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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...

The total value of the UK residential housing market is now worth £8.67 trillion, according to Savills, with the value of...

Commercial property has historically been viewed as the more profitable asset class but more recently, residential property values have taken over....

New research reveals nearly half a million homes could be built across London on land that currently lies derelict amid a...

Local property market performances vary from 12% gains to price reductions of as much as 24% since the pandemic house price...

A landmark ruling on the affect of Japanese knotweed on property values has been overturned, which could have implications for home...

The European real estate market is the most distressed sector across Europe, research suggest. The latest Weil European Distress Index suggests the...

The market share of online and hybrid agents has continued to decrease this year but self-employed agency is growing. Data from Twenty...

The term ‘time bomb’ is sometimes overly used in the housing market, and while it has been linked to many things...

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

House prices are growing annually for the first time since January 2023, Nationwide claims. The latest Nationwide House Price Index found average...

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

Conveyancing fees increased by around 6% last year, analysis suggests. Property Solvers’ annual research of legal practices in England and Wales has...

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

Business plans will be key for agents looking to successfully navigate 2024, an industry consultant and trainer has said. Michael Day, a...

The Land Registry has recorded the first annual drop in property values for a decade in its house price index. Both the...

Paul Johnson, Head of Corporate Sales at Leaders Romans Group (LRG) Commercial property has historically been viewed as the more profitable asset...

Over a hundred years before the climate emergency became a global concern, it was recognised that, ‘He who plants a tree,...

The market share of online and hybrid agents for exchanges has fallen again during the third quarter. Figures from property data firm...

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

Prime London property values are not falling as far as the rest of the market but realistic pricing will be crucial...

House prices won’t fall by as much as the 1990s and 2008 financial crashes but it will take until 2025 for...

House prices have fallen at the steepest rate since 2009, Halifax data shows. The latest Halifax House Price Index for August suggests...

House prices fell at their fastest rate since July 2009 last month, according to Nationwide.  The lender’s latest House Price Index shows...

The term mixed-tenure development usually refers to residential developments where different residential tenures are provided on the same site. Typically, tenure was...

House prices dipped at their fastest rate since 2009 last month, new data shows. The latest Nationwide House Price Index revealed average...

House prices may be cooling but some local markets are actually heating up with property values increasing by up to 10%,...

Annual house price growth remained negative in June as mortgage rates hit buyer budgets but there is still a chance of...

A strong labour market, growing consumer confidence and an increasing acceptance of a higher mortgage rate environment will support the housing...

In an exclusive interview with Estate Agent Today, Simon Coaker, Sales & Marketing Director of Desert Springs Resort, shared captivating insights into...

Average UK house prices declined last month for the first time in three months, Halifax claims. The lender’s latest House Price Index...

Agency trade body Propertymark has welcomed reforms to the business rates system, meaning high street agents, and other businesses, could finally...

The latest Halifax House Price Index is set to add fuel to the fire of the ongoing market crash debate. The lender’s...

The slowing housing market may have at least one benefit for leaseholders looking to sell their homes, a property lawyer claims. House...

Agents may be regularly debating increasing their fees but property buyers and sellers are already used to paying more for conveyancing,...

The north-south house price divide may be narrowing, eXp UK claims. Research by the self-employed agency brand has found that while the...

Almost 155,000 home sellers could be impacted by a drop in house prices but it may only last for  a couple...

Online agents increased their market share in 2022 but are struggling to break into higher value markets, new data has revealed. Data...

Agents using The ValPal Network (TVPN) have generated a record number of leads for market appraisals this month despite concerns of...

New Land Registry data is set to kick-off the debate about whether house prices have started to fall. Plenty of commentators are...

The property market is still active for ‘realistic’ sellers and serious buyers, OnTheMarket (OTM’s) claims. Jason Tebb, chief executive of the portal,...

Average house prices fell for the fifth month in a row during December, Halifax has revealed, as it warns of more...

Average house prices fell by their largest level since October 2008 last month, Halifax data shows. It is the latest sign of...

House price growth slowed annually and fell for the third month in a row during November, Nationwide data shows. The latest Nationwide House...

Average property values have decreased for the third time in the past four months as Halifax warns of the end for...

Leeds Building Society has pledged to honour any mortgage offers and support borrowers during this period of market uncertainty. It comes as...

House prices fell marginally (down by 0.1%) in September as the market displayed further signs of slowdown. That was according to Halifax’s...

The Bank of England increased interest rates to their highest level since the financial crisis yesterday, prompting fears of higher cost...

Homeowners and prospective buyers considering a move before Christmas should act quickly to increase their chances of a smooth relocation, as...

Agents risk losing the personal communication element that drove transactions before the development of technology, an industry veteran has warned. The claim...

Agents have a “clear opportunity” to nudge high-value homeowners who are considering listing their properties for sale, Zoopla claims. It comes as...

House price growth slowed in June but remains in double figures, Nationwide data shows. The latest Nationwide House Price Index shows property...

The property market is unlikely to see forced sales but buyers are becoming more price sensitive, Zoopla warns. The property portal’s latest...

The owners of Parkers’ Witney branch have marked their third year under the sales and lettings brand by opening their second...

House price growth is expected to hit single digits by the end of the year as the cost of living crisis...

House price growth hit a five-month high in February, according to Land Registry data but there are warnings that this will...

Knight Frank has issued a stark warning that house price growth is set to slow. House price indices from lenders such as...

Increasingly cautious mortgage lending could dampen the property market and cause more sales to fall-through, it has been warned. Recent house price...

The Ukraine conflict and cost of living crisis is likely to but a dent in the spring market for agents, an...

Homeowners are now earning almost as much from their property as they are from their salary after prices hit new highs. The...

The market boom goes on, for now at least. In February, house prices rose at their fastest since June 2007 according to...

A leading surveyor in London says the likely introduction of a register of overseas property ownership and sanctions making it difficult...

If agents wonder why more older home owners don’t sell and downsize, it may be because they’re taking equity out of...

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

I’ve never written the three letters ‘EPC’ more often than I have in the past week. Law changes for the private rental...

Official forecasts suggest house prices will rise for five years at least, although at well below the rate of growth seen...

Over-65s saw their property wealth increase by £800 a month recently thanks to frenzied demand during the stamp duty holiday, an equity release...

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...

Property values may seem high in the UK but spare a thought for buyers in other countries such as Israel, Switzerland...

Few political policies have such a ring of the past as rent controls - they were last seen in this country...

A young Conservative says “the rich are getting a free pass” thanks to the current council tax system, and there should...

A conveyancing services firm is warning that buyers are making “hasty rather than considered” decisions over properties because they feel under...

Back in April, leading portal Zoopla launched a new multi-million-pound marketing campaign, its biggest ever, to help agents capitalise on the...

Labour has accused the government of promoting “sky high mortgages” instead of providing stable accommodation for younger households. A new mortgage guarantee...

A leading estate agent says fear of strangers coming into people’s homes is leading to a fall in supply of properties...

Affordability across the housing market is at its worst for 10 years according to an analysis by a London agency. Benham and Reeves...

Pressure is building for widespread property tax reform beyond short term issues regarding stamp duty. Many MPs in this week’s 65-minute special...

The sudden end of the stamp duty holiday at the end of March could throw away the market gains achieved in...

The first monthly market monitor to show activity in the housing market tailing off has appeared - and it says momentum...

A prominent housing market analyst is warning that in 14 years of studying prices and transactions he has never seen the...

An estate agent in Liverpool has adopted the unusual technique of urging vendors to sell now “before prices crash.” Clearly unworried about...

An estate agency is warning that the likely rush of transactions when the new stamp duty holiday ends next spring will...

The housing market is set for long-term recovery, despite dips in the road on the way.  That's the message from the latest house...

The government has temporarily suspended its official house price index as a result of the Coronavirus crisis. In a long and far-reaching announcement...

There could be a wave of legal disputes as off-plan buyers seek to get out of purchase deals after the lockdown...

There’s a warning today that the housing market could face a wave of legal disputes if buyers of off-plan new builds...

This month saw the introduction of the final stages of the Section 24 tax changes, first introduced in April 2017. Whereas buy-to-let...

Although all bets are off as to what the housing market will be like after the Coronavirus subsides, there is now...

Yes, believe it or not, we’ve nearly reached the end of a whole decade. And what an eventful decade it’s been. We’ve...

We recently asked readers for their questions to the portals - the questions they couldn’t really ask their local reps, but...

Two very different views on Brexit have come forward in the past 24 hours from different players in the industry. First off,...

A company that treats Japanese Knotweed has made startling claims about the extent of the problem across the UK. Environet claims that...

It’s been revealed this morning that the organisation behind a new clean-air website is encouraging buyers to seek reductions of as...

An independent estate agency says a No Deal Brexit will prompt a “feeding frenzy” of foreign buyers who are already “piling...

A solicitor handling cases involving Japanese Knotweed say the problem could devalue the prices of affected houses by as much as...

A new report from Zoopla claims very nearly a third of buyers want to know the street - or even the...

It is something of an understatement to say that we are in challenging times. BREXIT is unresolved and we wait with...

House price rises are now the slowest they have been for six years according to the Halifax. Across the UK, property values...

New build property values are rising at a much greater rate than existing property values according to a study by DJ Alexander. The...

An open rental market, where neither landlord nor tenant is in a dominant position, enables rents to rise and fall, which...