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The head of the new Trading Standards authority regulating estate agents says Online firms are treated exactly the same as High...

An estate agency accused of “taking the mickey” over the number of boards it has erected has fought back. The mayor of...

The trade body for ‘home stagers’ says that properties that have been dressed sell three times faster than those that have...

House prices in 20 UK cities analysed by Zoopla show an average 1.7 per cent increase over the 12 months to...

The London Marathon may be just one of literally thousands of fund-raising events but we know it’s a favourite with many...

Humberts, the agency which was one of the first to ditch High Street offices in favour of fewer larger hubs, has...

New figures from HM Revenue and Customs suggest that stamp duty receipts have fallen by no less than £1 billion. The drop...

For the second day in a row Countrywide was subject to two so-called Price Monitoring Extensions - temporary freezing of trading...

Residential property transactions rose 1.4 per cent in March, making them a healthy 6.8 per cent higher than in March 2018. Data...

It’s a new index but it tells an old story - how prime central London prices have dropped significantly since their...

Research  by HouseSimple suggests that over 31 per cent of homes currently on sale in major UK towns and cities have...

The London Stock Exchange twice froze trading in Countrywide’s shares yesterday after volatile movements - and a new record low price. The...

It’s not often we can enjoy beautiful sunshine on bank holidays, but I suppose this one was a particularly blessed weekend,...

A top London estate agent says the humble For Sale board remains the cheapest and most effective marketing tool - even...

The soon-to-launch Federation of Independent Agents has announced that its latest supplier partner is to be outsourced viewing service Viewber. Graham Lock,...

We’re accustomed to tech firms promising disruption in how homes are bought, let, sold and rented: now one is pledging to...

A man has surrendered to police after admitting smashing an estate agency's window. The Oxford Mail reports that a 30-year-old from Abingdon, who has...

Estate Agent Today has been given details of the new National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agents Team - the body...

A PropTech analyst insists that the tumbling share price of Purplebricks on the London Stock Exchange does not indicate that the...

A PropTech firm that lists a customer’s home with successive estate agents until it is sold has raised £500,000 of startup...

It’s London Marathon week, always a great event in the calendar and - we’re sure - an event that attracts a...

A solicitor handling cases involving Japanese Knotweed say the problem could devalue the prices of affected houses by as much as...

The leasehold scandal continues to generate plenty of column inches, with fresh stories emerging almost daily of people living in unsellable...

The jury appears to be out on whether the new enforcement body for estate and lettings agents will be resourced sufficiently...

Zoopla has been spelling out more details of prospective buyers’ and renters’ patterns of portal-watching and how they relate to leads...

The fledgling trade body the Federation of Independent Agents has revealed another new partner - this one dealing with housing and...

You know the problem with new builds - they’re a bit Marmite aren’t they? Contemporary design is all well and good but…how...

A quick buy company that describes itself as an “express estate agency” is making a pitch for vendors who may be...

A new team has been set up to police all estate and letting agency legislation including the upcoming tenants' fees ban. The...

An estate agency has been ordered by the Advertising Standards Authority not to use an advertisement on its website and Facebook...

Jackson-Stops has launched a new branch in mid-Sussex, expanding the estate agency’s national network to over 45 offices.  The Mid-Sussex branch will...

I am writing this as I reflect on a recent trip to Nigeria. I was asked to speak at the country’s...

A new housing market survey paints a bleaker picture than that from Rightmove earlier this week - and instead speaks of...

Another property raffle - this time with what appeared to be a castle as its main prize - has hit trouble...

A new snapshot of market share claims that online agents accounted for 7.0 per cent of all exchanges in the first...

Two of the PropTech sector's highest profile digital marketing suppliers are integrating in a bid to help agents nurture the leads...

The failure of online agencies to significantly disrupt the industry is down to their being too cheap and creating a perception...

An ex-housing minister and ex-Brexit secretary says he wants to radically change taxes on buy to let capital appreciation to help...

On the same day as one of the most optimistic Rightmove market snapshots of recent months, the latest mortgage monitor from...

A millionaire who has not previously invested in the property industry has taken the plunge by funding an online agency network. The...

An influential investment blog says the number of analysts and investors still believing in Purplebricks’ growth story is dwindling - and...

The estate agency industry is in a staffing dilemma because of the continuing uncertainty over Brexit and its effect on the...

There’s been a spring bounce with prices of new-to-the market properties increasing an average of 1.1 per cent in the past...

Hello and welcome to Property Jobs Today - your final chance before the Easter break to catch up with the key...

The first hour of a property’s listing on a portal is the most crucial for sellers or landlords according to research...

A ‘property potential’ portal which claims to be highly successful across the south east of England is now going to launch...

Savills has been named the winner of the real estate agents/advisor league table in the UK Business Superbrand list for the...

Winkworth has a new office at Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, as an independent local agency rebrands as part of the franchise giant. Previously trading...

With next Friday being Easter, this is the last ADC for a fortnight - so it’s our chance to honour those...

Labour is proposing two methods of controlling house price rises should it win the next General Election - and the ideas...

Spicerhaart claims that it achieved an average of 104.29 per cent against the market value on properties that were taken into...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says house price sentiment improved by a small amount last month for the first time...

A national and regional property auction firm has delivered its best ever first quarter sales in the 12 year history of...

First time buyers purchasing new homes using the government’s Help to Buy equity loan scheme paid on average 12 per cent...

The average time it takes for a single first time buyer to save for a 15 per cent deposit in England...

HM Revenue & Customs is set to pocket £60m less from one of its property taxes than it forecast. An analysis of...

A family run estate agency faces a string of charges relating to commission fees and “undue influence” exerted on clients. The charges...

The owner of a home for sale has complained to the Advertising Standards Authority after seeing it marketed on Zoopla -...

Agents boasting qualifications could generate higher fees and more clients, especially if they are ‘ahead of the game’ and improve their...

By the time you read this article, I’ll be in Nigeria. My first ever visit to the continent of Africa. Sitting here...

Purplebricks has been named one of Britain’s ‘most relevant’ brands to consumers. The agency came in 13th in a list of...

Every estate agency applying to join a new group for independents will be mystery shopped in a bid to ensure it...

Hybrid estate agency has reported a modest pre-tax profit of some £400,000 as part of the 2018 results of its parent...

Online estate agents have seized on the recent national newspaper article accusing estate agents of over-valuing properties to earn higher fees. The...

OnTheMarket says high take up for its alert service demonstrates that it’s closing the gap on Rightmove. The challenger portal says that...

At the end of a week consisting of largely depressing market reports, new data from Knight Frank suggests that the bad...

As many as one transaction in three is now undertaken by a so-called Last Time Buyer - twice as many as...

There’s anger in the industry over an article in The Times which accused agents of overvaluing properties - although why this was happening...

There’s more bad news for Purplebricks: after a shock 80 per cent downgrading of its stock value by a bank on...

Estate Agent Today can reveal that the new Federation of Independent Agents has recruited an expert from the two leading portals...

Hello, it’s that time of the week again when we look at the latest recruitment and appointment news in the industry. Just...

The investment bank which on Friday put Purplebricks under the cosh has now given a boost to two High Street estate...

House prices rose slightly more rapidly in the first three months of the year but growth is likely to remain subdued...

Analysts at Berenberg Bank have sharply reduced their price target for Purplebricks by over 80 per cent from 470p to 80p, accusing...

The chairman of franchise giant Hunters says his company’s purchasing power is such that it secures 60 per cent discounts from...

Some branches of one of London’s largest agencies, Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward, have returned to Zoopla after dropping it just over four...

Two new free-to-list portals say they have now attracted 100,000 listings from 1,600 agents. The portals - Residential People and Commercial People...

PropTech players behind a recent trial claim that use of Blockchain can cut a transaction time from a typical three months...

Welcome to another ADC, the weekly round-up each Friday of agents’ great fund-raising work.  This week we show the diversity of charitable...

The US estate agency Keller Williams says it is on course to have 10 hubs, called market centres, across the UK...

Savills, which in the past has been restrained in its critique of Brexit’s effect on the housing market, now says that...

Foxtons and Quintain have both recently made an important decision about their technological innovation, the same decision must also be made...

The final - and some say most prestigious - shortlist for this year’s ESTAS awards has been revealed. The People Awards, sponsored...

Winkworth’s latest trading statement reveals that while its rental side blossomed, sales suffered thanks to the familiar cocktail of Brexit, uncertainty...

Saturdays aren’t going to be the same for Petty Estate Agents in Burnley any more - and they’re going to be a...

A controversial online estate agency has gone into liquidation two years after describing High Street agents as “smug, suited slime-balls.” BetterMove, registered...

Police are continuing to appeal for information on a horrific hammer attack on the owner and chairman of Bridges Estate Agents...

New figures from the Equity Release Council suggest more growth in this sector, alarming those agents who see this as a...

A long running property magazine delivered to homes in prime areas of London has shut down with immediate effect. London Property had...

Mortgage brokers are claiming that “a big number” of buyers are being cajoled into using estate agents’ in-house brokers. The Financial Conduct...

OnTheMarket has applied to the London Stock Exchange for the release of shares to agents signing long term deals with the...

Knight Frank says the number of exchanges in Prime Central London in the year to the end of February slumped 14...

An insurance company claims that over 29,000 property deals fall through in a year because buyers get cold feet over their...

A mortgage firm claims that around a third of all those who have moved homes since 2016 have done so -...

An online estate agency insists the online/hybrid sector will take a 50 per cent market share in the future - despite...

A statement this morning from the government says that property details must use Imperial Measurements after Britain leaves the EU. The Imperial...

An anonymous estate agent has renewed his attack on Purplebricks after an article in The Times at the weekend. Estate Agent Today...

Hello, welcome to a new week and to PJT, your regular Monday round-up of jobs news in the industry. Do please let...

Agents appear to be speaking with one voice in response to the latest house price index, saying that once Brexit is...

The government has revealed that it’s to ‘test’ the workings of the New Homes Ombudsman before the scheme formally launches. Housing Secretary...

An estate agent who operates an online blog has told The Times that Purplebricks has faked price reductions. Other tricks which the agent reveals about...

Local media in the east Midlands report that four estate agency offices operated by the Nottingham building society are to close...

Foxtons has revealed that its six branch closures announced towards the end of last year will save the company £3m in...

Almost as soon as the government yesterday made its latest announcement to outlaw rogue leasehold deals, the measure was branded “pathetic. More...

The new portal OneDome is offering what it calls a “consumer-facing digital mortgage product” in a bid to cut fall-throughs. OneDome already...

There’s been no formal confirmation that London agency Dexters has acquired the London and nearby offices of Jackson-Stops, as has been...

One thing’s clear in the ongoing mess surrounding Brexit - a lot of people are simply putting their head down and...

UK estate agents charge the lowest commission in the European Union according to new research from a comparison website. Despite high levels...

Countrywide’s share price dipped to its lowest ever level yesterday, below 8p before recovering a little ground later in the day. The...

Many estate and letting agents are receiving more leads through OnTheMarket than through Rightmove, the challenger portal claims - and it...

The National Association of Estate Agents and the referral service Relocation Agent Network have announced a link-up. Under it, selected NAEA members...

A new emission zone becomes effective in central London in 10 days time and could cost residents who use their car...

Four high-profile industry figures have sent an open letter urging agents to think about what they call “smarter marketing” in a...

Whether it is legacy providers with new, young businesses, or large banks with PropTech startups, all types of cross-collaboration are vital. It’s...

One in eight people buying or selling in the next six months say they will delay their plans because of Brexit...

Zoopla’s Hometrack index of 20 major UK cities shows that London property prices are starting to stabilise after a three year...

Mortgage prisoners - borrowers unable to switch lenders despite being up-to-date with payments - may have an escape route in sight...

It’s being suggest that a recent tax tribunal verdict might just open the way to challenges to the three per cent...

The National Association of Estate Agents says the number of house hunters registered per branch fell 15 per cent in February...

A quick-buy firm that buys homes at around 85 per cent of market value claims the industry is concealing how slow...

A large-scale survey by a consumer group has revealed that over half of home owners regard stamp duty as a growing...

The property industry is making “important strides” towards gender balance according to a new report - and it says more respect...

Controversial reviews service Trustpilot insists Purplebricks and Foxtons are not gaming its platform and accuses The Times of “misrepresenting” how it operates. Over...

An owner who enhanced the price of his property by illegally hacking branches off a tree has ordered to pay back...

Hello and welcome to the regular Monday edition of Property Jobs Today. Everyone here contacted us on press@estateagenttoday.co.uk to espresso the word;...

One of the industry’s leading compliance experts is to lead a roundtable discussion in May on the anti-money laundering issue -...

Extended Permitted Development Rights unveiled in the Chancellor’s recent Spring Statement could create issues concerning Right To Light for homes near...

Purplebricks’ and Foxtons’ apparent success on Trustpilot have come under scrutiny in a Times newspaper analysis of the review platform. The Times’...

A high profile agent has written a robust defence of the industry following a critical article in a business newspaper - but...

There’s good news from the market - property transactions increased by 1.7 per cent between the start of this year and February,...

Fine & Country is opening a new office in York, joining some 300 similarly branded outlets worldwide.  Frances Bowling, manager of Fine...

The founder of the Hunters franchise agency group, Kevin Hollinrake - now a Conservative MP - is the latest parliamentarian to...

As the clock ticks down and Britain’s future gets ever more difficult to predict, one of the few certainties to cling...

A newspaper claims that 1,228 estate agent branches closed on Britain’s High Streets last year. The Mirror’s business editor, Graham Hiscott, says the...

One of the largest investors in Purplebricks has now joined forces with an off-shoot of luxury car firm Porsche to launch...

Average house prices in the UK increased by 1.7 per cent in the year to the end of January according to...

The Network Auctions ‘E” online property platform, used by an estimated 100 agents, has been revamped with vendors now offered three...

A survey of owners has revealed that recent leasehold scandals have deterred many would-be buyers from considering new build homes.  The survey,...

Three portals are to reveal their thoughts on how their platforms and others are likely to develop at this spring’s annual...

Many of the industry’s best known and widely respected suppliers have set up a new group which they say offers agents...

The Law Society claims that the unforeseen charges faced by some purchasers of leasehold properties could be addressed “if developers and...

Estate agents have been warned that if new guidance over referral fees is not taken seriously, they could be faced with...

Zoopla says the number of its leads delivered to member agents in the period March 2018 to February 2019 was 36...

Prices have dropped 0.5 per cent in the past year according to LSL Property Services, the parent company of Your Move...

This month’s MIPIM conference in Cannes once again played host to the final round of the much coveted MIPIM Startup Competition.  The...

An industry provider of reservation agreements says its services can “entirely eliminate” fall throughs and reduce failed transactions “to almost zero.” PropTech...

An estate agency which was set up in south Wales late last year is opening a new branch that it describes...

In another bid to take on Rightmove, OnTheMarket is introducing a new range of advertising products which will enable agents to...

The Secretary of State for Education has written to the head of an online estate agency to ask him to share...

Over 50 per cent of all mortgage products available to home buyers in the UK currently have a standard maximum term...

The leasehold system has created many unsellable and unmortgageable homes and should change, MPs say. The all-party Housing, Communities and Local Government...

The founder and former chief executive of Emoov, Russell Quirk, is back in the headlines with a new but until now...

Another new online auction company has launched and is bidding to woo traditional estate agents with the controversial ‘modern method of...

Nested, an innovative online agency that offers vendors a form of guaranteed sale, has laid off 20 per cent of its workforce...

Regional agency Prospect, which already has offices in Berkshire and Surrey, has opened its 10th office at Farnborough in Hampshire. Last year Prospect...

Hello - here we are once again with the weekly round-up of key moves in the agency and related industries. We’re letting...

The spring market has got off to a subdued start according to Rightmove - and the portal says more buyers are...

There’s more fuel added to the current debate about reform of the house purchasing process, as new data reveals one buyer...

Two 'challenger portals' have revealed major new services this morning as they fight to take on Rightmove and Zoopla. OneDome, the new...

A report claims that the hybrid agency EweMove performs above average across a number of measurements. The study comes from TwentyCi, a...

The latest RICS survey has one key message - 77 per cent of surveyors participating in the study say Brexit uncertainty...

You can tell it’s the onset of spring by the fact that this weekend sees the start of the Formula 1...

A former senior management figure at Rightmove and online estate agency Doorsteps is going it alone for a new holiday property...

Savills has this morning talked up its investment in onliner Yopa, which it claims is the sixth largest estate agency in...

The Guild of Property Professionals says its network of over 800 independent estate agents across the UK has, collectively, the highest...

GetAgent, the comparison estate agency business, has secured £2.2m in investment from a consortium of investors including Channel 4. The backers are...

Estate agents have responded cynically to the small-fry property sector announcements made by Chancellor Phillip Hammond in yesterday’s spring statement mini-Budget. Overshadowed...

An analysis of thousands of transactions shows that homes with ‘street’ in their address produce sale prices which are almost exactly...

The easyProperty online agency has abandoned an across-the-board fee structure, allowing its licensee agents to charge what they like. “Each local market is unique...

An interesting debate has been sparked in PropTech this week. It started with an interview, published on YouTube, in which Kristjan Byfield...

Latest data from property platform Home suggests that instruction numbers across the UK as a whole are down four per cent...

Family-run Chelsea agency Russell Simpson is marking 40 years of business by expanding for the first time in its history, opening...

Half of first time buyers say they made expensive mistakes during their process of purchasing their home, with mortgage brokers, removal...

The best suppliers to the estate and letting agent sector for customer service have been announced by the ESTAS in the...

The online estate agency platform Love2Move has scrapped its bid for investment via a controversial crowdfunding platform. The platform - which allows...

Two free-to-list portals launched last month in the UK say they have 1,200 agents and 50,000 listed properties on board in...

Figures released this morning show a surge in first time buyers securing mortgages in recent months, despite the market showing continued signs...

Purplebricks has become the major partner with a leading Australian rugby league team, Melbourne Storm. "Purplebricks is reshaping the real estate market...

Agency Express says that following a strong start to the year there’s a been a slowdown in the number of properties...

Maverick Cornish estate agent Chris Wood has quit the industry with a stinging attack on those who have “taken their toll”...

The latest analysis of new listings in the two weeks to last Friday show that online estate agencies continue to have...

The Property Ombudsman has issued new guidance over what it calls “a growing issue” - that is, disputes over dual fees. TPO...

A PropTech firm claims agents are currently undervaluing properties in London because of what it calls “outdated and inaccurate property measurement...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, your weekly chance to catch up on major moves in our industry. Everyone here has...

The influential Treasury Select Committee says estate agents should be more closely monitored to ensure they abide by anti-money laundering regulations. In...

A slew of allegations have been made against agents and sometimes even by agents, over alleged misdemeanours over property listings as...

Countrywide’s senior executives have set out reasons why investors should put their money into the group, despite its troubled recent years. Yesterday...

Just when you thought it was all Brexit doom and gloom, a major index shows that house prices in February grew...

The ESTAS has released details of those agents and suppliers to the industry who have been shortlisted for the most prestigious...

Hello and here we go with yet another Agents Do Charity, the weekly opportunity to herald the unsung efforts of our...

Countrywide’s executive chairman and group managing director have spoken to Estate Agent Today about the impact of Brexit on the company,...

Countrywide's report to shareholders this morning warns that the residential market is heading for a difficult 2019 which may hit the...

The head of residential property at a law firm is warning that referral fees can backfire on estate agents who may...

Rightmove is undertaking an investigation into a PropTech app that has tried to list private sales on the portal. The perhaps-ironically named...

Savills has declined to comment on whether it will follow in the footsteps of LSL Property Services and write down its...

We all make mistakes, and when it comes to typos Estate Agent Today is as guilty as anyone. But there’s a...

The huge £215,000 fine levied on Countrywide for failing to abide by anti-money laundering procedures is a demonstration that estate agents...

The troubled online agency House Network has amended its website after a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority about its claims...

A couple of weeks ago, SoftBank’s Vision Fund led a whopping $200 million investment injection into Clutter, the US-based on-demand storage...

It’s not just the high-end market for homes in the south east that’s hit by Brexit according to the Guild of...

A slew of bad news stories about online estate agencies may have taken the lustre off the sector in recent weeks,...

LSL Property Services, the parent company of Your Move and Reeds Rains, has substantially 'written down' its investment in online estate...

OnTheMarket has stepped up its attack on Rightmove with a stridently-worded email to agents explaining how a drop in leads from...

The director of strategy at the Council for Licensed Conveyancers says “the onus is very much on estate agents” to respond...

HM Revenue & Customs has issued more details of its bid to encourage estate agents to combat money laundering in the...

The former chief information officer of Foxtons has taken a senior position at Hunters. The appointment of Dan Rafferty as Hunters’ chief operating...

Outsourced auction provider IAMSold says it is the top independent auctioneer for residential property lots sold in 2018, according to the...

It’s been revealed that Countrywide has been hit with a £215,000 fine as part of a swoop by HMRC cracking down...

Here’s an unusual story, describing the work of one of Purplebricks’ Local Property Experts who was with the company for around...

The long-running stand off between website AllAgents and Purplebricks appears to be over, with the online agency being ‘readmitted’ by the...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today - the every-Monday round-up of key moves within the industry. Let us know...

A working party of NAEA Propertymark is to conduct a pilot of a new Property Information Questionnaire - part of a...

Your Move and Reeds Rains have confirmed that 39 branches are to be taken over by David Newnes and an existing...

OnTheMarket will be “blanketing the commercial radio landscape” as well as engaging in sports and agency industry sponsorship programmes over the...

Rightmove has this morning given its 2018 report to shareholders, laying bare the huge financial wealth of the company which dominates...

House Network, one of the first ever online estate agencies, is alleged to be considering calling in administrators. Two reliable sources close...

The National Association of Estate Agents has led the support for stricter new guidelines on transparency for referral fees. The clampdown means agents...

More downbeat house price figures have prompted one leading estate agent to admit that the 2019 market had not taken off...

The Met Office says today, March 1, is the first official day of spring - perfect timing to coincide with the...

The National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team has this afternoon revealed new industry guidance to make referral fees more transparent to...

Foxtons has ruled out further branch closures as it continues to struggle against what it calls “the continued weakness” of the...

A new sales portal has launched with a radically different business model, aiming to pay agents to list on it. It’s the brainchild of...

Chancellors says it has over 10,000 reviews on Trustpilot, making it the most reviewed High Street agency on the platform.  In a statement...

Data from NAEA Propertymark suggests there were 20 per cent fewer buyers in January this year than in the same month...

An estate and lettings agency that has been trading in the centre of Exeter for 12 years has ceased trading and...

Connells Group says investment in PropTech will be the way to safeguard its almost-600 High Street branches - and it’s repeated...

Well-known Essex and Hertfordshire agency Mullucks Wells is rebranding as part of the Hunters Group. Mullucks Wells will remain independently owned but...

The Competition and Markets Authority has this afternoon taken the latest step in the lengthy case of an estate agency cartel. This revolves...

No doubt we’ve all seen the recent Purplebricks news - shares have, according to the BBC, ‘plunged after it slashed its...

The chief executive and founder of a developer and property investment group says Purplebricks is “an excellent business” but its recent...

A member of a prominent legal network is warning buyers and their conveyancers to be ”wary” of the Modern Method of...

Both major portals have this morning revealed more evidence of a gently slowing housing market. The average time to sell a property...

The row over whether Help To Buy benefits house builders’ personal wealth more than it assists the housing market is continuing...

The controversial property portal Propertyheads has compiled a blacklist of tradesmen who have a criminal record. The website says this is the...

Another estate agency has closed one of its prime London offices as the capital’s most exclusive areas continue to be hit...

The UK’s two leading conveyancing groups have merged to form what they call a “powerhouse” to be called Simplify. My Home Move...

The vast majority of people want homes built as standard for all age groups - a contrary view to those in...

More details are emerging of the first-ever ESTAS conference for conveyancers - the Bold Legal Conference - taking place on the...

Online agency platform Love2move insists that its current bid to attract investors will not be damaged by the adverse publicity surrounding...

Another For Sale By Owner website has been launched - this one, apparently, because the founder was “frustrated” with estate agents’...

The former chief executive of online agency Emoov has complained to the Mail on Sunday about an article concerning the firm’s...

Countrywide’s high-end brand Hamptons International says agents at its branches will in future be “delighted” to fill water bottles for members of...

Welcome to this week’s PJT, your chance to catch up with the latest key job moves. Keep in touch with us on...

The government’s anti-money laundering campaign Flag It Up has published an A to Z which it claims will help agents understand...

Online estate agent Emoov failed to tell crowdfunding investors it was losing £3m a month before its collapse, a Sunday paper claims. The...

Latest figures show that the top 10 online estate agencies have once again failed to exceed five per cent market share,...

Purplebricks’ eye-watering share price fall yesterday was greeted with widespread satisfaction by property professionals outside the online sector. The agency’s share price...

Monthly mortgage payments as a proportion of income have dropped to 31 per cent now from 43 per cent a decade...

The first set of figures for the year from HMRC show that there were 0.8 per cent more residential property transactions...

Few can deny that with announcements from MPs and an announcement from Purplebricks, that it’s been an extraordinary week.  While it may...

Purplebricks has this morning warned investors its foreign activities are not going as well as predicted - although it insists it is...

A portal powered by Artificial Intelligence claims it is offering investors a much-needed and superior alternative to Rightmove and Zoopla. One &...

A new training and development team has been set up by Connells Group. It’s designed - in the company’s words - “to...

A survey of 3,000 people by Zoopla suggests that 47 per cent of vendors believe the success of their sale was...

As the sales market across much of Britain appears to be mired in political and economic uncertainty, figures from Scotland appear...

Labour’s housing spokesman, John Healey, has spoken out against the split in the party which has so far seen eight MPs...

The two men behind a low-profile hybrid estate agency say their company is flourishing after two years in business, during which they...

After several days of gloomy market news, here's something more optimistic - there were 370,000 new first time buyer mortgages completed in...

Interesting news this week from South Africa where the PropTech startup, Flow, has raised R20m in the country’s 'biggest PropTech seed...

The number of movers has declined by around 50 per cent since the halcyon days of 2006, before the global financial...

A poster advertising shared ownership, promoting homes from a housing association, has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority. The poster, for...

A 36 per cent collapse in sales between November and January has created an “unprecedented” five year low in the number...

One of the world’s leading digital analysts has given his latest verdict on the UK portal market and offers a major...

Cambridge-based agency and auctioneers Cheffins is celebrating the approach of 200 years in business with a very 21st century event -...

Estate agents and property firms are being invited to take part in the inaugural Property & Construction leg of an event...

A new survey claims the market is at its worst for eight years. The latest market snapshot from property platform Home says...

A new group called the Federation of Independent Agents has been set up as a network of like-minded independent agents who...

If anyone thought Brexit may allow domestic buyers a bigger share of the market, think again: no fewer than 57 per...

The head of an online agency has accused the National Association of Estate Agents’ conference of being “a sea of old...

The radically-restructured Humberts estate agency claims the risks it took last year in scrapping branches and moving to ‘hubs’ has paid...

Hello and welcome to this half-term week’s PJT, your regular Monday opportunity to catch up with the key personnel changes in...

The latest Rightmove price index suggests that homes are at their most affordable level for some years thanks to wage growth...

Property consultancy JLL has launched a specialised Help to Buy team in response to what it calls “the increasing demand for...

The Daily Telegraph has gone public with City speculation that Chicago-based real estate consultancy JLL may be interested in buying Savills. Both...

One of the country’s leading conveyancing chiefs has given his support to reforms to the house buying process. But Rob Hailstone -...

A London council is considering a borough-wide ban on agents’ boards of all kinds. Labour-controlled Camden already has a ban for a...

A husband and wife pair of directors at a property valuation and surveying company have been ordered by the courts to...

Hello and welcome to yet another Agents Do Charity - our tribute to the great work done by our industry in...

The first major estate agency business to launch a crowdfunding bid since the controversial collapse of Emoov has emphasised its “realistic”...

Government figures show the UK’s annual house price growth now being down to 2.5 per cent - the lowest rate since...

It’s Valentine’s Day (have you remembered?) and at least one agency has decided that it’s pretty in pink to celebrate the...

The average prices of flats and maisonettes bucked the trend by falling very slightly in the year to December, according to...

A design and renovation business has set up a property sourcing business which will find homes requiring renovation. What’s more, it claims...

One of the country’s leading property auctioneers is back to the job he loves today after an absence of 12 months...

A trading statement this morning from beleaguered agency group Countrywide reveals that its revenue is down again - but it insists...

A new free-to-list property portal is launching in the UK, and has a pledge to serve over 20 counties by the...

A solicitor is warning estate agents and the public about allegedly wrong advice relating to the additional homes stamp duty surcharge. Julie...

What do BREXIT and PropTech have in common?  I got thinking about this question for a number of reasons this week but...

The Guild of Property Professionals is seeking views from member agents on the government’s reform agenda.  The Regulation of Property Agents working...

New data from LonRes shows that prices of homes in three key prime areas of London tumbled 5.7 per cent last...

There’s been more growth in the equity release sector, suggesting that fewer older owners are downsizing and are instead using their...