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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...
15 August 2024
From: Breaking News
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...
13 August 2024
From: Breaking News
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
Home buyers, movers, and existing owners making energy-saving improvements to their properties can now get up to £2,000 cashback from a...
06 August 2024
From: Breaking News
More than three quarters of home buyers are ‘gazundering’—or ‘price chipping’—to reduce the agreed sale price of properties at the last...
02 July 2024
From: Breaking News
A PropTech platform that links buyers with estate agents’ off-market listings has won £800,000 in new investment. The platform is called...
25 June 2024
From: Breaking News
Buyers are being urged to be on alert about being gazumped amid a rise in the practice. The HomeOwners Alliance has highlighted...
12 June 2024
From: Breaking News
Last week, the UK’s leading conveyancing services provider, LMS, announced a five- year strategic partnership with software, data and insight business,...
25 May 2024
From: Features
Home buyers face paying up to £1m for top coastal properties although prices have dropped since 2022, research suggests. Research by Lloyds...
22 May 2024
From: Breaking News
In the fast-evolving world of property, where every click counts and every search matters, mastering the art of Search Engine Optimisation...
11 May 2024
From: Features
A landmark ruling on the affect of Japanese knotweed on property values has been overturned, which could have implications for home...
10 May 2024
From: Breaking News
UK house prices may be broadly static but sales volumes are up 12% year on year according to Zoopla data out...
29 April 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
Trade and representative bodies representing the legal, surveying, estate agency and property management sectors, including the Conveyancing Association, have launched the...
27 April 2024
From: Features
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
The majority of buyers and sellers in the prime housing market will not be deterred by the upcoming General Election, according...
05 April 2024
From: Breaking News
One of the UK’s largest mortgage lenders has reduced its upper age limit in a blow for home buyers . Halifax is...
14 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The Residential Property Surveyors Association (RPSA) has announced an investigation to uncover the tensions between developers and surveyors on snagging. The trade...
14 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Property supply and demand have rebounded since the start of the year amid falling mortgage rates but sellers are still making...
29 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Paul Hilton, CEO of leading Scottish property portal ESPC Homeowners who are considering moving on to a new property in 2024 are...
20 January 2024
From: Features
The Conveyancing Association (CA) - the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry – has announced an update to its Estate...
20 January 2024
From: Features
Home sales and house prices may have struggled in 2023 but more affluent buyers and sellers may not have noticed. Analysis by...
29 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Around half of homebuyers will continue to postpone plans to purchase a property after the Autumn Statement failed to provide sufficient...
30 November 2023
From: Breaking News
OneDome has unveiled a new express conveyancing service following a successful trial period. OneDome Conveyancing Premium Express aims to deliver a swift...
22 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Low deposit home buyers have been given a boost after product choice hit a 14-month high. Data from Moneyfacts shows the number...
14 November 2023
From: Breaking News
After months of negative messaging and anti-development sentiment, espoused both nationally by the Government, and locally during recent local election campaigning,...
19 August 2023
From: Features
Almost half of home buyers would pay a premium for more energy efficient properties, research suggests. Analysis by Barclays found 47% of...
06 July 2023
From: Breaking News
01 July 2023
From: Features
Our data shows vast regional differences in current house prices and many areas are defying the current overall national dip. The study...
28 June 2023
From: Features
Just because you don’t live in London - and of course the vast majority of people don’t - doesn’t mean you’ve...
17 June 2023
From: Features
The National Association of Property Buyers’ Jonathan Rolande gives his take on a manic week for the property market. I dearly hope I...
16 June 2023
From: Breaking News
An award-winning charity will cut the cost of homeownership in Wigan by up to £10,000, by offering buyers the chance to...
22 April 2023
From: Features
I was delighted to read recently about the creation of the first ever ‘register of logbooks’ in the UK, which offers...
06 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Mortgage lenders are ‘actively competing’ for home buyers, Rightmove claims. The portal’s mortgage expert has predicted that mortgage rates will remain flat...
05 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Trade and representative bodies representing the legal, surveying, estate agency and property management sectors have launched the fourth iteration of the...
03 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Home-movers are being warned to be on alert for ‘Friday afternoon fraud,’ which experts claim is becoming more common since the...
30 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Landmark Information Group has launched a new product that aims to help users understand the current and potential climate-based risks on...
23 March 2023
From: Breaking News
As is generally the case, we didn’t start out with solutions, we started with questions…. two, actually. The first was, ‘Why does...
09 March 2023
From: Breaking News
More than half of homebuyers have become more willing to compromise in the search for their next home, new research reveals. Analysis...
08 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Almost a third of UK home sellers are being gazundered by their buyers, many of whom are seeing their potential buyer...
24 February 2023
From: Breaking News
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
The level of new property listings and completions among agents were only slightly below 2019 activity during the fourth quarter but...
17 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Estate agents have the challenging job of creating relationships and trust with their customers, who will make crucial life decisions such...
07 January 2023
From: Features
Property professionals are hoping for calmer markets after Rishi Sunak was confirmed as the new UK Prime Minister yesterday. Sunak won the...
25 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Research by property firm Savills has revealed that a large majority (77%) of buyers say that the potential energy consumption of...
12 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Estate agents selling rural homes have been urged to provide better levels of upfront information regarding homes in the countryside that...
11 October 2022
From: Breaking News
The fallout from Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-Budget, which has spooked the markets and caused the pound to fall to record lows,...
28 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Now that the industry has had the weekend to digest Kwasi Kwarteng’s short and dramatic mini-Budget, more reaction has been filtering...
27 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Agents and other property professionals have, perhaps unsurprisingly, reacted positively to rumours of a Stamp Duty cut. Prime Minister Liz Truss and...
22 September 2022
From: Breaking News
The current period of national solidarity over the death of Queen Elizabeth II has embraced the world of property as it...
17 September 2022
From: Features
New Prime Minister Liz Truss has been urged to consider a tax overhaul to boost property supply. There have been plenty of...
15 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Record numbers of buyers have taken out fixed rate mortgages to lock-in lower priced home loans before rates rise further, analysis...
14 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Lower income households and homebuyers could start seeing their mortgage options dwindle as interest rates rise and the cost of living...
09 September 2022
From: Breaking News
From housebuilding to planning laws and stamp duty reform, agents and property professionals were ready with plenty of suggestions for Liz...
06 September 2022
From: Breaking News
In this guest piece, Kevin Shaw, National Sales Managing Director at Leaders Romans Group, looks at whether house prices will start to cool...
27 August 2022
From: Features
Two senior estate agency figures have given their views on the prospects for the property market as commentators warn that longer-term...
25 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Late last week, Leeds Building Society announced that it would no longer lend on second homes to concentrate on first-time buyers...
02 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Accessibility to charging facilities is becoming an increasingly important factor for home buyers in affluent neighbourhoods where electric vehicle adoption is...
14 June 2022
From: Breaking News
There are many myths about using virtual tours to sell or let properties. The most common perceptions are that virtual property...
28 May 2022
From: Features
A County Down-based estate agent has acquired a local rival and launched a new “stop-gap” accommodation service for buyers and sellers...
13 May 2022
From: Breaking News
Record numbers of buyers are now purchasing homes chain-free research suggests. Analysis by Hamptons has found that an increase in the share...
25 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Increasingly cautious mortgage lending could dampen the property market and cause more sales to fall-through, it has been warned. Recent house price...
12 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Agents and conveyancers have signed up to a new buyers’s and seller’s property information form that is described as having been...
04 April 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
Those aficionados of the Sound of Music will recognise the tag line above. It came to my mind when thinking about...
12 March 2022
From: Features
The Welsh Government has announced an increase to the maximum level of council tax premiums for second homes, as well as...
03 March 2022
From: Breaking News
22 January 2022
From: Features
A conveyancer has contacted Estate Agent Today suggesting that the Simplify Group IT data crisis could be the death knell for the company...
04 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Propertymark’s chief executive has rejected claims that his organisation’s housing market data inaccurately states the numbers of prospective buyers for each...
04 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Areas with the biggest house price growth of 2021 have seen the value of homes rise by three times the national...
30 December 2021
From: Breaking News
This year, Londoners purchased 112,780 homes outside the capital, the highest number since 2007. New data, from Connells-owned agency Hamptons, shows that...
29 December 2021
From: Breaking News
Agent wages have been in the news this week, with boastful claims from a number of self-employed businesses about the sums...
09 October 2021
From: Features
The property industry and its many stakeholders are key participants in a global digital transformation that has been underway for quite...
09 October 2021
From: Features
One of the leading figures in trade body Propertymark wants stamp duty to be reformed, and claims that the success of...
30 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Veteran retail chief executive John Browett is joining home setup service Just Move In as chairman. Browett has been chief executive of...
14 September 2021
From: Breaking News
HM Revenue & Customs is reported to be targeting recent home buyers after a slump in income from property taxes during...
13 August 2021
From: Breaking News
Londoners purchased over 60,000 homes outside of the capital in the first half of 2021 - and many of those buyers...
03 August 2021
From: Breaking News
Initiatives by property portal Residential People and mortgage lenders Paragon Bank and Foundation Home Loans help people to find, buy or...
16 July 2021
From: Breaking News
A conveyancing services firm is warning that buyers are making “hasty rather than considered” decisions over properties because they feel under...
07 July 2021
From: Breaking News
The government has dismissed a call for reform of the stamp duty system, which would have meant the tax would apply...
11 June 2021
From: Breaking News
A recent survey run by mio revealed that almost 50% of home movers selected their estate agent because they liked them....
09 June 2021
From: Features
I was not surprised when I came across an industry article recently citing that over half of home buyers never visit...
24 April 2021
From: Features
A consumer financial service suggests it’s already too late for most buyers to meet the latest stamp duty holiday deadline of June...
22 April 2021
From: Breaking News
A high flying agent with experience at a string of top end companies has set up an online business with his...
06 April 2021
From: Breaking News
The Law Society is to pilot upfront conveyancers’ information for home buyers and sellers. This will involve the TA6 form which contains...
23 March 2021
From: Breaking News
The property sector is in the middle of a boom and demand is high. Last week’s announcement that the stamp duty...
10 March 2021
From: Features
Rarely do Budgets produce positive sentiments from the agency industry but Chancellor Rishi Sunak appears to have won widespread support for...
04 March 2021
From: Breaking News
A prominent conveyancer has hit out at the extension to the stamp duty holiday, which is now ending in late June and...
25 February 2021
From: Breaking News
Propertymark has slammed government energy efficiency proposals as being “unrealistic, too simplistic and could deter people from moving home.” A formal consultation...
19 February 2021
From: Breaking News
The Law Society for England and Wales says it wants action now to prevent tens of thousands of transactions collapsing at...
19 February 2021
From: Breaking News
The government needs to step in to rescue two valuable property incentives before they expire at the end of March, a...
03 February 2021
From: Breaking News
One of the country’s most popular tourist destinations may ban the sale of new builds to second home buyers. The council in Padstow -...
02 February 2021
From: Breaking News
The stamp duty holiday should be extended to include properties that have exchanged but have yet to complete, a leading accountancy...
26 January 2021
From: Breaking News
In the not-too-distant future, it will be possible to order a driverless car to collect you and then drive you to...
13 January 2021
From: Features
NAEA Propertymark has written to the Scottish Government demanding it extend the current Land and Buildings Transaction Tax holiday - the...
17 December 2020
From: Breaking News
MPs lobbied by agents to extend the stamp duty holiday are staying firmly on the fence with standard answers and no...
08 December 2020
From: Breaking News
One of the industry’s leading commentators says an unintended consequence of a possible Capital Gains Tax increase could be a bonus...
13 November 2020
From: Breaking News
A new survey has been launched by the Residential Property Surveyors Association. The RPSA - which wants to rival the RICS as...