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Competition from Dubai and concerns about taxation under the new Labour Government have led the world’s super-rich to spend less and...

Just as the Nationwide showed the impact of rising mortgage costs on house prices, so another raft of lenders have made...

Mary Beeton, head of residential sales and residential development at Hamptons is celebrating her twentieth year at Hamptons. She is part of the...

In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they discuss estate agency in 2023. Who is embracing technology, and how...

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

A property tax consultant has hit back at suggestions of a housing market crash, suggesting that overseas investors will help sustain...

There was plenty of upset off the pitch after the Football Association’s last-minute u-turn – in fear of FIFA sanctions -...

Buyers are facing hesitant sellers and a continuing shortage of properties, Chestertons claims. The agency reported that the number of property viewings...

The prime central London (PCL) market may escape a property downturn, JLL claims. The real estate and agency brand has highlighted the...

Who would be in the shoes of Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng? I don’t mean who would like their power, pay and...

It’s been a dramatic week in the world of politics – and this has led to another new Housing Secretary, in...

There are some parts of the world, including in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, where estate agent isn’t seen as...

Well, we’re technically more than halfway through the year already, but we’ll let that slide. And what a year it’s been...

A 3-2 loss on penalties. It’s sad and disappointing - desperately. Yet that gives way to pride when England’s performance across the whole...

Like many of you, I have watched a lot of football recently and I’ve enjoyed every minute. It has been an...

Have you recovered yet?  We don’t mean the hangover, but the shock from the fact that England never gave their fans cause...

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

Hello and welcome to our first Euros Agent Match Report, a really engaging piece on England's triumphant campaign start yesterday. Our thanks go to...

The UK is only the eighth most popular country for Asian investment buyers, and accounts for just three per cent of...

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...

As many in the industry will know, Ian Westerling passed away last week at the age of 51: he was a...

A housing market snapshot for prime London shows a fall of over half in the number of £1m-plus properties sold so...

The advantage given to overseas buyers when Sterling weakened during the long-running Brexit saga has returned with the arrival of the...

The stamp duty surcharge for non-resident investment buyers announced in yesterday’s Budget is dwarfed by discounts they receive thanks to the...

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

Some buying agents have batted away the many signs of an improving housing market but one says the Boris Bounce is...

A high end estate agency says prices in Prime Central London are poised to rise 18 per cent by 2024 despite...

It’s a substantial Tory government for the next five years: what does this mean for estate agents, property and the market? We have...

The latest market snapshot of prime central London suggests that homes there are now 15.2 per cent cheaper than five years...

A growing free-to-list property portal says there's never been a better time for estate agents to target foreign investors. Residential People, which,...

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

An agent working at the buying arm of Knight Frank, The Buying Solution, is striking out to set up her own...

If you’d asked me at the start of the year how I thought the political landscape might look now, I wouldn’t...

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee - which meets monthly to set the base rate on which the costs of...

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

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

A high-end estate agency is reporting a dramatic rise in the number of US buyers in London as they have taken...

In the first Q&A Natter for a while, I catch up with Angelica Donati - CEO of Donati Immobiliare Group, PropTech...

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

So far in our contribution to the campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold we have outlined the stories of some of...

Another estate agency has closed one of its prime London offices as the capital’s most exclusive areas continue to be hit...

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

The head of an online agency has accused the National Association of Estate Agents’ conference of being “a sea of old...

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

High-end agency Savills says London’s super-rich are now buying and selling more actively than a year ago.  The agency says London’s so-called...

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

Transactions across England and Wales in September dropped 7.6 per cent year on year while Prime Central London now sees fewer than...

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

We’re well and truly back from summer with a flurry of fund-raising to report on this week: thanks to each and...

The former head of Humberts’ country house department, who has spent 30 years selling homes, has switched to buying. Jeremy Campbell-Harris was...

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

Hello and welcome to Property Jobs Today, the regular Monday round-up of moves and changes in our industry. Do please let us...

ARLA and the NAEA have appointed their new presidents - and as usual they are the presidents-elect, named a year ago. Mark...

The new owner of Humberts has announced the new management structure of the rural estate agency which he bought out of...

It will be 'business as usual' for Humberts following the announcement of its sale to Natural Retreats, says the agency's new...

It has today been announced that the Natural Retreats group has purchased Humberts. The entirety of Humberts has been included in the...

The managing director of troubled estate agency Humberts says he has been “inundated” with prospective buyers since news broke over last...

Humberts has denied a local press report suggesting at least five of the firm’s 22 offices had already closed with some...

An insider in a senior position in Humberts says the weekend announcement that it was in talks with proposed administrators to...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today - our regular Monday look at who’s moving where within our industry. You...

One of prime London’s most senior estate agents says stamp duty is “strangling the residential property market” in areas of the...

Humberts, which yesterday launched an online-only option for landlord clients, says it is “not closing the door” on expanding the idea...

A third of small building firms say that soaring material prices are squeezing their margins and almost a quarter have had...

Being a leading world-class city comes at a price – they are the most expensive for occupiers and the most lucrative...

Humberts - until now known as an agency operating predominantly in market towns across southern England - is opening a Mayfair office in...

Peter Robinson, CEO of AIPP – Association of International Property Professionals – shines a light onto the international property market. Some UK...

Carter Jonas is expanding its activities in south west England by opening new branches and through the unusual route of a...

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

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

Property Vision, one of the country’s oldest and most respected buying agencies, has added its voice to those saying that stamp...

Following the election of Donald Trump, there has been a rise in the number of United States investors searching for property...

Two reports produced by Savills suggests continuing struggles for high-priced properties in prime locations to combat economic uncertainty and the deterrent...

Inflation has taken over from Brexit as “the biggest threat to affordability and confidence in the housing market” according to a...

A surge in sales of London properties to overseas buyers taking advantage of the Pound’s post-referendum collapse has helped Savills exceed...

The managing partner of a property investment firm says London residential property values have fallen by 15 to 25 per cent...

This is the final Estate Agent Today until Tuesday January 3 2017, so everyone at Angels Media sends all good wishes for...

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

Forecasts are so last year: who anticipated Bowie, Brexit or Balls for example? Quotes, on the other hand, really ARE last year...

Humberts, long established as a southern England agency specialising in rural and semi-rural areas, says it is now going to use...

Knight Frank says overseas buyers are not only benefitting from a significant drop in the effective price of central London properties...

It is fair to say that 2016 is a year full of surprises. Anyone who had the foresight to predict Britain...

Estate agents and market analysts have spent 24 hours expressing their nervousness over the repercussions of Donald Trump's victory in the...

With the number of new homes being built across the UK still significantly below the level needed to meet demand, housebuilders...

Given the uncertainty that shrouded the immediate build up to, and aftermath of, the EU referendum, the current lettings market in...

Despite storms in the North and September sun in the South, estate agents haven't been deterred from giving their all for charity this...

The sales website Home claims that London house prices have dropped an average of 1.2 per cent in the past four...

The morning after the EU referendum, and Westminster, Britain, Europe and the world were left in shock at the news that...

Sherry Fitzgerald, a major agency in the Republic of Ireland, says it has seen “exceptionally strong” interest in homes from British...

The plummetting pound following the UK’s shock vote to leave the European Union risks creating more money-laundering operations through this country’s...

With the new Formula One season now well underway, we delve into the fast lane to take you on a whirlwind...

As I sit and write this piece, even with the FTSE 100 back up and sterling having recovered some of its...

Never in my lifetime have I seen so much enthusiasm and passion for politics. Brexit awoke the sleeping dog in almost...

The director of a high-end foreign-owned estate agency in prime central London says he is surprised that so many other figures...

Humberts is launching an email property clinic to answer any specific buyer or vendor queries on issues, including their concerns following...

One estate agency leader - you’d all recognise his name - described the victory of the Leave camp in the referendum...

Agents have been giving their reaction to the shock Brexit referendum result - and their comments have ranged from the gloomy...

Prices are wobbling in the London housing market, with the referendum and ongoing currency fluctuations being two of the major causes. That...

On Tuesday we managed hail, snow, rain, sun and a chilly wind all in one day. Whatever you want to say...

Estate Agent Today can reveal that Bob Scarff, the head of Countrywide’s estate agency business until last May, has become a...