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The latest RICS UK Residential Survey results shows the recent recovery in buyer demand has mellowed slightly, with the market impacted...

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

Rightmove is warning that the housing market is set for disruptions from the summer onwards, and suggests the brisk start to...

Spain’s Minister for Housing, Isabel Rodríguez, says the country is taking the first steps to eliminate the Golden Visa.  This visa was...

Estate agency data shows that the average time it takes for a landlord other vendor to sell a house has dropped...

UK house prices grew in March on a quarterly basis, by 2.0%, with annual growth slowing to 0.3%, from 1.6% in...

Trading Standards has defended the introduction of ‘material information’ requirements on details of properties for sale, after a conveyancer warned landlords...

Landlords quitting the sector could have to spend hundreds of pounds more when selling their home owing to new Trading Standards...

Landlords who paid Capital Gains Tax at 28% - before the Chancellor reduced it to 24% in this month’s Budget -...

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

The average price of property coming to the market for sale rises by 1.5% (+£5,279) this month to £368,118, as the...

A prominent agent who advises many landlord clients says the Capital Gains Tax cuts announced in the Budget are too small...

The latest index, from the Halifax, shows house prices rose 0.4 per cent in February – the fifth consecutive monthly increase....

A legal firm says Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has effectively slashed the value of holiday homes which are sold from April 2025...

UK house prices rose by 0.7 per cent in February, says the Nationwide, after taking account of seasonal effects.  This resulted in...

A property firm which has analysed transactions across the UK suggests the market is, at last, ‘back to normal’ in almost...

Landlords selling up because of rising taxes and unaffordable regulations are being advised not to be over ambitious with asking prices.  Tim...

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

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

Airbnb says it will continue to share hosting data with HMRC because its landlord hosts want to pay their fair share...

Landlords considering selling up have received guidance from Rightmove on when to do it and how. The portal claims February is the...

The average home in England and Wales bought within the last 20 years and sold in 2023 achieved £102,650 or 48...

A prominent analyst says the threat of rising inflation caused by the Red Sea shipping attacks - on top of this...

Average new seller asking prices rose 1.3 per cent between December and January - the biggest rise at this time of...

Analysts have warned landlords and others interested in the housing market from celebrating too much following the latest Halifax index figures. The...

The latest Halifax house price index shows average house prices rose by 1.1 per cent in December, the third monthly rise...

An analysis of homes that have returned to the market after failing to find a buyer in 2023 suggests that sellers...

Rightmove claims that a new record number of sellers came to market on Boxing Day, with a 26 per cent increase...

New data from HM Revenue and Customs reveals a 22 per cent annual drop in residential transactions in the year to...

Rightmove has revealed its forecast for 2024 - and has looked back on the past 12 months. This year, 2023, ends with...

A new analysis of discounts available to cash buyer suggests they can save tens of thousands of pounds on some property...

Rightmove is building the hype ahead of its much-vaunted Boxing Day listing of new properties to the market. The portal claims that...

Controversial online agency Purplebricks claims landlords and other home owners can sell their properties for free “as part of a progressive...

Rightmove has revealed its forecast for 2024 - but just as it has done this, it’s revealed asking prices have dropped...

House prices fell 1.2 per cent in the past year, according to a new Zoopla report out today, with average discounts...

In the ever-evolving landscape of property investments, one strategy continues to stand the test of time and prove its worth: property...

The asking price of homes coming to the market this month is down 1.7 per cent on October according to Rightmove.  The...

Landlords have been selling more homes than they bought in every year since 2016 when a raft of tax and regulatory...

Average house prices rose by 1.1 per cent in October, compared to a fall of 0.3 per cent in September says...

The best way to judge the UK housing market is to check on what’s happening in Parliament, not the price indices...

The average asking price across the UK based on the available stock is now £1,829 per month according to property consultancy...

The average new seller asking price has increased by just 0.5 per cent in the past month - the smallest increase...

Holding deposits head the list of complaints about the private rental sector, says the man at the top of the Property...

It’s the number of homes changing hands rather than their price that’s bearing the brunt of the slowdown say research chiefs...

The housing market remains a buyers’ market, with 80 per cent more homes for sale than in September 2021 according to...

The latest data release by comparison site GetAgent shows the average sale price over the past six months has been 97.3...

A new study of over 600,000 available properties on Rightmove reveals that homes in need of renovation are the most in...

New figures reveal the typical Briton’s lack of knowledge around energy efficiency issues in the home. The research found that only 35...

Landlords keen to bag a bargain will be interested to know that over a third of homes now on sale have...

A property website has calculated how much it costs a landlord or general home owner to sell a home - and...

Former England footballer turned TV pundit and property expert Dion Dublin is to headline this month’s South East Property Expo. The centre...

An analysis conducted over the summer by Rightmove suggests it could take literally decades for the private rental sector to conform...

It’s hardly surprising that the property auction market has seen an increase in activity in recent years, with buyers looking to...

Over recent years, as successive governments have tightened lettings legislation and increased the tax burden on landlords, some with investment properties...

Landlords are often seen as stalwarts of property auctions, and are attributed with helping the sector’s growth over the past decade. Property...

An outspoken agent says he is seeing growing numbers of people renting in later life to reduce their inheritance tax liability. Trevor...

The average price of homes coming to the market have dipped slightly once again, according to Rightmove. The newly-marketed properties are some...

If you are a landlord looking for the silver lining in a dark cloud, June’s interest rate decision will have certainly...

A prominent buying agent says nervous buyers are pre-emptively slashing asking prices before the housing market worsens. If true, this could present...

Auctions have long been a favourite way for buy to let and other investors to bag a property bargain. And now it...

New data from Zoopla shows that 42 per cent of sellers are accepting offers over five per cent below the asking price...

If this was typical of the past 10 years we would be talking of a 0.6 per cent average house price...

House prices are set to fall much further, a leading property expert has predicted.  Last week credit ratings agency Moody's warned of...

The Halifax says house prices were flat in May, but fell 1.0 per cent in a year - the first annual...

House prices were largely unchanged in May, edging down by just £130 compared to April - but on an annual basis...

A leading analyst says the most recent house price index - released just before the weekend - is a sign that...

Some 11 per cent of the homes on sale right now are owned by landlords quitting the private rental sector. That’s the...

Landlords relying on capital appreciation have good news this morning - there’s been a significant and unexpected leap in house asking...

HMRC says UK residential transactions in March totalled 89,560 - that’s a chunky 19 per cent lower than the same month a...

Move iQ, the consumer-facing online service operated by TV property guru Phil Spencer, is linking with the Build To Rent trade...

The auction arm of one of Britain’s largest agency groups says its seen a positive first third of the year. First For...

Today’s latest market snapshot from Rightmove shows the average price of property coming to market rising by just 0.2 per cent...

A prominent estate agency says landlords and other property owners considering selling this spring must be realistic about asking prices. Savills -...

The Nationwide says March saw a further decline in house prices - they are down 3.1 per cent compared with the...

The average price of property coming to the market rises by 0.8 per cent this month to £365,357, reports Rightmove. This is...

As many as one in 10 homes have a reduced asking price within a month of entering the market, a new...

The first two months of the year have seen a 74 per cent rise in the number of lots offered at...

Landlords increasingly reliant on capital appreciation may be relieved to hear that one of the country’s best respected indices suggests house...

The asking-to-achieved price gap has widened to its largest for five years according to new data from Zoopla.  While sales volumes have...

The better-than-expected sales market has been a surprise to investors, owners, buyers and sellers alike, says Rightmove. In its latest monthly snapshot...

Over the last few years, the property industry has been focusing on the need to provide more information to buyers ‘up...

Every year, those thinking about investing in property for the first time and even current landlords ask themselves whether it’s the...

Annual house price growth has slowed to 1.1 per cent - a sharp drop on a month ago when it was...

Any landlord quitting the market and selling up may find demand from buyers muted until Easter. That’s the warning from Zoopla which...

A substantial majority of agents say sellers are being unrealistic about the asking prices of their homes This includes landlord sellers quitting...

After two months of falls, the average price of property coming to the market for sale rises again by 0.9 per...

Although most property sellers in the past year made a substantial gain, a new analysis shows that flat sellers - many...

New data from Rightmove reveals the areas which have seen the largest price jumps in the past year. It says that Eastwood...

The average house price fell a further 1.5 per cent in December according to the Halifax - and that comes on...

Rightmove is predicting an average drop of just two per cent in asking prices next year - far less than many...

Cycles of growth and housing market crashes, new technology, and, most recently, the pandemic-fuelled push to escape the city in search...

There’s a dilemma for landlords wishing to expand their portfolios - do so now, just as some buyers are offering discounts?...

Zoopla says a “widespread repricing” is underway in the sales market, but with no sign of cooling yet in the lettings...

Rental value growth remains firmly in double-digits in prime London postcodes as demand continues to outstrip supply, according to Knight Frank. The...

Rightmove says the average price of newly-marketed homes dipped 1.1 per cent this month - the equivalent of £4,159 - to...

Auctioneers at Auction House London say the number of bidders taking part has dropped fast over the last four months.  At its...

There’s rather a lot going on in the economy as I write this and, by the time it is published, who...

Stamp Duty paid between April and August 2022 was up 29 per cent on the same period last year according to...

* Angels Media and Landlord Today are deeply saddened by the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II * - A council is offering...

The National Residential Landlords Association has issued its formal congratulations to Simon Clarke, the new Housing Secretary. But Ben Beadle, NRLA chief...