Mike Ward, Chairman at Armalytix, examines the growing role of financial checks in property transactions, arguing that source of funds scrutiny, rather than demand or pricing alone, is...

Despite reports of transactions moving forward to beat the Budget deadline, the market remained on pause.

74% of estate agents cite slow transactions as a major concern, up from 62% last year.

March recorded 165,670 completed transactions, the highest monthly total so far this year.

59% of buyers caught in chains reported they had been tempted to walk away from a purchase.

Residential and non-residential property transactions in the UK displayed mixed patterns in August 2025, according to the latest provisional data from HMRC.

The average time from sale agreed to exchange was 109 days in 2024, compared with 66 days in 2007.

HMRC reports 573,000 transactions in the first half of 2025, up 17.1% on 2024.

Summer has seen the highest number of mortgage approvals in the past two years.

95,080 residential property transactions completed in June 2025, according to figures out today from HMRC.