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Lower mortgage rates have slowed the exodus of first-time buyers from London ,research suggests. Analysis by Hamptons for the first half of...

With Labour’s election victory, a new EPC target has been announced. In mid-July, the new Secretary of State for Energy Security and...

Hamptons has appointed Chris Randall as regional sales director, overseeing the businesses South West and West London regions.  He takes over from...

Hamptons has announced a new international partnership that will launch the brand ‘in association with Hamptons’. The deal is with Italian agency...

Estate agency brand Hamptons has named a new head of residential development. Tom Hawkins, who began his career at Hamptons in 2005,...

A lack of new investment rather than landlords selling-up is causing rental market supply issues, research suggests. The latest Hamptons Lettings Index...

A variety of charities have received support from the property industry this week. If there are charitable endeavours you think the rest...

Hamptons has partnered with Singapore Realtors Inc (SRI) to introduce Singaporean investors to prime UK properties. The partnership also aims to boost...

The share of new-build homes sold before they’re complete has dropped to a decade-low, research suggests. Hamptons’ annual off-plan sales index has...

A variety of charities have received support from the property industry this week. If there are charitable endeavours you think the rest...

Price reductions fell to an 18-month low in April as transactions recover faster than prices, new industry data reveals. Figures from Hamptons,...

Yesterday we covered the story of self-employed estate agency brokerage eXp revealing three new agencies to have taken on the corporate...

An agent with 15 years experience at high end agencies Hamptons and Knight Frank has joined a self-employed brokerage brand. Sally Jane...

Connells Group has become the first estate agency brand to be named an accredited supplier by the New Homes Quality Board...

Strutt & Parker has appointed Kraig Butler as director and head of residential saes in the consultancy’s Gerrards Cross office. It comes...

The share of homes purchased by first-time buyers so far this year has been pushed to record levels, but most are...

Hamptons has launched a residential investment department led by Ashley Mason, who has returned to the brand after 12 years. Mason will...

Every year the media writes a lot about house price crashes, and often pose the question whether this is the year...

Hamptons expands into Andorra with new partnership Hamptons has launched a partnership with Roc Propietats Estate Agents in Andorra that will include...

The housing market is "turning a page" with fewer price reductions and higher achieved prices, Hamptons claims. A January market activity update...

Hamptons has made three strategic appointments aimed at fortifying its prime central London offering.  Craig Tonkin, Mark Cullen, and Mark Breffit have...

The average household in England and Wales who purchased in the past 20 years and sold last year achieved profits of...

A record 50% of homes sold in England & Wales last year were purchased following a price reduction, Hamptons analysis has revealed. The...

The last thing you want as we rake through the dying embers of 2023 is a journalist’s prediction of what’s going...

Lower interest rates and real wage growth will halt price falls next year but sales will remain lower, Hamptons has predicted  Forecasts...

The number of Londoners leaving the capital to move elsewhere in Great Britain has fallen back this year but first-time buyers...

A former Hamptons agent has moved into staging after finding she was spending much of her time helping vendors in this...

Marie Fritz, a top performer for Fine & Country in Northamptonshire has been reunited with the former chief executive of the...

Housing supply rather than the private rented sector (PRS) made the headlines during the Conservative and Labour Party conferences this year...

Agents are securing sales closer to asking price but properties are taking longer to sell, new data suggests. Analysis by Hamptons, using...

Rising numbers of property owners are dropping the asking price of their homes in a bid to secure a quick sale.  Latest...

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

Funny how time flies faster as you get older and I’m reminded that next week, (23rd September, to be precise) it...

House prices won’t fall by as much as the 1990s and 2008 financial crashes but it will take until 2025 for...

A new survey has scored the top ten national real estate brands in terms of reputation, value and customer satisfaction. Using YouGov...

I sometimes wonder just how far our national obsession with buying our own homes will stretch. First-time buyers are prepared to save...

Forget the Bank of Mum & Dad, now even siblings are chipping in to help brothers and sisters onto the property...

Hamptons is warning landlords disillusioned with buy to let that they may have missed the top of the sales market -...

Price reductions have reached their highest level in at least nine years according to estate agency Hamptons.   Some 50 per cent of...

Higher mortgage rates have replaced the 'race for space' as the primary reason for buying outside of London this year, research...

We all want more transactions - the Holy Grail when it comes to agencies’ bottom lines - but an interesting aspect...

Properties are taking longer to go under offer but there is no evidence of large discounts on asking prices yet, Hamptons...

The team behind regional agency brands Simpson & Partners and Simpson and Weekley is developing a hybrid franchise model. Andrew Simpson and...

Flat owners have seen their service charges rise by 8% over the past year, research suggests. A new service charge index launched...

Higher mortgage rates are pushing buyers to smaller homes and those that are selling are taking longer, research shows. Analysis of the...

Agency brands including Hamptons and Savills as well as property developer London Square have sponsored gardens at this week’s Chelsea Flower...

The proportion of new homes sold off-plan across England & Wales has slipped to the lowest level since 2013, new data...

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

The housing market hasn’t yet tipped in favour of buyers, new agency data suggests. Figures from 550 estate agency branches across Great...

Hamptons’ head of London private office has questioned why video has not become more widely-used in listings as he suggests more...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. Hamptons: Agency brand Hamptons has announced it...

Agents are taking almost a month longer to sell homes than last year as the market adjusts to new pricing, seller...

It has been a busy first quarter of the year for property industry job moves. If you want your jobs or appointments news...

Higher mortgage rates have meant that new buy-to-let purchases are increasingly being funded by cash rather than a mortgage, new research...

You don’t need me to tell you that buy to let has had a torrid time of it lately. For agents trying...

Last month marked the slowest February to sell a home since 2013 but prices are improving, new analysis claims. Insight from agency...

International buyers appear to slowly be returning to the prime central London (PCL) market, according to Hamptons data. Figures released by the...

Mary Beeton, head of residential sales and residential development at Hamptons is celebrating her twentieth year at Hamptons. She is part of the...

If journalists believed everything they received in their inboxes, you’d be forgiven for thinking the private rental sector was a shiny,...

Agents are marking a record breaking 2022 for fundraising and are hoping to attract more funds for charitable causes during the...

Homeowners who purchased a property over the past 20 years and sold in 2022 typically made a gross profit of more...

An interest rate drop is top of the new year wish list among property professionals, a survey claims. A webinar poll among...

Fewer buyers are leaving London to purchase property elsewhere, research suggests. Analysis by Hamptons has found that the share of Londoners purchasing...

Hamptons’ branches have been getting into the Christmas spirit with some lovely festive window displays that include plenty of tasting-looking properties. Staff...

There may be plenty of debate about going live with listings on Boxing Day but Hamptons has chosen the national holiday...

Hamptons is returning to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in 2023 following last year’s Gold win. The agency brand is sponsoring a...

From bake sales to beach clean-ups, there have been plenty of ways that agents have been giving back for good causes...

A variety of charities have received support from the property industry over the past week, from on land to under the...

Property demand has dropped while price reductions have increased in recent weeks, data shows. Two separate pieces of industry data give new...

There is a big walking theme to this week's charity exploits, showing you don't have to break too much of a...

Property brokerage and estate agency Nest Seekers International is set to reveal the highs and lows of luxury property sales in...

The results are finally in, and to no-one’s surprise Liz Truss has been named the new leader of the Conservative Party...

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

Estate agents have listed an average of 7.3 homes for sale per branch during 2022, research suggests- down 12.5% annually. Agency comparison...

A record share of buyers are leaving London to purchase their first home, research shows. Analysis by Hamptons found that a record...

Nest Seekers International is returning to UK TV screens with the announcement of a new BBC Two series. The show, which has...

There’s one message that’s come home to me loud and clear from my dealings with agents so far this year -...

Agents were busy marking the Platinum Jubilee over the past week but there was still time for fundraising exploits including tree-planting...

Record numbers of homes are being sold off-market and for a premium due to the property supply shortage. Off-market sales are traditionally...

Hamptons has created a new international department after its latest acquisition. The agent this week revealed it has acquired Venres, a specialist...

Fundraising efforts featuring bikes, boats and James Bond all feature in this week's edition of Agents Do Charity. Remember, if you have...

Former Hamptons and Countrywide executive Phil Tennant has joined US-style fast buy firm UPSTIX. Tennant has been recruited as chief operating officer...

Record numbers of buyers are now purchasing homes chain-free research suggests. Analysis by Hamptons has found that an increase in the share...

The proportion of homes sold to landlords has hit a five-year high but buyers are paying above asking price due to...

Estate agency veteran Robin Paterson has joined new ‘quick buy” service UPSTIX. Paterson, a former chief executive of Hamptons and managing director...

John D Wood - which along with Hamptons is regarded as the prime end of the suite of agency brands now...

The extreme shortage of properties for sale has fuelled the first rise in new homes sold off-plan since 2016.   In 2021 some...

An estate agent who has spent eight years working for traditional agencies has now set up his own hybrid operation, using...

Research by new homes sales service Unlatch has revealed how much cheaper energy bills are for new-builds, saving as much as...

An estate agency in the Home Counties has made two more acquisitions, taking the total number to seven independents it has...

In this piece, Leanna Donkin from house. partnership reflects on what the last year has brought for her after a leap...

Homesearch has won £5m new investment from venture capital firm Octopus Ventures - an organisation that has also backed three businesses...

John D Wood - the lettings and estate agency now part of the Connells empire - is celebrating its 150th birthday...

The Connells-owned high end agency Hamptons is to sponsor what it calls a “garden sanctuary” at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show...

Strong house price growth since the pandemic began has boosted seller gains with the typical vendor who bought two decades ago...

This year, Londoners purchased 112,780 homes outside the capital, the highest number since 2007. New data, from Connells-owned agency Hamptons, shows that...

Hello and welcome to the end of the week - an opportunity for you to catch up with charity news from...

Many agents working in the industry, whether for large corporates or smaller independents, might one day have ambitions to branch out...

Hamptons is to expand the provision of New Homes and residential development services across all of its 90 branches, after a...

The first agency to give its market forecast for 2022 and beyond has suggested an upbeat performance next year.  Hamptons says the...