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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![Property Natter - Why are we waiting? Delays are suffocating…](/upload/images/1%20--%20Proofed%20--%20Mistakes%20milkshakes%20and%20military%20memories%20-%20Natter.jpg)
It’s so good to see housing at the top of the government’s agenda for change. Finally! The housing crisis has been met...
20 July 2024
From: Features
![Lawyers and lack of material information blamed for property exchange delays](/upload/images/3%20shutterstock_1487630333.jpg)
Extra paperwork, poorly-resourced solicitors and a lack of upfront material information have all been cited as factors contributing to delays in...
12 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Off-plan property purchases hit decade-low - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePriceChange.png)
The share of new-build homes sold before they’re complete has dropped to a decade-low, research suggests. Hamptons’ annual off-plan sales index has...
28 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![There is a future in buy-to-let](/upload/images/3%20--%20Proofed%20--%20There%20is%20a%20future%20in%20buy%20to%20let%20-%20weekend%20feature%20By%20Emma%20Cox%2C%20MD%20of%20Real%20Estate%20at%20Shawbrook.jpg)
High interest rates, slow price growth and more stringent tax rules have eroded Buy-to-Let’s (BTL) charm for a number of landlords,...
18 May 2024
From: Features
![Hamptons: Price reductions decline as sales 'bounce back'](/upload/images/shutterstock_1858158745.jpg)
Price reductions fell to an 18-month low in April as transactions recover faster than prices, new industry data reveals. Figures from Hamptons,...
10 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour - The Housing Policies Coming Our Way Soon](/upload/images/2%20--%20Proofed%20--%20EAT%20-%20IndustryViews.png)
You don’t have to be a mind-reader to believe there will be a large majority Labour government by the end of...
04 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
![At last! Property sales data shows recovery from Brexit](/upload/images/shutterstock_1074715964.jpg)
It’s taken eight years but one of London’s highest profile estate agencies says the value of its Under Offer pipeline has...
19 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter - Business as usual with the new normal....if the price is right](/upload/images/Property%20Natter.jpg)
I was chatting to a genuine city gent the other day (someone who has enjoyed a career in suits, ties, shares...
02 March 2024
From: Features
![For long-term growth, join the culture club](/upload/images/2%20proorfed%20-%20For%20long-term%20growth%2C%20join%20the%20culture%20club%20Agent%20%26%20Homes%20by%20EAT%20writer.jpg)
“I like finance. I find it intellectually interesting – there’s lots of numbers and that’s great.” That sentence coming out of the...
02 March 2024
From: Features
![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
![Estate agency services provider recruits ‘ingenious’ director](/upload/images/shutterstock_178692677.jpg)
Estate agency services provider Agent and Homes has appointed a professional investor and former asset manager as a non-executive director. Guy Bowles...
15 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![UK housing stock value dips for first time since 2012](/upload/images/shutterstock_227143492.jpg)
The total value of all homes across the UK has dropped for the first time since 2012. Research by Savills shows the...
14 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![What's Happening With OnTheMarket and Zoopla? (Again)](/upload/images/1%20Proofed%20--%20EAT%20-%20IndustryViewsv2%20-%20February%207.png)
Back in 2013 the posh head of PR of a posh estate agency took me to a London restaurant (yes, posh)...
10 February 2024
From: Features
![Yopa restructures as Grenville Turner departs](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessTeam-400x310.png)
Yopa has detailed a restructure of its business after chairman Grenville Turner mysteriously stepped down as a director. Companies House documents last...
08 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![What do the super-rich look for in a new home?](/upload/images/__thumbs/2%20--%20Proofed%20--%20What%20do%20the%20super-rich%20look%20for%20in%20a%20new%20home%20by%20Jason%20Corbett.jpg/2%20--%20Proofed%20--%20What%20do%20the%20super-rich%20look%20for%20in%20a%20new%20home%20by%20Jason%20Corbett__400x226.jpg)
Swimming pools, both indoor and outdoor, his and her bathrooms, accommodation for staff, and endless tech-powered gadgets are just some of...
25 November 2023
From: Features
![The Increasing Value of Natural Public Spaces in Urban Design](/upload/images/__thumbs/4%20shutterstock_2322971599.jpg/4%20shutterstock_2322971599__400x208.jpg)
Over a hundred years before the climate emergency became a global concern, it was recognised that, ‘He who plants a tree,...
28 October 2023
From: Features
![Wrong To Buy - our worst ever housing policy](/upload/images/__thumbs/1%20Proofed%20----%20%20EAT%20-%20IndustryViews%20(003)%20-%20October%202023%20by%20Graham%20Norwood.jpg/1%20Proofed%20----%20%20EAT%20-%20IndustryViews%20(003)%20-%20October%202023%20by%20Graham%20Norwood__400x267.jpg)
What a waste. Islington council announced in recent days that it will buy back 310 ex-council houses this winter, to add to...
21 October 2023
From: Features
![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
![Hamptons: Some sellers still ‘holding out for last year’s prices](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House-pounds_400x310.png)
Agents are securing sales closer to asking price but properties are taking longer to sell, new data suggests. Analysis by Hamptons, using...
05 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Haus Properties founder aims to revive agency business](/upload/images/1%20AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
Jamie Lester is set to revive the HAUS Properties brand that he previously founded and quit. Lester, a former contestant on The...
04 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![SmartSearch launches innovative new solution to help estate agents and conveyancers detect dirty money](/upload/images/3%20Source%20of%20Funds%20Article%20by%20SmartSearch(1).jpg)
Leading digital compliance firm SmartSearch has launched an innovative new solution to help professionals working within the UK property sector to...
30 September 2023
From: Features
![Are 'doorstep communities' the answer to better urban living?](/upload/images/__thumbs/4%20EAT%20weekend%20feature%20Are%20doorstep%20communities%20the%20answer%20to%20better%20urban%20living%20by%20John%20Mason.jpg/4%20EAT%20weekend%20feature%20Are%20doorstep%20communities%20the%20answer%20to%20better%20urban%20living%20by%20John%20Mason__400x315.jpg)
Twenty-minute neighbourhoods, 15-minute cities, low traffic neighbourhoods, walkable neighbourhoods: these concepts are suddenly everywhere. They boil down to a simple idea:...
16 September 2023
From: Features
![Could stricter regulation mean higher fees? A marketer explains….](/upload/images/__thumbs/2%20weekend%20features%20-%20could%20stricter%20regulations%20mean%20higher%20fees%20by%20Simon%20Leadbetter.jpg/2%20weekend%20features%20-%20could%20stricter%20regulations%20mean%20higher%20fees%20by%20Simon%20Leadbetter__399x266.jpg)
I'll start with a confession. I am not an estate agent - I'm a marketer. But since I joined the industry...
09 September 2023
From: Features
![Marketing expert: House of agency brands strategy is ‘inefficient’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BTR%20and%20affordable%20housing%20-%20By%20Andy%20Jones%20Property%20Investor%20Today%20BuildToRent-400x310.png)
An industry marketing expert has questioned the strategies of ‘house of brand’ agencies. Writing exclusively for Estate Agent Today, Simon Leadbetter, former...
01 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![‘Bank of Family’ to fund record number of property purchases claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
Record numbers of homebuyers are set to get on the property ladder with the help of the “Bank of Family” this...
30 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Quitting landlords have missed top of the sales market says agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
Hamptons is warning landlords disillusioned with buy to let that they may have missed the top of the sales market -...
14 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Michael Gove has finally done something sensible](/upload/images/1%20EAT%20-%20IndustryViews.png)
It’s not a sentence that I thought I would be writing, but Housing Secretary Michael Gove has indeed finally done something...
15 July 2023
From: Features
![Major northern auction houses to combine lots](/upload/images/shutterstock_1657604122.jpg)
Two of the north’s largest property auction houses, North-West based Pugh and South Yorkshire based Mark Jenkinson, are combining their online property auction listings from...
12 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![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
![Agency sector struggling to close gender pay gap](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents2-400x310.png)
The gender pay gap in estate agency has grown, new research suggests. Analysis of industry data from the Office for National Statistics...
11 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Revealed! The homes still on the market since 2009](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/ApartmentSearch-400x310.png)
Agents in some parts of the UK are still struggling to sell properties that they first listed more than a decade...
22 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Homebuyers £500 better off each year than renters - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/NewHomeowners1-400x310.png)
Homeowners are now almost £500 better off annually than renters, new research suggests. Analysis by Halifax shows the monthly cost of owning...
15 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - the movers, shakers and people in the news](/upload/images/PtopertyJobs%20Today.png)
It has been a busy start to the year for job moves. If you want your jobs or appointments news to feature...
31 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency executive marks 20 years with historic brand](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalHousingUK-400x310.png)
Mary Beeton, head of residential sales and residential development at Hamptons is celebrating her twentieth year at Hamptons. She is part of the...
24 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Sellers urged to ‘be realistic’ amid New Year buyer demand bounce - Rightmove](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property-forecast_400x310.png)
Agents have seen a bigger than usual New Year bounce in buyer demand, Rightmove claims. The number of prospective buyers contacting agents...
16 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents urged to play greater role in housebuilding demand](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent1-400x310.png)
Agents should use their market position to advise town halls about local housing needs, a senior MP has suggested. Labour and Co-op...
08 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Government set to miss affordable housing targets - warning](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/NewBuild-2-400x310.png)
The Government has been urged to revise its plans for affordable housing as MPs warn it is set to fall short...
07 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![World Cup Agent Match Report: Three Lions roar as Welsh dragon is slain](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/World%20Cup%20Agent%20Match%20Report-400x310.png)
England beat Wales at the World Cup in Qatar this week, confirming the team’s progression to the next round while their...
01 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Connells agency director reveals retirement plans](/upload/images/Logos/ConnellsGroupWhiteLogo-400x310.jpg)
Connells Group estate agency operations director Simon Arnes is set to step down next year after marking 50 years with the...
01 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Online Estate Agents - the new dinosaurs of house selling](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/WiFiMobile-400x310.png)
I’ve just read an article saying that this is the time of the online estate agency. The time in question is, of...
26 November 2022
From: Features
![Avoiding the threat of fines: what’s often missed in the AML process](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_AML%20_400x310.png)
HMRC has fined estate agents over £500,000 for anti-money laundering (AML) breaches in the past two months. Yet despite property managers...
26 November 2022
From: Features
![Property Natter – is this the end for fixed-fee online estate agency?](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
Aside from all the news surrounding the Autumn Statement this week, which will have a significant bearing on the property market...
19 November 2022
From: Features
![Lib Dems propose £300 monthly grants for struggling homeowners](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Ed%20Davey03_400x310.png)
The Government is being urged to create a mortgage protection fund to support homeowners who are struggling with repayments. It comes as...
08 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Housing Under Rishi - don’t expect much (but be grateful for that)](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Rishi%20Sunak%2003_400x310.png)
And…breathe. For a while back there, the only certainty for the housing market was uncertainty. That isn’t to say the election of Rishi...
29 October 2022
From: Features
![September slump? Property sales fell by a third in September - HMRC](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HouseMarketConfusion-400x310.png)
UK property sales fell by around a third last month and were flat on a monthly basis, new figures show. HMRC’s latest...
24 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Going digital is the answer to sector compliancy woes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/martin400x310.jpg)
If recent headlines are anything to go by, estate agents and the wider property industry are not just feeling the heavy...
15 October 2022
From: Features
![PropTech Today - why PropTech can be a blueprint for the new PM](/upload/images/Site%20logos/ProptechToday-1-400x310.png)
The results are finally in, and to no-one’s surprise Liz Truss has been named the new leader of the Conservative Party...
07 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Video interview - how to be a Mum and run a 200-branch estate agency](/upload/images/library/FemaleInvestor4-400x310-min.jpeg)
Estate Agent Today's good friend Christopher Watkin recently carried out a video interview with Glynis Frew, the well-known former managing director...
20 August 2022
From: Features
![Foxtons became too flabby, interim boss claims](/upload/images/Logos/FoxtonsBoards-400x310.jpg)
Foxtons had become ‘flabby’ and lost its sense of business, its interim chief executive Peter Rollings claims. Speaking on The Guild of...
18 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Down by half! Properties advertised for sale in Scotland falls dramatically](/upload/images/Locations/ScotlandFlag400x310.png)
A leading firm has claimed that the number of properties advertised for sale in Scotland has almost halved over the last...
15 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: a day in the life of a Conveyancer](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
In a welcome return to a favourite series of mine - and a timely one at that, given the current back...
13 August 2022
From: Features
![What could a digitally enabled future look like for estate agents?](/upload/images/library/PropTech-Agent-Hands-400x310.jpg)
For years now estate agents have been on a journey from digital infancy to digital maturity. But what does the future...
03 August 2022
From: Features
![Building society ‘overstepping the mark’ by not lending to second home owners](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket-1-400x310.jpg)
Late last week, Leeds Building Society announced that it would no longer lend on second homes to concentrate on first-time buyers...
02 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![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
![Messy gardens & dangerous décor: 10 ways first-time buyers can be fined up to £5,000](/upload/images/Developments%20%26%20Projects/Construction%20and%20Maintenance/Messy%20Garden_400x310.png)
As Britain’s housing boom continues, SDL Property Auctions has warned of ten ways new homeowners could be fined up to £5,000...
26 July 2022
From: Legislation & Compliance
![Three regulatory updates agents need to know about in 2022](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MillennialAgents-Meeting-400x310.jpg)
A wide range of upcoming legislative changes will affect the private rented sector. From new carbon monoxide alarm regulations to renters...
16 July 2022
From: Features
![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
![Revealed - top five social media tips for estate agents](/upload/images/Today%20Site%20Images/AngelsMediaSocials-400x310.png)
A client called asking for advice on their social media marketing strategy. They’d thrown a lot of budget at it, but...
06 July 2022
From: Features
![Insight - should estate agents be using TikTok?](/upload/images/Social%20Media/TikTok_400x310.png)
Images can have the ability to paint a vivid image, but video content can take this to the next level if...
22 June 2022
From: Marketing & Social Media
![Time is running out for legacy customer checks](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/FemaleInvestor4-400x310-min.jpeg)
As another round of property firms is fined, named and shamed for breaching anti-money laundering rules, it feels like the road...
18 June 2022
From: Features
![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
![Why your agency needs a holistic digital transformation strategy](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/PropTech-Agent-Hands-400x310.jpg)
The digital transformation of the property industry is not a new chapter, but an ongoing journey in which the winners are...
18 June 2022
From: Features
![Phil Spencer – why sales-only agencies should get into lettings](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PhilSpencer-MoveIQ-EATLAT-400x310.jpg)
There’s one message that’s come home to me loud and clear from my dealings with agents so far this year -...
10 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![My First Property Sale: 'Vendor was so impressed she became an agent'](/upload/images/Site%20logos/MFPSLogo-400x310.png)
A EweMove franchisee has revealed how her first sale was so successful that it convinced the vendor to become an estate...
06 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: ‘the only way to bring about change is to be proactive’](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
In this latest ‘Women in Property’ edition of the Natter, I check in with Collette Allen, who was recently appointed as...
28 May 2022
From: Features
![Financial services boosts Belvoir's revenue](/upload/images/Logos/BelvoirNEWESTLogo400x310.jpg)
Belvoir has reported that group revenue is up 14% in the first four months of the year, helped mainly by its...
26 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![My First Property Sale: 'There was a race to get the deal done by Christmas'](/upload/images/Site%20logos/MFPSLogo-400x310.png)
Many agents will remember the nerves and jubilation of their first property sale. Estate Agent Today has launched a new video series...
23 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
![Insight - is it Time to Stamp Out SDLT?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/StampDuty1-400x310.jpg)
Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) has long been the bugbear of many property transactions. Even the very wealthy will lose interest...
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
![Record numbers of homes are being purchased chain-free](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HomeInHands-400x310.jpg)
Record numbers of buyers are now purchasing homes chain-free research suggests. Analysis by Hamptons has found that an increase in the share...
25 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![LSL Property Services announces the beginning of share buyback scheme](/upload/images/Logos/LSL-Property-Services400x310.png)
One of estate agency’s biggest groups yesterday announced the start of a share buyback programme for a tranche of up to...
22 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Landlords paying above asking price as sales hit five-year high](/upload/images/library/house-prices-rise400x310.png)
The proportion of homes sold to landlords has hit a five-year high but buyers are paying above asking price due to...
11 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![The biggest problem with PropTech? All the choice it offers!](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/PropTech-Innovation-400x310.jpg)
Technology developed for the estate agency industry has advanced and expanded seismically over the past decade as software vendors develop their...
06 April 2022
From: Features
![Purplebricks’ bonus share pay-out to finance chief](/upload/images/library/Purplebricks-2019Logo-400x310.jpg)
Purplebricks has announced that chief financial officer Stephen Long has been given a shares bonus as part of the company’s performance plan...
30 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Stock shortage fuels big rise in off-plan sales](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket-400x310.jpg)
The extreme shortage of properties for sale has fuelled the first rise in new homes sold off-plan since 2016. In 2021 some...
28 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![The real life horror behind the drama - why we must be on our guard against fraud](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/EvictionNotice-400x310-min.jpeg)
In a new column, solicitor Colum Smith, an expert in combating fraud at Taylor Rose MW Solicitors, explains why those looking...
26 March 2022
From: Features
![London market at its best since Brexit vote says former Foxtons agency](/upload/images/library/London400x310.png)
An estate agency says London’s sales market is now at its busiest since the Brexit referendum in mid-2016. Douglas & Gordon, sold by...
22 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Can Purplebricks thrive with a CEO without agency experience?](/upload/images/library/Purplebricks-TeamGB-Board-400x310.jpg)
The Purplebricks share price remained relatively unchanged yesterday following the shock announcement that chief executive Vic Darvey was quitting the company...
11 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Asking prices show largest monthly jump in over 20 years](/upload/images/library/HouseSold-Price-400x310.jpg)
Rightmove - which issues its annual figures to shareholders later this week - has released a bullish snapshot of the housing...
21 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Asking prices show no sign of Levelling Up](/upload/images/library/HousePricesRiseFall-400x310.jpg)
Average asking prices in Britain have risen by 53 per cent over the past 10 years according to Rightmove. They have risen...
10 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Labour call for foreign-owned properties register](/upload/images/library/Labour-logo400x310.png)
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, wants the government to put a stop to the capital being used for international money...
07 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Leaders Romans Group sold to another private equity firm](/upload/images/Logos/LeadersRomans-2018-400x310.jpg)
Bowmark Capital is selling its Leaders Romans Group, one of the UK’s largest property services groups, to another private equity operator, Platinum...
24 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Let the good times roll – PayProp predicts continued lettings strength in 2022](/upload/images/Seasonal%20%26%20Holidays/2022Begins-400x310.png)
The lettings sector looks set to steam ahead in 2022 after a record-breaking 2021, despite the financial and mobility challenges of...
22 January 2022
From: Features
![Up! Up! Up! Rightmove reports more buyers and more competition](/upload/images/Logos/RightmoveNewLogo2016-400x310.jpg)
Rightmove’s first housing market report of 2022 starts when last year’s ended - on a high. The average price of property coming...
17 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – my predictions for the property market in 2022](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
As this is the first Natter back since the Christmas break, I should like to first wish all our readers a...
15 January 2022
From: Features
![Agency set to celebrate 150th anniversary of trading](/upload/images/Logos/John-D-Wood400x310.png)
John D Wood - the lettings and estate agency now part of the Connells empire - is celebrating its 150th birthday...
12 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
![Controversial football boss links with Bruce Brothers and Boomin](/upload/images/Logos/BoominVoicesPodcast-400x310.jpg)
An England football manager who resigned after a newspaper sting is in a podcast series launched by Boomin and Purplebricks founders Michael and Kenny...
10 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![How my predictions on agency and PropTech from recent years have come true](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HouseSearch-400x310-min.jpg)
The last 18 months have been full of ups and downs, but the property market has coped remarkably well during the...
04 December 2021
From: Features
![Peter Everett, Commercial Director for Yopa](/upload/images/adv-2021/60-second-interview/Yopa/400x310%20Peter%20Everett%20Picture%20for%2060%20Sec%20Interview%20(002).jpg)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I can’t remember the last time I had a business...
03 December 2021
From: 60 Second Interview
![Famous Foxtons veteran rejoins the agency after 16 years](/upload/images/Logos/Foxtons-logo400x310.png)
Foxtons has this morning announced that former managing director Peter Rollings is rejoining the agency 16 years after his departure. Rollings was...
29 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![First Time Buyer Crisis: finding a deposit seems harder than ever](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MillennialTenants-Tablet-400x310.jpg)
High house prices relative to average earnings make raising a deposit a big barrier for first time buyers, a new study...
25 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – catching up with The Singing Estate Agent](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
In this latest Natter piece zoning in on independent agents doing things differently, following on from the one I did with...
20 November 2021
From: Features
![Startling rise in foreign ownership of homes in England and Wales](/upload/images/Locations/WorldMapAsia-400x310.jpg)
Surprise figures released through Freedom of Information requests show that the number of homes in England and Wales with owners registered...