Property consultancy Walker Singleton has acquired the book of business of Wilkinson Woodward Solicitors-owned Halifax estate agents Boococks as part of...
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Chain-free homes are commanding an asking price premium of 3.9% compared with other homes, rising to a premium of 7.2% in...
09 May 2024
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Fine & Country is gearing up to host its International Annual Conference and Awards Gala titled ‘Dare to be Iconic’. The event...
20 February 2024
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House prices may have slumped for most of the year but some areas have bucked the trend. Analysis by Halifax shows that...
28 December 2023
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Fine & Country has launched a new Masterclass Series focused on the art of maximising fees and boosting additional revenue. Set to...
07 September 2023
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New analysis from Rightmove claims to reveal the cheapest UK city for a first time buyers to get on the property...
01 June 2023
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Estate agents across Britain sold 5.3 homes on average each month in 2022, new research suggests. Analysis by Nested has found there...
26 April 2023
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A new estate agency called WS Residential has been launched in Yorkshire, following a merger between a consultancy and an existing...
14 February 2023
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Property consultancy Walker Singleton has acquired Brighouse-based estate agency Daniel & Hirst as the firm further expands its residential property operations...
30 November 2022
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Properties that are slow to sell are typically commanding a discount of up to 17% off England’s average house price, research...
12 September 2022
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From golf days to white collar boxing, agents and property professionals have been swinging into action for charitable causes recently. Remember, if...
01 July 2022
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A housing analyst has urged buyers to look beyond average prices. Kate Faulkner, founder of Propertychecklists.co.uk, said she is on a mission...
13 June 2022
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A well-known Yorkshire estate agency has expanded into another of its prime locations after striking a major acquisition deal. Linley & Simpson...
22 April 2022
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A new analysis has revealed those areas of England and Wales with the largest numbers of Russian-owned homes. Credas Technologies analysed Land...
03 March 2022
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Three of Martin & Co’s most prominent branches in the north of England are under new ownership. The Saltaire, Keighley, and Thackley...
24 January 2022
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The Bruce brothers’ new portal Boomin has given its first statistics regarding usage following the launch of a new marketing campaign...
18 January 2022
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Areas with the biggest house price growth of 2021 have seen the value of homes rise by three times the national...
30 December 2021
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A comparison website dealing with estate agency charges says commission varies hugely across 20 major cities of the UK. GetAgent looked at...
10 November 2021
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The stamp duty holiday has backfired and buyers almost everywhere are paying more for homes, rather than less. StripeHomes analysed house price...
06 April 2021
From: Breaking News
At the back-end of last year and the start of this, the biggest news stories in town – besides debates over...
30 January 2021
From: Features
The BBC says some buyers are taking advantage of lockdown rules to travel hundreds of miles to view homes. The story suggests...
21 January 2021
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The proportion of the asking price achieved on average in the past year is 95.8 per cent according to a new survey. Comparison...
06 August 2020
From: Breaking News
All my recent Natters have been focused on one particular topic, the coronavirus crisis, for obvious reasons. But there has been...
23 May 2020
From: Features
The number of full property details viewed on Rightmove - a key indicator of market health - is already stronger than...
20 May 2020
From: Breaking News
Just because Halloween has officially been and gone for another year, doesn’t mean we would give up a chance to celebrate...
01 November 2019
From: Breaking News
Some homes in the UK are now worth 44 per cent less than they were a decade ago, claims the estate...
14 August 2019
From: Breaking News
With the often negative portrayal of agents in the media and popular culture, you might ask yourself why anyone would want...
10 August 2019
From: Features
Welcome to this week’s ADC…and what a week it’s been. Politics? No, hot air of a different kind - the weather. Yet...
26 July 2019
From: Breaking News
For the industry's football lovers, the notable achievements and never-say-die attitude of both Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur on the European stage...
10 May 2019
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Fresh analysis by Zoopla has revealed Britain's fastest moving property markets with the lowest number of average days for a seller...
09 May 2019
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Hello and welcome to yet another Agents Do Charity - our tribute to the great work done by our industry in...
15 February 2019
From: Breaking News
Six directors have been banned from office after misleading over 300 people who bought new build homes in the north of...
28 December 2018
From: Breaking News
Traditional estate agent fees average just 1.1 per cent across the UK according to research from an agency comparison website -...
26 October 2018
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When Oakland A’s, a small-market team, stunned the baseball world 16 years ago by transforming itself into world-beaters on a shoestring-budget,...
11 August 2018
From: Features
Hello and welcome to this week’s hat-tip towards those in our industry doing so much to help others in need. Summer fund-raising...
06 July 2018
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Just as some estate agents are reported to be making plans to retrench if the housing market continues to be sluggish,...
27 June 2018
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Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today, our weekly feature on who’s moving where throughout our industry. And it’s...
14 May 2018
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New online auction house BidX1 says it has raised £2,087,000 from its second UK auction, posting a 70 per cent success...
03 May 2018
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What a year it’s been! Back in 2016 we had Brexit, a new prime minister, Donald Trump’s election, and so when...
30 December 2017
From: Features
Every week we carry reports of how great causes are helped by individual agents and other property professionals - this week...
29 September 2017
From: Breaking News
Now we hate to spoil a long weekend but for much of the UK this is the final Bank Holiday before......
25 August 2017
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Three agencies have been expelled from membership of The Property Ombudsman for two or more years, after failing to pay awards...
28 July 2017
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The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an advertisement which suggested that the firm behind it had “a physical office ... in...
19 July 2017
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England has 200,145 long-term empty homes according to an analysis of government figures by an investment company. In London alone, there were...
24 April 2017
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An analysis of homes listed for sale on Rightmove has identified what one estate agency claims to be the slowest-moving local...
23 March 2017
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Estate Agent Today understands that Vince Corley, a senior director at Countrywide, is leaving the company. He is one of the longest-standing...
13 February 2017
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There’s been a bumper mailbag sent to press@estateagenttoday.co.uk this week to mark what must be the height of the fund-raising season...
09 December 2016
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Respected housing analyst Kate Faulkner is accusing campaigning charity Shelter of ignoring key facts and scaremongering about the alleged difficulties of...