new property listings have fallen for three successive months - and that includes a huge 17.1 per...

The big story to break this week in the property world was the announcement by the new owner of Humberts that...

The Law Commission has unveiled proposals that it claims could stop property fraudsters in theirb tracks and improve conveyancing at the...