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The Conveyancing Association (CA) - the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry – has launched a new guide for conveyancing...

Dog-owning house buyers who want to live in areas of abundant green space in which to walk their four-legged friends are...

I was chatting to a genuine city gent the other day (someone who has enjoyed a career in suits, ties, shares...

Compared with a decade ago, today's first-time buyers are older, more likely to buy with a partner and more likely to...

After years of saving, hard work, and market watching, being able to view and make an offer on a property is...

As we enter the winter months and a traditionally quieter time for the property industry - agents are still contending with...

Homebuyers viewing properties during the winter months should be extra watchful for signs of invasive Japanese knotweed, which dies back in...

Open Property Group has carried out research which looks into where UK homeowners are moving to and if there is a...

The average rate for a two-year fixed rate mortgage has passed the “devilish” 6.66% point, figures show. Moneyfacts yesterday revealed the average...

There’s a warning today that confusion over plans to transition rural properties to greener heating systems may be deterring buyers. Trade association...

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

Average house prices have declined by their largest level on a monthly basis since the end of the 2021 Stamp Duty...

A West Sussex estate agency has unveiled expansion plans after achieving a record-breaking £112m of new home sales in the past...

New data from Moneypenny has revealed that eco features are falling off the wish-list of potential house buyers as a result...

A property expert has predicted that mortgage applicants are likely to find it 'much harder' to be approved for loans as...

An analyst is warning that the latest buoyant house price figures could be the last hurrah before a significant depression. The Nationwide’s...

The controversial conveyancing firm at the centre of an apparent cyber attack has hit back at newspaper claims that it did...

A study suggests that 70 per cent of buyers would be willing to pay more for a property with good indoor...

A new PropTech platform has an ultimate aim of allowing house buyers to select and order their interior decorations and modifications...

At the risk of mixing my metaphors, any mention of energy has become something of a blue touch paper in the...

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

As we slide into Christmas, with the busiest levels of house buying since 2006 and activity still buoyant, I don’t think...

PropertyHeads, a platform describing itself as a social network for house buyers and sellers, has a new PropTech partnership. It’s linked with...

New research shows that despite media attention and new government policies, better energy efficiency is not a key issue for the...

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

The head of one of the UK’s largest conveyancing legal practices is warning the property market could “fall off a cliff...

Potential house buyers may be fine with virtual tours during lockdown periods, but as the country opens up, people are going...

Following the fluctuation of the property market during the UK’s first national lockdown, the industry was given a lifeline by the...

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

Labour and Conservative MPs have expressed a unanimous view on their desire to see an extension of the stamp duty holiday...

Firstly, Happy New Year – here’s to 2021 being less chaotic than the last! In the final part of our series on...

Tenants, landlords, agents, and house buyers all breathed a sigh of relief on Halloween when the government announced that home moves...

It has been three months since the property market was given the green light to reopen. During this time, we have...

The threshold at which Scotland’s Land and Buildings Transaction Tax is paid by purchasers is to be raised from £145,000 to...

Who are you? I’m Craig Fenner, a Customer Success Director at Feefo.  I work directly with Feefo’s Enterprise clients to ensure they...

Two financial trade bodies say most mortgage providers will give customers who have exchanged contracts the option to extend their mortgage...

The government has at last issued extensive advice on home moving and the activities of estate agents during the continuing Coronavirus crisis. This...

The National Association of Estate Agents has given its analysis of 2019 - and it may have been a better year...

As an agent, it’s part of your role to protect and advise your clients throughout the buying and selling process. Mortgages are...

There’s been a five per cent rise in the cases of mortgage fraud as increasing numbers of house buyers appear to...

In the run up to his appointment as Prime Minister, Boris Johnson suggested that he might cut Stamp Duty Land Tax...

A timely new survey suggests that 75 per cent of buyers give at least some consideration to what their potential neighbours...

Mortgage lenders are relaxing age limits so that house buyers can still be paying off their home loan well into their...

One of the country’s most influential bodies says house price rises over 2019 will be limited to around two per cent...

An end-of-year analysis from the National Association of Estate Agents shows the state of the industry - and it confirms just...

Conveyancing regularly adds unnecessary and costly delays to the home buying process and improvement could be far quicker than any efforts...

When Facebook first announced it would be entering the property listings market a few weeks ago it sent shockwaves across the...

The government, which only recently said there would be one Ombudsman covering the entire housing sector, has announced that there is...

The EY ITEM Club, regarded as one of the most influential groups of economists in the UK, says it’s still “dubious”...

One of the UK’s leading group of economic experts has repeated its warning that housing market is not going to see...

The housing market “is clearly currently struggling to gain traction” and any real upturn ”will remain elusive over the coming months”...

The Financial Conduct Authority says house buyers need more help to find the best priced and most appropriate mortgage deal for their...

The Ernst & Young ITEM Club - a group of economists highly regarded by politicians and some sectors of the property...

Crimestoppers is working with estate agencies and financial advisers as well as conveyancers in a bid to eliminate house buyers’ deposits...

This year is going to be “challenging” for the housing market according to the influential Ernst & Young ITEM Club, a...

HMRC has refunded £185m to some 15,000 house buyers since the introduction of the stamp duty surcharge in April of last...

The fact is that most house hunters simply do not have the time, let alone the inclination, to trawl around properties...

The number of properties available to buy on agents’ books decreased to 39 last month - the lowest amount recorded for...

The National Association of Estate Agents says the number of sales agreed rose to a 10 year high in February. The NAEA...

A new report from the NatWest Bank nips in the bud any speculation that rising inflation may end the current cheap...

Most would-be house buyers have moved on from the shock result of the EU referendum and are likely to renew their...

A firm is warning of “a wave of litigation from home owners who were given inadequate advice from their solicitors or...

The average number of house hunters registered at each branch of the National Association of Estate Agents rose to 333 from 287...

The British Banking Association’s latest mortgage lending figures suggest early signs of fall-out from the surprise vote for the UK to...

Nearly three quarters of people who have sold or bought a property deem it more stressful than having a child or...

Estate agents with a difference, a twist, a unique selling point, whatever you want to call it, seem to be becoming...

Shelter has been tirelessly campaigning for longer tenancies for the last few years.  The charity has led the case for change and...

The supply of available housing on sale has almost halved in the past 10 years according to the National Association of...

House prices will soar by 50 per cent in the next 10 years according to research commissioned by the NAEA and conducted...

Connells says its sales figures for June show a 27.5 per cent rise on the same month last year.  The agency has...

The internet and rapidly evolving digital landscape has revolutionised the way people buy and sell properties. With some reports suggesting 95 per...