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The government will reintroduce smart data programmes across the property sector to improve data sharing across the industry and boost products and services, it confirmed in the Industrial Strategy yesterday. The document sets out the government’s 10-year plan to significantly increase…

Sam Mulhall Former Stirling Ackroyd sales director joins Moveli  Ex-Stirling Ackroyd sales director, Sam Mulhall, has joined self-employed estate agency Moveli. Mulhall has more than 14 years experience as an agent, and previously worked for Stirling Ackroyd for almost eight years as…

Homebuyers have paid £5.5bn in stamp duty in 2025 so far, up 25% from £4.4bn when compared with the corresponding period last year, fresh analysis of HMRC statistics show. In May, buyers paid £918m, down from £1.3bn in April. The…

Emoov founder Russell Quirk predicted in 2013 that a third of all UK homes sold would ultimately be via online agents Source link

UK Finance has released its interest-only mortgages data for 2024 revealing a significant drop in in interest-only mortgage stock of 17% over the year. This analysis covers pure and partial interest-only homeowner mortgages as well as maturity and loan-to-value (LTV)…

With just three years to go before the 2028 compliance deadline, more than 1.8m privately rented homes in England still fall short of the Government’s proposed minimum energy efficiency standard of EPC rating C, new analysis by LandlordBuyer shows. The…

Glenigan has released its widely anticipated UK Construction Industry Forecast 2025-2027, predicting that housebuilding and other sectors will see a resurgence of activity over the next couple of years. Private housing starts have already shown marked improvement during the first…

Women in Estate Agency (WiEA) has announced significant changes to its board and the introduction of new regional champions. The organisation bids farewell to two long-standing board members, Lucy Noonan and Ellie Hall, acknowledging their instrumental contributions to WiEA’s growth…

The Annual Property Market Report has been published by Registers of Scotland (RoS) revealing that in the last 10 years the value of the Scottish residential property market has increased by 45%, from £15.7bn to £22.7bn. According to the latest research, the…

Plans to reform the private rented sector will be unworkable unless ministers provide clear answers to basic questions. That is the warning from organisations representing individual landlords, build-to-rent providers and letting agents as the House of Lords prepares to consider…