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A well-known Surrey estate agent has rebranded. Burns & Webber is rebranding to adopt its parent company’s name Curchods. The four Burns &...

The Government’s proposal to introduce a new 1% deposit mortgage scheme to help young people onto the property ladder is unworkable...

In 1999 (yep) I set up some websites thinking I could generate leads from everyone in the world. I had an...

Beauchamp Estates has opened two new offices in the south of France. The prime luxury agent is now located in the luxury...

Estate agents spend almost half their working day chasing or being chased for issues as a new report highlights concerns about...

Mortgage borrowers now have the greatest choice of home loan products since February 2022, Moneyfacts data suggests. It is a boost for...

Estate agency has changed. No longer is it required to sit in a high street office working the old way. Provide a...

If, like me, you’re an ardent England rugby fan or indeed a fan of rugby in general, you’ll be counting down...

Transactions for the first half of 2023 are at their lowest level since the financial crisis of 2007-09 as a result...

A recent poll of 11,000 private renters by SpareRooom reveals that 81% spend more than 30% of their take-home pay on...

A major auctioneering service is gearing up for its 10th anniversary and 75th in-room property sale later this week.   Auction House...

Zoopla founder Alex Chesterman has fallen out of the 2023 Sunday Times Rich List while Foxtons supremo Jon Hunt has seen...

The proportion of new homes sold off-plan across England & Wales has slipped to the lowest level since 2013, new data...

Fine & Country has welcomed its first Cypriot agency to the upmarket network. Purple International, which was established in September 2007, is...

A coalition of businesses from across the property industry have united to call on the Government to do more to speed-up...

Premium estate agency Fine & Country has added a further office to the brand’s already strong London network.  Director Gareth Mozley of...

Two of the biggest challenges facing the property industry right now are fraud and money laundering. The scale of these activities is...

The Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) is the direct result of European Legislation. They were introduced because of the Energy Performance of...

The Scottish housing market is at a serious crossroads, a major estate agency brand in the country has warned. Lomond Group-owned agent...

A report earlier this month warned that conveyancing firms should stress test their businesses for a sharp decline in work volumes. These businesses...

Conveyancers are being advised to prepare their businesses for a “significant fall in work volumes.” Many firms have complained about a backlog...

Record numbers of housing developments were started during the second quarter of 2022, official figures show. Government data on housebuilding starts and...

Time is up for Boris Johnson's tenure as Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party, serving 3 years and 44...

The number of mortgages available to borrowers has hit the lowest level for more than a year, Moneyfacts has warned. Analysis by...

An estate agent has looked to loo roll to explain why he thinks house prices won’t crash but the pace of...

Choosing the right technology platform for your agency is hard. Getting it wrong is easy. The last thing you need is to...

The Agency UK – which was set up by three ex-employees of Purplebricks – has strengthened its team with the arrival...

The temperature may be heating up outside and there are also few signs of the jobs market cooling down for agents...

Agents were busy marking the Platinum Jubilee over the past week but there was still time for fundraising exploits including tree-planting...

The Government was 120,000 homes short of its own new-build targets last year, research claims. Analysis by new-build sales optimisation platform Unlatch...

Foxtons has confirmed the appointment of former Chestertons boss Guy Gittins as its new chief executive. Gittins will step into the role...

The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...

Properties are selling faster than ever either at or above asking price, Rightmove claims. It comes as the portal revealed that the...

One of the biggest names in agency has been appointed as chairperson of the board at BidX1, one of Europe’s leading...

The creator of a local social network app acquired by US company Nextdoor is marking a year in prime estate agency...

The Lomond Group has continued on the agency acquisition trail after backing its Thornley Groves brand to snap up Manchester-based Julian...

An industry group is predicting that record numbers of homes sold this year will be off-plan. The National Association of Property Buyers...

A number of pro-active conveyancers are joining a new conveyancing directory being set up by one of the leading figures in...

The extreme shortage of properties for sale has fuelled the first rise in new homes sold off-plan since 2016.   In 2021 some...

The self-employed model, after years of not really catching on fully, was given a major boost by the pandemic and the...

The market boom goes on, for now at least. In February, house prices rose at their fastest since June 2007 according to...

The Chartered Institute of Housing, set to unveil its latest annual housing review next month, has indicated that to no one’s...

A famous environmental campaigner has sold his home to a local - because he feels second homes are “obscene and grotesque.” Green...

The current ratings of the Energy Performance Certificate are under review according to the Department for Business, Energy and Industry Strategy. A...

The government’s Levelling Up White Paper, released today, contains an unexpected and shock commitment - to create a new 'lite' version...

The level of house price growth is at a 17 year high at 11.2 per cent according to the Nationwide. The annual...

Low fee agents such as Purplebricks and some other online operators are generally not trusted by the public when selling their...

Another day, another house price index record. The latest, from the Halifax, shows that typical house prices increased by over £24,500 in...

For the first time since before the global financial crisis of 2008, the number of first-time buyers is estimated to have...

House prices in the UK have ended the year of yet another record high. The Nationwide says annual house price growth increased...

Zoopla’s chief operating officer says the portal has made progress for agents in 2021 but recognises there’s more to do next...

This year, Londoners purchased 112,780 homes outside the capital, the highest number since 2007. New data, from Connells-owned agency Hamptons, shows that...

Lenders’ umbrella group UK Finance has given its housing and mortgage market forecasts for 2022 and 2023 together, plus a year-end report for 2021. It estimates...

Data out today from Rightmove shows the predictable seasonal effect of around 0.7 per cent knocked off the typical asking price. The...

Today we have photographs from another office that’s been persistent - or should that be puss-insistent - in celebrating the festive...

The Dispute Service has been selected to operate the New Homes Ombudsman scheme, following what has been called ”a fiercely competitive...

Annual house price growth hit 10.0 per cent last month - and is now tracking close to the level seen before...

By the end of 2021, one in 16 homes will have changed hands, making it the busiest property market since 2007...

High house prices relative to average earnings make raising a deposit a big barrier for first time buyers, a new study...

It’s been a busy and arguably fruitful year for the property market, with an eager consumer base pushing forwards with their...

I’ve never written the three letters ‘EPC’ more often than I have in the past week. Law changes for the private rental...

The average time for home-movers to get through the conveyancing process has dropped by 27 days since the summer, according to Rightmove.  The...

In this op-ed, Warwick Haycock, accounting software specialist at The Access Group, looks at how the use of tech can empower...

The housing market is on track to record its strongest year since 2007 for transactions and house price inflation says Zoopla.  The...

New figures from Knight Frank show that price growth in the high end country market moderated in the third quarter of...

Rightmove is warning that it’s “highly likely” interest rates will rise in the near future. The portal believes this now seems inevitable...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your chance to catch up with who’s moving where in our industry. If you have...

A leading business consultancy is warning that supply chain shortages as a result of Brexit and the pandemic will push up...

House prices rose by the most in almost 15 years in September ahead of the end of the stamp duty holiday.  The...

The value of mortgage lending hit a record high in the final months of the stamp duty holiday. Figures from the Bank...

The man who admits he was “the acceptable face of Foxtons” in its golden period says he finally left because it...

The UK government will not achieve its pledge of delivering 300,000 new homes a year until 2028, according to analysis from...

New data shows the strongest quarter for new build home registrations since 2007.  According to NHBC, the new home warranty and insurance...

The stamp duty holiday came and went with much fanfare. For many buyers it represented a rare opportunity to make some...

Students at a high school have been given an insight into the career opportunities in the property sector. The sixth formers from...

Demand for all types of houses, from terraced to detached, has more than doubled in the current housing market - creating...

A surge in activity ahead of June’s stamp duty deadline and tight supply saw price growth in the country house market...

Property consultancy LonRes says June was a record-breaking month for property sales in the capital, with exchanges up 140 per cent...

The busiest first half of a year ever recorded by Rightmove has led to a raft of new records for the...

Our long-awaited ‘Freedom Day’ approaches. From Monday all of the restrictions, introduced since the Covid-19 pandemic made an impact across the...

The Halifax is reporting a 0.5 per cent monthly drop in house prices, plus a fall in the annual rate from...

The distribution of home ownership across different generations has been a cause of strife according to a think-tank. The Resolution Foundation’s latest...

For the second time in two working days, a report suggests that ever-higher numbers of buying are paying over the asking...

Peter Everett - a veteran High Street estate agent with a quarter of a century at LSL and a decade at...

Hello and welcome to the latest Property Jobs Today, your chance to catch up with who’s on the move. Let us know...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, I am delighted to chat with Lucy Morton, Head of Residential Agency at JLL, about...

One of the country’s leading estate agents claims some solicitors are charging exorbitant fees on transactions as they near the latest...

The head of one of the UK’s largest conveyancing legal practices is warning the property market could “fall off a cliff...

The last 12 months have heralded significant change across the property market and indeed we could argue across all markets in...

One in six properties sold for over the original asking price last month, higher than the proportion in February and another sign...

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

The Chancellor’s recent announcement that the stamp duty holiday would be extended for another three months was undoubtedly great news for...

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

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

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

Being a letting agent today means keeping up to date with the long list of rules and regulations governing how a...

Knowing adjudication terms and phrases can make all the difference in a deposit dispute. The DPS has been helping landlords and letting...

The rise and rise of portal listings and changing consumer habits during the pandemic may mean the death of the High...

There’s now more choice in the mortgage market than at any time since last March, before the pandemic reached a peak. The...

This time out, I’m in conversation with one of the big three established portals. Since it was founded in 2007, Zoopla...