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Just as the Nationwide showed the impact of rising mortgage costs on house prices, so another raft of lenders have made...
02 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Regional agency Mundys has snapped up a sales business, taking its branch total to five. It currently has two offices in Lincoln...
23 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Lomond has announced its latest acquisition within the East Midlands, bolstering its John Shepherd brand following two recent acquisitions within the...
11 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Nottinghamshire estate agency Gascoines is marking 70 years of serving the property market in Southwell and surrounding areas. Founded by Doug Gascoine...
12 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Lomond has strengthened its foothold in the Midlands with its 50th acquisition since launching just three years ago. Through its John Shepherd...
15 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Redrow has today launched a nationwide quest to find the longest standing owner of one of its homes. As it celebrates its...
09 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The news in September that Birmingham City Council (‘Europe’s largest local authority’) had been forced to issue a Section 114 notice...
06 January 2024
From: Features
The annual ESTAS Awards have seen 1,000 people from across the industry witness a string of winners, including new categories celebrating...
24 October 2023
From: Breaking News
The cities of Liverpool, Nottingham and Manchester have enjoyed the biggest house price rises since pre-Covid. Despite interest rates at a 13-year...
06 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...
25 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Sale stock levels have surged by 15% since the start of the year due to the ‘stagnant market,’ research claims. Quick-buy firm...
28 June 2023
From: Breaking News
Leaders Romans Group (LRG) has acquired Liberty Gate, a Nottingham-based residential lettings and sales business which operates one branch in Nottingham...
03 May 2023
From: Breaking News
New 2023 research from Open Property Group found that just 41% of homes in England meet the recommended Energy Performance Certificate...
29 March 2023
From: Features
Next week may not be the best time for agents to chase conveyancers waiting for Land Registry information. The Public and Commercial...
22 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Do you have lots of hipsters on your books looking for a home? New analysis aims to identify the hotspots for hipster...
17 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Strike chief executive Sam Mitchell has blamed uncertainty since the September mini-Budget and rising mortgage rates for making the market more...
30 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Agents in the North East recorded the largest increase in asking prices on listings last year, Rightmove has revealed. It comes as...
06 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Rising stars in the property world gathered with seasoned professionals at the British Museum this week for the Propertymark Qualifications’ annual...
14 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Property demand has dropped while price reductions have increased in recent weeks, data shows. Two separate pieces of industry data give new...
04 October 2022
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
A regional independent agent has shifted its focus to sales after offloading its lettings business to The Lomond Group. Warwickshire and Worcestershire-based...
31 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Recent months have seen interest rates rise from historic lows back closer to pre-financial crisis levels as the Bank of England...
02 August 2022
From: Breaking News
More than 70 girls and boys who represent Ben Rhydding Hockey Club in Ilkley, west Yorkshire have benefited from a smart...
05 July 2022
From: Breaking News
NB Estate Agents has added a royal touch to its branch window display. The Loughborough-based independent agent, which covers Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire,...
30 May 2022
From: Breaking News
Adoption of virtual tours among estate agents remain low but new data suggests they could boost sales. Industry analysis shows just 4%...
25 May 2022
From: Breaking News
A lack of mortgage knowledge could be holding buyers back, research claims. A survey of more than 1,000 consumers by Nottingham Building...
18 May 2022
From: Breaking News
Agents helped vendors sell homes at 97.9% of asking price on average last year, research claims. Analysis of portal and Land Registry...
06 May 2022
From: Breaking News
The property supply shortage may be easing but Zoopla has warned it will still take some time for stock to be...
04 May 2022
From: Breaking News
The pandemic may have helped first-time buyers get on the property ladder sooner but are they paying too high a price? Research...
06 April 2022
From: Breaking News
More acquisitions are being predicted at agency franchise group Belvoir. It comes as the listed brand yesterday reported record group revenue of...
05 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Properties selling without a chain not only sell more quickly, as one might expect, but also appear to attract a substantial...
02 March 2022
From: Breaking News
Strike, formerly known as Housesimple, is the latest online agency to claim it’s going to secure a 10 per cent market...
14 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Buyers typically pay 10.8 per cent extra for chain-free properties than for similar homes with chains, according to new research. Website GetAgent...
20 January 2022
From: Breaking News
The online agency Strike - which has a business model selling homes for free and relying on referral fees for revenue...
29 December 2021
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
Hello and welcome to the first PJT of autumn - an update on who’s moving where right now. Please let us know...
27 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Strike, the digital-first estate agent previously known as Housesimple, has been selected to join Tech Nation’s Future Fifty programme. The online agent, which...
23 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Belvoir’s chief executive haas taken to Twitter to hail his company’s latest results as “superb” - with sales for the franchise agency...
07 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Students at a high school have been given an insight into the career opportunities in the property sector. The sixth formers from...
30 July 2021
From: Breaking News
Boots is the latest company to dip its toe into the water of the property sector. Modular housing company ilke Homes has...
20 July 2021
From: Breaking News
Online estate agency Strike - which used to be HouseSimple - is expanding its sell-for-free service out across the Midlands and...
02 July 2021
From: Breaking News
Price renegotiations are underway between buyers and sellers in danger of missing Wednesday’s stamp duty holiday deadline, says Knight Frank. The agency...
28 June 2021
From: Breaking News
Franchise agency giant Belvoir has acquired share capital in a small mortgage company. Nottingham Mortgage Services Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of...
03 June 2021
From: Breaking News
eXp UK - an agency brand with roots in the US and led by Adam Day, a veteran of three online firms -...
17 May 2021
From: Breaking News
Thousands of sales are at risk because slow searches by councils may prevent deals completing by the next stamp duty deadline. With just under...
13 May 2021
From: Breaking News
New figures from Zoopla today emphasise just how frenzied the housing market remains. Here are the figures: - so far in the first...
27 April 2021
From: Breaking News
While lengthy lockdowns have caused many to re-evaluate their homes, the apartment lifestyle remains an ambition for many. That’s the view of...
07 April 2021
From: Breaking News
Another week and another frenzy of news, culminating in the Budget and the extension of the stamp duty holiday. A cliff edge...
05 March 2021
From: Breaking News
An agent has told a court she was 'heartbroken' to discover her accountant had stolen cash from her business, which then...
18 February 2021
From: Breaking News
Members of staff at an estate agency branch in the Midlands tested positive for Coronavirus in consecutive weeks, triggering a temporary...
29 January 2021
From: Breaking News
A conveyancing firm is blaming councils for delays in transactions. Conveyancers have themselves been sharply criticised in recent weeks as the sharp...
28 October 2020
From: Breaking News
The irrationality of Britain’s council tax system has been laid bare in a new league table drawn up by estate agency...
21 September 2020
From: Breaking News
Hello and welcome to the latest edition of PJT - we know some agencies are reshaping their structures and downsizing but this...
17 August 2020
From: Breaking News
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
Hello and welcome to another week. We’re more than aware that it’s a challenging time for our industry as for most...
20 July 2020
From: Breaking News
Six agency branches are being closed as a result of a partnership between franchise giant Belvoir and the Nottingham Building Society. Under...
09 July 2020
From: Breaking News
Zoopla predicts that the price strength that has been seen since the reopening of the housing market is likely to continue...
24 June 2020
From: Breaking News
A hybrid agency which set a target of rivalling Purplebricks when it launched has announced a recruitment drive and expansion in...
17 June 2020
From: Breaking News
The managing director of a Winkworth branch is threatening to report a senior member of a nearby Countrywide office to the...
10 June 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
Countrywide has strongly denied claims made to Estate Agent Today that some people have felt obliged to work at an admin...
02 April 2020
From: Breaking News
It’s been revealed that the branch closure programme by Your Move and Reeds Rains last year resulted in 460 lost jobs...
20 February 2020
From: Breaking News
The 2010s were a good decade for disrupters. Early on, Airbnb and Uber shook up the holiday lettings/hospitality and traditional black...
15 February 2020
From: Features
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Catherine Shinerock - ARO Account Manager What is your ‘company name’...
06 February 2020
From: 60 Second Interview
After a challenging period for the UK property market, recovery is very much on the cards and the end to uncertainty...
01 February 2020
From: Features
Is that a headline appropriate for Brexit Day? Surely not. No, instead it’s a description of the results of a survey...
31 January 2020
From: Breaking News
Zoopla’s Hometrack data research arm says the start of 2020 has seen buyer demand up 26 per cent compared to the...
29 January 2020
From: Breaking News
Online estate agency Housesimple is extending its offer to sell homes for free to some postcodes in the Midlands. The offer is...
11 December 2019
From: Breaking News
As we know, the world’s moving very fast and how we communicate now is drastically different to even 10 years ago....
16 November 2019
From: Features
Hello, we hope you had a good weekend, and welcome to Monday - as ever, Property Jobs Today time, bringing you...
11 November 2019
From: Breaking News
Yes it’s Monday, so it’s another edition of PJT, your guide to the key moves and changes in the agency and...
12 August 2019
From: Breaking News
Hello and welcome to this latest edition of PJT, your regular weekly column giving all the key appointments news in the...
22 July 2019
From: Breaking News
The weekend is over all-too-quickly but at least if it’s Monday, it’s Property Jobs Today - your weekly catch up with...
24 June 2019
From: Breaking News
Welcome to the latest Property Jobs Today - because last week there was a Bank Holiday, we have a bumper edition...
03 June 2019
From: Breaking News
Local media in the east Midlands report that four estate agency offices operated by the Nottingham building society are to close...
29 March 2019
From: Breaking News
The industry is back to full-strength on its fund-raising judging from our virtual postbag this week with many new reports of...
25 January 2019
From: Breaking News
The industry has long been critical of reports claiming house price movements are in some way uniform across the country, but...
22 January 2019
From: Breaking News
Still recovering from Christmas and New Year? There’s no shame in that - the agents’ fund-raising season resumes in earnest in...
11 January 2019
From: Breaking News
A branch of the Haart estate agency is reported to have apologised to Purplebricks for claiming that the hybrid agency was...
07 January 2019
From: Breaking News
Your terrific festive photographs keep on rolling in and we’re delighted to share them with the industry - and we’d like...
11 December 2018
From: Breaking News
Zoopla claims a new Property Valuation Report being trialled in nine areas will win more leads for agents. The PVR will use...
10 December 2018
From: Breaking News
People now expect a streamlined, digital-first experience from every single service they interact with - and the lettings industry is no...
14 November 2018
From: Features
A hybrid estate agency with ambitions to rival Purplebricks has revealed that it has significantly expanded its current footprint, with ambitions...
30 October 2018
From: Breaking News
The income first-time buyers need to purchase a home in the UK’s largest cities has shot up by 18 per cent...
27 September 2018
From: Breaking News
House prices in a quarter of the UK’s largest cities are struggling to recover to the level they were at during...
28 August 2018
From: Breaking News
A major hybrid agency says there is a huge ‘reality gap’ between the typical asking price of homes on sale and the...
21 June 2018
From: Breaking News
New figures from Hometrack show that a typical home in Greater London now takes 17 weeks to find a buyer -...
25 April 2018
From: Breaking News
The scores are in and the results announced for the 2018 ESTAS Awards - and the winner of the coveted Grand...
20 April 2018
From: Breaking News
Royston & Lund, the Nottinghamshire estate agency set up by former Notts County player Gary Lund, is expanding with a second...
22 February 2018
From: Breaking News
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
Six more High Street estate agencies have signed up to an online platform that allows them to offer customers a fixed-fee...
27 October 2017
From: Breaking News
It used to be so easy. Around 20 years ago there were what we now call full-service estate and letting agencies, and...
23 September 2017
From: Features
Horton Estate Agents - a hybrid agency which nonetheless claims to have ‘offices’ - says it will expand into 15 new...
13 September 2017
From: Breaking News
Property consultancy Hometrack says London’s 12 month market slowdown has bottomed out with the annual growth rate rising to 2.8 per...
25 August 2017
From: Breaking News
Three agencies have been expelled from membership of The Property Ombudsman for two or more years, after failing to pay awards...
28 July 2017
From: Breaking News
The steep drop in price growth for homes across London is beginning to bottom out according to Hometrack, which says values...
23 June 2017
From: Breaking News
The latest measure of house price rises in key UK cities by the property consultancy Hometrack shows house price in many...
30 May 2017
From: Breaking News
As we end an especially tragic week, it is heart-warming to remember how our industry - along with so many other...