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The latest market insight from London's Foxtons lettings agency has revealed that so far this year, the average number of buyer...

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

A developer claims international investors are flocking to purchase properties across Paros and Crete. Leptos Estates says south east Asian purchasers are...

Rightmove says it’s now cheaper to buy than rent in each of Great Britain’s biggest cities, highlighting why many determined first-time...

A data study has revealed that there are still plenty of profitable holiday destination areas across the UK for investors. According to...

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,...

Southall in West London is set to be one of the capital’s hottest property investment spots in 2024, according to a...

Average prices across 56 major global housing markets increased again last quarter, with average annual growth now at 3.9% across a...

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

Buyer appetites for new-build properties have dipped by 0.1% while stock levels have fallen by 0.5%.  But the quarterly figures show a...

With analysis from property lender Together finding that, as of 2023, there are 1.55m abandoned residential homes worth £531 billion across...

The number of sales instructions in London was 17% above the five-year average in the first quarter of 2024, according to...

A Scottish property investment specialist is launching what he calls “an innovative new course, designed specifically to encourage property investment and...

The latest index by London agency Benham and Reeves shows that buyer demand for both prime (£2m+) and super prime homes...

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

Slowly reducing mortgage rates this year have led to first-time buyers accounting for a record 33% of all buyers across Britain...

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

Scottish new build house average prices have soared ahead of existing homes according to analysis of the latest statistics by a...

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

The Home Builders Federation, the developers trade body, says planning permissions for new homes continues to fall sharply. Figures for 2023 -...

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

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

An estate agency group claims that a baby born today will need to earn £95,121 as an adult to get a...

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

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

UK house prices rose for the fifth consecutive month in February, up by 0.4 per cent or £1,091 in cash terms,...

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...

New research by consumer group HomeOwners Alliance shows that for many young people, homeownership has become an impossible dream. A sentiment survey...

Knight Frank says private investors remain the most active buyers in global commercial property. In 2023 private capital invested US$338 billion globally,...

Mallorca is booming.  Visitor numbers are at an all-time high and the property market has shown a stable 1.7 per cent annual...

House prices across the UK are down just 0.5 per cent in a year as the housing market recovery continues. New data...

The UK house building industry needs “significant intervention” from government to address planning, quality and financial problems according to the Competition...

Average house prices rose £7,599 in Scotland last year according to analysis of the latest statistics by DJ Alexander Ltd, the...

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...

Housebuilder Crest Nicholson is hosting a pre-launch event at its new Windsor Gate development in Berkshire. On Saturday February 24 and Sunday...

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

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...

The most popular regions in Europe for prospective expats and holiday home owners have been revealed by sales website Your Overseas...

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...

In Q4 2023 the overall commercial vacancy rate was stagnant at 14.0 per cent - but there is good news for prospective...

Pressure is ramping up on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to cut stamp duty at next month’s Budget on March 6. Former Housing Secretary...

Landlords are spoilt for choice, having seen the number of buy to let mortgage products increase by 8.8 per cent in...

A new analysis of the top 30 holiday hotspots across England has tried to quantify the premium for homes on sale. Using...

Analysis of £1m-plus sales by property consultancy TwentyCi, analysed by estate agency Savills, suggests that London locations continue to dominate the...

Data from London property data consultancy LonRes suggests supply in prime areas of the capital is improving and so rental growth...

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

An expert has shared his eight steps to help boost chances of securing capital growth when investing in property this year.  Jonathan...

2024 could be the year of investment in the regeneration of historic buildings a sector specialist forecasts. Charles Warrack, partner at property...

A finance company has analysed the scale of discount which auction properties claim to offer potential buyers. Apex Bridging analysed market data...

Anastasia Yianni of Cyprus Sotheby’s International Realty writes:  For overseas property investors looking for an investment in 2024, Cyprus continues to stand...

Emerald Palace Group, which owns the luxurious Raffles The Palm Dubai, has announced that the largest penthouse in Dubai is up...

Savills has revealed the residential element of its annual cross-sector forecasts for investments in 2024 to 2028. The agency says turbulence in...

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

There was a 10 per cent rise in billionaires buying luxury homes in London during 2023, driven by purchases by Gulf...

The Nationwide - the mortgage lender behind one of the UK’s leading house price indices - says there have been some...

Flipping a property is something that so many people have a desire to do, in fact, data shows that searches for...

One of the country’s highest profile high-end property consultancies says confidence is returning to prime markets after a turbulent year, with...

British interest in international property has dipped slightly, claims property portal Kyero. It says British buyers await a possible relaxation of post-Brexit...

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

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...

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...

It’s not often you can say the property market was stronger in November than in September, but it was this year....

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...

Organisers say the seventh Ghana Property and Lifestyle Expo 2023, which took place recently in Chelsea, saw a record number of...

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...

Louise Dell, co-founder of property portal Kyero, shares tips and advice Perhaps more so now than in recent years, investing in the Spanish property...

Research by peer-to-peer investment business easyMoney reveals that London is the hotspot for investors who are looking to purchase ready-made property...

There’s been a circa 25 per cent increase in the average value of a home across England since the pandemic, notwithstanding...

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 -...

The average sale price of completed home transactions using cash or mortgages in England and Wales in October 2023 fell by...

Over 70 locations in Britain have seen average house prices rise over the last year, bucking the national trend. An analysis of...

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

Savills is warning that the average UK house price is projected to fall by a further 3.0 per cent in 2024...

Zoopla is warning that there will be further house prices in 2024 on top of the 4.5 per cent drop it...

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

A bank says seasoned property investors are sizing up commercial opportunities given the hostile landscape for residential investment. Emma Cox, MD of...

House prices in England and Wales will fall by four per cent over the final quarter of 2023, thanks to inflation,...

The average price of a home in Wales has fallen to £239,378 in the third quarter of 2023, the first time...

A wealth management company suggests that the HS2 debacle may have a silver lining for Birmingham. With news that the high speed...

Momentum within London’s £5m-plus residential market ramped up in the third quarter of 2023, according to new analysis from Savills. The high...

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...

House prices across the UK’s increasingly price sensitive prime markets nudged down for a fourth consecutive quarter in the three months...

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