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

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

New figures from Connells suggest the company remains Britain’s biggest estate agent, handling one in 10 transactions. And in its latest report...

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

Agency stock has hit a three-year high but sales expectations have dipped as hopes of an imminent interest rate cut fade,...

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

Further adjustments in house prices are needed to match valuations with market expectations, Propertymark has warned. It comes as the agency trade...

Paul Hilton, CEO of leading Scottish property portal ESPC Homeowners who are considering moving on to a new property in 2024 are...

House prices increased for the second consecutive month in November, according to Halifax. The lender’s latest House Price Index recorded monthly growth...

The number of agents reporting listings selling for under asking price has hit its highest level this year as Propertymark warns...

The latest market snapshot from Propertymark suggests a more pessimistic view of the market. The trade body’s latest Housing Insight report says...

We might be at the start of an improving housing market, suggests Propertymark. In its latest market snapshot, concentrating mostly on August,...

The Halifax is warning that house price falls will continue into 2024. It cautions that price drops will be “gradual, rather than...

A standoff between sellers looking back at the 2021 and 2022 markets and buyers anticipating a weaker one is stifling the...

Estate agent comparison site GetAgent has handed a lifeline to struggling Purplebricks sellers. It has announced that it will give home sellers...

Agents are continuing to secure instructions and sales but transactions are mainly being done below asking price, data suggests. Agency trade body...

Pattinson Auction has gone international by opening up in Spain. After growing its UK portfolio to almost 3,000 partner agents, it will...

Estate agents have brought more homes to market this month compared with January but February instruction figures are not as high...

We are now well into 2023 and, while there have been a huge number of steps taken towards a digital future...

Would-be buyers are looking to the rental market as they pause their property purchase plans until there is clarity on mortgage...

The property sector braced itself for the chill wind of Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement this week. His pre-Budget comment that he...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt warned tough times were coming ahead of his Autumn Statement yesterday and agents were left with plenty to...

In this guest piece, Andy Jones, Corporate & Build To Rent Director at LRG, looks at whether commercial property can help solve...

The housing market is moving but sellers need to be more realistic about pricing, Propertymark claims. It comes as the agency trade...

The seller’s market remains but the wind may not be blowing as strongly as before, Propertymark warns. The latest member data from...

More stock is coming to the market but the number of sales agreed is slowing, new figures suggest. Property data company TwentyCi’s...

As uncertainty, apprehension and anxiety increasingly infiltrates every aspect of our professional and personal lives, to ‘keep calm and carry on’...

Agency board supplier Kremer Signs is working on geotagging tools that can be incorporated into For Sale signs. Tom Cummuskey, sales and...

An industry group is predicting that record numbers of homes sold this year will be off-plan. The National Association of Property Buyers...

There’s been a remarkable 1.7 per cent increase in the average asking price of homes coming to the market in just...

A leading agent and market commentator says he has identified one part of the UK where the current stock shortage is...

Propertymark’s chief executive has rejected claims that his organisation’s housing market data inaccurately states the numbers of prospective buyers for each...

The last Propertymark housing market snapshot for 2021, based on date from the end of November, finds that there is an...

It’s been a busy and arguably fruitful year for the property market, with an eager consumer base pushing forwards with their...

Annual house price growth increased to 8.1 per cent in October according to the Halifax.  The average UK property price is now...

A new survey by property consultancy TwentyCi shows that the market share of online and hybrid agents in the third quarter...

Record numbers of properties sold above asking price in August, agents claim. Data from NAEA Propertymark shows that despite the summer lull,...

Propertymark says the supply of homes on the market has dwindled almost continuously since the start of the year, with 40...

A prominent property consultancy is urging the government to ensure that holiday home owners pay more tax.  Colliers claims local authorities are...

The stamp duty holiday came and went with much fanfare. For many buyers it represented a rare opportunity to make some...

“There is an average of 19 buyers for every available property on the market” according to Propertymark’s latest market snapshot for...

For the second time in two working days, a report suggests that ever-higher numbers of buying are paying over the asking...

The Stamp Duty holiday has been very beneficial for hundreds of thousands of buyers looking to take advantage of savings, even...

Right now it seems that another day means another house price record, an all-time high for transactions, and a conveyancing log-jam...

The free to list portal Residential People has launched what it claims to be a new Map View feature which “goes...

An all-time record high of one in three properties sold for more than the original asking price last month. This is according...

One of the country’s leading estate agents claims some solicitors are charging exorbitant fees on transactions as they near the latest...

One in six properties sold for over the original asking price last month, higher than the proportion in February and another sign...

Firstly, Happy New Year – here’s to 2021 being less chaotic than the last! In the final part of our series on...

The housing market’s recovery will be threatened with drastic consequences for buyers and sellers if the stamp duty holiday isn’t extended beyond...

Data from NAEA Propertymark shows that in August, some 13 per cent of properties sold for more than the original asking...

Despite the recent effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, there is still much opportunity in the market for letting agents to grow...

If yet more proof were needed of the housing boom this summer, NAEA Propertymark says its sales agreed data suggests a...

The housing market is still booming according to data released by the National Association of Estate Agents Propertymark - although the...

As expected within the property industry, the Chancellor announced a stamp duty holiday in his Summer Statement. This now means that...

Few figures for the housing market can be truly representative in the current circumstances but NAEA Propertymark’s latest snapshot is showing...

It seems an eternity ago but the housing market in February - that’s only last month - was in rude health...

Increasing numbers of reports suggest that the government will use next week’s Budget to confirm a three per cent stamp duty...

New figures from the National Association of Estate Agents show a big surge in demand despite the winter weather since the...

There’s something of a conspiracy of silence over the problem of short lets. That is a stark claim but many siren voices...

The housing market appears to have ended 2019 on a positive note according to the National Association for Estate Agents. Its latest...

After a year dogged by Brexit deadlock, political turmoil, and slow growth, estate agents’ confidence in the property market hit a...

When looking back on the property market this year, the main message we can take is that it has remained extremely...

Connells has confirmed that it has closed two branches in Dorset in the south west of England, in addition to the...

The government has given details of a scheme allowing 30 per cent reductions for what it calls ‘local first time buyers’...

The National Association of Estate Agents has given its analysis of 2019 - and it may have been a better year...

The latest market snapshot from the National Association of Estate Agents continues to show how political uncertainty is dampening sentiment and...

Zoopla has unveiled new functionality that it claims will make searching for new homes easier for consumers - and resumes the...

A London estate agency chain says It’s seen a 59 per cent surge in the number of its clients who have...

The latest market snapshot from the National Association of Estate Agents shows that the late summer period was a good one...

A sales and lettings agency which has entered insolvency is reported by a local newspaper to have offered vendors cut-price fees...

A well-respected agent who was president of the NAEA just five years ago has written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson asking...

Traditionally speaking, users who are looking to buy, rent, or sell their property to customers on an international basis have been...

The National Association of Estate Agents says that  both demand and particularly supply have dipped in the past month - but...

New figures from the National Association of Estate Agents suggest that supply is at last creeping back up to seasonal norms...

The number of sales agreed per branch has increased for the first time this year, rising from an average of seven...

Countrywide's report to shareholders this morning warns that the residential market is heading for a difficult 2019 which may hit the...

Property consultancy JLL has launched a specialised Help to Buy team in response to what it calls “the increasing demand for...

A trading statement this morning from beleaguered agency group Countrywide reveals that its revenue is down again - but it insists...

An end-of-year analysis from the National Association of Estate Agents shows the state of the industry - and it confirms just...

Sales of properties to first time buyers have hit their lowest level for three years according to data from the National...

The latest market snapshot released by the National Association of Estate Agents’ shows the challenges faced by the industry right now. The...

Countrywide, the troubled estate agency group thought by some to be near collapse, has delayed issuing its interim figures which were...

Countrywide says its Back To Basics strategy has seen a nine per cent increase in properties for sale with the group...

How can you use data to benefit and better your business? It’s something you’ll no doubt have asked yourself down the...

The massive wealth of owners over 55 has been revealed by a new survey. They own £938 billion of UK housing, a figure...

Only one property in every eight sold in the current market succeeds in achieving its asking price - while no fewer than...

The National Association of Estate Agents says the government’s first time buyer stamp duty incentive “seems to be having the desired...

A House of Commons committee has prepared a briefing document on areas of the UK residential and commercial properties sectors most impacted...

No fewer than 85 per cent of properties sold for less than the asking price in November, the highest seen since...

A survey of the housing market in 2017 from the National Association of Estate Agents suggests much of the busiest activity...

The latest market snapshot from the National Association of Estate Agents suggests that the proportion of sales made to first time...

Figures just released by the National Association of Estate Agents suggest that the number of house hunters registered at agencies dropped...

Stock levels for estate agents at the height of summer were their lowest for at least 15 years according to the...

The latest figures from NAEA Propertymark suggest that the market is bouncing back after its hiatus during the General Election and...

The National Association of Estate Agents says the General Election led to a drop in the number of registered house hunters...

The number of house hunters registered per estate agency branch fell last month to 381 - well down on its figure...

Auctions are a great way to sell property competitively, with a wide range of homes often selling under the hammer, and...

The number of properties available to buy on agents’ books decreased to 39 last month - the lowest amount recorded for...

The National Association of Estate Agents says the number of sales agreed rose to a 10 year high in February. The NAEA...