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Big demand for small properties has helped to drive growth in UK property prices in the early months of this year,...

Regional agency Mundys has snapped up a sales business, taking its branch total to five. It currently has two offices in Lincoln...

The cost and time consuming nature of the house moving process is deterring older owners from downsizing, it’s been alleged. An upfront...

Regulated firms across all sectors will be well aware of Know Your Customer (KYC) checks and their importance in combatting financial...

UK-based estate agencies are being given the opportunity to list their properties on Century 21 Global, the brand’s global listings site. This...

Interest rates were held for the fifth consecutive time after the latest Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting yesterday. The...

The Spring Budget missed the mark when it comes to boosting current market conditions, agents have claimed. A survey of 833 UK...

As you begin the process of property transactions in the UK, it's important to understand potential pitfalls that may result in...

When the Chancellor stood up to deliver the Spring Budget on Wednesday, those of us in the property business could be...

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

The Government’s proposal to introduce a new 1% deposit mortgage scheme to help young people onto the property ladder is unworkable...

Digital compliance specialist SmartSearch can help estate agents comply quickly and efficiently Around one in five estate agents are not registered for...

January 2024 has shattered records to become the busiest ever for UK property auctions, data suggests. Auction data provider Essential Information Group...

More than a third of property professionals view the Spring Budget as an opportunity to boost new build and the first-time...

Hamptons expands into Andorra with new partnership Hamptons has launched a partnership with Roc Propietats Estate Agents in Andorra that will include...

UK property professionals should look to Norway when assessing how to improve the home buying process, a housing minister has claimed. Speaking...

Two estate agency businesses have already signed up to self-employed agency brand eXp’s new brokerage model just weeks after launch. Mackays, a...

Winkworth's network completed sales for the year fell by some 19% in 2023, the agency franchise brand has revealed but it...

The Register of Overseas Entities has hit the 30,000 registration milestone. The register, which is administered by Companies House, came into force...

House prices are set to fall further next year, two major lenders claim. The house prices indices of Halifax and Nationwide have...

The 2023 Autumn Budget, amongst its considerable 110 growth measures, contained an important announcement for the property sphere, with £3 million...

The private rental landscape has been undergoing a profound transformation, with technology playing a pivotal role in shaping the way tenancies...

Visits to Rightmove have fallen by 18% in the past year as high mortgage rates hit the national market from the...

SmartSearch looks at the importance of incorporating Source of Funds checks into KYC processes It is no secret that the UK property...

The Guild of Property Professionals has announced eight new members to its network of independent agents. One is George F White in...

Outsourced communications business Moneypenny has appointed a new head of its property team.  Moneypenny supports 2,500 businesses in the UK property industry,...

Chestertons, one of the UK’s oldest estate agencies, has been sold to a European real estate services and technology group. The buyer...

Leading digital compliance firm SmartSearch has launched an innovative new solution to help professionals working within the UK property sector to...

The number of property transactions estimated to have collapsed across the UK market has started to climb after two quarters in...

A recent analysis of the UK property market by Zoom Property Buyer reveals that detached houses have seen the most significant...

Mortgage searches on behalf of borrowers using gifted equity or making a concessionary purchase from a family member rose by 75%...

The cities of Liverpool, Nottingham and Manchester have enjoyed the biggest house price rises since pre-Covid. Despite interest rates at a 13-year...

Buyers are now calling the shots and can expect lower bids to secure the house of their dreams, a property expert...

The size of the UK property auction house market hit the highest point in a decade in 2022, approaching half a...

Cash purchasers, younger needs-based buyers and relocators are the driving force behind the current prime UK property market, according to research...

The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) has said its multiple income streams will help it navigate the uncertain markets after it revealed...

The number of mortgage approvals edged up for a second month in a row during June but remains below 2022’s monthly...

HMRC has recorded the lowest level of UK property sales for the month of June since 2020. The latest property transaction data...

The majority of UK property professionals are confident that their job will not be replaced by artificial intelligence (AI). A survey by...

The publication of inflation figures by the government tomorrow will be a Do-Or-Die moment for the housing market, it’s been claimed. At...

House prices are falling at their fastest rate in 12 years, dropping £7,500 on average over the past 12 months, according...

OnTheMarket this morning claims to be the first major UK property portal to use Artificial Intelligence natural-language technology. The controversial technology is...

Self-employed agency brand eXp UK has launched a strategic partnership with proptech supplier nurtur.group.  Under the agreement, nurtur.group will become the exclusive...

It’s a brave business owner who actually invites criticism.  I speak from the personal experience of asking the opinions of the...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

It’s a tough old road for today’s first-time buyers, with house prices and mortgage interest rates much higher than they were...

Homebuyers are entering bidding wars for bungalows, a property expert claims. The Daily Telegraph recently reported that young professionals in their 20s and...

Amidst mounting regulatory pressure and the escalating threat of financial crime, property firms must embrace innovation to protect themselves and their...

The latest Halifax House Price Index gave estate agents renewed optimism last week amid the ongoing market crash debate after the...

The property market is broken, Housing Secretary Michael Gove acknowledged yesterday. Despite the Conservative Party being in power since 2010, Gove insisted...

Annual staff turnover in the property industry sits at almost 30%, with the most common reason given for leaving a job...

Another interest rate hike could further dampen property market activity, research suggests. It comes as new analysis shows the average number of...

Listings are down, mortgage rates are high, regulations are becoming even more complex and already stretched tenants are feeling the effects...

Premium property agency Prestige & Village is expanding beyond its home base in the South East of England. It has launched the...

A property consumer group has had its Twitter account suspended and its bid to be reinstated has failed - and it...

AML experts SmartSearch warn estate agents that, with so many firms still hiding behind ‘opaque corporate structures,’ proper due diligence has...

New research has uncovered the most densely populated areas for estate agency branches. Agency comparison website GetAgent’s internal data tracks the number...

The number of fall-throughs hit a five-year high during the third quarter of 2022, research suggests. Analysis of TwentyCi fall through data...

The end of last year’s Stamp Duty holiday has given a temporary boost to house price data for October 2022. The latest...

House price growth slowed annually and fell for the third month in a row during November, Nationwide data shows. The latest Nationwide House...

Online and Americanised models of self-employed agency have deterred new agents from entering the sector amid a wider decline of professionals...

Purplebricks has written to shareholders urging them to reject “disruptive” resolutions calling for chairman Paul Pindar to be sacked and replaced...

The number of property sales falling through has increased for the first time since the height of the pandemic market boom...

UK property sales fell by around a third last month and were flat on a monthly basis, new figures show. HMRC’s latest...

With reform of the home buying and selling process as crucial as it's ever been, and disrupters like Coadjute and PEXA...

It’s the oddest thing. Surely, the most fundamental requirement of an estate agent having won an instruction, is to get it...

Fine & Country has partnered with ListGlobally to feature all of their UK property listings on 106 international portals worldwide, according...

The Government’s mini budget on September 23 was anything but ‘mini’ with several major announcements one of the most significant of...

The majority of homebuyers and sellers remain ‘undeterred from their endeavours to tackle the housing market’, despite the turbulence of the...

House prices fell marginally (down by 0.1%) in September as the market displayed further signs of slowdown. That was according to Halifax’s...

Interest rate rises are driving an increase in homes for sale, research claims. National estate agency Jackson-Stops has analysed Rightmove data and...

One of the particular characteristics of the property market is how it brings contrasting professions together. From estate agents to conveyancers,...

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

The market is a long way off crashing but sellers are becoming more realistic, a senior agent has claimed. It comes as...

Nat Daniels, chief executive of Estate Agent Today publisher Angels Media, has been named as a top UK property influencer. Daniels was...

Monthly house price growth bounced back in August but continues to slow annually, Halifax data shows. Halifax’s August House Price Index recorded...

More than 1,000 estate agency branches are to join iamproperty’s partner network from SDL Auctions after a trade deal between the...

Annual house price growth has dropped to its lowest level this year and is back to single digits, official data shows. The...

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) recently published a list of firms that have received penalty notices for failure to meet their...

An independent estate agency has announced that it will extend its role as Bolton Wanderers Associate Partner into the 2022/23 season. Joining...

The auction industry could end up taking advantage of the upcoming downturn in the property market, because it provides the quickest...

There is a staggering £117 billion worth of property currently up for sale across the UK property market, according to new...

An Australian FinTech which this year entered the UK market has outlined the e-conveyancing lessons that the UK property industry can...

It was announced back in February this year that PEXA, the Australian FinTech/PropTech that enabled the world’s first fully digitised property settlement...

Savills has released a revised five-year forecast for the UK’s prime housing markets, to reflect the strong levels of activity in...

Stipendium, the platform that simplifies life’s complex events, has compiled a guide to submitting an offer and exchanging contracts, to help buyers...

The housing market continues to defy expectations after the latest Land Registry figures show annual price growth in May hit its...

An anti-money laundering (AML) has queried why there are so few checks on UK property buyers compared with those from overseas. Tim...

Sales and lettings board provider Agency Express has launched a strategic partnership with The Key Safe Company. The partnership provides a bolt-on...

I look back on when my dad helped me buy my first car and shared his pearls of wisdom on what...

Increasing numbers of women are being flagged during anti-money laundering (AML) compliance checks. AML platform Credas Technologies suggests the main reason for...

A third of property professionals have reported suffering from burnout due to the pandemic property market boom. A survey of UK property...

The Bank of England’s continued rise in interest rates – the latest being a shift up to 1.25% - is, in...

There have been many articles about ‘digitising upfront information’, following the publication of DLUHC’s Levelling-Up white paper and National Trading Standards...

PropertyHeads has relaunched its valuation and insights tool as Mouseprice Pro in the UK after a period of major investment and...

As another round of property firms is fined, named and shamed for breaching anti-money laundering rules, it feels like the road...

A record number of anti-money laundering (AML) checks were carried out during the first quarter of 2022 across the UK property industry,...

Estate agents could be losing thousands of pounds a year to missed calls. Communications platform YourBusinessNumber analysed data on the typical number of...

The fast-moving property sales market is increasing the risk of fraud, an anti-money laundering expert claims. Olly Thornton-Berry, co-founder of risk management...

Estate agents and sellers could be set to benefit from fewer fall-throughs this year but the costs of a collapsed sale...