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

Uncertainty triggered by the new Labour Government and taxation concerns that await the 30th October Autumn Budget, have made many wealthy...

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has warned this October’s Budget will be “painful.” Speaking as MPs return to Parliament next Monday, he warned...

Super prime agency The Private Office: Real Estate is looking to score with sports stars and celebrities. It has appointed Elisha Warburton...

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

Luxury estate agent Daniel Daggers, aka #MrSuperPrime, has been named as the keynote speaker for the Propertymark Trust’s PropX fundraising event. Daggers,...

Fine & Country has been recognised as the most recommended national estate agency brand for the second consecutive year.  YouGov research among more...

Rightmove is to be the headline sponsor of ITV’s music show The Voice UK, starring veteran crooner Tom Jones. The portal says...

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...

Savills has produced a strong ‘half year report’ to shareholders - but with an interesting take on how it’s operating in...

At last! Well, they say small is beautiful and, if you’re in the property sector right now, you’d better believe it! The...

We welcome the thrust of the Deputy Prime Minister’s announcement this week on planning reform.  In particular, we support the return of...

All councils in England will be given new, mandatory housebuilding targets under planning reforms unveiled by the Government yesterday. Deputy Prime Minister...

Mandatory housing targets are back, alongside a pledge to build 1.5 million homes in the next five years. But can Prime...

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

Housebuilding, leasehold and rental reform are set to be key roles of the new Labour Government’s legislative agenda but agency regulation...

Just a week after Labour’s landslide election victory and already their top team is coming under scrutiny and being asked to...

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

Just a week after Labour’s landslide election victory and already their top team is coming under scrutiny and being asked to...

While housing is a devolved matter, ESPC hopes that the promises made by Labour in the recent general election might help...

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

The Government has dropped the previous Tory Party’s levelling up slogan. Deputy Prime Minister and Housing Secretary Angela Rayner confirmed the move...

New Chancellor Rachel Reeves has used her first speech to reinstate housebuilding targets and pledge to build one and a half...

Former senior Savills director Trevor Kearney has unveiled his own luxury agency venture called The Private Office: Real Estate, aiming to...

Property professionals have called for cross-party support and stability when it comes to housing policy under the new Labour Government after...

New research has revealed the areas where sellers have the best chance of finding a cash buyer. Analysis by My Home Conveyancing...

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

It’s all over bar the voting, so let’s cut to the chase. Labour will win on July 4, big time. Even a...

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

Gary Hersham, the founder of high-end London-focussed agency Beauchamp Estates, has been given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the property data...

Strutt & Parker has extended its National Country House Department in Scotland. Annabel Blackett, associate, has been appointed to cover the prime...

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...

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

You have to wonder who is advising Rishi Sunak these days. Months ago, Silverstone must have seemed a terrific venue to hold...

The Conservative Party’s General Election manifesto has committed to resurrecting the Help to Buy Equity Loan Scheme and temporarily removing Capital...

The Conservatives appear to have abandoned plans to reverse Stamp Duty thresholds for first-time buyers if the party returns to power...

In a week when the election campaign descended into claim and counterclaim of lies over tax plans and Nigel Farage was...

Prime property agency London House, which features in the new Netflix series Buying London, has seen a 30% increase in global...

Rightmove has criticised the lack of focus on housing policy during the first General Election TV debate this week. Housing was rarely...

Off-market property platform Invisible Homes has extended a funding round after hitting its investment target of £600,000. Originally launched in 2018 by...

Hamptons has partnered with Singapore Realtors Inc (SRI) to introduce Singaporean investors to prime UK properties. The partnership also aims to boost...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has become the latest high-profile MP to announce he would step down ahead of July’s General Election. Gove...

Knight Frank has revised its house price forecasts for prime central London (PCL) and now expects values to fall this year. The...

An oversupply of property in the £5m-plus part of the prime London property market has led to a surge of sellers...

Could it be that a politician has finally done the property market a favour? Rishi Sunak’s decision to call the general election...

Affordability is a bigger factor for buyers than the confirmed General Election, Savills claims. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has set a date...

Even the most junior of estate agents will tell you that if you are going to bet the house on pulling...

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak yesterday confirmed a date for the General Election. Voters will go the polls on 4 July, meaning the...

Online agent turned property PR guru Russell Quirk has set out his solution to solving the housing crisis. Speaking on the latest...

The Buying Solution (TBS) has promoted Will Watson as the new head of the buying agency. TBS is the independent buying consultancy...

Prime London property sales are taking longer to go through once under offer, which is creating a vicious cycle of fall-throughs,...

Savills’ “less transactional” services have boosted its performance so far this year amid a slower property market. A trading update from the...

The future of another Keller Williams (KW) market centre in the UK appears unclear. KW Prime, once the flagship market centre of...

It’s more than 100 days since global real estate tech giants CoStar Group acquired struggling property portal, OnTheMarket. If you cast your...

Winkworth has opened its fifth office in Devon – with what it describes as a prime spot in an affluent area...

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

April 22nd marked ‘Earth Day’, yet it seemed to pass relatively unnoticed within the mortgage market. While the market was once abuzz...

Yesterday we covered the story of self-employed estate agency brokerage eXp revealing three new agencies to have taken on the corporate...

Choosing the right prospecting software can be the difference between finishing the year on a high or finishing it below target. Although...

Knight Frank says it’s opened six new offices over the past two years, and hired 14 new partners, as part of...

The JLL Prime Central London Index saw signs of improvement in the first quarter of this year, with 4.5% more properties...

There’s been broad support from within the agency and wider property sectors for Labour’s proposal to build on selected parts of...

Regulated firms across all sectors will be well aware of Know Your Customer (KYC) checks and their importance in combatting financial...

The great grandson of the founder of Jackson-Stops has returned to the sales side of the industry after running his own...

A lack of urgency among buyers is hitting the higher value property markets, new research suggests. Analysis of prime London activity by...

The majority of buyers and sellers in the prime housing market will not be deterred by the upcoming General Election, according...

A luxury real estate broker and presenter for house prize draw competition Omaze is joining premium agency brand By Design, operating in...

Prime central London (PCL) property values flattened out during the first quarter of 2024 after six consecutive quarterly falls, figures suggest. Analysts...

Waiting for a General Election is risky for sellers after the so-called Boris bounce in the property market failed to deliver...

Average sold prices in prime London have returned to 2014 levels, research suggests. The latest market data from LonRes shows the prime...

As most of the regular readers of this column will know (and because I’m not shy about admitting it) – I’ve...

The prime London sales market has made a hesitant start to 2024, Knight Frank has said. Despite the agent and property brand...

The Keller Williams UK (KWUK) brand is facing yet another restructure with its leadership in the country effectively removed. KWUK spent much...

The Government’s proposal to introduce a new 1% deposit mortgage scheme to help young people onto the property ladder is unworkable...

Our latest research has revealed London’s six best performing boroughs when it comes to positive property price growth. But a wider trend...

The number of properties going under offer and new instructions are on the rise but this has yet to translate into...

Winkworth is expanding its country house operation to capitalise on demand from UK and international buyers. The operation will work from Winkworth’s...

With the exception of lockdown, new home registrations have bumped along consistently for the last 15 years. But things are changing...

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

Prime market activity hasn’t caught up with more positive sentiment, Knight Frank claims. It comes as figures from the agency brand showed...

A new service has launched to provide buyers of prime and super-prime residential properties with an appraisal of the property’s suitability,...

Savills has kicked off 2024 with two key external hires and an internal move into its country house team. James Toogood has joined...

Hamptons has made three strategic appointments aimed at fortifying its prime central London offering.  Craig Tonkin, Mark Cullen, and Mark Breffit have...

Beauchamp Estates has opened two new offices in the south of France. The prime luxury agent is now located in the luxury...

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

Prime London prices fell 6% annually over 2023 but remain higher over the long term, LonRes claims. Analysis by the data company...

Momentum within London’s £5m-plus residential market slowed in 2023, according to Savills, but sales remain well above the pre-pandemic average. Research across...

Knight Frank has revised its house price forecasts and said it now expects average values to rise this year rather than...

As Conveyancers we operate in such a volatile market, where government economic policy can and has repeatedly made our professional lives...

Savills has promoted its residential sales director Natalie Howlett-Clarke to head of its Norwich office. Effective from the start of this year,...

London agent Maskells has expanded further into the capital. Having opened its second office in Kensington and Notting Hill in 2021 to...

London’s ultra-prime housing market for multi-millionaire and billionaire buyers rose by 10% in unit sales and 25% by value of property...

Home sales and house prices may have struggled in 2023 but more affluent buyers and sellers may not have noticed. Analysis by...

Off-market property platform Invisible Homes is confident of hitting its target of 1,000 listings by the end of this year. Originally launched...

As the landscape of the property industry changes, as it has done in line with all new technologies over the decades,...

Prime buying agency Black Brick has seen cash buyers double this year. Data from the buying agent shows 66% of clients have...

The prime central London market is set for a rebound, analysis claims. Research by Strutt & Parker reveals the PCL market was...

Agents have been warned to be wary about the resurgence of Purplebricks. It comes after the online brand was taken over by...