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Self-employed agency brand eXp UK has surpassed the 600 member agent threshold. It comes after recruiting a further 100 agents since the...

Mortgage rates may be dropping but buyers need to act fast as product shelf-life is also falling. Moneyfacts data shows the average...

NatWest and Santander are the latest mortgage lenders to unveil rate cuts. The lenders have revealed lower mortgage pricing from this morning...

Rightmove is to be the headline sponsor of ITV’s music show The Voice UK, starring veteran crooner Tom Jones. The portal says...

There’s nothing more frustrating than losing a sale at the last minute due to details that could have been disclosed upfront....

Best buy mortgage rates have fallen below 4% for the first time since the start of the year. Nationwide is the first...

Half of all UK homes (15m) have increased in value in the first half of 2024 by 1% or more, research...

Asking prices dropped at the start of July as estate agents and sellers attempted to attracted buyers who have been distracted...

Like a breath of fresh air, we now have a government that actually appears to be governing. OK, it’s only 10 days...

There has been a 22.9% increase in the number of new homes hitting the market across Britain compared with the start...

Buyers and sellers are proving determined to press ahead with their home moves despite the looming General Election, research suggests.   Data...

Homebuyers need to act fast to grab mortgage rates, with deals now disappearing within two weeks. Analysis by comparison website Moneyfacts shows...

The rate of inflation slowed to 2.3% in April, Office for National Statistics (ONS) data shows. It means the consumer price index...

Estate agents were fined a total of more than £3m in the nine months to September 2023 for failing to register...

Asking prices have hit a record high as agents and sellers become more bullish about the market’s prospects. The latest Rightmove house...

Homebuyers have been hit by the highest jump in mortgage rates since March, research suggests. Analysis by Moneyfacts found the typical pricing...

Local property market performances vary from 12% gains to price reductions of as much as 24% since the pandemic house price...

Savills has today upgraded its five-year UK mainstream house price forecast to reflect the stronger than expected start to the year...

Yesterday we covered the story of self-employed estate agency brokerage eXp revealing three new agencies to have taken on the corporate...

Only realistic sellers willing to negotiate prices are successful in the current market, says one of the country’s leading estate agents. The...

A locally-owned property portal called Propertynews says it’s signed up over 40 more agents to list properties since New Year. More than...

Some 36% of all homes which have had asking prices cut this year are now listed as sold subject to contract.  GetAgent...

Big demand for small properties has helped to drive growth in UK property prices in the early months of this year,...

The average price of a home in Wales fell to £229,263 in the first quarter of 2024, making this the fifth...

The number of new sellers coming to the market is up by 12% compared to this time a year ago, and...

Average mortgage rates have ticked up ahead of the typically busier spring home selling season but borrowers are at least benefiting...

A variety of charities have received support from the property industry this week. If there are charitable endeavours you think the rest...

Estate agents are hopeful for a busy spring market after official data showed a small rise in property sales in recent...

Borrowers are currently rolling off relatively favourable two-year fixed-rate deals agreed at the start of 2022, but the pain from higher...

Lots of things change in the property sector - but one thing always seems to stay the same. For buyers and sellers,...

The mortgage price war appears to have eased and the shelf life on home loans has hit a six-month low, Moneyfacts...

Property market conditions in the new-build sector are likely to remain subdued this year. Persimmon has claimed. An outlook in the house...

House prices are growing annually for the first time since January 2023, Nationwide claims. The latest Nationwide House Price Index found average...

The housing market is "turning a page" with fewer price reductions and higher achieved prices, Hamptons claims. A January market activity update...

Record numbers of future vendors sent a request for an estate agent to come and provide a market appraisal of their...

Following the release of Material Information Parts B & C, iamproperty’s Product Manager, Tania Bonesi, shares insights on how Estate Agents...

Property supply and demand have rebounded since the start of the year amid falling mortgage rates but sellers are still making...

Most agents may argue that every month is the best time to list but Rightmove has identified February as the optimum...

Homebuyers are snubbing period properties, new analysis suggests. Research by Shawbrook suggests UK buyers are now prioritising sustainability and efficiency over style,...

The Conveyancing Association (CA) - the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry – has announced an update to its Estate...

Buyer demand and new sales at the start of 2024 are already ahead of equivalent 2023 levels, Zoopla. Figures from the portal...

Average mortgage rates have hit a six-month low, giving new hope to buyers looking to climb on or up the property...

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

Forget the Boxing Day boost, next Monday could be the start of the “first-time buyer boom.” Mortgage technology company Twenty7tec has identified...

Record number of sellers came to market on Boxing Day, according to Rightmove. The portal said it recorded a 26% increase in...

Fall-throughs are estimated to have cost UK buyers and sellers £270m during the third of last year, research suggests. It marks the...

Average asking prices in December have fallen more than usual for the seasonal slowdown, Rightmove claims. The portal’s latest House Price Index...

OnTheMarket (OTM) chief executive Jason Tebb has declared “our time is now” after shareholders backed a takeover of the portal by...

Sellers are still being lowballed by their buyer having previously accepted a higher offer, research suggests. A survey of more than 1,000...

The number of lenders offering sub-5% mortgage deals has doubled in the past month in a sign that the cost of...

Low deposit home buyers have been given a boost after product choice hit a 14-month high. Data from Moneyfacts shows the number...

Homebuyers viewing properties during the winter months should be extra watchful for signs of invasive Japanese knotweed, which dies back in...

A Stamp Duty holiday would be more beneficial now than at the start of the pandemic, Knight Frank has suggested. The latest...

Mortgage rates could be set to finally fall below 5%, brokers claim. The pricing of home loans has rocketed this year amid high...

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

The level of new for sale stock reaching the market across Britain has surged by 128% since the start of the...

Average asking prices have increased as usual between September and October but at the slowest rate since 2008, Rightmove has revealed. The...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

Average mortgage pricing is falling in a “positive sign” for the market, new analysis suggests. Data from comparison website Moneyfacts shows typical...

Estate agents are 54% more likely to secure a sale agreed on an off-market instruction than a property switched to them...

We might be at the start of an improving housing market, suggests Propertymark. In its latest market snapshot, concentrating mostly on August,...

Since the Bank of England base rate started making large jumps around the middle of last year, mortgage rates have increased...

Auction House has sold a fifth more properties this year than the same period in 2022 despite the wider market slowdown. The...

Rightmove has unveiled its Autumnal marketing campaign, with a new advert aiming to convince potential buyers that they should have ‘belief’...

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) has been urged to reveal its current assessment of the risk of...

A long-established Coventry estate agent has created a new “super office” in one of the city’s most historic areas as it...

House prices won’t fall by as much as the 1990s and 2008 financial crashes but it will take until 2025 for...

As Summer makes way for Autumn, many in the sector are bracing themselves for storm-clouds. But should they be?  Here, in his...

The slower sales market has started hitting high-profile agency and property brands. Agency franchise brand Winkworth’s half year results yesterday showed network...

Mortgage lending has dropped and buyers are no longer stretching their affordability limits, UK Finance claims. New data from the banking trade...

There is uncertainty in the market but it is still moving, TwentyCi claims. It comes as figures from the property data company...

Belvoir has reported revenue growth for the first half of 2023 despite “challenging market conditions,” with its lettings performance offsetting lower...

Rightmove has posted its highest half-year revenue growth for five-years, helped by increased agency investment in the portal’s tools. A half-year update...

Shares in Foxtons rose 3.42% yesterday off the back of its interim results. The London agent’s half-year update shows while lettings revenue...

Foxtons has seen its sales revenues decline during the first half of the year but insists its turnaround is working. The London...

Cooling market conditions and the higher cost of borrowing have resulted in one property market silver lining, Moverly claims. The upfront information...

OneDome has signalled an intention to acquire more mortgage brokers as it reveals its HomeBuyer service has helped return triple-digit year-on-year...

Rightmove, which recently increased its charges to some agents by a reported 17 per cent, is set to reveal its latest trading...

It’s the start of what promises - perhaps ‘threatens’ is a better word - to be a challenging second half of...

The number of property sales in England and Wales has dropped by more than 50% so far this year, research suggests. Analysis...

Sale stock levels have surged by 15% since the start of the year due to the ‘stagnant market,’ research claims. Quick-buy firm...

The hit to the economy from soaring mortgage rates will be equivalent to a 2p income tax hike, new analysis by...

Fall-throughs are at their lowest quarterly level since the start of 2019, new data suggests. Analysis by House Buyer Bureau has found...

Two sets of housing data have suggested a declining property market, with further price drops on the horizon. Halifax has recorded the...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

Great story this week about the estate agent in St John’s Wood who found a purse in the back of a...

In his latest column, property commentator Jonathan Rolande, provides his take on the biggest stories from the past seven days.  For a long...

Annual house price growth slowed for the fifth consecutive month during March and remains negative on a monthly basis, Land Registry...

Homebuyers looking for a 10-year fixed mortgage for their property purchase are facing less choice, research suggests. Analysis by Moneyfactscompare.co.uk  has found...

Homebuyers in Bolton are waiting as long as 21 weeks for local authority searches new research shows. Analysis by upfront information pack...

Only a fifth of agents have reported being busier than last year as higher mortgage rates and inflation weigh on the...

Sellers and their agents have become more confident about pricing but there are still some signs of “over-optimism” for higher priced...

Real estate consultants SHW is advising leaseholders not to wait to extend their lease. The call follows the start of the Government’s...

In simple terms, as you are probably aware, ‘lenders’ are the organisations who loan you something, in this case money to...

It has certainly been a very busy week for news in the housing sector.  Here, the first of a new series of...

There is a sense of “cautious optimism” in the market with sales agreed on the rise despite the number of overall...

Upfront material information is now firmly on the property industry’s radar, with Trading Standards CPR regulations expected to move towards disclosing...

Estate agents across Britain sold 5.3 homes on average each month in 2022, new research suggests. Analysis by Nested has found there...

Foxtons completed the highest number of viewings for five years during the first quarter of 2023, giving it hopes of a...

Lomond-owned agencies have reported a rise in market activity since the start of the year, despite withdrawals and fall-throughs remaining high. A...