News Archive

Sentence of fraudster postponed to let her sit her law exam finals

New report says housing benefit is not available to help many rented households that hit trouble

NTSEAT says it is working with local Trading Standards on active investigations

Average home taking 60 days to sell post-Brexit vote – six days faster than a year ago

Firm says UK recession a real possibility – but a full-blown economic crisis unlikely

Could short-term rental property firm Airbnb expand into sales – and could it ever do a deal with a UK portal, as it has in US?

Countrywide and Foxtons’ bosses earnings look good – just don’t mention the share prices

Rent rises curbed by large rise in number of rental homes available, says Countrywide

Prime central London development land prices drop almost 10%

Could Government’s latest ideas on fracking compensation avoid property blight?

Prime Ministers come and go – but house prices mostly go only in one direction

Brexit or the Stamp Duty deadline – which has had the greater effect on the housing market?

Agents face prosecutions and bans after industry bodies move to warn against illegal practice which ‘cheats the public’

Foxtons says agents are no longer working for it

Broker cuts forecasts for Countrywide earnings saying more vendors will want fixed-fee hybrid agency services

Agent set to launch 0% commission service that will give sellers £150 high street vouchers

Shelter blames sky-high cost of renting as bailiff evictions increase in private rented sector

Mortgaged property repossessions at lowest level since 1982, report lenders

Only 20% of council homes sold last year are being replaced

RICS calls for urgent government action but admits confidence ‘more resilient’ than expected