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The UK's rental market is experiencing a slowdown says a lettings chief. Nicky Stevenson, Managing Director of Fine & Country notes that...

It feels as though the UK housing market is waiting for something to happen. The prevailing mood is one of anticipation with...

Foxtons says it wants to extend what it calls its “full digitisation of the lettings journey” to its sales side, as...

The Guild of Property Professionals is launch a new Ezine system for members to market properties to let and for sale. According...

Seymours, one of the largest independent agency networks operating in the South East of England, is to advertise its lettings and sales...

Propertymark has batted away any possible market pessimism as a result of a downbeat price index result from the Halifax  Just before...

Promising figures from the latest house price index doesn’t mean underlying problems in the market have been solved, warns Propertymark. UK house...

Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide, NatWest and Rightmove have announced a strategic investment in Coadjute, a prominent PropTech business.  This is the first...

For first time buyers, renting is cheaper than buying in most of the UK according to new data from the Halifax.  London, the...

There appears to be more evidence that these are good times for auctions. Network Auctions says it’s witnessed a sales surge, with...

A prominent lettings agent is calling for an end to what he calls the “archaic” system under which some tenants end...

Propertymark is telling the Bank of England that now is the perfect time to cut base rate and trigger wider interest...

A think tank is urging the UK government to consider tax perks for private renters to help them save faster for...

A property portal claims it’s struck an industry-first by making a “substantial investment” of over £250,000 in Artificial Intelligence.  The local portal...

The largest lettings agency in Scotland says purchases by landlords and other investor buyers in that country have risen sharply despite...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has launched a new Residential Retrofit Standard in a bid to help the housing industry...

Propertymark has urged the Sunak government to press ahead with leasehold reform ahead of the Second Reading of the Leasehold and...

Asking rents continue to show pos­itive annualised growth in all regions except Greater London and Scotland.  That’s according to respected property website...

Hamptons has launched a residential investment department - and it’s using the sister Connells brand to give new homes more exposure...

A survey from property portal Share to Buy suggests that over three quarters of buyers believe they cannot afford to purchase...

The PropTech sector has mostly agreed with the rest of the industry in its view on yesterday’s Budget - that it...

The letting agents’ trade body Propertymark has made the unexpected move of calling on banks to cut mortgage rates. Rates are typically...

Knight Frank has taken the unusual step of suggesting a government proposal for the housing market is high-risk and could even...

A lettings industry supplier claims one in nine renters use foodbanks. A survey of tenants, commissioned by Zero Deposit, found that just...

There’s been a surge in enthusiasm for energy efficient homes according to research from heat pump advocates OVO. It says that a...

Propertymark says the regulation of property agents and the creation of a statutory Code of Practice can improve the transparency of...

Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer has confirmed that Awaab’s Law - putting a strict timescale on urgent repairs being done -...

While most agents remain relatively tight lipped about party politics, the chief executive of Purplebricks has said the Tories should take...

Another index has suggested a small monthly increase in house prices in England and Wales - even though the annual rate...

Propertymark’s property auction division - NAVA - has given ringing endorsement to the Material Information changes demanded under new Trading Standards...

The Building Research Establishment - which undertakes research, advice, training, testing, certification and standards-setting for the housing sector - is calling...

The Bank of England has kept its base rate at 5.25 per cent but markets forecast this will drop from the summer as...

A prominent lettings agency is advising landlords to fit out homes in prime locations to the same high specification as if...

Stamp duty receipts dipped four per cent to £2.4 billion in Q3 of last year - no less than 25 per...

A managing partner at a letting agency has given an insight into the unique forces which he says is “strangling” the...

There were 12,000 first time buyers over the age of 50 in the UK in 2022, the latest figures available. This means...

A Knight Frank survey of 50 house builders shows a staggering 70 per cent support for Labour to win the next...

A return of pent-up demand and mortgage rates falling below five per cent have boosted the start of the year for...

Controversy surrounds a government idea - floated over the weekend - to allow renters to secure mortgages with just one per...

There are growing fears that the hoped-for Bank of England base rate cut this spring - the first off possibly several...

Property taxes in Scotland exceeded £600m over the last year according to analysis of the latest statistics by the country’s largest...

A severe shortage of properties to rent, fierce competition to secure the homes that are available, and rising rental prices led...

Winkworth’s first trading statement of 2024 reveals that it saw a five per cent rise in rental revenues in 2023 -...

David Cox, the former ARLA chief executive, says the earliest that the Renters Reform Bill could come into effect is late...

Propertymark has stepped into the row over a bank chief’s comments on first time buyers. Sir Howard Davies, chairman of NatWest, responded...

Knight Frank has taken the unusual step of warning that Tory splits over Rwanda and immigration could force an early election...

Lower mortgage rates - still falling in the days since the end of the festive break - may be persuading some...

Airbnb and other short let platforms are from this week required to send data on their clients’ earnings to HMRC. And a...

Owner occupiers have been competing with landlords in the battle to purchase smaller properties, new figures show. Smaller properties are often preferred...

The chief executive of Propertymark says seasonal trends are returning to the housing market after several ‘unusual’ years. Nathan Emerson says: “In...

The date has been set for the Spring Budget - the last before the General Election.  It’s to be on Wednesday March...

The Jackson-Stops agency is warning that the Renters Reform Bill is driving investors away - and making the market worse, not...

One of the UK’s leading lettings agents is bemoaning what he calls “the missed opportunity “ to help the rental sector...

Strutt & Parker’s London New Homes staff attribute 50 per cent of their market this year as dollar-based - 30 per...

Propertymark has urged the government to do more to help the country’s most vulnerable citizens heat their homes.   Office for National Statistics...

All eyes are on HM Treasury this week ahead of the next inflation figures, to be released on Wednesday morning. Analysts suggest...

A property portal has announced the inaugural graduation of its first-ever qualification. Some 55 students were awarded the SPC Property Practice Certification,...

Propertymark has laid out its proposals to the Scottish Government ahead of its 2024-25 Budget next week. The letting agents’ trade body...

Britain is in the grip of a new mould crisis, a leading property association has warned.  The National Association of Property Buyers...

The scale of rent rises has peaked with future increases likely to be smaller, says Zoopla. The portal’s latest report into the...

A prominent London buying agent and property consultant says the slowly improving supply of rental property means more tenants are now...

A consultation to introduce boilers into homes and the private rented sector needs ‘more carrot than stick’ according to a prominent...

I think we can all agree that the National Trading Standards Material Information reforms are a good thing for the property...

Parts B and C of the process to improve material information disclosure in property listings are published today within comprehensive new guidance...

The company which in 2021 tried to introduce the concept of asking potential tenants and buyers to pay to view a...

Affordability limits have been reached in several regions of the UK, the Home property website suggests. While some regions are still recording...

Connells has launched what it calls a “pioneering” Rent to Buy scheme to shift apartments in a 163-unit scheme. The agency likens...

Normality appeared on the horizon in the prime London rental market in October according to high end agency Knight Frank.  Average rents...

David Wilson Homes has launched a scheme where prospective buyers who can muster a 2.5 per cent deposit can reserve a...

The lettings agency Winkworth has taken the unusual step of criticising policies of a series of councils. The councils are all Labour...

In today's fast-paced and ever-evolving property industry, it’s essential that forward-thinking agents strive for innovation through PropTech to improve processes, save...

Belvoir has expanded its presence in Scotland following the opening of a brand-new office in Kirkcaldy.  The branch is the sixth Belvoir...

A lettings industry mentor has issued a plea to agents to do more to protect their landlords’ livelihoods. Sally Lawson, founder of...

Propertymark has urged the government to take the potential Help to Buy ‘timebomb’ seriously. The news comes as London lettings agent Benham...

Labour deputy leader and shadow housing secretary Angela Rayner has given her party’s conference an outline of future policy plans. She says:...

Prime London markets are proving more resilient to rising interest rates than their mainstream equivalents, says Savills. Prices in prime central London...

Midlands-based land and property company Sheldon Bosley Knight has made another lettings acquisition - its fifth in 2023. Leicestershire-based Andrew Granger &...

Propertymark has cautiously welcomed the Nationwide’s house price index showing a 5.3 per cent fall in the year to September. It says...

A leading lettings agency and property consultancy has revealed that it anticipate stronger-than-expected rental growth this year and next in prime...

Apartments are underperforming when it comes to capital growth, according to the Nationwide. The lender, in its latest house price index, says...

Young couples are delaying marriage and starting families until they get out of the rental sector, research by Yorkshire Building Society...

Some prospective buy to let landlords may be about to use their equity to snap up investment properties at discounted rates,...

It’s getting worse - the supply-demand mismatch in the rental sector is now “drastic” says Propertymark. The number of new prospective tenants...

The government should “just get on with implementing the Renters Reform Bill” an industry figure says.  Jonathan Rolande of the National Association...

The auction house appears to be bucking the downward trend in the wider housing market. And much of it is down to...

An outspoken property industry figure has urged the Bank of England not to hike interest rates.  The National Association of Property Buyers...

UKSotheby’s International Realty - which handles high end lettings and sales - has opened a new London office. It’s in St John’s...

Financial support from family members - not just parents - is expected to help fund 318,400 housing transactions in 2023, according...

Franchise giant Winkworth is opening a new office in West Hampstead, extending its north London footprint from existing offices in neighbouring...

Propertymark has created a series of fact sheets to help letting agents understand the Building Safety Act 2022, which carries complex...

New analysis reveals that other family members beyond parents are increasingly lending their financial support to first-time buyers.   So far this year...

Section 21 evictions are set to soar even higher, a property association leader forecasts - because of the threat to abolish...

Almost a quarter of England and Wales will become less affordable to buyers by 2025, it’s been claimed. The findings - from...

New figures suggest soaring numbers of tenants are at risk from criminals taking advantage of the tough rental market. Scammers place fake...

Zoopla’s research team says the rise in mortgage interest rates means it’s now cheaper to rent than to buy for the...

Average rents in Scotland for new tenancies in the private rented sector have risen by double digits for the third time...

Propertymark has welcomed what it calls the “clarity” given to advertising terminology following the publication of new guidelines from the National...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Ross Nichols, and it says i’m Co-Founder at Just Move...

A personal finance expert has revealed that a new group which he calls Guppies are reconciled to possibly renting forever. Alan Davison,...

A respected measure of investor confidence says it’s on the rise as a result of growing optimism over UK inflation figures...