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Average house prices and mortgage approvals hit new highs during the summer months, in a positive sign for the property market. Nationwide...

Of all the stories I read over the past week, there was one which really stopped me in my tracks.   It revealed...

The predictions game can be tricky. Sometimes you just don’t know whether to stick or twist. As reported in Estate Agent Today...

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

Parents are willing pay 25% extra to live in the right catchment area for a top state primary school, research suggests. New...

Agency stock has hit a seven-year high but realistic pricing is essential, Zoopla warns. The portal’s latest House Price Index for August...

Knight Frank has left the door open to revise its house price forecasts after the chancellor’s first Budget in October. Chancellor Rachel...

Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) ratings may become a bigger factor for homebuyers in the Autumn market, Rightmove suggests. It comes as energy...

Lower mortgage rates have slowed the exodus of first-time buyers from London ,research suggests. Analysis by Hamptons for the first half of...

More homeowners are preparing to put their property on the market in the autumn, Chestertons claims. The estate agency said it registered...

The new Labour government has committed to building 370,000 homes per year, but is it realistic? The housing crisis in the UK...

The Housing Scotland Bill must be changed to reflect reality. Following a recent report by the Institute for Economic Affairs (IEA) which...

Spicerhaart is reigniting its acquisition strategy with a multi-million pound investment in its estate agency and lettings businesses after posting a...

EVER since Rishi Sunak stood in the rain and effectively announced he’d soon be moving house, Labour have been saying the...

House price forecasts have improved in just one month and significantly from a year ago, analysis shows. The Treasury regularly compiles independent...

Mortgaged buyers have continued to drive the property market even in the two years since mortgage rates peaked, research suggests. Property brand...

Average asking prices for new property listings had their usual summer drop this month but Rightmove is predicting a busy Autumn. The...

Industry figure Charlie Lamdin is set to launch a new crowd-sourced Public House Price Index as he declares war against property...

The expected dip in mortgage rates following the Bank of England’s base rate cut continued this week with NatWest’s lowest price...

One key point of difference in the parties’ housing policies during the recent general election campaign was that the Conservative Party...

The smart home movement has been gathering pace for some time and connected living should be top of the agenda for...

I have been an agent for 25 years and have represented a large corporate agency and Anderson Rose (my own independent...

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

When I first started working as an estate agent there was one thing I never saw coming… and that was having...

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

Inflation has increased for the first time this year during July, dashing hopes of a further interest rate cut. The rate of...

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...

NatWest and Santander are the latest mortgage lenders to unveil rate cuts. The lenders have revealed lower mortgage pricing from this morning...

A new estate agency in Hampshire is celebrating expansion after securing more than £40m of property listings in its first half...

The director of a London estate agency claims a buyer needs an income of £100,000 a year to purchase a home...

The latest prime London market snapshot from Knight Frank suggests muted activity so far this summer and warns of possible hesitancy...

The three months of May-July provide welcome news for both active buyers and sellers, and those thinking of buying or selling...

A prominent westcountry agent has joined Moveli, which operates the self-employed broker model. Jonathan Mowday, previously of Stags in Devon, has joined...

The Competition and Markets Authority has raised an unusual issue concerning Barratt’s £2.5 billion deal to buy rival house builder Redrow...

Price premiums on waterside properties are at their lowest in five years, according to Jackson-Stops’ annual Waterside Review.  While waterside homes in...

A prominent financial analyst is warning that the hopes for a housing market resurgence over the autumn could be derailed by...

The latest RICS Residential Property Survey found the UK's residential property sector brightened slightly in July.  Average mortgage rates lowered slightly during...

The share price of Rightmove dropped some 6% yesterday on the back of an announcement that it was terminating the listings...

The Scottish housing market is proving remarkably stable according to figures from the Edinburgh Solicitors Property Centre. The average selling price of...

A building society is calling for stamp duty reforms to incentivise downsizing. A statement from the Suffolk Building Society says it believes...

Some 74% of developers believe that the government setting targets for councils would be the key to unlocking planning issues faced...

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

Estate agents are braced for a busy Autumn selling season after the first interest rate cut since March 2020. The Bank of...

House price growth hit its highest level for almost two years during July, Nationwide data shows. The latest Nationwide House Price Index...

The majority of UK adults find buying a home more stressful than selling but many are unaware of who an estate...

The UK housing market is heating up, with buyers now agreeing to pay 96.8% of asking price, Zoopla claims. The figure is...

Estate agents remain largely split on whether Labour’s General Election win will be positive for the housing market.  A survey of almost...

An increase in agents, fees and rising take-up of its extra packages contributed to a 6% annual rise in average revenue...

Conveyancing fees are rising but remain below highs of pandemic during the Stamp Duty holiday, research suggests. Comparison website reallymoving’s latest Conveyancing...

Best buy mortgage rates have fallen below 4% for the first time since the start of the year. Nationwide is the first...

HSBC has promised rate cuts this week as mortgage pricing continues to drop, but it is unclear how much further pricing...

Zoopla has invested in new online content and personalised emails using artificial intelligence to drive demand for estate agents. The portal said...

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

NOBODY does pomp and ceremony like us Brits and, wow, it was on full display in Westminster last week. Despite the prestige...

Two years of rising interest rates, the withdrawal of first-time buyer support, planning delays and a string of broken promises has...

We all know what defines a successful community: not just a range of homes to address a range of requirements, but...

Zoopla has been named as the official data partner of the latest series of popular Channel 4 programme ‘Worst House on...

There’s been a “substantial rise” in landlords exiting the market or downsizing their portfolios, analysis by TwentyEA has found.   Figures from the...

The rate of inflation held steady last month, raising hopes that the Bank of England will give homebuyers a boost with...

Agents in the East of England could face the toughest task filling the void left by first-time buyer Stamp Duty relief...

CoStar’s acquisition of OnTheMarket (OTM) may already be bearing fruit, a proptech firm claims. Lead generation management provider Agent Response, which filters...

Competition from Dubai and concerns about taxation under the new Labour Government have led the world’s super-rich to spend less and...

Asking prices dropped at the start of July as estate agents and sellers attempted to attracted buyers who have been distracted...

It's more than a week since we saw the removal vans enter Downing St and Labour’s promise to hit the ground...

The UK sales and lettings markets are in a state of flux, but an upcoming webinar from Reapit, the leading technology...

The General Election sparked an early summer slowdown for London’s prime housing market, research suggests. Analysis of the prime London housing market...

Sentiment about sales volumes among surveyors and estate agents is at its most upbeat level for more than two years and...

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

A lack of supply and mortgage affordability remains a challenge for buyers as average house prices dipped slightly on a monthly...

Heidi Shackell, chief executive officer at The Lettings Hub said: “The General Election, called in May, halted progress of the Renters'...

As mortgage rates remain high, estate agents report that housing market conditions continue to be demanding. A 0.1% fall in the average...

Homebuyers plan to make their homes more energy efficient in the hope of securing more favourable mortgage deals and boosting their...

Price growth has been put on hold at the top of the market during the second quarter of 2024 given uncertainty...

Agency sales supply and demand dipped in May as buyers and sellers await the election outcome, Propertymark members claim. The agency trade...

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

More than three quarters of home buyers are ‘gazundering’—or ‘price chipping’—to reduce the agreed sale price of properties at the last...

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

Residential sales have returned to more than 90% of their pre-pandemic average, Savills claims. It comes as the latest HMRC property transaction...

As we move into the second half of the year, the property market is looking buoyant. Demand and supply are most...

We frequently read about how the traditional form of urban BTR has inspired the more recent model, suburban BTR. Our own...

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

Gaps between buyer and seller expectations have spread into the auction sector. The issue has become common among estate agents dealing with...

Affordability concerns are prompting many first-time buyers to consider moving more than 30 miles on average from their preferred location to...

The recent dip in inflation to 2% for the first time in three years brings a glimmer of optimism in the...

At least 18m homes have an energy performance certificate (EPC) rating of D or below, pushing up gas and electricity bills...

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

Two property consultancies say outdoor space should have a separate value to the rest of the home when it goes on...

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

In the later stages of an election when the Conservatives’ best chance of success is forcing an own goal by Labour,...

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

Google can be a very costly source for marketing but there are ways to keep a tight lid on your budget...

Average UK house prices rose for a second month in a row during April, Land Registry data shows. The latest Land Registry...

The rate of inflation slowed to 2% in May, hitting the Bank of England’s target. Data from the Office for National Statistics...

The latest inflation figures this morning are expected to show that the cost of living measure has slowed to the Bank...

Almost half of properties sold in prime central London (PCL) this year had a price reduction, research suggests. The latest data from...

It is currently one of the best times to be a homebuyer, Knight Frank claims. The agency brand has highlighted that a...

Average asking prices had their usual seasonal dip this month, dropping by just £21 to £375,110, according to Rightmove data. The portal’s...

The UK housing market has returned to its pre-pandemic size, Savills claims. Research by the agency brand suggests the total value of...

Having spent more than three decades working in the property sector, I’ve come to the conclusion I’ve pretty much seen it...

The average price of detached homes in Edinburgh has risen by almost £1,500 a week according to analysis of the latest...