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The property industry's self-destructive, point-scoring way of working just doesn’t cut it. When low stock means low cash flow low, agents and...

Foxtons has upped its expectations for its full year financial performance despites acknowledging a “less certain market backdrop.” A trading update from...

Winkworth agents posted record sales income last year, attributed to the stamp duty holiday. The London-listed agent franchise group revealed in its...

Another market snapshot has identified low supply as the chief characteristic of the sales landscape this autumn. Landmark Information Group’s latest Property...

House sales slumped nearly two thirds last month as the main deadline for the stamp duty holiday passed.  HM Revenue and Customs...

If you were hoping for a summer lull during August, think again. That’s the messages from Nicky Stevenson, managing director of Fine...

The already-high fall-through rate for transactions is likely to be supercharged by the impending end of the tapered stamp duty holiday...

A surge in activity ahead of June’s stamp duty deadline and tight supply saw price growth in the country house market...

Zoopla data has confirmed that buyer demand started to moderate in the months prior to the initial stamp duty holiday tapering...

The first stamp duty holiday deadline has now passed, and we can all sigh a slight relief after the sheer numbers...

The busiest first half of a year ever recorded by Rightmove has led to a raft of new records for the...

Rightmove estimates that 1.3m buyers have benefitted from the stamp duty holidays across Great Britain since they were announced in July...

The leading reason for property sales falling through is gazumping, according to new research from Comparethemarket. Over the past year, nearly two-fifths of...

The property market was expected to struggle to recover after the first lockdown, but, thanks to the stamp duty holiday and...

So, who would have thought it? England finally beat Germany in a knockout game at a major competition - and it...

For the second time in two working days, a report suggests that ever-higher numbers of buying are paying over the asking...

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

One in 10 buyers say they will seek to renegotiate on the price of their chosen home if they miss the...

In an unusual move, HM Land Registry has issued guidance to agents to help them reassure jittery buyers and sellers ahead...

In the first of a two-part special with the presidents of the UK’s largest property trade organisation, we carry out an...

The finance arm of a leading estate agency has taken the unusual step of warning about delays in the conveyancing process. “The...

Buyers are not told the true scale of flood risk in many properties - and the rush to beat the stamp...

There are over 700,000 homes marked Sold Subject to Contract and going through conveyancing right now, according to a new Rightmove...

The Law Society has published new guidance for what it calls “under-pressure conveyancing solicitors” as the stamp duty deadline of June...

Thousands of sales are at risk because slow searches by councils may prevent deals completing by the next stamp duty deadline. With just under...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Ben Ridgway, Group Managing Director at iamproperty. What is iamproperty...

Parts of the UK property market face a supply shortage with a quarter fewer properties listed for sale in England and...

A consumer financial service suggests it’s already too late for most buyers to meet the latest stamp duty holiday deadline of June...

A major agency is reporting a “frenzy” with branches inundated with enquiries as soon as homes are listed. Nicky Stevenson, managing director of...

Agents are being urged to push through their pipelines before the upcoming stamp duty deadlines. The plea comes from Simply Conveyancing, which...

An analysis of the average time taken for properties from 10 leading estate agency brands to complete shows a significant increase...

Annual house price growth remains strong but it has slowed significantly according to the Nationwide. Prices dropped 0.2 per cent on average...

Residential transactions totalled 147,050 last month according to HMRC - that’s 23 per cent higher than the previous month and an...

Agents in England are told that sellers should market their homes by March 23 - only 18 days from now - if...

Rarely do Budgets produce positive sentiments from the agency industry but Chancellor Rishi Sunak appears to have won widespread support for...

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

New research from Propertymark suggests a typical fall through costs an agent £4,123.  The association says that if the stamp duty holiday...

Much of the agency industry has reacted with delight at the extension of the stamp duty holiday deadline until June. Rightmove estimates...

Conveyancing volumes rose 27 per cent in just one month as the sector attempts to cope with huge demand prompted by...

A new forecast suggests 70,000 buyers will miss the March 31 stamp duty holiday deadline. Zoopla has undertaken a new analysis to...

The deadline to complete the purchase of a home under the current Help to Buy scheme in England has been extended...

A mortgage has been launched targeting borrowers who believe they are unlikely to complete their purchase before the stamp duty holiday’s...

Estate agents have kept up the pressure on the Westminster government to consider some kind of tapered ending to the stamp...

Mortgage approvals decreased slightly in December but remain well above pre-Covid levels thanks to the continuing incentive of the stamp duty...

Properties are currently taking 29 per cent longer than average to sell once under offer, according to research by a home...

The BBC says some buyers are taking advantage of lockdown rules to travel hundreds of miles to view homes. The story suggests...

Sir Kier Starmer has told the government it should look again at whether estate agents’ viewings of properties for sale and...

Just a week ago, I thought it was all over. Christmas and New Year had gone, as had the passionate calls...

There’s growing optimism that an extension to the stamp duty holiday - thought to be off the agenda just days ago...

Agents have been outlining how they have beefed up their measures to combat the risk of Coronavirus, especially during property viewings. “We...

Many agents will be closed on New Year’s Day - the last Bank Holiday for some months and at the start...

Zoopla saw a record 70.5 per cent increase in traffic on Boxing Day as signs suggest the pre-Christmas boom is set...

The next Budget will be held on March 3 next year - in time for Chancellor Rishi Sunak to change his...

Solicitors’ leaders say members of their industry are suffering mental health problems as a result of the workload to meet the...

The housing market may be slowing as we enter December but the latest snapshot suggests there’s still momentum with mortgage approvals...

Zoopla’s research team is anticipating the first quarter of next year will see the current boom continue as 100,000 additional sales...

Tenants, landlords, agents, and house buyers all breathed a sigh of relief on Halloween when the government announced that home moves...

A prominent PropTech supplier wants agents to hand over much more information to conveyancers to allow them to make faster progress on...

Asking prices are down for the first time in many months. It’s a small drop - an average of 0.5 per cent...

As we embark on another nationwide lockdown, the team at SDL Auctions are keen to help agents ride the storm, beat...

Buyers in around 30 per cent of English cities are almost certainly already too late to complete a purchase by March 31...

Savills says the shape and size of the housing market in the coming months will be determined by the capacity of conveyancers...

Sales of £1m-plus homes have surged since lockdown as affluent buyers seek more space and lifestyle changes.  An average of 868 £1m-plus...

The latest Rightmove asking price index shows the extraordinary market and amazing times we are living through. The average price of property coming...

Rightmove is warning of a conveyancing log-jam that may delay sales, despite the ongoing frenzy of activity and faster transactions for...

Average asking price of newly-marketed property have jumped 1.5 per cent - or over £4,500 - in the past month, says...

Savills has revealed relatively strong figures for 2016 in its report to the City this morning, with group revenue up 13...

Rightmove’s web traffic between Boxing Day and the end of last week is up five per cent on the same period...

Following a strong start to 2016, particularly in the lower to middle range of the UK housing market, that lasted up...

Transaction volumes across all of London are 48 per cent lower than they were a year ago, claims an estate agency...

The pace of property valuations conducted last month grew on both an annual basis and since the previous month, despite jitters...

The chief economist who compiles Nationwide’s monthly house price index says it is too early yet to see the impact of...

The latest figures from the HMRC show the scale of sales market drop-off following the surge in purchases by buy to...

While buy-to-let lenders brace themselves for further interventions as part of proposals currently being drawn up by the Prudential Regulation Authority...

House prices across the UK increased by 9.0 per cent in the year to March, showing a significant rise from the 7.6...

Estate agency Connells says the buoyant start to 2016 created by investors trying to beat the April stamp duty deadline may...

It’s almost impossible to write about the conveyancing market and not reflect on the activity levels of the past month or...

Research by The Guardian has revealed that the Blair family’s property empire has expanded - secured just ahead of the stamp...

The price of a typical home increased by 0.8 per cent in March, while the annual rate of house price growth...

A top consultancy firm is warning that the stamp duty surcharge coming into effect at the end of this week may lead...

The Law Society is calling on its members to warn not just clients but also estate agents if there is a...

An estate agent has spoken out about the threat of ‘abandoned sales’ if a completion bottleneck prevents purchases of properties going...

Calls to estate and letting agents to request viewings rose by 70.8 per cent in January over the previous month -...

Sales volumes in Prime Central London slumped 17 per cent in the second half of last year compred to the same...

Increased competition amongst mortgage lenders and the rush to buy investment properties before the April 1 stamp duty surcharge deadline have...