Dominic Agace, Managing Director of Winkworth Franchising Ltd, is joined by 14 Winkworth agents from across the Capital, the UK, France and Portugal giving comment on the residential property market so far this year.

A group of Edinburgh’s leading property solicitors has cemented its dominant role in the Capital after revealing it again accounted for more than a quarter of all house sales registered by the ESPC.

Many of us spend years searching for the perfect match – house trained, steady job, correct age – the list goes on – and now new research has done the leg work for you – revealing the ideal tenant for your buy-to-let property...

Representatives from HomeLet, the UK’s leading industry insurance provider for the lettings industry, will be speaking about the challenges facing the sector in 2009 at the ARLA/NAEA Norfolk and Suffolk Seminar.

Growing rental yields make property an attractive investment once more as banks are starting to pass on lower interest rates and property outperforms alternative investments.

Nearly a quarter of old aged pensioners fake references when applying for a new property, according to new research published by the Letting Protection Service (LPS).

While the gilt has been taken off the incredible rises in the value of super-prime London property, this is the area of the market most likely to recover quickly when the upturn eventually comes, according to Nathalie Hirst, London Director of property acquisition specialists Prime Purchase.

This is the year of VisitScotland’s Homecoming, but Saint Property is experiencing an entirely different take on this and noticing a major increase in buyers from around the globe choosing to put down roots in Scotland.

Falling house prices are not necessarily bad news for everyone; first-time buyers who have long been priced out of a rising market are now finding that the bottom rung of the property ladder is now back within reach.

The number of potential purchasers viewing rural properties for sale across the south of England increased by 25% in January this year, compared with the same month in 2008.

According to the Government’s National Strategy for Housing in an Ageing Society, “access to a safe neighbourhood” is one of the key factors for older people looking for retirement property.

Homeowners are unsure how long the correction in the UK property market will last. The latest figures from Simplyzigzag.com reveal mixed feelings.

Smiths Gore’s Fochabers Office are marketing Bairnsdale, a beautifully situated small, traditional farmhouse.

How far would the average person move in order to secure a better value home? Chris Piggin travelled 100 miles leaving his rented property in East Grinstead, West Sussex to live in the brand new home he bought at Crest Nicholson’s Vista development in the East Anglian town of Ipswich.

Simon Godson, Partner in the Flat Sales Department at W A Ellis comments:

"We have seen greatly increased activity over the last month and many enquiries from buyers who are coming back to the market.  There is a more focused approach from investors who have taken into account that the market has fallen by approximately 25%, and purchasing is now an attractive option, particularly if one adopts a mid to long term view.

The average number of transactions per surveyor showed little fluctuation over the last three months despite buyer interest rising for the third successive month, says RICS’ UK housing market survey published today (10 February 2009).

Beautiful Devon in the West Country has been voted England’s best county, scoring the highest marks in Country Life Magazine’s survey for green policy, landscape, wildlife, heritage, local food and pubs...

As probate properties are usually sold for less than their expected market value and owners are often keen to offload them quickly, this type of house sale is having a positive effect on the ailing UK housing market...

Smiths Gore’s Fochabers Office are marketing Tomachar, a spacious well appointed new build house enjoying spectacular mountain views.

Smiths Gore are pleased to bring to the market Calthwaite Hall, a magnificent early-Victorian Listed house extending to about 7 acres in all, standing on the edge of an attractive village. Situated in beautiful countryside close to the M6 between Penrith and Carlisle, near the eastern edge of the Lake District National Park.