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

In the current rental market, where legislative changes and tax reforms loom large, many landlords are expressing doubt about the viability...

Housing minister Jacob Young recently scotched rumours that the property portal proposed in the Renters (Reform) Bill would remove the need...

Foxtons has been backed by a senior analyst to return to its previous peak earnings. A note from Singer Capital Markets suggested...

Foxtons’ share price got a mini boost on Monday morning after rumours that the agency brand is preparing for a sale. The...

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

Agents are hopeful of support for the property market in today’s Spring Budget. It could be the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s final fiscal...

Rumours of the launch of a 1% mortgage deposit scheme have re-emerged with just weeks to go until the Spring Budget  Chancellor...

Building more homes is a better solution than mortgage schemes to support first-time buyers, a Zoopla executive has claimed. Richard Donnell, executive...

There has no doubt been many commenting on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s recent Autumn Statement held a couple of weeks ago. We...

There has no doubt been many commenting on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s recent Autumn Statement held a couple of weeks ago. We...

The Autumn Statement ended up being silent on Stamp Duty reforms and direct housing market stimulus but there were some nuggets...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will deliver his Autumn Statement this afternoon amid rumours of Stamp Duty reforms and support for first-time buyers. The...

Rumours about tax cuts in this week’s Autumn Statement are continuing but there are warnings that a Stamp Duty cut may...

Stamp Duty reform was back in the news over the weekend amid reports that the Government plans to reform the controversial...

OnTheMarket (OTM) has warned of a “challenging backdrop” for agents which may impact the portal’s annual revenue. It comes amid rumours, reported...

Purplebricks staff are facing job cuts just months after the takeover by Strike. A spokesperson for Purplebricks has confirmed rumours that it...

Keller Williams UK (KWUK) is set to change its chief executive in the latest restructure of the self-employed agency brand. Ben Taylor...

Keller Williams UK’s (KWUK) Gatwick market centre is rumoured to have closed but the self-employed agency network’s chief executive Ben Taylor...

Housing policy formation must go beyond electoral cycles, academics have warned. A group of Cambridge University alumni has teamed up to urge...

The UK is on its rear - fact. Whilst many were breathing a sigh of relief after surviving a global pandemic,...

Keller Williams (KW) UK has shifted around responsibility for its market centres amid speculation of closures. The self-employed agency brand’s Aspire market...

Estate agency brand Douglas & Gordon was confirmed to have entered administration yesterday. There were rumours over the weekend that the well-known...

Strike chief executive Sam Mitchell has blamed uncertainty since the September mini-Budget and rising mortgage rates for making the market more...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will have a go at balancing the nation’s books today and the main thing agents seem to want...

If recent headlines are anything to go by, estate agents and the wider property industry are not just feeling the heavy...

New Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng is expected to unveil the Government’s so-called “plan for growth” today during a mini-Budget. The property market is...

Agents and other property professionals have, perhaps unsurprisingly, reacted positively to rumours of a Stamp Duty cut. Prime Minister Liz Truss and...

The latest housing minister has been revealed as the prospect of Stamp Duty reform returns to the property market. New ministerial appointments...

Hose Rhodes Dickson (HRD) has confirmed that it is being purchased by Leaders Romans Group. There had been rumours in the local...

Boris Johnson has promised a review of the mortgage market and housing benefit rules to help more people to get on...

A significant housing announcement has been promised by Prime Minister Boris Johnson as a part of a sweetener that saw him...

Elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly are due to be held on 5 May and agents are hoping that housing remains...

Purplebricks has this morning said that a newspaper report over the weekend, claiming part of the business is to be sold...

Purplebricks says its aim to move 650 staff from self-employed status to employed has had a 95 per cent success rate. It...

One of the biggest trends in recent times, as a direct result of the pandemic, is the concept of working from...

With just two days to go, it's fair to say the property industry is eagerly awaiting Chancellor Rishi Sunak's Budget statement...

Honesty is a concept that journalists will tell their readers is non-existent for estate agents. Yeah, right! But as the end...

At the back-end of last year and the start of this, the biggest news stories in town – besides debates over...

OnTheMarket has confirmed it is “considering” making redundancies - the second of the large portals to be in this position. Rumours have been...

Dominic Cummings has been at worst a cause of huge anger to a nation that’s already extremely anxious. At best, he’s been...

Almost inevitably on Halloween, there’s a report today on the horror stories that deter buyers - but it may well be...

The number of prime residential housing transactions has increased rapidly in the past two decades and even in the past five...

House prices fell unexpectedly for the second month in a row in July according to the Halifax - but the mortgage...

Countrywide is now “beyond salvation” according to former chief executive Harry Hill. The industry veteran, who also founded Rightmove, made the remark...

Sometimes having prior knowledge of a stressful event can be more stressful than the event itself, just look at Brexit for...

Countrywide is declining to comment on speculation that it is making 36 of its sales progression staff redundant. Estate Agent Today, which...

Beleaguered fund manager Neil Woodford, one of the early champions of Purplebricks, has slashed his stake in the company from 28.9...

Rumours continue to circulate about possible large-scale branch closures at Countrywide; its share price ended trading today at its lowest ever...

Mystery surrounds the details of an apparent theft of thousands of pounds by three men who walked into an estate agency...

Hard not to mention two major breaking news stories of recent days; one directly affecting the property market and one which...

The future of online agency Emoov remains in the balance this weekend with talks continuing between the management and possible buyers. On...

On the face of it, this year’s Budget was not what you could describe as ‘housing heavy’ in terms of the...

The estate agent behind the troubled high end Sanderson Young company is reported to be appearing in court this week as...

Rumours abound over the future of Countrywide, which lost further share value on Friday, closing very slightly down on the day...

The newly-appointed Group Managing Director of Countrywide says rumours of Hamptons International or other ‘crown jewels’ being put up for sale...

The agonisingly painful decline of Countrywide continues, with no one sure whether it is the darkest hour before the dawn or...

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

So here’s the thing. It’s summer - not much going on, school holidays about to start, industry publications filling out space...

One of Countrywide’s former allies in the City broker community - independent corporate advisor Numis - has downgraded the troubled agency...

Alison Platt may have been ousted but Countrywide appears not to be out of the woods yet as its share price...

In last week’s column, I asked 14 industry leaders to give their predictions for the year ahead. Well, it seems a handful of...

Online estate agency Tepilo has denied industry speculation that it is to change its fee structure now that it is under...

Countrywide says it is unable to comment on speculation that some Bairstow Eves offices in the south of England have been...

A health service tribunal has found that a senior paramedic tried to sexually assault an estate agent as she prepared for...

Forecasts are a tricky business. And as I wrote in a recent Industry Views opinion piece, any prediction in the current...

The former Apprentice runner-up Jamie Lester, who at one time ran four London estate agency branches under Haus Properties, says he...

Although Brexit, portal juggling and portal wars have stolen property industry headlines in recent months, there's been one story almost constantly...

We are now less than a month away from Philip Hammond’s first Autumn Statement to the nation, depending of course on...

Speculation continues to grow within the industry over a potential merger involving Connells and the newly-combined agencies of Leaders and Romans.   Connells...

The Competitions and Markets Authority has sent two open letters - one to online publishers and one to marketeers - warning...

Countrywide has denied speculation in the industry that the names of its Hamptons International and John D Wood & Co brands...

The number of homes sold over the spring and early summer this year was down on 2014 while house price rises...

The chief executive of Countrywide, Britain’s largest estate and letting agency group handling around one in 10 of all residential transactions,...

Celebrity property expert Sarah Beeny has firmly dismissed speculation that there was any uncertainty over the future of her online estate agency...

If the first few hours of the new government’s approach to housing are anything to go by, it could be a...

If the first few hours of the new government’s approach to housing are anything to go by, it could be a...