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You don’t have to be a mind-reader to believe there will be a large majority Labour government by the end of...

It’s taken eight years but one of London’s highest profile estate agencies says the value of its Under Offer pipeline has...

What a waste. Islington council announced in recent days that it will buy back 310 ex-council houses this winter, to add to...

The latest measures for property the Chancellor included in his Autumn Statement may not have been dramatic, but has it given...

In retrospect, it was perhaps inevitable that the infamous dead cat would come into the debate over government housing targets and...

An estate agency says London’s sales market is now at its busiest since the Brexit referendum in mid-2016. Douglas & Gordon, sold by...

We all know what did happen in 2021 - Covid and more Covid, the stamp duty holiday frenzy, a soaring rental...

There is pressure growing in Brighton for the city to hold a referendum giving residents the opportunity to ban new build...

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

In a day of unexpected drama, Boris Johnson carried out a surprisingly brutal and widespread Cabinet reshuffle which saw a number...

Robert Jenrick has been sacked from his post as Housing, Communities and Local Government Secretary. He was the third major name to...

Media reports over the weekend suggest the government is preparing a triple whammy - three measures which may reduce the number...

Foxtons’ chairman and longest-serving board member is to stand down at the end of this year at the latest, after a...

Prices in prime central London grew by 0.3 per cent in the year to May - tiny rise but a significant...

The Prime Central London pain throughout the pandemic can be seen by new figures just released by an investment consultancy, showing...

A prominent London agency says today’s new two per cent stamp duty surcharge imposed on most overseas buyers will not dampen...

One of the chief figures behind Brexit and Boris Johnson’s role as London Mayor is now advising that stamp duty should be...

One of the country’s most popular tourist destinations may ban the sale of new builds to second home buyers. The council in Padstow -...

Anthony Codling, the City analyst who made his name as a scourge of Purplebricks, says Brexit may be good news for the...

A London property investment consultancy says 22 per cent of properties it’s advised overseas purchasers on this year have been bought sight-unseen. London...

The country producing the largest number of buyers of prime London properties is not China, nor from north America or the...

London’s properties are “over-valued” according to a leading bank. UBS, which has what it calls a Global Real Estate Bubble Index, says...

Savills has boosted its forecast for housing transactions this year because the stamp duty holiday has been such a success at...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s stamp duty holiday means prime property in the UK now enjoys lower tax rates than most European countries. Buyers...

The property market is used to change, and I’m confident it will bounce back from any lockdown effects. Despite being acutely aware...

High end London agency Beauchamp Estates has been selected to join the Bank of England’s advisory panel of companies and senior directors, and to...

Another west country tourist hotspot looks set to ban any future new-build home being sold as a holiday or additional property. Bigbury...

Mortgage lenders approved the highest number of loans for house purchase in nearly four years in January, according to Bank of...

Another westcountry town may ban new-build homes being sold as holiday properties, even though the idea has backfired elsewhere. Fowey in Cornwall -...

Suddenly Brexit Day is nearly here. It may have taken three and a half years from the Referendum but the UK will,...

There’s been an average asking price rise of 2.3 per cent in the past four weeks - the biggest ever increase...

In its latest State of the Property Nation report, which questions over 650 agents and 6,000 consumers, Zoopla says 55 per...

A warning has been issued by a prominent industry figure that more bricks-and-mortar High Street agents will go under in 2020,...

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...

Data from HM Revenue & Customs has revealed that residential property transactions have increased by 4.3 per cent year-on-year. In October 2019...

A new study by the London School of Economics suggests that a high profile ban on the sale of new homes...

Stories with good news about the prime central London market seem few and far between but the latest figures from B2B...

A pessimistic set of figures on asking prices, transaction volumes and stock levels culminates in Rightmove urging vendors to be willing...

If you thought - perhaps hoped - that five weeks of prorogued Parliament meant a break from politics, think again: the...

Cluttons has downgraded its forecasts for the housing markets in London and the rest of the UK for the remainder of...

High end agency Knight Frank says prices in prime central London have fallen again - although the 4.4 per cent drop...

Estate agent turned Conservative MP Kevin Hollinrake has provoked a furious response on social media by coming out in favour of...

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

Residential property transactions totalled 86,630 in July, representing a monthly drop of 8.5 per cent and an annual fall of 12.4...

Average house prices in the UK increased by a mere 0.9 per cent in the year to June - the lowest...

A bid to ban the building of new homes for out-of-town buyers has backfired on a Cornish community - and now...

A leading London estate agency with US connections says there has been a surge in high net worth American buyers in...

It’s now more than three years since the EU referendum result in June 2016, and we’re still no clearer on when...

A more stable trend is now emerging in the UK housing market, according to the latest results for the RICS UK...

London Central Portfolio, a respected property consultancy that has been pessimistic about the market in prime areas of the capital, says...

Knight Frank says Brexit-related uncertainty has curbed trading activity across all UK residential markets over the last 12 months - and...

New research by comparison website GoCompare suggests almost a million house sales have been lost because of Brexit.  The study claims that...

Four years ago, as we approached the general election, Andrews Property Group held a roundtable debateon the impact the election might have...

House prices have remained roughly stagnant according to the latest figures produced by the Office for National Statistics and HM Land...

One of the capital’s most outspoken estate agents at the upper end of the market has given eye-watering statistics to show...

Might the central London market gloom be broken by just a sliver of light? London Central Portfolio, an investment consultancy, has recently...

Home movers from the European Union have become less interested in moving to the UK, according to new research. Analysis of over...

Respected investment consultancy London Central Portfolio is warning that “sales go on falling and falling” across the capital, fuelled by Brexit...

No, this isn’t about Brexit. But as the saga of leaving the EU is likely to bring about the downfall of...

Savills, which in the past has been restrained in its critique of Brexit’s effect on the housing market, now says that...

A mortgage firm claims that around a third of all those who have moved homes since 2016 have done so -...

Foxtons has revealed that its six branch closures announced towards the end of last year will save the company £3m in...

The National Association of Estate Agents says the number of house hunters registered per branch fell 15 per cent in February...

A quick-buy firm that buys homes at around 85 per cent of market value claims the industry is concealing how slow...

Rightmove has this morning given its 2018 report to shareholders, laying bare the huge financial wealth of the company which dominates...

If anyone thought Brexit may allow domestic buyers a bigger share of the market, think again: no fewer than 57 per...

There was a huge 33 per cent collapse in transactions in central London in the final quarter of 2018 compared with...

A maverick estate agent pictured wearing a yellow vest has threatened to mount what he calls a “civil protest” if Brexit...

It’s the word on everyone’s lips: after two and a half years of debate, and months before that leading up to...

A slew of property experts and commentators have put the blame on Brexit for a surprise drop in house price growth...

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

The chief executive of Haart, Paul Smith, is warning that a No Deal exit from the EU could leave Britain with...

A senior figure in the Knight Frank agency says those buyers who may be expecting Brexit-inspired bargains in the so-called ‘super...

A London buying agent has called for a second referendum on Britain’s EU membership, suggesting that it would give more certainty...

A leading London estate agency is reporting a surge in overseas buyers sealing deals ahead of the government’s new stamp duty...

The number of house sales falling through before completion is on the increase according to data collated by a home buying...

“Baton down the hatches. Stockpile the food cupboard. Brexit is coming and it’s little more than six months away!” I jest, but there is...

Bank of England governor Mark Carney says a no-deal Brexit exit could lead to a 35 per cent house price crash. The...

The investment bank Jefferies says Foxtons’ long-running share price slump is a reflection of Brexit uncertainty “until we find out what...

One of London’s leading estate agents says Brexit has had at worst a neutral effect on the housing market and may...

With the shelf life of recent housing ministers being on a par with football managers, it's perhaps little surprise that we're...

First things first, I have to mention the World Cup. The dream is over, football’s not quite coming home (not until...

It’s been announced this morning that Dominic Raab - who became housing minister just a few months ago - is to...

Part of the South Hams area, a popular tourist hotspot in south Devon, has voted overwhelmingly in favour of a ban...

In recent weeks, you could have been forgiven for thinking that you’re not actually in the UK.  Flash floods aside, the...

There’s been a landslide vote to ban new-build second homes in another tourist hotspot. Some 90 per cent of those who voted...

New data from Haart estate agency suggests that despite many homes sticking on the market, apparently would be buyers are locked...

A leading buying agency says the Brexit transition deal will help central London’s fragile sales market. Caspar Harvard-Walls, a partner in the...

Holiday home sales in one of the country’s most popular tourist destinations are holding up, despite stamp duty and the age...

Mortgage Advice Bureau has batted off the flat housing market by reporting good figures for 2017. Revenue for the year increased by...

There’s a new warning being issued for estate agents and all other businesses to ensure they are prepared for the General...

Outspoken buying agent Henry Pryor says some “pretty dodgy” overseas buyers have purchased homes in the UK in the past -...

It’s traditional before Christmas to either review the year past or anticipate the one ahead - but I’m intrigued about what...

The HomeOwners’ Alliance says vendors must put their homes on the market no later than Tuesday if they are serious about selling by...

UBS says London's housing market still faces the risk of becoming a bubble - although that risk has marginally eased over...

Investors from countries as diverse as South Africa and Russia are getting a 21 per cent discount on UK property according...

Winkworth says solid performances from its lettings and property management services, plus new franchise deals, have compensated for a challenging sales...

New research has revealed that Britain's impending exit from the European Union is not a consideration for 71% of consumers. A study...

Savills has reported strong figures for the first half of 2017 across its worldwide activities, but its UK residential divisions have...

The two main political parties have squared up to each other over the issue of increasing council tax on second homes...