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The fledgling trade body CIELA says it is going to institute a kitemark-style service for all estate agents to be able...

Gross mortgage lending reached £22.1 billion in June - that’s nine per cent higher than in May and three per cent...

Franchise estate and lettings group HomeXperts has announced the latest areas where it has recruited local property experts. They are Berkshire, Essex, Kent and...

The government has published the findings of research which suggest that very few local opponents to new homes will be bought...

It’s been an undeniably tough year for agents so far and no one can say the industry doesn’t deserve a summer...

The on-off-on saga of the fledgling trade group for independent agents has taken another twist. The founder of the organisation suggests that...

Purplebricks has landed a deal to sell new-build homes, an activity previously done usually directly by developers or traditional high street estate...

A third of ‘quick sale’ companies - those that buy homes in bulk at discounted prices - say the rise of...

PwC says the drop in the number of property transactions is the economic indicator where the uncertainty over Brexit is most...

Local councils say there must be an immediate and fast-moving review of building regulations in the light of the Grenfell Tower...

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an advertisement which suggested that the firm behind it had “a physical office ... in...

The controversial website Houser, which made waves when it launched in 2014, has been ordered by the Advertising Standards Authority to...

You may have heard that Airbnb and property management company, Lavanda has closed a £1 million angel investment round.  Backers include Purplebricks...

Humberts has announced new overseas investment as it continues to shift emphasis away from its past rural-only outlook. The investment news came...

The first ever home to have a viewing staged over Facebook Live has sold after it received three offers as a...

For the second time in two weeks, experts are warning that new data protection laws could seriously disrupt the agency industry...

  A hybrid agency called 99Home Ltd, which made its debut back in April, appears to have relaunched with what it calls...

LSL Property Services does not report its figures for the first half of 2017 until August 1, but even so it...

A London agency says it’s angry that out of 200,000 homes officially classified as long term empty across the UK, just...

The buying agency Black Brick says 38 per cent of its transactions the first half of the year were off market...

The housing market is approaching something of a standstill as the summer holiday season begins according to a downbeat report from...

A new report reveals how clients’ reviews and star ratings - used by many online estate agents in particular - are...

Housing minister Alok Sharma has blocked some of his Twitter followers, accusing them of “abusive language”.   Sharma has a relatively modest 9,169 followers...

A London independent says it has doubled its valuations so far this year and is opening a new office, despite the...

Your Move says the surprise General Election and the creation of a weaker minority government has exacerbated the slowdown in the...

It’s not happening here (yet) but several articles on US websites have started talking up the possibility of Amazon going into...

A leasehold enfranchisement expert wants government action over what he calls the "forgotten casualties" of the recent ground rent scandal.    Louie Burns,...

The UK property market has entered a period of stagflation where house price growth is consistently lower than the rate of...

A father and son duo have taken over ownership of the franchise of one of the two Hunters offices in York.   Gary and John...

Wimbledon finals and the British Grand Prix await us this weekend and The Open begins a few days later, completing what...

The latest market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows price growth dipping further, struggling transaction volumes and the...

The Connells-owned agency Gascoigne Halman is to make a costs payment of £1.24m within 14 days to Agents’ Mutual - but...

PropTech start-up OneDome - which describes its products as allowing traditional estate agents to challenge Purplebricks and other online rivals -...

First time buyers have finances stretched beyond their means, buy to let is attracting fewer investors because of taxes, and affordability...

A survey of just over 2,000 candidates and 1,000 employers across London’s residential property market suggests over half of them believe...

The Connells-owned agency Gascoigne Halman is to make a costs payment of £1.24m within 14 days to Agents’ Mutual - but...

Purplebricks has released more details of expansion plans to recruit hundreds of additional Local Property Experts. The recruitment drive was launched yesterday...

Facebook has finally released more details about its previously announced plans to build 1,500 homes, 30 miles south of San Francisco,...

Winkworth Franchising has created an in-house recruitment department to enhance the company’s tailored offering to franchisees. The team will be led by head...

Gently rising house values in the mainstream market and problems facing the prime market in the capital mean that over half...

Purplebricks has this morning announced a drive to recruit “hundreds” of new Local Property Experts” in a bid to become what...

Estate and letting agents are being urged to prepare for new data protection legislation coming into effect next year - but...

Foxtons is reported to have teamed up with Oracle to improve its targeted digital marketing and lead generation. Oracle’s Marketing Cloud product...

The housing market may appear stagnant but one of the leading monitors of the mortgage market says many rates for borrowers...

The marketing magazine Campaign reports that Rightmove is seeking new creative consultants for future marketing and advertising campaigns. "We haven’t changed our...

An organisation that calls itself the Cornish Republican Army - and which has claimed responsibility for starting a fire in one...

An expert analysis of the Purplebricks trading statement for 2016 reveals that the agency’s Local Property Experts each earn an average...

A traditional estate agency has launched a new online package to give vendors the opportunity “to save thousands.” FranKeys in Lincoln has...

OnTheMarket is keeping its powder dry over the possible legal action against it by dissident agents who have formed an action...

Foxtons - a company seen by many as a barometer of the London housing market - is likely to face a...