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Research from Zoopla shows that two-bed terraced homes are the fastest-selling property type in England and Wales, with a sale agreed...

Winkworth has expanded into the West Midlands with its first office in Warwickshire. The agency franchise brand has setup in the Regency...

The gap between what sellers want for their home and what buyers are actually paying has increased by a further 1.1%...

High mortgage rates continued to weigh on the housing market in June, leaving house price growth relatively flat. Nationwide’s latest House Price...

Average UK house prices are 8% overvalued but this figure could fall once mortgage rates hopefully drop, Zoopla claims. The portal’s latest...

Vendors are now paying up to 21% more in estate agency fees than five years ago but it’s not because agents...

The average first-time buyer mortgage payment has risen by 61% since the previous election year of 2019, research suggests. Analysis by Rightmove...

There’s a growing ­supply-demand imbalance in the sales market according to the prominent industry asking price index, Home.  It says despite greater...

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

Zoopla has kicked off an eight week marketing campaign to fend off the threat of OnTheMarket and to capitalise on the...

The proportion of buy to let properties purchased in Southern England fell to a record low last year, continuing a trend...

The latest research by London lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves, has revealed that while a rental property with a...

Detached homes in Wales are the slowest property types to sell across the UK and take an average of 92 days...

A new analysis of the cost-of-moving suggests that the typical seller will incur expenses of £5,867 - and that rises hugely...

Lomond has announced its latest acquisition within the East Midlands, bolstering its John Shepherd brand following two recent acquisitions within the...

Rightmove has joined growing calls for Stamp Duty reform ahead of the Spring Budget next week. The property portal has outlined three...

Properties favoured by first-time buyers are typically selling for an average of 8% or £20,300 below the local market average, Zoopla...

Average house prices fell 1.4% during 2023, Land Registry data has revealed. The latest Land Registry House Price Index for December 2023...

Branches may be closing but the number of estate agency businesses has increased by 2% across the UK over the past...

Propertymark has welcomed a move by the Government to lift restrictions on development along the abandoned HS2 route. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak...

The news in September that Birmingham City Council (‘Europe’s largest local authority’) had been forced to issue a Section 114 notice...

Property brand and auctioneer Bond Wolfe has recorded total sales revenues of more than £178 million for 2023. The auctions division raised...

House prices may have slumped for most of the year but some areas have bucked the trend. Analysis by Halifax shows that...

Hundreds of properties are having their asking prices cut each day, new analysis reveals as agents and sellers continue to try...

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

A new self-employed estate agency says it’s signed-up 30 new recruits in four months. iad - which had 20 recruits until recently...

The “ticking time bomb” of Help to Buy repayments could be set to explode due to the cost of living crisis,...

Exchanged prices across the UK have grown at an average of 3.8% over the past year despite ‘gloomy headlines’, TwentyEA claims. New...

New data from respected consultancy TwentyEA showed that the market is proving unexpectedly resilient - and in the case of new...

The property market is unstable at the moment making it increasingly difficult for first-time buyers to get on the ladder. As a...

The property market remains ‘resilient’ with more listings and homes going under, according to the latest TwentyCi data. It comes as figures...

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

A park home specialist provider claims demand for that niche property increased significantly in the second quarter of this year. The Quickmove...

Savills and the Daily Telegraph newspaper have combined to produce a league table of what they claim to be Britain’s 50...

Increasing numbers of sellers are turning to auction rooms to combat the cooling housing market conditions, research suggests. Upfront information provider Moverly...

Our data shows vast regional differences in current house prices and many areas are defying the current overall national dip. The study...

Proptech firm iamproperty has reported 40% growth in its partner agent network over the past 12 months. It now works with more...

Annual house price growth dropped for the fourth month in a row in February and dropped further into negative territory on...

New 2023 research from Open Property Group found that just 41% of homes in England meet the recommended Energy Performance Certificate...

Agents in some parts of the UK are still struggling to sell properties that they first listed more than a decade...

The South East of England is currently most in need of an estate agency personnel boost, new research claims. The analysis, by...

The average price for larger detached homes has grown at almost twice the rate than for smaller properties such as flats...

Annual house price growth slowed in December and ended the year negative on a monthly basis, the latest Land Registry figures...

The number of home sellers looking to sell their home quickly in the current market has increased by 12%, new research...

Plenty of inspirational examples of fundraising activities by agents and property professionals have been coming in from the end of 2022. Whatever...

West Midlands estate agency Berriman Eaton has completed a £250,000 investment drive that has seen it establish a new Worcestershire office...

Northern Ireland has been named as a potential hotspot for money laundering. New data from anti-money laundering software provider SmartSearch has identified...

A West Midlands estate agent has backed Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s plans to reverse cuts to Stamp Duty, claiming they should never...

Buyer demand has dropped by a fifth in the fortnight since the mini-Budget while supply has increased from worried homeowners, Zoopla...

Property demand has dropped while price reductions have increased in recent weeks, data shows. Two separate pieces of industry data give new...

The government’s Stamp Duty reforms could provide a boost to homebuilding in the UK, a property investor claims. Real estate investor Alliance...

Properties that are slow to sell are typically commanding a discount of up to 17% off England’s average house price, research...

Downsizing could become more attractive to older homeowners as the cost of living crisis intensifies, Savills claims. It comes as analysis by...

Hundreds of homes reaching portals for sale with no supporting photos, research suggests. Estate agent media provider Giraffe360 analysed current sales stock...

Despite the cost-of-living crisis causing many to tighten their belts and the beginnings of a slowdown of the property market, the...

Agents have a “clear opportunity” to nudge high-value homeowners who are considering listing their properties for sale, Zoopla claims. It comes as...

Anti-money laundering (AML) software provider SmartSearch is warning of a rise in financial crime, particularly targeting smaller property firms. A survey of...

Stock shortages are seeing one in 10 homes get snapped up within 14 days of entering the market, GetAgent claims. The agent...

More than 100,000 property transactions have benefitted from access to digitised local land charges (LLCs) data. Conveyancing software provider Search Acumen has...

The remaining amount of agency stock still for sale remains at the same level as last year, TwentyCi claims. The property data...

All regions of the UK have seen at least a 2% increase in property supply, TwentyCi claims. A June update from the...

Accessibility to charging facilities is becoming an increasingly important factor for home buyers in affluent neighbourhoods where electric vehicle adoption is...

House price growth may be slowing but there is still plenty of movement in the property jobs market. Here are some of...

Estate agents use property technology each and every day for residential property transactions, but is there more they can do with...

Supply is slowly increasing but there are signs that buyers are now biding their time. Analysis by property data company TwentyCi shows...

The shortlists for this year’s much-coveted ESTAS awards will be revealed from the end of this week. The ESTAS Customer Service Awards,...

The property recruitment market seems to be moving as fast as house prices. Here are some of the latest moves that took...

Record numbers of buyers are now purchasing homes chain-free research suggests. Analysis by Hamptons has found that an increase in the share...

Knight Frank has issued a stark warning that house price growth is set to slow. House price indices from lenders such as...

Netflix addicts may have come across Selling Sunset, an American series focused on the drama of US real estate agents selling...

An estate agency which previously operated only through a remote working model has established a headquarters and expanded its team. Chosen Home,...

An estate agent has suggested on social media that people who buy a Greggs breakfast each day could save well over...

Rising inflation may soon overtake house price growth even in the most buoyant areas of the UK, a property market analysis...

Some 86 Bronze, Silver, Gold and Special Awards have been presented to agents in the Guild off Property Professionals at its...

The time it takes to complete a transaction is beginning to drop according to an analysis by comparison website GetAgent. The average...

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

Agents have 21 per cent fewer homes on their books now than a year ago according to a quick buy company. In...

The Chartered Institute of Housing, set to unveil its latest annual housing review next month, has indicated that to no one’s...

Only 6.8m homes in England now have mortgages, just 28 per cent of the overall market and about two per cent...

The government’s heavily publicised Levelling Up initiative could benefit the UK’s overall property market by approaching £96 billion, it’s been claimed. Some...

Some regional property markets are perilously close to running out of any stock to sell. That’s the news from property data...

As debate rages over levelling up and a north/south property divide, in the first of a new monthly column, property expert...

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

House prices in the UK have ended the year of yet another record high. The Nationwide says annual house price growth increased...

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

House prices will rise next year says Rightmove - but it warns that tax hikes will curb price rises, particularly later in...

The market may be soaring in most of the country but there are still locations where significant numbers of properties sell...

A property specialist is warning about “modern day ambulance chasers” who try to convince buyers they have paid too much stamp duty.  “An increasing...

Despite increasing public debate and media spotlight on energy efficiency, the issue appears relatively unimportant to seven out of eight buyers according to...

Agent wages have been in the news this week, with boastful claims from a number of self-employed businesses about the sums...

First-time buyers are £25,000 worse off thanks to the stamp duty holiday, according to estate agent comparison site GetAgent. The website revealed...

Rightmove claims to have identified the dream home for buyers. A survey of more than 2,000 visitors to the portal’s website has...

A banned West Midlands estate agent has today been sentenced to a custodial sentence of six weeks, suspended for two years, and fined £4,000 at Wolverhampton Crown Court after pleading guilty...

One of the biggest trends since Covid, in the property world and elsewhere, has been a shift towards more hybrid, flexible...

A conveyancing services firm is warning that buyers are making “hasty rather than considered” decisions over properties because they feel under...

A company supplying data to conveyancers and other property professionals warns that Japanese Knotweed is a bigger headache than usual this summer. A wet and frosty spring,...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has revealed that what it calls its “second HQ” will be in Wolverhampton,...

The apparent plight of first time buyers hits the headlines frequently but new research shows that second steppers face a wide...

The ESTAS Awards ceremony is traditionally held each May but no prizes for guessing why this year, as with 2020, things...

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