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The Government may be silent so far on support schemes for first-time buyers but the UK’s largest lender now appears to...

HSBC UK has joined forces with the Open Property Data Association (OPDA) to help improve the homebuying process through the sharing...

The number of people moving home increased by 10% in the first half of 2024, with detached properties the most popular,...

Half of young first-time buyers are willing to consider “non-traditional routes” to get onto the property ladder. Research suggests that around a...

Given the rise of conveyancing fraud, client compliance platform Thirdfort is urging conveyancers, lawyers and estate agents to offer more secure...

Landmark Information Group has launched a new Common Ground campaign to bring the property industry together. The data company hosted an industry...

A new house price forecast by peer-to-peer real estate investment platform, easyMoney, reveals that recent optimism in the UK property market could...

John D Wood & Co has expanded its London network with two new flagship residential sales and lettings offices in Herne...

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

Lloyds Bank has issued figures showing a 28% profits plunge for the first quarter of the year - but it nonetheless...

Leaders Romans Group (LRG) has appointed its first chief technology officer. Sophia Swain has been recruited to the board-level role. She comes from...

Property blockchain network Coadjute has secured a £10m investment from Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide, Natwest, and Rightmove.  This is the first time...

Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) has become the latest member of the Open Property Data Association (OPDA), committing to help speed up...

Lloyds Bank is predicting a “more modest” fall in house prices during 2024. The lender had predicted in September that average prices...

Lloyds Banking Group has issued a slightly more positive house price outlook despite warning of increased pressure on mortgage affordability from...

Spicerhaart’s non-executive chairman John Spence has received a special achievement award after announcing his retirement from the board after more than...

In simple terms, as you are probably aware, ‘lenders’ are the organisations who loan you something, in this case money to...

House prices could drop by almost 25% ‘start-to-trough’ or by as much as 40% in severe circumstances, Lloyds Banking Group has...

Readers of a certain age may remember 1983. The Space Shuttle Challenger made its first flight, Neil Kinnock was elected Labour leader,...

It’s been a year since Housing Secretary Michael Gove declared that was “morally wrong” that leaseholders should pay to fix unsafe...

New year, old worries: what’s happening in the housing market? We’ve asked experts and collated forecasts, 15 in total. On the one...

Lloyds Bank has said it is focusing lending on “slightly better off customers” as it warns that house prices could fall...

With reform of the home buying and selling process as crucial as it's ever been, and disrupters like Coadjute and PEXA...

More than 30 agents and property firms such as auction houses and valuers were reprimanded by HMRC for anti-money laundering breaches...

Many people in recent years will have become familiar with challenger banks such as Monzo, Starling and Atom. Many will have...

Lomond Group, which says it is the UK’s fastest-growing estate agency network, has appointed Ed Phillips as its new Group Chief...

Halifax has revealed the UK’s most expensive streets in 2021 - and it’s no surprise that the very dearest examples are...

The chairman of the Commons housing, communities and local government committee has criticised the institutional bulk-buying of existing homes for denying...

The housing market could be in for a financial boost of an unusual kind as a High Street bank plans to...

Propertymark has welcomed the move by Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick to help make certain leasehold flats more attractive to would-be buyers...

Boots is the latest company to dip its toe into the water of the property sector.  Modular housing company ilke Homes has...

The trend of buyers apparently fleeing the city to get more for their money in the country has hit the buffers...

The housing market boom looks set to continue for some months yet as mortgage approvals for home purchases hit their highest...

House prices rose again in August to reach a record high level according to Halifax, which is part of the Lloyds...

The number of people moving home dropped by almost a third in the first half of 2020, as the global pandemic...

One of the country’s highest-profile mortgage lenders, HSBC, is restricting loans on apartments from today. Only buyers of flats who have a...

All my recent Natters have been focused on one particular topic, the coronavirus crisis, for obvious reasons. But there has been...

It’s been reported that the government is talking with banks and building societies about putting the housing market ‘on ice’ during the...

LSL Property Services, which embarked on a significant branch closure programme last year, has reported a 16 per cent slump in...

A trading statement this morning by LSL Property Services - owners of Reeds Rains, Your Move and Marsh & Parsons -...

Professional client account solutions for modern letting agents Letting agents will need to come up with new ways to manage client money...

Online estate agency Housesimple has appointed a company to handle its public relations and social media as it rolls it its...

LSL Property Services, parent firm of Your Move and Reeds Rains, says the company’s branch closure programme was a success with profits...

It’s unlikely to bring out the violins but the number of properties sold for £1m or more in Britain rose only...

The 100 per cent mortgage for first time buyers, which many people thought had disappeared for good, is now back in...

The National Association of Estate Agents has met with other members of a high-level government board to look at ways of...

Ilchester Place in London’s Holland Park may be the most expensive residential street in Britain - but it’s cheaper than a year...

Many existing homeowners wanting to trade up now rely on financial help from family and friends to help make the jump...

Location, Location, Location: it’s no coincidence the TV show seized on that title because the importance of a property’s position is...

Average first-time buyers in London spend double the amount paid by those across the rest of Britain. A typical London buyer now...

New data from a private bank shows a five per cent rise in the number of £1m-plus homes sold in 2017.  The...

Some 45 per cent of so-called Empty Nesters - older owners whose children have left home permanently - say they are...

A survey by Lloyds Bank has revealed that the average ‘first time seller’ requires very nearly £136,000 to bridge the gap...

Lloyds Bank has revealed a league table of the cities which have seen the highest price growth over the past decade...

The number of owners selling up and moving home is at its highest level since 2007 with one exception - London.  The...

Grosvenor Crescent, located in the heart of London’s Belgravia between Hyde Park Corner and Belgravia Square, is the most expensive residential...

Some 62 per cent of current home owners feel that moving house has become more difficult over the past 10 years...

The average cost of moving home in the UK has increased by £628 over the past year from £10,966 to £11,624...

Whenever any research is released, part of me can’t help thinking of that old adage, ‘lies, damn lies and statistics’ especially...

Homeowners ready to take their second step up the property ladder say it's harder than getting on it in the first...

The number of existing home owners moving house fell two per cent in the first six months of 2017 compared with...

New research suggests the Bank of Mum and Dad is now helping so-called ‘second steppers’ - existing owners moving up the...

Lots of people buy new-build due to the perceived lack of hassle with maintenance, as they are built to the latest...

There were an estimated 354,000 homemovers in 2016, a fall of 4% compared to the 367,000 recorded the previous year. Analysis by...

Eaton Square, in the heart of London’s wealthy Belgravia district, has been crowned the most expensive street in England and Wales,...

The average cost of moving house now is £10,996 after an alleged 26 per cent rise in typical estate agency fees...

The number of homes sold for £1m and above has risen by 12 per cent in the first half of 2016 -...

Rising estate agency fees account for more almost half of the increase in average moving costs in the past year, according...

No fewer than 174,000 people moved home in the first six months of 2016 - a rise of nine per cent...

The jobs of 32 estate agents working at a high-end chain have been saved after the firm and its assets were sold...

Some 155,000 existing home owners moved to another property in the first six months of 2015, which is about nine per cent down...

A retail guru from Carphone Warehouse, a former Lloyds Banking Group chief and a human resources expert from BUPA are amongst...

Stamp duty revenue raised in England and Wales increased by an estimated £1.5 billion to £7.7 billion in the year to...