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Policymakers vote decisively on interest rates

The agents who are winning now aren’t trying to be everywhere

Next year is set to be a big year for refinancing, with 1.8m mortgages due to mature according to UK Finance

Market fundamentals keep the wheels turning with prices gently up on the year and remaining stable month-to-month

What are the key trends to watch in 2026?

Latest market trends carry immediate implications for estate and letting agents

Portfolio transfer follows landmark sale

The legal challenge sought to overturn the council’s grant of outline planning permissions for the development, which includes 10,000 new homes

Rightmove and Zoopla go live with Christmas Day campaigns – watch the ads

Latest data point to rising demand for shared ownership amid ongoing affordability pressures

Russell Quirk on the year ahead for the UK property sector

Conveyancers make several recommendations aimed at speeding up the house buying process

Snippets of industry news: Influential leaders join Digital Sparks advisory board; My Property Box expands senior leadership team; Resi founder joins Goodlord

The deal represents the group’s 16th purchase

Greater lending activity set to fuel property price growth

Customers can collect up to 30,000 Avios by letting, selling or instructing Foxtons to manage a property

The government said the changes form part of its wider planning overhaul, intended to support the delivery of 1.5m new homes during this Parliament

‘Second-steppers’ who had financial help received £81,000 on average towards purchasing their property

Cardiff drives Welsh rent growth, outpacing London and Edinburgh

As leaders, if we’re the ones saying, “go on, just have one,” are we actually part of the problem?

There were 25,665 active estate agency businesses in the UK in 2025, up 2% on the 25,155 recorded in 2024

Greater affordability, supported by stronger wage growth relative to house prices and improved access to higher loan-to-value lending, has helped to keep buyers active

Estate agency strengthens its presence across the region

The FCA will focus on four key areas

The time to exchange continues to vary significantly by region

Searching online is the beginning of so many people’s housing journey

Average home purchases take six weeks; re-mortgages complete in under a day

Collaboration will provide former and current athletes with a clear pathway to build their own estate agency businesses

Opinion remains divided on the outlook for the UK housing market

Lending for residential property purchases grew by 22% this year to £176bn, but what is likely to happen in 2026?