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Britain's first online estate agency to float on the stock market, Purplebricks, did not fly on its first day of trading.

Estate agents in prime London are expecting an influx of wealthy Iranian buyers next year as sanctions in place since the 70s look set to be lifted.

Property management group HML Holdings has snapped up a south east London-based firm for £715k.

John Swinney has followed George Osborne's lead, announcing a 3% increase in the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax rate for additional properties in Scotland, such as buy-to-let and second homes.

There are currently 622,939 "property millionaires" in Britain, according to Zoopla's latest estimate, 75,796 more than there were in January. A 14% rise over the last year now means that 2.

"The news is bleak" says the Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) and National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) as it forecasts that home ownership will fall by 7% in the coming decade…

JV developers CALA and City & Country have been given the go-ahead by planners for their residential redevelopment of the Donaldson's College building in Edinburgh.

Residential property will be front and centre at next year's MIPIM in Cannes, with the event's main theme being "Housing the World."

Joint venture partners Bruntwood and Select Property have pulled back the curtain on their £360m plans for the former BBC site in Manchester, ahead of a putting in one of the city's biggest ever planning…

As you may have noticed, house prices have gone up a bit in the last 20 or so years.

London's sales and lettings markets are beginning to look healthier, says Douglas & Gordon, as the firm reports that its sales applicant numbers are 50% up on last year's levels, and that it has seen…

Topland is making good on its promise to keep lending on London's prime resi projects.