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Ben with Women in Estate Agency leadership team Celebrating seventeen years, reflecting on forty years … and proud my eldest who cried when she lost her race. The Weekly Confession Monday – Loud Guests & Long Partnerships As a favour to a client, I shared…

A proposal to spread stamp duty payments across several years, in an effort to drive growth and boost the housing market, is reportedly among changes to property tax being considered by the Treasury ahead of Budget discussions with the Office…

Welcome to the 36th UK Property Market Stats Show of 2025, your weekly TV programme on the UK housing market. This week, I am joined by Rob Smith, boss man of Hunters, Whitegates & Northwood as we…

The Bank of England has unsurprisingly voted to leave UK interest rates on hold at 4%. Following its latest meeting, the Bank’s monetary policy committee opted to leave borrowing costs unchanged. The MPC held rates a day after UK inflation…

Richard Donnell UK residential property prices rose by an average of 2.8% in the 12 months to July 2025, according to the latest figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The average UK home was valued at £270,000…

The Renters’ Rights Bill is scheduled to return to the House of Lords on 14 October, marking the final stage before it can become law. As anticipated, the government has postponed further progress on the bill until after the main…

Dominic Agace Winkworth has reported a strong uplift in network sales revenue in its unaudited interim results for the six months ending 30 June 2025, signalling a return of buyer confidence and increased market activity. Key Highlights: Total network revenues…

Lesley Horton Two letting agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman (TPO) scheme after failing to pass on rent payments received from tenants. The businesses were referred to TPO’s Compliance Committee, which ruled that both agents should be excluded…

Homesearch has officially launched HAILO (Homesearch AI Listings Optimiser), which is believed to be the UK’s first AI-native tool designed to help estate and letting agents make their listings discoverable through major AI engines. With more than 2,000 agents already…

New research reveals strong support among estate agents in England for chancellor Rachel Reeves’ proposed reforms to property taxation – including the potential scrapping of stamp duty. However, most agents want to see the tax abolished entirely without introducing a…