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Homebuyers should prepare for short-term volatility as mortgage rates are currently being repriced, OnTheMarket chief executive Jason Tebb has warned. Tebb warned...
21 March 2023
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Lower mortgage rates than the end of last year and slowing inflation should sustain the housing market as it enters the...
21 March 2023
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Increasing numbers of young buyers are looking abroad to boost their chances of getting on the property ladder. New data from international...
21 March 2023
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A regional estate agent has outlined how the rise and fall of Purplebricks has actually been a good thing for high...
21 March 2023
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Mayfair, London’s most famous address, is in a state of radical metamorphosis, a local agency brand claims. A new report from Mayfair...
21 March 2023
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Some sellers remain optimistic about their price expectations as sales at the top end of the market begin to lag, Rightmove...
20 March 2023
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House prices will still come under pressure despite a better-than-expected economic outlook, Knight Frank claims. New analysis from the property brand claims...
20 March 2023
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The Home Buying and Selling Group (HBSG) has announced a new update to the Leasehold Property Enquiries (LPE1) form, which it...
20 March 2023
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Premium estate agency Fine & Country has added a further office to the brand’s already strong London network. Director Gareth Mozley of...
20 March 2023
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National Conveyancing Week has kicked off from today. The awareness-raising week features a series of in-person, online and pre-recorded events aimed at...
20 March 2023
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Proptech firm Finch has been named as the latest supplier accredited by the New Homes Quality Board (NHQB). It joins other brands...
20 March 2023
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The over-50s could make the best estate agents, an industry training platform has claimed. It comes as the Treasury unveiled plans for...
17 March 2023
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A more competitive mortgage market may actually dampen hopes of a downsizing boom, an agent has predicted. Many property professionals last year...
17 March 2023
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Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...
17 March 2023
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Higher utility and staffing costs pushed profits down in Savills’ UK residential business last year. The property and agency brand revealed in...
17 March 2023
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Hundreds of property professionals from international premium estate agency Fine & Country gathered in London for the brand’s annual conference and...
17 March 2023
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Newly established prime London property consultancy Tyburn, has reported the completion of multiple deals worth in excess of £60m in its...
17 March 2023
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Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s first Budget yesterday failed to include any specific measures to boost the housing market but a mortgage broker...
16 March 2023
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News of a potential takeover gave Purplebricks’ share price a boost yesterday. Its share price rose 15.5% in a day after Estate...
16 March 2023
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Almost half of sellers who took their homes off the market in 2022 will relist them in the next two years,...
16 March 2023
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The South East of England continues to lead the way as TwentyCi revealed its latest statistics on property market activity. The property...
16 March 2023
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New software has been launched to help estate agents collect feedback on viewings. Feedback Enterprise, from the Cumbrian communications specialists SMS Speedway,...
16 March 2023
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Collaborative Conveyancing has won an Innovate UK grant in partnership with the Hartree Centre research facility and completed a fundraising round...
16 March 2023
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The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has increased its expectations of a house price decline. The OBR, which keeps an eye on...
15 March 2023
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Purplebricks has confirmed that it has been in discussions with online agency rival Strike regarding a potential takeover offer. As reported by...
15 March 2023
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Online agency brand Strike is believed to be considering a bid for beleaguered rival Purplebricks. A source close to the talks has...
15 March 2023
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A property group is the latest to call for a Stamp Duty overhaul in today's Budget. The National Association of Property Buyers’ (NAPB)...
15 March 2023
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Sellers resistant to cutting asking prices may soon be left with little choice if the mortgage market remains depressed, a broker...
15 March 2023
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It was a busy 2022 for the so-called Bank of Mum and Dad and 2023 could be more manic for parents,...
15 March 2023
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The number of properties listed as sold subject to contract (SSTC) has increased by 5% so far this year versus the...
15 March 2023
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Homeowners are now almost £500 better off annually than renters, new research suggests. Analysis by Halifax shows the monthly cost of owning...
15 March 2023
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The property market looks to have avoided ‘heading over a cliff,’ Knight Frank suggests. Analysis by the agency brand suggests the further it...
14 March 2023
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The average discount to asking price on a sold property has almost doubled since last July as sellers are becoming ‘more...
14 March 2023
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Agents may hate portal fees but have ranked property websites such as Rightmove and Zoopla as their most important digital asset. A...
14 March 2023
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Pattinson Auction has gone international by opening up in Spain. After growing its UK portfolio to almost 3,000 partner agents, it will...
14 March 2023
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First-time buyers are persisting with Help to Buy purchases as cut-off-point approaches for the housing support scheme. To be eligible for an...
14 March 2023
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Agents are being encouraged to get involved in National Conveyancing Week. The awareness week will start on 20 March and features a...
14 March 2023
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From first-time buyer support to Stamp Duty changes or just doing nothing at all, there is plenty that agents and property...
13 March 2023
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Propertymark needs to do more to promote the value of its agents and to ensure people know it exists, property commentator...
13 March 2023
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The property industry may be going to great effort to digitise and improve the process of buying and selling a home...
13 March 2023
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Higher mortgage rates have meant that new buy-to-let purchases are increasingly being funded by cash rather than a mortgage, new research...
13 March 2023
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Proptech firm ValPal has entered the artificial intelligence (AI) sphere with a new tool to help agents write better quality and...
13 March 2023
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A Keller Williams (KW) agent has hailed the success of TikTok as a marketing tool just 18 months into her role. Tanya...
13 March 2023
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The financial regulator has revised its own data on how many mortgage borrowers may face repayment difficulties as it calls on...
10 March 2023
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Online agency boss-turned-media-pundit Russell Quirk has been given his own money-focused TalkTV programme, with the first focusing on the hot topic...
10 March 2023
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Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...
10 March 2023
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The UK residential division of property consultancy Knight Frank has been awarded for its customer services. The agency brand won the ‘Best...
10 March 2023
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You don’t need me to tell you that buy to let has had a torrid time of it lately. For agents trying...
10 March 2023
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Zoopla is set to host a 2023 market update later this month for agents. Hosted by Zoopla’s executive director of Research, Richard...
10 March 2023
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A more stable picture of the housing market may be emerging, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has suggested. It comes...
09 March 2023
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Search Acumen has begun beta-testing of ChatGPT within its data platform for conveyancers, which it hopes will reduce working times and...
09 March 2023
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Home-movers have been identified as one of the most attractive consumer groups during the cost-of-living crisis, contributing an estimated £29 billion...
09 March 2023
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As is generally the case, we didn’t start out with solutions, we started with questions…. two, actually. The first was, ‘Why does...
09 March 2023
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Agents are being offered a new tool to help them reclaim fees they are owed following a vendor’s withdrawal from the...
09 March 2023
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Gallagher has agreed a partnership to offer its products to customers of Knight Frank Finance. The partnership will see Gallagher offering insurance...
09 March 2023
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The latest Halifax House Price Index is set to add fuel to the fire of the ongoing market crash debate. The lender’s...
08 March 2023
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Last month marked the slowest February to sell a home since 2013 but prices are improving, new analysis claims. Insight from agency...
08 March 2023
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Move with Us and Moving Made Easy have been awarded the New Homes Quality Board (NHQB) accreditation for their part-exchange and...
08 March 2023
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Female estate agents have shared the highs and lows of working in the property industry to mark International Women’s Day (IWD). The...
08 March 2023
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More than half of homebuyers have become more willing to compromise in the search for their next home, new research reveals. Analysis...
08 March 2023
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The Guild of Property Professionals has achieved the milestone of more than 11,000 ESTAS reviews. The network has revealed it has reached...
08 March 2023
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A representative of major Purplebricks shareholder Axel Springer has stood down from the online agent’s board. It comes as the beleaguered brand...
07 March 2023
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Foxtons has lost its DNA, its chief executive has warned. It comes as the company published its first annual results under new...
07 March 2023
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Estate agents have been bringing more listings to the market since the start of the year but professionals in the north...
07 March 2023
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International buyers appear to slowly be returning to the prime central London (PCL) market, according to Hamptons data. Figures released by the...
07 March 2023
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More than a tenth of homeowners expect to delay buying or selling a home this year due to the cost of...
07 March 2023
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Safety, support, health, wealth and happiness were the key firms of the inaugural Women in Estate Agency group conference last week. The...
07 March 2023
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Reapit has acquired agency software provider Inspect Real Estate (IRE). The service, already used by more than 3,000 real estate customers to...
07 March 2023
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Companies that own UK residential properties have under a month to revalue and tell HMRC if any are worth more than...
07 March 2023
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Estate agents are entering a ‘rocky period,’ an accountancy firm has warned, as research shows insolvencies in the sector are on...
06 March 2023
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Agents may have been slightly put out by Rightmove reporting a boom in user fees despite a drop in members, but...
06 March 2023
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Around a third of agents still have some sort of dress code at work while almost half are kust expected to...
06 March 2023
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Propertymark has made its annual call for new property professionals to join its leadership team and ambassadorial positions. The agency trade body...
06 March 2023
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Hunters has welcomed two new franchise partners who have acquired the Hunters Scarborough, Bridlington and Filey businesses. Sam Lakin and Pete Croft have...
06 March 2023
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Two well-known East Yorkshire estate agents have joined forces to merge their businesses with a new name and branding. Stanifords and Grays...
06 March 2023
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Rightmove has reported its second highest year for average revenue per advertiser (ARPA) despite agency branch membership dipping slightly. The portal revealed...
03 March 2023
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Agents are being trained in how to operate in a ‘normal’ sales market, a senior industry executive has revealed. Gareth Samples, chief...
03 March 2023
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Conveyancers are warning that this week’s Land Registry strikes could have a knock-on effect on property sales once staff return to...
03 March 2023
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Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...
03 March 2023
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Newly-independent estate agency North Residential has unveiled new expansion plans with the opening of at least three new UK locations per year and...
03 March 2023
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Premium property agency Prestige & Village is expanding beyond its home base in the South East of England. It has launched the...
03 March 2023
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AVRillo is seeking agents to help test a new product that aims to provide upfront material information to buyers at the...
03 March 2023
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A conveyancing firm has put the popular artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT to the test to see if it can rival legal...
02 March 2023
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Annual house price growth has fallen for the first time since June 2020 and is now at its weakest level since...
02 March 2023
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Properties need to be listed for at least nine to 14 days to achieve their optimum selling price, new research claims. The...
02 March 2023
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Winkworth is expanding its operations to focus on land and new homes opportunities across London. Dominic Agace, chief executive of Winkworth, said...
02 March 2023
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The Connells Group has said it remains optimistic about the year ahead after reporting falling profits and a decline in exchanges...
02 March 2023
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Zoopla has become the latest accredited supplier of the New Homes Quality Board (NHQB) for its software that supports housebuilders. It come...
02 March 2023
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Purplebricks has received “several credible expressions of interest” since putting itself up for sale last month, the online agent has revealed. The...
01 March 2023
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The South East of England is currently most in need of an estate agency personnel boost, new research claims. The analysis, by...
01 March 2023
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Mortgage lenders may have been grabbing the headlines in recent weeks with rates below 4% but a broker has warned this...
01 March 2023
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The competition watchdog is set to shine a spotlight on property, with investigations into the housebuilding market and a separate project...
01 March 2023
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Rightmove is set to launch a new property estimate tool for homeowners who are not actively looking to sell right now. The...
01 March 2023
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Agents working with iamproperty sold more than 7,000 properties through its auction service last year, the proptech firm has revealed, as it...
01 March 2023
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Agency trade body Propertymark has backed calls for greater leaseholder protections as the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill proceeds through Parliament. The...
01 March 2023
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In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they preview Estate Agency X 8, 2023 Estate Agency X is back and better...
01 March 2023
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Sellers are cutting asking prices by an average 4.5% discount to achieve a sale, Zoopla claims. The figure is the highest for...
28 February 2023
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Prime London demand and supply is on the rise but mainly for those without the need for a mortgage, new data...