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A leading buying agent says the phenomenon of ‘buying unseen’ is the most dramatic property trend to have emerged from the...

An insolvency specialist is warning that the real estate sector of the UK is seeing more firms in financial distress despite...

Propertymark has shortlisted five of the 700 or so PropTech suppliers in the UK, as part of the trade body’s REACH...

The land and new homes division of Sequence has signed a deal to offer fully-funded part exchange and home buying services...

Hello and welcome to a sunny Friday and this week’s round-up of the industry’s good works. We’re keen to feature agents and...

Controversial Foxtons chief executive Nic Budden is to pocket a bonus package of around £1m - despite a huge shareholder rebellion at...

International investment bank UBS has double-downgraded Purplebricks from ‘buy’ to ‘sell’ - and that could be good for independent agents, a...

A consumer financial service suggests it’s already too late for most buyers to meet the latest stamp duty holiday deadline of June...

Free-to-list portal OneDome has signed up the 55 branch agency network Chancellors. The agency will consequently list all of its residential sales...

The Nationwide Building Society has launched a product which, controversially, allows some first time buyers to borrow 5.5 times their income. From...

The average UK house price has risen 8.6 per cent - that’s typically £20,000 - in the past year. This is the...

Two leading agencies and an agent network have signed up to the UK’s first dedicated portal for those finding, researching, buying...

Momentum is building for agents to provide more information on property details and portals - not wait until a prospective buyer...

Some 45 per cent of people who had their home valued by an agent or sold it in the past three years discovered it...

OnTheMarket is to release its full year performance figures to shareholders on June 8. This will be for its trading year to January...

Iamsold, the company best known for its Modern Method of Auction online platform, has won top spot in an auction league...

A major agency is reporting a “frenzy” with branches inundated with enquiries as soon as homes are listed. Nicky Stevenson, managing director of...

Research by an estate agency comparison service has revealed which type of road address produces the highest average price.  GetAgent has analysed...

National Trading Standards wants agents, portals and industry groups to come up with ways to provide basic essential material information ‘upfront’.  The National...

The veteran estate agent who led criticism of Countrywide’s former management is turning his glare on Foxtons. The London estate agency has...

A hybrid agency which until now has been active only in London is launching new hubs in Manchester and Brighton. Agent &...

The market share of hybrid and online agents has remained at eight per cent, according to property industry consultancy TwentyCi. This figure...

Some 80 per cent of the property market will remain free of stamp duty for first-time buyers, even after the current...

A leading analyst has told Knight Frank that the end of furlough this autumn is unlikely to kill off the housing...

A leading agent says that for every house he puts on the market, he has over 40 requests for viewings -...

Zoopla today begins a new marketing drive - the latest move in the fierce battle between Rightmove, Zoopla, OnTheMarket and Boomin. Zoopla is...

Agents are being urged to push through their pipelines before the upcoming stamp duty deadlines. The plea comes from Simply Conveyancing, which...

Hello and welcome to another working week, and the latest on jobs and staff movement across our industry. You can be part...

From today buyers will be able to purchase properties worth up to £600,000 with just a five per cent mortgage, under...

Another week begins, another record tumbles - Rightmove this morning reports a monthly price surge of 2.1 per cent has propelled...

There’s been a surge in activity in London’s prime housing market according to LonRes. The property data company says that new instructions in March...

Jason Tebb, the ex-Foxtons agent who is now chief executive of OnTheMarket, has given his first in depth public interview since...

An analysis of the average time taken for properties from 10 leading estate agency brands to complete shows a significant increase...

The UK government has been told it should make the stamp duty cut permanent to encourage investment and make it easier...

Rightmove’s new Modern Method of Auction service launches on Monday.  The service - which Rightmove calls Online Conditional Auctions - will involve...

A PropTech firm says its new tool allows comprehensive upfront property information to be shared instantly with all parties in a...

New research shared with Estate Agent Today suggest that in areas of the country almost four in 10 homes for sale...

It’s Friday so it’s Charity day of course, and today we get to the root of the issue of lockdown easing...

Zoopla has unveiled a subtle rebranding plus new features and functionality - and says it wants to be number one, not...

This time out, I speak to one of the industry’s biggest-hitters. Adrian Gill may have retired from frontline agency, having had...

Foxtons is facing another shareholder revolt over the bonus being given to its chief executive despite taking £7m in state Covid...

An online agency that already operates in the lettings field is spreading into sales - and pledges to give most of...

One housing market index suggests that average house prices in England and Wales have risen by 9.8 per cent in the...

Foxtons has reassured investors that 2021 has started well and the agency is on the road to recovery after the Coronavirus...

Michael Bruce has been promoted from the role of executive chairman of Boomin to group chief executive officer. This is within two...

An agent in part of the UK with the strongest seller’s market claims the stock shortage is the worst he’s seen...

Rightmove has so far this year recorded 20 of its busiest ever days for visits to the site as the current...

Our recent state of the property nation survey, which yielded nearly 350 responses from directors to junior negotiators, and many others...

A survey of 5,000 agents suggests the slow house selling and buying process is one of the biggest challenges facing the...

The latest Moneyfacts monitor of the mortgage market suggests a significant number of new 95 per cent products - even without the...

Sky News is reporting that new portal Boomin is to announce the former chief executive of Sir Richard Branson’s business empire...

The founder of Zoopla has returned to the property market with a new proposal to disrupt how agents buy and sell homes. Alex...

One of the industry’s leading consultants has calculated staff turnover rates at the country’s leading estate agencies. Christopher Watkin, the consultant who...

An estate agency has apologised after a bogus employee posted offensive comments about Prince Philip on a newly-created fake Facebook account. This...

Another property company has announced its participation in the Kickstart scheme. The initiative is aimed at young people aged 16 to 24...

A leading agency claims the stamp duty holiday has actually had a minimal impact in the mainstream market, despite many suggestions...

One in three property sales in England and Wales fell through before completion in the first quarter of 2021. The 32 per...

Today is the day that non-essential retail reopens as part of the government's roadmap out of lockdown. For the majority of the...

The ESTAS Group has named a new headline sponsor for its 2021 Forum and Awards, taking over from Zoopla with immediate effect. It’s...

The Competition and Markets Authority says it has pushed Facebook into taking new action to combat fake reviews - an issue...

The Chancellor’s decision to extend the stamp duty holiday has “put a spring in the step" of the housing market according...

Chancellors today opens its 56th and newest branch with what it calls its most generous ever offer to potential customers. The office...

The Property Franchise Group, which earlier this year completed a buy out of franchise rival Hunters, has expanded its senior management...

Purplebricks is this summer starting a £7m campaign in a bid to to increase market share, using a new media partner. The...

A leading conveyancing industry chief says the one factor that would help improve the slow house buying process today would be the...

A new survey suggests 53 per cent of buyers never actually visit an estate agent’s office during the course of their...

A mortgage firm specialising in high net worth clients says the stamp duty holiday cliff edge will not impact the most expensive...

Winkworth says Covid and its aftermath will not derail plans to open five offices a year.  In a trading statement to shareholders...

The shortage of supply compared to demand, which has characterised the housing market in recent months, could soon be a thing...

Hello and welcome to this week’s ADC - and it’s a special look at plans for this year by our own...

The annual report of a major estate agency has revealed that its chief executive took two large cuts to bonus payments...

Data from agency Knight Frank suggests the number of UK exchanges last month was the highest in 10 years - well above...

With increasing numbers of portals battling for membership and revenue, Zoopla has revealed that all Carter Jonas’ residential branches will list until...

Boutique estate agency D S Churchill is to open a countryside office serving the Cotwolds, Oxfordshire and surrounding counties. D S Churchill...

An agency has analysed sold prices since the first lockdown in March 2020 and February this year - and has found...

A portal says it’s the most significant challenger to the Big Three of Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket. OneDome says it bases this on...

A surveyors group has launched a new ‘Home Review’ service which it claims will identify structural problems which create an immediate...

A new name is to appear at the top of Knight Frank from next spring - and he is charged with bringing...

There’s been a drop of no less than 16,000 in the number of physical viewings over the past year thanks to just...

One of the most outspoken campaigners against stamp duty has been fined for avoiding tens of thousands of pounds in … stamp...

The sizes and numbers of gardens in London are reducing because stamp duty is encouraging more extensions as an alternative to moving. That’s...

While lengthy lockdowns have caused many to re-evaluate their homes, the apartment lifestyle remains an ambition for many. That’s the view of...

Agents have contacted Estate Agent Today to say they fear the new MatchMaker service on the Boomin portal could be used...

The MP leading a new parliamentary committee on the housing market says a radical reform of tax would help more people move...

A high flying agent with experience at a string of top end companies has set up an online business with his...

First time buyers are now saving more than £800 a year in comparison with tenants, new analysis suggests.  The Halifax says the...

The stamp duty holiday has backfired and buyers almost everywhere are paying more for homes, rather than less. StripeHomes analysed house price...

Estate agency offices in Wales, closed for many weeks as part of that country’s lockdown, will reopen from next Monday, April 12. The...

Late last year Hamptons launched ‘Relay around the World’… a fundraising initiative to raise money for Cancer Research’s Stand Up To...

The managing director of Fine & Country Cardiff, Dan Thomas, has wasted no time with his fundraiser - starting as soon...

First off, happy Good Friday to all our readers. Here’s to a great, if still slightly different, long Easter bank holiday...

Propertymark has chosen YoungMinds as its charity partner of the year.  YoungMinds is dedicated to ensuring every young person gets the mental...

Zoopla employees have held a 'March for March' challenge to raise funds for The Captain Tom Foundation. This is a fine cause...

Reeds Rains is once again fundraising for the wonderful Cash For Kids - and this time there’s a twist. In previous years...

The Bruce brothers' new portal Boomin has launched a day early - and no, this isn't an April Fool. The site went live...

A new property board game called Gazumped aims to rival Monopoly but reflect a much more realistic view of how the house...

Mental health – and the importance of good mental health – has become a vital thing for all of us in...

Annual house price growth remains strong but it has slowed significantly according to the Nationwide. Prices dropped 0.2 per cent on average...

A prominent London agency says today’s new two per cent stamp duty surcharge imposed on most overseas buyers will not dampen...

Welsh independent agency Nuttall Parker has been snapped up by Cardiff-based property business Seraph Group. Newport-centred Nuttall Parker is Seraph Group's second...

A company in the German Axel Springer publishing empire - which also invested in Purplebricks in the past - has put...

OnTheMarket has signed a big media deal with the UK’s largest news publisher. The deal is with Reach, which owns nine national...

Here are the first three TV adverts for Boomin, the new property portal which launches on Friday.The new website launches early...

Two property directors have been banned from holding company office for a total of 25 years after abusing £7.7m taken from...

Yopa has instructed two companies to help with its brand building as it battles with other major online players. It’s appointed M.i. Media...

A new survey says 80 per cent of homeowners believe the process of buying a house has remained largely the same or...

First the good news - estate agents are trusted more than politicians and no less than bankers. Now the bad news:...

A controversial property crowdfunding platform, criticised in the past on TV's Dragon’s Den, has gone into administration.  The House Crowd was launched...

Buyer behaviour has changed over the past year of the pandemic and it’s up to estate agents to calculate how to...

Conveyancers should consider the provision of electric vehicle parking and charging in transactions according to a legal company. Law firm says that...

Agents who use cheap PropTech could end up spending a lot more than they expect, according to an industry expert. Anton Babkov,...

NAEA Propertymark says a record number of transactions are taking four months to move from offer to exchange. The organisation says this...

Bank of England figures reveal that in February there were 87,700 mortgage approvals - down from a peak of 103,700 in...

Fine & Country is opening a new branch in the Welsh capital, Cardiff. It covers the city and surrounding areas, the Vale...

As an indication of the frenzied property market, this may take some beating - an agent has had 18 viewings on...

Hello, and as we near the first Bank Holiday of the year (and a little light at the end of the...

A business that calls itself the UK’s first 24/7 home-based estate agency has announced a new franchisee.  Dorset-based Meyers Estate Agents was...

With just days before the launch of new portal Boomin, Rightmove says it’s hit a record 9.1m visits in a 24...

It’s costing taxpayers £750,000 just for the government to update its IT systems to handle the stamp duty holiday.  In a document...

Liverpool - where commissioners have been ordered by Whitehall to run part of the council following corruption allegations - is the...

Emoov’s new 'guaranteed offer' service means fall-thoughs and chain-related delays are effectively eliminated, the agency claims. Emoov - now owned by a firm...

You can’t blame agents for trying to get the highest possible price for their vendor’s property, but Purplebricks probably wins the...

A new campaign to urge whistleblowers to come forward with evidence of wrongdoing has been launched by the Financial Conduct Authority. This...

The stamp duty holiday frenzy has reduced the gap between asking and sale prices according to new research. Before the start of...

Data from Rightmove suggests a sharp increase in the number of chain-free properties on the market because sellers are increasingly willing...

Normal life still seems far away so there hasn’t been the usual spotlight on a good-news-feeling that comes every year on...

Nathan Emerson, the new chief executive of Propertymark, says his mission is to make the organisation more transparent - and to...

On Monday, we launched our state of the property nation survey – a 14-question poll designed to give estate and letting...

Another house price index shows a super-charged housing market with prices rising 7.5 per cent in the year to January according...

New data from The ValPal Network suggests 57 per cent of leads are generated outside office hours, putting the emphasis on...

A new licensee at Fine & Country is taking the brand into a new territory with a sales patch 170 miles wide...

Agency marketing platform BriefYourMarket has acquired live chat and customer experience provider Yomdel.  BriefYourMarket says the addition of Yomdel to its offer...

The Guild of Property Professionals says it’s had a strong response to the launch of its Ofqual-accredited Level Three Agency Qualification. It...

Purplebricks has removed advertising claims which suggested it sold homes for a higher sum, on average, than rival agencies. The Advertising Standards...

Residential transactions totalled 147,050 last month according to HMRC - that’s 23 per cent higher than the previous month and an...

The government’s highly-anticipated Tax Day was just a damp squib.  That’s the view of leading analyst Anthony Codling, who says the almost complete...

The London housing market is enjoying the end of the lull before the storm, according to a leading buying agent. Sara Ransom...

The Building Societies Association says there’s been a surge in consumer confidence in the housing market following the Budget. Some 37 per...

Knight Frank is investing an undisclosed sum in a venture capital firm specialising in PropTech. The money is going into a European...

Some 30 tax documents have been released by HM Treasury this afternoon - a mix of responses to past consultations, proposals...

Zoopla has crunched the numbers for the continuing stamp duty holiday in England and Northern Ireland, calculating 500,000 buyers will have...

The Law Society is to pilot upfront conveyancers’ information for home buyers and sellers. This will involve the TA6 form which contains...

PropTech firm Sprift has entered into a deal with The Guild of Property Professionals. The partnership means that Guild member agents have...

The Conservatives have promised that first time buyers would not pay tax when buying a home in Wales if the party wins...

Boomin co-founder Kenny Bruce says the UK economy should now be opening up thanks to the success of the Coronavirus vaccines. In...

Energy Performance Certificates ought to be scrapped because they are outdated and not fit for purpose. That’s the view of an influential...

Will Rightmove still be the dominant portal by 2030? Will Boomin really shake up the industry as Purplebricks did before it?...

OnTheMarket has completed its purchase of PropTech firm Glanty - a deal which began 15 months ago.   OTM took an initial 20...

Stamp Duty receipts for the year to the end of February fell just six per cent despite the high profile SDLT...

One year on from the UK’s first stay-at-home order, London has been overtaken as the most searched-for location on Rightmove, according...

Two of Britain’s largest house builders have reacted sharply to calls by Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick and the Competition and Markets...

The total value of the UK’s housing stock has hit a record £7.56 trillion despite the pandemic. The calculation - by Savills,...

There is growing speculation that a raft of tax proposals to be unveiled next week will include reform of Capital Gains...

The Competition and Markets Authority has written to two top house builders ordering them to change their leasehold terms. In September the...

The Guild of Property Professionals is to offer a formal agency qualification as it goes increasingly on the offensive in a...

London’s residential market appears to be showing renewed signs of life thanks to the rollout of the government roadmap and vaccine...

On Monday next week, Estate Agent Today will launch its state of the property nation survey, a 14-question poll for UK...

A new estate agency says it aims to sell homes within 30 days - and dismisses the idea of a traditional...

Welcome to Agents Do Charity, the weekly fund-raising catch up - as ever, even during challenging times, it’s great to see...

This week’s interviewee in the ‘In Conversation Today’ hotseat is a man better placed than most to shed some light on...

An estate agency has apologised unreservedly for “most regrettable” comments made by two members of staff who described a vendor’s property...

Purplebricks has unveiled changes to its For Sale and To Let boards to reflect its continuing sponsorship of Team GB and...

A quarter of agents say they intend to recruit new staff in the next 12 months, following on from the surge...

One of London’s best known and well respected agents has given insights into how he believes his own prime patch of...

Connells Group has adopted e-Signatures from Yoti for its sales and lettings business across a number of brands. This follows a successful...

Purplebricks is to tilt its marketing increasingly towards local advertising on traditional and online platforms, and promoting the ‘on the street’...

There’s a warning this morning that possible tax reforms to be unveiled next Monday could wreak huge damage on the property...

A London agency has opened its second office in the south of the capital. Kalmars’ new branch is on the historic Old...

Online agency Yopa says it will change a claim on its website that appears to suggest no fee will be charged...

One of the companies at the heart of the campaign to provide more upfront information to prospective buyers has struck a...

It now takes 43 days longer to sell a home than it did a year ago. Comparison site GetAgent, which makes the...

Digital channels are essential for agents’ promotion of properties but there is still a key place for print and direct mail...

An industry group charged with trying to make house buying simpler and quicker says it’s made a breakthrough on ‘upfront’ information...

A Sheffield estate agency is pioneering a new form of branch office - one that sells homes at the same time...

A former Countrywide agent who is now a leading figure in a PropTech company has signed up two local agencies which...

Agents have been warned they are likely to require PropTech assistance to cope with a surge in transactions expected this year. The...

The UK is only the eighth most popular country for Asian investment buyers, and accounts for just three per cent of...

A prominent estate agent has warned buyers and sellers about the perils of the controversial Modern Method of Auction. MMA is now...

Rightmove says the excess of demand over supply right now is bigger than at any time over the past decade -...

The controversy over the use of Non-Disclosure Agreements in the world of property resurfaced over the weekend in a BBC programme. A...

If it’s Monday, it’s jobs news day on EAT - welcome to the latest update. Want to be featured in our next...

Another leading research team in a major agency has revised upwards its forecast for the 2021 market. Savills revised its predictions recently...

With much attention on those at risk of repossession or running up rent arrears, it's emerged that many others have actually used...

Rightmove has promised to keep its restrictions on access to Rightmove Plus under review - and says it’s aiming to help...

Pressure is building on London agency Foxtons to repay its furlough funding. The company issued an upbeat trading statement on Wednesday; while...

High end purchasers of homes in London paid 15 per cent of the stamp duty in 2020, yet the value of...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says the market should prepare itself for a glut of new supply thanks to the...

Another TV programme will this weekend examine the fate of Suzy Lamplugh, the London estate agent who disappeared 35 years ago...

Hello and welcome to the end of another week - and a step in the right direction towards the easing of...

Agents are up in arms at a Rightmove restriction temporarily preventing access to parts of its listing back-end.  Agents received an email...

A broker has launched the UK’s longest-ever fixed rate mortgage, with no early repayment charge or exit fees - the first product...

The increasingly common live-streaming of property viewings is becoming a source of lead generation according to an industry supplier. The creators of...

A PropTech firm says the public wants an easier way to buy and sell property.  A survey of 672 existing home owners...

The latest breakdown of the stamp duty holiday extension has given a first estimate of the total number of deals to...

Legal firm Anderson Strathern has announced a merger with Lerwick-based Neil Risk Solicitor and Estate Agent. The Shetland firm's practice areas focus on residential...

Foxtons says it's set for radical new investment and further takeovers following the acquisition of rival London agency Douglas and Gordon. In...

Connells has bought a small three-branch family-run agency to sit within Sequence - Connells' third acquisition in recent weeks. Holroyds - bought for...

The head of finance at Propertymark has quit - another high profile departure for the troubled organisation. Estate Agent Today broke the news...

New guidance has been issued in a bid to allow agents to get the insurance payouts they expect from the Business...

The head of one of the industry’s foremost recruitment organisations says the pandemic has caused people to re-evaluate priorities and change...

Mortgage availability has risen for the fifth consecutive month according to respected market monitor Moneyfacts. With 3,532 products on offer, this is...

Every estate agency can now sign up for the government’s free Coronavirus workplace testing programme - the deadline is March 31. The...

Paul Creffield, a veteran figure at Countrywide involved in a controversy over bonuses, is staying on to “support” the transition into new...

Propertymark has set out a four point strategy for the future of the organisation. The body - which encompasses the National Association...

Transactions and house price forecasts for the mainstream housing market are being revised upwards by Savills following the Budget. The new predictions follow an...

Automatically changing the main marketing photo on a portal listing can attract up to 40 per cent more traffic, it has...

Savills has upgraded its house price and transaction forecasts following the Budget - and prime London, especially the centre, is tipped to...

An agency has made a fabulous Mother’s Day display in its branch window - and it’s definitely not keeping Mum about...

Boomin has revealed its launch date after months of high-profile publicity. It’s to be three and a half weeks from now on...

Hello and welcome to this edition of Property Jobs Today, a chance to catch up with who’s moving where in the...

The latest house price index from the Halifax suggests the market has softened ahead of the original scheduled end of the stamp...

The extraordinary consolidation in the estate agency industry continues apace today with two of the biggest deals reaching critical points. Firstly Hunters’...

Agencies and suppliers today mark International Women’s Day with events and declarations shining a light on the achievements of female colleagues and...

A conveyancing organisation has launched an initiative called Be Kind We Care to promote kindness and wellbeing within the property industry. The...

Agents in England are told that sellers should market their homes by March 23 - only 18 days from now - if...

epropservices - parent company of The Guild and Fine & Country - has made another significant PropTech acquisition, its second in three...

Varying decisions across the country means the dreaded stamp duty cliff-edge will hit the market at different times in different UK...

Labour says Chancellor Rishi Sunak “will give away half a billion pounds to second homeowners and landlords through the stamp duty...

Leaders Romans Group is to use only fully recycled material to create its sales and lettings boards across all of its...

Another week and another frenzy of news, culminating in the Budget and the extension of the stamp duty holiday. A cliff edge...

Connells Group, which is of course acquiring Countrywide, has announced it's snapped up another agency - albeit a much smaller one. It...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, I speak with Anthony Payne, Managing Director and co-founder of LonRes, a data and network...

Rarely do Budgets produce positive sentiments from the agency industry but Chancellor Rishi Sunak appears to have won widespread support for...

OnTheMarket has hit out at a newspaper claim that it is just “limping along.” Patrick Hosking, a prominent financial columnist at The...

The government has issued an official note to detail the announcement made yesterday by Chancellor Rishi Sunak regarding stamp duty holiday...

The firm behind iamsold, the leading operator in the controversial Modern Method of Auction arena, is entering the private treaty sales...

An independent agency has announced the opening of another office in what it calls a vote of confidence for the local housing...

Fundamental changes to the way in which agents can work were shown at the online launch of Lifesycle 2 by Iceberg...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak says the stamp duty holiday on properties up to £500,000 will be extended from March 31 to June 30; from...

The head of a PropTech platform wants financial penalties on conveyancers if transactions miss deadlines. “The only way to accelerate the current...

Today’s Budget is the most eagerly-anticipated for many years, as it juggles to shore up the economy with the longer-term issue...

epropservices, parent company of The Guild of Property Professionals and Fine & Country, has acquired estate agency website supplier Starberry. The firm is...

A leading market commentator says the acquisition of London agency Douglas & Gordon represents “a strategic step change” for Foxtons -...

A surge in demand from buyers, even those unlikely to benefit from the stamp duty holiday, offers hope for the market...

An agency has changed a property listing on its website following an intervention by the Advertising Standards Authority. The agency was Campbell...

It's been confirmed that Foxtons has bought rival London-focussed agency Douglas & Gordon. In a trading statement this morning Foxtons tells its...

No fewer than 79 per cent of people want the stamp duty holiday extended according to a survey conducted by an...

Mortgage approvals declined slightly in January as the market braces itself for the end of the stamp duty holiday - currently...

Dexters, which last week secured a reported £130m in new investment for the coming years, has snapped up the historic Roy...

Tax experts suggest the widely expected reform of Capital Gains Tax is unlikely to be announced in tomorrow’s Budget - at...

Labour has accused the government of promoting “sky high mortgages” instead of providing stable accommodation for younger households. A new mortgage guarantee...

Challenger portal OneDome has signed up one of the larger UK agencies, the Leaders Romans Group. LRG will list all its residential sales...

A radical way to end the current stamp duty holiday has been suggested by three different legal bodies. The Society of Licensed...

It’s been revealed that some far reaching changes to property taxes may not be unveiled at Wednesday’s Budget and may wait...

With just two days to go, it's fair to say the property industry is eagerly awaiting Chancellor Rishi Sunak's Budget statement...

A new mortgage guarantee scheme to help buyers with small deposits will be revealed on Wednesday at the Budget. Chancellor Rishi Sunak...

An estate agency is this month launching packs of up-front information for buyers in a bid to speed sales and reduce fall-throughs.  Miles...

The Countrywide name is set to disappear from the stock market in a week’s time - and may soon be gone...

A leading agent says the worst thing that could happen with Wednesday’s Budget is if the Chancellor does not deliver on...

Rightmove has revealed its figures for the full year 2020 - down in terms of profit and revenue because of the impact...

An open letter from Boomin chief executive Michael Bruce shows how fierce the competition is going to be in the portal field...

New research from Propertymark suggests a typical fall through costs an agent £4,123.  The association says that if the stamp duty holiday...

The Federation of Independent Agents has released details of the entry criteria for agencies interested in joining the growing group. “We’re already...

Zoopla says over 250 agents have now signed up to its partnership deal with PropTech firm FocalAgent, set up by former...

Hello, welcome to our latest charity roundup, and as the weather improves and the vaccine roll-out lifts the spirits, so we...

A prominent conveyancer has hit out at the extension to the stamp duty holiday, which is now ending in late June and...

Much of the agency industry has reacted with delight at the extension of the stamp duty holiday deadline until June. Rightmove estimates...

CRM supplier Reapit, backed by private equity funding, has entered into an international deal to acquire a leading Australian PropTech provider...

A conveyancing trade publication wants those involved in residential transactions to be kind to each other - especially as the stamp duty...

Agency websites supplier Property Webmasters has secured a substantial but undisclosed cash injection to expand internationally. The investment comes from Net Ventures...

Older homeowners gifted an average of £42,500 to younger relatives to help them buy in the past year, according to new...

Propertymark has named a veteran industry figure as interim chief executive - and says it has a "new strategy." Nathan Emerson has some...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak will extend the stamp duty holiday deadline until the end of June - a three month extension. The lead...

Connells Group says it is the UK's largest estate agency group by market share - and that's before the Countrywide acquisition...

Transaction totals took a tumble last month for the first time since last summer as HMRC figures suggest the stamp duty...

Zoopla says it has so far delivered almost £80,000 in agent fees through its access to the Modern Method of Auction. MMA...

A new study suggests that the end of the stamp duty holiday should not significantly dent the purchasing pattens of buy...

Conveyancing volumes rose 27 per cent in just one month as the sector attempts to cope with huge demand prompted by...

The acquisition of Countrywide by Connells might just be the deal of the century in the British estate agency industry. That’s the...

The Bruce brothers’ latest project, Boomin, is “ready to launch” some two months after it was expected to see the light...

A trade body says it’s been contacted by the government explaining how agencies can get Coronavirus asymptomatic testing for staff. The Guild of...

An agent working for a Countrywide brand in Lancashire has been given a suspended jail sentence after being found guilty of...

The online petition which prompted a debate by MPs has now won the support of around 150,000 signatures. Typically public support for...

OnTheMarket says it’s going to increase investment in new products and services, and invest further in ‘internal website development resources’. In a...

Foxtons is in talks to takeover rival London agency Douglas & Gordon. A statement from Foxtons to shareholders this afternoon says: "Further to...

Propertymark - still reeling over two senior resignations in less than a week - says its lobbying sessions with politicians are...

A report drawn up by a software firm analyses sales, lettings and valuation leads from agents listing on Rightmove, Zoopla and...

Some 12 per cent of buyers will pull out of their transaction if it does not complete in time for their stamp...

An agency says it now sells more prime London properties than any of its rivals. Chestertons makes the claim based on figures...

OneDome says it’s seen a surge in consumer activity in 2021, culminating in its two websites growing to a combined visitor...

A study by estate agency Coulters has revealed which areas of the country make the biggest savings courtesy of the stamp...

A high-profile London agency is asking the police and property industry bodies including Trading Standards to investigate a fake company posing under...

Wild speculation about the sale of Dexters yesterday turned out to be plain wrong - and instead the company has landed substantial investment. Oakley Capital, a...

Former Reapit chief Gary Barker is to join Connells Group, just as the company is taking over Countrywide. Barker - who last...

Propertymark has slammed government energy efficiency proposals as being “unrealistic, too simplistic and could deter people from moving home.” A formal consultation...

The Law Society for England and Wales says it wants action now to prevent tens of thousands of  transactions collapsing at...

Hello and welcome to Friday, the day when we highlight agents’ great work to raise funds for good causes despite the continuing...

Members of Propertymark are left wondering today what if any future there is for the industry’s trade body. The shock resignation yesterday...

This week’s In Conversation Today interviewee needs no introduction. One of the property industry’s most recognisable names, she has been a...

An agent has told a court she was 'heartbroken' to discover her accountant had stolen cash from her business, which then...