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The UK Property Market for the week ending Sunday 7th April 2024 (Week 14) saw an expected drop in listings and sales as the normal Easter slowdown kicked in In this week’s UK Property Market Stats Show with Alice Bullard…

More than 250 estate agencies have been fined a total of over £1.6m for breaching anti-money laundering requirements, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has announced. The fines range from £1,500 to over £50,000. Over the coming weeks HMRC will publish a…

Fuelled by robust investor appetite, the single family housing (SFH) rental market in the UK is experiencing unprecedented levels of growth, according to Knight Frank’s 2024 Single Family Housing Report, which launched yesterday. Investment into SFH soared to a record…

Construction starts in the residential sector have plummeted as the sector battles a sluggish economy, Glenigan’s latest industry review shows. The Index focuses on the three months to the end of March 2024, covering all underlying projects, with a total…

Iain McKenzie The Guild of Property Professionals has announced the launch of its new Ezine system, set to transform the way its member agents market properties and engage with clients. According to Iain McKenzie, CEO of The Guild of Property…

Almost a third of residential property sales fell through before completion in the first three months of this year, new figures show. According to Quick Move Now, 31.3% of property sales fell through prior to completion in Q1 2024. The data…

Neil Cobbold Last-minute amendments to the Renters Reform Bill will “amount to very little” and it is “more or less intact”, the managing director of client accounting and automated rental payment specialists, PayProp UK, has said. The government said that…

There has been a steady improvement in sentiment, with buyer demand and sales expectations going forward seeing a rise in positivity. Meanwhile, stability in house prices has also been reported. According to the latest RICS UK Residential Survey, buyer demand…

Estate agents are generally not being paid fairly for their work, it has been claimed. eXp UK, in a bid to encourage more agents to adopt the self employed model, has carried out a fresh study that suggests negotiators are…

A senior member of the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT) has told agents to view new guidance for material information as a positive change. Guy Welfare, investigator at NTSELAT, joined CEO of The Guild of Property…