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A few details of a possible takeover or acquisition of Countrywide have started to emerge. The possibility was first floated in yesterday’s...

New compulsory qualifications for estate agents will not only offer more transparency for customers but will help recruit better staff into...

The Guild of Property Professionals is launching its second tour of 2019 with an added bonus - a free training session...

Some agents have probably already done this, but ties are a thing of the past at London estate agency James Pendleton. Founder...

A dramatic slump in the supply of homes being put on sale in London means that parts of the capital now...

A briefing note for MPs prepared from government statistics shows that housing starts and completions have increased from the lows observed...

If anyone thought a Boris Johnson government would be more decisive than Theresa May's when it came to housing policies, the last...

A media report suggests a mystery ‘predator’ is attempting to acquire Countrywide.  The Daily Mail this morning, quoting unnamed “City sources,” says a...

Rightmove says the number of homes stuck in what it calls “the legal log jam” is at its highest for over...

Hello and welcome to the final PJT before September - yes that means summer is almost over.  Yet even during the holiday season...

Advertising on Zoopla is a must-have for most sellers but for Susan Tate in Anglesey it meant she ended up in...

Brexit is not deterring first time buyers this year according to an analysis by the Yorkshire Building Society. It says that despite...

A former Local Property Expert and manager at Purplebricks has gone on record to reveal what it was really like to work...

A sales progression tool is urging property professionals and consumers alike to do more to speed up typical transaction times, and...

Richard Rawlings’ annual roadshow opens on September 3 with the first of 17 stops across the UK, each giving a three...

The property website Home has identified the four regions of the UK where it says the current market slowdown is at...

What a credit to the industry so many agents, surveyors and suppliers are: this week’s ADC shows the diverse range of...

A free-to-list property portal says that contrary to opinion within parts of the agency industry, the more portals there are the...

The teenage daughter of the co-founder of telephone answering service Moneypenny has been found dead on holiday on Mallorca. Sky News reports...

Average house prices in the UK increased by a mere 0.9 per cent in the year to June - the lowest...

Akshay Ruparelia, the 21 year old who founded the online agency Doorsteps while he was still in sixth form, has called for...

Prime Central London’s average prices remain 20 per cent below their 2014 peak according to high end estate agency Strutt &...

Prime London subscription-based property platform LonRes has launched an off-market service for its subscribers. It says that as transactions across prime London...

Countrywide’s branch closure programme, shrouded in secrecy even to shareholders, may have involved shutting 250 offices according to an insider. The individual...

Some homes in the UK are now worth 44 per cent less than they were a decade ago, claims the estate...

iamproperty, parent company of IAMsold, says it now works with 2,500 estate agency branches nationwide and has sold over 16,500 properties...

This week, you find me in Italy. Now that we’ve entered that languid month of August, where all of real estate...

Is this the ultimate in accountability or a desperate bid to win back public support for a company damaged by the...

A London council admits that it typically takes 50 working days for a search - which means a Local Land Charge...

Estate agents have collectively been fiercely criticised for allegedly exaggerating valuations to win instructions, doing a disservice to vendors and not...

A Leicestershire estate and lettings agent has expanded after buying Barrow Upon Soar-based Strawberry Lettings and Sales.  Berkley Estate & Letting Agents...

A property industry trade body claims 85 per cent of agents believes a ‘staged’ property sells three times faster than a...

An online agency has struck out against the conventional wisdom that it’s tougher than ever before for first time buyers to...

Savills says it’s not commenting on whether it will list on Zoopla in the future. Last week Knight Frank - which in...

A newspaper claims that a crowdfunding site used by some estate agencies and other property industry companies has suspended trading on...

Yes it’s Monday, so it’s another edition of PJT, your guide to the key moves and changes in the agency and...

There’s been only a vague government response to the recommendations for an estate and lettings agency regulator. Last month the Regulation of...

The number of owners' properties being repossessed jumped 15 per cent year on year in the second quarter of 2019. There were...

One of the most experienced and high profile figures in the industry says individual agents working for online companies are typically...

Savills, once a safe bet for year-on-year growth, has seen its underlying UK residential profits plunge 44 per cent with economic...

Zoopla claims its new app has a huge level of what it calls “user engagement” within a month of launching. It’s hit...

A retirement development specialist is warning buyers on such schemes to beware unexpected clauses or restrictions which they may not have...

A distinctly autumnal storm seems to be gripping the UK for the early part of the weekend but as ever, nothing...

One of the agencies most active in the creation of OnTheMarket is trialling a return to listing on Zoopla after an...

A new house price index that in June predicted big house price rises over the summer has now repeated its claim,...

One of the largest surveys of housing concerns amongst consumers suggests that agents fees - once a major issue - is...

A Northern Irish woman with suspected links to serious organised crime has been ordered to explain how she financed the purchase...

House prices fell unexpectedly for the second month in a row in July according to the Halifax - but the mortgage...

The latest survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests that last month’s optimistic assessment of the housing market has...

Zoopla is mining data from users of its website to target sellers on Facebook and Instagram, producing leads and making it unnecessary for agencies to...

A record £8.2 billion was paid in Capital Gains Tax in 2017/18 - over £1 billion more than the year before.  The...

I wrote last week about Keller Williams and how their leader, Gary Keller, is doing an admirable job of driving innovation through...

Speculation surrounding whether Boris Johnson will honour his pledge to reduce stamp duty risks bringing the housing market “to a grinding...

A leading figure in urban design is urging new Prime Minister Boris Johnson to stand up for the pioneering space standards...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been urged to go further with property tax reform and not just stop at reducing stamp...

Despite optimistic reports on prime London’s housing performance from some sources in recent weeks, figures from subscription service LonRes paint a...

An agent working at the buying arm of Knight Frank, The Buying Solution, is striking out to set up her own...

The owners of four branches of a franchise agency in Berkshire have launched a new office in the county, just over...

Rising house prices and the gender pay gap means that there is no English region where a single woman on median...

A new analysis of stamp duty suggests that a cut of around a third in SDLT could produce a 40 per...

A PropTech start up says its new free tool allows prospective sellers and buyers to get an automated valuation of their...

Hello and welcome to PJT, breaking you in to the working week every Monday with news of the movers and shakers...

Countrywide has thrown its weight behind the proposals for a new single industry-wide regulator taking on the roles of Trading Standards...

A local authority that last week warned that it could not provide any local searches for over six weeks has now...

Outsourced viewings firm Viewber now handles viewings for more than 50 per cent of all UK auctioneers. The claim is from Essential...

Former Countrywide employees who take to social media or the mainstream press to criticise the company are betraying those who remained...

A report by Santander says stamp duty cuts should be used as incentives for older home owners to downsize and allow...

Connells Group has repeated its claim, made in recent months in the light of trading figures, that it is now the...

New research has identified those local housing market potentially worst hit by the planned changes to Help To Buy in 2021,...

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee - which meets monthly to set the base rate on which the costs of...

It’s another Friday so it’s another Agents Do Charity - of course! It’s August and the height of the holidays but as...

The Advertising Standards Authority has issued a guidance note warning online estate agents, after complaints about them have “grown dramatically”. “Property is big...

Countrywide has told Estate Agent Today that it will not be releasing any figures on the branch closure programme it introduced...

Estate and letting agents will for the first time be able to use WhatsApp to respond to leads on a 24/7...

After months of difficulties and closures for many online and hybrid estate agencies, EweMove claims to have bucked the trend. In a...

Seemingly-endless uncertainty over Brexit and now speculation over whether there will be an easing of stamp duty on transactions is making...

Sellers across England and Wales achieve an average 95.94 per cent of their asking price according to research from estate agency...

In a trading statement this morning, Countrywide says it has “a new covenant package with lenders provides the financial flexibility to...

Connells Group has this morning announced a profits dip for the first six months of the year.  Its pre-tax profits were £26.2m...

OnTheMarket has applied to the London Stock Exchange for the release of over a million new shares to agents who have...

A local authority in the Home Counties says it will not be possible to accept search queries for six weeks starting...

Keller Williams continues to drive culture, mentality, and process transformation by partnering with DocuSign to enable electronic signatures. It’s another lesson in...

There may be signs that the gloomy housing market which has hit Prime Central London for some years may finally be...

Online estate agency EasyProperty has been acquired by a firm with the backing of Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou. easyProperty has been sold by the eProp...

A note sent out by OnTheMarket chief executive Ian Springett has suggested that the way estate agents work may directly lead...

LSL Property Services, parent firm of Your Move and Reeds Rains, says the company’s branch closure programme was a success with profits...

Housing experts have expressed their concerns that speculation about a radical stamp duty reduction to be introduced by Boris Johnson’s government...

The National Association of Estate Agents says that  both demand and particularly supply have dipped in the past month - but...

The average house price growth across southern cities is running at the lowest level recorded since January 2012, according to Zoopla.  Prices...

Countrywide is now “beyond salvation” according to former chief executive Harry Hill. The industry veteran, who also founded Rightmove, made the remark...

Those who bought and sold the same property in 2018 made an average of £30,150 - but the number who do...

Hello and welcome to the start of a new week and a new Property Jobs Today column, bringing you the industry’s...

British homes have increased in value by an average of £11 per day since the beginning of the year, but with...

An equity release provider says there is now £382 billion worth of equity available within older homeowners’ properties following recent house...

Rightmove’s half year figures this morning continue to show strong growth in profits and revenue - but there are the first...

Foxtons’ sales slumped another 10 per cent and its total revenue dropped another 3.5 per cent according to figures released this...

Some estate agents are charging as much as 2.9 per cent commission according to a survey by comparison website GetAgent. While the...

One of the earliest property websites, nethouseprices.com, has been acquired by fledgling property portal OneDome.  Nethouseprices was set up in 2004 and...

Some 115,000 house moves are delayed annually because of funds not being cleared on time or because sellers have not vacated...

Welcome to this week’s ADC…and what a week it’s been. Politics? No, hot air of a different kind - the weather.  Yet...

Esther McVey is to be the new housing minister - one of the most seasoned politicians to take the job in...

Estate and letting agents are being urged to check that they are signed up with an approved redress scheme that covers...

Seven in 10 agents fail to use video or YouTube to assist in their marketing according to an analysis by free-to-list...

Data from UK Finance, which represents most of the country’s lenders, shows that gross mortgage lending across the residential market in...

Transactions in the troubled prime London market have actually increased year on year according to Knight Frank’s latest market snapshot. The agency...

The new Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government is the relatively unknown Robert Jenrick -  but his new housing...

Estate agents are amongst the workers to suffer the worst fall in wages over the past 10 years according to shock...

One of the country’s most respected agents has advised the agency industry to treat Boris Johnson’s pledges with real caution. Black Brick buying...

I feel I am in a fortunate position. I have been central to the PropTech movement for a number of years,...

London and South East England are to see house price falls this year and only “very modest” growth in 2020 -...

A bid to ban the building of new homes for out-of-town buyers has backfired on a Cornish community - and now...

Our own industry’s upheaval over recent years has been no less dramatic than the turmoil at Westminster. The political earthquake has seen...

The chief executive of Hunters franchise operation, Glynis Frew, says online estate agencies have given the industry two ‘positives’ - but...

An online agency which last autumn said it wanted to have as much as a three per cent market share of...

This may be the final full day in office for Kit Malthouse, the latest politician to occupy the short-term position of housing...

The fledgling Federation of Independent Agents has revealed a list of agents which have joined the scheme.  The very latest is Oakwood...

High end London estate agency Aston Chase says there’s already been a surge in interest in property in the UK capital...

Property pundit Henry Pryor says he is invited on TV and radio in order to provide “balance” against estate agents who...

An estate agent who ruthlessly used his position as a prominent figure in the community to win the trust of vulnerable...

Hello and welcome to this latest edition of PJT, your regular weekly column giving all the key appointments news in the...

Belvoir, the UK's largest property franchise, has changed its name - at least slightly - from Belvoir Lettings to Belvoir Group.  In...

A leading figure in the PropTech sector says clarity and speed are vital to ensure agencies can adequately prepare for a...

The number of UK residential mortgages approved with a term of 40-years or more jumped over 20-fold in 2018. London estate agency...

The Information Commissioner’s Office has fined a London estate agency £80,000 for leaving 18,610 customers' personal data exposed for almost two years. The security...

Trade bodies and property firms have strongly welcomed the recommendations for root and branch reform of the agency industry - and...

One of the country’s leading estate agents says shifting the burden of stamp duty away from the buyer - which is...

There’s more ammunition today for those agents who argue that equity release stops people moving and thus cuts the number of...

The government has published its response to an MPs’ committee’s comments on overseas buyers of properties in the UK - and...

The trade headlines may be dominated by a revolution proposed for how agents are regulated, licensed and trained but one thing...

The government has published proposals for far-reaching changes to the way estate and letting agents are regulated, trained and licensed. The proposals...

Trade organisations including the National Association of Estate Agents have welcomed today’s publication of the report of the Regulation of Property...

Agents have put a brave face on official government figures which have shown a shock fall in London house prices and...

Improved communication and increased transparency throughout the buying process can manage vendors’ expectations, improve satisfaction scores and create long-term clients. That’s the...

A leading London estate agency with US connections says there has been a surge in high net worth American buyers in...

A trade association of agents selling properties overseas has launched a new feature which it claims will give buyers greater security...

There’s more bad news for online estate agencies this morning as a survey reveals that they have only a seven per cent...

The recent announcement of a clicktopurchase partnership demonstrates some much-needed progression from Rightmove. In doing so, however, it could be said it...

Two of the highest profile independent estate agencies in the north of England have merged following a spectacular acquisition. Linley & Simpson...

Connells Group-owned Sequence UK has been told by the Advertising Standards Authority to update Rightmove listings more promptly after properties are...

Online estate agency Yopa is warning of price falls ahead in London and south east England - although price rises elsewhere...

All new-build homes could soon be fitted with an electric car charging point. The government has issued a consultation on the move,...

Conservative Party leadership contender Boris Johnson has expressed an interest in switching the stamp duty burden from buyers to sellers. Until now Johnson’s comments on...

Shareholders at today’s annual general meeting of OnTheMarket will hear the latest conversion figures showing how many agents on free or...

A new survey claims that 28 per cent of those who have put their home up for sale in past five...

Home, the property platform that often produces downbeat market forecasts, now says there are signs of improvement in London at least.  It...

Winkworth has a new office in its network, in the fashionable Suffolk town of Southwold. Independent agency Halford Wetmore has been acquired...

Some of the most radical reforms ever proposed for estate and letting agents are expected to be signed off today by...

A leading agent has suggested that some parts of the UK would face “a property exodus” if Boris Johnson’s proposals for...

The price of property coming to market fell by 0.2 per cent or an average of £656 in the past month...

Hello and welcome to this latest edition of PJT, your Monday catch-up on all the key appointments news in the industry. Please...

The Nationwide building society is to go into house building. It has received planning permission to build 239 new homes for sale...

The city of Norwich has become the sixth part of the UK to switch from council Local Land Charges to digital...

Now could be the time to buy shares in Purplebricks and Foxtons if one stock market pundit turns out to be...

A new global free-to-list property portal says it has secured 800 new property enquiries for estate agents in the last four...

Auction companies have issued statements boasting of their own performance as old school companies and new entrants vie for market share. Firstly...

Once a year you might be perfectly justified in putting your feet up for a weekend and enjoying some great sport...

The Property Ombudsman will in future refer more estate agents to the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agent Team if...

A new industry regulator is likely to be in place within two years according to the chair of the government’s Regulation...

The next key date to measure the progress of Countrywide’s controversial Back To Basics programme is at the end of this...

A more stable trend is now emerging in the UK housing market, according to the latest results for the RICS UK...

Specialist providers catering for the over-50s has welcomed a move by high-end estate agency Knight Frank to move into equity release. Commenting...

Two Countrywide brands have joined forces to launch Airspace Exchange – a service to push the idea of constructing homes and...

A new website devoted solely to prime off-market properties is looking for agents who will use it to find buyers seeking...

The PropTech era is changing the way in which employees decide where they are going to work. As CBRE has discovered in...

Jamie Lester, the London estate agent who starred in The Apprentice almost a decade ago, has set up a property industry...

An estate agency has removed a claim that it uploads its properties to Zoopla and PrimeLocation after a complaint to the...

Conservative leadership frontrunner Boris Johnson's plans to reverse stamp duty changes could help to kickstart the prime property market, according to...

Estate agents have been urged to ensure they are carrying out an annual independent audit of their anti-money laundering (AML) processes. ID...

Property sellers have been urged to list their properties now in the hope of selling their properties for maximum value within...

Century 21, the global estate agency franchise, has opened its latest high street branch in Cheltenham.  The franchise, Century 21’s 49th in...

The former chief executive of Purplebricks has defended claims that some Local Property Experts are underpaid, saying that success comes through...

Property portal Rightmove has confirmed that it is trialling an option which allows buyers of commercial properties to submit offers online...

Stories of a slow property market due to an ongoing lack of supply and Brexit woes have been well-documented in recent...

Welcome to the latest edition of Property Jobs Today. It's the time of the week when you can catch up with...

The police have opened an investigation after a number of complaints have been made about the financial affairs of a sales...

The new owners of Emoov have confirmed that 70 previous customers have opted to re-list their homes with the firm since it...

The practices of competitive bidding and sealed bids have made a 'surprise return' to the Prime Central London (PCL) property market,...

The summer market momentum building thanks to warmer weather and reduced Brexit uncertainty took a hit in June, according to new...

Friday is Agents Do Charity day and as the country enjoys the delights of Wimbledon and rues the Lionesses' departure from...

The new chief executive of Purplebricks believes hybrid agents could win '20-30% market share' in the UK. Vic Darvey, who replaced Michael...

The average British homeowner stays in their property for 20.8 years, according to new research by Zoopla. The property portal analysed the...

The Metropolitan Police have confirmed that an excavation that took place yesterday was part of its ongoing investigation into the disappearance...

It’s likely that your agency or one of your clients has recently fallen foul of an old-fashioned trend which has been...

Fine & Country, the international network of prime estate agencies, has this week announced the opening of two new offices. The first...

Purplebricks has revealed its annual results for the year ending April 30 2019.  The hybrid agency has posted an operating loss of...

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a complaint made against a listing on property website Houser.co.uk. In January, the complainant notified...

This week, I want to take a look at the Israeli startup, Venn, an urban revitalisation firm which has recently received...

A survey of property sellers has revealed that 'achieving the asking price' (43%) and 'selling properties quickly' (35%) are the most...

love2move, the online network which allows high street agents to offer a white-labelled hybrid service, has announced its latest partner. Peter David...

Estate Agent Today has been contacted by an individual who says he is one of three former Emoov customers intending to...

Petty Estate Agents has acquired the real estate division of Cheshire-based Wright Marshall out of administration. The deal safeguards the company after...

The head of a website that contrasts the performances of rival estate agents is urging buyers to ‘drill down’ and find...

A leasehold reform campaigner says government proposals risk creating a two-tier market and do nothing to assist leaseholders already hit by...

Another house price raffle has closed amid rancour, and with cash prizes being awarded instead of the property originally promoted. The latest...

New figures released show High Street estate agents taking an increasingly large market share as online operators continue to crumble. According to the...

Hello and welcome to both this week’s PJT and welcome to July. It may be summer and Wimbledon time, but there’s no...

An estate agent in the west country has died, aged just 28. Adam Reed worked for the Smart Estate Agent, a fixed-fee...

It’s unlikely to bring out the violins but the number of properties sold for £1m or more in Britain rose only...

Gazumping is alive and well in much of the country, despite the slowdown in the property market, according to new research...

Purplebricks’ former chief executive Lee Wainwright has made a stout defence of the controversial agency’s sales progression process and its local...

The latest report commissioned by the Labour party to resolve the UK’s housing problems would crash the housing market rather than...

Purplebricks’ founder Kenny Bruce has promised that his departure from the firm does not mean he won’t be heard of again. Kenny - whose brother...

Zoopla has announced an improved app which “enhances the house-hunting journey with a fresh design, improved navigation and an intuitive interface” -...

Hello there - if it’s Friday it’s Agents Do Charity, and as we prepare for a hot weekend for Glastonbury revellers...

Purplebricks has released figures which appear to show it is one of the most successful agencies - or perhaps THE most...

Online agency Housesimple has become the first in the UK to sell houses for free. It says that based on the average...

Phil Spencer and his advice website IQ have endorsed the concept of legally binding reservation agreements and digital legal packs through...

It’s been reported that a Cheshire estate agent and auction house has gone into administration putting 130 jobs at risk. Around 40...

A 176 year old agency is claiming success with its first online auction lot selling for over twice the guide price. It...

A PropTech firm which claims its products offer “industry-leading” response times says agents lose a majority of their leads due to slow...

The income required for first time buyers to purchase in the three most expensive UK cities has fallen slightly according to...

The number of cash buyers in London has recently plummeted by very nearly a fifth - and every other part of...

New figures from the National Association of Estate Agents suggest that supply is at last creeping back up to seasonal norms...

I want to take the time this week to look at an area of PropTech and real estate which is seeing...

The Federation of Independent Agents has agreed another new partnership with an industry supplier. The arrangement will allow FIA agent members nine...

A company which promotes property raffles have been told that it cannot repeat certain elements of its advertisements on Facebook and...

The former chief executive of Purplebricks UK says the agency completes on over 80 per cent of the homes it lists...

The free-to-list property portal Residential People says it now has over 740 independent agents in the UK on board - and...

London Central Portfolio, a respected property consultancy that has been pessimistic about the market in prime areas of the capital, says...

A national newspaper claims that the 20 millionth domestic EPC in the UK is set to be issued in the next...

A timely new survey suggests that 75 per cent of buyers give at least some consideration to what their potential neighbours...

A former Territory Owner at Purplebricks, who at one time managed 11 Local Property Experts, has spoken out in support of...

The number of residential property transactions in May was a thumping 11.3 per cent lower than the same month last year,...

The minister at the centre of reforms to the estate and lettings industry sector has apologised for what she calls “inappropriate...

The weekend is over all-too-quickly but at least if it’s Monday, it’s Property Jobs Today - your weekly catch up with...

An estate agent has been fined after racially abusing a police officer in an incident outside a nightclub. Sarah Loasby, from Kettering,...

Homes in central parts of London sold for a typical 11.5 per cent below asking price in the first three months...

An online auction service which only came into existence in September last year claims to have 150 partner estate agents already,...

Purplebricks has hired the Weber Shandwick PR firm to handle much of its non-investment related public relations. Weber Shandwick has its global...

A property in London’s Mayfair has a price tag of £23m and is being sold via a system allowing interested parties...

If it’s Friday it’s Agents Do Charity day - and we’ve got another bundle of good work for you this week,...

Purplebricks is the “Official Estate Agent Of Team GB” for the build-up to and completion of next summer’s Olympics in Tokyo. It is going...

An interesting analysis of Rightmove’s performance on the stock market has led to questions about the long-term profitability and viability of...

The head of EweMove, the hybrid agency operated by The Property Franchise Group, says he applied for the top job in...

Too many sellers are wedded to the idea that prices will rise after a Brexit deal is resolved, says one of the...

Nomination for the Propertymark Qualifications Awards 2019 are now open - and they present a chance to celebrate colleagues or employers...

A series of damning reviews about Purplebricks’ working environment, apparently written by existing and former staff, have appeared online. Indeed is a...

Facebook is set to enter the cryptocurrency business with the big reveal of its formal plans scheduled for some point this...

ARLA and NAEA Propertymark have announced their top teams for the year ahead - and on the estate agency side, the...

Research from OnTheMarket shows that 40 per cent of London homes costing around £1m have only two bedrooms or fewer. And only...

LSL Property Services’ Land & New Homes division says it’s set a record by selling 50 per cent of the units...

OnTheMarket chief executive Ian Springett says rival portals may want to “interfere” with his aim of converting agency members from free...

Over a third of homes across Southern England are at risk of suffering price falls as the housing market slowdown extends...

Conveyancing platform The Moving Hub and Acquaint CRM have announced a strategic partnership. New and existing users of Acquaint CRM will have...

A high-end estate agency is reporting a dramatic rise in the number of US buyers in London as they have taken...

West Sussex estate agency Robert Luff and Co has merged with the long established company Sawyers Estate Agents. This creates a new...

An analyst on shares website Motley Fool says Purplebricks is not only in surprisingly strong financial health, but is actually outperforming...

The latest asking prices data from Rightmove suggests that the national housing market is being dragged down by poor performance in...

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of Property Jobs Today - the Monday slot where you can catch up with...

A survey suggests there’s no firm correlation between a traditional agency’s opening hours and its performance in selling property - and...

Some 10 per cent of Britons now own a second home, a buy to let or an overseas property according to...

High Street estate agents should re-define themselves in today’s competitive market by becoming Residential Property Experts offering a wide range of...

The founder of Zoopla has explained how the portal got its name and branding, and the philosophy behind it when it...

A firm that offers a white-labelled online agency platform to traditional High Street agents has signed up a new customer. love2move was...

It's becoming increasingly difficult to sell a property, especially in those regions undergoing a price correction. That’s the verdict from Home, a...

Sorry about the weather everyone…miserable isn’t it, and the summer is supposed to be well underway? But we’re not allowing our fund-raising...

The Competition and Markets Authority has provisionally found that four agencies broke competition law by taking part in a price fixing...

Figures released from OnTheMarket this morning suggest that its conversion programme for agents shifting from free deals to paid membership is...

A buying agent has revealed how she advises potential clients to use portals when looking for a property to buy -...

The National Audit Office says many users of Help To Buy would have been able to purchase a home anyway, without...

Knight Frank says Brexit-related uncertainty has curbed trading activity across all UK residential markets over the last 12 months - and...

New research by comparison website GoCompare suggests almost a million house sales have been lost because of Brexit.  The study claims that...

Countrywide is declining to comment on speculation that it is making 36 of its sales progression staff redundant. Estate Agent Today, which...

Zoopla has taken a swipe at OnTheMarket by conducting a poll of sellers’ views about having properties listed exclusively on just...

It’s London Tech Week, everybody! The sprawling city-wide event taking in dozens of conferences, events, workshops, panel debates and so on,...

A conveyancing body is calling on mortgage lenders to standardise their policies in respect of unexpired lease terms in order to...

Instant online valuation service The ValPal Network has revealed a conveyancing partner which it says will help agents boost referral fees.  The...

South west regional agency Luscombe Maye has amended an advertisement for a new housing development following a complaint to a watchdog. A...

Sellers are back with a vengeance according to figures from online agency HouseSimple.  It claims the Brexit date extension has given sellers...

The Competition and Markets Authority has formally launched an investigation into the sale of leasehold properties - including possible mis-selling. This follows...

PropTech start-up BestAgent is to stage a day-long event for suppliers to the agency industry later this month. This follows BestAgent founder...

Over 80 per cent of home owners say they expect house prices to rise in their area before the end of...

A PropTech firm has repeated claims it first made in March about allegedly inaccurate floorpan measurement and says a new initiative...

Fine & Country has a new office in Hampshire as a result of an independent which has joined its network. Hampshirewide is...

An analysis of transactions agreed this spring suggests there will be a surge in prices which will ultimately be reflected later...

There seems no end in sight for the share turmoil going on at Purplebricks, with several new developments on Friday before...

A member of a legal information and networking organisation says an online estate agency expects him to do some work in...

Hello and here’s another PJT to start the week: we hope it’s your first port of call when you want to...

We like a good video here at Estate Agent Today, and we know our industry can take a joke even if...

Average UK house prices rose 0.5 per cent in May according to the latest Halifax house price index as the long...

OnTheMarket claims monthly visits to its website hit a record 25.4m in May - but the portal’s latest update gives no...

A veteran of three online estate agencies has been named as the first UK head of a US real estate operation...

It's been another busy 24 hours for publicly-quoted estate agencies. Swiss investment bank UBS has increased its stake in the troubled London...

Subscription-based business-to-business prime London platform LonRes has launched a new service for retained agents.   The Retained Agent Buyer Alert enables buying agents...

A review website set up by a former estate agent says £1m of new funding will allow it to roll out...

With summer in full swing (will someone tell the weather?) we’re having bumper editions of Agents Do Charity, and this weekend’s is...

Beleaguered fund manager Neil Woodford, one of the first champions of Purplebricks, has reduced his stake in the troubled agency for...

A new service which aims to provide estate and letting agents with what it calls “game changing” access to property data...

Beleaguered fund manager Neil Woodford, one of the early champions of Purplebricks, has slashed his stake in the company from 28.9...

A portal specialising in prime and super-prime London property has turned perceptions of the capital’s housing market on their head -...

PropTech company Landmark has thrown its weight behind the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’ new Home Survey Standard, which is now out...