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As the impact of coronavirus unfolds, we are in constant conversations with customers to understand the challenges they’re facing and to...

Zoopla has confirmed that it’s to extend its ‘three months free’ plan to five months of free portal usage for agents...

One of the industry’s highest profile figures has suggested the Coronavirus crisis could trigger many more agents becoming self-employed. Nicky Stevenson -...

The government has amended the eligibility criteria and will allow some agents' commission payments to be included in claims for Furloughed...

Almost every part of the agency industry is operating remotely these days - and we would love to know how you’re...

The NAEA and ARLA have jointly written to the government asking it to include agents’ commission in its plans to help those financially...

Due to the current Coronavirus pandemic, we are all being told to stay at home as much as possible to contain...

Purplebricks Local Property Experts are asking sellers who are not allowing agents into their homes during the virus crisis to draw...

Hello and here’s the latest daily update to help the industry through these unprecedented times.  If you have any appropriate advice you...

Countrywide has strongly denied claims made to Estate Agent Today that some people have felt obliged to work at an admin...

One of the biggest issues for agencies at the moment is furloughing - a safety net being offered by the government...

Late last year a buying agent at Stacks Property Search and Acquisition set up a village Good Neighbour Scheme with her...

The Competitions and Markets Authority has started court proceedings seeking the disqualification of two estate agency directors over a price fixing...

Yet another one of the giants of our industry, Hunters, says it’s taking “appropriate measures” to safeguard the firm in the...

Two auctions held behind closed doors have been deemed a success, and evidence that the property market can still function despite...

Hello and welcome to the latest Conquering Corona - our guide for agents to get through these challenging times. Please let us...

Owners and investors who may be leaving their properties empty in the current Coronavirus crisis risk having their insurance invalidated. High-end property...

The founder and chairman of Hunters, who is also a Conservative MP, has been criticised for a tweet saying he would...

There has been scepticism across the industry as to the motives behind an unspecified number of lay-offs and permanent branch closures...

While controversy swirls around the approach and motives of the sackings and branch closures at Spicerhaart, other agents are showing how...

Hello - here we are with Friday’s help and advice.  A reminder, if you need it, that we want to share your...

The head of the longest-established agency personnel consultancy in the UK says caution should be exercised over the use of Artificial...

One of Britain’s most outspoken and high profile agents has quit Rightmove in spectacular fashion, using an open letter to the...

Auction houses are the latest part of the residential sector to seek PropTech help to attract business during the Coronavirus crisis. For...

We all know how stressful buying a home is, whether it’s your very first step onto the ladder or your final...

The current market crisis caused by Coronavirus should present OnTheMarket with an opportunity to pause its existing strategy, talk to agents...

A surveyors’ firm has been wound up after courts declared that it had misled clients over the success of its core...

Purplebricks faces an imminent takeover bid following the collapse of its share price, predicts a leading industry analyst. Andrew Stanton has already...

There’s been a huge change in the way estate agencies operate in recent years, with far more focus on marketing properties...

Nested is the latest online agency to base a marketing campaign around criticism of established estate agents.  In three 30-second TV ads...

There’s been another shortlist announced for The ESTAS 2020 - this time for the best suppliers to the estate and letting...

A property portal is making the controversial claim that the Coronavirus has led to an increase in online interest in UK...

Prominent agency industry analyst Anthony Codling is asking agents whether the board of OnTheMarket did the right thing by firing Ian...

OnTheMarket is not responding to requests to reveal details of any pay-off for its chief executive Ian Springett, who was sacked...

An agency has repaid a £6,000 reservation fee to someone who thought they had purchased a property for £83,000 but was later...

The head of a firm that has been creating digital property log books for well over a decade says the house-moving...

Any bid by Zoopla and OnTheMarket to displace Rightmove as the number one portal in the UK is at best expensive...

By now, most letting agents and landlords will have heard about the draft legislation laid in Parliament concerning a mandatory minimum...

There’s a growing trend for estate agents to quit big-name corporates and either go independent or join US-style brokerages, a top...

A PropTech firm claims it will improve the security of estate agents and other lone workers through a new app and location...

A new hybrid set up by ex-Purplebricks territory owners says it wants to "redefine estate agency in the customer's favour." Knock Knock...

Purplebricks banked more than £18m in fees for thousands of homes it did not sell last year according to this morning’s...

Agents are consistently being told that they need to get on board with change. And one could quite easily make the...

More than 18 months on from the acquisition of ZPG for £2.2 billion by Silver Lake Partners, a US private equity...

Purplebricks and Countrywide have each recently claimed to be the biggest agency group in the UK but now Connells says that...

A woman claims she had no idea that her husband stole almost £1.5m from two high-profile employers - one of them...

The share price of challenger portal OnTheMarket has fallen to its equal lowest-ever level after a drop of over five per cent...

It’s been revealed that under takeover rules, LSL Property Services and Countrywide have until March 23 to make merger or takeover...

Some of the biggest figures in the industry have given Estate Agent Today their reaction to the news - broken yesterday...

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

Sky News claims that Countrywide and LSL Property Services are discussing a merger to become a £500m super-agency.  In an exclusive it...

There’s something of a conspiracy of silence over the problem of short lets. That is a stark claim but many siren voices...

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

A free-to-list portal says the costs of listing on the established sites - especially Rightmove - are contributing to estate agencies...

A conveyancing firm has launched what it claims to be one of the first ever apps for vendors and buyers in...

The government is being urged to make commonhold ownership compulsory on all new apartments - and the move could even begin a...

Who are you? Jed Topping, Business Development Executive for Virgin Media How can sales and letting agents work with Virgin Media to earn extra revenue?...

It’s been revealed that the branch closure programme by Your Move and Reeds Rains last year resulted in 460 lost jobs...

A legal challenge by HM Revenue and Customs has stopped a bid to secure a stamp duty discount on a property. The...

Savills has smoked out another money-making opportunity with a new enterprise which it claims has “enormous growth potential.” The property consultancy is teaming...

Countrywide is remaining silent over the stalled sale of its commercial arm. The troubled agency group’s share price dropped over 3.5 per...

A prominent consumer group says homes sold precisely 14 days after first being listed typically achieve the best price - closest...

A number of estate agents have recently received phishing emails, fraudulently claiming to be from the main portals and trying to...

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

Another weekend, another storm: it’s hard to put a smile on your face when winter goes on this long but the...

The chief executive of Purplebricks says agents are “miles behind” in using digital information to provide a personalised service.  Vic Darvey has given...

Conservatives have been lining up to criticise a mansion tax which may be introduced on expensive homes to fund infrastructure improvements...

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

Agents now have only seven days to complete a referral fees survey, announced late on Friday by Trading Standards and The...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT - your regular Monday fix of who’s moving where in our industry. As ever, a...

One of the leading consumer groups has backed the government’s controversial First Homes policy, which aims to give 30 per cent...

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

The National Trading Standards Estate & Letting Agency Team and The Property Ombudsman have launched an urgent survey to assess awareness...

Coutts has identified areas of London where house prices are still below peak. Although the wealth manager and private bank says there...

Property auctions – online or otherwise – can be hugely helpful to sellers, buyers and estate agents. Online auctions, in particular, are...

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...

New research suggests the internet and broadband coverage have become even more important to buyers and tenants. The study - involving 228...

An online agency’s claim that it sells homes “for free” has been disputed by a High Street rival - but the...

The estate agency review site allAgents claims some of Trustpilot’s reviews “could be dubious.”  A statement from allAgents repeats an allegation made last...

A new renovation start-up is operating across eight cities and claims to be able to transform properties - including ones that...

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

An estate agent has set up his own buying operation because he claims the quality of service for high-end buyers has...

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...

Rightmove and Zoopla have been working with key figures from government and the agency and conveyancing industries on how to reform...

Quite a few years ago, I spoke at a conference for auctioneers. It was a traditional affair. Rural location. Nice hotel....

Some older estate agents may end up retiring when mandatory examinations and qualifications are introduced as there will be no ‘free...

A hub-style agency says it’s achieved what it calls a mega-sale - and claims it’s the largest ever by a hub...

It’s been reported that two founders of an estate agency at Leigh in Greater Manchester have been banned until 2025 after...

Logbooks about properties must be made available up-front at the point of marketing and not later in the buying process if...

A BBC Radio probe into quick-sale firms claims some of them can lose sellers many thousands of pounds. It says Trading Standards...

Independent agents in a fast-growing trade body are to be given the opportunity to secure exclusivity on land deals and new...

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 high-end estate agent who has quit his post after being found to have posted pictures of clients’ houses on Instagram...

The increasing demand for information on Japanese Knotweed during the house buying process is emphasising the need for householders to pay...

In the field of conveyancing, there’s a new dynamic at play. And that dynamic is customer-driven and customer-focused, using digital technology...

A rugby star has signed a deal to operate the easyProperty franchise in his home town area. Castleford Tigers prop forward Liam...

A leasehold reform campaigner claims estate agents face “growing calls to be held accountable for mis-selling leasehold properties.” Louie Burns, managing director...

The ValPal Network claims its new product allows agents to gather the maximum amount of information from customers using its automated...

Reapit has joined a consortium attempting to make the long-anticipated end-to-end digital home buying process a reality. It’s joined the IPN Consortium,...

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,...

The total value of the UK’s housing stock hit £7.39 trillion in 2019, a new record high. The claim, in an analysis...

A hybrid estate agency which set a target of rivalling Purplebricks when it launched says it aims to recruit 25 agents...

A new buying agency has launched, aimed at well-heeled purchasers and sellers.  Called Xander Prime it says it is “acting on behalf...

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

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

The Law Commission has set out three ways to cut the cost that leaseholders have to pay to buy the freehold...

There’s a warning today that Rightmove could be vulnerable to losing its number one portal status because it has such a...

There have been two developments on the controversial subject of online reviews. One concerns the online agency Emoov, which three months ago...

Agents are being offered a two week free trial of a service giving mobile telephone signal strength information and broadband connectivity...

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

A property portal says that it’s going to remain free to list for estate and letting agents - and that pledge...

Estate agents who deliberately over-value properties in order to win instructions are effectively committing fraud according to a prominent industry figure. Russell...

A veteran agent says the new government’s Budget, expected in the next few weeks, should not provide too much help to...

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

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

Barclays claims that property size and measurements are confusing home owners - and especially those considering going to the market this...

An agency in Leeds is next month launching a service which it claims is unique in the area, partnering with a...

OnTheMarket has this morning announced it has raised £3.4m through a placing of shares. It has placed 4,857,143 new ordinary shares at a...

Zoopla is launching a new eight week marketing campaign on Boxing Day - and Estate Agent Today has an exclusive look at...

There are reasons to be optimistic that a majority government will improve the housing market, simply by ending political and economic...

The government has given details of a scheme allowing 30 per cent reductions for what it calls ‘local first time buyers’...

An unknown website called EA League Tables has issued a list of agencies and agency-groups which it claims shows their order by...

The public are being asked to inform the authorities if they know of agents operating fee-fixing cartels. The request - from the...

An estate agent in London claims he did £53m of property deals within hours of the Conservative victory in the General...

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...

In the firmest sign yet that PropTech has entered the mainstream, Housing Minister Esther McVey recently launched an expert advisory council...

A statement made by Purplebricks in its trading statement yesterday appears to fly in the face of statements it has made...

It’s a substantial Tory government for the next five years: what does this mean for estate agents, property and the market? We have...

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

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

Online estate agency Housesimple is extending its offer to sell homes for free to some postcodes in the Midlands.  The offer is...

Agents who join the fast-growing Federation of Independent Agents will have full access to the new Homesearch mine of data. Homesearch debuted...

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

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

The relaunched easyProperty hybrid agency is to rely exclusively on local marketing to drive awareness and customers, and not follow the...

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

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...

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

[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...

The dispute between controversial online estate agency Emoov and the Advertising Standards Authority is rumbling on.  In the first half of November...

Countrywide says it is constantly keeping its current branch structure under review, saying any responsible agency would have to consider the...

It’s been clear for a while that the additional regulation landlords and agents are facing has helped professionalise the private rental...

Here at sales progression and communication tool mio, we recently caught up with Sarah Edmundson, co-director of The AllStars Group, the...

A new portal has been launched aiming to take on Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket in the retirement property sector - and...

A new digital ‘members-only club’ is being launched for property professionals around the world.  The Eighth Door is a web and app-based...

A new app is being launched which allows agents to gauge possible interest in a property before it is formally put...

Properties worth a combined £8.1m have been surrendered to the National Crime Agency following a tax probe. The properties included 16 homes...

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

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

A PropTech company says the majority of transactions now involve chains and that the issue is becoming more problematic for agents...

The chief of an online auction service says the Conservatives’ controversial proposal for a three per cent stamp duty surcharge on...

Agents have reacted angrily to General Election proposals by all three main political parties to hike stamp duty for foreign buyers. The...

Hello and welcome to the final Property Jobs Today for November - the festive month of December is just around the...

Recent Zoopla reports stating that first-time buyers are deciding against purchasing one-bedroom flats came as no surprise to me, or I’m...

Pressure is building on the Conservative party to honour its previous commitment to reform stamp duty for British buyers and sellers...

A conveyancing company has thrown its weight behind reforms to surveys outlined by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. As Estate Agent Today...

Humberts is the latest estate agency to announce that it’s going to offer customers the controversial Modern Method of Auction option. The...

An online estate agency which last week claimed it had resolved a dispute over reviews it showed on its website is...

Last week, it was announced that Plentific, the London-based tenant experience, has raised $32 million in Series B funding. Plentific’s model sees...

A survey conducted by Estate Agent Today suggests there is huge anger from agencies against Rightmove in particular for its fees. On...

A prominent agency owner and industry figure has attacked Rightmove for failing to support estate agents and has accused it of...

A shock prediction from a property management firm suggests that around 10 estate agencies have gone bust every week in Britain...

The prospective buyers of a home in Oxfordshire who paid a deposit of £108,000 before withdrawing are suing the sellers in...

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....

The big question for the industry at the moment is the cost and future of portals.  This is especially key for agents...

The competition is hotting up between Zoopla and OnTheMarket for new homes listings. Today Zoopla has revealed that it has seen a...

A sales agency based in Warrington and set up originally to market new homes in Manchester is now expanding into Shanghai...

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

Fledgling online estate agency Emoov - now owned by PropTech firm Mashroom - has removed reviews and endorsements from its website...

Rightmove has been given the green light to continue using the claim that “every second someone contacts an estate agent about a...

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

“Multiple”members of the new trade body, the Federation of Independent Agents, are considering cancelling their subscriptions to Rightmove. FIA founder Graham Lock...

Two separate former High Street estate agents have sung the praise of switching to the hybrid business model. Appleby’s in Gloucestershire is...

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

Zoopla says it now offers the fastest listings search of all three leading UK property portals on mobile devices. In turn, it...

Purplebricks has this morning released a brief and relatively downbeat trading statement to the City and its shareholders. The statement applies to the...

An estate agency has been fined £30,000 for waiting until minutes after the sale of a flat was completed to tell...

A London estate agency says a new scheme of apartments being launched for sale this weekend will be the first ever...

Reapit has launched a platform, cloud infrastructure and marketplace called Foundations which aims to provide “all the PropTech solutions” for agencies’...

An online agent claims to have the answer to why fewer people are buying and selling these days. It’s not Brexit, stamp...

A London council wants government backing for a borough-wide Section 7 direction - effectively banning all agents’ boards being erected without...

Housing Minister Esther McVey has launched an expert advisory council that the government says is “dedicated to the digital transformation of...

The National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting Agents have issued their manifesto for next month’s General...

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

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has today published the paperwork behind the recent Countrywide £10m accounting controversy. Published on the RICS...

A survey undertaken for estate agency Jackson-Stops reveals that 55 per cent of people do not believe housing is a priority...

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

A Labour proposal to dramatically improve energy efficiency in almost every British home would cost an estimated £60 billion. The upgrades would...

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

The phrase ‘death of the high street’ can be found in nearly any publication in any given week. And for fair...

Two very different views on Brexit have come forward in the past 24 hours from different players in the industry. First off,...

Countrywide’s ever-patient investors appear to have been unfazed by the company’s latest compliance issue, which has led to a £100,000 fine...

Almost inevitably on Halloween, there’s a report today on the horror stories that deter buyers - but it may well be...

It’s now emerged that Countrywide has to pay a £100,000 fine to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors after breaching guidelines...

Countrywide has this afternoon released a statement suggesting it has, in its eyes, settled the controversy over unclaimed lettings funds being...

The former chief of an online estate agency says the top three surviving firms in the sector must merge if they...

Countrywide has declined to comment on circumstances surrounding today’s Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors disciplinary meeting about diverted funds. One of RICS’...

The Advertising Standards Authority has clamped down on misleading claims made by the organisers of a property raffle. The controversy surrounds an...

An estate agency will pay out over £40,000 after being found to have misled customers and allowing one of its own...

A former 10 Downing Street adviser says stamp duty on house sales should be scrapped or at least slashed in order...

A new league table of High Street agents’ charges published over the weekend reveals the locations where agents charge an average...

It’s that time again, with the clocks going back an hour to mark the start of slightly brighter mornings and significantly...

A survey suggests that 15 per cent of people who work in the real estate sector feel unsafe at work. This figure...

Enhanced customer care strategies, relationship-building schemes, cost-cutting measures and new revenue streams can’t help the lettings industry if the fundamental underlying...

London agency Benjamin Stevens has made a lifestyle-focused viral ‘TV show’ for YouTube viewers. The agency has called it North London TV...

The latest Rightmove asking price index indicates a smaller than usual autumn bounce - that’s a sign, the portal says, of...

Zoopla has unveiled new functionality that it claims will make searching for new homes easier for consumers - and resumes the...

A London estate agency chain says It’s seen a 59 per cent surge in the number of its clients who have...

The US-based real estate firm Keller Williams says it is aiming to be this country’s leading agency training organisation. Ben Taylor, who...

Upad, the national online letting agent set up by entrepreneur James Davis has announced that it is “closed to new business”...

A relatively new company which signs up vendors and then effectively sub-contracts their sales to strongly-performing local estate agents says it...

OnTheMarket is delivering agents “a higher marketing yield than Rightmove” according to an investment consultancy which works with OTM. Investors appear to...

When renting a property out, letting agents and landlords recognise that it is important to take a deposit from the tenant...

Midlands estate agency Centrick has launched a new specialist division to focus on the luxury homes market across the West Midlands...

England rugby fans will have been disappointed to find out that Saturday's planned World Cup group stage clash with France in...

Property portal Zoopla has hired a new creative agency to help it reach its goal of becoming the UK's 'number one...

A new online auction service has launched this week, pledging a fairer service for agent partners, as well as buyers and...

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

Property portal OnTheMarket has thrown down the challenge to Rightmove by launching two new features for its listing agents. The first, Market...

The new managing director of easyProperty claims the hybrid agency will be targeting branch managers and senior negotiators who think they...

Three key industry organisations have endorsed a best practice guide for the controversial Modern Method of Auction. The iamsold guide is aimed at...

A new estate agency, which claims to only hire property experts, has announced a new investment as well as the recruitment...

I want to take the time this week to talk about PropTech startups and how they can often be seen to...

A company that treats Japanese Knotweed has made startling claims about the extent of the problem across the UK. Environet claims that...

Purplebricks - which is at the centre of a string of controversies - has joined the growing campaign for stamp duty...

Briefings from the Conservative Party to The Sun newspaper suggest that the party will this week announce further relaxation in planning...

How can estate and letting agents nurture leads who aren't ready to sell or let a property instantly? It's a question many...

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

In an increasingly aggressive UK right now, it’s worth remembering that most people just want to get along and do good...

One of the first so-called ‘hub’ hybrid estate agencies using self-employed freelances instead of staff says it’s moving to bigger premises...

There’s been a five per cent rise in the cases of mortgage fraud as increasing numbers of house buyers appear to...

Shadow defence secretary Nia Griffiths is pledging to improve the quality of housing for serving military personnel if Labour gets into...

The Federation of Independent Agents, the new trade group set up in May, is holding its first conference this week.  The FIA...

Around one person in seven in England are living in unaffordable, insecure or unsuitable accommodation. The claim comes from the research produced...

Labour will this week discuss plans to allow councils to compulsorily purchase homes left empty for six months. Young Labour - a...

A sales and lettings agency which has entered insolvency is reported by a local newspaper to have offered vendors cut-price fees...

Hello and welcome to your regular Monday PJT, the essential guide to who’s moving where in our industry. Everyone mentioned here got...

In a previous Natter, I promised to talk more about CRMs – and here I stick to that promise. Following on from...

A quick move company claims that the general public underestimate estate agents’ fees by around £6,000.  A survey of 2,000 home owners...

All eyes are on Japan for the Rugby World Cup beginning this weekend…but there’s still time for our industry to raise...

A property MOT being launched by Countrywide and described as “game changing” for the house buying process will include survey and...

Earlier this year, the Regulation of Property Agents (RoPA) working group announced the initial details of plans for mandatory qualifications and...

A hybrid estate and lettings agency operating currently in Manchester, Liverpool and others parts of the north of England has told...

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

It’s been revealed this morning that the organisation behind a new clean-air website is encouraging buyers to seek reductions of as...

A PropTech company is suggesting that property mis-measurements and resulting over-valuations may be the next PPI scandal. The firm - Spec, which...

A PropTech start-up says its service allows investors from anywhere in the world to buy property in the UK which can...

A banking company used by OnTheMarket has issued a note to its investor clients claiming the portal “arguably beats its peers...

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

The Guild of Property Professionals has welcomed government steps to provide buyers and sellers with greater transparency in transactions - and...

A free-to-list portal says it’s an ideal way to capture potential leads so as to augment agents’ client databases that have...

Purplebricks’ recent strong share price rise is not a good sign for the agency but an indication that it may be...

Hunters chairman Kevin Hollinrake, who is also a Conservative MP, has given notice that he would resign the party whip if...

A fraudster who claimed to be an estate agent has been jailed for four years after conning vulnerable women into giving...

Three former online estate agency founders - including the controversial Russell Quirk - are going into mainstream full fee agency. They are...

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

It’s been six years since the Help to Buy scheme was launched, with the honourable intentions of helping more people onto...

A survey claims that millions of potential sellers would use online estate agents - and bizarrely, this includes an online agency...

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

There’s plenty of action in and around Westminster these days, but while the political temperature rises, the marvellous work of agents,...

A portal which describes itself as a social network and which has been operating on a soft launch basis for many...

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

A new online estate agency has attacked the industry for being “largely cloaked and ambiguous” - and says that of all...

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

Pattinson Auction has claimed its latest live non-online event was a “tremendous success” despite what it calls “misconceptions” about this way...

It’s been two weeks since our last PJT, thanks to the Bank Holiday, so there’s plenty of news in today’s edition. If...

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

OnTheMarket TV adverts return on Monday with what the portal calls “a refreshed version” giving more prominence to its ‘new and...

An independent estate agency says a No Deal Brexit will prompt a “feeding frenzy” of foreign buyers who are already “piling...

A new survey claims to have discovered the sights and experiences that most deter would-be buyers when they view homes on...

A new service which launched in June and pledged to provide estate and letting agents with “game changing” access to property...

Crowdfunding has been largely avoided by property companies for much of the past year following controversies surrounding Emoov’s fund raising -...

The Guardian has revealed that small investors lured into putting money into TV property guru Kevin McCloud’s eco-friendly housing projects -...

In the run up to his appointment as Prime Minister, Boris Johnson suggested that he might cut Stamp Duty Land Tax...

The Liverpool Echo says housing minister Esther McVey, who was born in the city, is now ”reviled” there following comments about poor families. According...

A new digital platform has been set up in a bid to provide a one-stop-shop for self-build enthusiasts - and it...

The international estate agency Engel & Volkers is closing its single prime central London office - despite past claims that sales...

Global free-to-list property portal Residential People has announced it’s almost at its next milestone of 800,000 listings within its first six...