Location: United Kingdom

The Government missed a "golden opportunity" to create jobs and stimulate the economy when it decided to start charging VAT on repair works to listed buildings, claim RICS

Family homes in London's commuter belt and the PCL market were the biggest performers in Q1, according to Hamptons International's newly launched Property Price Tracker Index

Douglas & Gordon's "London Barometer" for June yields few surprises for the sales market, with demand, supply and prices pretty much in line with expectations

Over the past year, the average asking price for the top 25% of homes for sale across the UK by value has increased by £15,227 (3.3%), according to Primelocation.

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WA Ellis have reported a bustling June, with a 45% increase in buyer registrations and a "marked increase" in activity from Middle Eastern renters in the run-up to Ramadan. 68% of visitors to waellis.co

Long-standing estate agent, Gary Hersham of Beauchamp Estates, takes a look over the fence at the buying agent and the ups and downs of working together.

Charlotte de Silva Charlotte de Silva has joined the new London office team of buying agency, Private Property Search (PPS), an independent subsidiary of the Strutt & Parker brand

2011/2012 Buyer Nationality in Prime Central London (source Hamptons International's Buyer Index)

Grant Shapps, the Housing Minister, has ruled out any reforms to tackle gazumping in the property market in a reply to a Commons question from Tory MP Gordon Henderson (Sittingbourne & Sheppey).

Weston Homes has beaten off strong competition from St James to win What House's Best Interior Design Gold Award for their Mayfield Grange development in East Sussex

A significant number of properties in prime central London are bought and sold without ever appearing on the open market