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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...

Knight Frank has left the door open to revise its house price forecasts after the chancellor’s first Budget in October. Chancellor Rachel...

Mortgaged buyers have continued to drive the property market even in the two years since mortgage rates peaked, research suggests. Property brand...

The three months of May-July provide welcome news for both active buyers and sellers, and those thinking of buying or selling...

The Scottish housing market is proving remarkably stable according to figures from the Edinburgh Solicitors Property Centre. The average selling price of...

One of Spicerhaart’s top performers has been rewarded with promotion to the estate agency director role covering Essex. Dan Augustin had previously...

Sentiment about sales volumes among surveyors and estate agents is at its most upbeat level for more than two years and...

The latest residential market sentiment survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests confidence in the housing market is beginning...

UK house prices may be broadly static but sales volumes are up 12% year on year according to Zoopla data out...

Homebuyer and seller activity has finally started to turn positive, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) suggests. The latest...

Buyers in Scotland took advantage of the high levels of competition in the market between November January, research suggests. Analysis by Scottish...

It wouldn’t be sensible to jump to a firm conclusion about the prospects of the housing market this side of Christmas,...

A proposed cut in stamp duty by the Westminster government would be a welcome boost to homebuyers and would need to...

Property professionals remain negative about the prospects for the housing market over the coming months amid low buyer demand and fewer...

Demand for residential property remains fragile despite a pause in interest rate rises, Knight Frank claims. While the number of new prospective...

In his latest column Jonathan Rolande explains how those working in the property can best navigate the challenges the market is...

Even the super-rich don’t seem to be immune from the property market slowdown, Knight Frank’s latest Global Super-Prime Intelligence Report, following sales...

HMRC has recorded the lowest level of UK property sales for the month of June since 2020. The latest property transaction data...

The prime London market appears to be lacking its usual spring buzz as buyers wait for prices to drop research suggests. Analysis...

The start of spring has coincided with buoyant housing market forecasts. Reflecting on a first quarter of 2023 which saw buyer choice...

February marked the slowest month for residential transactions in almost a decade, HMRC data suggests. New HMRC transaction figures shows the taxman...

Reduced homebuyer activity has led to a 30.5% drop in UK house sales, new research suggests. The data also shows that one...

Agents are seeing more stock coming to the market but Zoopla is warning about seller expectations. The latest Zoopla House Price Index...

The level of new listings coming to market is at its weakest since the end of the 2021 Stamp Duty holiday,...

New year, old worries: what’s happening in the housing market? We’ve asked experts and collated forecasts, 15 in total. On the one...

Mortgage approvals for home purchase hit their lowest level since June 2020 during November, the latest Bank of England data has...

Autumn and winter have been identified as the best seasons to sell a property if an agent wants to get their...

The housing market is in a better position to weather a downturn than in previous economic cycles, Zoopla claims. The portal argues...

Long-established Hampshire estate agent Clarke Mews has shut all three of its branches in West End, Botley and Netley, with its...

A property expert has claimed that it remains to be seen where housing will feature in the upcoming political agenda. Nicky Stevenson,...

Estate agents in Scotland are bucking the sales slowdown trend, Homesearch claims. The property data and prospecting platform, which recently launched north...

Annual house price growth figures returned to double digits in April but there are warnings that this could be as good...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I can’t remember the last time I had a business...

The housing market is on track to record its strongest year since 2007 for transactions and house price inflation says Zoopla.  The...

The market slowdown continues with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors reporting that new buyer enquiries have reduced for the first...

New figures from Zoopla today emphasise just how frenzied the housing market remains. Here are the figures: - so far in the first...

Iamsold, the company best known for its Modern Method of Auction online platform, has won top spot in an auction league...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says the market should prepare itself for a glut of new supply thanks to the...

Described on this site as a ‘powerful disruptor’ in March 2020, few would deny that the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted on...

I remember so clearly in my Foxtons days, working as a lettings manager in Putney, that lettings, though less sexy than...

Zoopla says while there may be speculation about people fleeing London and big urban areas for the countryside, the evidence suggests...

Rightmove is reporting a mini-boom that was existing even before the stamp duty holiday - enough to propel average asking prices...

The number of offers agreed on homes priced below £1m since mid-May is a healthy 41 per cent higher than the...

Data released this morning by Rightmove suggests that agents in England have agreed no fewer than 40,000 sales since the market...

Countrywide says it is pursuing the businessman who failed to complete on the purchase of the troubled agency’s commercial arm, Lambert...

Savills has kept in touch with almost 2,000 of its vendors and prospective buyers through two mass webinars. Entitled ‘What COVID-19 means...

The impact of the Coronavirus crisis is going to reduce agents' revenue into the third quarter finishing in late September warns a leading...

Foxtons is warning that 2020 will be yet another difficult year for the agency despite the so-called Boris Bounce helping the...

A high profile and widely-respected estate agent is predicting a huge demographic change to one of the country’s wealthiest enclaves -...

Coutts has identified areas of London where house prices are still below peak. Although the wealth manager and private bank says there...

Foxtons's trading statement this morning reveals another huge slump in sales - but no new announcement about future branch closures after a spate...

Figures released this morning by data firm LonRes provide the latest evidence of a so-called Boris Bounce with the market improving...

After a year dogged by Brexit deadlock, political turmoil, and slow growth, estate agents’ confidence in the property market hit a...

The scores are in….and it looks like house prices are going to rise gently in 2020 according to forecasts from almost...

A website has slammed the idea that there is a surge of interest in buying homes on Boxing Day, describing the...

The new mood of apparent political stability promoted by supporters of Boris Johnson and Brexit appears to have failed to win...

The latest market snapshot from the National Association of Estate Agents continues to show how political uncertainty is dampening sentiment and...

A sales agency based in Warrington and set up originally to market new homes in Manchester is now expanding into Shanghai...

How can estate and letting agents nurture leads who aren't ready to sell or let a property instantly? It's a question many...

London agency Foxtons has announced some management changes - the first since a shareholder revolt at the firm’s annual general meeting...

I think I speak for most people when I say that we are not currently where we thought we would be...

A London council admits that it typically takes 50 working days for a search - which means a Local Land Charge...

The latest survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests that last month’s optimistic assessment of the housing market has...

Homes in central parts of London sold for a typical 11.5 per cent below asking price in the first three months...

A portal specialising in prime and super-prime London property has turned perceptions of the capital’s housing market on their head -...

The Annual General Meeting of Foxtons shareholders in London has seen a dramatic rebellion against bonuses for senior management. There were 14 resolutions put...

Foxtons has warned shareholders and the City that sales volumes are at a “record low” and that the agency suffered another fall...

Some of the most expensive properties in London are selling typically between 13 and 21 per cent off the asking price. And...

A statement from London-focussed agency Chestertons claims to have bucked the poor market in the capital - and says it’s partly...

House prices in 20 UK cities analysed by Zoopla show an average 1.7 per cent increase over the 12 months to...

Foxtons has ruled out further branch closures as it continues to struggle against what it calls “the continued weakness” of the...

The first set of figures for the year from HMRC show that there were 0.8 per cent more residential property transactions...

In these tougher times, we recognise that helping agents win new inventory is the key to their businesses.  There were more than...

Strutt & Parker says transaction levels in Prime Central London, already at a low ebb, plummeted a further nine per cent...

Foxtons has reported further small slides in both revenue and profits for 2018 - but sales income plummeted from £43m to...

A respected property investment consultancy is warning that the current premium put on the prices of new-build homes - around 15...

Coutts Private Bank is the latest institution to express its concern over London’s housing market. The latest Courts London Prime Property Index...

Transactions in prime central London have dropped nine per cent in the year to the end of August according to Knight...

Foxtons share price hit a new low yesterday, dropping to only 46p early in the afternoon: it eventually closed narrowly up...

An insolvency firm claims 153 estate agencies have gone bust in the past year with more than 7,000 “showing signs of...

Prime London’s transactions are now the preserve of so-called ‘needs-based buyers’ and not investors according to high-end agency Knight Frank -...

Foxtons has this morning given a gloomy trading update to the City and shareholders. In a statement issued at 7am it says:...

Coutts bank has issued a starkly pessimistic snapshot of prime London’s housing landscape, reporting price falls, valuation mark-downs and slower sales...

Average prices dropped another 1.1 per cent in prime central London in the year to March according to new figures released...

LSL Property Services - parent company to 12 brands including Your Move, Reeds Rains and London’s Marsh & Parsons - has...

Foxtons has this morning given details of a sharp fall in both profits and revenue, wirth sales significantly falling away and...

The property consultancy Hometrack says London is facing “a drawn-out period during which there will be a slow re-alignment of house...

The London residential market is at last improving - but faces a make or break situation with next week’s Budget according...

Two years of stagnation fuelled by Brexit uncertainty and stamp duty increases may be coming to an end in prime central...

LSL Property Services - owners of Your Move, Reeds Rains and Marsh & Parsons amongst estate agency brands - has enjoyed...

The managing director of lettings at Foxtons says Brexit and domestic political uncertainty have become ‘the new norm’ in the London...

A respected City analyst has pointedly dissed Purplebricks over its allegedly modest inventory of homes for sale and rent. Antony Codling of...

This actually happened - the names of the guilty have been withheld to protect the innocent. I live in Spain, Marbella actually,...

Concern is growing over the stagnation in transactions in London generally and in prime central areas in particular. Consultancy JLL says there...

The consumer group HomeOwners Alliance claims new research indicates that more than a million UK adults have shelved plans to purchase...

Contrary to some reports suggesting London’s housing market may be recovering, new data from Hometrack reveals the capital’s performance is still...

After a year of turbulence thanks to Brexit and the consequences of stamp duty changes, prime central London’s housing market appears...

Foxtons has received lavish praise from investment consultancy Jefferies despite long-term share price worries reflecting its mixed performance in the troubled...

Foxtons' figures released to the City this morning confirm a huge slump in sales in 2016 - and even lettings revenue...

Looking ahead to the Spring Budget this week, the Chancellor Philip Hammond will be obliged to face up to the implications...