A lack of new investment rather than landlords selling-up is causing rental market supply issues, research suggests. The latest Hamptons Lettings Index...
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![Building sites and battlegrounds - will Labour’s 1.5m new homes plan collapse?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Developments/ConstructionWorkers-400x310.png)
The new Government’s plan to ‘Get Britain Building’ is ambitious, to say the least. And it is central to their mission, not...
20 July 2024
From: Features
![Agents urged to prepare for post-election spike in calls](/upload/images/shutterstock_2120269652.jpg)
Agents are being urged to prepare for a surge in enquiries following the General Election this week Many agents have reported that...
04 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Selling Homes Like Selling Broadband, says Purplebricks figure](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/HomeInternet-400x310.png)
A new senior figure in Purplebricks claims the agency has much in common with selling broadband. Nick Gunga is the new chief...
14 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove: Home movers undeterred by General Election](/upload/images/shutterstock_1556904062.jpg)
The majority of buyers planning to move home say the election will not affect their plans, research suggests. A survey by Rightmove...
29 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Industry Views - Do Online Estate Agencies Exist Any More?](/upload/images/1%20--%20Proofed%20--%20Industry%20View%20Do%20online%20estate%20agencies%20exist%20any%20more%20IV.png)
Is there such a thing as an online estate agency any more? A decade ago, about the time I started editing Estate...
18 May 2024
From: Features
![Stamp Duty causes Sales Slump for investors in southern England](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/StampDuty-Image--400x310.png)
The proportion of buy to let properties purchased in Southern England fell to a record low last year, continuing a trend...
30 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Hamptons veteran joins Strutt & Parker](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Compliance-2-400x310.png)
Strutt & Parker has appointed Kraig Butler as director and head of residential saes in the consultancy’s Gerrards Cross office. It comes...
09 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Savills strengthens Hertfordshire sales team](/upload/images/shutterstock_730437616.jpg)
Savills has strengthened its residential sales team in Hertfordshire with the appointment of a new director to lead its Rickmansworth office. Steven...
08 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Safe in their knowledge... PayProp celebrates its 20th anniversary](/upload/images/2%20--%20Proofed%20--%20PayProp%2020th%20anniversary%20feature%20-%20safe%20in%20their%20knowledge%20FD.jpg)
To commemorate PayProp’s 20th year in business, Estate Agent Today’s Lee Dahill took a walk down memory lane with Neil Cobbold,...
23 March 2024
From: Features
![Downsizing incentives needed as homeowners stay put for longer - research](/upload/images/shutterstock_1225486768.jpg)
Homeowners, particularly those in larger homes are staying put for longer, research shows. Analysis of Land Registry data between 2019 and 2022...
20 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Viewber marks 500,000th appointment](/upload/images/shutterstock_2100071413(2).jpg)
Outsourced property viewings and inspections provider Viewber is celebrating completing more than half a million appointments. Launched at the end of 2016...
29 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove: Asking prices rise but sellers are waiting 16 days longer to find a buyer](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BTR%20and%20affordable%20housing%20-%20By%20Andy%20Jones%20Property%20Investor%20Today%20BuildToRent-400x310.png)
Average asking prices have grown on an annual basis for the first time in six months but properties are taking longer...
19 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agent Tim's top tips for going it alone](/upload/images/1%20shutterstock_431846332.jpg)
Five years ago, Lettings expert, Tim Lawler, wrote an article for Estate Agent Today charting his early experiences of setting up...
03 February 2024
From: Features
![Gascoigne Halman founder marks 50-year milestone](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Acquisition-400x310.png)
Gascoigne Halman founder John Halman is marking 50 years in estate agency. Halman entered estate agency in 1973 and, demonstrating a natural...
02 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Reapit hires industry veteran to manage home market](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessChain-400x310.png)
Reapit has appointed Steve Richmond as general manager in charge of operations in its home market of the UK and Ireland. He...
07 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![New build demand hits record low](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/NewBuild-3-400x310.png)
Buyer demand for homes in England has hit its lowest recorded levels since 2015, according to the latest House Builders’ Survey...
29 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shareholders call for Foxtons to be sold](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Foxtons shareholders are reportedly putting the board under pressure to put the agency brand up for sale Two shareholders who own a...
20 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Buyers returning to London but market ‘remains fragile’](/upload/images/LondonPropertySector-400x310.png)
Demand for residential property remains fragile despite a pause in interest rate rises, Knight Frank claims. While the number of new prospective...
10 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - aspirational autumn](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Special%20Logo's/AgentsDoCharity.png)
Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...
29 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today - Evolution: Data and personalisation drive the market](/upload/images/PropTech%20.jpg)
Clive Humby of Dunn Humby (the Mega Minds behind the Tesco Clubcard) declared that "Data is the new oil" in 2006....
27 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![City Living veteran agent returns to property world](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Will%20the%20post%20Christmas%20boom%20materialise%20this%20year%20CoupleMakingOffer-400x310.png)
A pioneer of the so-called City Living movement, trying to create more residential units in city centres, is returning to the...
26 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Have mortgage rates peaked?](/upload/images/__thumbs/2%20Have%20Mortgage%20Rates%20Peaked%20by%20Sarah%20Thompson.jpg/2%20Have%20Mortgage%20Rates%20Peaked%20by%20Sarah%20Thompson__400x267.jpg)
Since the Bank of England base rate started making large jumps around the middle of last year, mortgage rates have increased...
23 September 2023
From: Features
![Agents Do Charity - supportive September](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Special%20Logo's/AgentsDoCharity.png)
Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...
22 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Government ‘capitulation to NIMBYS’ pushing property supply to record lows - warning](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BTR%20and%20affordable%20housing%20-%20By%20Andy%20Jones%20Property%20Investor%20Today%20BuildToRent-400x310.png)
The net housing supply in England could be set to fall to decade lows, builders have warned. New analysis by the Home...
11 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage rates drive buyers away from London property](/upload/images/shutterstock_696510469.jpg)
Higher mortgage rates have replaced the 'race for space' as the primary reason for buying outside of London this year, research...
07 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - fundraising in the rain](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Special%20Logo's/AgentsDoCharity.png)
Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...
04 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks set for stock market exit](/upload/images/Stockmarket.jpg)
Purplebricks ended its life on the stock market with a share price of 0.30p. It comes as the controversial online brand officially...
16 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Letting agents can keep growing in a challenging market](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/PayProp/640x460px_Growth%20in%20tough%20times.jpg)
It’s no secret – 2023 is a difficult year for the property industry. While rising rents should lead to increased income...
07 June 2023
From: Sponsored Content
![Off-plan sales hit decade-low](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HouseMarketConfusion-400x310.png)
The proportion of new homes sold off-plan across England & Wales has slipped to the lowest level since 2013, new data...
22 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Help to Buy: Equity Loan ending - what help is available?](/upload/images/Help%20to%20buy%20equity%20loan.jpg)
For just over a decade, the Government has operated ‘Help to Buy’ schemes in England. The first of these, ‘NewBuy’, which...
15 April 2023
From: Features
![Conveyancers ‘failing buyers on sewage tank rules’ - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HouseInspection_400x310.png)
Lawyers are warning of a growing number of incidents of septic tank conveyancing negligence, which could prove costly for homebuyers. House buyers...
03 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage lending drop could force sellers to drop prices - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House-pounds_400x310.png)
Sellers resistant to cutting asking prices may soon be left with little choice if the mortgage market remains depressed, a broker...
15 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![International buyers returning to prime markets but remain below pre-Covid levels](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Flags%20%26%20Locations/London1-400x310.png)
International buyers appear to slowly be returning to the prime central London (PCL) market, according to Hamptons data. Figures released by the...
07 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Condensation mould – a black mark for property](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/Sava/360x280%20heading%20image%20-%20black%20mould.png)
Black mould associated with condensation is becoming an increasing problem for homes in the UK and following the tragic death of...
24 February 2023
From: Sponsored Content
![Lettings in the spotlight as current and future regulations hit the headlines](/upload/images/Site%20logos/payprop-image.jpg)
We’re only in February and it’s already clear that this year will set the future direction of the private rented sector...
15 February 2023
From: Features
![Downsizing on the rise amid cost of living crisis](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/StressedTenant-2-400x310.png)
Record energy bills and the cost-of-living crisis has prompted a surge in downsizing activity over the past 12 months, new research...
03 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![GetAgent: House price slump may only last two months](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_pound-400x310.png)
Almost 155,000 home sellers could be impacted by a drop in house prices but it may only last for a couple...
31 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Our Oldest House Price Index - happy birthday Halifax](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_pound-400x310.png)
Readers of a certain age may remember 1983. The Space Shuttle Challenger made its first flight, Neil Kinnock was elected Labour leader,...
14 January 2023
From: Features
![Agents urged to ‘trim the fat’ but keep marketing in the New Year](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
Hatched founder Adam Day has drawn on his experiences of running the online agent during the 2008 financial crisis to advise...
30 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Fewer buyers leaving London but levels remain above pre-pandemic period](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Flags%20%26%20Locations/London2-400x310.png)
Fewer buyers are leaving London to purchase property elsewhere, research suggests. Analysis by Hamptons has found that the share of Londoners purchasing...
28 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Help to Buy Isa usage hits record low](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePriceDrop-400x310.png)
The number of homebuyers putting a Help to Buy Isa towards their property purchase looks set to hit a five-year low. The...
11 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Scottish property taxes may deter buyers as market slows - warning](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Flags%20%26%20Locations/Scotland-400x310.png)
Scotland may face “serious labour shortages” due to its relatively high property buying taxes compared with in England, a leading agent...
21 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Four compliance findings from the English Private Landlords Survey](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Compliance-Image-400x310.png)
Are landlords following the law? To answer this question, the Government grouped answers from its English Private Landlords Survey 2022 according...
15 October 2022
From: Features
![Regional agent rebrands as it plans national expansion](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/rebrand_400x310.png)
Regional estate agency Bradley Hall has undergone a rebrand as it looks to expand its presence beyond the North East and...
10 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![OnTheMarket boss: ‘We aren’t looking to overtake Rightmove (yet)’](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/business-competition400x310.png)
OnTheMarket (OTM) is not currently aiming to overtake Rightmove or Zoopla but has succeeded in reducing listing fees for agents across...
30 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - down to earth fundraising](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AgentsDoCharity-NewLogo2-400x310.jpg)
From sky dives to golf days, here is how agents have been raising money for charity this week. If there are charitable...
02 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![July 'busiest month of 2022 for sales amid rush to beat rate rises’](/upload/images/library/PropertyTransactionsConcept-400x310.jpg)
July was the most active month for home sales so far this year but agents acknowledge that a slowdown is coming. The...
24 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Buyers in Scotland ‘unfairly paying’ higher property taxes](/upload/images/Locations/ScotlandFlag400x310.png)
Fewer than 20% of Scots homeowners paid more than 83% of all house purchase tax north of the border, according to...
22 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Uncertainty remains over housing’s importance to new PM, says expert](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Parliament-Summer-400x310.jpg)
A property expert has claimed that it remains to be seen where housing will feature in the upcoming political agenda. Nicky Stevenson,...
12 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Debate - should the property industry trial a four-day week?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HappyMillennialTeam-400x310.jpg)
Earlier this year, we ran a story asking whether agency would ever embrace a four-day week. This came ahead of the...
10 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks, Liz Truss and George Orwell - double-think about it](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/LizTruss01-400x310.png)
Double-think, for those who have not read George Orwell, is when people are expected to accept two conflicting beliefs as truth,...
06 August 2022
From: Features
![Revenue growth per agent hits record levels for Rightmove](/upload/images/Logos/RightmoveNewLogo2016-400x310.jpg)
Rightmove’s average revenue per agent has reached record levels as firms continue to spend more on the portal’s services. The property website...
29 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks shares hit new low as activist investor increases stake](/upload/images/Logos/PurplebricksLogo2020-400x310.jpg)
Purplebricks’ share price hit a record low during trading yesterday after an activist investor upped its stake and called for the...
12 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency groups hope to 'maintain momentum' with new Housing Secretary](/upload/images/Logos/NAEA-PropertyMark-400x310.jpg)
Estate agency trade body Propertymark is hoping to “maintain momentum” with newly appointed Housing Secretary Greg Clark. He replaces Michael Gove, who...
08 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Greg Clark appointed as new Housing Secretary](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/GregClark-400x310.png)
Greg Clark has been named as the new Housing Secretary. Clark will replace Michael Gove who was sacked by Prime Minister Boris...
07 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Industry veteran warns technology has made some agents lazy](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/Smartphone-Technology-400x310.jpg)
Former Countrywide boss Bob Scarff has warned that estate agents have become too reliant on alerts, emails and text messages for...
07 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark rebrands charitable arm](/upload/images/Today%20Site%20Images/ThePropertymarkTrust-400x310.png)
Propertymark has rebranded its charitable arm. Its members charity Arbon Trust unveiled a new identity and vision at the trade body’s national...
07 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Expert Analysis: How safe are homes 5 years after the Grenfell Tower tragedy?](/upload/images/Locations/Grenfell%20Tower%20memoria_NORTH%20KENSINGTON_400x310.png)
It’s the fifth anniversary of the Grenfell fire tragedy, but are high rises any safer today than they were then? On 14th...
18 June 2022
From: Features
![‘Stars aligning’ for supply and demand in prime London markets](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/LondonHomes-400x310.png)
New data suggests the prime London market has a new lease of life as buyers and sellers look to beat the...
14 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Booming sales market creates busiest ever financial year for conveyancers](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UK-Boards-Row-400x310.jpg)
Conveyancers have had their busiest year on record, industry data shows. Search Acumen’s latest Conveyancing Market for the first quarter of 2022...
10 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Secret sellers! Off-market sales soar due to stock shortage](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertySold-400x310.jpg)
Record numbers of homes are being sold off-market and for a premium due to the property supply shortage. Off-market sales are traditionally...
06 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Challenger portal adds banking heavyweights to its board](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/Business-Handshake-Transaction-400x310.jpg)
A former chairman of challenger bank Monzo has joined OneDome’s board. Tim Brooke Thom has been appointed as non-executive director of the challenger...
25 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – will the challenger banks ever become major lenders?](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
Many people in recent years will have become familiar with challenger banks such as Monzo, Starling and Atom. Many will have...
14 May 2022
From: Features
![Extending Right to Buy won’t fix the housing shortage](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/BorisJohnson-4-400x310.jpg)
Prime Minister Boris Johnson recently announced that he is considering extending Margaret Thatcher’s Right-to-Buy scheme, that gives council tenants the chance to...
14 May 2022
From: Features
![Right To Buy - what on earth is government playing at?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Mortgage-House-Keys-400x310.jpg)
What a difference two months and some local elections make. Cast your minds back to March 9 and the annual report of...
07 May 2022
From: Features
![Prime London price growth hits seven-year high](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PCL-coloured-homes-400x310.jpg)
Buyer demand has rebounded in prime areas of the capital and there is also talk of a return to competitive bidding. The...
06 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency heavyweight joins property investment PropTech platform](/upload/images/Grenville%20Turner.jpg)
One of the biggest names in agency has been appointed as chairperson of the board at BidX1, one of Europe’s leading...
21 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks finally confirms appointment of new CEO](/upload/images/Logos/Purplebricks-2019Logo-400x310.jpg)
Following a series of unexplained delays, Helena Marston has now finally been confirmed as the new chief executive of beleaguered agency...
20 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks' 'Mr Motivator' joins Boomin in senior role](/upload/images/Logos/Boomin-Logo-400x310.jpg)
A former UK national sales director at Purplebricks has been reunited with the online agent’s founder Michael Bruce at Boomin. Paul Vickerstaff,...
05 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![High profile self-employed agency snapped up by Belvoir](/upload/images/Logos/BelvoirNEWESTLogo400x310.jpg)
Franchise giant Belvoir has snapped up one of the earliest British estate agencies to adopt the model of using self-employed or...
11 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Will The Lights Go On Again In Central London?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/london-property400x310.png)
Almost exactly a decade ago I wrote a blog on the back of a spate on mainstream news stories about prime...
05 March 2022
From: Features
![Agents Do Charity - for so many heart-breaking, heart-warming causes](/upload/images/library/AgentsDoCharity-1-18-400x310.png)
These are undeniably darker days as news comes through of a humanitarian crisis in Ukraine - we have the first agency...
04 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Affordability is the issue of the rent control argument](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/CoinsHouses-2019-400x310.jpg)
The hot topic of rent controls has remerged in recent weeks, with passionate voices on both sides of the argument speaking...
02 March 2022
From: Features
![Agents Do Charity - light to get through the darkest days](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AgentsDoCharity-1-18-400x310.png)
No matter how dark the news, there’s light in our industry thanks to so many agents and suppliers doing good deeds....
25 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![A Lesson for Agents from the Ukraine Crisis](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/ParliamentView-400x310.jpg)
If the UK and its allies have been played by Russia over the Ukraine ‘invasion’, and it’s beginning to look that...
19 February 2022
From: Features
![New branch office will “redefine estate agency experience”](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Interiors/53.jpg)
A company that sold a record 465 homes in 2021 has invested in a new office which it claims will “redefine...
18 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Do interest rates matter? Number of mortgaged homes falls](/upload/images/library/MortgageDepositImage-400x310.jpg)
Only 6.8m homes in England now have mortgages, just 28 per cent of the overall market and about two per cent...
18 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Will Purplebricks quit stock market or 'do a Countrywide'?](/upload/images/library/Purplebricks-2019Logo-400x310.jpg)
Seven years after it launched on the London Stock Market, speculation continues that Purplebricks may be about to de-list and return...
15 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks - It's My Property and I Will Sell It To Who I Want](/upload/images/Logos/Purplebricks-2019Logo-400x310.jpg)
Was Purplebricks right to delist a property from its website when it discovered the vendors - a Christian couple - were opposed...
28 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Insider gets senior Propertymark policy position](/upload/images/Logos/NAEA-ARLA-Propertymark-400x310.jpg)
Propertymark has appointed an insider to the key role of policy adviser - effectively the position vacated last month by industry...
21 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rummage4 tech acquired by property marketing platform](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/PropTech-Toolshed-400x310.jpg)
PropTech firm CoreLogic UK has acquired the property search and marketing platform Rummage4. Rummage4 was founded in 2015 by agent Robert May...
21 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Online auction specialist joins senior Propertymark committee](/upload/images/Logos/NAVAPropertymark-Logo-400x310.jpg)
An online auction company executive has been appointed to the National Association of Valuers and Auctioneers committee for Propertymark. Stuart Collar-Brown, co-founder...
18 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency says it wants more women to take over branches](/upload/images/Logos/Winkworth-logo400x310.png)
A franchise for two agency offices in west London has been acquired by property professionals Faith Cook and Georgia Everton-Wallach –...
17 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Vendors’ profits soar - but not in London or if they sold a flat](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket2020-400x310.jpg)
Strong house price growth since the pandemic began has boosted seller gains with the typical vendor who bought two decades ago...
11 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Bounce-back - why rental demand is swinging back into city centres](/upload/images/Locations/Central-London400x310.png)
Just as city centre traffic is reminiscent of life before the pandemic, the rental market in central zones of UK’s largest...
20 November 2021
From: Features
![Lettings Agents and the Green Agenda - why it pays to go eco](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/GreenEnvironment-400x310.png)
In this article, the team at The Lettings Hub - which aims to offer tech-driven solutions for the rental market - outline...
06 November 2021
From: Features
![Success for online valuation tool for five years in a row](/upload/images/library/vapal-network-logo.png)
The ValPal Network has won the ESTAS’ Supplier Awards – Best in Sector: Online Valuation Tool prize for the fifth year...
27 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Interest Rate Rise coming - could it actually be good for house sales?](/upload/images/Logos/RightmoveNewLogo2016-400x310.jpg)
Rightmove is warning that it’s “highly likely” interest rates will rise in the near future. The portal believes this now seems inevitable...
18 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Lucky For Vendors: 13 buyers for every home on sale, says agency](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyPeople-400x310.jpg)
There were 13 new buyers for every property listed for sale in the UK in September according to Knight Frank. Over the...
11 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - the deadline for marketing a home and ‘being in for Christmas’](/upload/images/Today%20Site%20Images/Xmas%2C%20Easter%2C%20Halloween/ChristmasCalendar400x310.jpg)
We’re not sure if agents will agree with this but a high profile consumer group has come up with the final...
01 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - good causes galore, thanks to our industry’s efforts](/upload/images/library/AgentsDoCharity-18-400x310.png)
The Karma Club: An industry partner has celebrated its second birthday by reaching a landmark of more than £15,000 donated to...
03 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![London still in trouble as transactions tumble once again](/upload/images/library/Central-London400x310.png)
Transaction volumes in prime London fell in July according to data from LonRes. Transactions were down 22 per cent compared with July...
10 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Each property on sale has 19 potential buyers, claims agency body](/img/default/eat.png)
“There is an average of 19 buyers for every available property on the market” according to Propertymark’s latest market snapshot for...
27 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Record for high end agency as offices enjoy best months ever](/img/default/eat.png)
Knight Frank’s network of residential sales offices in London had a record month in June as the end of the main...
23 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty holiday helps improve prime central London market](/img/default/eat.png)
Property consultancy LonRes says June was a record-breaking month for property sales in the capital, with exchanges up 140 per cent...
20 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![The post-Covid outlook: what next for the lettings market?](/img/default/eat.png)
Our long-awaited ‘Freedom Day’ approaches. From Monday all of the restrictions, introduced since the Covid-19 pandemic made an impact across the...
17 July 2021
From: Features
![Property Jobs Today - this summer’s movers and shakers…](/img/default/eat.png)
It may be the height of summer but the industry is still super-busy and new appointments continue to come thick and...
05 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Record business reported by major estate agencies](/img/default/eat.png)
Several estate agencies have reported record months of business thanks to the rush of transactions ahead of the main stamp duty...