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

The first stamp duty holiday deadline has now passed, and we can all sigh a slight relief after the sheer numbers...

The property market is currently in a unique position where the number of house hunters looking for their next home is...

The Planning Bill, which will introduce changes to the planning system in England, was announced last week in the Queen’s Speech....

I was not surprised when I came across an industry article recently citing that over half of home buyers never visit...

Unsurprisingly it’s been a busy few months in the property market so far this year, and a busy few months in...

We’re now well into the third national lockdown and as the nation’s thoughts start to focus on how and when we’ll...

Hello - another Monday dawns but the good news is that we can update you on the industry’s latest appointments. Everyone here...

Well, what a start to 2021! None of us thought things would change as the clock struck midnight on New Year’s...

Well, what a year it has been for everyone, including the property market. I don’t think there’s anyone out there who...

Hello and a final ‘send your pictures and videos’ message from us to you. There’s still time to email images to press@estateagenttoday.co.uk...

Another day, another index, another record - house prices rose 5.4 per cent annually in October according to official figures from the Office...

Another day, another house price record as the bull market continues. The latest Halifax index shows prices surging 7.6 per cent to...

Free-to-list portal group OneDome claims 425 estate agency branches joined its listing services last month,  OneDome Group operates two portals, OneDome and...

As what now seems like a common occurrence everything has changed again since I last sat down to write about the...

It’s no surprise to hear that the property market has seen a lot of change across 2020, with ups and downs...

The new Boomin portal being launched shortly has named 10 high profile agency chains as founding members. The 10 give the new portal...

I’m sure I speak for most in the property industry when I say that back in March and April I had...

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

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

It was officially announced last week that the UK is in recession for the first time since 2009, and although this...

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

As expected within the property industry, the Chancellor announced a stamp duty holiday in his Summer Statement. This now means that...

The Black Lives Matter debate has reached the property industry with some agents dropping the term ‘Master bedroom’ from descriptions. The Times...

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...

The property market is used to change, and I’m confident it will bounce back from any lockdown effects. Despite being acutely aware...

Who are you? I’m Craig Fenner, a Customer Success Director at Feefo.  I work directly with Feefo’s Enterprise clients to ensure they...

Despite still being in the transition period after leaving the EU on January 31, we are seeing an upturn in the...

As I look towards this year, I am sure that my thoughts are the same as many within the industry. I am...

When looking back on the property market this year, the main message we can take is that it has remained extremely...

Hello and welcome to another day of our estate agency decoration pictures and videos. Every one that we have shown so far...

House prices increased 0.5 per cent in November, which was the strongest monthly rise since April according to the Nationwide.  However, annual...

It’s beginning to look a lot like…we’re running a very popular service for agents, as we’ve been inundated with more fund-raising...

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

It has been said time and time again that the uncertainty around Brexit is causing, well, uncertainty. As I write this, the...

Although property transactions have, unsurprisingly, recently seen a decline which is almost certainly in part due to the ‘B-word’, this doesn’t...

Our first wonderful fund-raising agents this week are walking over hot coals - now that’s a dare for you. But you don’t...

I think I speak for most people when I say that we are not currently where we thought we would be...

What a credit to the industry so many agents, surveyors and suppliers are: this week’s ADC shows the diverse range of...

If you’d asked me at the start of the year how I thought the political landscape might look now, I wouldn’t...

Once a year you might be perfectly justified in putting your feet up for a weekend and enjoying some great sport...

With somewhere in the region of 1.2 million property sales transactions being completed each year, and 16,500 estate agents actively vying...

Four years ago, as we approached the general election, Andrews Property Group held a roundtable debateon the impact the election might have...

Tributes are being paid to David Hall, a senior partner at an agency in the Midlands where he worked for a...

Earlier this month we celebrated the 16th annual ESTAS Awards, once again hosted by TV property expert Phil Spencer.  The glittering ceremony...

The scores have been counted and the results are in for the 2019 ESTAS Awards, sponsored by Zoopla. On Friday, over 1,000...

With a mere matter of weeks until the Tenant Fees Act comes in to effect, I can’t help but wonder just...

The London Marathon may be just one of literally thousands of fund-raising events but we know it’s a favourite with many...

There was a time when the mere mention of the financial services industry brought with it scorn and mistrust. The issues arising...

I don’t believe it’s unfair to state that our government, indeed, the entire political establishment is in some turmoil at the...

You can tell it’s the onset of spring by the fact that this weekend sees the start of the Formula 1...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today - the every-Monday round-up of key moves within the industry. Let us know...

Barely a day goes by when we don’t read a new report on the unscrupulous practices of landlords; of the sub-standard...

Hello and welcome to yet another Agents Do Charity - our tribute to the great work done by our industry in...

I often speak of my wish to see property taken out of the hands of politicians. Indeed, this is likely to...

Ilchester Place in London’s Holland Park may be the most expensive residential street in Britain - but it’s cheaper than a year...

It’s that time of year when we gaze to the future, when we ponder what the coming year will bring, and...

Given that online property portals, dominated by a handful of websites, are by far the most popular home search method, it...

Conveyancing regularly adds unnecessary and costly delays to the home buying process and improvement could be far quicker than any efforts...

I’ve spoken many times before of my desire to see government take property more seriously. For more than just lip service...

OnTheMarket plc, the company which operates the OTM portal, gives its first formal stock market figures tomorrow morning, for the six...

Google celebrated its 20th birthday last month. Yes, it might be hard to recall a time when it wasn’t integral in...

Andrews, which has over 50 branches across the south of England, is the latest major chain to sign up to OnTheMarket. In...

A website has officially launched this morning, aiming to push the concept of US-style For Sale By Owner online property marketing...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity - another chance to hear about the remarkable fund-raising done by our...

“Baton down the hatches. Stockpile the food cupboard. Brexit is coming and it’s little more than six months away!” I jest, but there is...

The online auction platform BidX1 has announced a strategic investment which will be used to accelerate its growth. The investment comes from...

Most estate agents have tried to dismiss the impact of the Bank of England’s base rate rise, which came following a...

Another day, another housing minister – at least that’s what it feels like! The resignation of the Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson...

An estate agency chain has produced strikingly successful sales figures for the first half of the year - evidence, it says,...

A branch of Andrews estate and lettings agency, damaged by water as a result of a fire eight months ago, is...

In recent weeks, you could have been forgiven for thinking that you’re not actually in the UK.  Flash floods aside, the...

The World Cup may be entertaining us for the next few weeks but whatever England’s fate may be, one thing is...

100 years ago, 90% of the UK population rented a home. Today, that figure has flipped, and over two thirds are...

Estate Agent Today editor Graham Norwood speaks to Debbie Franklin, Andrews Property Group's Head of Multi-Channel Fulfilment at FUTURE: PropTech 2018.   ...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today, our weekly feature on who’s moving where throughout our industry. And it’s...

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee has decided to keep the base rate unchanged at 0.5 per cent this month. The...

The sun has finally returned to ours skies and you’re on the lookout for a little bit of summer reading. As...

The scores are in and the results announced for the 2018 ESTAS Awards - and the winner of the coveted Grand...

One day, I’ll sit down to write for Estate Agent Today and I won’t express my dismay at the lack of...

Andrews Property Group has won the Feefo Trusted Service award, which the agency describes as “an independent seal of excellence that...

Online auction house BidX1 has launched its first UK online auction following its acquisition of London-based auctioneer Andrews & Robertson. This is...

At the start of February, Nationwide suggested that the housing market was picking up. Last week, RICS reported on its continued...

Oh we do love a busy Agents Do Charity page, and this week’s is busy indeed - thanks to everyone for...

ZPG, which operates Zoopla and PrimeLocation as well as owning the Property Software Group, has signed more long-term marketing deals with a...

Andrews & Robertson, one of the UK’s highest profile auction houses, has been taken over by Ireland’s BidX1 and is set...

Last week’s news that the lettings fee ban is unlikely to materialise before next spring was perhaps to be expected. Ever since...

With the year in full swing we have some more heroic fund-raising and grant-giving stories to tell this week. Thanks so much...

Charity comes in all shapes and sizes and we start this Christmas edition of Agents Do Charity with a very unusual...

Here we are again: another much anticipated Budget has been and gone and, yet, still nothing much has changed! Yes, of course,...

Earlier this week, Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered the Autumn Budget with a strong focus on housing.  The decision to cut stamp duty...

Four weeks today almost the entire industry will be finishing work for Christmas after another year - and ready to start...

Housing may have taken centre stage in the Budget but most of the industry appears to remain sceptical of whether the...

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

Online agency EweMove - part of The Property Franchise Group, which recently failed to agree merger terms with Belvoir - claims...

The notion of a North-South divide in the UK has been around for as long as I can remember – certainly...

Winter really is the time for fund-raising - and thanks for letting us know exactly what you are up to to...

The Bank of England has raised the base rate from 0.25 per cent to 0.5 per cent. The Bank’s monetary policy committee was...

David Westgate, group chief executive at Andrews Property Group, has been presented with a long service award in recognition of his...

And so concludes another party conference season.  We’ve followed the great and the good (both terms are debatable) around Torbay, Bournemouth,...

It’s not just that the days are shortening and the occasional smell of smoke lingers in the evening - the weather...

I’ve written before about the impact of headlines on the property industry. Interest rate speculation.   Market booms and busts. Demand...

Once upon a time there were estate agents. That was it. Nice and simple. If you marketed and sold residential property,...

Property has been changing hands for centuries, but when did estate agents as we know them today – with their branches,...

With several agent partner programmes available across the country, estate agents can often increase business by offering sales by auction, with...

For those of us working within the property sector, we’re in the very midst of what, for generations, has been one...

Wimbledon finals and the British Grand Prix await us this weekend and The Open begins a few days later, completing what...

Today we’re publishing what we think is our longest-ever list of charitable activities being conducted by agents and their supporters -...

“Housing policy should be in independent hands.” That was the conclusion of a panel debate that Andrews held, not recently, but two...

The housing industry has responded with shock, joy, and jitters, after Theresa May’s snap general election went catastrophically wrong, leaving her...

The Wallington branch of Andrews Property Group recently contacted a local resident – but not to book a valuation or organise...

June marks the start of what professional weather folk call summer - and even if the temperatures are a little variable,...

News headlines talk more and more about a slowdown in the property market, a drop in house prices and the need...

Purplebricks' share price moved up over two per cent yesterday on the strength of its latest trading statement - but its...

A record number of over 300 agents have so far signed up for next week’s FUTURE: PropTech conference, the largest event...

I wrote last month about how the Government, in introducing a 3% stamp duty surcharge on second homes, had scored an...

The industry has broadly welcomed the shock announcement of a June 8 General Election as a chance to end long term...

A series of strong sales performances at recent auctions has led one firm to claim the sector is leading the residential industry’s...

It’s peak business season for many agents right now and yet they still have time to do good work for charities...

It’s been revealed that next month’s Future: PropTech conference will feature a debate between ‘technologists’ and ‘traditionalists’ over the future of...

The triggering of Article 50 may have been regarded as a historic event but it appears to have left the housing...

A year ago, we were days away from the introduction of a 3% stamp duty surcharge on second homes – a...

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

Estate agents are angry that Chancellor Phillip Hammond made no attempt in his first Spring Budget to reform stamp duty -...

The buy-to-let market has gone through significant change in the last year and with the Budget just around the corner, what...

Welcome to February! It means that 2017 is well under way and we’re edging closer to Spring – a time when...

The National Association of Estate Agents has lured housing minister Gavin Barwell to speak at its conference next month.  Barwell will outline...

Andrews Property Group has announced that Ronda Green, the group’s marketing director, died suddenly in hospital on January 3. Having previously worked...

Just a couple of weeks ago, we waited with anticipation to see what the new Chancellor, Philip Hammond, would say in...

Rightmove’s commercial director Miles Shipside, who makes relatively few appearances at industry events, is to be a speaker at the NAEA...

Graham Norwood recently wrote that it’s going to be harder than ever to predict the shape of the property market in...

As Brexit uncertainty grips the market, one estate agency is taking the unusual step of confronting the conundrum head-on by having...

It may be Halloween but here at Estate Agent Today we’re not getting distracted from honoured our heroic industry’s efforts to...

Several estate agencies have announced expansions and new offices - and once again a former Countrywide management figure is revealed to...

Thanks so much for a bumper selection of charity deeds this week - as an industry we can be proud of...

Barely a week goes by without an announcement relating to the latest player entering the online agency world and when they...

Andrews Property Group has announced several acquisitions which have strengthened its operations across London and the South West. The firm, which recently...

For young people the length and breadth of the UK, Thursday of this week meant that the waiting was over and...

Andrews Property Group, which this year celebrates its 70th anniversary, has rebranded its offices and online presence.  It says its new look...

Barely a week goes by without news of the latest disastrous AirBnB experience suffered by an unsuspecting landlord.   Whether it’s damage...

Significant national events such as elections and, in this case, referendums bring with them a level of uncertainty.   No-one can predict...

Use of the term ‘generation rent’ has grown beyond all measure in recent years, but it’s not always quoted in the...

As property ‘experts’, sector know-how and experience sits centrally to everything we do, right? Of course, but it’s certainly not the only...

It’s the Bank Holiday and an extra-long weekend - although many agents will be making the most of sales, lets, open...

George Osborne has been busy over the last year. First came the General Election which had everyone on tenterhooks until the...

So this is Easter - a busy time for many agents although once again the industry has shown its compassionate side...

You are a public-spirited lot - this week’s Agents Do Charity section is perhaps the largest ever thanks to the good...

Birthdays aren’t just something for family and friends to celebrate.   Businesses too can justifiably use these milestones to remember their roots and...

With a little over two months to go until changes to Stamp Duty are introduced that will impact purchasers of second...

For the team at Andrews, the new year started a long time ago. Almost two years ago to be precise as...

South of England agency chain Andrews has launched a new app and website as part of its brand-refreshing programme for 2016.  The...

The possibility of agents having to keep offices open until 7pm from next summer to accommodate late key releases has put...

No sooner was Halloween done and dusted than attentions turned to Christmas: shops were dressed with festive decorations; town centre lights...

Headlines across the lettings industry often focus on the behaviour of ‘rogue’ landlords – those that are slow to become compliant...

There was once a time when you knew where you were in the year by virtue of what was happening in...

Stories of migrants attempting to make their way to the UK are now a daily feature in our news bulletins and...

Eighty branch agency Andrews & Partners has reported a 12.9% rise in revenue, representing the company's highest ever turnover figure and...

When Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, recently announced that interest rates would have to start to rise sooner...

A review of 30 prominent property sales websites undertaken by a digital marketing company demonstrates, perhaps predictably, a huge lead for...

Andrews & Robertson, one of the UK’s best known independent property auctioneers, has unveiled a new logo.  The launch completes the recent...

"Stop right there. Hands above your head. Don't move. Mavis, dial 999." Mr D Smith (MARLA, NFoPP) removes his Glock 19...

Marsh & Parsons has enhanced its residential development and investment department by appointing Matt Bird - a former social housing executive...

A little over four weeks ago I was here musing what impact the impending general election might have on the property...

The chief executive of Andrews estate agency chain says housing policy should be decided not directly by politicians but by an...