10+ hour, 55+ min ago   (710+ words) Average rents have been pushed higher after rental supply dropped for the first time in three years in July, Zoopla data shows. The portal says the main driver is scarcity rather than new regulations under the Renters’ Rights Act, with…...

10+ hour, 58+ min ago   (269+ words) Estate agents and surveyors are becoming more attractive targets to hackers, it has been claimed. Property insurance specialist Karis insurance says agents and surveyors are increasingly in the criminals’ sights because they collect more personal data than ever before. Some…...

10+ hour, 57+ min ago   (679+ words) Bank faces crunch interest rate vote this week The rapid growth in new buy-to-let company formations may have peaked, research suggests. Analysis by Connells Group brand Hamptons found that the number of new buy-to-let company incorporations is falling as fewer…...

10+ hour, 58+ min ago   (218+ words) Major housebuilder Berkeley warns that property buyers are waiting to see what next month’s Budget contains before taking the plunge. Berkeley said it was receiving “good and stable levels of enquiries”, but customers “without an immediate need to move” were…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (333+ words) Rightmove is calling for agents to help bust myths about the property industry. It comes as research by the portal found that the common causes of delays during a property move are mostly outside of an agent’s direct control. Its…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (369+ words) BREAKING: Landlord register to launch in December The sale of Henry Adams, which completed on the 1st September, is significant. The reason is that the majority of its income comes from residential sales not residential lettings. Until recently it was difficult…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (294+ words) Estate agents using Street.co.uk for two years or more have increased their instruction volumes by an average of 24% compared with competitors, analysis by the software provider claims. The latest performance analysis of Street.co.uk’s customer relationship management…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (297+ words) The total amount of mortgages approved is up 11% on the first three months of the year, new Bank of England figures reveal. At £77.4billion for the three months from April to June, the amount is also 31.7% higher than the same period…...

1+ week, 10+ hour ago   (210+ words) Homeowners are set to face higher mortgage costs this week ahead of the latest Bank of England interest rate decision. Swap rates, which lenders use to determine the amount they charge for mortgages, have risen to a three-year high. Uncertainty…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (494+ words) Industry technology may be moving towards shared information, but more work needs to be done on communication and service between different parts of a transaction, research suggests. It comes as the latest Voice of the Agent report found 72% of movers…...