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The smart home movement has been gathering pace for some time and connected living should be top of the agenda for...

You won’t need me to tell you, but transactions are taking a l-o-n-g time right now. Figures from a digital information service...

Homeowners need greater protection from poor quality housing amid the Government’s plans for 1.5m new homes, an industry body claims. That’s the...

The three months of May-July provide welcome news for both active buyers and sellers, and those thinking of buying or selling...

Home buyers, movers, and existing owners making energy-saving improvements to their properties can now get up to £2,000 cashback from a...

More than three quarters of home buyers are ‘gazundering’—or ‘price chipping’—to reduce the agreed sale price of properties at the last...

A PropTech platform that links buyers with estate agents’ off-market listings has won £800,000 in new investment.   The platform is called...

Buyers are being urged to be on alert about being gazumped amid a rise in the practice. The HomeOwners Alliance has highlighted...

Last week, the UK’s leading conveyancing services provider, LMS, announced a five- year strategic partnership with software, data and insight business,...

Home buyers face paying up to £1m for top coastal properties although prices have dropped since 2022, research suggests. Research by Lloyds...

In the fast-evolving world of property, where every click counts and every search matters, mastering the art of Search Engine Optimisation...

A landmark ruling on the affect of Japanese knotweed on property values has been overturned, which could have implications for home...

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,...

Trade and representative bodies representing the legal, surveying, estate agency and property management sectors, including the Conveyancing Association, have launched the...

Stamp duty rebates and cash to improve energy efficiency are being demanded by one of the country’s biggest mortgage lenders in...

The majority of buyers and sellers in the prime housing market will not be deterred by the upcoming General Election, according...

One of the UK’s largest mortgage lenders has reduced its upper age limit in a blow for home buyers . Halifax is...

The Residential Property Surveyors Association (RPSA) has announced an investigation to uncover the tensions between developers and surveyors on snagging. The trade...

Property supply and demand have rebounded since the start of the year amid falling mortgage rates but sellers are still making...

Paul Hilton, CEO of leading Scottish property portal ESPC Homeowners who are considering moving on to a new property in 2024 are...

The Conveyancing Association (CA) - the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry – has announced an update to its Estate...

Home sales and house prices may have struggled in 2023 but more affluent buyers and sellers may not have noticed. Analysis by...

Around half of homebuyers will continue to postpone plans to purchase a property after the Autumn Statement failed to provide sufficient...

OneDome has unveiled a new express conveyancing service following a successful trial period. OneDome Conveyancing Premium Express aims to deliver a swift...

Low deposit home buyers have been given a boost after product choice hit a 14-month high. Data from Moneyfacts shows the number...

After months of negative messaging and anti-development sentiment, espoused both nationally by the Government, and locally during recent local election campaigning,...

Almost half of home buyers would pay a premium for more energy efficient properties, research suggests. Analysis by Barclays found 47% of...

So much has changed in the world of property of late that it’s easy to be behind the times - and...

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

Just because you don’t live in London - and of course the vast majority of people don’t - doesn’t mean you’ve...

The National Association of Property Buyers’ Jonathan Rolande gives his take on a manic week for the property market. I dearly hope I...

An award-winning charity will cut the cost of homeownership in Wigan by up to £10,000, by offering buyers the chance to...

I was delighted to read recently about the creation of the first ever ‘register of logbooks’ in the UK, which offers...

Mortgage lenders are ‘actively competing’ for home buyers, Rightmove claims. The portal’s mortgage expert has predicted that mortgage rates will remain flat...

Trade and representative bodies representing the legal, surveying, estate agency and property management sectors have launched the fourth iteration of the...

Home-movers are being warned to be on alert for ‘Friday afternoon fraud,’ which experts claim is becoming more common since the...

Landmark Information Group has launched a new product that aims to help users understand the current and potential climate-based risks on...

As is generally the case, we didn’t start out with solutions, we started with questions…. two, actually. The first was, ‘Why does...

More than half of homebuyers have become more willing to compromise in the search for their next home, new research reveals. Analysis...

Almost a third of UK home sellers are being gazundered by their buyers, many of whom are seeing their potential buyer...

Over the last few years, the property industry has been focusing on the need to provide more information to buyers ‘up...

The level of new property listings and completions among agents were only slightly below 2019 activity during the fourth quarter but...

Estate agents have the challenging job of creating relationships and trust with their customers, who will make crucial life decisions such...

Property professionals are hoping for calmer markets after Rishi Sunak was confirmed as the new UK Prime Minister yesterday. Sunak won the...

Research by property firm Savills has revealed that a large majority (77%) of buyers say that the potential energy consumption of...

Estate agents selling rural homes have been urged to provide better levels of upfront information regarding homes in the countryside that...

The fallout from Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-Budget, which has spooked the markets and caused the pound to fall to record lows,...

Now that the industry has had the weekend to digest Kwasi Kwarteng’s short and dramatic mini-Budget, more reaction has been filtering...

Agents and other property professionals have, perhaps unsurprisingly, reacted positively to rumours of a Stamp Duty cut. Prime Minister Liz Truss and...

The current period of national solidarity over the death of Queen Elizabeth II has embraced the world of property as it...

New Prime Minister Liz Truss has been urged to consider a tax overhaul to boost property supply. There have been plenty of...

Record numbers of buyers have taken out fixed rate mortgages to lock-in lower priced home loans before rates rise further, analysis...

Lower income households and homebuyers could start seeing their mortgage options dwindle as interest rates rise and the cost of living...

From housebuilding to planning laws and stamp duty reform, agents and property professionals were ready with plenty of suggestions for Liz...

In this guest piece, Kevin Shaw, National Sales Managing Director at Leaders Romans Group, looks at whether house prices will start to cool...

Two senior estate agency figures have given their views on the prospects for the property market as commentators warn that longer-term...

Late last week, Leeds Building Society announced that it would no longer lend on second homes to concentrate on first-time buyers...

Accessibility to charging facilities is becoming an increasingly important factor for home buyers in affluent neighbourhoods where electric vehicle adoption is...

There are many myths about using virtual tours to sell or let properties. The most common perceptions are that virtual property...

A County Down-based estate agent has acquired a local rival and launched a new “stop-gap” accommodation service for buyers and sellers...

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

Increasingly cautious mortgage lending could dampen the property market and cause more sales to fall-through, it has been warned. Recent house price...

Agents and conveyancers have signed up to a new buyers’s and seller’s property information form that is described as having been...

The industry has reacted to the Spring Statement by breathing a sigh of relief that nothing was likely to cause damage...

Those aficionados of the Sound of Music will recognise the tag line above. It came to my mind when thinking about...

The Welsh Government has announced an increase to the maximum level of council tax premiums for second homes, as well as...

Will he stay or will he go? You don’t need me to say who ‘he’ is - it’s the only story...

A conveyancer has contacted Estate Agent Today suggesting that the Simplify Group IT data crisis could be the death knell for the company...

Propertymark’s chief executive has rejected claims that his organisation’s housing market data inaccurately states the numbers of prospective buyers for each...

Areas with the biggest house price growth of 2021 have seen the value of homes rise by three times the national...

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

Agent wages have been in the news this week, with boastful claims from a number of self-employed businesses about the sums...

The property industry and its many stakeholders are key participants in a global digital transformation that has been underway for quite...

One of the leading figures in trade body Propertymark wants stamp duty to be reformed, and claims that the success of...

Veteran retail chief executive John Browett is joining home setup service Just Move In as chairman. Browett has been chief executive of...

HM Revenue & Customs is reported to be targeting recent home buyers after a slump in income from property taxes during...

Londoners purchased over 60,000 homes outside of the capital in the first half of 2021 - and many of those buyers...

Initiatives by property portal Residential People and mortgage lenders Paragon Bank and Foundation Home Loans help people to find, buy or...

A conveyancing services firm is warning that buyers are making “hasty rather than considered” decisions over properties because they feel under...

The government has dismissed a call for reform of the stamp duty system, which would have meant the tax would apply...

A recent survey run by mio revealed that almost 50% of home movers selected their estate agent because they liked them....

I was not surprised when I came across an industry article recently citing that over half of home buyers never visit...

A consumer financial service suggests it’s already too late for most buyers to meet the latest stamp duty holiday deadline of June...

A high flying agent with experience at a string of top end companies has set up an online business with his...

The Law Society is to pilot upfront conveyancers’ information for home buyers and sellers. This will involve the TA6 form which contains...

The property sector is in the middle of a boom and demand is high. Last week’s announcement that the stamp duty...

Rarely do Budgets produce positive sentiments from the agency industry but Chancellor Rishi Sunak appears to have won widespread support for...

A prominent conveyancer has hit out at the extension to the stamp duty holiday, which is now ending in late June and...

Propertymark has slammed government energy efficiency proposals as being “unrealistic, too simplistic and could deter people from moving home.” A formal consultation...

The Law Society for England and Wales says it wants action now to prevent tens of thousands of  transactions collapsing at...

The government needs to step in to rescue two valuable property incentives before they expire at the end of March, a...

One of the country’s most popular tourist destinations may ban the sale of new builds to second home buyers. The council in Padstow -...

The stamp duty holiday should be extended to include properties that have exchanged but have yet to complete, a leading accountancy...

In the not-too-distant future, it will be possible to order a driverless car to collect you and then drive you to...

NAEA Propertymark has written to the Scottish Government demanding it extend the current Land and Buildings Transaction Tax holiday - the...

MPs lobbied by agents to extend the stamp duty holiday are staying firmly on the fence with standard answers and no...

One of the industry’s leading commentators says an unintended consequence of a possible Capital Gains Tax increase could be a bonus...

A new survey has been launched by the Residential Property Surveyors Association. The RPSA - which wants to rival the RICS as...

The so-called hub model of estate agency adopted by a growing number of firms appears to be part of a wider...