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31 August 2024
From: Features
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...
14 August 2024
From: Breaking News
The total value of the UK residential housing market is now worth £8.67 trillion, according to Savills, with the value of...
24 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Agency software provider Alto has integrated with fellow Houseful brand Movemnt, giving users access to the property transaction progression platform. Alto agents...
12 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Commercial property has historically been viewed as the more profitable asset class but more recently, residential property values have taken over....
06 July 2024
From: Features
New research reveals nearly half a million homes could be built across London on land that currently lies derelict amid a...
15 June 2024
From: Features
Local property market performances vary from 12% gains to price reductions of as much as 24% since the pandemic house price...
13 May 2024
From: Breaking News
A landmark ruling on the affect of Japanese knotweed on property values has been overturned, which could have implications for home...
10 May 2024
From: Breaking News
A property industry group has called for a reduction in the discounts available for council tenants buying their own home, after...
24 April 2024
From: Breaking News
The European real estate market is the most distressed sector across Europe, research suggest. The latest Weil European Distress Index suggests the...
15 April 2024
From: Breaking News
The market share of online and hybrid agents has continued to decrease this year but self-employed agency is growing. Data from Twenty...
11 April 2024
From: Breaking News
The term ‘time bomb’ is sometimes overly used in the housing market, and while it has been linked to many things...
06 April 2024
From: Features
Prime central London (PCL) property values flattened out during the first quarter of 2024 after six consecutive quarterly falls, figures suggest. Analysts...
02 April 2024
From: Breaking News
House prices are growing annually for the first time since January 2023, Nationwide claims. The latest Nationwide House Price Index found average...
04 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The Government’s proposal to introduce a new 1% deposit mortgage scheme to help young people onto the property ladder is unworkable...
24 February 2024
From: Features
Conveyancing fees increased by around 6% last year, analysis suggests. Property Solvers’ annual research of legal practices in England and Wales has...
01 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Leaks and water-based issues are more likely in rental properties than any other type of emergency, according to data we gathered...
27 January 2024
From: Features
Beauchamp Estates has opened two new offices in the south of France. The prime luxury agent is now located in the luxury...
24 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Business plans will be key for agents looking to successfully navigate 2024, an industry consultant and trainer has said. Michael Day, a...
29 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Leasehold campaigners are urging anyone responding to the Government’s consultation on ground rents reform to boycott all options but capping them...
06 December 2023
From: Breaking News
As domestic battery storage systems become increasingly prevalent in UK homes, enquiries about their usage and functionality are on the rise....
20 November 2023
From: Sponsored Content
The Land Registry has recorded the first annual drop in property values for a decade in its house price index. Both the...
16 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Three members of the Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners take a brief look at some of the trials and tribulations awaiting...
11 November 2023
From: Features
The Government has outlined five proposals to reduce ground rents for existing leaseholders as its latest attempt to reform the sector...
10 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Paul Johnson, Head of Corporate Sales at Leaders Romans Group (LRG) Commercial property has historically been viewed as the more profitable asset...
04 November 2023
From: Features
By Kevin Shaw, National Sales Managing Director, Leaders Romans Group As the cost-of-living crisis continues to impact the UK, many of us...
28 October 2023
From: Features
Over a hundred years before the climate emergency became a global concern, it was recognised that, ‘He who plants a tree,...
28 October 2023
From: Features
The market share of online and hybrid agents for exchanges has fallen again during the third quarter. Figures from property data firm...
20 October 2023
From: Breaking News
House price growth fell to its lowest annual rate since 2012 in August, official data shows. The latest Land Registry House Price...
19 October 2023
From: Breaking News
The “ticking time bomb” of Help to Buy repayments could be set to explode due to the cost of living crisis,...
06 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Prime London property values are not falling as far as the rest of the market but realistic pricing will be crucial...
05 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Agency fees account for 81% of upfront home selling costs on average, research suggests. Industry comparison website GetAgent has used its My...
14 September 2023
From: Breaking News
House prices won’t fall by as much as the 1990s and 2008 financial crashes but it will take until 2025 for...
11 September 2023
From: Breaking News
House prices have fallen at the steepest rate since 2009, Halifax data shows. The latest Halifax House Price Index for August suggests...
08 September 2023
From: Breaking News
House prices fell at their fastest rate since July 2009 last month, according to Nationwide. The lender’s latest House Price Index shows...
04 September 2023
From: Breaking News
The term mixed-tenure development usually refers to residential developments where different residential tenures are provided on the same site. Typically, tenure was...
30 August 2023
From: Sponsored Content
House prices dipped at their fastest rate since 2009 last month, new data shows. The latest Nationwide House Price Index revealed average...
02 August 2023
From: Breaking News
House prices may be cooling but some local markets are actually heating up with property values increasing by up to 10%,...
27 July 2023
From: Breaking News
The market share of online and hybrid agents reduced further during the second quarter of 2023, new figures show. Analysis from property...
20 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Annual house price growth remained negative in June as mortgage rates hit buyer budgets but there is still a chance of...
03 July 2023
From: Breaking News
This May, we saw almost twice as many properties listed for sale across the UK than there were in May 2022....
21 June 2023
From: Features
A strong labour market, growing consumer confidence and an increasing acceptance of a higher mortgage rate environment will support the housing...
13 June 2023
From: Breaking News
In an exclusive interview with Estate Agent Today, Simon Coaker, Sales & Marketing Director of Desert Springs Resort, shared captivating insights into...
08 June 2023
From: Sponsored Content
Average UK house prices declined last month for the first time in three months, Halifax claims. The lender’s latest House Price Index...
10 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Skipton Building Society has unveiled details of the first 100% loan-to-value mortgage launched since the 2008 financial crisis. Aimed at renters, the...
10 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Agency trade body Propertymark has welcomed reforms to the business rates system, meaning high street agents, and other businesses, could finally...
31 March 2023
From: Breaking News
The latest Halifax House Price Index is set to add fuel to the fire of the ongoing market crash debate. The lender’s...
08 March 2023
From: Breaking News
The slowing housing market may have at least one benefit for leaseholders looking to sell their homes, a property lawyer claims. House...
21 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Agents may be regularly debating increasing their fees but property buyers and sellers are already used to paying more for conveyancing,...
17 February 2023
From: Breaking News
It seems as if optimism is out of fashion right now: just look at the headlines to see what I mean....
03 February 2023
From: Breaking News
The north-south house price divide may be narrowing, eXp UK claims. Research by the self-employed agency brand has found that while the...
02 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Almost 155,000 home sellers could be impacted by a drop in house prices but it may only last for a couple...
31 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Online agents increased their market share in 2022 but are struggling to break into higher value markets, new data has revealed. Data...
26 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Agents using The ValPal Network (TVPN) have generated a record number of leads for market appraisals this month despite concerns of...
26 January 2023
From: Breaking News
New Land Registry data is set to kick-off the debate about whether house prices have started to fall. Plenty of commentators are...
19 January 2023
From: Breaking News
The property market is still active for ‘realistic’ sellers and serious buyers, OnTheMarket (OTM’s) claims. Jason Tebb, chief executive of the portal,...
18 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Agents are being urged to avoid “too much enthusiasm” when conducting market appraisals amid warnings of a house price slowdown. Hybrid agency...
10 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Average house prices fell for the fifth month in a row during December, Halifax has revealed, as it warns of more...
09 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Scammers are “bombarding” homeowners with fraudulent offers on green energy or insulation to allegedly boost their property value and cash in...
03 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Homeowners are being urged to check the Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating of their property before they come to sell their home. It...
21 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Average house prices fell by their largest level since October 2008 last month, Halifax data shows. It is the latest sign of...
08 December 2022
From: Breaking News
House price growth slowed annually and fell for the third month in a row during November, Nationwide data shows. The latest Nationwide House...
02 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Average property values have decreased for the third time in the past four months as Halifax warns of the end for...
08 November 2022
From: Breaking News
The market share of hybrid and online agents increased slightly during the third quarter of 2022 but firms are still struggling...
20 October 2022
From: Breaking News
It’s the oddest thing. Surely, the most fundamental requirement of an estate agent having won an instruction, is to get it...
19 October 2022
From: Features
Leeds Building Society has pledged to honour any mortgage offers and support borrowers during this period of market uncertainty. It comes as...
17 October 2022
From: Breaking News
House prices fell marginally (down by 0.1%) in September as the market displayed further signs of slowdown. That was according to Halifax’s...
10 October 2022
From: Breaking News
The Bank of England increased interest rates to their highest level since the financial crisis yesterday, prompting fears of higher cost...
23 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Homeowners and prospective buyers considering a move before Christmas should act quickly to increase their chances of a smooth relocation, as...
20 September 2022
From: Marketing & Social Media
Forget the ‘race for space’ or room for an extension, should agents start highlighting the green features of a vendor’s property...
15 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Many first-time buyers and homeowners are becoming more cautious of the property market. The cost of living crisis, combined with rising...
03 September 2022
From: Features
Annual house price growth has dropped to its lowest level this year and is back to single digits, official data shows. The...
18 August 2022
From: Breaking News
It was announced back in February this year that PEXA, the Australian FinTech/PropTech that enabled the world’s first fully digitised property settlement...
06 August 2022
From: Features
Agents risk losing the personal communication element that drove transactions before the development of technology, an industry veteran has warned. The claim...
01 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Agents have a “clear opportunity” to nudge high-value homeowners who are considering listing their properties for sale, Zoopla claims. It comes as...
20 July 2022
From: Breaking News
House price growth slowed in June but remains in double figures, Nationwide data shows. The latest Nationwide House Price Index shows property...
01 July 2022
From: Breaking News
The property market is unlikely to see forced sales but buyers are becoming more price sensitive, Zoopla warns. The property portal’s latest...
01 July 2022
From: Breaking News
The owners of Parkers’ Witney branch have marked their third year under the sales and lettings brand by opening their second...
23 June 2022
From: Breaking News
Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) has long been the bugbear of many property transactions. Even the very wealthy will lose interest...
07 May 2022
From: Features
House price growth is expected to hit single digits by the end of the year as the cost of living crisis...
03 May 2022
From: Breaking News
House price growth hit a five-month high in February, according to Land Registry data but there are warnings that this will...
14 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Knight Frank has issued a stark warning that house price growth is set to slow. House price indices from lenders such as...
13 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Increasingly cautious mortgage lending could dampen the property market and cause more sales to fall-through, it has been warned. Recent house price...
12 April 2022
From: Breaking News
The Ukraine conflict and cost of living crisis is likely to but a dent in the spring market for agents, an...
11 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Homeowners are now earning almost as much from their property as they are from their salary after prices hit new highs. The...
08 April 2022
From: Breaking News
At least 18 MPs have come out in favour of a new annual Proportional Property Tax which would be levied on...
28 March 2022
From: Breaking News
The market boom goes on, for now at least. In February, house prices rose at their fastest since June 2007 according to...
08 March 2022
From: Breaking News
A leading surveyor in London says the likely introduction of a register of overseas property ownership and sanctions making it difficult...
02 March 2022
From: Breaking News
The total value of all UK homes broke the £8 trillion barrier in 2021 according to Savills - and London is...
01 February 2022
From: Breaking News
If agents wonder why more older home owners don’t sell and downsize, it may be because they’re taking equity out of...
19 January 2022
From: Breaking News
High-value properties were the top-performers in the country house market in 2021, according to an agency that majors in this sector. In...
06 January 2022
From: Breaking News
It’s been a busy and arguably fruitful year for the property market, with an eager consumer base pushing forwards with their...
17 November 2021
From: Features
I’ve never written the three letters ‘EPC’ more often than I have in the past week. Law changes for the private rental...
13 November 2021
From: Features
Official forecasts suggest house prices will rise for five years at least, although at well below the rate of growth seen...
01 November 2021
From: Breaking News
Over-65s saw their property wealth increase by £800 a month recently thanks to frenzied demand during the stamp duty holiday, an equity release...
20 October 2021
From: Breaking News
A new Rich List of the most expensive streets has been revealed by Zoopla. Kensington Palace Gardens in London holds the title...
05 October 2021
From: Breaking News
Forget en-suites and garden rooms, could you boost viewings with the postcode of a property? Research by comparison website Money.co.uk has identified...
21 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Property values may seem high in the UK but spare a thought for buyers in other countries such as Israel, Switzerland...
14 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Lost in the noise of yesterday’s social care announcements, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has named October 27 as his next Budget Day...