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There’s been a significant rise in the number of transactions recorded in January - another sign of an improving housing market...

Boydens, a seven branch family-owned business that dates back to 1852, has become the latest agency to join Zoopla. It will list...

Earlier this month, Boris Johnson carried out a reshuffle of his cabinet, telling ministers they must 'repay the trust of those...

Why should agencies leave voicemail in the last decade and make 2020 the year to invest in a more modern solution? Voicemail...

Despite still being in the transition period after leaving the EU on January 31, we are seeing an upturn in the...

Hello and welcome to the end of the week…which must mean Agents Do Charity. There’s plenty to admire in this week’s entries;...

The landscape of the estate agency market in the UK is evolving to reflect changes in the way we live our...

The Financial Conduct Authority has issued a shock warning that mortgage borrowers who purchased properties through the Help To Buy scheme...

The government has dismissed a request from the NAEA and ARLA Propertymark to review business rates for agency offices on High...

Rightmove has hit back at critics saying it’s no longer the force it used to be by reporting record traffic for...

An online valuation service says the number of leads it generated for agents in January was over double the figure in...

The government will not announce a Mansion Tax at next month’s Budget. It was first reported by the Sunday Telegraph a week ago,...

The 2010s were a good decade for disrupters. Early on, Airbnb and Uber shook up the holiday lettings/hospitality and traditional black...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Joanne (Jo) Tattum. Channel Manager - Property What is Moneypenny and...

Fine & Country has introduced a self-employed agency business model to be run by well-known former Property Academy chief Nicky Stevenson. The...

It’s Valentine’s Day and everyone at Estate Agent Today hopes there is love in the air where you are…at least after...

The government has been told that raising the stamp duty threshold would both trigger more house moves, and bring the tax...

Thanks so much for your responses to our request for Valentines office window displays - we didn’t realise February 14 was...

A new homes portal says that in the past year it’s seen a rise of 82 per cent in website visitors and...

A new market centre operating as a hub for freelance agents has opened in Glasgow. Called KW Evolve it is a Keller...

With just a few day’s to go to Valentine’s, we’re delighted to have another themed agency window to share with readers. Many...

The mystery of why Countrywide’s crucial sale of its commercial arm has failed to go through as scheduled deepened over the...

Agents have reacted angrily to the government contemplating introducing a Mansion Tax, and to the Housing Secretary not ruling out the...

Boris Johnson is considering introducing a mansion tax for high value homes according to a Sunday newspaper. The Telegraph - citing two...

Not for the first time, a government policy on housing ends up begging more questions than it provides answers - but...

Now we’re well into the second month of the year, we have reached a crucial point in the ongoing plans to...

We’re delighted to be able to show another very charming Valentine’s Day window display - this one from Emma’s Estate Agents...

Hello and welcome to the end of the week, which always means a round-up of our industry’s good work for charity....

  Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Catherine Shinerock - ARO Account Manager What is your ‘company name’...

The war of words between estate agency review website allAgents and consumer review service Trustpilot continues apace. Trustpilot has hit back, describing allAgents’...

OnTheMarket claims its visitor total last month exceeded 30m, a new monthly record and an increase of some 28 per cent...

The ‘on-demand’ economy is reshaping our world. The way we order food, get around, and even access healthcare has changed irreversibly...

Rightmove may continue to be a target for criticism from some agents and rival portals but it has just enjoyed it...

An estate agency that won a major property award only 18 months ago has shut after trading for 40 years. The Marlborough...

An analysis of the market share of online agents shows they are on 4.8 per cent - virtually unchanged from the...

After a challenging period for the UK property market, recovery is very much on the cards and the end to uncertainty...

Hello and welcome to the last day of January, Brexit Day and - perhaps most importantly - the latest edition of...

Foxtons's trading statement this morning reveals another huge slump in sales - but no new announcement about future branch closures after a spate...

A leading property lawyer is urging sellers not to use online agents because to do so would be “a gamble”. Gillian Wright...

It’s back - the five-a-side football tournament which made its debut last year with teams from the property sector makes a welcome return...

Zoopla’s Hometrack data research arm says the start of 2020 has seen buyer demand up 26 per cent compared to the...

Insolvency firm Begbies Traynor says the estate agency and property industry sector of the UK economy has seen a big rise...

Hello - if it’s Monday it’s PJT day, so welcome to the latest update on key moves within our industry. Let us...

'It's a recipe, not a menu' is a mantra championed by a host of Keller Williams' millionaire estate agents. But what are...

Suddenly Brexit Day is nearly here. It may have taken three and a half years from the Referendum but the UK will,...

Property portals generate revenue from estate agents regardless of the outcome of the transaction. This relationship has resulted in a fundamental...

The hugely-respected Phil Spencer is to write a regular column for the industry on Estate Agent Today under the auspices of...

Some buying agents have batted away the many signs of an improving housing market but one says the Boris Bounce is...

Welcome to this week’s charity round-up, where we include a possible kick-start to your fund-raising efforts for 2020. Whatever you’re doing this...

Purplebricks today launches its media campaign as ‘The Official Estate Agent of Team GB’ for this summer’s Olympic Games. Today’s PR onslaught...

“Give me 100 leads and I will make five-times more good appointments than any AI you put me up against,” stated...

It looks like the Equity Release bubble may have burst, with latest figures showing a four per cent fall in the...

Hello and welcome to a new week, and a new edition of PJT. If you’re on the move or your firm has...

In its latest State of the Property Nation report, which questions over 650 agents and 6,000 consumers, Zoopla says 55 per...

Following on from the second half of the last decade, the first few weeks of 2020 have been a bit mad...

As I look towards this year, I am sure that my thoughts are the same as many within the industry. I am...

A new analysis from a financial services trade body shows that gross mortgage lending is expected to rise significantly in the...

At the end of a strong week for housing market indicators, the latest survey from the website Home suggests a major...

Welcome to another Agents Do Charity, meaning it’s not just Friday but also a day to think about fund-raising in the...

Whisper it quietly but the housing market could be significantly stronger in 2020 than in recent years. Two key indicators in the...

Over the past decade, the short-term rental industry, now eponymised by Airbnb, has experienced meteoric growth. This has been driven by the...

Zoopla has revealed large growth in agency membership and visitor figures for 2019. Since being bought by US equity firm Silver Lake,...

I don’t want this to be a long piece. I want this to be short and sharp. I want it to...

A leading analyst says Purplebricks has clearly plateaued and will not reach its own target of a 10 per cent market...

A survey of readers of Estate Agent Today suggest that the majority believe the Chancellor will fail to honour a pledge...

UK estate agents are amongst the worst paid in any country in the world according to new data. Digital marketing firm Yell...

Hello and welcome to the first PJT of 2020 - a new decade and, for many, a time of new opportunities. We’re always...

Three signs emerged over the weekend suggesting that the market may be shaping up well for 2020. Firstly a new survey by...

In six years of editing Estate Agent Today, some of my most dramatic moments have been covering the troubles - some...

Yesterday (January 10 2020), the Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (5AMLD) became law. It forms part of ongoing international efforts to tackle...

The tussle for New Build listings between Zoopla and OnTheMarket has swung in favour of the former this morning with the...

Stepping back and moving out of the front line is all the rage…but not, it seems, for hard-working agents and others...

House prices rose 4.0 per cent in 2019 according to Britain’s biggest mortgage lender Halifax, as a December bounce - some...

A digital platform claims its taken “a massive step” towards speeding up property sales with what it says is the first...

2020, the start of a new decade. Looking back, 2010 feels like such a long time ago, and looking forward to...

OnTheMarket has started 2020 as it ended 2019 - with an attack on Rightmove via an agency which urges others to...

Multi-national financial institution UBS says there could be a cut in the Bank of England base rate as early as May...

Purplebricks is not revealing details of the different pricing strategies it is testing “in the field” early this year. Last month the...

Hello and welcome to the first Property Jobs Today of 2020 - and we’ve plenty to report even with the New...

Annual UK house price growth exceeded one per cent for the first time in 12 months in December according to the...

After a year dogged by Brexit deadlock, political turmoil, and slow growth, estate agents’ confidence in the property market hit a...

First things first, a big happy New Year to everyone. Welcome to 2020! It looks set to be another interesting year...

A warning has been issued by a prominent industry figure that more bricks-and-mortar High Street agents will go under in 2020,...

Hello - HNY and all that from the team at Agents Do Charity. We’re delighted to be back with three great stories...

The scores are in….and it looks like house prices are going to rise gently in 2020 according to forecasts from almost...

Analysts are putting a surprise surge in mortgage approvals from banks down to a spike in applications ahead of the General...

Countrywide’s share price yesterday went from little over 7p to 360p in one fell swoop. Is it the end of uncertainty about...

Here it is - the start of a new decade, a moment for resolutions and remembrance, and the last Bank Holiday...

The government introduced the Fifth EU Money Laundering Directive into UK law just before Christmas - and it has a significant implication for...

A new year dawns - but will 2020 bring new change for the agency industry now that the market appears to...

It's been two years since the SDL Group launched its franchise block management business, SDL Property Partners, the first of its...

NAEA member agents have delivered a relatively downbeat forecast for 2020 - but the organisation says an injection of digital technology...

The number of residential sales rose 1.9 per cent to 102,050  in November compared to the same month last year, the...

The financial consultancy advising OnTheMarket says the portal company will be in profit by Easter next year. “We now expect OnTheMarket to...

The next 12 months will be an opportunity to reassess the housing market according to property consultancy JLL. It says price growth...

The new mood of apparent political stability promoted by supporters of Boris Johnson and Brexit appears to have failed to win...

Major UK cities have seen average house price rises of 54 per cent in the past decade - an increase of...

It’s one of the most crucial aspects of the homebuying and selling process but is too often bogged down by frustrating...

When looking back on the property market this year, the main message we can take is that it has remained extremely...

We’re nearing the end of another year in which many agents have faced challenging times and a frustrating market hit by...

The ESTAS, the national customer service awards recognising the best agents, brokers and suppliers, closes for entry at the end of...

“There won’t be a single home but millions of different homes”, is one quote.  “There will be an end to gadgets”, is...

The National Association of Estate Agents has given its analysis of 2019 - and it may have been a better year...

A law firm has spoken out about two possible problems in the government’s much-publicised idea of considering Reservation Agreements as a...

love2move, the digital platform that allows High Street agents to operate parallel online agencies alongside their traditional offerings, is holding a...

Rightmove predicts that the price of property coming to market in Britain will rise by two per cent next year. The portal...

Yes, believe it or not, we’ve nearly reached the end of a whole decade. And what an eventful decade it’s been. We’ve...

As part of its commitment to promoting and enforcing high standards, RICS has launched its Home Survey Standard, which will become...

Outsourcing important business functions such as marketing, HR and IT to attract cost savings, leverage expertise and gain greater competitive advantage is...

Zoopla has this afternoon announced a massive growth programme for 2020 with 120 new staff and expansion in most of its...

The election is over and there’s nothing on the agenda except the run-up to Christmas - although there’s still time for...

Purplebricks says it’s put four different pricing strategies into the market with a view to testing them in 2020. In a trading...

Here’s the final part of our questioning of the three portals based on comments and queries from our readers - thanks...

The latest snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows that the UK housing market is still on hold, pending...

A new tie-up between Coadjute, a network for decentralised workflow and data sharing within the property industry, and banks including NatWest...

Yes, you can promise yourself that you won't eat all the mince pies, or yet another roast potato, nor drink as...

Century 21 UK has made what it claims to be the largest acquisition in its history, snapping up an independent agency...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Emma Vigus, Managing Director of mio What is mio and what...

We recently asked readers for their questions to the portals - the questions they couldn’t really ask their local reps, but...

PropTech services The ValPal Network and Loop Software have launched an integration which they say will reduce admin and maximise valuation opportunities...

Hello and welcome to PJT: even with little more than a fortnight before Christmas it seems there are still plenty of...

With Brexit still unresolved, the domestic agenda has been pushed from the headlines by the seemingly overwhelming public and political discord...

There used to be a consolation for some estate agents at this time of year - while it was wintry and...

The Fifth Money Laundering Directive becomes law in the UK on January 10 2020, strengthening the responsibilities placed on private companies...

[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...

A new portal claims it will do what OnTheMarket failed to do, and offer an agent-led operation charging every agency branch...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Mark Hinkins and I’m a Sales Consultant...

In the latest part of the Natter’s ‘day in the life of’ series, I catch up with Chris Osmond, sales director...

Property voyeurism and the festive season have long been bedfellows for many Brits. The heady combination of over-indulgence and regret, close proximity...

It’s beginning to look a lot like…we’re running a very popular service for agents, as we’ve been inundated with more fund-raising...

Homesearch, the data service which launched this year as free-to-use with a subscription model launching in 2020, has announced it’s introducing...

28th NOVEMBER 2019: Christopher Watkin’s recent thought-provoking interview with Dan Marsden sheds light on the property industry today and offers an...

In just over two weeks, the UK population will head to the polls for the fourth general election since 2010. Of course,...

The latest market snapshot from the National Association of Estate Agents continues to show how political uncertainty is dampening sentiment and...

It’s only five weeks to the New Year and new decade and the first agents have started making predictions for the...

In a new video interview, Steve Carroll, director of industry relations at Real Estate Group, tells industry commentator Christopher Watkin why...

Data from HM Revenue & Customs has revealed that residential property transactions have increased by 4.3 per cent year-on-year. In October 2019...

The Property Franchise Group has issued a trading statement that is upbeat on lettings but warns that the sales market has...

Rightmove is this morning reporting a huge fall in the number of new sellers coming to the market - a drop...

A new Home Survey Standard is being launched today in a bid to improve and speed up the house moving process. The...

As we know, the world’s moving very fast and how we communicate now is drastically different to even 10 years ago....

Foxtons has revealed that the chair of the troubled agency’s remuneration committee has stood down with immediate effect. This are also unconfirmed...

Purplebricks claims it actually sells - not just lists - three times more than the UK’s next largest estate agency.  The claim...

Troubled London estate agency Foxtons says it has rewritten its remuneration policy for its senior management following a shareholder revolt at...

House prices are forecast to dip as the year ends and stagnate at the start of 2020 according to the latest...

Reservation Agreements are the subject of the moment in the agency industry. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is to...

Relocation Agent Network has revealed a new competition in which member agents can win tip to £5,000. RAN currently offers four customer...

Zoopla is continuing its aggressive expansion of listings and services to agents with news this morning that it has added a...

This week’s Natter is dedicated to three contrasting agencies doing things differently, from a recently established hybrid to a design-led, Insta-friendly...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Milton Rodosthenous, Director of Equity and Capital & LetsBid Property.  What...

Reservation Agreements may require bigger financial penalties than the £500 to £1,000 currently envisaged if they are to work. That’s the view...

It’s on - although judging by the early lack of enthusiasm amongst the British public, you might be forgiven for thinking...

Countrywide’s upmarket brand Hamptons International is urging all owners of homes with septic tanks to prepare for new regulations that kick...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has given more details of the trial of reservation agreements likely to take...

The latest housing market snapshot from the listings website Home suggests more regional markets are heading for price corrections. Home says that...

Reservation agreements locking in buyers and sellers could be trailed with some agencies and conveyancers early in 2020, a government official...

There are fewer ‘accidental landlords’ - vendors who resort to letting out their homes because the sales market is difficult. That’s the...

Auction House has reported a record number of sales for September, while its founder claims private treaty sales 'won't be able...

Consumer demand for new build homes has dropped to a six-year low, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB). The organisation's House...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? David Masters – Account Manager for the Midlands What is ‘company...

The estate and letting agencies which have provided the most consistent levels of high customer service are to be recognised with...

We know that the tenant fee ban has cost letting agents dearly, with an estimated loss of £300 million paid to...

A trading statement from OnTheMarket reveals that fewer agents than anticipated have so far converted from free or discounted deals to...

The first speakers have been announced for the 2020 conference of the National Association of Estate Agents, to be held on...

A report by the influential Public Accounts committee of MPs has been highly sceptical of the effectiveness of Help To Buy. It...

If you thought - perhaps hoped - that five weeks of prorogued Parliament meant a break from politics, think again: the...

Purplebricks has spent £26.7m on marketing in the past year - that represents £382 per instruction.  The figures, revealed in the agency’s...

The government has issued a revised version of its official How To Buy and How To Sell documents, aimed at consumers...

A business site says an agency’s administration has been extended as insolvency specialists try to find its former owner to claim...

Professional client account solutions for modern letting agents Letting agents will need to come up with new ways to manage client money...

A PropTech firm is marketing anti-money laundering audit checks for agents to help the industry comply with tighter regulation. Identity verification business...

OnTheMarket’s selective fee freeze for agents has been challenged by a new portal which asks agents: ‘Why pay at all?’ OTM revealed...

OnTheMarket says it will not increase listing charges in 2020 for any agents currently paying full fees, while agencies which list on only...

Pressure continued to mount on the government to clearly address the issue of stamp duty as a leading business consultancy suggested...

Recently a number of politicians and charities have been calling for the introduction of rent controls or rent freezes in the...

Akshay Ruparelia, the 21 year old who founded the online agency Doorsteps while he was still in sixth form, has called for...

A record £8.2 billion was paid in Capital Gains Tax in 2017/18 - over £1 billion more than the year before.  The...

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee - which meets monthly to set the base rate on which the costs of...

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

An online agency which last autumn said it wanted to have as much as a three per cent market share of...

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

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

Purplebricks has hired the Weber Shandwick PR firm to handle much of its non-investment related public relations. Weber Shandwick has its global...

Purplebricks is the “Official Estate Agent Of Team GB” for the build-up to and completion of next summer’s Olympics in Tokyo. It is going...

Over a third of homes across Southern England are at risk of suffering price falls as the housing market slowdown extends...

A review website set up by a former estate agent says £1m of new funding will allow it to roll out...

Homeowners will be able to extend properties more easily instead of moving home. In a surprise announcement this morning - less than...

It’s London Marathon week, always a great event in the calendar and - we’re sure - an event that attracts a...

No, this isn’t about Brexit. But as the saga of leaving the EU is likely to bring about the downfall of...

Analysts at Berenberg Bank have sharply reduced their price target for Purplebricks by over 80 per cent from 470p to 80p, accusing...

The topic of introducing rent controls in London crops up time and time again in our industry. But it’s been hitting...

Two 'challenger portals' have revealed major new services this morning as they fight to take on Rightmove and Zoopla. OneDome, the new...

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

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

A new sales portal has launched with a radically different business model, aiming to pay agents to list on it. It’s the brainchild of...

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

The 100 per cent mortgage for first time buyers, which many people thought had disappeared for good, is now back in...

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

As 2018 draws to a close, it is fair to say that stretched affordability and uncertainty over the Brexit negotiations has...

Over the past year I've had so many conversations with agents telling me how they feel that offering a premium customer...

More speculation has swirled around the future of Emoov as it appeared that company chief executive and founder Russell Quirk had...

A no-deal Brexit The biggest impact of a no-deal Brexit in relation to housing is a potential fall in house prices -...

Stamp duty relief for first time buyers of full-priced houses and apartments is to be extended to first time buyers of...

Hello and welcome to another weekly update on the industry’s good work - and a chance for us to show that...

Landlords and letting agents might feel they’ve taken a bit of a battering from the government in recent years – and...

Next week ludlowthompson celebrates its 25th anniversary. Here, I catch up with Stephen Ludlow, co-founder and now executive director of the...

Does your company apply adequate customer due diligence measures when carrying out estate agency work?  Does it establish and maintain appropriate policies...

House prices in London are projected to fall in the short-term, down by two per cent by the end of 2018...

First things first, I have to mention the World Cup. The dream is over, football’s not quite coming home (not until...

By now we’ve all seen news about the long-term decline in property sales and competition from online alternatives leading to ‘more...

In what is regarded as his most important speech since becoming housing minister, Dominic Raab has told a conference that it...

James Brokenshire - yesterday appointed Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government - joins the rank of senior politicians...

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

Just like that, the Easter Bank Holiday has come and gone and I find myself now looking ahead to the Summer.  The...

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

Have you noticed a new turf war going on on the fringes of the agency world? It’s not a high-profile battle like...

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

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

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

London’s prime central market is turning around at last according to the chief executive of Belgravia estate agency Henry & James. James...

A new national housing agency – Homes England – has been launched by the newly-rebadged Ministry of Housing Communities and Local...

Well, I don’t know about you but after the holidays I've got an imprint just below my navel where my belt...

Another new year is nearly upon us and, once we’ve got the season of mince pies, mulled wine, pigs in blankets,...

Figures from the independent Office for Budget Responsibility suggest that house prices across the UK will rise by 3.1 per cent...

Earlier this week, Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered the Autumn Budget with a strong focus on housing.  The decision to cut stamp duty...

The first of the major estate agency research teams to offer a forecast for the 2018 market has kicked off the...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says more women should enter estate agency and other property sectors across the land and...

An analysis of data from HM Revenue and Customs reveals that inheritance tax paid by UK families has topped £5 billion...

The government has poured cold water over industry speculation that Help To Buy could be phased out or significantly modified between...

The housing industry has responded with shock, joy, and jitters, after Theresa May’s snap general election went catastrophically wrong, leaving her...

Theresa May’s call for a snap general election on June 8 took many by surprise. But estate agents have been broadly...

The Conservatives have this morning announced a reform of the house buying process in the party’s manifesto for the June 8...

The Financial Conduct Authority says it is to review lenders offering solely interest-only mortgages to home owners. In its business plan for...

Average UK house price growth will reach 2.2 per cent this year, a rise of £4,460 that will see the average...

My apologies if this causes you to break your Easter egg with a little too much aggression, but I reckon the...

More than three quarters of developers want to see the government go into reverse on its stamp duty and mortgage interest...

The Centre for Economic and Business Research has surprised some in the industry by stating that the average house price across...

An online estate agency which says it could be the next Purplebricks says prejudice against internet property transactions is waning  “With Neil...

The government has admitted that the three per cent stamp duty surcharge has raked in twice as much as expected. In November...

Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered his first Budget this week pledging extra funding for the NHS, transport in the Midlands and the...

Looking ahead to the Spring Budget this week, the Chancellor Philip Hammond will be obliged to face up to the implications...

Over the past two decades, investing in buy-to-let has been a relatively easy way to make money, which is why so...

Let’s not be distressed that we’re already over 10 per cent of the way through the year - yes, really -...

The chronic shortage of housing supply in the UK relative to demand has been a national issue for decades. The Government...

The government’s attitude of “Nanny knows best” has “squandered another opportunity” to make a real difference to the housing crisis, according...

First details of the long-awaited Housing White Paper have emerged in stories in newspapers frequently used by government to float ideas. The...

Instant gratification is nothing new. It’s been around for millennia. It’s an in-built survival instinct for humans – that want, that...

The East of England, which takes in areas from Hertfordshire to Norfolk, has recorded the biggest hike in property prices over...

2016 was quite a year – eventful, dramatic, shocking and impossible to predict. In no particular order, we saw Leicester winning...

This is the final Estate Agent Today until Tuesday January 3 2017, so everyone at Angels Media sends all good wishes for...

One of the key factors associated with an active private rental market in the UK, as detailed in the Dataloft PRS...

Countrywide chief executive Alison Platt has told Estate Agent Today the transformation she wishes to see within the group may take...

In case you missed it yesterday, here’s a summary of everything relating to property that was in Chancellor Phillip Hammond’s Autumn...

Phillip Hammond has delivered his first Autumn Statement, tackling amongst other things, what he called “the housing challenge.” The speech made no...

It may still be too early to start compiling a Christmas wish list, but it is the right time to provide...

We are now only days away from one of the most-anticipated events in UK politics; one which has a considerable impact...

Transaction levels are forecast to decline from around 1.22m this year to 1.08m next year as uncertainty causes some households to defer...

Buy-to-let landlords may have failed in their recent legal battle against planned government tax relief changes for buy-to-let homes set to...

In recent weeks I have been carrying out question and answer sessions with some of the key figures in the property...

There has been widespread scepticism from many within the industry that the government will miss its latest house building targets, despite...

The government has signalled that it is going to publish a housing White Paper later this year with “significant measures” to...

With the number of new homes being built across the UK still significantly below the level needed to meet demand, housebuilders...

Shelter - recently concentrating on attacking landlords for the qualities of their homes and letting agents for the size of their...

Rentplus, a business providing Rent To Buy homes, has announced that it has new funding of £20m - on top of...

If you want an indicator that the United Kingdom isn’t so united any more, have a look at Right To Buy. The...

The Residential Property Surveyors Association is the latest of many trade bodies to come out against government proposals to privatise the...

Older readers may recall a terrific movie called Network where a character, disillusioned by life, shouts from a window: “I’m as...

Plans for the Northern Powerhouse scheme, designed to rival London and the South East as the main driver of economic growth...

The Competition and Markets Authority has reiterated controversial remarks about the government’s proposed privatisation of the Land Registry. Last month it surprised...

The sense of gathering momentum for the Leave campaign ahead of the upcoming EU referendum is causing high levels of uncertainty...

Rightmove has released a series of online ‘portraits of how London might look after the completion of a series of development,...

A leading land agent has criticised those doubting the government's ability to build a million new homes by 2020. Adam Hesse, land...

The government's consultation on the proposed privatisation of the Land Registry closes today. Interested parties have had since March 24 to give...

The National Association of Estate Agents and Association of Residential Letting Agents say that although there are no conclusive ‘leave’ or...

Conveyancing firm My Home Move has come up with an interesting view of how the housing market could look if -...

The race to replace London Mayor Boris Johnson has entered its final few days, and like never before, housing is the...

Respected housing analyst Kate Faulkner is accusing campaigning charity Shelter of ignoring key facts and scaremongering about the alleged difficulties of...

A fascinating report commissioned by online agency easyProperty has given the lowdown on what house buying might be like in 2020...

Yesterday George Osborne delivered his eighth budget as chancellor, announcing an extra £3.5 billion in spending cuts by 2019-20. The Office for...

Countrywide has taken the highly-unusual step of announcing that it will reveal key performance indicators every six months, come rain or...

Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron is claiming that the government’s flagship Starter Homes project could allow properties to be bought by...

The number of UK properties worth at least £1m is expected to more than triple between now and 2030. A report from...

The prospect of quarterly tax returns being imposed on some businesses - including small estate agencies and other small firms servicing...

There are fears that a little-publicised proposal could mean some of the country's smallest estate agencies would have to file tax returns...

There’s been plenty of forecasting in recent weeks - banks, consultancies and high-end estate agents have predicted house prices in the...

It’s time to take a pause, to reflect and put into context—and what a year it has been for our industry...

A conveyancing firm claims there has been a 140 per cent increase in the number of properties requiring leasehold extensions in...

A leading bank is forecasting that if interest rates do not rise next year - as some experts predict - then...

The Treasury has admitted that stamp duty ‘take’ is expected to soar from £11.2 billion this year to £17.8 billion in...

So this weekend some of us will see our first snow of the season. Harsh weather, Christmas adverts and winter generally...