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New research has revealed the areas where sellers have the best chance of finding a cash buyer. Analysis by My Home Conveyancing...

Bradford has maintained its position as the leading hotspot in the country for the second consecutive quarter, according to OnTheMarket data. The...

Buyer demand levels climbed significantly between the first and second quarters of this year, research suggests. GetAgent’s Hotspots Demand Index monitors quarterly...

Buyer demand has continued to climb during the first quarter (Q1) of the year, research suggests. Analysis by agency comparison website GetAgent...

Epsom and Ewell, Epping Forest and Dartford have been named as the top London leaver hotspots as buyers continue to move...

The number of sales agreed is on the rise and the Somerset town of Chard has become a new hotspot, Rightmove...

Buyer demand across England crept up during the final months of 2023 but remains down annually, research has revealed. Analysis has revealed...

More than 70 local authority areas have seen average house prices rise over the last year, bucking the national trend, Halifax...

London and the Home Counties have topped the list of ‘hotspots’ for potential house sales, according to a new Pre Mover...

The cities of Liverpool, Nottingham and Manchester have enjoyed the biggest house price rises since pre-Covid. Despite interest rates at a 13-year...

Savills and the Daily Telegraph newspaper have combined to produce a league table of what they claim to be Britain’s 50...

Lawyers are warning of a growing number of incidents of septic tank conveyancing negligence, which could prove costly for homebuyers. House buyers...

Do you have lots of hipsters on your books looking for a home? New analysis aims to identify the hotspots for hipster...

Agents in the North East recorded the largest increase in asking prices on listings last year, Rightmove has revealed. It comes as...

Northern Ireland has been named as a potential hotspot for money laundering. New data from anti-money laundering software provider SmartSearch has identified...

Representatives from homebuilder Barratt and Rightmove are to share tips on how first-time buyers can get on the property ladder in...

There have been plenty of new jobs being started outside of Wesminster this month. Here are some of the latest moves that...

Buyers have until 31 October to reserve a new-build and apply for Government-backed finance before the government’s Help to Buy Equity...

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

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

Agents are ‘wrongly’ relying on hard copies of identity documents to verify people’s identities in anti-money laundering (AML) checks, new research...

The last week has been dramatic even by the standards of UK politics, with a Cabinet and junior minister rebellion bringing...

There was an article in Estate Agent Today recently that suggested only four per cent of properties on Rightmove and Zoopla...

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

With Earth Day in April and Environment Day looming in June, all businesses and individuals are becoming more aware of their...

Adoption of virtual tours among estate agents remain low but new data suggests they could boost sales. Industry analysis shows just 4%...

The number of areas where the average house sale price exceeded £500,000 has surpassed 15% of Great Britain for the first...

New research has revealed the regional hotspots where Japanese knotweed has been identified. The data could be of interest to estate agents...

April looks set to go down as the busiest month for house sales of the year.  And with record numbers of properties predicted...

Rightmove has created a league table to identify where new buyer competition is hottest across the UK housing market. Across the country...

A scheme to help people to get on the housing ladder in one of the UK’s most expensive local housing markets...

Netflix’s period romantic comedy Bridgerton appears to have registered with Asian property buyers - and as a result they want to...

Identity verification service Credas claims the UK sits second in the list of global money laundering hotspots. The amount laundered - much...

The total value of all UK homes broke the £8 trillion barrier in 2021 according to Savills - and London is...

The supply of new properties coming to the market is up on this time last year in every single region of...

Rightmove has revealed the UK’s property hotspot of 2021 - where prices have risen 31 per cent in just a year. The...

New data from Rightmove has analysed millions of supply, demand and pricing data points across the property market, to assess activity...

Strutt & Parker has revealed where it believes the housing market will see the largest demand in 2022, outside of London. The...

One of the country’s leading buying agents has set out what’s hot and what’s not in London’s housing market as it...

A government report suggests that house prices are rising at three times the national rate in some rural and coastal areas...

Scotland and the south west of England have been identified as cash buyer hotspots. Analysis by Barrows and Forrester, found 27 per...

Parts of Britain are so short of homes for sale they have only half the number of listings to be expected...

One of the country's largest independent regional agency groups has been formed through an acquisition announced today. Yorkshire estate agent, Manning Stainton,...

A leading buying agent says the phenomenon of ‘buying unseen’ is the most dramatic property trend to have emerged from the...

Liverpool - where commissioners have been ordered by Whitehall to run part of the council following corruption allegations - is the...

The secure Conservative victory in the 2019 General Election meant the property market in the sunlit uplands was set for a...

London estate agency Benham & Reeves says there’s been a sharp fall-off in demand for ultra-expensive homes in prime suburbs of...

Hello and welcome to this week’s list of good work - yes, despite the virus lockdown.  Earlier this week we featured many...

A high-end estate agency which describes itself as 'the world's only global lifestyle real estate company' is recruiting new partner agents. Quintessentially...

It’s been revealed this morning that the organisation behind a new clean-air website is encouraging buyers to seek reductions of as...

No less than 56 per cent of properties across the UK are in areas that are affordable for first time buyers...

Our own industry’s upheaval over recent years has been no less dramatic than the turmoil at Westminster. The political earthquake has seen...

Gazumping is alive and well in much of the country, despite the slowdown in the property market, according to new research...

The topic of introducing rent controls in London crops up time and time again in our industry. But it’s been hitting...

Agency Express says that following a strong start to the year there’s a been a slowdown in the number of properties...

Coutts Private Bank is the latest institution to express its concern over London’s housing market. The latest Courts London Prime Property Index...

Welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today - and as ever we have a breakdown of key moves within our industry. To...

The three per cent stamp duty additional properties surcharge is to blame for tumbling house prices in some of Britain’s holiday...

It’s no secret that technology has changed the way businesses operate, in all sectors. With that has come changes to the...

Agency Express, which reported a muted housing market in February, says the pace picked up considerably last month. The board company, which...

  A new league table showing how long it takes homes to sell on average in different postcodes across England and Wales...

New analysis by credit and comparison service Totally Money has revealed the districts where the controversial Help To Buy initiative is...

What a year it’s been! Back in 2016 we had Brexit, a new prime minister, Donald Trump’s election, and so when...

The two main political parties have squared up to each other over the issue of increasing council tax on second homes...

Being a leading world-class city comes at a price – they are the most expensive for occupiers and the most lucrative...

Barclays Bank has given an optimistic view of the housing market over the next five years, with a prediction that across...

Residents in two parts of Cornwall will vote tomorrow on whether to join the holiday resort of St Ives in banning...

The property market in northern England, supported in part by the Northern Powerhouse concept, has attracted a lot of media attention,...

It seems prop-tech is exploding at a scary rate, and the latest brands are all trying to grab our attention by...

House prices grew at their fastest pace for 12 months in February, with average values increasing 0.6 per cent -  that’s...

A conveyancing firm says the buyers at former retirement hotspots such as seaside towns are getting younger because mainstream purchasers are obliged to...

The highest number of second homes in UK local authority areas exist not in the south west, the Lake District or...

A property analytics company has devised a method of calculating the ‘best’ locations in which to work as an estate agent,...

Rightmove has released market data showing that across Britain the average time it takes to sell a property has dropped from...

There’s been plenty of forecasting in recent weeks - banks, consultancies and high-end estate agents have predicted house prices in the...

A partnership between the National Association of Estate Agents and the Florida Realtors Association means up to 40 NAEA members have...