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Leading UK property auctioneer Bond Wolfe has broken through the £100 million barrier for sales to date in 2024, with its...

Spicerhaart has appointed former Countrywide sales manager Victoria Kelly to lead its Land and New Homes division in the Midlands.  She has...

Overvaluations are making properties taking longer to go under offer but sales are at least finally completing faster, research suggests. Analysis by...

Annual house price growth remained at 2.7% ahead of the general election in June and was up just 0.5% on a...

Homeowners of five-bedroom properties without a mortgage could unlock almost £500,000 by downsizing, research suggests. Analysis by Rightmove highlights the cash-equity release...

Research from Zoopla shows that two-bed terraced homes are the fastest-selling property type in England and Wales, with a sale agreed...

Winkworth has expanded into the West Midlands with its first office in Warwickshire. The agency franchise brand has setup in the Regency...

The gap between what sellers want for their home and what buyers are actually paying has increased by a further 1.1%...

Welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity, our chance to salute those who do so much to help others. If your agency...

Lomond has expanded further into the East Midlands with its 58th acquisition. The brand has acquired Acquire Sales and Lettings, an agent...

Welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity, our chance to salute those who do so much to help others. If your agency...

High mortgage rates continued to weigh on the housing market in June, leaving house price growth relatively flat. Nationwide’s latest House Price...

Average UK house prices are 8% overvalued but this figure could fall once mortgage rates hopefully drop, Zoopla claims. The portal’s latest...

Vendors are now paying up to 21% more in estate agency fees than five years ago but it’s not because agents...

The average first-time buyer mortgage payment has risen by 61% since the previous election year of 2019, research suggests. Analysis by Rightmove...

Shared ownership and alternative homebuying portal Share to Buy has doubled its team in the past six months, marking significant growth...

There’s a growing ­supply-demand imbalance in the sales market according to the prominent industry asking price index, Home.  It says despite greater...

A variety of charities have received support from the property industry this week. If there are charitable endeavours you think the rest...

Price reductions fell to an 18-month low in April as transactions recover faster than prices, new industry data reveals. Figures from Hamptons,...

Savills has today upgraded its five-year UK mainstream house price forecast to reflect the stronger than expected start to the year...

Zoopla has kicked off an eight week marketing campaign to fend off the threat of OnTheMarket and to capitalise on the...

The proportion of buy to let properties purchased in Southern England fell to a record low last year, continuing a trend...

Some 36% of all homes which have had asking prices cut this year are now listed as sold subject to contract.  GetAgent...

UK house prices may be broadly static but sales volumes are up 12% year on year according to Zoopla data out...

Big demand for small properties has helped to drive growth in UK property prices in the early months of this year,...

The latest research by London lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves, has revealed that while a rental property with a...

Detached homes in Wales are the slowest property types to sell across the UK and take an average of 92 days...

Would-be home-buyers are enjoying the highest level of spring-time choice of homes in five years says Zoopla. The portal claims that there...

Regional agency Mundys has snapped up a sales business, taking its branch total to five. It currently has two offices in Lincoln...

A new analysis of the cost-of-moving suggests that the typical seller will incur expenses of £5,867 - and that rises hugely...

Lomond has announced its latest acquisition within the East Midlands, bolstering its John Shepherd brand following two recent acquisitions within the...

The gap between the costs of home ownership and renting has reached its smallest level since 2019, according to the latest...

A variety of charities have received support from the property industry this week. If there are charitable endeavours you think the rest...

Forget the Oscars, the biggest even in town last week was the Fine & Country International Annual Conference and Awards Gala. The...

Buyers and sellers should focus on their own local market rather than national house price indices, the chief executive of Properytmark...

OnTheMarket is set to bring back its popular town hall meetings with agents. It will be the first since its acquisition by...

A home staging firm that partners with estate agents to present properties has secured financial backing. Lemon and Lime Interiors has received...

Rightmove has joined growing calls for Stamp Duty reform ahead of the Spring Budget next week. The property portal has outlined three...

Properties favoured by first-time buyers are typically selling for an average of 8% or £20,300 below the local market average, Zoopla...

Average house prices fell 1.4% during 2023, Land Registry data has revealed. The latest Land Registry House Price Index for December 2023...

The total value of all homes across the UK has dropped for the first time since 2012. Research by Savills shows the...

The search for the very best of the property industry is officially on for The Midlands PROPS Awards 2024. The awards is...

A variety of charities have received support from the property industry over the past week. If there are charitable endeavours you think...

Branches may be closing but the number of estate agency businesses has increased by 2% across the UK over the past...

The total number of property millionaires fell last year as the ‘race for space’ reversed, research suggests. Analysis by Savills has revealed...

Propertymark has welcomed a move by the Government to lift restrictions on development along the abandoned HS2 route. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak...

Two estate agency businesses have already signed up to self-employed agency brand eXp’s new brokerage model just weeks after launch. Mackays, a...

Lomond has strengthened its foothold in the Midlands with its 50th acquisition since launching just three years ago. Through its John Shepherd...

The news in September that Birmingham City Council (‘Europe’s largest local authority’) had been forced to issue a Section 114 notice...

Property brand and auctioneer Bond Wolfe has recorded total sales revenues of more than £178 million for 2023. The auctions division raised...

House prices may have slumped for most of the year but some areas have bucked the trend. Analysis by Halifax shows that...

Homeowners in the East Midlands, North East, North West and Scotland may be at higher risk of property fraud, research suggests. Anti-money...

Almost three quarters of buyers are still confident about purchasing a property in the new year, while sellers are a bit...

Fisher German is aiming to grow its Midlands agency team following continued success in residential sales during the year. The agency and...

Hundreds of properties are having their asking prices cut each day, new analysis reveals as agents and sellers continue to try...

The borough of Richmond upon Thames in London has been crowned the happiest place to live in Great Britain, according to...

Regional differences are emerging when it comes to homebuyer and seller sentiment, research suggests. OnTheMarket’s latest Property Sentiment Index showed 72% of...

Homebuyer appetite has abruptly fallen across all regions this year, new data suggests. Property purchasing specialist the House Buyer Bureau measured transactions...

Asking prices for newly listed homes dropped by the largest rate for November in five years, Rightmove has revealed. The portal’s latest...

Simon Jackson is Managing Director of SDL Surveying If we look at the latest data, it looks like there is something of...

A new self-employed estate agency says it’s signed-up 30 new recruits in four months. iad - which had 20 recruits until recently...

The “ticking time bomb” of Help to Buy repayments could be set to explode due to the cost of living crisis,...

The number of homes going under offer within 30 days of listing has dropped from 54% to 38% as buyers become...

Deliveroo may have revolutionised the way we order takeaways and now three former executives from the delivery app have set their...

Exchanged prices across the UK have grown at an average of 3.8% over the past year despite ‘gloomy headlines’, TwentyEA claims. New...

Prominent industry figure Sean Newman has renewed his licence agreement with Fine & Country for five more years.  Newman has licenses in...

New data from respected consultancy TwentyEA showed that the market is proving unexpectedly resilient - and in the case of new...

The property market is unstable at the moment making it increasingly difficult for first-time buyers to get on the ladder. As a...

The property market remains ‘resilient’ with more listings and homes going under, according to the latest TwentyCi data. It comes as figures...

Cooling market conditions and the higher cost of borrowing have resulted in one property market silver lining, Moverly claims. The upfront information...

A park home specialist provider claims demand for that niche property increased significantly in the second quarter of this year. The Quickmove...

Sentiment among movers is proving to be remarkably resilient despite the challenging news in recent months on mortgage rates, inflation, and...

Midlands property group Bond Wolfe has marked its 40th anniversary with a reception for 250 guests at Birmingham’s Town Hall, where...

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

More than a third of homes have declined in value over the past six months, Zoopla data shows. It comes despite the...

Higher interest rates have already softened UK prime regional markets but cities are proving resilient, Savills claims. Research by the agent shows...

Increasing numbers of sellers are turning to auction rooms to combat the cooling housing market conditions, research suggests. Upfront information provider Moverly...

Our data shows vast regional differences in current house prices and many areas are defying the current overall national dip. The study...

Property supply appears weighted toward couples and small families, an agent has claimed. Analysis by self-employed agency brand eXp UK analysed current...

Proptech firm iamproperty has reported 40% growth in its partner agent network over the past 12 months. It now works with more...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

The race for space is reversing as more employers are calling staff back into the office. Research by agency brand Jackson-Stops has...

First-time buyers in the UK are paying almost a third more to get on the property ladder than they were five...

Leaders Romans Group (LRG) has acquired Liberty Gate, a Nottingham-based residential lettings and sales business which operates one branch in Nottingham...

Estate agents across Britain sold 5.3 homes on average each month in 2022, new research suggests. Analysis by Nested has found there...

Online agents have failed to capitalise on the cost of living crisis and have seen their market share for exchanges drop...

Annual house price growth dropped for the fourth month in a row in February and dropped further into negative territory on...

Family-run estate agency Hannells is celebrating after reaching the final of a prestigious local business awards. Launched back in 2009, the Midlands Family...

The number of home sales being agreed is now back to its pre-pandemic level for the first time since before the...

Sheldon Bosley Knight (SBK) is celebrating its 180th year with the opening of a new flagship office. The Midlands-based land and property...

New 2023 research from Open Property Group found that just 41% of homes in England meet the recommended Energy Performance Certificate...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

Agents in some parts of the UK are still struggling to sell properties that they first listed more than a decade...

The South East of England is currently most in need of an estate agency personnel boost, new research claims. The analysis, by...

The average price for larger detached homes has grown at almost twice the rate than for smaller properties such as flats...

Midlands-based land and property company Sheldon Bosley Knight (SBK) has kicked off the new year by snapping up another business. Coventry sales...

Annual house price growth slowed in December and ended the year negative on a monthly basis, the latest Land Registry figures...

Property professionals have started the year in a relatively less despondent mood compared with the end of 2022 but the market...

The number of home sellers looking to sell their home quickly in the current market has increased by 12%, new research...

Fewer first-time buyers got on the property ladder last year but there was an increase in people buying for business purposes,...