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Property auction house Allsop raised £54.5m from the sale of 65 lots at this month’s commercial auction, making an 80% success...

A new analysis suggests landlords quitting the sector and selling in high-rent areas enjoy strong premiums. A lettings agency has analysed average...

New research has given a detailed breakdown of Bristol’s housing market, claiming the city has seen the private rental sector grow...

Property data consultancy TwentyEA has released its latest snapshot of the housing sales and lettings markets. One stand-out point is the substantial...

A prominent city centre investment site with change of use and redevelopment potential is now on the market for £2.3m.   Watling Real...

The average price of property coming to the market for sale dropped 0.4% in the past month to £373,493 says Rightmove. This...

Property portal OnTheMarket has offered investors and other canny would-be purchasers some negotiating advice on new to secure discounts or other...

A property in one of Birmingham’s prime suburbs where five self-contained flats producing rents of nearly £40,000 a year will be...

There’s been a 23% rise in the number of homes hitting the market across Britain over the past six months with...

Looming tax changes around furnished holiday lets and the approaching holiday season are driving inquiries for tax advice from current owners...

The stats for the property sales transaction numbers in Spain, and particularly in Andalucia, are out for April and they are...

House prices in Britain’s hottest coastal housing markets have grown by 4.2% in the past 12 months, bucking the wider national...

A new survey of 250 UK office landlords commissioned by workspace provider infinitSpace has found that 14% say their office buildings...

Property developer and investment specialist Select Property has launched Select Residential, one of the first in-house lettings businesses of its kind...

The savvy property investor knows the importance of adapting their strategy to the ever-changing market. In 2024, one strategy has emerged...

Buyers and sellers are proving determined to press ahead with their home moves, despite the looming General Election, research has shown....

New penthouses, directly overlooking Lord’s Cricket Ground and with cricket-inspired interiors, have been launched for sale. Lord’s View One, from boutique developer...

Demand remains relatively subdued in London’s prime postcodes, as the General Election nears. The number of offers made above £5m was 22%...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has launched a new comprehensive and impartial guide to assist investors and other property owners...

Britons’ obsession with bathrooms is growing, according to estate agent Savills. The latest analysis found that across London, asking prices for homes...

Data sourced from millions of bank accounts reveals spending on rent and mortgages increased 6.3 per cent year-on-year in May. Barclays data...

What are bridging loans and when are they useful? Bridging loans are a type of short-term financing that property investors can use...

The average price of property coming to the market for sale rose by 0.8% this month (+£2,807) to a new record...

Surveys help investment buyers understand more about the properties they consider purchasing - and could save them money in the long...

New figures from the Halifax show where in the UK capital appreciation is running at its highest. Northern Ireland remains the strongest...

UK Sotheby’s International Realty has launched The Family Office to provide global ultra-high-net-worth individuals and multi-family offices with investment advice as...

New figures from a comparison website suggest that many sellers - including investors realising their assets - are failing to price...

Analysis from online platform Home Sale Pack suggests that sellers could bag an average premium of £47,000 if they market a...

Would-be home-buyers are enjoying the highest level of spring-time choice of homes in five years says Zoopla. And the greater the supply,...

It’s no coincidence that many property owners choose to sell their homes in spring – everywhere looks and feels better when...

There wasn’t much by way of good news in the Spring Budget for landlords and property investors last month. Although some rumours...

Twenty twenty-four is a pivotal year for landlords in the Private Rented Sector (PRS). It is still the Government’s aim that...

New data from Rightmove reveals that Carluke in Scotland is Great Britain’s fastest selling market, with sellers in the area finding...

The latest market analysis from Zoopla shows housing market activity improving by all key measures during Q1 2024. Sales activity and house...

New research shows that sellers in Wales are likely to be hit hardest by a down valuation, with the average home...

New research claims investors who buy at auction can bag a bargain for 43% less than the price on the wider...

The average landlord looking to offload their portfolio from April 6 stands to save 4% on the rate of Capital Gains...

The prime London sales market recorded both price and transaction falls in February, while in lettings, rental growth increased slightly and...

Home sellers’ optimism is vastly improved compared to March last year, according to the latest Asking Price Index from respected property...

Two players in the online auction sector have merged.  My Auction and Bamboo Auctions have teamed up to form a new brand...

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

January 2024 has been classed as the busiest ever January in property auction history by the Essential Information Group. Regarding the number...

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

New research suggests investment buyers with cash can secure chunky discounts on residential properties. Octane Capital analysed house price data for both...

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

In the Spanish property podcast “La Piedra”, Sean Woolley from Cloud Nine Spain and Mark Stücklinfrom Spanish Property Insight reviewed the market to give...

Hamptons head of research Aneisha Beveridge says the early signs in 2024 suggest that the market has firmly turned the page.   She...

New research has found the UK areas selling homes the most above list price. The study by experts at moving platform Getamover...

Commercial property agency Bond Wolfe is selling a major residential development site with planning permission for 93 apartments in the Suffolk...

Growing confidence in the property sales market and lower mortgage costs led to a 21 per cent increase in the number...

The number of prospective sellers contacting estate agents to arrange valuations ahead of sale hit an all-time high in January, says...

Average house prices rose by 1.3 per cent in January, the fourth monthly rise in a row according to the Halifax. Property...

Sales Market: The UK housing market is at an inflection point, which means mixed signals for buyers and sellers. Inflation has fallen...

A recent survey by digital mortgage lender, Molo, revealed that nearly 60% of UK landlords have seen a rise in late...

An estate agency claims its research shows that fixer-uppers sell at only 6.2 per cent less than comparable ready-to-occupy properties. YOPA analysed...

In the wake of a turbulent 2023 for the property industry, Essential Information Group, a leading provider of data and insights...

Birmingham council, which last autumn declared itself effectively bankrupt, has instructed retained auctioneers Bond Wolfe to put 29 disused properties, investments,...

It looks like investors in mainstream UK homes who anticipated losing capital values in the 2023 may have been mistaken -...

By Sean Woolley, director of real estate agency Cloud Nine Spain   In 2022 we were predicting that the market would cool, but...

Agents working for one of the country’s highest profile and most respected buying services - Stacks Property Search - have been...

Richard Worrall, the NAVA Propertymark President, writes: Having been in having been involved in the sale of properties for nearly 38 years...

“2023 has proved a tricky year but it’s also provided opportunities that haven’t been available for the last few years. “On the...

Black Brick has been advising professional property investors, buyers, sellers and developers since 2007.  It says it’s advised, sourced and acquired almost...

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

The days of Cornish property selling unseen, over the asking price, overnight, are a long and distant memory. The prime Cornish market...

An online property auction expert says investors and all others selling by auction in 2024 must be realistic on pricing. Stuart Collar...

A property search company - Recoco - has given a radical reassessment of some investment hotspots in its preview of 2024. Nigel...

Research by online agency Yopa has revealed that homes listed for sale within the last 30 days have been reducing in...

Two leading house price indices have shown recent rises - both the Nationwide last month and now the Halifax. The latter says...

David Leary of the Essential Information Group writes: As we conclude 2023, the property auction market reflects a year of twists and...

A prominent investment platform says the recent small house price rises recorded by both the Nationwide and the Halifax are merely...

A leading estate agent in London has revealed a glut of properties awaiting modernisation and shrewd investment in a sought after...

A new report from Zoopla shows that the average discount is at a five-year high, with property sales being agreed at 5.5...

The latest lettings market forecast from Savills says average UK rents to end 2023 at up 9.5 per cent year on...

Pub company Three Thistles has instructed Shepherd Chartered Surveyors to sell a long-established portfolio of seven licensed premises stretching across Scotland’s...

Allsop, which describes itself as the UK’s largest property auction house, has raised over £135m in residential and commercial sales in...

By specialist estate agent Sean Woolley Marbella has suddenly become a hotspot for branded residences – villa or apartment developments, in collaboration...

It’s been a much better year than many analysts expected says Rightmove - despite this month’s dip in asking prices. New seller...

Well located building plots and renovation projects near the Cornish coast have historically been in high demand and short supply -...

It’s not just the weather that’s wet and dreary – the outlook looks bleak for landlords too as we head towards...

A property consultancy selling rental units says there’s been exponential growth in the short-lets AirBnb-style rental market over recent months. The yields...

There was a record number of properties sold by agents using online auctions in the third quarter of this year, according...

Shock news about house prices tend to mean one thing - a downward lurch. But the latest index from the Nationwide...

Over £1 billion has been invested in the burgeoning Build To Rent Single Family Housing sector in the first three quarters...

Lots submitted to residential auctions have more than doubled in numbers in recent months. Fresh figures released by EIG Property Auctions show...

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

Labour’s Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves has promised to reform the housing market withs plan to build 1.5m new homes funded partly...

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

The latest UK house price index, over the weekend, lifts the lid on exactly what’s happening in the UK housing market...

A property entrepreneur best known for having been a contestant on The Apprentice is seeking up to 200 portfolio landlords or...

A new heat map is making available information to investors about the threat of Japanese Knotweed. Investors can enter their postcode directly...

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

Buy to let investors keen to bag a bargain will be interested to know that over a third of homes now...

Every month Britain’s ‘third property portal’ - On The Market - publishes a sentiment index. This is not the usual snapshot on...

One of the many monthly house price market reports comes from Home - it’s arguably lower profile than most but is...

As the ‘big buy-to-let’ sell off gathers momentum, we take a look ways you can guestimate the value of your rental...

A property investment service says investing in the EPC rating of a property before selling can increase sale profits by more...

That’s the clear result of a survey by the National Residential Landlords Association.  It says some 12 per cent of landlords in...

Almost three quarters of investors  have yet to see a decline in the value of their property portfolio, it’s being claimed. A survey...

Another legal firm is reporting a “significant rise” in landlords selling up ahead of the Renters Reform Bill becoming law. A blog...