Strutt & Parker moved today to calm fears of falling house prices after reports of a downturn from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

As people's tastes in housing change, a good estate agent will be alert to the new priorities, says Michael Fiddes, Head of Agency at Strutt & Parker.

Strutt & Parker is cautiously optimistic about the "very clever" budget delivered today by Chancellor George Osborne.

Once every year, in June, Britain goes tennis crazy; there really is nothing else quite like it. Coverage from Wimbledon and Queens dominates the television and radio schedules, and the papers are full of the personalities and every last detail of every g

The planned rise in capital gains tax (CGT) is dominating the headlines amid fears it will induce panic selling or stall a fragile housing market, but property specialist Strutt & Parker warns people against making a quick decision they might come to regr

Strutt & Parker is sponsoring The SAC Sustainable Highland Garden at the Chelsea Flower Show. The Courtyard garden is all about celebrating and harnessing nature without impacting heavily on it.

Since the election has been called, and in spite of the Easter break usually bringing a downturn in activity, Strutt & Parker reports that activity continues apace, confounding all expectations.

Stamp duty on sales up to £250,000 will be suspended for those buying their first property this year and next, announced the Chancellor Alistair Darling yesterday.

Every day there are new reports, indicators and predictions about the state of the economy. What sense should homebuyers and sellers make of it all?

As any estate agent will tell you, there is currently an unusually limited supply of property on the market.

There isn't an estate agent in the country that hasn’t been told by a member of the public at least once that home owners have no need of his or her profession. It might be a very temping thought, but the reality might just be very different indeed.

New Year, new house; new mortgage or re-mortgage? With newspapers bombarding us with conflicting advice and views on mortgages, Strutt & Parker gives you its view on what it all means.

2009 was a spectacular year for the Estates & Farm Agency Division. Starting with the purchase of the Dalham Hall Estate on the Suffolk/Cambridgeshire borders extending to 3495 acres purchased for a client in the region of £45million.

With 2009 ending on a far more buoyant note than expected and prices up a surprising 2.7% nationwide since the start of the year, what can we look forward to for 2010?

Since the credit crunch became part of our lives, the usual rules of the housing market have turned upside down.

Over 2,000 entries from young artists aged between 5 to 12 years old from schools located throughout England and Scotland submitted their interpretations of what Christmas is all about.

According to Nationwide UK, house prices were 2% higher this October compared to October last year.

The August figures for Strutt & Parker show evidence of an exceptionally buoyant market throughout the month and the partnership confirms some positive statistics moving forward into autumn.

Education, education, education. This has always been a key driver for people in choosing where they want to live, but the emphasis has now changed. As a result of the current recession, getting access to the best state schools has become a major focus

Following the launch of the unprecedented £50 billion scheme to bail out Britain’s ailing banking system and help to ease the tightening mortgage market, the question on everybody’s lips is, “What will the rescue package mean for ordinary households?”

Every little helps, they say, and in the current uncertain market property owners need all the help they can get.

Improbable as it may sound, could the election of President Barack Obama eventually emerge as the turning point that the British property market currently so badly needs.

Residential property will become an attractive investment again, and it could be sooner rather than later. That’s the cautiously optimistic view of Michael Fiddes, who heads the National Estate Agency Department of property agents, Strutt & Parker.

The world’s banks may still be in the grip of the global credit crisis but, contrary to widespread public perception, there are still mortgage funds available for most house-buyers.

It is ironic that as the property market slows and the buyers’ position becomes stronger, those buyers are proving bashful when it comes to making an offer.

Opportunity is knocking amid all the teeth-gnashing surrounding the credit crunch and the prospects for the housing market. Not the opportunity for homeowners to make a tidy profit, for a change, but for local buyers finally to have a realistic chance of

Let’s begin with some good news. The highest quality houses – that includes a lot of beautifully presented period properties – are still selling, despite all the gloom we keep reading about in our morning newspapers.

More than ever, buyers are taking time to ‘shop around’ to find the best deal and compare products and prices, using the internet in particular to facilitate this need.

Buyers and sellers in search of a market overview in order to determine the value of a property should be circumspect when looking at some house-price statistics.

Thinking of swapping the noise and bustle of city life for rural peace and quiet? If so, be realistic: the countryside is often not peaceful and hardly ever entirely quiet.

National property specialists Strutt & Parker welcomes the news that the Bank of England have announced a 0.25% reduction in interest rates today.

Do you know where your buyer comes from? Are you reaching the whole market? If your answer is no or you are not really sure then read on...

From 6th April all new build homes must have a Home Information Pack including an energy performance certificate and recommendation report (EPC) when physically complete (i.e. has a completion certificate from Building Control).

With the Bank of England announcing a cut in interest rates today of a quarter percent, this gives a welcome boost to confidence for the spring property market.

Country Life magazine recently asked its readers to nominate their favourite British icons, and the short list included the Mini...

Home Information Packs (HIPS) are being totally ignored by vast majority of house buyers and solicitors.

That’s the question, and it’s one to which the answer has been changing dramatically in recent years.