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A recent appeal decision which allowed housing development on the Hertfordshire Green Belt highlights the need for greater flexibility on locational...

The Government will need the financial markets to play ball if its housebuilding plans are to be successful, a property expert...

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

Strutt & Parker has extended its National Country House Department in Scotland. Annabel Blackett, associate, has been appointed to cover the prime...

Agency brand Phipps & Pritchard has given its branch windows a football-themed overhaul in time for Euro 2024. The independent agent, which...

Knight Frank says it’s opened six new offices over the past two years, and hired 14 new partners, as part of...

Would-be home-buyers are enjoying the highest level of spring-time choice of homes in five years says Zoopla. The portal claims that there...

North Berwick in East Lothian, has been named the best place to live in the annual Sunday Times Best Places to Live...

A first-of-its-kind degree has launched that focuses on residential estate agency. The Swindon campus of the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) has launched...

Winkworth is expanding its country house operation to capitalise on demand from UK and international buyers. The operation will work from Winkworth’s...

Savills has promoted its residential sales director Natalie Howlett-Clarke to head of its Norwich office. Effective from the start of this year,...

The borough of Richmond upon Thames in London has been crowned the happiest place to live in Great Britain, according to...

Swimming pools, both indoor and outdoor, his and her bathrooms, accommodation for staff, and endless tech-powered gadgets are just some of...

There has been much barn conversion activity in recent years perhaps as a result of the change in farming methods making...

Three major agency brands have unveiled high-profile appointments this week. If you want your jobs or appointments news to feature here, email...

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

Twenty-minute neighbourhoods, 15-minute cities, low traffic neighbourhoods, walkable neighbourhoods: these concepts are suddenly everywhere. They boil down to a simple idea:...

Open Property Group has carried out research which looks into where UK homeowners are moving to and if there is a...

There’s a warning today that confusion over plans to transition rural properties to greener heating systems may be deterring buyers. Trade association...

Ceredigion estate agent Cardigan Bay Properties has been recognised as one of the top start-ups in the UK. The brand overcame competition...

Higher interest rates have already softened UK prime regional markets but cities are proving resilient, Savills claims. Research by the agent shows...

Sustainability has become a watch word for businesses the world over but there’s one element of this equation that is too...

Sheldon Bosley Knight (SBK) is celebrating its 180th year with the opening of a new flagship office. The Midlands-based land and property...

The ‘race for space’ may not have been as significant a contest as first thought, new data suggests. Figures from property data...

The growth of the short term rentals sector has helped to create an economy featuring several new types of jobs that...

It has been a busy start to the year for job moves. If you want your jobs or appointments news to feature...

Historic estate agency brand Humberts has expanded into the Oxford area with a tenth franchised office. It is led by experienced local...

Property demand has halved but the slowdown is focused on the previously popular rural and coastal areas, Zoopla has revealed. Higher mortgage...

Hybrid self-employed agency brand eXp UK has revealed the first three recipients of its new ICON Awards programme. The ICON scheme offers...

There have been plenty of new jobs being started outside of Wesminster this month. Here are some of the latest moves that...

Estate agents selling rural homes have been urged to provide better levels of upfront information regarding homes in the countryside that...

Good estate agents are always busy, we get that, but the constant juggling of tasks that could be outsourced to others...

There is a big walking theme to this week's charity exploits, showing you don't have to break too much of a...

Empty nesters may be considering downsizing their home this September as their children set off to university, whilst other downsizers are...

A West Sussex estate agency has unveiled expansion plans after achieving a record-breaking £112m of new home sales in the past...

In this Guides & Tips piece, Brian Murphy, Head of Lending at Mortgage Advice Bureau, offers insight into what rate rises...

Housing Secretary Greg Clark, who is also the Levelling Up Secretary, has been caught up in the storm surrounding Rishi Sunak...

Late last week, Leeds Building Society announced that it would no longer lend on second homes to concentrate on first-time buyers...

When it comes to housing policy, the Conservative MPs have given their party a choice between Tweedle Dum and Tweedle DumDum. Rishi...

There’s talk of 50-year mortgages being introduced, loans that, along with the property they finance, could be passed to the next...

Nest Seekers International is returning to UK TV screens with the announcement of a new BBC Two series. The show, which has...

National estate agency and advisory company Fisher German has merged with commercial property consultancy Matthews & Goodman. The merger creates one of...

Rural areas are dominating the boost in property supply. Agents have reported an improvement in sales stock in recent weeks. Analysis by Knight...

The property supply shortage may be easing but Zoopla has warned it will still take some time for stock to be...

The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...

Boomin has unveiled its latest round of paying agents. The challenger portal, launched by former Purplebricks founder Michael Bruce, has revealed 10...

Propertymark says only a national retrofitting programme  can make UK homes more energy efficient - and it says a new government...

A rural body in Wales has hit out at the Welsh Government’s proposals for draconian new taxes on second homes.  Earlier this...

A prominent trade body says the property industry must do more to recognise and support those with mental health issues. The Association...

Property searches are not showing up some new road schemes because they are classified by local councils as planning consent for...

The rental market is recalibrating after Covid, and this is evident in the latest data from Zoopla’s rental index. For 18 months...

This is our first Property Jobs Today column of 2022 and it’s testimony to how busy our industry is right now...

The Nationwide has released data listing the most and least affordable locations in Britain - background information for agents. Some entries are...

A wealth tax on overseas owners of UK homes could raise £5 billion a year to help local people buy their...

Zoopla’s chief operating officer says the portal has made progress for agents in 2021 but recognises there’s more to do next...

Halifax has revealed the UK’s most expensive streets in 2021 - and it’s no surprise that the very dearest examples are...

Top Scottish agency Galbraith says key parts of the country saw some buyers snapping up properties this year without even visiting...

Knight Frank has appointed David Lewis as head of rural sales for Devon and West Somerset. Lewis’s career in residential property began...

A pilot scheme has been announced to test ways of limiting second home ownership and reducing the impact additional properties have...

Just as city centre traffic is reminiscent of life before the pandemic, the rental market in central zones of UK’s largest...

Rightmove will launch its latest outdoor campaign on Monday, with advertisements in over 1,000 roadside and rail locations remaining in place...

At first glance, Rishi Sunak’s Budget speech earlier this week didn’t offer much from a property perspective. But digging down a little...

In this op-ed, Warwick Haycock, accounting software specialist at The Access Group, looks at how the use of tech can empower...

A part of the Connells Group is telling the new Housing Secretary that he and his government “must do more” to...

A remarkable 37 staff promotions have been made by a national estate agency, Fisher German.  The agency - which has a substantial...

A government report suggests that house prices are rising at three times the national rate in some rural and coastal areas...

An estate agency that charges buyers not sellers is proposing to roll out nationwide. FreeAgent247.com, has been set up by Daniel Lewis...

Buyers are getting less square foot for their money when buying a property. Research by insurer Churchill has found that the average...

2020 gave rise to an exodus from the city as work from home became the mandated norm for large swaths of...

Rural-focussed agency Brown&Co has acquired Lincoln-based agency JH Walter - the merged operation formally begins on October 1.  Brown&Co opened its Lincoln...

A  mortgage expert says surveyors should improve their standard services to cover the threat of climate change.  This comes after a summer...

A nationalist party has blasted a Labour government in one national region of the UK for its lack of intervention in...

The former leader of the Liberal Democrats is calling for a ban on family homes being used for holiday lets and...

Students at a high school have been given an insight into the career opportunities in the property sector. The sixth formers from...

New research from Zoopla appears to show that buyers typically move further away for larger homes rather than smaller or same-size...

Over a fifth of properties have risen in value by more than the average salary according to a calculation made by...

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

A rush to beat next week’s stamp duty holiday deadline has caused a 200 per cent increase in demand for removal...

The youngsRPS agency now has a fifth branch in the north of England - it’s in Darlington and will cover the...

There are an estimated 2.7 million landlords in the private rented sector (PRS) providing rental accommodation to multiple generations of tenant,...

New research has found that homebuyers would prioritise buying a home with superfast broadband over being close to a good school.  A...

An analysis of over 1.6m listings by Rightmove shows a big return to normality - demand for smaller city centre properties...

A London agency is rejecting the suggestion that sellers are heading to the countryside - instead, it says they’re likely to move...

The asking price of a typical home in the UK has hit a third of a million pounds for the first...

A first-time-buyer couple in a part of the country renowned for its second homes and shortage of stock has praised a...

The so-called race for space as the pandemic drives buyers to reconsider their lifestyle options has led to prices for prime...

A think tank claims that ‘urban flight’ - when people leave cities and head for towns and villages - is merely a...

A nationalist candidate in next month’s elections claims there is a second homes crisis which may create a “lost generation” of...

A leading buying agent says the phenomenon of ‘buying unseen’ is the most dramatic property trend to have emerged from the...

A new licensee at Fine & Country is taking the brand into a new territory with a sales patch 170 miles wide...

One year on from the UK’s first stay-at-home order, London has been overtaken as the most searched-for location on Rightmove, according...

Savills has upgraded its house price and transaction forecasts following the Budget - and prime London, especially the centre, is tipped to...

This week’s In Conversation Today interviewee needs no introduction. One of the property industry’s most recognisable names, she has been a...

As part of our third PayProp Special Report on COVID-19 rental arrears in the UK, we surveyed over 600 agents, tenants...

As we now find ourselves in the UK’s third national lockdown in 10 months, what tenants want, and need from their...

A new estate agency listing historic houses is to have “a select group of creatives and thinkers” that will assist in the...

Both Rightmove and Zoopla have issued new data showing how the market is changing as buyers’ aspirations alter. Zoopla has looked at where...

Hello and welcome to the first Property Jobs Today of 2021 - we’re less than a fortnight into the New Year...

Zoopla has revealed precisely how much house prices have risen over the course of 2020. Across the UK as a whole prices...

He’s gone from Downing Street but the legacy of Dominic Cummings lives on in Rightmove’s top searches of 2020. Barnard Castle -...