"Property expert"? "Analyst"? "Industry expert"? "Commentator"? "Mortgage Expert"? I get called all sorts of names but at the end of the day? "Buying agent" ☑

If you don't want to rely on Siri or ChatGTP for advice when buying a home. henrypryor.com/pocket-agent/

My £30m shopping list. Have you got what I'm looking for? henrypryor.com/im-looking-f...

I’m a buying agent. I help people to find & secure the right home in London & the South East. If you’re buying - ask me first.

Back in 2023 we investigated a landlord tax scheme sold by Property118 (an unregulated and unqualified firm), and Cotswold Barristers (who had no tax barristers) Next week is their tax tribunal appeal against HMRC's designation of their scheme as a tax avoidance scheme.

Cyber attack at Westminster & RBK&C holds up hundreds of house sales with Local Searches unavailable - including for one of my deals! Planning applications also frustrated. More here; www.thetimes.com/uk/london/ar...

Dull, complicated but seriously important for tenants to appreciate from @danneidle.bsky.social via @pickardje.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/c260...

According to HMRC the provisional non-seasonally adjusted estimate of the number of UK residential transactions in December 2025 is 105,730, 7% higher than December 2024 and 1% higher than November 2025

170 more estate agents have been fined over £800k for AML breaches including £10.4k for Bradleys in the West Country. Strangely A and D Meats, a meat wholesaler was stung for £104k for "being slow to apply for registration". Via @propindeye.bsky.social propertyindustryeye.com/eye-news-upd...

90,000 properties in England/Wales are owned by offshore companies. Almost half unlawfully hide their true ownership We've found them, mapped them, and published everything ▶️ This 60-second video shows how to find secretly owned property near you 📊 Details & stats below

According to @scottishgov.bsky.social, two-bedroom properties remain the most common rental type in Scotland, with an average price of £921 per month last year, up 66.3% since 2010. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Hero of the day. Tony Slater, who rummaged through discarded McDonald’s litter on verge, found a receipt, contacted the local environmental health officer. Who contacted McD, who used CCTV to work out the car responsible. Result: £500 fine. 💥 (Via @thetimes.com)

According to the Metropolitan Police Act Londoners cannot beat a carpet, rug or mat in all of the capital's boroughs except for the City of London. However, it is permissible to shake a doormat, as long as it is done before 08:00. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Early reviews are in: ‘Even if they showed this on a plane, people would still walk out’

Ex-house builder Jeff Fairburn back in the news and once again not for the best reasons. (£) www.thetimes.com/business/com...

Existing leasehold ground rents will be cut to a new cap after threats by wealthy freeholders to ‘cut investment’ ignored bit.ly/4q1nync but cap not as low as campaigners hoped and legal challenges from wealthy freeholders inevitable.

Blimey: Tory HQ goes for the 'she's not well' angle, with Braverman.

Myra Butterworth reminds me.. Michael Burry's analysis in the film The Big Short - Nearly one million mortgages on ultra-low rates are set to reach the end of their term this year, and borrowers could see an average increase of £2,124 in their annual repayments, claims Compare the Market.

The Tory enema just keeps giving! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Insomnia? Try this..

Surprising Stamp Duty appeal result just before Christmas but one highly likely to be successfully appealed by @HMRCgovuk according to the experts I rely on. Expect a queue of other buyers (& their results-remunerated advisors) claiming something similar. www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...

Tsk! Guess what the estate agent's advice is? My advice is 'don't rush'. What impacts on your sale, before or after May, will impact on your purchase. Take your time to get it right. (£) www.thetimes.com/life-style/p...

Fresh footage from dinner in Davos last night..

My brother fought in the infantry and lost soldiers in Afghanistan. The press used to report deaths before families had been told and I would check my phone over and over, scared it would ring. I went to the inquest of one of his killed men. I saw his red-eyed parents, girlfriend and baby daughter.

Headline of the Day @kentonline.co.uk 👏🏻https://www.kentonline.co.uk/deal/news/keep-your-hands-off-rays-bottom-we-severely-object-to-thes-335362/

Link: www.kentonline.co.uk/deal/news/ke...

Much of this is down to uncertainty over what might have been in last years Budget. Most of the headlines turned out to be bollocks but buyers and sellers couldn't be sure so took the 2nd half of the year off. (£) www.ft.com/content/6b97...

Amongst a lot of other fluff Trump reminds Davos that he will be stepping in to stop financial institutions from buying American homes to rent out. More here; www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Anyone know what the main language they speak is in Switzerland..

sure, no one is taking the piss out of you any more

Average house prices in London and in the South East are lower today than they were in August 2022 according to the @ONS data published this morning.

Again, the English region with the highest annual rent inflation was the North East.

Annual house price inflation is highest in the North East

Average UK HOUSE PRICES increased by 2.5%, to £271,000, in the 12 months to November 2025 according to the ONS. Average UK monthly private RENTS increased by 4.0%, to £1,368. www.ons.gov.uk/economy/infl...

House prices always go up? More with @timharford.ft.com and Neal Hudson on #MoreOrLess now on Radio4. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...

New (depressing) figures from Molior on London housebuilding: just 5,547 new homes were started in the capital in 2025, 84% down on the figure for 2015. Construction was halted on 5,009 homes, often because the contractor went bust.

I'm currently more concerned about domestic sentiment towards my American clients thinking of buying property here than I am about house prices or taxes.

If you really want to get away from it all then surely Tulach Ard is the home for you. You might want a StarLink and a Defender but otherwise - wow! 😍 My #HouseOfTheWeek www.inigo.com/sales-list/t...

Time to consider standing up to the US President?

Forget 'Tories 2.0' Reform are looking more and more like the Conservatives septic tank!

Important to remember that as with cars the sticker price may not be what the estate agent advised & that what is quoted is not a 'valuation'. The agent is a salesman & the asking price is just part of the marketing - there to get the best price which in turn becomes the 'value'.

I'm still seeing people deliberately mistaking an asking price for a 'valuation'. A 'valuation' is a professionals opinion. An asking or guide price is just part of the marketing, there to garner interest in the hope of maximising the price achieved or 'value' as it then becomes.

Michael Gove knows his audience on Today - labelling Reform as 'Slytherin House'! 😄

Jenrick just the latest life-long Tory to stand up at a Reform presser and says that thanks to Labour and Conservatives over the last 30 years the country is completely broken. I'm screaming at the screen "YOU WERE IN THE FUCKING GOVERNMENT!"

The seller was trying to get £50m for this seven months ago

Brilliant! 👏🏻

When you’re caught flirting with Reform…

Remember those who wailed last year that the UK housing market was f*cked? This is how it ended; 1.7m homes for sale ⬆️2% 1.25m homes sold ⬆️2.3% Ave time to exchange - 123 days ⬆️1.4% Transaction prices ⬆️1.7% Rental stock ⬆️9.3% Average rent ⬆️0.5% [Thank you @twentyea.bsky.social] t.co/Xknpukm4gv

Bought in August 2020 for £925k this seaside home went on the market last June for £1.25m. Reduced three times since the guide is now £750k. (Agents Note - In common with many areas of the Suffolk coast Thorpeness is susceptible to coastal erosion.) 🔗 www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...

2 years old but even more relevant today. Feel free to share. Full marks to Paddy Power! #SocialSquad.