Archive

Shortly after the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act was granted Royal Assent in May, we surveyed members of the Association of...

Annual house price growth remained at 2.7% ahead of the general election in June and was up just 0.5% on a...

A prominent financial analyst is warning that the hopes for a housing market resurgence over the autumn could be derailed by...

The wife of a jailed banker has agreed to forfeit a house in Knightsbridge worth approximately £14m and a golf club...

Fewer sales than usual were registered by HMRC for June, official figures show. The latest property transactions statistics from the taxman - based on...

Two years of rising interest rates, the withdrawal of first-time buyer support, planning delays and a string of broken promises has...

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

Price growth has been put on hold at the top of the market during the second quarter of 2024 given uncertainty...

The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) has described the first five months of this year as ‘transformational.” It comes after the brand has...

Could it be that a politician has finally done the property market a favour? Rishi Sunak’s decision to call the general election...

Britain's housebuilders are seeing a recovery in buyer interest and land purchasing activity in early 2024, according to the latest Knight...

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

Agency stock has hit a three-year high but sales expectations have dipped as hopes of an imminent interest rate cut fade,...

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

The JLL Prime Central London Index saw signs of improvement in the first quarter of this year, with 4.5% more properties...

It’s taken eight years but one of London’s highest profile estate agencies says the value of its Under Offer pipeline has...

From the uptick in house sales in January to a house price rise the first time in over a year in February,...

The majority of buyers and sellers in the prime housing market will not be deterred by the upcoming General Election, according...

House prices dipped on a monthly basis during March but annual growth improved, Nationwide data shows. The latest Nationwide House Price Index...

Prime central London (PCL) property values flattened out during the first quarter of 2024 after six consecutive quarterly falls, figures suggest. Analysts...

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

Inflation has hit a new two-year low as the cost of living measure slowed to 3.4% in February. The figure is down...

The gap between the price a seller wants and what a buyer is willing to pay is at risk of widening,...

Estate agency stock has hit the highest level since February 2021, new figures from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)...

Average house prices rose for the fourth consecutive month during February, figures from Halifax show, but it is unclear how long...

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

A senior estate agent has described the Government’s pledge to compel councils to cut red tape in favour of development as...

If a week is a long time in politics, then I’d say it’s a lifetime for anyone working in the property...

After years of saving, hard work, and market watching, being able to view and make an offer on a property is...

Welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity, our chance to salute those who do so much to help others. If your agency...

There will be many of us working in the property sector who will have raised a glass and toasted seeing the...

What will happen to house prices? Should I rent or buy? Will a Labour or Tory Government be better for homeowners....

The property market is heading for around 23% fewer sales this year and some agents may need better training to deal...

House prices increased for the second consecutive month in November, according to Halifax. The lender’s latest House Price Index recorded monthly growth...

The UK’s housing market is past ‘peak pain’ and looks set to bottom out in mid-2024, according to Savills. The agency giant’s...

Paul Johnson, Head of Corporate Sales at Leaders Romans Group (LRG) Commercial property has historically been viewed as the more profitable asset...

The Bank of England is facing calls to hold off on raising interest rates this week. Its Monetary Policy Committee is set...

The artificial intelligence (AI) platform, Bard, correctly guessed what the UK’s average house price would be in the Land Registry’s monthly...

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

Spectre has hailed the success of its recently launched fee recovery tool after helping an agent reclaim £7,000 in owed fees. Launched...

The property market appears to have stalled in April and May, with official data showing a dip in house prices and...

High-end estate agency Strutt & Parker says its research points to a sales market recovery underway in some parts of the...

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

The impact of last year’s mini-Budget on the property market are “fading,” agents have claimed after the latest Nationwide housing data...

As Tennyson once observed…’.In the Spring, a young man’s fancy turns to thoughts of love…’.but not really. At the moment the...

Sellers are becoming more realistic about pricing despite asking prices of typical first-time buyer properties hitting a new high, Rightmove claims. The...

The number of home sales being agreed is now back to its pre-pandemic level for the first time since before the...

The latest Halifax House Price Index gave estate agents renewed optimism last week amid the ongoing market crash debate after the...

A more stable picture of the housing market may be emerging, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has suggested. It comes...

Agents are being offered a new tool to help them reclaim fees they are owed following a vendor’s withdrawal from the...

Lenders approved the lowest number of mortgages since May 2020 in December. The latest Bank of England data shows mortgage approvals for...

One of the nice things about this time of year is that slowly, ever so slowly, we begin to emerge from...

If early indications are to be believed. Yes! 2022 was the year that offered so much at the start and then hit...

Higher mortgage rates and the end of Help to Buy has had a “sharp impact” on sales rates, Persimmon has warned. A...

Usually, I enter January with a spring in my step - optimistic about what the future holds.  Two years ago, after the...

House prices fell for the fourth consecutive month in December, the worst run since 2008, according to Nationwide. The lender’s final House...

The housing market is struggling to regain momentum following the mini-Budget but a ‘soft landing’ is possible, Nationwide suggests. The lender is...

Chestertons has released its housing market forecasts for 2023, predicting that prices will only see a “slight dip” next year before...

The Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has written off its investment in collapsed challenger portal Boomin. The broker entered a strategic relationship with,...

An exclusive partnership has been agreed between OnTheMarket and MIL Outsource to provide the property website’s agents with a revenue protection...

Knight Frank expects prices to fall by 3% next year in Prime Central London (PCL) before rising modestly in the years...

As I watched Liz Truss take to the stage at this week’s Conservative Party conference, my eyes were drawn to the sign behind her. “Getting Britain...

The results are finally in, and to no-one’s surprise Liz Truss has been named the new leader of the Conservative Party...

Annual house price growth has dropped to its lowest level this year and is back to single digits, official data shows. The...

A fundraising page setup to encourage donations for a sales negotiator who suffered a life threatening accident while on a family...

The managing director of an Essex-based estate agency has set up a GoFundMe page to encourage donations for a stricken colleague...

Double-think, for those who have not read George Orwell, is when people are expected to accept two conflicting beliefs as truth,...

Savills has released a revised five-year forecast for the UK’s prime housing markets, to reflect the strong levels of activity in...

Hidden amongst the annual results released by Purplebricks on Tuesday – which saw revenue and profits down, as well as a...

Yesterday’s publication of Purplebricks’ annual results – which made for very difficult reading for the troubled brand – came as part...

Purplebricks has this morning announced its long-awaited annual results, delayed since July 12 due to internal changes. It shows that revenue...

The recovery of the prime central London property market is being hampered by a lack of international buyers and Russia’s invasion...

Knight Frank has revised its house price forecasts upwards due to continually low levels of residential stock on the market. The agent...

Spicerhaart’s annual conference and awards ceremony returned earlier this month after a three-year hiatus caused by the pandemic. The company’s two day...

Agents lost out on £600,000 worth of owed commission from withdrawn listings last year, industry data suggests. Withdrawn sales are an occupational hazard...

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

A so-called Climate Innovation District is to be constructed in central Leeds with low carbon homes at its heart. The developer Citu...

Timothy Douglas, Head of Policy and Campaigns at Propertymark, analyses the impact that the lack of available data is having on...

Rightmove says the level of business owners enquiring about leasing office space has now surpassed even pre-pandemic levels in January. Demand is...

A leading buying agency says that while prime central London’s property market shows clear signs of recovery, a weak area remains...

London’s super-prime residential market has recorded its strongest year since 2013, according to high end agency Savills. In total, there were 522...

When we all thought that the Covid-19 pandemic was coming to an end, the virus decided to throw another curveball and...

Planning delays, labour shortages and the surging price of building materials are combining to sharply cut the number of new homes...

The product choice for buyers wanting mortgages is now the highest it has been since 2008 according to the independent service...

The government should reset planning policy and scrap proposals for thousands of new homes in high-risk flood areas. The think-tank Localis, in...

Cluttons has given its market snapshot for the sales market in central London - and it’s echoing the familiar story of...

The latest LonRes market snapshot for prime London carries mixed messages in terms of transaction volumes.  Overall, for the month of October,...

Savills has set out its annual house price forecast for prime London - and after years of price falls, the prediction...

There’s been an update this morning on the dramatic systems crash that has hit the conveyancing services operated by the Simplify...

Strutt & Parker has revealed where it believes the housing market will see the largest demand in 2022, outside of London. The...

A leading agency predicts that prime central London house prices, so long in the doldrums throughout the pandemic, will bounce back...

A torrid period for Purplebricks' share value means it opens stock market trading today with a price of just 33p.  This is less...

At first glance, Rishi Sunak’s Budget speech earlier this week didn’t offer much from a property perspective. But digging down a little...

The latest market snapshot of prime London by estate agency Benham and Reeves shows demand up 5.8 per cent annually for...

Prices in prime central London have risen for the past two quarters, prompting a tentative claim that the market may be...

New figures from HM Treasury have revealed that businesses, including a number of major agencies, have returned £1.3 billion in furlough...

Following speculation overnight, Foxtons - one of London's leading and most high-profile agencies - has this morning announced the appointment of Nigel Rich CBE...

Sinclair Taylor, the first company to offer debt solutions to estate agencies, has been acquired by The Broadriver Group, a diverse...

Savills has revised its price forecasts for prime property market across the UK, but when it coms to prime central London...

The housing market across the country shows little or no sign of cooling despite the end of the main stamp duty...