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'The prospects are more positive than they have been for five years', says the agency, tipping both transactions and prices to rally over the next three months...

Searching for a country property is all about testing boundaries, says buying agent Sally Fraser...

Major London agency reports noteworthy uplifts in buyer registrations, offers made and new instructions as improved sentiment begins to translate into action

Division reports its most successful year since 2009, with volumes up by nearly 40% and an unprecedented number of £2m+ deals...

The latest update from the RICS is markedly more positive than previous months...

10.6% fewer homemover mortgages completed in November 2019 compared to the same month a year earlier - although the decline "reflects particularly strong home-purchase activity in November 2018"

Monthly movement of 0.4% between October and November compared with a fall of 0

Despite 'unprecedented' political upheaval and economic threats, overall exchange volumes were slightly up last year, while asking prices remained largely flat...

The latest set of estate agents' forecasts are 'too conservative', suggests Black Brick, noting that vendors are already toughening up their stance; Mayfair, Kensington and Belgravia expected to recover…

The UK's average house price to earnings ratio stands at 10.7, compared to 18.0 in London

If there is a sure sign that the housing market is really turning a corner, it is the return of ‘real emotion’, says Nicolas Pejacsevich

Castletown Cox in Co Kilkenny has been described as 'Ireland's most beautiful house'