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An analysis by Rightmove reveals that the average interest rate for a two year fixed mortgage at 95% loan to value...

TV property guru, Move iQ founder and Estate Agent Today columnist Phil Spencer to be a keynote speakers at Propertymark One...

Inflation has eased to 3.2% down from 3.4%, official figures from the Office for National Statistics show, the lowest level since...

House prices fell for the sixth consecutive month in a row during September and dropped at the fastest rate since August...

Readers of a certain age may remember 1983. The Space Shuttle Challenger made its first flight, Neil Kinnock was elected Labour leader,...

Two thirds of economists expect house prices to fall by more than 4% this year while others are expecting a more...

A leading property association argues it won’t be long before we start to see house price growth slowing. According to the National...

The Bank of England has decided to raise the base interest rate from 1.25% to 1.75%, the biggest rate hike for...

The Bank of England’s continued rise in interest rates – the latest being a shift up to 1.25% - is, in...

Buyers and sellers should focus on the Bank of England’s actions rather than words when it comes to the housing market,...

PayProp’s recent Rental Confidence Index survey polled property professionals about their biggest concerns for 2022. Unsurprisingly, new regulations were a top...

The hot topic of rent controls has remerged in recent weeks, with passionate voices on both sides of the argument speaking...

Right now it seems that another day means another house price record, an all-time high for transactions, and a conveyancing log-jam...

The UK government has been told it should make the stamp duty cut permanent to encourage investment and make it easier...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak will extend the stamp duty holiday deadline until the end of June - a three month extension. The lead...

One of the chief figures behind Brexit and Boris Johnson’s role as London Mayor is now advising that stamp duty should be...

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

The number of new mortgages approved by banks fell to a six-month low in September - but the annual figure shows...

Just when you thought it was all Brexit doom and gloom, a major index shows that house prices in February grew...

As 2018 draws to a close, it is fair to say that stretched affordability and uncertainty over the Brexit negotiations has...

House price rises are now the slowest they have been for six years according to the Halifax. Across the UK, property values...

The EY ITEM Club, regarded as one of the most influential groups of economists in the UK, says it’s still “dubious”...

One of the UK’s leading group of economic experts has repeated its warning that housing market is not going to see...

The housing market “is clearly currently struggling to gain traction” and any real upturn ”will remain elusive over the coming months”...

The Ernst & Young ITEM Club - a group of economists highly regarded by politicians and some sectors of the property...

Stamp duty on property sales is gumming up the housing market, stopping people from moving to the jobs they need, and...

UK house price inflation is now running at a modest 2.0 per cent but London's housing market has recorded its worst...

Ten out of 14 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News say Brexit and economic uncertainty are likely to stall London’s housing market...

Average prices in prime central London remained flat in May but are down 6.6 per cent on the year according to...

There is no doubt that 2016 managed to catch the world by surprise on more than one occassion.  But will 2017 be...

Following a strong start to 2016, particularly in the lower to middle range of the UK housing market, that lasted up...

It is fair to say that 2016 is a year full of surprises. Anyone who had the foresight to predict Britain...

Fears raised over the UK housing market in the wake of the Brexit vote have so far proved to be ‘wide...

The huge rush to acquire buy-to-let property in the first quarter of the year ahead of the stamp duty change deadline...

The Bank of England may cut its base rate again, but probably not until November predicts a survey of 59 leading...

The sense of gathering momentum for the Leave campaign ahead of the upcoming EU referendum is causing high levels of uncertainty...

A poll of economists by the news agency Reuters says UK house prices will rise faster than inflation again this year...

A body called the UK Housing Market Observatory - consisting of economists at Lancaster University Management School - is giving a...

A new website has been launched to fight back against the attack George Osborne made in the Summer Budget on the...

In case we didn’t learn the lesson last time around, we appear to be on the brink of a refresher course...

When do we really start to worry about rising rents and house prices? Despite an apparent slowdown in house price inflation...