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LSL Property Services has issued a warning that market conditions are softer than expected so far in 2018 and that transaction...

The UK’s real estate sector, embracing estate agencies as well as other aspects of the property industry, has been facing “increased...

Online estate agency House Network claims that “the percentage of houses sold at the original valuation price is 98 per cent”.  The...

Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward is defying the glut of stories suggesting the London market is beset with difficulties and has launched...

The final winners’ list for this year’s ESTAS Awards has just been published with the  ‘Best In County’ agents named -...

People living in leasehold properties should extend the remaining terms of their leases before they drop beneath 80 years, according to a...

Countrywide, the troubled agency group which today holds its annual general meeting, says it is “encouraged by the early progress that...

Leading housing analyst Kate Faulkner says the current low transaction level is “a little scary” because with so few sellers, buyers...

New figures from Hometrack show that a typical home in Greater London now takes 17 weeks to find a buyer -...

I have total transparency. I love that.  I know how the portals are doing, I know how many people are clicking on...

Four estate agencies have opened new branches, either as a result of expansion or because of acquisitions. Homes4u has opened a futuristic...

A new survey suggests that despite many lenders increasing their rates, most mainstream mortgages are down compared to the start of...

The estate agency sector “is experiencing the worst staff shortages in a generation at a point when the property market is...

The battle to become the single ombudsman service after the government rationalises the redress system across housing has taken an unexpected...

Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...

An estate agency has been ordered to pay £841 to a council - because it failed to provide paperwork about its...

A new study reveals precisely how little first time buyers apparently understand about the buying process.  In a survey of 500 people...

A leasehold reform campaigning group is warning that “it is likely to be many years” before promised leasehold reform becomes law. Leasehold...

The long running spat between review website allAgents and hybrid agency Purplebricks reignited over the weekend following a Facebook post. A Purplebricks...

Hybrid agency Emoov is now offering a tailored sales package aimed at attracting developers listing and selling new homes. Rather than paying...

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A flat in Brixton is being raffled for £5 a ticket by a start-up entrepreneur who claims this is just the...

Scottish high-end agency Galbraith has revealed how one of the smallest and most exclusive property sectors in Britain - Scottish country...

The scores are in and the results announced for the 2018 ESTAS Awards - and the winner of the coveted Grand...

An umbrella body representing search organisations says searches “are very rarely the cause of delays” in transactions. The Council of Property Search...

The assessment by an investment consultancy that Purplebricks sells some 76 per cent of the homes it lists may have made...

The average number of viewings received by properties before a sale is agreed has risen from 11 in 2015 to 19...

Purplebricks’ finance chief Matthew Farrow is reported to have left the company to join IT and cloud communications company Timico. Just over...

The Future: PropTech conference takes place in under a fortnight’s time on May 2 and over 1,200 delegates have now been...

It’s London Marathon weekend and it’s set to be hot, hot, hot for those agents and other brave industry folk running...

Average house prices in the UK have increased 4.4 per cent in the year to February according to the latest official...

Stubbornly high house prices and concerns over leasehold-related charges top the list of worries amongst the public about the housing market. That’s...

The Henley Business School is often identified with cutting edge forecasts - but now it has revealed the history of what...

The UK’s largest property auctioneer says its first quarter’s sales figures for 2018 are ahead of those for the same period...

There has been a big rise in activity in the equity release market based on data from the first quarter of...

Purplebricks has issued a statement saying that 99.98 per cent of its shareholders have backed the new investment to expand its...

Estate agent licensing will reduce competition, make buying and selling homes more expensive, and add another layer of red tape to...

Online estate agency Tepilo and over-60s ‘life plan’ property sales service Homewise have been rapped over the knuckles following complaints made...

I’m writing this a week into my instruction decision. It has been a fascinating journey to date. As I discussed last week,...

Manning Stainton, one of the major estate agency chains operating across North Yorkshire, is to return to listing on ZPG. It will...

Property purchases for buyers requiring mortgages reached 50,000 in February, the highest level for the month since 2007.  The data, from mortgage...

Online agency HouseSimple has become a completely No Sale No Fee agency - and is thought to be the only online...

Estate Agent Today can reveal that one of the industry’s best known research experts, Johnny Morris, has left Countrywide.  Morris joined Hamptons...

A central London buying agent says she was once offered a bribe by an estate agent to try to persuade a...

Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...

A man who is accused of assaulting an estate agent is to face trial. The Bournemouth Daily Echo reports that Marc Skelton,...

The Guild of Property Professionals has given details of a strong field of potential winners in this week’s ESTAS awards.  This year...

Purplebricks has returned to the fray after recent controversies with a claim that home owners saved themselves over £140m in commission...

Prices of new-to-the-market property rose by a modest 0.4 per cent over the past month says Rightmove - but that’s enough...

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A website that monitors house prices says “red warning lights are flashing as market conditions in London and the South East...

The government has published data related to a claim by housing minister Dominic Raab, who prompted controversy last week by suggesting...

A proposal by HMRC to speed up HMRC Capital Gains Tax payments for residential property sales could create a “compliance nightmare.” The...

The Property Redress Scheme - one of the three government-approved redress schemes handling complaints about sales and lettings agents - has...

Franchise giant Hunters says independent agencies which joined the firm in recent years have typically beaten the performance of the housing market. Chief...

The latest mortgage snapshot from e.surv has reinforced recent claims from other sources that London’s housing market remains the most difficult...

Hello everyone and welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity - it’s a bumper edition with plenty of fantastic fund-raising going...

Demand is down for the 12th successive month according to the latest market survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. New...

A 15-month research project says HMRC should do more to engage estate agents in recognising the importance of complying with anti-money...

The Conveyancing Association has backed the government’s calls for extensive reform of the buying and selling process, announced at the weekend. The...

There were 43 per cent more new properties listed for sale than in the same month last year according to online...

Agency Express, which reported a muted housing market in February, says the pace picked up considerably last month. The board company, which...

Purplebricks has issued a provocative response to the government’s new measures to promote a more professional and transparent house buying process.  The...

The outsourced viewing service Viewber says it has now conducted over 20,000 viewings on behalf of agents and has secured another...

To say I had a lot of reaction to last week's column about selling my flat would be an understatement. I've never...

The proportion of first time buyers in the market is still 11 per cent below the level seen before the 2008...

One of the industry’s best-known software suppliers Reapit has announced that it’s acquired Pocket Size Media - a firm that provides...

As the spring market gets into full swing, here’s the traditional beach hut story - yet this time, it really does...

Two estate agency directors have been disqualified over a cartel scandal which resulted in five agencies being fined over £370,000 for...

The number of house sales falling through pre-completion during the first quarter of 2018 reached its highest level for this time...

The Property Franchise Group has this morning reported strong figures for 2017 with news that its hybrid brand EweMove traded profitably...

The conveyancing industry regulator has thrown its weight behind the government’s proposals to improve the buying and selling process.  Stephen Ward, director of strategy...

Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...

A 15-branch agency group operating in parts of London and the Home Counties has joined OnTheMarket according to a statement from...

The latest house price index figures from the Halifax gives just the spur the market may need as the spring sales...

Agents and representatives from other property sectors have reacted enthusiastically to proposals to professionalise the industry. As we reported yesterday, the government...

  More details have emerged of the government’s proposals to enhance estate agency regulation, regulate referral fees, offer guides for buyers and...

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The Property Ombudsman, Katrine Sporle, is to hold a briefing on the government’s redress reform on Wednesday - five days before...

It’s under two weeks to The ESTAS 2018 held in London on Friday April 20. It’s the biggest and best bash in...

The government has announced further measures which will, in its words, “professionalise” house buying and the estate agency business. In yet another Sunday...

A technology company says that despite government attempts to eradicate money laundering in property transactions, agents and other industry professionals have been left...

Barclays is next week launching a so-called ‘green mortgage’ which links the loan to the Energy Performance Certificate rating of the...

Average prices dropped another 1.1 per cent in prime central London in the year to March according to new figures released...

Welcome to another edition of Agents Do Charity, the weekly round-up of fund-raising from across our industry. With spring looking like it’s...

The first-ever ‘digital mortgage’ deed has been lodged at HM Land Registry, for a property at Rotherhithe in London.  Coventry Building Society...

Foxtons says its long-term branch expansion programme is now “largely complete” and it is shifting its attention to using technology to...

The online agency HouseSimple is to use a video blogger to stay in a property on sale and promote it via...

The Guild is offering member agents a service which will allow them to verify the legitimacy of their clients to conform...

Statistics published for the Annual Tax for Enveloped Dwellings show that the government appears to be succeeding in its  bid to...

Has Countrywide finally convinced its investors that it is on the road to recovery? Back on March 8 the Countrywide share price...

It’s all very easy, talking and evangelising about the use of technology in the property market, but, now that I’m selling...

OnTheMarket has this morning issued a statement claiming that its portal traffic reached circa 12m visits during March - more than...

Hybrid agency EweMove says it has seen four portfolio acquisitions and 29 new areas ‘purchased’ by franchisees since June 2017, taking...

A survey suggests that the average fine incurred by estate agents for apparent non-compliance with anti-money laundering regulations is £11,842. Research by...

A leading buying agency says the Brexit transition deal will help central London’s fragile sales market. Caspar Harvard-Walls, a partner in the...

Countrywide is not quite finished with online experimentation yet, for today sees the launch of an online mortgage service, backed by...

The Treasury Select Committee of MPs has announced an inquiry into ‘economic crime’ - including the possibility that overseas-owned UK homes could be...

Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...

A leading estate agent says his findings confirm those of the latest house price index in suggesting that prices are turning...

A Maserati 3200 has ended up wedged into the front of a Fox and Sons estate agency office in central Brighton. The...

As the Easter sales weekend kicks off, the head of a prominent buying agency says estate agents confuse the true valuation...

Gross mortgage lending is set to reach its highest level since 2007 despite Brexit, says the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association. But its...

The Property Ombudsman has launched an online training module which it describes as the first of its kind.  The interactive module -...

The chairman of Chancellors was trampled to death by his own horses after taking them out for a carriage driving exercise,...

Holiday home sales in one of the country’s most popular tourist destinations are holding up, despite stamp duty and the age...

Winkworth, the agency which released its 2017 results this morning, says the franchise business model it supports is more resilient than others...

A US TV company is considering making a news programme about Russian involvement in property transactions in the UK and particularly London. The...

Last week, a story was published by CNBC about a couple who sold their home, for above the asking price, without...

Industry suppliers Landmark Information and The ValPal Network have entered what they call “a strategic relationship” to provide the firms’ respective...

The boss of an electrical company has set up a new estate and letting agency with the help of six-figure funding...

A company which creates interior displays for agency offices and other players in the property industry have introduced a so-called scrappage...

Purplebricks has given details of how it intends to use some of its new investment, and in particular is spelling out...

ZPG has announced that it has signed a listings agreement with Chestertons, one of the estate agencies involved in the founding...

Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...

House price growth in London has hit a seven year low according to Hometrack, with prices actually down across 42 per...

The National Association of Estate Agents says the government’s first time buyer stamp duty incentive “seems to be having the desired...

Purplebricks has announced what it describes as “a strategic investment from Axel Springer, Europe’s leading digital publisher” - but this comes...

Countrywide’s attempt to rebuild its expertise pool following the Alison Platt era continues apace with the announcement today that John Hards...

  An assessment of nine online agencies undertaken by a property website has seen Emoov come out on top after being analysed...

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The share price of OnTheMarket slipped again on Friday - down around five per cent on the day and ending at...

An estate agent has been jailed for 18 months after he took out £30,000 worth of loans in the name of...

The Future:PropTech event on May 2 is now under six weeks away and more details have been released about speakers and...

A property technology analyst has floated the idea that portals could become eclipsed by powerful alternatives such as Google, triggered by...

HM Revenue and Customs has won a key ruling concerning a tax avoidance scheme promoter which claimed to be able to...

The ESTAS has announced its final and, to many, its most prestigious shortlist for this year’s awards - a special category...

Essex and Suffolk-based estate agency and chartered surveying firm Fenn Wright is opening a new branch - its fourth in the...

It’s spring at last! Although we’ve only just finished wiping the snow off our boots, it’s great news that the clocks...

Countrywide has revealed precisely how many brands, branches and staff it has following the extensive and multiple restructurings of recent years. In...

The Competition and Markets Authority, which is believed to be actively investigating estate agents’ alleged infringement of the Competitions Act, is...

The Haart agency group has given an upbeat picture of the housing market in its latest figures with instructions up 15...

The comparison site Reallymoving, which allows users to get online quotes for conveyancers, surveyors and removal firms, has acquired the property...

A buying agent says a higher proportion of Britain’s rarified country estates market is now being sold off-market. Jess Simpson, an ex-Savills...

Countrywide’s 132-page annual report, released today, has given details of the management and restructuring costs incurred by the company during its...

A magazine claims its investigations into the sales tactics of Countrywide and Connells suggest the two agency are “harming consumers, stopping them from...

Purplebricks’ share price dipped below the psychologically-important 300p mark yesterday - its lowest performance since spring last year. It’s the latest development...

House prices started 2018 with a modest 0.3 per cent drop across the UK as a whole, including 0.5 per cent...

Smart sensors, and smart technology as a whole, are enjoying a period of accelerated innovation and adoption.  It’s my opinion that such...

An estate agency has been the subject of a complaint over website wording which appeared to suggest that it had a...

One of London’s leading estate agents is advising sellers to consider giving the negotiator who sells their property a bonus, and...

An estate agent who ‘glassed’ a man who rejected her advances in a pub has escaped a prison sentence. Sarah Brown, 27,...

Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...

London has 585 one bed flats on the market at £1m or more according to research by online agency HouseSimple.  HouseSimple says...

Figures just released assessing February’s mortgage borrowing show that approvals are 1.25 per cent lower than in January, and are down...

Average asking price of newly-marketed property have jumped 1.5 per cent - or over £4,500 - in the past month, says...

Only one local authority in England and Wales has an average house price below £100,000 - while in every London borough...

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A Manchester-based property investment firm is claiming to be the first company in Britain to record an online exchange of a...

House prices have taken a spring leap in the north of England as the market improves - but it’s a different...

One of the leading PropTech analysts says Rightmove’s huge success means that it has two difficult choices ahead if it is...

Market analysts at Swiss bank UBS are warning that Purplebricks’ meteoric growth in the UK may be slowing. The bank has cut...

Estate agency Jackson-Stops says it has discovered precisely how many existing home owners understand the difficulties facing first time buyers in...

High-end international estate agency company Savills claims Yopa, in which it has invested substantial sums, is now the UK’s 10th largest...

So here’s another week’s great work being done by colleagues in our industry - and we’re very pleased to salute them. Everybody...

TV property expert Phil Spencer is launching an online advice service for buyers and tenants, including offering guidance on the specific...

Rightmove’s latest assessment of the housing market suggests that Newport in Gwent is the fastest moving area in Britain for vendors. A...

The switchback of house price indices and other data on the state of the market has taken a turn for the...

Savills has reported good figures for 2017 although most of its strongest performance was outside the world of residential property. In a...

Andrews Property Group has won the Feefo Trusted Service award, which the agency describes as “an independent seal of excellence that...

UK measures to retaliate against alleged Russian government-sponsored nerve agent attack on former spy Sergei Skripal have excluded any attempt to...

OnTheMarket says estate agencies with some 1,000 offices have joined the portal in the five weeks since it floated on the...

A survey by consumer body Which? suggests askng prices and agents' fees are the most significant factors considered by a vendor choosing an...

Online agency Emoov has amended its website following the intervention of the Advertising Standards Authority.  The authority says the agency’s site included...

Conveyancing services firm My Home Move has launched a portal which it claims gives users complete transparency checking their conveyancing progress.  eWay, which is...

Greetings from Cannes, where the sun is finally shining over MIPIM. I’m sure many of you are out here, too, and...

A PropTech firm claims its new tool gives people the option of running an entire agency...from a phone.  BestAgent, which has built...

ZPG’s comparison website uSwitch is to be the headline sponsor of ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent.  The company says it will use this...

  Chancellor Phillip Hammond claims over 60,000 first time buyers have already benefitted from the stamp duty relief he announced at his...

A critic of the conveyancing process has accused a law firm’s charge of £95 for “exchange and completion within five working...

The UK chief executive of Purplebricks, Lee Wainwright, has been granted an option to buy 100,000 shares in the firm. The purchase would...

Average house prices rose 0.5 per cent in February, making it the biggest rise in five months according to the latest...

Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...

Orchards of London, a four-office independent operating in the west of the capital, has been fully acquired by The Hogarth Property...

A major revamp of Northern Ireland’s Propertynews portal has been unveiled with one of the targets being to enhance the visability...

The long haul back for Countrywide appears to have begun with the first major name who left during the Alison Platt...

Ombudsman Services, which recently announced it was quitting its role as one of three approved redress schemes for estate and lettings...

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The Ernst & Young ITEM Club - a group of economists highly regarded by politicians and some sectors of the property...

A Stratford estate agent accused of killing his wife on New Year’s Day has pleaded not guilty to a charge of...

Jefferies - the City consultancy which has in the past worked with Countrywide - has cuts its forecasts for the troubled...

New research appears to show that Purplebricks, HouseSimple, Yopa and other prominent online agencies are most popular with vendors selling in...

A survey by an industry recruitment consultancy indicates that work-life balance is increasingly important to agency job applicants, second in importance...

There has been a 19.9 per cent increase in new property listings, with some locations seeing as many as 80 per...

Thanks very much to everyone getting in touch to publicise their efforts for good causes: we’re always delighted to help. Just let...

In an exclusive and candid interview with Estate Agent Today, Countrywide chairman Peter Long has admitted that the company had been...

The troubled Countrywide group has this morning revealed its recovery plan to get - in its words - ‘back to basics’...

The magazine Mortgage Strategy says Countrywide is investigating reports that one of its estate agent branches pressured buyers to use in-house...

House prices in the UK have suffered their first quarterly fall in almost a year - but strong transaction totals suggest...

Franchise agency Winkworth is marking International Women’s Day - that’s today - by celebrating the achievements of its female franchisees and...

A Cotswolds-based agency has expanded to a second office and says it has plans to develop further in the region. Move was...

One of the world’s leading property technology analysts has compiled a major report on estate agents’ business models - an exercise...

Investment consultancy London Central Portfolio has launched a new index which it claims uses “the most comprehensive data available” to assess...

Crimestoppers is working with estate agencies and financial advisers as well as conveyancers in a bid to eliminate house buyers’ deposits...

The UK PropTech Awards are fast approaching. The window is open for applications and nominations and on May 2, the winners...

Franchise giant Hunters is the latest agency to list its sales and lettings properties on three portals, rather than two. The chain...

LSL Property Services - parent company to 12 brands including Your Move, Reeds Rains and London’s Marsh & Parsons - has...

The provider of an automated valuation system has introduced a new feature to allow agents to amend the valuation if there...

It is thought likely that there will be no new update on the investigation into agents’ alleged infringement of the Competitions...

Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...

An estate agent and former chairman of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says the government’s latest drive to build new...

Alice Hickmott is the perfect advertisement for apprentices in estate agency - especially as we are now in National Apprentice Week.  Essex...

A compliance specialist company is warning that as it believes relatively few estate agents fully understand their anti-money laundering obligations, firms...

HM Land Registry has taken another step towards its aim to “make conveyancing simpler, faster and cheaper” for the general public. The...

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High-profile buying agency Black Brick has highlighted the scale of reductions now being made by sellers of some trophy properties in...

A survey by Lloyds Bank has revealed that the average ‘first time seller’ requires very nearly £136,000 to bridge the gap...

The Competitions and Markets Authority is investigating a suspect infringement of the Competition Act 1998 by estate agents. Few details have been...

A mergers and acquisitions specialist says traditional agencies have been pushed into becoming more innovative by the rise of portals and...

New figures released by ZPG suggest increasing numbers of agents are listing on three portals. Amongst the latest agencies to renew long...

A EweMove branch operating from a franchisee’s home in Staffordshire has taken over the running of a bricks and mortar agency. EweMove’s...

House prices fell unexpectedly in February with the Nationwide Building Society reporting a drop of 0.3 per cent. This ended some analysts’...

The Guild of Property Professionals has won a major award from reviews platform Feefo. The Feefo Gold Service award is described by...

Collars up, gloves on, scarves pulled tight...it’s so cold you can hardly concentrate on work let alone anything else. But the...

The ESTAS Group has revealed the agencies, suppliers and other property companies shortlisted for its 2018 Estate & Letting Agent Awards. The...

One of the country’s leading PropTech entrepreneurs has responded to recent criticism of online estate agencies and their allegedly-poor record of...

The National Association of Estate Agents says a new tool just launched will make it easier for agent members to comply...

One of the country’s oldest estate agencies is celebrating 250 years in business.  Essex and Suffolk agency Fenn Wright has roots back...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan is stepping up the pressure on government to speed up the delivery of a new public register...

Organisers of the MIPIM conference - primarily for commercial property but with a growing residential presence - are under pressure to clean up...

Foxtons has reported its 2017 figures to shareholders and the City this morning and as expected they show sharp falls in...

London agency Portico has been warned that if there is a repeat of issues concerning its listings on portals, it may...

We think about technology all the time. At least, I do. And there’s nothing left in property that technology hasn’t touched...

London estate agency chain Dexters is expanding its brand once again thanks to a new partnership with Stirling Ackroyd New Homes.  Dexters...

Leaders is expanding the mortgage side of its business with a raft of new products and services, as well as introducing...

The National Association of Estate Agents says the year has started with a boom as demand from prospective house-hunters increased by...

A new report by the residential property team of a legal firm has found widespread criticism of online agents’ over their...

Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...

New analysis by Hometrack shows that large regional cities like Edinburgh, Birmingham and Manchester look set for a 20 per cent...

A 1.0 per cent interest rate rise would add £930 a year to the cost of servicing the average mortgage, according...

Industry and financial analysts are preparing for what may well be another round of difficult trading figures from London agency Foxtons. Tomorrow...

Brexit uncertainty and weakening consumer demand are likely to hit house prices this year, according to a survey of 33 housing...

Representatives from estate and lettings agencies as well as professional organisations have formed The Home Buying And Selling Group with a...

A former president of the National Association of Estate Agents has attacked “irresponsible agents” for over-valuing asking prices in London in...

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One of the industry’s largest sign makers has been spelling out its environmental credentials on the back of increased concern about...

Rightmove says its commercial property side is “continuing to gain momentum” with 650,000 leads generated for customers in 2017. Perhaps with an...

Land and investment deals achieved by Connells Group in 2017 will add a further 2,750 units to its new homes pipeline,...

In an unexpected trading statement this morning, OnTheMarket says it has signed 243 new listing agreements within its first 10 days...

Rightmove has reported another very large leap in revenue in 2017 and a modest rise in agency and new home customers...

A forecast suggests HM Revenue & Customs will rake in no less than £8.8 billion in Capital Gains Tax in 2018...

The managing director of property data consultancy Hometrack, Charlie Bryant, is to lead a reorganised property marketing, software and data division...

In its first release of performance figures under the ownership of BNP Paribas, the UK agency Strutt & Parker says it...

An online agency says it knows exactly when a home should be marketed in order to sell in the optimum timeframe.  And...

Welcome to the latest Agents Do Charity - your opportunity to let the rest of the industry know exactly what great...

Estate Agent Today can reveal that one of London’s best known agency chains has acquired one of the capital’s leading independent...

The well-respected buying agency Black Brick has revealed the scale of discounts it secures on prime properties being sold for different...

Agents have welcomed more data suggesting the 2018 market is enjoying a robust start. Last week Rightmove reported a record number of...

The fast-diversifying Humberts has set up regional hubs to handle its new homes and land division, in addition to taking on...

Royston & Lund, the Nottinghamshire estate agency set up by former Notts County player Gary Lund, is expanding with a second...

National franchise giant Hunters has delivered a strong trading update, despite what it describes as 'challenging conditions'. Earlier this week, it was...

Co-Founder Gary Keller has declared that Keller Williams (KW) is, 'no longer a real estate company...we are a technology company No....

A network of agents representing over 800 brands with over 4,000 branches has announced the launch of a host of new...

Home movers are opting to use specialist conveyancers over local solicitors, according to new research. Conveyancing software firm InfoTrack says 43% of...

Three councils are encouraging local residents to sign a new register which aims to bring more quality homes for sale to...

Over the last few weeks, mortgage lenders have started to adjust their pricing in anticipation of a further interest rate rise...

Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...

Administrators have confirmed that 21 jobs have been lost due to the collapse of Hunters' franchise in East Anglia. At a creditors'...

A new PropTech platform is providing a service to help agents market their new listings instantly across portals and social media. BestAgent...

Online auction house BidX1 has launched its first UK online auction following its acquisition of London-based auctioneer Andrews & Robertson. This is...

Scottish portal s1homes.com has reported that the average property in Scotland sold for £10,000 higher than its asking price during the...

Rightmove says it has enjoyed its highest ever monthly number of visitors - 141 million in January. They spent a total of...

Conveyancing volumes shrunk by 12 per cent last year, the first annual drop in workloads since 2011 - and the struggling...

OnTheMarket’s share price starts the week at almost exactly the same level as it was floated after a significant bounce-back on...

The Putney office of estate agency Century 21 has been targeted by two thieves, one on a moped the other in...

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Scotland is considering giving first time buyers relief or exemption from Land and Buildings Transaction Tax - the replacement for stamp...

The government has launched a surprise consultation on the creation of a new redress system for customers of agents and others...

OnTheMarket has told the City this morning that it has already signed up 81 new listing agreements by 5pm yesterday, completing...

A lengthy analysis of the online agency sector, based on material supplied by an online agent, suggests that its market share...

An estate agency has started a petition to get bollards erected outside its branch after two accidents, in each of which...

EweMove has made a senior hire in the shape of Chris Webb, formerly of Countrywide and Winkworth.  He now takes up the...

One of the largest investment firms in the United States has taken a stake in the London-based venture capital firm Pi...

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OnTheMarket remains defiant despite the decision of Douglas & Gordon, one of its founder agencies, to list once again on Zoopla...

An online estate agency brand launched a year ago by a traditional high street agent to ward off competition has exceeded...

City broker Jefferies is warning that Countrywide’s earnings as calculated through the EBITDA measure could drop to as little as £50m -...

Yopa, the online agency with financial backing from Savills and LSL Property Services, is the latest online firm to launch a...

The number of first-time buyers has increased 16 per cent in the past month and 10 per cent year on year...

One of the founding agencies behind OnTheMarket has returned to listing on Zoopla. A statement from ZPG, parent company of Zoopla and PrimeLocation,...

The Advertising Standards Authority has ruled on another complaint lodged about Purplebricks. Although the latest appears minor it adds to a lengthy list...

And now, as if the friction between property and PropTech wasn’t difficult enough, estate agents are turning on estate agents.  We are...

Despite a string of property pundits suggesting the market is slowing down, new figures from the Office for National Statistics show...

Readers of a certain age may remember the spoon-bending eccentric Uri Geller, self-proclaimed friend of Michael Jackson and an almost permanent...

Franchise giant Winkworth, which opened seven new branches in 2017, has announced two new office openings this month.  They are at Banstead...

House Network, which describes itself as the UK’s first online estate agency, is using TV advertising to promote a new "20-point...

Controversial new Purplebricks advertisements on social media mock traditional estate agents who “twiddle their thumbs” in offices and claim the hybrid...

Almost a third of all ‘Suspicious Activity Reports’ concerning possible anti-money laundering infringements and reported to the National Crime Agency have...

The latest data from Knight Frank suggests that average prices in prime central London dropped 0.7 per cent in the year...

OnTheMarket’s share price fell just over five per cent yesterday, continuing its troubled launch on to the London stock exchange. It...

Tepilo has told Estate Agent Today that it will be unaffected by the sale of Northern & Shell Ventures’ publishing activities...