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A new analysis of the cost-of-moving suggests that the typical seller will incur expenses of £5,867 - and that rises hugely...

Analysts have given their backing to Rightmove’s stock market prospects but there are warnings that it can’t “rest on its laurels”...

Falling Stamp Duty and survey fees have pushed down the cost of moving. Comparison website reallymoving analyses the cost of moving home...

Estate agent comparison site GetAgent has handed a lifeline to struggling Purplebricks sellers. It has announced that it will give home sellers...

New 2023 research from Open Property Group found that just 41% of homes in England meet the recommended Energy Performance Certificate...

Mortgage rate hikes have already halved landlord profits according to latest research, and a base rate rise to 2.5% will see...

Estate agents are charging movers fees of 1.4% on average to sell their homes, new research claims. An article by consumer watchdog...

Zoopla has launched a review into its editorial processes after agents criticised a consumer guide published by the portal that encouraged...

A property purchasing specialist has revealed how the UK’s home sellers are now paying £793 more in estate agent commission when...

A new company claiming to save money on buyers’ legal and estate agent fees has been forced to rebrand. Easyfees - launched...

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

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

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

A long-standing estate agency with three major branches has shut after 27 years of trading - blaming online competition and ‘race...

The average cost of buying and selling a home in England this year has soared from £6,877 before the end of...

As we move into the autumn of 2021, what the coming year has in store for estate agents is something we...

With the competition for new listings between agents as fierce as ever, it can sometimes feel like a race to the...

The largest player in the Modern Method of Auction sector has reported a record average number of bids per property. In July...

An open letter from Boomin chief executive Michael Bruce shows how fierce the competition is going to be in the portal field...

Zoopla says it has so far delivered almost £80,000 in agent fees through its access to the Modern Method of Auction. MMA...

Over 100 Zoopla member branches have signed up to the Modern Method of Auction system offered via the portal. Over the summer Zoopla...

Strike, the firm previously known as HouseSimple, has launched another attack on the charges levied by High Street agents. This time it is...

A former healthcare executive is the latest convert to become an online agent with easyProperty, the company has announced. Richard Ayres has...

A league table drawn up by a quick buy property firm claims that some estate agents' average commission has hit 2.32 per...

Consumer group Which? says the stamp duty holiday has cut more than £4,000 from the average cost of moving home -...

Vendors spend an average £41 a day for 144 days when selling their home - but some spend a remarkable £140 a...

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

NetAnAgent, a website which offers consumers instant quotes from a selection of traditional and online agents, has changed some of its...

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

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...

Online agency Housesimple has become the first in the UK to sell houses for free. It says that based on the average...

The head of the Property Redress Scheme is urging agents to prepare for yet more regulation and legislation changes likely to...

An annual study of transaction charges shows that house moving costs are now at a record average high of almost £10,000...

Agents need to focus on more targeted marketing using a mix of traditional and modern methods to optimise their position in...

A new website is offering to contact owners of homes that are not for sale, on behalf of people who would...

Research by comparison website Netanagent claims the commission paid to estate agents in London could be over £70,000 depending on where...

Traditional estate agent fees average just 1.1 per cent across the UK according to research from an agency comparison website -...

A new online agency says it is currently focussing on one large city but will expand to cover the whole of...

Increasingly cash-strapped traditional estate agencies should consider abandoning their High Street offices and work from serviced offices or similar lower-profile and...

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

Out and about recently, I got to thinking: how often do I actually have the call for cash anymore? Or, for...

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

As you probably know, I have been no fan of OnTheMarket (OTM) over the years. You may see this admission as...

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

Having recently attended FUTURE: PropTech in London, it struck me just how far the integration of property and technology has progressed...

Here’s some good news to take into the Bank Holiday weekend.  Research undertaken by Estate Agent Today suggests that fees charged by...

This week I carry out a question and answer session with one of the most high-profile names in property. Isobel Thomson has...

A range of factors - including fierce competition under the supplied housing market, rising property prices and political uncertainty – have...

Buyers spent £9.7 billion on moving house in 2017 with the average individual move costing £9,580 according to comparison website Compare...

The housing industry has set out a list of demands in advance of the government’s hotly anticipated Autumn Budget on Wednesday.  Despite...

Another week, yet more consultations - the agency industry can’t complain about not being asked for its views recently. The latest were on...

Parliament is sitting again and the entire lettings industry is waiting with bated breath for more detail on the government’s proposal...

Online agency HouseSimple has once again been the subject of a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority. Earlier this month a HouseSimple advertisement...

When a tenant failed to pay any rent after the first month his tenancy last year, the landlord did not expect...

Research from the Centre for Economics and Business Research has shown that the cost of the average rental deposit is expected...

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned online agency HouseSimple from claiming that High Street agents charge “1.5% to 4% (plus 20%...

As an agency business, how much are you spending on professional body memberships? Perhaps it’s time to question how much you...

Our recent roundtable on the government’s proposed ban on letting agent fees charged to tenants generated ten tips for growing your...

The fees charged by estate agents receive a lot of coverage in the press - and rarely for positive reasons. Negative...

Mark Goddard was the founder and CEO of The Property Software Group (PSG), a property software solutions firm established in 2007,...

The Queen’s speech to the British parliament this week was a scaled-back affair, which was unsurprising given the Grenfell Tower fire,...

In November 2016 when the Autumn Statement was delivered by Chancellor Philip Hammond, the announcement was made to ban letting agent...

EasyProperty has removed from its advertising any reference to clients getting ‘an offier in 20 weeks’ after an intervention by the...

Our recent roundtable on the government’s proposed ban on tenant fees generated a range of tips for growing your business.   We recently...

The average cost of moving home in the UK was £9,472 in 2016 according to a survey by the Centre for...

In this Natter we have an exclusive interview with David Cox, CEO of ARLA Propertymark and one of the best-known figures...

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

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

The rental market has had to face a raft of changes over the past year, including the introduction of the 3% stamp...

Next year is likely to be a challenging time for letting agents, following a raft of changes introduced by the government...

What a mad, bonkers year it’s been. We’ve had, in no particular order: Trump, Brexit, Leicester winning the Premier League, a...

Listening to all the coverage of the tenant fee ban, all I hear is consumer groups talking about how some agents...

Chancellor Philip Hammond caught the lettings industry unaware with an incredulous Autumn Statement.  The buy-to-let sector took a bashing earlier in 2015...

The award-winning online agency HouseSimple has had one of its advertisements banned by the Advertising Standards Authority. The advert was a poster for...

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has informally resolved a complaint made against online estate agency eMoov.  A media sales adviser for a...

Running a business is not easy, but sometimes it becomes harder because we are expected to modify our behaviour due to...

Here are the top letting agents in Britain who go above and beyond to help their customers, as voted for by...

Agents' boards get a lot of stick. Many see them as stains on the landscape, some see them as useless in...

The estate agency industry is “in the sights of” the Competitions and Markets Authority according to a competition lawyer. “All the evidence...

Consider the scene. It is July 8th and new Chancellor, Ed Balls, stands at the Dispatch Box giving his first Budget...

Online agency and DIY sales platform Settled claims on its website that traditional agents charge commission of up to 3.5% +...

I write this article on the day of the General Election so you’ll forgive the political analogies. In particular, how any...

Typical estate agency fees have risen 61 per cent in the past decade although average house prices have increased by a...