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Some 28.8% of residential property sales failed to complete in 2024, according to new data from Quick Move Now. The most common reasons for failed sales, which frustrated estate agents across the country, included buyers withdrawing after a survey or…

Richard Donnell As we enter 2025, there are several key trends that will shape the housing market over the next 12 months. Affordability will remain a big theme across both the sales and rental market, as will the north-south divide.…

In its annual cross-sector forecasts, the international real estate advisor says that while income will continue to make up the bulk of property performance, from 2025 onwards a burgeoning recovery in capital value growth in most sectors will help boost…

Mergers and acquisitions in the UK have experienced something of a short-term shot in the arm recently. While the broader effects of Labour’s first Budget in 14 years are yet to play out, the prospect of the chancellor introducing a…

New chief financial officer at TPFG  Ben Dodds Ben Dodds has started his new role as chief financial officer at The Property Franchise Group (TPFG). Dodds sstarted his new job with the multi-brand property franchisor yesterday, after a successful transition…

UK house prices rose again in December as property market activity continued to improve, mortgage lender Nationwide said on Thursday. House prices increased by an average of 0.7% month-on-month in December, following a 1.2% jump in November, the latest data…

Kerfuffle has completed the acquisition of PropTech resource specialist Unissu. Unissu is a well-established platform that provides technology solutions for the real estate industry, with over 10,000 PropTech companies around the world. Unissu focuses on three core areas, all of…

Westminster Council plans to ban estate agents from placing for sale and to let signs outside residential and commercial properties unless explicit permission is requested for each one. Estate agent boards of a certain number and size can currently be…

The Bank of England could move more aggressively to lower borrowing costs this year, which is good news for mortgage borrowers. According to a new survey of 51 economists, the Bank of England is expected to cut interest rates at…

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is set to buy back thousands of military homes in a deal it says will save millions in rent and maintenance costs. The MoD will acquire 36,347 houses from property company Annington Homes for alost…