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Overvaluations are making properties taking longer to go under offer but sales are at least finally completing faster, research suggests. Analysis by...

Annual house price growth remained at 2.7% ahead of the general election in June and was up just 0.5% on a...

Homeowners of five-bedroom properties without a mortgage could unlock almost £500,000 by downsizing, research suggests. Analysis by Rightmove highlights the cash-equity release...

Lomond has expanded further into the East Midlands with its 58th acquisition. The brand has acquired Acquire Sales and Lettings, an agent...

High mortgage rates continued to weigh on the housing market in June, leaving house price growth relatively flat. Nationwide’s latest House Price...

Vendors are now paying up to 21% more in estate agency fees than five years ago but it’s not because agents...

Shared ownership and alternative homebuying portal Share to Buy has doubled its team in the past six months, marking significant growth...

Savills has today upgraded its five-year UK mainstream house price forecast to reflect the stronger than expected start to the year...

The proportion of buy to let properties purchased in Southern England fell to a record low last year, continuing a trend...

Some 36% of all homes which have had asking prices cut this year are now listed as sold subject to contract.  GetAgent...

UK house prices may be broadly static but sales volumes are up 12% year on year according to Zoopla data out...

Big demand for small properties has helped to drive growth in UK property prices in the early months of this year,...

The latest research by London lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves, has revealed that while a rental property with a...

Detached homes in Wales are the slowest property types to sell across the UK and take an average of 92 days...

Would-be home-buyers are enjoying the highest level of spring-time choice of homes in five years says Zoopla. The portal claims that there...

Regional agency Mundys has snapped up a sales business, taking its branch total to five. It currently has two offices in Lincoln...

Lomond has announced its latest acquisition within the East Midlands, bolstering its John Shepherd brand following two recent acquisitions within the...

The gap between the costs of home ownership and renting has reached its smallest level since 2019, according to the latest...

OnTheMarket is set to bring back its popular town hall meetings with agents. It will be the first since its acquisition by...

Rightmove has joined growing calls for Stamp Duty reform ahead of the Spring Budget next week. The property portal has outlined three...

Properties favoured by first-time buyers are typically selling for an average of 8% or £20,300 below the local market average, Zoopla...

The total value of all homes across the UK has dropped for the first time since 2012. Research by Savills shows the...

The total number of property millionaires fell last year as the ‘race for space’ reversed, research suggests. Analysis by Savills has revealed...

Lomond has strengthened its foothold in the Midlands with its 50th acquisition since launching just three years ago. Through its John Shepherd...

Homeowners in the East Midlands, North East, North West and Scotland may be at higher risk of property fraud, research suggests. Anti-money...

Almost three quarters of buyers are still confident about purchasing a property in the new year, while sellers are a bit...

The borough of Richmond upon Thames in London has been crowned the happiest place to live in Great Britain, according to...

Regional differences are emerging when it comes to homebuyer and seller sentiment, research suggests. OnTheMarket’s latest Property Sentiment Index showed 72% of...

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

Simon Jackson is Managing Director of SDL Surveying If we look at the latest data, it looks like there is something of...

The “ticking time bomb” of Help to Buy repayments could be set to explode due to the cost of living crisis,...

The number of homes going under offer within 30 days of listing has dropped from 54% to 38% as buyers become...

The property market is unstable at the moment making it increasingly difficult for first-time buyers to get on the ladder. As a...

Sentiment among movers is proving to be remarkably resilient despite the challenging news in recent months on mortgage rates, inflation, and...

Our data shows vast regional differences in current house prices and many areas are defying the current overall national dip. The study...

Property supply appears weighted toward couples and small families, an agent has claimed. Analysis by self-employed agency brand eXp UK analysed current...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

The race for space is reversing as more employers are calling staff back into the office. Research by agency brand Jackson-Stops has...

First-time buyers in the UK are paying almost a third more to get on the property ladder than they were five...

Leaders Romans Group (LRG) has acquired Liberty Gate, a Nottingham-based residential lettings and sales business which operates one branch in Nottingham...

Estate agents across Britain sold 5.3 homes on average each month in 2022, new research suggests. Analysis by Nested has found there...

The number of home sales being agreed is now back to its pre-pandemic level for the first time since before the...

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

Agents in some parts of the UK are still struggling to sell properties that they first listed more than a decade...

Annual house price growth slowed in December and ended the year negative on a monthly basis, the latest Land Registry figures...

Property professionals have started the year in a relatively less despondent mood compared with the end of 2022 but the market...

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

Fewer first-time buyers got on the property ladder last year but there was an increase in people buying for business purposes,...

Agents put 11,613 new listings live on Zoopla during Boxing Day, the portal has revealed. That is a 42% increase compared with...

Agents are seeing more instructions as the year ends but fewer properties are selling, industry data shows. Figures from property data company...

The market share of hybrid and online agents increased slightly during the third quarter of 2022 but firms are still struggling...

Buyer demand is cooling but the property sector still remains in a sellers’ market for now, new analysis claims. The latest National...

The government’s Stamp Duty reforms could provide a boost to homebuilding in the UK, a property investor claims. Real estate investor Alliance...

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

Downsizing could become more attractive to older homeowners as the cost of living crisis intensifies, Savills claims. It comes as analysis by...

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

Hundreds of homes reaching portals for sale with no supporting photos, research suggests. Estate agent media provider Giraffe360 analysed current sales stock...

Agents have a “clear opportunity” to nudge high-value homeowners who are considering listing their properties for sale, Zoopla claims. It comes as...

More than a third of England’s regions have seen buyer demand fall over the previous quarter, research claims in the latest...

Anti-money laundering (AML) software provider SmartSearch is warning of a rise in financial crime, particularly targeting smaller property firms. A survey of...

Historic agency brand Humberts is looking to have between 20 and 30 offices over the next five years as it marks...

The remaining amount of agency stock still for sale remains at the same level as last year, TwentyCi claims. The property data...

Agents have heralded the beginning of the house price slowdown. The latest Land Registry House Price Index yesterday showed values increased by...

Supply is slowly increasing but there are signs that buyers are now biding their time. Analysis by property data company TwentyCi shows...

The property supply shortage may be easing but Zoopla has warned it will still take some time for stock to be...

The shortlists for this year’s much-coveted ESTAS awards will be revealed from the end of this week. The ESTAS Customer Service Awards,...

Knight Frank has issued a stark warning that house price growth is set to slow. House price indices from lenders such as...

Some 86 Bronze, Silver, Gold and Special Awards have been presented to agents in the Guild off Property Professionals at its...

The Chartered Institute of Housing, set to unveil its latest annual housing review next month, has indicated that to no one’s...

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

The government’s heavily publicised Levelling Up initiative could benefit the UK’s overall property market by approaching £96 billion, it’s been claimed. Some...

The supply of new properties coming to the market is up on this time last year in every single region of...

Historic estate agency group Humberts - which was at risk of disappearing entirely just over two years ago - has opened...

The Nationwide has released data listing the most and least affordable locations in Britain - background information for agents. Some entries are...

House prices in the UK have ended the year of yet another record high. The Nationwide says annual house price growth increased...

Halifax has revealed the UK’s most expensive streets in 2021 - and it’s no surprise that the very dearest examples are...

The average asking price across the UK is now £43,000 higher than it was in late 2019 according to data and...

The market may be soaring in most of the country but there are still locations where significant numbers of properties sell...

The housing market is on track to record its strongest year since 2007 for transactions and house price inflation says Zoopla.  The...

The self-employed partnership known as The Agency UK - founded by three refugees from Purplebricks - has announced a major expansion. The...

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

Almost a million tenants have built up rent arrears since March 2020, according to research by National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA)....

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

Forget London, Scotland is now the fastest-moving market for million-pound properties. Analysis by Rightmove has found that million-pound homes are selling 25...

The market slowdown continues with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors reporting that new buyer enquiries have reduced for the first...

Demand for all types of houses, from terraced to detached, has more than doubled in the current housing market - creating...

Estate agency comparison website GetAgent has calculated the typical fees charged to vendors in different parts of the country. It says agents...

The pandemic and lockdowns have made over a third of those aged 18 to 34 want to move house according to...

Agents have given their backing to the government’s First Homes initiative, offering discounted houses for local people and key workers and...

A Channel 4 property TV presenter is to become an estate agent. Kerr Drummond, who hosts Coast vs Country, has joined the...

The ESTAS Awards ceremony is traditionally held each May but no prizes for guessing why this year, as with 2020, things...

The Building Societies Association says there’s been a surge in consumer confidence in the housing market following the Budget. Some 37 per...

Hello - another Monday dawns but the good news is that we can update you on the industry’s latest appointments. Everyone here...

The property sector is set to lead the UK out of its Covid slump according to Ernst & Young’s latest forecast....

Both Rightmove and Zoopla have issued new data showing how the market is changing as buyers’ aspirations alter. Zoopla has looked at where...

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

Another day, another index, another record - house prices rose 5.4 per cent annually in October according to official figures from the Office...

The sales market is currently strong but the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has issued a warning about a slowdown next...

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

We are on the threshold in December with the pandemic still dominating but we’re delighted there is still positive jobs news...