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Last week was quite a week for major trading updates, with four of the market’s biggest players announcing either half-year or...

Global property firm Knight Frank has revealed the pipeline of transactions in prime London residential markets grew further in July as...

New data from Moneypenny has revealed that eco features are falling off the wish-list of potential house buyers as a result...

Double-think, for those who have not read George Orwell, is when people are expected to accept two conflicting beliefs as truth,...

It was announced back in February this year that PEXA, the Australian FinTech/PropTech that enabled the world’s first fully digitised property settlement...

Connells Group - the largest agency group in the UK after its purchase of Countrywide - has today announced its financial results for...

Savills has released a revised five-year forecast for the UK’s prime housing markets, to reflect the strong levels of activity in...

The Property Franchise Group, the UK's largest property franchisor, has provided a trading update ahead of publishing its interim results on Tuesday...

Dye & Durham says it could potentially appeal the decision by the Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) to effectively disallow its acquistion...

Research over recent years has regularly pointed to the Bank of Mum & Dad being one of the UK’s biggest lenders,...

The historic Chestertons brand, one of London’s largest and oldest estate agents, has today announced the appointment of John Ennis as its new...

A leading property recruitment agency says that flexible working, restructuring pay and offering better benefits and incentives can help agencies across...

Recent months have seen interest rates rise from historic lows back closer to pre-financial crisis levels as the Bank of England...

A record share of buyers are leaving London to purchase their first home, research shows. Analysis by Hamptons found that a record...

For some time, LinkedIn was seen – fairly or unfairly – as stodgy, dull, corporate and formal. The uncool uncle to...

Rightmove’s average revenue per agent has reached record levels as firms continue to spend more on the portal’s services. The property website...

Government intervention is being urged to boost the amount of housing stock as industry data shows a continued trend of a...

Lettings has helped drive Foxtons revenue and profits for the first half of the year, a company update has revealed. The listed...

OnTheMarket chief executive Jason Tebb has set out plans to be “more than just a portal." Tebb provided an update to industry...

Industry comparison website allAgents has announced a change of event date for their 2022 Customer Experience Awards Ceremony. It will now be...

With so many benefits including lower fall-through rates and quicker sales, it is no surprise that selling a property via auction...

House price indices may be reporting record rises but sales seem to be slowing. The latest HMRC property transactions data for June...

Purplebricks backer Axel Springer has replaced its representative on the board of the beleaguered online estate agent. A stockmarket update yesterday said...

The housing market continues to defy expectations after the latest Land Registry figures show annual price growth in May hit its...

More properties went under offer in June 2022 than during the same month of the stamp duty holiday rush of last year,...

Online searches for property portals have declined, in another suggested sign of the slowing market. Analysis of data from AdWords and Google Trends...

London estate agency Alan Goldin Estates is celebrating 30 years in the business. To mark this milestone, the Temple Fortune-based estate agent...

Prime London sales activity remains above pre-pandemic levels despite an annual drop, figures suggests. Analysis of the prime London market for the...

Damian Wanstall is a relative newcomer to estate agency. He entered the sector in April 2021 when he was made redundant after...

The Sustainable Agent eco-scheme has launched as carbon footprint calculator to help prospective members find out what their carbon emissions are...

Fine & Country is predicting the impending housing market slowdown will be gradual. Nicky Stevenson, managing director of Fine & Country UK...

A client called asking for advice on their social media marketing strategy. They’d thrown a lot of budget at it, but...

The number of prospective sellers contacting estate agents to have their home valued has hit its highest level since January, Rightmove...

I look back on when my dad helped me buy my first car and shared his pearls of wisdom on what...

There has been plenty of movement in the property jobs market this month. Here are some of the latest moves that took...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I am Tom Cummuskey, I am the Sales & Marketing...

Purplebricks has pushed back the publication of its annual accounts. The online agent’s full year results were due to be published on...

Increasing numbers of women are being flagged during anti-money laundering (AML) compliance checks. AML platform Credas Technologies suggests the main reason for...

Reviews website allAgents has revealed the location of this year’s Customer Experience Awards. The ceremony will be held at the Kia Oval...

The government has launched a new equity loan scheme for the self-build market. The Help to Build scheme aims to help thousands...

Annual house price growth figures returned to double digits in April but there are warnings that this could be as good...

Images can have the ability to paint a vivid image, but video content can take this to the next level if...

The number of property transactions continues to rise despite the cost of living crisis and remain higher than pre-pandemic levels, HMRC...

Prime estate agent John D Wood & Co has marked 150 years in business by opening a new headquarters. It has moved...

A high-profile review of the governance and purpose of the RICS has said the need for change at the institution is...

Agency data and prospecting platform Homesearch has launched a new guide to help firms continue securing instructions during the so-called summer...

Between you and me, dear reader, I had little to no idea about what the metaverse was before researching it for...

The Bank of England raised interest rates for the fifth consecutive month yesterday. The cost of borrowing is now at a 13-year...

Fine & Country claims it has overtaken the established prime agency brands in recent months when it comes to listings. The premium...

Fewer foreign buyers are purchasing property in the UK, anti-money laundering data suggests. The property market has been hampered in recent years...

A record number of anti-money laundering (AML) checks were carried out during the first quarter of 2022 across the UK property industry,...

There’s one message that’s come home to me loud and clear from my dealings with agents so far this year -...

Conveyancers have had their busiest year on record, industry data shows. Search Acumen’s latest Conveyancing Market for the first quarter of 2022...

Mortgage down valuations are being driven-up by sellers trying their luck and ignoring their estate agent’s advice, a broker claims. Analysis by...

A proptech startup launched by former Conveyancing Association chairman Eddie Goldsmith has secured a second round of investment. YouConvey, which aims to...

Four estate agents have had their anti-money laundering (AML) registrations cancelled by HMRC so far this year. The taxman has published its...

In this article, Kristian Stott, Head of New Business at iamproperty, analyses the digital revolution in our lives and in property and why...

Estate agents and sellers could be set to benefit from fewer fall-throughs this year but the costs of a collapsed sale...

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

Record numbers of homes are being sold off-market and for a premium due to the property supply shortage. Off-market sales are traditionally...

LSL has reported a 16% drop in estate agency residential exchange income but says it is sales pipeline is at record...

Sales remain the predominant source of income for most estate agency brands, research claims. The analysis warns that agents shouldn’t ignore lettings...

Belvoir has reported that group revenue is up 14% in the first four months of the year, helped mainly by its...

Many of the property firms recently fined for anti-money laundering (AML) breaches have previously turned down help, Credas claims. It was revealed...

The pool of candidates for jobs in the estate agency sector appears to be shrinking. It comes after official figures showed overall...

Purplebricks has revealed a drop in instructions so far this year. The online agency brand issued a trading update this morning for...

Agents using Boomin have managed to convert more than 20% of SmartVal valuation requests into instructions. The challenger portal and lead generation...

Auction house iamproperty is marking a record start to the year with landmark sales and fees raised for partner agents. The brand...

Property data company Dye & Durham has promised to “work collaboratively” with the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) after the watchdog...

Agents have heralded the beginning of the house price slowdown. The latest Land Registry House Price Index yesterday showed values increased by...

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has warned that it may block the merger of two property search firms as it...

More than 30 agents and property firms such as auction houses and valuers were reprimanded by HMRC for anti-money laundering breaches...

A property lender claims to have identified signs that the property market is slowing. Analysis of Bank of England mortgage approval data...

The number of areas where the average house sale price exceeded £500,000 has surpassed 15% of Great Britain for the first...

Many people in recent years will have become familiar with challenger banks such as Monzo, Starling and Atom. Many will have...

Former Hamptons and Countrywide executive Phil Tennant has joined US-style fast buy firm UPSTIX. Tennant has been recruited as chief operating officer...

Two senior agency figures have suggested there is more work needed to level the playing field for women in the sector. The...

Rightmove’s share price hit its lowest level for two years yesterday after it was announced that its chief executive is stepping...

Online and hybrid agents have rapidly increased their market share over the past year, research claims. Analysis of new Zoopla, Rightmove and...

Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) has long been the bugbear of many property transactions. Even the very wealthy will lose interest...

Agents helped vendors sell homes at 97.9% of asking price on average last year, research claims. Analysis of portal and Land Registry...

The property market could be set for further upheaval when the Bank of England makes its latest interest rate decision today. The...

An industry veteran who helped train Purplebricks agents has partnered with easyProperty to foster its franchisee talent. The online hybrid agent is...

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

Rising house prices boosted HMRC’s coffers during the previous tax year. Analysts suggest the booming housing market has meant HMRC has attracted...

A legal expert has suggested that Metaverse sales could eventually become part of a property chain. The Metaverse is the latest trend...

Record numbers of buyers are now purchasing homes chain-free research suggests. Analysis by Hamptons has found that an increase in the share...

The trend for remote working could continue to influence the property market into next year, Rightmove claims. The portal’s data shows there...

Off-market property platform Invisible Homes is planning to expand throughout London over the next year and to cover the whole of...

In June, the biggest pilot scheme of a four-day working week anywhere in the world will begin in Britain, with more...

One of estate agency’s biggest groups yesterday announced the start of a share buyback programme for a tranche of up to...

First off, here at EAT we hope everyone enjoyed the Easter celebrations and didn’t eat too much chocolate! Despite the Easter break,...

The latest trading update from Foxtons has revealed that sales revenue in the first quarter of this year was down 9%...

Yesterday afternoon, Helena Marston was finally confirmed as Purplebricks new CEO after all the due diligence checks that are required for...

Following a series of unexplained delays, Helena Marston has now finally been confirmed as the new chief executive of beleaguered agency...

A leading figure in the Say No To Rightmove (STNR) campaign says the attempts to get agents to ditch Rightmove have...

OnTheMarket has revealed it is expanding the scope and scale of its successful Town Hall initiative in response to growing demand...

London’s prime sales market is set to underperform compared with 2021 but is still looking to be better than the pre-pandemic...

House price growth hit a five-month high in February, according to Land Registry data but there are warnings that this will...

The stamp duty holiday last year has caused a surge of borrowers taking on mortgages with terms of more than 35...

Auction house The iamproperty Group has reached a new agent milestone. It now has 4,000 agents on the network using its auction...

Boomin has unveiled its latest round of paying agents. The challenger portal, launched by former Purplebricks founder Michael Bruce, has revealed 10...

Netflix addicts may have come across Selling Sunset, an American series focused on the drama of US real estate agents selling...

Winkworth agents posted record sales income last year, attributed to the stamp duty holiday. The London-listed agent franchise group revealed in its...

Keller Williams has marked a record month for new agents but has announced the closure of its Bristol market centre hub...

Reviews website allAgents has begun teasing details of its 2022 awards. Agents will be able to pick up their gongs in person...

The proportion of homes sold to landlords has hit a five-year high but buyers are paying above asking price due to...

Mortgage search platform Twenty7Tec is predicting there could be one million searches for home loans this month. The technology company, which lets...

PayProp’s recent Rental Confidence Index survey polled property professionals about their biggest concerns for 2022. Unsurprisingly, new regulations were a top...

Foxtons, Chancellors and Douglas & Gordon have been named among the first paid-up agency brands on Boomin. The challenger portal, launched by...

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

Technology developed for the estate agency industry has advanced and expanded seismically over the past decade as software vendors develop their...

The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) is planning more acquisitions after a busy 2021 for buying-up agencies. The umbrella property brand, which incorporates...

Zoopla has unveiled a Sales Advisory Board in an attempt to give agents a greater say in how the portal is...

The Property Franchise Group has reported record like-for-like revenue for 2021. The umbrella property brand, which incorporates well-known names such as EweMove,...

More acquisitions are being predicted at agency franchise group Belvoir. It comes as the listed brand yesterday reported record group revenue of...

In July 2020, two leading lettings technology disruptors - Vouch and Goodlord - announced that they were going into partnership. Now,...

John D Wood - which along with Hamptons is regarded as the prime end of the suite of agency brands now...

One of the most valuable assets to any company is the data it stores. According to a recent study completed by...

New portal Boomin suggests it has “thousands” of agents who have signed up on a paid basis. The portal - which launched almost...

Demand in prime areas of London has fallen in the first quarter of the year, says estate agency Benham and Reeves. The...

A rule change has been introduced this week in a bid to make equity release customers reduce interest costs. The option to...

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

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

It’s not an easy time for many renters (and homeowners). The cost of living is going up across the board for...

Typical stamp duty paid by property purchasers now is actually 84 per cent more than before the pandemic and the SDLT...

The JLL property consultancy is opening a branch handling sales and lettings in an area of London often by-passed by rival...

The latest government house price data has sparked a fear that the market may be heading towards an affordability crisis. The Office...

House sales in February were around a fifth lower than the same month in 2021, according to HM Revenue and Customs...

Figures just released by HM Revenue & Customs show the Treasury enjoying a bumper year for stamp duty, with record receipts...

The Skipton Building Society, which owns Connells estate agency, says the house-selling arm helped it reach a record profit pre-tax profit...

Fifteen businesses which had bought freeh­olds from housing developer Countryside have now given formal undertakings to remove terms that cause ground...

A popular and respected estate agent in Essex, who also campaigned nationally against homelessness, has died just days after bing diagnosed...

The LSL Property Services group - which is increasingly focussing activities in the mortgage and personal finance world - has issued...

Estate Agent Today is to have a new editor from April 4. He is award winning journalist and podcaster Marc Shoffman who...

Some 86 Bronze, Silver, Gold and Special Awards have been presented to agents in the Guild off Property Professionals at its...

The long-standing commitment of London-focussed agency Dexters to expand through acquisitions is continuing apace. Over the weekend it was announced that the...

The online agency brand eXp UK claims it’s growing at an industry leading pace - and it puts it all down...

The Purplebricks share price remained relatively unchanged yesterday following the shock announcement that chief executive Vic Darvey was quitting the company...

High end estate agency Savills says the imposition of sanctions on Russians, amid new measures obliging overseas buyers to be more...

Despite a backdrop of the Ukraine crisis, soaring fuel bills, rising interest rates and high inflation, buyer sentiment remains strong according...

Purplebricks chief executive Vic Darvey has quit, citing “personal circumstances”.  He leaves at the end of this month with chief operating officer Helena...

There’s been a marked reduction in mortgage product availability for a second consecutive month.  Independent mortgage market monitor Moneyfacts says there are...

Ben Ridgway and Jamie Cooke, co-founders of iamproperty Group brought together industry leaders in a recent roundtable to discuss the challenges...

Foxtons has this morning launched a £3m share buy back programme, representing a major windfall for its investors. A statement from the...

A London estate agency has won a rarely-awarded gong from the Feefo reviews service - and the company says it’s testimony...

Welcome to the latest edition of Property Jobs Today, your chance to catch up with who’s going where and why in...

A row has broken out over a company which has made allegations about Trustpilot reviews of OnTheMarket. A company called KwikChex says...

Of the many industry buzzwords, I suspect “upfront information” was up there as one of the most widely used in 2021....

Momentum is building up in support of the government’s probe into whether the London homes of oligarchs on the sanctions list...

A new housing market snapshot from Zoopla suggests that in the supply of homes coming to the market has triggered a...

The founder of fledgling portal Boomin says the latest Nationwide house price index findings demonstrate that there’s no sign yet of...

The hot topic of rent controls has remerged in recent weeks, with passionate voices on both sides of the argument speaking...

A popular myth suggesting 50 per cent of homes sell with a second agent, is simply untrue. That’s the claim from property...

Foxtons has told shareholders that it has enjoyed "a good year of progress with revenues, profits and cash flow significantly ahead of...

Well-known property expert and video interviewer Chris Watkin independently investigates how one piece of software is having such a big effect...

OnTheMarket’s transformation into a “tech-enables property business across the broader property eco-system” is gathering pace according to the portal’s chief executive. In...

Housing market analyst and PropTech entrepreneur Anthony Codling says that the next few weeks will determine whether Boomin is the portal...

Until a few years ago, you would have been forgiven for not knowing who or what Coadjute was. But the company, founded...

There’s been another large rise in fee earnings for Rightmove this morning, as the portal softens the blow by announcing a...

The industry big hitter who joined Connells on a temporary basis to support its acquisition of Countrywide has now become its commercial director and a...

Property searches are not showing up some new road schemes because they are classified by local councils as planning consent for...

The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agent Team has released background information on how it came to make changes to...

The rental market is recalibrating after Covid, and this is evident in the latest data from Zoopla’s rental index. For 18 months...

Agents have 21 per cent fewer homes on their books now than a year ago according to a quick buy company. In...

One of the country’s leading agencies says the recent and expected interest rate rises, and the surging inflation, will not blow...

An average home appreciated more in 2021 than its owner will have earned, according to Savills. The agency says that with annual...

Alexander Siedes, CEO of Homeppl, reveals the top five ways people try and commit tenancy fraud and how to spot and stop...

A company that sold a record 465 homes in 2021 has invested in a new office which it claims will “redefine...

Fall throughs remain a significant problem with transaction collapses costing buyers and sellers a wasted £880m in 2021 according to new...

A leading agent and market commentator says he has identified one part of the UK where the current stock shortage is...

An agency is warning some house hunters that they face a more competitive time this year following a “truly remarkable” change...

OnTheMarket says buyer and seller confidence has not been adversely affected by the first base rate rise in more than three...

Property events and functions are now back in full swing, with 2022 likely to be the first ‘normal’ year for this...

I’m sure most readers would agree with me that cyber-security is vitally important for almost any business, particularly those businesses like...

If 2020 was the year of survival, then 2021 was about the post-Covid boom. The impact of the pandemic on the...

The finance arm of LSL Property Services - known as Pivotal Growth - has snapped up a specialist mortgage and insurance...

Selling a home - the period from listing to completion - is now back to its pre-pandemic levels of 16 weeks...

The chief executive of Belvoir says his agency has had 25 years of significant financial and business success - and much...

Stamp duty statistics show that the introduction of a two per cent surcharge on residential properties by overseas buyers, means HM...

There’s been a huge rise in the amount of money contributed to the housing market by first time buyers. They paid over...

After a long period of improvement in the level of product choice for borrowers, February has seen mortgage availability fall for the...

Rightmove says the level of business owners enquiring about leasing office space has now surpassed even pre-pandemic levels in January. Demand is...

The estate agent known to his thousands of followers on Twitter as Mayfair Guru is predicting a ‘Roaring 2020s’ for the...

The regional agency group Experts In Property is back in business with an online awards event.  Majoring on training, online marketing and...

Some regional property markets are perilously close to running out of any stock to sell. That’s the news from property data...

The latest house price data from the Halifax shows another absolute record but with a sharply reduced monthly rise indicating a...

Without doubt, 2021 was an exceptional year in the property market, with the stamp duty holiday and favourable market conditions helping...

Rightmove has revealed a major rise in visits to its site and app as the housing market boom shows no sign...

Hello and welcome to the latest Agents Do Charity, our weekly round-up of who’s-doing-what-good-deeds in our industry. Want to be involved? Well...

The average home sale in England and Wales in 2021 achieved 98 per cent of the asking price - slightly improved...

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

An estate agency in the Home Counties has made two more acquisitions, taking the total number to seven independents it has...

Hybrid agency EweMove - which has a mix of working-from-home agents and High Street branches - has had an outstanding year...

The branding and technology supplier epropservices - which also owns Fine & Country and the Guild of Property Professionals - is changing...

Agents are losing tens of thousands of pounds each - in some cases even more - because of the volume of...

The total value of all UK homes broke the £8 trillion barrier in 2021 according to Savills - and London is...

Our Agents Do Charity column each Friday does a fantastic job of highlighting the amazing charitable work of agents up and...

New research suggests that the estate agency industry has bucked the nationwide trend of business liquidation that he plagued other sectors...

Foxtons has confirmed its intention to sell the sales side of Douglas & Gordon, the London agency chain it acquired only...

A trading statement this morning confirms a large revenue rise for LSL Property Services. Group revenue increased by around 23 per cent last...

A leading buying agency says that while prime central London’s property market shows clear signs of recovery, a weak area remains...

There’s been huge sale price inflation in the rarified high-end country estate market according to a buying agent. Jess Simpson, who runs...

The UK’s largest property auctioneer says that there is now clear evidence of the impact the pandemic has had on the...

The average age at which someone buys their first home has risen to 32, up from 29 in 2011 and is...

The market share of hybrid and online agents has fallen again, this time to 6.7 per cent. That figure - taken at...

The ESTAS Forum scheduled for March says its aim is to encourage agents and conveyancers to work more closely together.  “There doesn’t...

The lettings sector looks set to steam ahead in 2022 after a record-breaking 2021, despite the financial and mobility challenges of...

With the drastic changes enacted on the industry over the past two years thanks to the pandemic and political events such...

The Nationwide has released data listing the most and least affordable locations in Britain - background information for agents. Some entries are...

OnTheMarket has this morning told shareholders that its performance is ahead of expectations and it's on course to make improved profits...

Barely three weeks into the new year and we’re already talking about plans to raise tens, perhaps hundreds, of thousands of...

Government data shows the average UK house price increasing by 10 per cent on an annual basis in November. On a monthly...

A law firm is warning that one of the key risks facing that industry this year revolves around professional negligence claims against...

There’s been a surge in the number of sellers who resort to using quick buy firms, according to the sector’s trade...

House prices are up by as much as £100,000 on this time last year according to a mortgage company. Research by the...

If agents wonder why more older home owners don’t sell and downsize, it may be because they’re taking equity out of...

The Bruce brothers’ new portal Boomin has given its first statistics regarding usage following the launch of a new marketing campaign...

Agents finding it difficult to persuade potential vendors to come to the market this early in the year have new ammunition...

The name of Purplebricks - which once claimed its business model was a global success - has now been removed in...

OnTheMarket chief executive Jason Tebb is warning that we might be near the top of the market. His portal’s latest sentiment index...

London’s super-prime residential market has recorded its strongest year since 2013, according to high end agency Savills. In total, there were 522...

As this is the first Natter back since the Christmas break, I should like to first wish all our readers a...

Winkworth has told its shareholders that it expects approaches from prospective franchisees to open new branches this year. In a trading statement...

Propertymark, the main industry trade body, has this evening updated its guidance on Covid safety for estate and letting agents in...

Strong house price growth since the pandemic began has boosted seller gains with the typical vendor who bought two decades ago...

Mortgage lenders serving the housing market are set for a quieter 2022 after the unprecedented levels of activity seen in 2021,...

It’s often said that agency is a people business, and I can see no reason to disagree - agents dealing face-to-face...

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

At the risk of mixing my metaphors, any mention of energy has become something of a blue touch paper in the...

The last two years have been dramatic and decisive for many people and many businesses. Both have reassessed their work approaches...

Adam Day will be a well-known figure to many in the industry, having been the founder of Hatched (the online agency...

A hybrid agency that charges no fees to vendors but instead relies on referral fees for income has officially rolled out...

The housing market boom of 2021 has given rise to an increasing number of £1m-plus deals.  Government statistics analysed by mortgage firm...

Welcome to 2022 and the first Agents Do Charity of the New Year. We’re all learning to live with Covid a little...

A leading PropTech entrepreneur with a lengthy pedigree as an estate agent says agents should use more technology in a bid...

The number of locations where average house prices still stand at below £150,000 has shrunk by 28 per cent in recent...

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

High-value properties were the top-performers in the country house market in 2021, according to an agency that majors in this sector.  In...

Rightmove claims its visits over the Christmas period were its busiest ever with what it calls ‘buyer demand’ up 23 per...

Prime Central London’s attraction to multi-millionaire and billionaire buyers appears to have soared during the pandemic. High end agency Beauchamp Estates says...

Propertymark’s chief executive has rejected claims that his organisation’s housing market data inaccurately states the numbers of prospective buyers for each...

The surge in Omicron cases and possible future restrictions are set to hit the housing market in 2022 - and may...

The UK is reported to have dropped down the league table of governments that secure vast amounts of income from property...

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

A webinar in mid-January will help agents get an edge on securing leads and ensuring transactions are not lost. That’s the claim...

Areas with the biggest house price growth of 2021 have seen the value of homes rise by three times the national...

The online agency Strike - which has a business model selling homes for free and relying on referral fees for revenue...

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

A leading conveyancing expert says the traditional rivalry between his profession and estate agents has abated in 2021. Lloyd Davies - managing director and...

We’ve had a terrific display of agency and supplier videos running every weekday since late November - a wonderful lead-in to...

We’re here - it’s Christmas. And as agents clock off for a well earned break, they can do so with a...

Fine & Country says it’s celebrating the launch of offices in 12 new locations across Spain this year. The brand says that...

Hello, and with Christmas around the corner we have perhaps the most charming and well-produced festive video we’ve seen from an...

As we slide into Christmas, with the busiest levels of house buying since 2006 and activity still buoyant, I don’t think...

Savills has announced a major new advertising campaign that will run across all media channels, breaking with a 60 second TV...

Halifax has revealed the UK’s most expensive streets in 2021 - and it’s no surprise that the very dearest examples are...

The last Propertymark housing market snapshot for 2021, based on date from the end of November, finds that there is an...

Prospect Estate Agents in the south east of England have pulled out all the stops this festive season with a wonderful...

Boomin is launching a new ad campaign from Boxing Day, December 26 - the date previously associated with record visits to...

With the business model for self-employed agents hotly debated within the industry, new data has suggested that most freelance professionals are...

We doff our caps to the brilliant folk at Haslams agency in Reading for their extremely attractive and clever Christmas decorations...

The Lomond Group, reported over the weekend to be in talks to buy high-end London agency Chestertons, has this morning announced it’s...

Christmas - time for a much-needed rest for our industry after getting through a workload which reached almost unprecedented levels in...

Rightmove has revealed the UK’s property hotspot of 2021 - where prices have risen 31 per cent in just a year. The...

Welcome to Christmas week! We have a real cracker of a video for you today thanks to Jodene Schofield, a director at...

It really is beginning to look a lot like Christmas – just a week to go now. Presents all wrapped and...

As 2021 draws to a swift close, there is much speculation about what 2022 will have to offer. Despite the emergence of...

An agency has won one of the most prestigious ‘gongs’ of the season - it’s been named Employer of the Year...

With barely more than a week before Christmas, we’re delighted to bring you more heartwarming stories from agents. Despite the difficulties of...

A big thank you for today’s fun entry goes to Madi Kerridge, sales and lettings negotiator at the Matthew Anthony agency...

Hello and welcome to our latest fantastic festive display from an agency - this time, Dawsons. The agency’s senior partner Chris Hope...

Every year we at EAT are impressed by the pleasingly political festive cards sent out by the STANLEY Chelsea agency -...

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

In this article, the team at Lifesycle outline why agents are increasingly turning to their CRM. Unless you have been living under...

Purplebricks’ share price has hit its lowest-ever level following the postponement of a trading statement after the company admitted a blunder...

Let no one say agents aren't imaginative, creative and entertaining - or at least no one can say that about Maxine...

A good website is no longer optional for estate agents, as no single aspect of marketing to new customers is more...

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

Mortgage lenders have announced a voluntary moratorium on possessions from today, December 13, until Tuesday January 4.  A statement from the umbrella...

We have some beautiful agency branch windows to show at the start of this week. Many thanks to Faye Hamer from Choice...

We all know what did happen in 2021 - Covid and more Covid, the stamp duty holiday frenzy, a soaring rental...

As the UK housing market faces an ongoing boom, there’s one profession that’s certainly rushed off its feet — estate agents....

The Covid-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on all aspects of our lives, but undoubtedly one major negative side effect...

The company selling new homes in a London development has added a new twist to our celebration of Christmas 2021 -...

Hello again and with just two weeks to go before the festivities begin, there’s a definite ramping up of fund-raising for...

There’s good news for people in Newbury, Berkshire - the Christmas windows at Hillier & Wilson estate agency have now been...

A survey of sellers shows that 61 per cent of them visit the agent’s website before instructing them. According to respondents the...

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

Welcome to the new week - and we’re just 19 days from Christmas Day!  We continue our parade of photos and videos...