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OnTheMarket is starting to rival Rightmove when it comes to new-build stock, the portal has claimed. The CoStar-backed brand said it has...
08 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Liz Morrell meets Women in Estate Agency’s co-founder Liana Loporto-Browne Liana Loporto-Browne, managing director of LB Residential, fell in love with the...
04 May 2024
From: Features
OnTheMarket (OTM) has surpassed 15,000 advertisers for the first time in its history. The milestone comes in the first 60 days since...
25 March 2024
From: Breaking News
A recent analysis of the UK property market by Zoom Property Buyer reveals that detached houses have seen the most significant...
23 September 2023
From: Features
House prices have fallen at the steepest rate since 2009, Halifax data shows. The latest Halifax House Price Index for August suggests...
08 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Properties are taking longer to go under offer but there is no evidence of large discounts on asking prices yet, Hamptons...
14 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Industry charity Agents Together is celebrating reaching new mentorship and volunteering milestone. It has revealed that 800 free mentorships have now been...
30 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Annual house price growth has fallen for the first time since June 2020 and is now at its weakest level since...
02 March 2023
From: Breaking News
The cost of living crisis in the UK has majorly impacted thousands of peoples’ plans to move home, with mortgage lending...
04 February 2023
From: Features
Mortgage approvals for home purchase hit their lowest level since June 2020 during November, the latest Bank of England data has...
05 January 2023
From: Breaking News
The property market is ‘recalibrating’ but should be seen in context of economic events, agents are being urged. Kris Mclean, managing director...
06 December 2022
From: Breaking News
House price growth slowed annually and fell for the third month in a row during November, Nationwide data shows. The latest Nationwide House...
02 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Fall-throughs are up and the number of properties under-offer in prime London areas has fallen below the pre-pandemic average for the...
16 November 2022
From: Breaking News
The stamp duty holiday last year has caused a surge of borrowers taking on mortgages with terms of more than 35...
14 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Typical stamp duty paid by property purchasers now is actually 84 per cent more than before the pandemic and the SDLT...
25 March 2022
From: Breaking News
The last two years have been dramatic and decisive for many people and many businesses. Both have reassessed their work approaches...
08 January 2022
From: Features
High-value properties were the top-performers in the country house market in 2021, according to an agency that majors in this sector. In...
06 January 2022
From: Breaking News
In this piece, Tom Davis, press officer at Propertymark, explores the debate surrounding a locked or open-door policy, and whether the...
02 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
Record numbers of properties sold above asking price in August, agents claim. Data from NAEA Propertymark shows that despite the summer lull,...
20 September 2021
From: Breaking News
First-time buyers are £25,000 worse off thanks to the stamp duty holiday, according to estate agent comparison site GetAgent. The website revealed...
16 September 2021
From: Breaking News
The lifestyle changes triggered by the pandemic are likely to have a lasting effect on the housing market, pushing property prices permanently...
08 September 2021
From: Breaking News
An unexpected claim was made over the weekend - that the long-running stamp duty holiday was not, after all, behind the...
23 August 2021
From: Breaking News
The stamp duty holiday came and went with much fanfare. For many buyers it represented a rare opportunity to make some...
31 July 2021
From: Features
Demand for all types of houses, from terraced to detached, has more than doubled in the current housing market - creating...
27 July 2021
From: Breaking News
“There is an average of 19 buyers for every available property on the market” according to Propertymark’s latest market snapshot for...
27 July 2021
From: Breaking News
HM Revenue & Customs has warned of what it calls the “negative impacts” of the pandemic on the latest property transactions...
22 July 2021
From: Breaking News
The signs are that even with the stamp duty holiday tapering to a close at the end of the summer, the...
14 July 2021
From: Breaking News
In this week’s In Conversation Today, I chat with Fine & Country UK’s managing director Nicky Stevenson, one of the most...
29 April 2021
From: Breaking News
One in six properties sold for over the original asking price last month, higher than the proportion in February and another sign...
28 April 2021
From: Breaking News
Mental health – and the importance of good mental health – has become a vital thing for all of us in...
01 April 2021
From: Breaking News
The importance of marketing properties is something that is often undervalued. Big budgets are dedicated to selling everyday items such as...
19 December 2020
From: Features
In recent years, the extent and role of the private rented sector (PRS) in the housing market has seen significant changes. The...
24 October 2020
From: Features
A new survey of the market share split between High Street and online agencies shows that Purplebricks remains the digital market...
07 October 2020
From: Breaking News
It was officially announced last week that the UK is in recession for the first time since 2009, and although this...
22 August 2020
From: Features
A statement by OnTheMarket this morning reveals that as of the end of last month it had a record 14,000 advertisers...
30 July 2020
From: Breaking News
Rightmove says a study of some 400,000 homes on its portal has revealed that those with a coveted south-facing garden have...
29 July 2020
From: Breaking News
Emma Vigus, managing director of sales progression platform mio, in discussion with key suppliers in the residential property industry on operating...
18 July 2020
From: Features
The investment bank UBS says it’s forecasting that Rightmove revenues will be down £53m in the first half of this year. “The...
13 July 2020
From: Breaking News
There’s been a big rise in demand for new-builds since the lockdown according to figures from Knight Frank - but the...
23 June 2020
From: Breaking News
NAEA Propertymark has made a series of demands on the government in the light of the Coronavirus crisis. In a formal written...
07 May 2020
From: Breaking News
Hello, and welcome to Wednesday’s guidance and advice for agents and suppliers trying to find a way through the current crisis. If...
15 April 2020
From: Breaking News
Hello and here’s the latest daily update to help the industry through these unprecedented times. If you have any appropriate advice you...
03 April 2020
From: Breaking News
With confirmation that Section 21 will be scrapped, how can agents get ready for life after no-fault evictions? The short answer is...
11 March 2020
From: Sponsored Content
By now, most letting agents and landlords will have heard about the draft legislation laid in Parliament concerning a mandatory minimum...
04 March 2020
From: Features
As part of its commitment to promoting and enforcing high standards, RICS has launched its Home Survey Standard, which will become...
14 December 2019
From: Features
The Property Franchise Group has issued a trading statement that is upbeat on lettings but warns that the sales market has...