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UK Finance has today published its housing and mortgage market forecasts for 2025 and 2026 together with projections for 2024 full year numbers. The latest projection comes as mortgage rates are expected to fall below 4% early next year with two-year…

The average price of property coming to the market for sale falls by a seasonal 1.7% this month (-£6,395) to £360,197, in line with the usual December monthly drop. Rightmove’s lead indicator of new seller asking prices measures prices at…

Estate agents and other industry businesses are being invited to join a 100km fitness challenge to raise money for CoppaFeel! – the breast cancer awareness charity. The BreastCancer100, which is being organised by Pygott & Crone estate…

Estate agents planning to wind down for the festive break should think again as prospective homebuyers are urged to have transactions underway and offers accepted before Christmas if they are to have a chance of completing before 1 April 2025,…

Chestertons Global has outlined an ambitious plan to expand its global presence, with a target of 30 countries by the end of 2025. The announcement was made during the company’s Global Annual Conference, held at The Address Sky View Hotel…

Iain McKenzie The Guild of Property Professionals has announce that its annual conference, entitled ‘Now That’s What I Call Estate Agency’, will take place on Friday 7th February 2025, at the QEII Centre in Westminster, London. This conference will provide…

A ‘ghost city’ of half-built flat pack homes has been completely demolished after standing unfinished for more than a year. The failed project to build 131 homes at the Meadow Grange development in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, was due to see 131…

More than 150 residents at a development on southeast London are facing eviction after they were served with Section 21 notices just weeks before Christmas. Many of the tenants living in Vive Living, Childers Street in Deptford have already been…

Alex Tan Alex Tan promoted to group sales director of Andrews Property Group Andrews Property Group has promoted Alex Tan to group sales director. Tan has worked at Andrews for more than 10 years, starting as an assistant branch manager…

Angela Rayner Property professionals have broadly welcomed the revised National Planning Policy Framework, especially its changes to the greenbelt. Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner introduced the reformed NPPF yesterday, describing it as a “landmark overhaul” of the planning system geared towards…