The Market
Busted Flush: Estate agency insolvencies on the rise
The number of estate agencies going bust in Britain has leapt by 57% in the last 12 months, according to a report by accountants Wilkins Kennedy
British buyers hone in on West End prime
Flying in the face of recent reports estimating that nearly three-quarters of London's new-build stock is sold abroad, one agency has reported a very different story going on right in the heart of the…
Pickles wants cameras in planning meetings after bloggers threatened with arrest
Eric Pickles has warned that freedom of speech and independent journalism are under attack in local government, after local residents were threatened with arrest for filming and reporting council meetings
Defra puts the wind up DECC over rural house prices
There's a storm brewing between the Depart. for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Dept. for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) over what impact wind turbines have on rural house prices.
Trumping the Gazumpers: How to avoid getting burned as the market heats up
Buyers will need to have their wits about them as gazumping returns with a vengeance, says Camilla Dell...
Landlords policing immigration would be “bureaucratic and overly cumbersome” – RLA
The Residential Landlords’ Association has put in its official response to the Government’s consultation on plans to introduce mandatory tenant immigration checks (announced back in May) – opposing the pl…
Jones Lang LaSalle revises forecasts; PCL prices to rise by 6% in 2013 and 3% nationally
Jones Lang LaSalle has joined the flurry of firms significantly revising their market predictions up for the rest of the year and beyond
Birmingham tops buy-to-let hot spots
Birmingham is best for buy-to-let investors, offering a 10%+ rental yield, according to a new survey by Home.co.uk and Move with Us
Infographic: Rightmove House Price Index
Who doesn't love a good infographic? Rightmove definitely does. The portal's gone to town with its August House Price Index, breaking it down into many blue and green pictures:
Who says UK Property PLC is out of the woods?
For London's estate agents, the consequences of all this housing market hype are potentially devastating, says Ed Mead...
It must be the silly season
Transactions at highest level since Dec 2009 as July sales rocket by 18.5%
88,960 homes were sold in July, according to the latest SDLT stats from HMRC. That's a 0.6% drop on June's numbers but an 18.5% rise on last year's July figures
Is property bubble trouble all in the analysts’ spreadsheets?
There's a lot of talk floating around about a property bubble, as the number of first time buyers rises, the economy seems to be in recovery, consumer confidence is on the up, and some major real estate…