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A new analysis by Zoopla suggests and one in eight homes currently for sale were previously let out. The portal says this...

Glenigan, regarded as one of the construction industry’s most respected insight and intelligence consultancies, says the sector will enjoy a long-term...

This year has seen a two-decade high of 181,000 first time buyers secure their first foot on London’s housing ladder, marking...

The UK housing market has returned to its pre-pandemic size, according to Savills analysis. Overall, the total value of the UK housing...

A prominent housing market analyst says people shouldn’t bother reading election literature but instead study interest rates if they want to...

The latest RICS UK Residential Survey results suggests that tenant demand continues to lose momentum.  Alongside this, landlord instructions remain in short...

An estate agency that promotes the self-employed model claims that three areas of the country lead when it comes to industry...

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

Average UK private rents increased by 9.0% in the 12 months to February 2024 according to the Office for National Statistics. This...

A trades union has slammed the Bank of England over its decision to keep base rate at 5.25 per cent, saying...

Foxtons’ internal lettings data shows that the 2024 lettings market in the capital is likely to be more balanced than in...

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

Annual rental growth in July was 9.1 per cent across prime London according to LonRes.   This figure took rents to 28.4 per...

OnTheMarket says the frantic lettings market of the past year or more is bad news for agents. In a trading statement to...

A prominent lettings and sales agency says there’s been a dramatic 54 per cent slump in sales this year.  Research from Barrows...

Data from London-focussed agency Foxtons reveals that average weekly rental prices in May have surpassed the peak of 2022. The average weekly...

“Optimism has survived another difficult month” says business consultancy Hargreaves Lansdown in response to the latest house price index.  Indeed, the industry...

The headlines surrounding today’s new RICS market snapshot will concentrate on dramatic house price falls but the drop off in the...

The latest high end agency to predict the mainstream market next year is Strutt & Parker - and it’s less downbeat...

Savills, which at the end of last week released a gloomy forecast predicting a 10 per cent price drop for average...

Savills is the latest agency to suggest significant house price falls next year - although in its long-range forecast it says...

The Knight Frank lettings and estate agency is warning that it expects house prices to fall in 2023. Tom Bill, its head...

Zoopla is issuing a warning today that price cuts in the sales market are likely to hit pre-pandemic levels as affordability...

Another analysis of the lettings market by PropTech firm Goodlord has shown that the intense heat is not confined to the...

New figures indicate the ongoing growth of buy to let. Analysing data on additional property purchases made in the financial year 2020/21,...

Flats, so long the favourite of buy to let investors, still constitute 15 per cent of all homes purchased according to...

A PropTech supplier says rental market activity remains relatively robust through this third lockdown, with a 25 per cent drop in...

International investors dominate the high end London market says a new survey. Aston’s, a residency and citizenship consultancy, has analysed sold price records...

An exercise by PropTech company Goodlord has given an insight into what the lettings market may look like in parts of...

Research by Hamptons International shows that since the end of the spring lockdown and the reopening of the rental market, affluent...

Data from Knight Frank suggests that average rental values in prime central London fell one per cent last month, taking the...

A complex ‘sentiment tracker’ suggests demand is still strong in the lettings market. PropTech supplier Yomdel publishes a weekly tracker index; it...

The rental market effectively disintegrated in the early days of lockdown before showing signs of a rebound which are still active...

New research claims to show that the lockdown could end up with higher rents as demand in the lettings sector outstrips...

Utilities management service Tenant Shop says demographic changes leading to more families and older individuals renting privately represent an opportunity for...

A new analysis of the buy to let market forecasts more bad news for agents, landlords and investors over the next...

The UK lettings market has enjoyed a 'robust' start to 2018, according to the latest Agency Express Property Activity Index. The number...

Buy to let valuations fell to just seven per cent of the total valuations market activity in April as the sector...

The latest data from Agency Express suggests nationwide increases in both new listings and properties let during March.    National figures for properties...

The latest data from Agency Express shows what the board company describes as “a robust start to 2017” as the rental...