As we get ever closer to 2023, this final Natter of the year is dedicated to the five biggest property moments of...
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![Purplebricks: Why shareholders should vote against chairman change](/upload/images/Logos/Purplebricks2019Logo-1-400x310.jpg)
Purplebricks has written to shareholders urging them to reject “disruptive” resolutions calling for chairman Paul Pindar to be sacked and replaced...
24 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks shareholder doesn’t rule out EGM on chairman position](/upload/images/Logos/Purplebricks2019Logo-1-400x310.jpg)
Estate Agent Today has been told that Lecram Holdings – the investment vehicle of Adam Smith which last week increased its...
11 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Activist investor backs new Purplebricks board roles but calls for more change](/upload/images/Logos/Purplebricks-2019Logo-400x310.jpg)
A high-profile Purplebricks investor has backed the beleaguered online agent for bringing more experienced individuals to its board but has urged...
15 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks unveils high-profile board appointments](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/TeamSelection400x310.jpg)
Purplebricks has unveiled two senior board appointments. The online agent has appointed Adrian Gill and Gareth Helm, two highly experienced property industry...
14 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Extending Right to Buy won’t fix the housing shortage](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/BorisJohnson-4-400x310.jpg)
Prime Minister Boris Johnson recently announced that he is considering extending Margaret Thatcher’s Right-to-Buy scheme, that gives council tenants the chance to...
14 May 2022
From: Features
![Property Natter – the who’s who of the industry](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...
30 April 2022
From: Features
![Energy squeeze threatens financial nightmare for tenants and landlords](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EnergyLightbulb-400x310.png)
It’s not an easy time for many renters (and homeowners). The cost of living is going up across the board for...
26 March 2022
From: Features
![Affordability is the issue of the rent control argument](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/CoinsHouses-2019-400x310.jpg)
The hot topic of rent controls has remerged in recent weeks, with passionate voices on both sides of the argument speaking...
02 March 2022
From: Features
![Free PropTech for OnTheMarket agents after deal with industry veteran](/upload/images/Logos/OnTheMarketLogo-New-2022-400x310.jpg)
OnTheMarket has entered a PropTech commercial partnership with Autoenhance.ai Limited, the AI photo editing platform. Autoenhance was founded by PropTech entrepreneur Jamie...
18 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![How affordable is it to buy a new-build house?](/upload/images/library/NewHousing-1-400x310.jpg)
Affordability has always been a hot topic when it comes to the property market, and this is doubly true for first-time...
22 September 2021
From: Features
![City exodus: will the return to the office see a reversal of activity?](/upload/images/Locations/London-WestEnd-400x310.jpg)
2020 gave rise to an exodus from the city as work from home became the mandated norm for large swaths of...
11 September 2021
From: Features
![Could an adjustment to BTL Stamp Duty improve the lettings market?](/img/default/eat.png)
The Stamp Duty holiday has been very beneficial for hundreds of thousands of buyers looking to take advantage of savings, even...
16 June 2021
From: Features
![Adrian Gill – talking agency consolidation, PropTech, retail and Boomin](/img/default/eat.png)
This time out, I speak to one of the industry’s biggest-hitters. Adrian Gill may have retired from frontline agency, having had...
15 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Connells buys Countrywide - five reasons why it will be a success](/img/default/eat.png)
The acquisition of Countrywide by Connells might just be the deal of the century in the British estate agency industry. That’s the...
23 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Reapit names IT supremo as its new chief executive](/img/default/eat.png)
Reapit has named Mark Armstrong as the new chief executive officer, the post occupied by the high profile and popular Gary...
20 November 2020
From: Breaking News
!['Retail' expert takes over as estate agency director at LSL](/img/default/eat.png)
LSL Property Services has named Helen Buck as executive director of its estate agency business. Buck has been a non-executive director at...
03 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![House prices continued to rise post-Brexit, official figures show](/img/default/eat.png)
House prices increased by 0.4% between June and July, according to the latest UK House Price Index. The data for July, the...
14 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Is buy-to-let investing still a safe bet?](/img/default/eat.png)
The huge rush to acquire buy-to-let property in the first quarter of the year ahead of the stamp duty change deadline...
09 September 2016
From: Features
![Industry speculation grows over possible merger of major agencies](/img/default/eat.png)
Speculation continues to grow within the industry over a potential merger involving Connells and the newly-combined agencies of Leaders and Romans. Connells...
05 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![Estate agency analysts warn of 'bumpy ride' for market until July](/img/default/eat.png)
Property sales slowed dramatically in April as the market readjusted following the frenzy of buying before the stamp duty surcharge deadline...
12 May 2016
From: Breaking News
![Average London home bursts through £600,000 price barrier](/img/default/eat.png)
The latest price index from LSL Property Services suggests that the average home in Greater London has risen in price by...
12 May 2016
From: Breaking News
![Agents say first time buyer numbers up despite surge in landlord purchases](/img/default/eat.png)
The numbers of households purchasing their first home has grown by almost seven per cent annually, despite the surge in buy...
31 March 2016
From: Breaking News
![Stamp duty change spurs small rise in first time activity since late 2014](/img/default/eat.png)
In the latest of many mixed signals from the housing market, a survey by agents Your Move and Reeds Rains suggests...
29 January 2016
From: Breaking News
![Stamp duty and stock shortage mean 'winter of higher prices' says top agent](/img/default/eat.png)
The director of two major agencies says George Osborne’s stamp duty surcharge and stock at an “historically low level” will force...
10 December 2015
From: Breaking News
![Strongest September for home sales since 2007 according to LSL](/img/default/eat.png)
Last month was the strongest September since 2007 for home sales, with a distinct north-south divide when it comes to transactions...
09 October 2015
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage surge shows housing market is strengthening](/img/default/eat.png)
In a new sign that the housing market is strengthening, mortgage lending increased in August by the largest amount since 2008. Data...
30 September 2015
From: Breaking News
![Agency chains report strongest July sales since 2007](/img/default/eat.png)
LSL Property Services, owner of Reeds Rains and Your Move amongst other high street chains, says last month’s sales market was the...
13 August 2015
From: Breaking News
![Dramatic fall in sales, estate agency's data shows](/img/default/eat.png)
Average house price growth is slowing and is now just a third of what it was this time last year according...