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09 August 2024
From: Breaking News
A former eXp UK agent, described as a top performer, has joined upmarket self-employed rival Moveli. Jason Scott, who has also previously...
08 July 2024
From: Breaking News
The average price of a home in Wales fell to £229,263 in the first quarter of 2024, making this the fifth...
25 April 2024
From: Breaking News
The Government’s proposal to introduce a new 1% deposit mortgage scheme to help young people onto the property ladder is unworkable...
24 February 2024
From: Features
In 1999 (yep) I set up some websites thinking I could generate leads from everyone in the world. I had an...
03 February 2024
From: Features
The property market is ‘recalibrating’ but should be seen in context of economic events, agents are being urged. Kris Mclean, managing director...
06 December 2022
From: Breaking News
A report earlier this month warned that conveyancing firms should stress test their businesses for a sharp decline in work volumes. These businesses...
03 December 2022
From: Features
I’ve just read an article saying that this is the time of the online estate agency. The time in question is, of...
26 November 2022
From: Features
The housing market isn’t definitely facing a 2008-style cliff-edge moment, Knight Frank claims. New commentary from the agent has asked if October’s weak...
07 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Agents should be getting buyers to focus on what they can afford now and in the future rather than worrying about...
01 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Mortgage rates look likely to fall after Rishi Sunak’s appointment as Prime Minister but analysts are still unsure how far the...
31 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Conveyancers are being advised to prepare their businesses for a “significant fall in work volumes.” Many firms have complained about a backlog...
25 October 2022
From: Breaking News
The share of homeowners struggling to repay their mortgages could hit the same peak levels of the 2008 financial crisis by...
13 October 2022
From: Breaking News
A property expert has warned that the Bank of England’s gloomy economic forecasts and last week’s rise in interest rates could...
09 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Interest rates made their biggest leap in 27 years yesterday, rising by 0.5% from 1.25% to 1.75%. It was the biggest...
05 August 2022
From: Breaking News
The self-employed model, after years of not really catching on fully, was given a major boost by the pandemic and the...
26 March 2022
From: Features
Peta Milne, founder of Instagram growth and PR service Monimo, and a content writer at Choices Estate Agents, recently sat down...
05 March 2022
From: Features
The Bank of England has issued a consultation on changing the affordability tests for large mortgages introduced in the wake of...
01 March 2022
From: Breaking News
For the first time since before the global financial crisis of 2008, the number of first-time buyers is estimated to have...
06 January 2022
From: Breaking News
High-value properties were the top-performers in the country house market in 2021, according to an agency that majors in this sector. In...
06 January 2022
From: Breaking News
A property finance expert is telling buyers to sit on their hands and not commit to purchases - as he believes...
22 December 2021
From: Breaking News
Annual house price growth hit 10.0 per cent last month - and is now tracking close to the level seen before...
02 December 2021
From: Breaking News
A surge in activity ahead of June’s stamp duty deadline and tight supply saw price growth in the country house market...
27 July 2021
From: Breaking News
Zoopla data has confirmed that buyer demand started to moderate in the months prior to the initial stamp duty holiday tapering...
24 July 2021
From: Features
The Halifax is reporting a 0.5 per cent monthly drop in house prices, plus a fall in the annual rate from...
08 July 2021
From: Breaking News
Banks and building societies want the government to offer more help to the housing market through additional assistance to home owners...
28 May 2021
From: Breaking News
The Prime Central London pain throughout the pandemic can be seen by new figures just released by an investment consultancy, showing...
06 May 2021
From: Breaking News
A leading analyst has told Knight Frank that the end of furlough this autumn is unlikely to kill off the housing...
20 April 2021
From: Breaking News
One of the biggest TV hits of lockdown has been the Netflix show Call My Agent! It’s a surprise success, perhaps, because...
06 March 2021
From: Features
The property market has bounced back with all of the expected resilience and flexibility that is its hallmark since it reopened...
24 October 2020
From: Features
It’s not a big rise, but price growth has returned to the Prime Central London sales market for the first time...
13 October 2020
From: Breaking News
The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, better known as the furlough scheme, was introduced by the chancellor Rishi Sunak in March to...
26 September 2020
From: Features
There’s good news from the think-tank the Resolution Foundation, which says the threat of negative equity because of the Coronavirus crisis...
02 September 2020
From: Breaking News
With the UK officially in what has been described as the single worst national recession in the world, one agency has...
27 August 2020
From: Breaking News
Savills has revealed the measures it has taken to mitigate the impact of the Coronavirus on its activities and balance sheet. The...
26 June 2020
From: Breaking News
A survey of sellers by a high-end agency suggests that around a third expect price falls of six per cent or...
02 June 2020
From: Breaking News
All my recent Natters have been focused on one particular topic, the coronavirus crisis, for obvious reasons. But there has been...
23 May 2020
From: Features
There has been much speculation about when agents will be allowed back to work, and what the new office working environment...
09 May 2020
From: Features
Where else to start? Since my last Natter two weeks ago, all our lives have changed more than we could ever...
28 March 2020
From: Features
First time buyers will constitute the largest single group of purchasers in 2019, despite the apparent difficulties of deposits and securing...
09 September 2019
From: Breaking News
They will be the doctors, lawyers, teachers, thinkers, leaders and captains of industry of the not too distant future, but is...
24 August 2019
From: Features
Savills, once a safe bet for year-on-year growth, has seen its underlying UK residential profits plunge 44 per cent with economic...
09 August 2019
From: Breaking News
There may be signs that the gloomy housing market which has hit Prime Central London for some years may finally be...
31 July 2019
From: Breaking News
The income required for first time buyers to purchase in the three most expensive UK cities has fallen slightly according to...
27 June 2019
From: Breaking News
The number of movers has declined by around 50 per cent since the halcyon days of 2006, before the global financial...
20 February 2019
From: Breaking News
The closure of Foxtons’ Park Lane office and five other branches in the capital are merely the start of things to come...
27 November 2018
From: Breaking News
New data from Barclays Mortgages suggests Britons are now likely to stay in their homes for almost 19 years between house...
07 November 2018
From: Breaking News
Countrywide is to give each of its 10,000 staff a strategy document setting out where the company is planning to be...
05 November 2018
From: Breaking News
Savills has issued its forecast for the housing market for the next five years, and while it highlights some bright spots...
02 November 2018
From: Breaking News
A recent 'red flag alert' report from an insolvency firm warned that the number of real estate businesses defined as being...
31 October 2018
From: Sponsored Content
Transactions across England and Wales in September dropped 7.6 per cent year on year while Prime Central London now sees fewer than...
23 October 2018
From: Breaking News
Prices and transaction volumes have both fallen again in Prime Central London according to the index produced by Central London Portfolio,...
01 August 2018
From: Breaking News
Maplin, Toys R Us, Carpetright, Warren Evans – what do they have in common? All are well-known high street chains that...
21 April 2018
From: Features
Property has been changing hands for centuries, but when did estate agents as we know them today – with their branches,...
04 August 2017
From: Features
04 July 2017
From: Breaking News
Since the seventies, housing starts and completions across England and Wales have been on a downward trajectory. The long run average...
12 May 2017
From: Features
There are more first-time buyers (FTBs) finding a way on to the property ladder than at any time since the Financial...
01 April 2017
From: Features
New data revealed by investment consultancy Central London Portfolio claims that transactions in prime central areas of the capital have dropped 24...
20 December 2016
From: Breaking News
As many northern cities struggled to recover from the 2008 global financial crisis, the north-south divide returned to plague the British...