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Winkworth has revealed that it has not renewed franchises on offices “where our standards were not being met and results were...

Today, I am reflecting on the Chancellor’s surprise Spring budget decision to abolish multiple dwellings relief for Stamp Duty Land Tax...

Renting a flat or house in the UK has never been more difficult. The market is tight, supply is limited and...

Britain is in the midst of a senior living housing crisis – according to CBRE, an undersupply of 614,000 mid-market senior...

The last thing you want as we rake through the dying embers of 2023 is a journalist’s prediction of what’s going...

A lawyer has called for Help to Buy to be resurrected in the Autumn Statement. Paul Sams, head of property at Dutton...

House price falls could continue into 2024 as high interest rates continue to make it difficult for homebuyers to transact, an...

Homeowners are largely unconcerned about cooling house prices, research suggests. Instead, they are more concerned about having their own home than sitting...

Who are you, and what does it say on your business card? I'm Ashley Day, the Director of Bristol Property Centre.   What is...

The Halifax is warning that house price falls will continue into 2024. It cautions that price drops will be “gradual, rather than...

Over recent years, as successive governments have tightened lettings legislation and increased the tax burden on landlords, some with investment properties...

Landlords considering selling up are being urged to lease their homes to a trust catering for homeless people instead. With fears that...

As the Governor, Andrew Bailey, announces his plans to install heat pumps at the Bank of England, we are increasingly hearing...

The National Association of Property Buyers’ Jonathan Rolande gives his take on another manic week for the property market. Like many working in the...

The long-awaited Renters Reform Bill was finally introduced in Parliament in May, but is it really good news for tenants? Several...

With the Bank of England’s rate rise to five per cent, soaring rents, and the cost-of-living crisis, now is the time...

Zoopla has unveiled an upgraded website for agents and housebuilders. The refreshed Zoopla Advantage website, first launched in 2018, will provide new...

It’s no secret – 2023 is a difficult year for the property industry. While rising rents should lead to increased income...

The average first-time buyer in Britain has seen the cost of a home increase by £25 per day since interest rates...

The RICS Residential Survey Report for March caused a bit of a stir this week – despite the fact that it...

Vaboo is a Customer Engagement and Reward Platform enabling Tenants and Landlords to give their insights into the relationships that matter...

Every year, those thinking about investing in property for the first time and even current landlords ask themselves whether it’s the...

One of the nice things about this time of year is that slowly, ever so slowly, we begin to emerge from...

Fewer first-time buyers got on the property ladder last year but there was an increase in people buying for business purposes,...

Winkworth agents ranked second when it came to property exchanges in London last year, the franchise agency brand claims. A trading update...

Over the later part of 2022, we have experienced unprecedented economic and political turmoil, which will remain as we head into...

Buyer demand, new instructions and agreed sales all continued falling in November, according to a downbeat update from the Royal Institution...

Zoopla’s homepage may look a little different from today. The portal is supporting homeless charity Crisis’s Christmas fundraising campaign with a homepage...

Would-be buyers are looking to the rental market as they pause their property purchase plans until there is clarity on mortgage...

In this feature, Jonathan Daines looks at how landlords can do their bit to make the rental market greener. Global leaders have...

Does the lettings industry cater properly for agents' needs? There’s only one way of knowing – asking you directly. To find out...

In this guest piece, Andy Jones, Corporate & Build To Rent Director at LRG, looks at whether commercial property can help solve...

Property professionals heralded the end of the low interest era yesterday after the latest Bank of England base rate hike. The Bank...

How did the housing market transform from incredibly strong - almost too strong - early in the year, to a situation...

A former senior journalist for The Times and Zoopla head of research Gráinne Gilmore has joined Cluttons as head of research. She will...

Time is up for Boris Johnson's tenure as Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party, serving 3 years and 44...

Many first-time buyers and homeowners are becoming more cautious of the property market. The cost of living crisis, combined with rising...

Forget large driveways and gardens, it turns out agents need to advise their sellers to add air conditioning units to their...

Zoopla has teamed up with homelessness charity Crisis to help campaign for reform of housing benefits and to tackle the affordable...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to unveil a flagship policy today to help more people onto the property ladder. It is...

We are all acutely aware of the surge in demand for rental properties in and around the capital in the months...

Sales remain the predominant source of income for most estate agency brands, research claims. The analysis warns that agents shouldn’t ignore lettings...

It’s easy to overestimate the importance of something in one’s own industry or work, but there seems good reason for believing...

A shift is occurring in the rental market across the UK. The Government is planning to reform the sector with increased...

Lomond Group, which says it is the UK’s fastest-growing estate agency network, has appointed Ed Phillips as its new Group Chief...

The hot topic of rent controls has remerged in recent weeks, with passionate voices on both sides of the argument speaking...

The rental market is recalibrating after Covid, and this is evident in the latest data from Zoopla’s rental index. For 18 months...

Timothy Douglas, Head of Policy and Campaigns at Propertymark, analyses the impact that the lack of available data is having on...

With the drastic changes enacted on the industry over the past two years thanks to the pandemic and political events such...

It’s often said that agency is a people business, and I can see no reason to disagree - agents dealing face-to-face...

Phil Spencer’s new series of Move iQ podcasts is to be sponsored by Propertymark. During the nine part series, Spencer will talk...

We all know what did happen in 2021 - Covid and more Covid, the stamp duty holiday frenzy, a soaring rental...

Just as city centre traffic is reminiscent of life before the pandemic, the rental market in central zones of UK’s largest...

In this article, the team at The Lettings Hub - which aims to offer tech-driven solutions for the rental market - outline...

In the UK, 3.5 million households — which is over one-third of UK households — are either privately or socially rented,...

There is no denying that managing properties is labour intensive. As real estate agents you are responsible for administering and addressing...

Rising inflation triggered by the supply chain crisis following Brexit and the pandemic may undermine recent house price gains according to...

As we move into the autumn of 2021, what the coming year has in store for estate agents is something we...

Almost a million tenants have built up rent arrears since March 2020, according to research by National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA)....

2020 gave rise to an exodus from the city as work from home became the mandated norm for large swaths of...

Yet another housing market snapshot is reporting the stock of property for sale plummeting further downwards.  Property website Home says that while...

Since 2017, The DPS has used the data we collect to track the rental values of properties across all regions of...

Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, technology has proven to be the answer for many problems faced by sectors across...

A leading agent has been in touch with EAT to vent his frustration at the government for extending most of the...

There are an estimated 2.7 million landlords in the private rented sector (PRS) providing rental accommodation to multiple generations of tenant,...

In recent years, the property market has been taking steps to become more digital – with HM Land Registry leading the...

It’s been quite a week for the rental sector. Lettings agents and landlords have had such a torrid time in recent years...

The last 12 months have heralded significant change across the property market and indeed we could argue across all markets in...

Local elections rarely set the pulse racing and this year’s poll on Thursday faces a similar problem. But this time, it’s a...

Licensing of the short-term lets sector in Scotland was due to be introduced next month. However, it was recently announced that...

In a video interview for Letting Agent Today, property professional Chris Buckler speaks to Mike Dawson, Group Head of Sales at...

As we move towards the one-year anniversary of the beginning of the first lockdown, it is a good time to reflect...

The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has changed the way we evaluate our lives and, looking more specifically at the property market, it...

By any available metric, Belvoir had a good 2020. Already a well-known and well-established name, it was highly praised for its...

There’s no doubt that the property market underwent a tumultuous year in 2020, where efficiency was required more than ever. Since the...

Over the last 20 years, the growth of online property portals – including Zoopla, Rightmove and PrimeLocation – has transformed the...

There’s been a shock one per cent increase in the Welsh equivalent of stamp duty on second homes, coming into effect...

The housing market is to stay open across the UK, including in the new Tier 4 areas of England. An announcement from Housing Secretary...

The Home website, which publishes a detailed monthly snapshot of the market, has raised the alarm over London because of a...

The latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors review of sales and rentals, often amongst the most pessimistic of analyses, says Covid 19...

Housing Minister Christopher Pincher announced that the introduction of the Renters' Reform Bill will be delayed for an indefinite period due...

It’s no surprise to hear that the property market has seen a lot of change across 2020, with ups and downs...

A prominent housing market analyst is warning that in 14 years of studying prices and transactions he has never seen the...

The only certainty at the moment is ongoing uncertainty. It’s something we’ve got used to in 2020, but it’s still not...

How to stay on top of arrears during a global pandemic Many have speculated, though much of it is anecdotal – how...

The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020 have been in place for several months now. While letting...

The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, better known as the furlough scheme, was introduced by the chancellor Rishi Sunak in March to...

Be proactive, have a plan, and keep prospecting.  After the easing of lockdown measures, it’s safe to say the property market picked...

The Zoopla Rental Market Report, published this week, mentioned a two-speed rental market, but what does that mean? We are seeing two...

What do General Electric, IBM, Microsoft, and WhatsApp have in common? Yes, they are American companies that boasted revenues of $50...

The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020 - which require increased electrical testing in rental properties...

Despite still being in the transition period after leaving the EU on January 31, we are seeing an upturn in the...

  Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Catherine Shinerock - ARO Account Manager What is your ‘company name’...

Over the past decade, the short-term rental industry, now eponymised by Airbnb, has experienced meteoric growth. This has been driven by the...

After a year dogged by Brexit deadlock, political turmoil, and slow growth, estate agents’ confidence in the property market hit a...

Yes, believe it or not, we’ve nearly reached the end of a whole decade. And what an eventful decade it’s been. We’ve...

With Brexit still unresolved, the domestic agenda has been pushed from the headlines by the seemingly overwhelming public and political discord...

It’s been clear for a while that the additional regulation landlords and agents are facing has helped professionalise the private rental...

No one would argue that unfair fees and practices by rogue landlords is a problem that should be ignored, but the...

You don’t need to go far to find news about the UK lettings market. From the banning of tenant fees to...