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The three months of May-July provide welcome news for both active buyers and sellers, and those thinking of buying or selling...
10 August 2024
From: Features
Price premiums on waterside properties are at their lowest in five years, according to Jackson-Stops’ annual Waterside Review. While waterside homes in...
09 August 2024
From: Breaking News
The Scottish housing market is proving remarkably stable according to figures from the Edinburgh Solicitors Property Centre. The average selling price of...
07 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Research from Zoopla shows that two-bed terraced homes are the fastest-selling property type in England and Wales, with a sale agreed...
05 August 2024
From: Breaking News
NOBODY does pomp and ceremony like us Brits and, wow, it was on full display in Westminster last week. Despite the prestige...
22 July 2024
From: Breaking News
As we move into the second half of the year, the property market is looking buoyant. Demand and supply are most...
29 June 2024
From: Features
Typical consumer spending on mortgages and rents increased 3.6% in April – the first increase in the rate of growth since...
07 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Sky News is reporting that up to 30 Conservative MPs are threatening to rebel against the government’s approach to ground rents...
02 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Big demand for small properties has helped to drive growth in UK property prices in the early months of this year,...
29 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Stamp duty rebates and cash to improve energy efficiency are being demanded by one of the country’s biggest mortgage lenders in...
26 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Detached homes in Wales are the slowest property types to sell across the UK and take an average of 92 days...
24 April 2024
From: Breaking News
The plight of the nation’s first-time buyers may be the focus when it comes to government housing initiatives, but our latest...
13 April 2024
From: Features
A game changer? Yorkshire Building Society launches 99% loan-to-value mortgage for first-time buyers
The Government may have backtracked on plans for 100% loan-to-value (LTV) mortgages but Yorkshire Building Society has come up with its...
28 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The number of sales agreed is on the rise and the Somerset town of Chard has become a new hotspot, Rightmove...
21 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Conveyancers shouldn’t give buyers and sellers assurances about building safety remediations unless they are confident doing so, the Law Society has...
16 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Five years ago, Lettings expert, Tim Lawler, wrote an article for Estate Agent Today charting his early experiences of setting up...
03 February 2024
From: Features
The number of first-time buyers fell by a fifth last year but this cohort still made up the largest proportion of...
31 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Parliamentary news may have been dominated by the fallout from the Rwanda Bill yesterday but another important piece of legislation also...
17 January 2024
From: Breaking News
This year has seen an ongoing cost-of-living crisis, fluctuating mortgage rates, rising rents, and the threat of falling property prices. Although average...
23 December 2023
From: Features
What will happen to house prices? Should I rent or buy? Will a Labour or Tory Government be better for homeowners....
22 December 2023
From: Breaking News
The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill passed its second reading in Parliament last night. Housing minister Lee Rowley pledged that the legislation...
12 December 2023
From: Breaking News
The long-awaited Leasehold and Freehold Bill is set to be unveiled in Parliament today. The Bill aims to make it cheaper and...
27 November 2023
From: Breaking News
The United Kingdom stands on the precipice of a historic overhaul in property ownership. With the King's speech unveiling the anticipated...
25 November 2023
From: Features
The Autumn Statement ended up being silent on Stamp Duty reforms and direct housing market stimulus but there were some nuggets...
23 November 2023
From: Breaking News
By Kevin Shaw, National Sales, Managing Director, Leaders Romans Group This year has seen an ongoing cost-of-living crisis, fluctuating mortgage rates, rising...
18 November 2023
From: Features
Three members of the Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners take a brief look at some of the trials and tribulations awaiting...
11 November 2023
From: Features
Campaigners and commentators have reacted cautiously to leasehold reform proposals put forward in the King’s Speech. The King took part in his...
08 November 2023
From: Breaking News
All new houses in England and Wales will have to be sold as freehold properties under government plans to phase out...
30 October 2023
From: Breaking News
By Kevin Shaw, National Sales Managing Director, Leaders Romans Group As the cost-of-living crisis continues to impact the UK, many of us...
28 October 2023
From: Features
Savills has expanded its residential sales teams in south west London with the appointment of two associate directors. Oliver Morley joins as...
12 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Estate agency has changed. No longer is it required to sit in a high street office working the old way. Provide a...
12 September 2023
From: Sponsored Content
Hamptons is warning landlords disillusioned with buy to let that they may have missed the top of the sales market -...
14 August 2023
From: Breaking News
It is no secret that our climate is getting warmer. 2022 was one of the six warmest years on record globally,...
31 July 2023
From: Sponsored Content
An estate agent is urging people selling their flats to have building safety documentation in place before putting the property on...
26 June 2023
From: Breaking News
Flat owners have seen their service charges rise by 8% over the past year, research suggests. A new service charge index launched...
26 June 2023
From: Breaking News
Semi-detached houses are currently the fastest-selling type of property in the UK, research suggests. Analysis of 101,126 house sale transactions by home...
12 June 2023
From: Breaking News
The Labour Party has pledged to introduce legislation within its first 100 days of Government to abolish leasehold if it wins...
24 May 2023
From: Breaking News
The proportion of new homes sold off-plan across England & Wales has slipped to the lowest level since 2013, new data...
22 May 2023
From: Breaking News
In simple terms, as you are probably aware, ‘lenders’ are the organisations who loan you something, in this case money to...
17 May 2023
From: Sponsored Content
Annual house price growth dropped for the fourth month in a row in February and dropped further into negative territory on...
20 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Property professionals have given their backing to new guidance on cladding. A webinar poll by Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS) has revealed that...
18 April 2023
From: Breaking News
THE PROPERTY market continues to hold pretty firm - despite fears voiced by many that 2023 would herald a crash in...
15 April 2023
From: Features
The number of home sales being agreed is now back to its pre-pandemic level for the first time since before the...
12 April 2023
From: Breaking News
You don’t need me to tell you that buy to let has had a torrid time of it lately. For agents trying...
10 March 2023
From: Breaking News
The latest Halifax House Price Index is set to add fuel to the fire of the ongoing market crash debate. The lender’s...
08 March 2023
From: Breaking News
The average price for larger detached homes has grown at almost twice the rate than for smaller properties such as flats...
28 February 2023
From: Breaking News
The flat market in prime central London (PCL) is undergoing a resurgence, a buying agent claims. Residential and investment buying agency London...
23 February 2023
From: Breaking News
From the 23 January 2023, the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 came into effect for multi-occupied residential buildings. This is what...
22 February 2023
From: Features
Over the last few years, the property industry has been focusing on the need to provide more information to buyers ‘up...
18 February 2023
From: Features
Property developers and policymakers have been warned about copycat cases following a Supreme Court decision this week that ruled neighbours of...
02 February 2023
From: Breaking News
The pandemic has left a “structural and lasting impact” on London’s property market, Chestertons claims. Analysis of Land Registry data by the...
02 February 2023
From: Breaking News
It has been a busy start to the year for job moves. If you want your jobs or appointments news to feature...
31 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Should commercial properties be converted into homes? I think so. I don’t mean the upscale barns becoming large houses, or the fashionable...
28 January 2023
From: Features
It used to be that you couldn’t leave home without two things. Your wallet and your keys. Time has moved on a...
28 January 2023
From: Features
It used to be that you couldn’t leave home without two things. Your wallet and your keys. Time has moved on a...
27 January 2023
From: Features
If journalists believed everything they received in their inboxes, you’d be forgiven for thinking the private rental sector was a shiny,...
21 January 2023
From: Features
The EWS1 bottleneck familiar to the new-build market has started spilling into the secondhand homes market, an agent claims. New-build homeowners have...
22 November 2022
From: Breaking News
In this feature, Jonathan Daines looks at how landlords can do their bit to make the rental market greener. Global leaders have...
19 November 2022
From: Features
Fall-throughs are up and the number of properties under-offer in prime London areas has fallen below the pre-pandemic average for the...
16 November 2022
From: Breaking News
In this guest piece, Andy Jones, Corporate & Build To Rent Director at LRG, looks at whether commercial property can help solve...
12 November 2022
From: Features
There have been plenty of new jobs being started outside of Wesminster this month. Here are some of the latest moves that...
31 October 2022
From: Breaking News
New-build buyers will save on average around £2,600 a year in energy bills, research claims. Analysis based on Government’s Energy Performance Certificate...
13 October 2022
From: Breaking News
The prime central London (PCL) market may escape a property downturn, JLL claims. The real estate and agency brand has highlighted the...
05 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Winkworth has claimed to have sold more properties than any other agent during the first half of the year. The bold claim...
08 September 2022
From: Breaking News
In a welcome return to a favourite series of mine - and a timely one at that, given the current back...
13 August 2022
From: Features
Despite all the controversy surrounding it in recent years, and various government attempts to address the leasehold scandal, new research from...
10 August 2022
From: Breaking News
A few weeks ago, we saw widespread disruption due to record breaking 40°C heat in the UK. The extreme temperatures caused...
06 August 2022
From: Features
Savills has released a revised five-year forecast for the UK’s prime housing markets, to reflect the strong levels of activity in...
05 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Prime London sales activity remains above pre-pandemic levels despite an annual drop, figures suggests. Analysis of the prime London market for the...
13 July 2022
From: Breaking News
The housing market appears almost as stubborn as now caretaker Prime Minister Boris Johnson as it continues to defy predictions of...
08 July 2022
From: Breaking News
There has been plenty of movement in the property jobs market this month. Here are some of the latest moves that took...
30 June 2022
From: Breaking News
The Bank of England’s continued rise in interest rates – the latest being a shift up to 1.25% - is, in...
25 June 2022
From: Features
Images can have the ability to paint a vivid image, but video content can take this to the next level if...
22 June 2022
From: Marketing & Social Media
It’s the fifth anniversary of the Grenfell fire tragedy, but are high rises any safer today than they were then? On 14th...
18 June 2022
From: Features
A housing analyst has urged buyers to look beyond average prices. Kate Faulkner, founder of Propertychecklists.co.uk, said she is on a mission...
13 June 2022
From: Breaking News
Prime Minister Boris Johnson recently announced that he is considering extending Margaret Thatcher’s Right-to-Buy scheme, that gives council tenants the chance to...
14 May 2022
From: Features
Houses continued to be the preferred property type for prime London buyers last month as flat sales continue to struggle amid...
09 May 2022
From: Breaking News
The property market is bracing for the start of the slowdown in the rate of house price growth. The Halifax House Price...
09 May 2022
From: Breaking News
Savills has opened its 10th office in south west London. It takes its London presence to 42 residential branches and 132 across the country...
28 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Savills suggests that London is returning to its role as the dominant element in the high end housing market in the...
04 April 2022
From: Breaking News
A leading business analyst says that house prices may appear to be defying gravity but they will soon return to normality...
04 April 2022
From: Breaking News
The extreme shortage of properties for sale has fuelled the first rise in new homes sold off-plan since 2016. In 2021 some...
28 March 2022
From: Breaking News
The industry has reacted to the Spring Statement by breathing a sigh of relief that nothing was likely to cause damage...
24 March 2022
From: Breaking News
The latest government house price data has sparked a fear that the market may be heading towards an affordability crisis. The Office...
24 March 2022
From: Breaking News
A so-called Climate Innovation District is to be constructed in central Leeds with low carbon homes at its heart. The developer Citu...
23 March 2022
From: Breaking News
A shift is occurring in the rental market across the UK. The Government is planning to reform the sector with increased...
16 March 2022
From: Features
A developer has converted a 1979s office block into flats which are now being sold as £180,000 to £215,000 work from...
10 March 2022
From: Breaking News
The market boom goes on, for now at least. In February, house prices rose at their fastest since June 2007 according to...
08 March 2022
From: Breaking News
Welcome to the latest edition of Property Jobs Today, your chance to catch up with who’s going where and why in...
07 March 2022
From: Breaking News
Yesterday we reported on how the Chartered Institute of Taxation was warning of problems with new HMRC stamp duty rules to...
02 March 2022
From: Breaking News
HM Revenue & Customs has been warned by financial experts that its latest crackdown on stamp duty abuse could make the...
01 March 2022
From: Breaking News
A financial analyst says there could be tough times ahead for the housing market, despite another upbeat set of figures regarding...
18 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Some regional property markets are perilously close to running out of any stock to sell. That’s the news from property data...
08 February 2022
From: Breaking News
A leading buying agency says that while prime central London’s property market shows clear signs of recovery, a weak area remains...
27 January 2022
From: Breaking News
An estate agency is running a competition to encourage residents to photograph badly-located For Sale and To Let boards. The Basingstoke branch...
26 January 2022
From: Breaking News
London’s super-prime residential market has recorded its strongest year since 2013, according to high end agency Savills. In total, there were 522...
17 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Strong house price growth since the pandemic began has boosted seller gains with the typical vendor who bought two decades ago...
11 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Leaseholders in lower-rise blocks of flats will not have to take out loans to remove dangerous cladding under new government rules...