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Savills has boosted its forecast for housing transactions this year because the stamp duty holiday has been such a success at...

A leading agency says so-called Covid Clauses are being inserted into contracts as buyers become increasingly cautious ahead of a possible...

Franchise network Hunters has recorded strong figures for the first half of 2020 but a trading statement reveals the measures it...

One of the country’s major regional agencies has unveiled a ‘super hub’ structure which began life as a lockdown measure but...

Online agency easyProperty has announced four new areas to its portfolio to build on its existing 10 locations - and it’s...

A veteran agent with 38 years experience of the industry - much of it at Countrywide - has become the head...

Property technology company OneDome, which operates two portals - OneDome and Nethouseprices - has raised another £5m in funding.  It says it...

The first leading agency to make a 2021 forecast says the market should be stable next year - so long as...

Hello and at the start of another working week, welcome to our regular jobs slot announcing who’s moving where within the...

Recent Natters have explored the differences between the UK and American models of agency, and why Purplebricks failed to make a...

The cross-sector group looking at reforming the sales process has agreed a new pledge which it says introduces greater transparency for...

Two reports this morning suggest that activity in the most expensive sectors of the housing market is doing as well as...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak today reveals his latest measures to help businesses - including agencies, suppliers and other parts of the property...

The frenzied housing market and the uncertain wider economic outlook during the pandemic have combined to lead to a surge in...

One of the many new portals recently launched has made a pitch for agents to join because of its referral fees...

New PropTech products continue to appear, many aimed at enhancing transparency in buying and selling, or helping agents adopt new ways of...

Seller and landlord leads are what makes estate agency tick. Without them, new business is nowhere to be seen and you...

Figures drawn up by a property industry recruitment guru show that estate agents work only two thirds of the hours they...

The regional agency group which master-minded the Say No To Rightmove campaign has made a big commitment to the future of...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that all retail staff will be obliged to wear masks when working - and it's now...

Share prices for many quoted estate agencies and property portals fell in trading as fears grew about Coronavirus. London-focussed agency Foxtons was one...

Connells Group has revealed seven appointments to its board of directors which it links directly with a target to grow presence and...

Independent agency Sawyer & Co has announced the opening of a new branch in the Preston Park area of Brighton -...

Another regional agency group has returned to Zoopla, attributing the move to the portal's “receptive audiences” amongst the house buying and renting...

A family-run agency which last year asked people to “make an offer” to buy a franchise is now claiming it will...

A quick buy firm boasting it has ‘sold’ a home within six days also says it now takes 140 days on...

The irrationality of Britain’s council tax system has been laid bare in a new league table drawn up by estate agency...

Despite the recent effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, there is still much opportunity in the market for letting agents to grow...

Almost a third of property sellers (29%) say they won't accept a lower offer for their property, according to new research. Online...

A highly-experienced former Savills agent has launched his own buying agency focusing on the prime country market in Surrey. The new company,...

A North East agency, which first opened in 1977, has revealed a new identity with a new name and fresh branding. Thirlwells...

National property consultancy Carter Jonas has bucked the trend of remote working and closing branches to announce it has secured 12,000...

Independent estate agency Heywoods has undergone a major rebrand in honour of its former boss Chris Stops. Stops, 57, passed away in...

The property market experienced a slowdown last month as a result of more people going on summer holidays, according to the...

Independent agents are busier than they have ever been thanks to the post-lockdown surge but larger corporates are actually losing market...

A disgraced former estate agent has paid his victims around £110,000 but must pay another £5,000 or so in the immediate...

Hello and welcome to the new working week. Here’s the latest information on key hires across our industry: if you have similar...

A new customer service award category at The ESTAS will see agency networks competing against each other for the first time.  Networks...

For a number of years now, predictions have been made that one of the major tech giants will eventually enter the...

If you’re in any way connected to estate agency all it takes is a quick glance at Facebook or LinkedIn to...

A buying agency targeting what it calls the “prime and super-prime” London market is offering clients not only a sourcing service, but also...

The estate agency industry is still under the spotlight for possible illegal price fixing cartels according to the Competition and Markets...

An estate agency founded in 1995 has undergone a management buyout from two existing director. Westcoast Properties is a north Somerset firm,...

A leading agent says the government’s new Coronavirus clampdown from Monday will push more home owners to sell. Caspar Harvard-Wills, a partner at...

Knight Frank has launched an auction business to give vendors a wider range of sale options as market uncertainty remains because...

Be proactive, have a plan, and keep prospecting.  After the easing of lockdown measures, it’s safe to say the property market picked...

At mio, we often have conversations with Estate Agency firms who have a dedicated sales progresser in their team. Whilst there...

For a mixture of reasons, I now only write this column every two weeks. At first, I missed the weekly consideration...

As many in the industry will know, Ian Westerling passed away last week at the age of 51: he was a...

Hybrid agency EweMove has outperformed its traditional sister companies within The Property Franchise Group over the past six months. That’s the clear...

The ESTAS, which is fast establishing itself as a review platform as well as an awards network, has signed up the...

The National Association of Estate Agents is inviting members to join a panel reviewing new PropTech produced as a result of...

Another US real estate agency wants to follow Keller Williams, Berkshire Hathaway and others by opening in the United Kingdom. Nest Seekers International...

House prices rose again in August to reach a record high level according to Halifax, which is part of the Lloyds...

A new league table shows how many listings exist per agency in 23 different cities across the UK.  The analysis looks at the...

The Guild of Property Professionals says that in the past quarter it has had its highest number of new joiners on...

Hunters chairman Kevin Hollinrake - who is also a backbench Conservative MP - has been criticised on Twitter by Manchester United...

Hello, and if it’s the start of a new week it’s time for Property Jobs Today, giving you the inside track...

Knight Frank says its analysis of the whole housing market across the UK shows that transactions in the final full week...

It’s no surprise the mainstream news remains dominated by coronavirus - not so much the actual effect of it right now,...

In the week the Nationwide recorded the UK’s highest ever average house price, high-end agency Savills has forecast that prime markets...

A self-employed agent has gone public to lavish praise on the mentoring scheme which is part of the Agents Together charity. Cameron Carter,...

Record house prices recorded this week by the Nationwide index are set to go higher still according to a leading agent. Nationwide...

The new president of NAEA Propertymark says one of her key objectives for the year ahead is to prepare the industry...

A south coast estate agency which has been operating since the 1980s has opened its seventh office.  Jacobs Steel’s latest branch is...

The battle between portals is hotting up again with Zoopla repeating its offer of free listings until January for agents committing...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Stewart McRae, Sales Director at CoreLogic UK What is ‘company name’...

There’s been a surprise appointment as OnTheMarket chief executive. Instead of popular acting CEO Clive Beattie - who had made it known...

One of the victims of a notorious estate agency price fixing cartel has spoken out against one of the offenders.  Christina Davis...

One of the most experienced British estate agents says the new portal Boomin - expected to launch next month, October -...

An American realtor who once predicted his company would have 5,000 UK estate agents working under its banner is now saying...

The agency affiliation group Relocation Agent Network is linking with HBB Solutions, a part exchange and ‘guaranteed purchase’ operator.  HBB says a...

It’s fair to say that UK estate agents don’t have the best of reputations, often featuring in the lists of the...

An insurance firm claims estate agents are taught not to quote VAT in fees until the final bill. A statement from Admiral...

Fine & Country has revealed its latest branch - a West Wales office opening for business on Tuesday. It will initially cover...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign has given a thumbs up to the new Boomin listings service created by the brothers...

If yet more proof were needed of the housing boom this summer, NAEA Propertymark says its sales agreed data suggests a...

OneDome, which operates two free-to-list property listing sites, says it’s had a record month as it strives to build an alternative...

A former agency director and owner with three decades of experience in the industry has set up a coaching and training...

With the UK officially in what has been described as the single worst national recession in the world, one agency has...

New research suggests that British estate agents charge some of the lowest fees in the world. Based on an apparent British average...

The battle between rival self-employed agent business models continues apace with eXp UK - set up last autumn - announcing it...

An agency that has now closed down has been expelled by The Property Ombudsman for failing to pay an award of...

One of the UK’s market centres set up by US-led agency Keller Williams has strongly defended its policy of recruiting newcomers...

In another sign of the buoyant housing market, estate agency Savills is breaking tradition by staging its first ever August auction...

Over £73,000 has been stolen from a Countrywide branch by two admin staff making false travel claims and issuing fake invoices. The crimes...

A new portal launches today with 100,000 listings and a pledge to target buyers largely ignored by established websites - investors. It’s...

The scale of the market bounce back after lockdown is made clear in new figures from HM Revenue & Customs. It registers...

Hindsight is 20-20 vision, of course, and we can all see things we did ‘then’ that we would not do ‘now’....

Controversial Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick, tipped by some for sacking when the Cabinet is reshuffled next month, appears to be confident...

Whisper it quietly but in just 10 days time we have the final Bank Holiday before Christmas. We would like to mark...

Countrywide has rejected a claim by one of its biggest shareholders that it does not engage with investors over future strategy...

The networking organisation Women in Residential Property has grown to over 300 members - its highest ever total.  Launched three years ago...

One of Countrywide’s biggest shareholders has written a second letter to the company to demand bold action to save the agency...

An online agency says it’s offering its customers a kind of ‘fall-through insurance’ after over 100 deals collapsed between mid-March and...

A leading buying agency is warning sellers and buyers not to jump the gun and abandon London in the belief that...

Estate agents’ offices have been explicitly mentioned by the Scottish Government as locations where face masks must now be worn by...

If anyone thought the days of Purplebricks bosses making millions were in the past,  think again. The chief executive and chief finance...

A new agency called Eazy Agent has launched - it’s another online operation, this time with a starting price of £249. For...

An unusual property sales concept, which signs up vendors and then effectively sub-contracts their sales to strongly-performing local estate agents, has...

Swiss bank UBS has upgraded its investment rating on Purplebricks, raising its price target and urging investors to buy. In a note...

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of PJT - we know some agencies are reshaping their structures and downsizing but this...

A digital resource hub for estate agents claims to shorten transaction times. Sort Move, which has been operating since late 2019,...

In my last Natter, I explored the differences between estate agency in the UK and the US with the help of...

Life as we know it has changed – for everybody – and what tenants want, need and expect in this post-pandemic...

A leading expert on estate agency and the housing market in Australia has lifted the lid on how Purplebricks failed down...

London agency JOHNS&CO says the performance of its staff during the Coronavirus period has led it to launch what it regards as...

Connells Group has announced its trading statement for the first half of 2020 - and its support for its staff is...

Is Countrywide finally on the road to recovery? Its share price has risen 125 per cent in the past three months; much of...

A property developer has set up an estate agency that charges no commission to sellers but instead levies a non-refundable reservation...

A row is brewing over an agency which acted on a vendor’s request to use the English version of a house...

The share of owners putting their homes on the market within five years of buying is rising again according to an...

Hunters has announced the launch of an additional franchise office at Torquay in Devon. The branch is a conversion of local independent...

An investment adviser says Purplebricks remains “far too risky” for investors even though it now has “a fighting chance of survival”. Rodney...

Knight Frank says the stamp duty holiday for properties at £500,000 and below should be made permanent. The holiday is due to...

The Federation of Independent Agents has announced its latest partnership - this time with a live-streaming viewing service called Gavl. The platform...

The Sequence Group is to be the sole selling agent for RoyaleLife, the country’s largest builder of bungalows, exclusively aimed at...

Agents have been understandably delighted at the latest Halifax index which shows house prices posting their biggest gain of the year...

Almost all estate agents are still saying Yes to Rightmove, according to figures produced by the portal this morning. Membership numbers for...

The UK residential activities of high-end agency Savills suffered a 54 per cent reduction in profits and an eight per cent...

It’s hotting up out there as a beautiful summer’s weekend beckons - an ideal time for some fund-raising in the sun,...

Savills has held its fourth remote auction, raising some £32m with an 82 per cent success rate - making it the...

The chairman of LSL Property Services - Simon Embley - says he is “increasingly optimistic” about the outlook for the market,...

Strutt & Parker is warning that in a worst-case scenario house prices in some locations could drop 10 per cent this...

A survey of estate agents’ market share post-lockdown indicates significant advances for independent agencies and online operators. TwentyCi, a data consultancy, says...

A BBC presenter has used her local newspaper column to mock an estate agency for suggesting fridge magnets be removed to improve...

    Purplebricks says changes to its fees structure - possibly becoming less reliant on controversial upfront charges - has been delayed until...

A new director has been appointed at Fine & Country charged with achieving the corporate goal of “becoming the largest premium...

The Nationwide says annual house price growth has recovered to 1.5 per cent. Its July house price index says the fall in...

We have had a special relationship for many years and are bonded as countries in many ways – historically, politically and...

One of the main points I’ve had reinforced to me from agent after agent over the last year of hosting a...

“Many hands make light work” – Does John Heywood’s old English proverb from the 1300s apply to modern approaches on how...

The debate over whether For Sale boards remain a valuable source of publicity has been in the headlines of late -...

Hello: if it’s Friday it’s charity day and this week we have a special announcement from the industry’s own charity, Agents...

A statement by OnTheMarket this morning reveals that as of the end of last month it had a record 14,000 advertisers...

OneDome has released a list of High Street agencies that have signed up to its free-to-list portal and sister website Nethouseprices  -...

The number of Hong Kong buyers looking at property in London has doubled in just five weeks according to an agency...

Steve, his name was. Steve, the board man. A rather frightening man, if truth be told. When I started at Foxtons, he used...

A new website that describes itself as an estate agency says it wants to “empower people to sell their own home”...

A new analysis of corporate estate agencies’ social media followings and websites shows the big winners to be Savills, Foxtons and...

A trading statement from Foxtons this morning reveals that 85 per cent of staff are now off furlough, and that the...

A founder of Purplebricks, Michael Bruce, suggests there was nothing wrong with the controversial Commisery TV ads that contributed to making...

There’s a record number of property industry companies, including agencies, in financial distress according to the latest Red Flag alert monitor. The...

Butters John Bee, one of the oldest agency brands in the UK, is the latest part of the Spicerhaart group to...

National Crime Agency officers working as part of a Paramilitary Crime Task Force have searched a home in Belfast and have...

If a week is a long time in politics (an old phrase, for younger readers), then a year is a very long...

Earlier this month, it was revealed that property industry bodies have joined a new Code of Practice Steering Group to enact...

The chief executive of the UK operation of a US-owned brand says his agency its the fastest growing in this country...

New guidance on face coverings for agents working in branches, and for those dealing directly with visitors, was issued last evening. A statement...

The EweMove hybrid agency has been singled out for special praise in a trading statement from its parent company, which also...

Agents Do Charity - as the summer heat is on… It’s hotting up outside and while this is set to be a...

It is widely expected that Purplebricks will shortly reveal the result of an experiment with a number of different pricing strategies. The...

A branch of London agency Foxtons has been targeted by a group of political agitators called Beyond Politics, which says it’s...

Difference should be celebrated. But in our industry it rarely is. I was on the board of a large corporate where...

Purplebricks has changed the wording of an advertisement on its website after a watchdog stepped in following a complaint. According to the...

The hunt is on for a new boss of Countrywide according to news reports. Sky News says the company has recruited professional...

Agents have almost unanimously been reporting a big surge in business since the reopening of the housing market, but new figures...

The online agency Housesimple has rebranded to become 'Strike' with immediate effect. The news comes as a surprise given the apparent success...

Hello and welcome to another week. We’re more than aware that it’s a challenging time for our industry as for most...

In a video interview for Estate Agent Today, property professional Chris Buckler speaks to Matt Nicol, managing director of Nicol &...

Emma Vigus, managing director of sales progression platform mio, in discussion with key suppliers in the residential property industry on operating...

Knight Frank has reported a remarkable set of figures for June showing how the housing market has bounced back with a...

Hello and welcome to the end of the week and the prospect of a sunny weekend. We appreciate fund-raising is difficult with...

Purplebricks’ sale of its Canadian operation for some £35m begs the question - where can it now recoup some of its losses...

The estate agency industry has been sharply criticised for its record on protecting staff and customers during the Coronavirus crisis. The compliance...

Purplebricks is selling its Canadian business. The sale comes little over a year after the troubled agency closed both its failed Australian and...

Zoopla has entered into a partnership with an online platform to promote the so-called Modern Method of Auction option to estate...

More than 24 hours after the government's announcement about the compulsory wearing of facemasks by shoppers in England, and there is...

The advertising and sponsorship links between Purplebricks and Team GB have won the agency a silver medal according to a leading...

Wearing a face covering in shops and supermarkets is to be made mandatory in England.  Anyone failing to comply with the order...

A major agency is warning that the current stamp duty holiday could leave the housing market in a state of lethargy...

The investment bank UBS says it’s forecasting that Rightmove revenues will be down £53m in the first half of this year. “The...

An online agency that describes itself as the fifth largest in the sector has announced it’s launching a digital auction service. 99home...

An investment manager who has a 7.8 per cent stake in Countrywide, is warning that the agency group may not survive...

Savills has revised its market forecast for the enclaves of prime central London and now says prices will fall by 2.0...

NAEA Propertymark is partnering with a service called REACH UK, to promote selected PropTech start ups to agents who may need...

What work did I do through lockdown? I went to work for a company who provide Domiciliary care for the vulnerable and elderly...

Six agency branches are being closed as a result of a partnership between franchise giant Belvoir and the Nottingham Building Society. Under...

An estate agency is warning that the likely rush of transactions when the new stamp duty holiday ends next spring will...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak - and the agency industry - will no doubt be delighted to know that visits to Rightmove soared...

The number of offers agreed on homes priced below £1m since mid-May is a healthy 41 per cent higher than the...

One of the many free-to-list portals now vying for attention is offering agents six months free access to a platform boasting...

Have you ever wondered how industry-specific software and property portals have influenced the typical estate agency of today? A new book, which...

A PropTech supplier claims that an agency has secured the first ever transaction where the complete chain used Reservation Agreements.  Harrison Residential,...

Mortgage enquiries in June surged to double the rate of the previous month according to the latest halifax house price index. Although...

Agents have spoken out angrily against any uncertainty in the market caused by government leaks about future stamp duty changes. In recent...

The chief executive of a hybrid agency in London has revealed why he deserted big corporates to create his own company. Rollo...

The Andrew Grant regional estate agency brand is “very much alive” despite the firm which bore the name losing 54 jobs...

Hunters has launched two additional franchise branches in Tower Bridge, London and Middleton, North Manchester, taking the company total to over...

There are various reports of estate agencies closing branches - or not reopening them after lockdown - as they reduce the...

A London agency says it’s seen over 30 new agents join its hub franchise operation during the lockdown, taking the total...

It’s a tough time for agents and our stories show a disturbingly high number of  branches closing - but there are...

The industry’s first virtual awards event has taken place with hundreds of agents participating courtesy of YouTube. Winners of the prestigious ESTAS...

They are the names we hear about often, pushing for this or seeking clarifications on that. They are the representatives of...

In the first of a series of articles, Emma Vigus, managing director of mio, the estate agent sales progression platform, explores the...

The chief executive of the National Association of Estate Agents, Mark Hayward, is to retire at the end of this year.  The...

Haart - one of the brands owned by Spicerhaart, which laid off staff in the first hours of the pandemic -...

Purplebricks is starting a new wave of TV advertisements today, continuing its theme from earlier this year as a sponsor of...

A personnel company wants agents to tell them how much they earn in another anonymous online survey. Rayner Personnel - which recently...

The estate agency group spearheading the Say No To Rightmove campaign has signed its 36 branches up to new portal Homesearch. The...

A new estate agency Code of Practice is to be written by a group set up by the Royal Institution of Chartered...

Collaboration creates a bigger market Iain White, of the Innovation Collaboration Group “the Estate Agency industry must recognise that collaboration will...

A former City analyst best known for his scathing criticisms of Purplebricks has launched a PropTech platform that he describes as...

The recommendations to regulate and train the estate agency industry put forward a year ago remain on the Housing Secretary’s desk...

Government figures show the 218,975 properties within Greater London have Chinese owners - and two agents say there will be more...

Over 50 jobs have been lost as a result of a Midlands regional estate agency falling into administration. The Shropshire Star reports...

A regional agency in the east of England says the Coronavirus lockdown working environment has made it rethink its structure -...

A brand and marketing strategic who also ran one of the country’s most successful lettings agencies for a decade has said...

It may be that by the time you read this it’s all over for Robert Jenrick, the Secretary of State for...

With three months of lockdown behind us, commission income is vital, and sales progression is more important than ever. Emma Vigus, Managing...

Savills has revealed the measures it has taken to mitigate the impact of the Coronavirus on its activities and balance sheet. The...

Revenue for The Property Franchise Group was hit by 20 per cent cent thanks for the lockdown - but sales listings...

Hello - Friday already so that means another Agents Do Charity, marking the wonderful work of our industry even in these...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Emma Vigus, Managing Director of sales progression platform mio You’ve never...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign says the portal has merely kicked the fees can down the road, deferring a long-term...

The post-lockdown surge in housing market activity has continued into its sixth week, as at least one agency’s indicators hit record...

An analysis of Countrywide branch data outside London has revealed that one in 10 applicants who registered to buy were from...

Industry veteran Harry Hill, a former chairman of Countrywide and founder of Rightmove, has now become a mentor at the new...

A raft of changes in the senior management of Strutt & Parker is being heralded as part of a “shift towards...

Zoopla predicts that the price strength that has been seen since the reopening of the housing market is likely to continue...

Rightmove and OnTheMarket have announced that they are extending their cut-price fees deals, introduced because of Coronavirus. This morning Rightmove says: "We have...

The new chief executive of The Property Franchise Group says he anticipates his company’s hybrid arm - EweMove - will go...

A regional agency says the Coronavirus crisis was the opportunity for it to complete a takeover of a rival company in...

The latest branch of Fine & Country says it intends to expand both its premises and its workforce by the end...

There’s been a big rise in demand for new-builds since the lockdown according to figures from Knight Frank - but the...

There was a big spike in the use of live chat across all agency sectors during lockdown - no doubt spurred...

Midlands regional chain Andrew Grant, which last year closed some branches as it moved to a ‘hub’ structure, appears to have...

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick - currently at the centre of a planning controversy - could be sacked in a September Cabinet reshuffle. The...

“Let’s Zoom later”, “are we Zooming in the morning or afternoon?” “Yeah, I zoomed the client earlier” – variations on these...

The phrase ‘game-changer’ has been hugely overused. But when applied to how Covid-19 is changing the way estate agents will work...

Most letting agents don’t set up a business to become accountants but losing control of client money poses serious risks for...

Video tours, heralded as the next big thing just a few weeks ago, are being abandoned by buyers and dismissed as...

The former commercial director of Rightmove has made a strong defence of much of the company’s activities, including the charges it...

One of the leading ‘new breed’ of hybrids relying on self-employed agents is opening a share offer to investors in a...

A company promoting a Blockchain platform with promises to speed up the buying and selling process claims the pandemic has proved...

A former chief executive of Countrywide has issued a string of extravagant claims about the lockdown success of the online agency...

A hybrid agency which set a target of rivalling Purplebricks when it launched has announced a recruitment drive and expansion in...

Price discounts are diminishing as the housing market strengthens, according to data from Knight Frank. The average discount to the asking price...

Purplebricks has instructed a new legal firm to support its sales and lettings activities. Business Insider reports that the commercial team at...

US-originated estate agency Keller Williams claims to be the fastest growing in the UK as a result of 29 agents joining...

Online sector veterans Russell Quirk and Kenny Bruce have used social media to call for a temporary scrapping of all stamp...

An estate agency with a reputation for PropTech innovation says it now live-streams all instructions in a bid to operate more...

The Competition and Markets Authority - which yesterday announced it had disqualified two estate agency directors for their parts in a...

Two estate agency directors have been disqualified by the Competition and Markets Authority after taking part in an illegal price fixing...

Estate agents are likely to get through the next five to six months even if the market falls away - but...

A working party of property professionals is being set up to look at whether and how property logbooks could help speed...

The new YOUhome Property Gurus agency has announced another key hire to strengthen its central London activities.  The agency, set up by...

To most people, purchasing a home is the single most significant financial commitment made across a lifetime. Given the impact and...

A start-up estate agency in London says it’s going to market only refurbished homes that will then be given a warranty...

Virtual viewings could transform estate agency so fundamentally that they might mean the work of five negotiators could in future be...

A 27 year old agent with a background working in London’s Canary Wharf has headed north to set up his own...

A new high end agency called The Country House Department is launching with an initial focus on Oxfordshire, Berkshire and The...

An estate agency says the housing market could get a boost as a result of couples separating after the prolonged togetherness...

The brothers who founded Purplebricks - Michael and Kenny Bruce - have returned to the agency industry for the first time...

A new thought-provoking five-part video series is launching to the industry today. ‘Simon says…’ is being hosted by Property Tribes with...

Russell Jervis, who spent 33 years at Spicerhaart rising to managing director before quitting late last year, has re-emerged this morning...

The death has been announced of Colin Lowman, a veteran south London estate agent who had a 64 year career in...

National property auctioneer Pugh & Co is launching an initiative to partner with estate agents across the UK. Via a new network...

The Guild of Property Professionals says “a remarkable number” of agencies has joined it during the lockdown. Some 27 agencies signed up...

A quarter of vendors and buyers contacted by a high-end agency say the lockdown and the Coronavirus crisis have made them...

The only story that has come remotely close to pushing coronavirus – and its various knock-on effects – off the top...

There’s no doubt we’re in a less-than-rosy phase of the property cycle. This, however, is not another doom and gloom piece:...

In a wide-ranging video interview for his Move iQ service, Phil Spencer speaks to former agent and founder of Viewber, Ed...

The Property Franchise Group - parent company of six agency brands including EweMove and Martin & Co - says all of...

Social distancing will be part of our daily routine moving forward for the foreseeable future and if you run an estate...

Rightmove has contacted all member agents saying it has enhanced its automated online viewing feature first introduced in April. As part of...

Rupert and Annabel Wakley - both long-time stalwarts of Knight Frank’s country department - have moved over to the rival Jackson-Stops...

Knight Frank has merged two of its existing divisions to form a new Private Residence Consultancy team - and the new...

The Covid-19 crisis has forced the UK property industry to rethink the way it operates. With little warning, the pandemic disrupted the...

I was asked a question by a German journalist yesterday. What is the biggest lesson German and European PropTech founders can...

PropTech supplier mio says it now has over 1,000 agency branches using its sales progression platform - and it’s recruited Countrywide...

Leading estate agents are warning that the sharp fall in house prices reported by the Nationwide may be just the first...

The man who has been Rightmove’s head of innovation for the past five years has joined an online agency. Hannes Buhrmann has...

A senior property lawyer is to set up a franchise agency which he describes as embracing the best of the High...

Troubled estate agency group Countrywide has invited shareholders to submit questions to the company ahead of its AGM later this month. Countrywide...

Arguments over the alleged gaming of reviews by and for some estate agencies have waged ferociously in recent years, and now...

A survey of sellers by a high-end agency suggests that around a third expect price falls of six per cent or...

A former Purplebricks chief has become managing director of an agency aiming to be a national brand. Jim Harris - a former training...

A well-known saying in estate agency is that first-time buyers are the sellers of the future. If we believe this to...

Although the shake-out in the industry is ongoing - online agency Settled and established new-build agency Cushman & Wakefield have both...

The combined market share of agencies in the Guild of Property Professionals is now higher even than it was at the...

Dominic Cummings has been at worst a cause of huge anger to a nation that’s already extremely anxious. At best, he’s been...

Over the last few years, there have been a number of high-profile court cases in which renters took action against letting...

The well-known chief executive of Fine & Country, David Lindley, is standing down. An announcement from the agency came late this morning...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign is to release a set of options for member agents to consider if the portal...

Cushman & Wakefield has pulled out of direct sales of homes in the UK. The firm has closed its UK new homes department...

A mystery group, believed to consist of high-level former agents and suppliers, is asking the industry for its feedback on current...

OnTheMarket has introduced a new filter that allows buyers to limit their searches to those properties with online viewing options. These can...

The Covid-19 crisis hasn’t caused the revolution it has been reported to have. Despite the challenges it has brought, fundamentally, the...

High-end agency Beauchamp Estates is claiming to have bagged the capital’s biggest deal during the lockdown period - a mansion which...