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An industry marketing expert has questioned the strategies of ‘house of brand’ agencies. Writing exclusively for Estate Agent Today, Simon Leadbetter, former...

The roll out of ULEZ has been one of the big stories of the week. The new zones will have implications...

Ben Madden has outlined further plans for his Agents MVMT initiative and the Pass the Syrup podcast. Madden, of Fine & Country...

Fine & Country has launched a marketing campaign centred around becoming the most recommended national estate agency brand among consumers. The campaign...

Agents from across the eXp global network are being offered Jiu-Jitsu training sessions. This is not an attempt to help agents fight...

The number of mortgage approvals for home purchase hit a five-month low in July. Bank of England data shows there were 49,444...

Buyers are facing higher costs when moving home, research shows. Analysis by Barrows & Forrester found the costs associated with moving home,...

The National Association of Property Buyers (NAPB) and Gumtree have teamed up to help fightback against fraudsters, particularly when it comes...

Cluttons has moved its London office headquarters to a new prime trophy building in the City as it looks to accelerate...

United Trust Bank (UTB) has become the first lender to sign up to the Open Property Data (OPDA) Association. Additionally, the bank’s...

John D Wood & Co has expanded with a new office in Winchester, Hampshire. The Winchester office occupies a stone-built corner premises...

The property market is set for its quietest year for sales since 2012, Zoopla claims. The portal’s latest House Price Index estimates...

Mortgage lending has dropped and buyers are no longer stretching their affordability limits, UK Finance claims. New data from the banking trade...

The property transaction in England and Wales is a notoriously slow and fraught process, taking typically 150 days to complete, with...

Propertymark has doubled its regional conference programme for 2023. Working in partnership with Rightmove, the agency trade body will now host 10...

Record numbers of homebuyers are set to get on the property ladder with the help of the “Bank of Family” this...

Belvoir Group PLC has expanded its financial services network with the acquisition of MAB (South West) Ltd for £1m.   This follows...

Deliveroo may have revolutionised the way we order takeaways and now three former executives from the delivery app have set their...

Forget the Bank of Mum & Dad, now even siblings are chipping in to help brothers and sisters onto the property...

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has highlighted land banks and planning blockages as potential areas for investigation. It comes as the...

Spicerhaart’s shift to a hybrid model and investment in the business and staff has contributed to a £5m loss for 2022,...

UK homebuyers have expressed support for more digital tools to reduce the administrative burden of purchasing a property yet few have...

New self-employed estate agency iad UK hosted its first UK business opportunity presentation (BOP) in Moorgate, London last week at a...

Agents have backed shining a light on pressure selling tactics within the industry. Speaking on the latest Agents MVMT Pass The Syrup...

The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has repeated calls for Stamp Duty to be scrapped as politicians prepare for party conference...

Two directors of Spicerhaart are set to take over as joint chief executive of the independent agency brand. It comes as its...

Uncertainty over interest rates continues to dominate the thoughts of many working in the property sector.  Here in his latest column property...

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

A third of those opting to move home in the current market are downsizers, research claims. However, it’s not the increased cost...

Industry stalwart Paul Smith has stepped down as chief executive of Spicerhaart. The company announced yesterday that the 62-year-old is taking on...

Housing affordability is improving but the benefits are being offset by high mortgage rates, Halifax claims. Analysis by the lender found the...

It seems even celebrity music moguls and TV judges aren’t immune to the housing market slowdown. X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent...

Homebuyers and borrowers could be set to benefit from a mortgage price war, a property expert claims. Jonathan Rolande, from the National...

The managing editor of The Good Schools Guide has outlined the measures that some families take to secure a place at...

Agency software provider Alto has launched a new Partner Hub for proptech firms. The Zoopla-backed brand said proptech firms will be able...

Home-movers are set for a period of stability in the mortgage market, Rightmove claims. The portal’s latest mortgage tracker found average mortgage...

Exchanged prices across the UK have grown at an average of 3.8% over the past year despite ‘gloomy headlines’, TwentyEA claims. New...

Oliver Bernard has set a new Mayfair and St James record after an off-market sale. The luxury agent has sold an unmodernised...

The majority of conveyancers would advise aspiring lawyers against entering the profession, research has revealed. It comes as a survey by Today’s...

Joe Pepper has stepped down as chief executive of TM Group. It follows the acquisition of the proptech brand by Aurelius last...

Winkworth is expanding further in north London, with a new office opening in fashionable West Hampstead. The move by the agency franchise...

The market is shifting to more serious buyers and sellers as the level of stock hits a 12-month high, Propertymark claims. It...

Trading conditions in the housing market have worsened during this summer, Crest Nicholson has warned. A trading update from the housebuilder said...

Former Homesearch head of training and development Simon Gates has been appointed as a non executive director of Chris Buckler’s new...

LSL has grown its mortgage business with another acquisition. The property brand announced yesterday that it has acquired the Tenet Mortgage network,...

Foxtons remains confident about the property market despite sliding house price growth. It comes as data from Rightmove revealed that asking prices...

The Federation of Independent Agents (FIA) has unveiled a new collaboration with Dataloft. The partnership will give FIA members access to Dataloft’s...

Asking prices of new listings have dropped 1.9% this month, the largest fall in August since 2018. Data from Rightmove shows asking...

Property guru and TV presenter Phil Spencer has paid tribute to his parents after they died in a car crash at...

If we turn the clock back only twenty years, the concept of managing our lives from a handheld device was within...

Buyers are waiting for mortgage rates to stabilise before making a move in the property market, Chestertons claims. It comes as the...

Agents are being invited to get involved in the inaugural North West PROPS Awards. The North West PROPS, a northern-focused version of...

Two new companies have joined the Residential Logbook Association’s (RLBA)integration programme. Home move tracking platform adoor has integrated with the RLBA register...

Energy performance certificates (EPC) make little difference to property sales and the Government should consider replacing them with more effective green...

A lack of flexibility is causing recruitment issues in estate agency and could threaten the survival of firms, executives claim. Speaking on...

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

In his latest column Jonathan Rolande looks at the future of estate agnts on the high street.   You only need to walk down...

The number of properties going under the hammer has increased but there has been a dip in the percentage of lots...

Time is running out for agents to submit their final customer reviews for consideration in the prestigious 2023 allAgents Customer Experience...

A lack of urgency is limited the number of deals being agreed in prime London, LonRes has warned. New analysis from the...

House price growth and inflation has continued to slow but there are warnings that further interest rate cuts could still dent...

Kendal’s Arnold Greenwood Estate Agents has expanded with the launch of a new south Cumbria branch. Estate agency services at the new...

Agency software and CRM provider Street.co.uk has launched a new artificial intelligence (AI) to help users write property descriptions. Street AI uses...

Leaders Romans Group has relaunched its specialist shared ownership brand. Previously known as Leaders and Romans Shared Ownership, which has sold more...

Propertymark is appealing to school leavers to consider a career in property. As students discover their A level results or Highers in...

Industry regulator the National Trading Standards & Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT) has issued a reminder to agents about their responsibilities when it...

A large proportion of sellers have admitted to hiding problematic parts of their property from potential buyers. A survey of more than...

St. George in Bristol has been identified as the UK’s strongest sellers’ market. Analysis by Rightmove found eight in ten homes listed...

Hunters West Cornwall has announced a new initiative to celebrate the Cornish language. The agency brand has introduced new sales boards that...

Independent estate agency Hat and Home has released a sneak peak of its 2023 brand marketing campaign.  Renowned for its distinctive advertising...

Agency reviews website allAgents.co.uk has revamped its certified reports to help agents secure new business. The documents provide agents with a downloadable...

Do you need help to reach your target audience with the right content at the right time? Do you wish there...

Trading Standards has issued new guidance for agents to provide “working definitions” of common property marketing terms. The National Trading Standards &...

There is uncertainty in the market but it is still moving, TwentyCi claims. It comes as figures from the property data company...

Many agents have forgotten what it takes to sell property, an industry figure claims. Speaking on the latest Agents MVMT Pass The...

Propertymark has written to the Government to ask why attempts to protect leaseholders are being ignored. It comes as the Earl of...

In his latest column Jonathan Rolande explains why estate agents shouldn’t be distracted by the latest house price index figures. Nobody reading...

Mortgage lenders are at last cutting their rates on some deals, confident that the Bank of England’s base rate may rise...

A house removal specialist and a consumer property group reckon they’ve discovered the busiest day of the year for moving. It’s Friday...

Experts are warning that the weekend’s better than expected economic news could indirectly hurt the housing market. The UK economy grew by...

Transactions for the first half of 2023 are at their lowest level since the financial crisis of 2007-09 as a result...

An estate agency with a major new homes department claims new build sales are proving more resilient than the mainstream market. Leaders...

Over 20,000 UK agency branches have now registered with HMRC for anti-money laundering supervision. A new analysis from risk management platform Thirdfort...

Industry figure Michael Day has reached the halfway point of a one million step challenge he has embarked on to raise...

Hamptons is warning landlords disillusioned with buy to let that they may have missed the top of the sales market -...

There’s been a sharp rise in mortgage arrears as high interest rates have hit the housing market - and now there’s...

Retail queen Stacey Cartwright will succeed Nicholas Ferguson as chair of Savills from December 31 - but she inherits a company...

Spicerhaart has received a Silver Award in the Ministry of Defence Employer Recognition Scheme which acknowledges the agency group’s commitment to...

Property taxes collected in Scotland have risen nearly 50 per cent in just two years according to analysis of the latest...

London estate agency Chestertons has made another senior appointment for its growing New Homes division. Henry O’Neill, former New Homes Director at...

Prominent industry figure Sean Newman has renewed his licence agreement with Fine & Country for five more years.  Newman has licenses in...

New research from an estate agency attempts to quantify what most of the industry already knows - that prospective buyers won’t...

A new self employed agency business that launched into the UK market last month claims its success elsewhere in the world...

The latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors housing market snapshot shows the increasing damage being wrought by high interest rates. The RICS...

Alarm bells are ringing in the new build sales sector after figures have been released by a major house builder. Bellway says...

It won’t come as a surprise that forecasts show mortgage approvals will fall this year. But a new analysis says the drop...

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

The Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) has warned it is receiving “too many complaints” about breaches of undertakings by solicitors. The regulator...

Knight Frank has spoken out over what it claims is a severe lack of appropriate accommodation being marketed exclusively to the...

New data from respected consultancy TwentyEA showed that the market is proving unexpectedly resilient - and in the case of new...