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Speculation is growing about the future of online agency Yopa. This follows a key resignation from Yopa’s board and one expert’s analysis...

Residential property transactions totalled 86,630 in July, representing a monthly drop of 8.5 per cent and an annual fall of 12.4...

We’re fast approaching the last Bank Holiday before Christmas (ugh) so enjoy it - because on Tuesday we’re all going to...

A dramatic slump in the supply of homes being put on sale in London means that parts of the capital now...

A briefing note for MPs prepared from government statistics shows that housing starts and completions have increased from the lows observed...

A media report suggests a mystery ‘predator’ is attempting to acquire Countrywide.  The Daily Mail this morning, quoting unnamed “City sources,” says a...

Brexit is not deterring first time buyers this year according to an analysis by the Yorkshire Building Society. It says that despite...

It’s that time again. Each year I take a look at newspaper readership - not from the angle of journalists, but...

The typical new real estate agency forms when an entrepreneurial high performer quits their job at a leading chain and sets...

The property website Home has identified the four regions of the UK where it says the current market slowdown is at...

Average house prices in the UK increased by a mere 0.9 per cent in the year to June - the lowest...

Prime Central London’s average prices remain 20 per cent below their 2014 peak according to high end estate agency Strutt &...

Some homes in the UK are now worth 44 per cent less than they were a decade ago, claims the estate...

Estate agents have collectively been fiercely criticised for allegedly exaggerating valuations to win instructions, doing a disservice to vendors and not...

Savills says it’s not commenting on whether it will list on Zoopla in the future. Last week Knight Frank - which in...

The number of owners' properties being repossessed jumped 15 per cent year on year in the second quarter of 2019. There were...

Savills, once a safe bet for year-on-year growth, has seen its underlying UK residential profits plunge 44 per cent with economic...

One of the agencies most active in the creation of OnTheMarket is trialling a return to listing on Zoopla after an...

A new house price index that in June predicted big house price rises over the summer has now repeated its claim,...

Speculation surrounding whether Boris Johnson will honour his pledge to reduce stamp duty risks bringing the housing market “to a grinding...

Despite optimistic reports on prime London’s housing performance from some sources in recent weeks, figures from subscription service LonRes paint a...

With Boris Johnson winning the Conservative leadership election and becoming Prime Minister, he has spent his first few days in office...

Former Countrywide employees who take to social media or the mainstream press to criticise the company are betraying those who remained...

Connells Group has repeated its claim, made in recent months in the light of trading figures, that it is now the...

New research has identified those local housing market potentially worst hit by the planned changes to Help To Buy in 2021,...

After months of difficulties and closures for many online and hybrid estate agencies, EweMove claims to have bucked the trend. In a...

When an industry disruptor enters a marketplace the impact on existing operators can be significant. It has been seen most notably...

In a trading statement this morning, Countrywide says it has “a new covenant package with lenders provides the financial flexibility to...

Connells Group has this morning announced a profits dip for the first six months of the year.  Its pre-tax profits were £26.2m...

Keller Williams continues to drive culture, mentality, and process transformation by partnering with DocuSign to enable electronic signatures. It’s another lesson in...

There may be signs that the gloomy housing market which has hit Prime Central London for some years may finally be...

A note sent out by OnTheMarket chief executive Ian Springett has suggested that the way estate agents work may directly lead...

LSL Property Services, parent firm of Your Move and Reeds Rains, says the company’s branch closure programme was a success with profits...

The National Association of Estate Agents says that  both demand and particularly supply have dipped in the past month - but...

The average house price growth across southern cities is running at the lowest level recorded since January 2012, according to Zoopla.  Prices...

Matt Nicholson, Sales Progressor at Edwards & Co in Rhiwbina, Cardiff, explains how adopting sales progression and communication tool, mio, has...

Those who bought and sold the same property in 2018 made an average of £30,150 - but the number who do...

An equity release provider says there is now £382 billion worth of equity available within older homeowners’ properties following recent house...

Rightmove’s half year figures this morning continue to show strong growth in profits and revenue - but there are the first...

Foxtons’ sales slumped another 10 per cent and its total revenue dropped another 3.5 per cent according to figures released this...

Some 115,000 house moves are delayed annually because of funds not being cleared on time or because sellers have not vacated...

Welcome to this week’s ADC…and what a week it’s been. Politics? No, hot air of a different kind - the weather.  Yet...

Estate and letting agents are being urged to check that they are signed up with an approved redress scheme that covers...

The new Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government is the relatively unknown Robert Jenrick -  but his new housing...

Sometimes having prior knowledge of a stressful event can be more stressful than the event itself, just look at Brexit for...

Estate agents are amongst the workers to suffer the worst fall in wages over the past 10 years according to shock...

I feel I am in a fortunate position. I have been central to the PropTech movement for a number of years,...

London and South East England are to see house price falls this year and only “very modest” growth in 2020 -...

An estate agent who ruthlessly used his position as a prominent figure in the community to win the trust of vulnerable...

The number of UK residential mortgages approved with a term of 40-years or more jumped over 20-fold in 2018. London estate agency...

The trade headlines may be dominated by a revolution proposed for how agents are regulated, licensed and trained but one thing...

Improved communication and increased transparency throughout the buying process can manage vendors’ expectations, improve satisfaction scores and create long-term clients. That’s the...

Two of the highest profile independent estate agencies in the north of England have merged following a spectacular acquisition. Linley & Simpson...

Online estate agency Yopa is warning of price falls ahead in London and south east England - although price rises elsewhere...

Conservative Party leadership contender Boris Johnson has expressed an interest in switching the stamp duty burden from buyers to sellers. Until now Johnson’s comments on...

Shareholders at today’s annual general meeting of OnTheMarket will hear the latest conversion figures showing how many agents on free or...

Home, the property platform that often produces downbeat market forecasts, now says there are signs of improvement in London at least.  It...

Auction companies have issued statements boasting of their own performance as old school companies and new entrants vie for market share. Firstly...

The next key date to measure the progress of Countrywide’s controversial Back To Basics programme is at the end of this...

Stories of a slow property market due to an ongoing lack of supply and Brexit woes have been well-documented in recent...

Theresa May arrived in Downing Street some three years ago - but her premiership has not been a smooth ride. As she...

With this summer marking forty years since Margaret Thatcher came to power, her legacy continues to invoke both celebration and consternation...

The new owners of Emoov have confirmed that 70 previous customers have opted to re-list their homes with the firm since it...

The summer market momentum building thanks to warmer weather and reduced Brexit uncertainty took a hit in June, according to new...

The new chief executive of Purplebricks believes hybrid agents could win '20-30% market share' in the UK. Vic Darvey, who replaced Michael...

The Metropolitan Police have confirmed that an excavation that took place yesterday was part of its ongoing investigation into the disappearance...

In the last ten years Google's revenue, largely from pay per click ads (Adwords), has grown by 527% (Source: Statista). In...

Purplebricks has revealed its annual results for the year ending April 30 2019.  The hybrid agency has posted an operating loss of...

Estate Agent Today has been contacted by an individual who says he is one of three former Emoov customers intending to...

Another house price raffle has closed amid rancour, and with cash prizes being awarded instead of the property originally promoted. The latest...

It’s unlikely to bring out the violins but the number of properties sold for £1m or more in Britain rose only...

In the second part of my exploration of startups, I talk to a number of people with lived experience of creating...

Increasing legislation and regulation has arguably been the biggest talking point in the private rented sector (PRS) over the last few...

Hello there - if it’s Friday it’s Agents Do Charity, and as we prepare for a hot weekend for Glastonbury revellers...

Purplebricks has released figures which appear to show it is one of the most successful agencies - or perhaps THE most...

The number of cash buyers in London has recently plummeted by very nearly a fifth - and every other part of...

New figures from the National Association of Estate Agents suggest that supply is at last creeping back up to seasonal norms...

The former chief executive of Purplebricks UK says the agency completes on over 80 per cent of the homes it lists...

An interesting analysis of Rightmove’s performance on the stock market has led to questions about the long-term profitability and viability of...

A high-end estate agency is reporting a dramatic rise in the number of US buyers in London as they have taken...

An analyst on shares website Motley Fool says Purplebricks is not only in surprisingly strong financial health, but is actually outperforming...

The latest asking prices data from Rightmove suggests that the national housing market is being dragged down by poor performance in...

Some 10 per cent of Britons now own a second home, a buy to let or an overseas property according to...

All the most successful startups of recent years – from Airbnb and Uber to Just Eat and Deliveroo – have melded...

It's becoming increasingly difficult to sell a property, especially in those regions undergoing a price correction. That’s the verdict from Home, a...

Figures released from OnTheMarket this morning suggest that its conversion programme for agents shifting from free deals to paid membership is...

The National Audit Office says many users of Help To Buy would have been able to purchase a home anyway, without...

Knight Frank says Brexit-related uncertainty has curbed trading activity across all UK residential markets over the last 12 months - and...

Countrywide is declining to comment on speculation that it is making 36 of its sales progression staff redundant. Estate Agent Today, which...

Zoopla has taken a swipe at OnTheMarket by conducting a poll of sellers’ views about having properties listed exclusively on just...

It’s London Tech Week, everybody! The sprawling city-wide event taking in dozens of conferences, events, workshops, panel debates and so on,...

An analysis of transactions agreed this spring suggests there will be a surge in prices which will ultimately be reflected later...

Average UK house prices rose 0.5 per cent in May according to the latest Halifax house price index as the long...

Emoov and Countrywide: what a pair, observers might say. They present a tale of two failures - although, in the case of...

Theresa May’s ‘hostile environment’ policy that was implemented in 2012 was designed to make staying and residing in the UK as...

It's been another busy 24 hours for publicly-quoted estate agencies. Swiss investment bank UBS has increased its stake in the troubled London...

A portal specialising in prime and super-prime London property has turned perceptions of the capital’s housing market on their head -...

Demand for shared ownership properties will rise by over 15,000 units a year when Help To Buy comes to an end...

FirstHomeCoach, the brainchild of a former HSBC banker, has launched with the aim of providing “every service” a first time buyer...

Properties sold off market by a London agency found buyers more quickly, and for nearer the asking price, than those on the...

A writer for the influential financial publication Money Week says investors should “steer clear” of Foxtons - at least for now. Sarah...

Just 200 conveyancing firms control over 39 per cent of the market in England and Wales, wielding significant power over customers,...

New figures released to Estate Agent Today show that a net total of 284 agents’ offices closed down in 2018. This number -...

The number of sales agreed per branch has increased for the first time this year, rising from an average of seven...

The number of mortgages approved by High Street banks increased 5.4 per cent to 44,000 in April. Data from trade body UK...

The gap between average asking prices and average selling prices has increased in recent months according to Zoopla. Its latest study of...

New data from respected property consultancy LonRes shows that prices in prime central London fell 9.7 per cent in the 12...

Retired homeowners are increasingly using property wealth to clear unsecured debts and mortgages to strengthen their later life finances, a new...

Hello there and we’re at the start of another Bank Holiday weekend - but no rest for you lot, working hard...

As we move closer to the halfway point of 2019, property market conditions for agents and their clients remain challenging. Brexit may...

We’ve reached the final instalment of my market transformation do’s and don’ts.  In previous articles, we’ve looked at: Do encourage, don’t deter;...

The Annual General Meeting of Foxtons shareholders in London has seen a dramatic rebellion against bonuses for senior management. There were 14 resolutions put...

Foxtons has warned shareholders and the City that sales volumes are at a “record low” and that the agency suffered another fall...

With the Tenant Fee Ban obliterating a key income stream, letting agents should be looking at ways they can increase the...

The average time on the market for a property is soaring across the UK thanks to Brexit uncertainty, according to the...

“I’m Russell Quirk, and I’ve failed” - with those words, the former chief executive of Emoov has begun to explain how...

An estate agent in the north east of England has been told he will face prison after admitting two counts of...

A top London estate agency says interest in the capital's residential property from US and Indian buyers has soared over the...

London agency Chestertons is launching a franchise offering which will allow businesses outside of the capital to operate under the Chestertons...

Two PropTech suppliers have this week announced new partnerships and products with the aim of helping estate agents.  Firstly, sales progression and...

The Property Ombudsman (TPO) has released its annual report for 2018, showing a 16% rise in the number of complaints made...

An estate agency has contacted the police after 26 of its boards disappeared since September 2018.  Manor Estate Agents, an all-female agency...

Landmark Information’s online valuation tool SmartVal is being retired by the company, with agents who use it being advised to switch to...

Equity release, seen by many agents as a reason why fewer older homeowners are downsizing these days, has reported more growth...

During our school days, most of us did that task where we imagined and drew the homes of the future, but...

A new and comprehensive analysis of the housing market shows a jaw-dropping collapse in stamp duty revenue going to the Treasury...

Countrywide’s share price woes continued yesterday with another new low being reached in early morning trading. A low of 6.5p at close...

A new analysis suggests that sales of more than four out of five homes in the UK are taking at least...

In recent weeks our campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold has continued to gather momentum both in the press and across...

There’s a silver lining to another set of stodgy housing market figures - at least one sector, for those buying their...

With the UK population spending longer in rental accommodation, due to the upfront expense of buying a home, their time and...

Data produced by the government showed that some 211,000 homes have been bought using the Help to Buy: Equity Loan. The scheme...

Countrywide has this morning revealed that group income is down yet again - it blames continuing Brexit-related problems. It says: “The ongoing...

There may be rain outside but the housing market is now officially in a drought according to the National Association of...

Mark Witherspoon, well known in the agency industry as the former data services director of Zoopla, has joined the TwentyCi company.  TwentyCi...

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

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

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

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

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....

Q: What does it say on your business card? Charlie Lancaster,  Managing Director, m: 07976 507107 e:charlie.lancaster@mybid4it.com,  Blake House, 18 Blake...

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

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

The recent ARLA Propertymark conference featured a hugely interesting line-up of speaks and session during a watershed time for the lettings...

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

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

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

The leasehold scandal has received plenty of press coverage, with horror stories of people living in homes that are impossible to...

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

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

It’s a testing time for the property industry, amid Brexit fears, a slowing market and the looming tenant fees ban.  There’s no...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This article was originally written for City AM in response to an article it published attacking letting agents. See more here.  A...

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

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

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

Thinking about the state of communication across residential property chains is enough to induce a severe migraine. We work in a world...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Estate agent anti-money laundering (AML) compliance is under scrutiny again following the publication of figures detailing the fines levied for AML...

The end of 2018 was a bit of a rocky time for online estate agents. Yet only a few years ago...

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

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

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

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

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

It’s time, surely, for government to crackdown not just on rogue agents and landlords but on rogue councils that confuse the...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Competition for landlords will be fiercer than ever this year. Landlords are facing a raft of changes and will likely be...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Instagram (or, as the younger generation would have it, Insta) is, by any measure, massive.  Only launched in October 2010, it’s a...

The demand for rural properties is high, and with 20.7% of England’s population in countryside areas, estate agents have a large...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It’s been a theatrical week in Westminster with talk of defections and duplicity worthy of Shakespeare. Yet the estate agency world has...

Cast your minds back to the summer of 2014. It’s 9.55 am somewhere in east London ‘Sorry I’m late’ offers the...

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

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

In these tougher times, we recognise that helping agents win new inventory is the key to their businesses.  There were more than...

The Money Laundering Regulations require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation to...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Every staff member at a branch of the Connells-owned William H Brown agency has been promoted, after it was voted one...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, your regular catch-up on key appointments news in our industry. It’s been a difficult seven...

Strutt & Parker says transaction levels in Prime Central London, already at a low ebb, plummeted a further nine per cent...

To a sales-focused agency, having a lettings department can sometimes feel like losing control of the business. Recent cases of property management...

BAD PHOTOS – 6 BIG MISTAKES YOU MIGHT BE MAKING! In our last article, we highlighted some really important and shocking stats...

The review website Trustpilot is to make it easier for the public to see whether companies have tried to stop complaints...

New figures released this morning from OnTheMarket claim its listing inventory bis now over 80 per cent of the size of...

The Property Franchise Group says its online/hybrid agency EweMove traded profitably throughout  last year and will show “a significant improvement” over...

The former LSL director of estate agency, David Newnes, has made what is officially described as “a significant investment” in a...

The former chief executive of Emoov says he has the answer to Foxtons’ current downbeat performance - it should exploit its...

An annual study of transaction charges shows that house moving costs are now at a record average high of almost £10,000...

Average prices of flats and houses in prime central London are now the same as they were six years ago; meanwhile...

Purplebricks might have the last laugh - its biggest critic is ditching his High Street office and making his own agency online. Controversial...

If former Chancellor George Osborne thought his 2014 stamp duty reform would produce more income for the government, it appears he...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT.  Everyone here let us know about their jobs news by emailing press@estateagenttoday.co.uk - please do...

Kit Malthouse has been making headlines this week, but – in keeping with his tenure as Housing Minister so far -...

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....

ARPM  Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Simon Duce, Managing Director. What is ARPM and what does it...

The head of a For Sale By Owner website claims that some agents are making “vast amounts” of up to £7,000...

There was a huge 33 per cent collapse in transactions in central London in the final quarter of 2018 compared with...

Foxtons has reported further small slides in both revenue and profits for 2018 - but sales income plummeted from £43m to...

There has been a nine per cent rise over the past year in estate agency and property industry firms in so-called...

Franchise giant Hunters, which started 2019 by announcing two new branches, is to open another four next month after an upbeat...

There’s no end to the PropTech and photography solutions available to estate agents these days to help them sell good, old-fashioned...

A respected property investment consultancy is warning that the current premium put on the prices of new-build homes - around 15...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, your Monday update on jobs and key moves across the industry. Everyone mentioned here has...

If you want an engaging page-turner novel for cold winter evenings, my recommendation is Our House by Louise Candlish, a bestseller...

A review of the housing market at present, particularly when it comes to purchase transactions, might not necessarily feel overly positive.  The...

High-end agency Savills says London’s super-rich are now buying and selling more actively than a year ago.  The agency says London’s so-called...

The industry is back to full-strength on its fund-raising judging from our virtual postbag this week with many new reports of...

Shares in OnTheMarket hit another new low of 75.7p yesterday, dropping over nine per cent on the day and falling well...

If Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology is as sophisticated as they say, Porter Pioneers’ launch could leave agents kicking their feet.  Those of...

There were 102,330 residential property transactions in December - that’s up 3.6 per cent on the same month last year on...

LSL Property Services - parent company of Your Move, Reeds Rains and London agency Marsh & Parsons - has given a...

A property platform that has chronicled the London sales market’s problems in recent years says the recovery will start in 2020...

Gloomy statements from some industry organisations have suggested the market is in trouble thanks to Brexit uncertainty but Rightmove says visits...

Chestertons says its profitability in 2018 doubled compared to the previous year, but appears to have relied heavily on lettings for...

I don’t think I can add anything more to the excellent 2019 pieces we’ve seen on EAT in recent weeks –...

The share of the market taken by online agencies in the final quarter of 2018 slipped from last summer’s high of...

Another housing market snapshot is showing a pessimistic start to 2019 as the property platform Home reports that four regions of...

A firm which recently joined the ‘hub club’ of agencies using centralised services offices says its won a major new build...

The auction firm that purchased the property listings left stranded by the collapse of Emoov is now offering partnership opportunities to...

While even agents of the calibre of Savills struggle in today’s market - see the agency’s figures here - it’s a...

The new management at Emoov says that following its acquisition out of administration it will relaunch as an online estate agency later...

A maverick estate agent pictured wearing a yellow vest has threatened to mount what he calls a “civil protest” if Brexit...

A statement this morning by franchise agency Winkworth says lettings and property management now accounts for 50 per cent of its turnover. The...

Savills’ residential business grew market share last year in the UK despite what it calls “challenging conditions.” In a trading statement to...

The high-end New York based estate agency Corcoran has issued franchise documents for ‘global markets’ prompting speculation that it could spread...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Beccy Moore. Office Manager for Nicholas Humphreys Tell us more about Nicholas...

Hello and welcome to another PJT, your regular Monday update on who’s moving where within our industry. Please keep us informed of...

There may be a cloud over the economy right now but growth of 2.7 per cent in house prices last year...

It’s been an interesting week of contrasts when it comes to online replacing ‘the old school’. Data from that clever consultancy The...

Even with 2019 well underway, letting agents need to keep refining their long-term goals and business targets. For agencies with a...

Almost half of all house sales in England and Wales fell through before completion in the final quarter of 2018, according...

Still recovering from Christmas and New Year? There’s no shame in that - the agents’ fund-raising season resumes in earnest in...

Recent years have seen tighter regulation and new legislation hit the lettings industry. Combined with the fee ban, there is no...

How do you remove an estate agent from an oven? How would you remove an Estate Agent from an oven? Sounds...

The former boss of Emoov, the controversial Russell Quirk, has resuscitated his career as a public relations man and pro-Brexit commentator. Just...

Winkworth says it’s seen a huge 78.5 per cent rise in franchise applicants over the past 12 months and says there...

Century 21 UK appears to have bucked the trend of closing offices and reduced footfall by marking the opening of 16...

The auctioneer Auction House has reported sales up 6.9 per cent in 2018, raising a total of over £455m – a...

The latest Bank of England mortgage figures suggest that approvals for home buyers are running at more than a fifth below...

A branch of the Haart estate agency is reported to have apologised to Purplebricks for claiming that the hybrid agency was...

Zoopla is claiming a big surge in leads provided to agents and a new high in the number of visits to...

Purplebricks has tightened its vice-like grip on the online market according to a new analysis - but the race is on...

Hello and welcome to this year’s first edition of Property Jobs Today, reporting on the first industry moves of 2019. We’re told...

Yet another property raffle has had to be abandoned because it has been deemed illegal under Gambling Commission rules. A Yorkshire couple,...

UBS, a Swiss multinational investment bank and financial services company based in Zurich and Basel, now owns approaching 10 per cent...

A new analysis claims transaction numbers fell in 241 of 374 local authority areas of the UK last year. Analysis of Land...