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Chris Webb Most agents launch their business with the same plan. Work hard, be helpful, give great service and trust that if you keep doing the right things, the business will look after itself. And for a little while, that…

Nationwide and HSBC have cut fixed-rate mortgage pricing, with reductions applying to loans of up to 95% loan-to-value (LTV) for both new and existing customers moving home. Nationwide said it has reduced rates by up to 20 basis points across…

The Property Ombudsman has published new guidance to help home buyers recognise and avoid conditional selling, following the issues highlighted in the BBC Panorama documentary, Undercover Estate Agent. The guidance reiterates that conditional selling, where an estate agent pressures a…

Dominic Agace Winkworth has just issued a trading update for the financial year ended 31 December 2025. The estate agency franchise, which expects to announce its audited final results for 2025 on, or around, 15 April 2026, reports that trading…

Product choice in the mortgage market rose month on month to 7,158 options, with borrowers now able to access 650 more deals than a year ago. This is the highest level of availability since October 2007, when 7,421 products were…

Strutt & Parker strengthens National Country House Department  Strutt & Parker has appointed South West agent Sarah Brown to its National Country House department, joining the firm as a director following almost two decades at Knight Frank. Advising clients on…

Some 37% of homes currently listed for sale across England have had their asking prices reduced, according to research by Benham and Reeves. The estate agency analysed current for-sale listings nationwide, examining how many properties had undergone a price reduction…

Housing markets across Scotland and Northern England are expected to see the strongest house price growth in 2026, according to new analysis from Zoopla. In contrast, markets in Southern England – including London – are forecast to experience slower growth,…