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16 April 2024
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Agents faced more complaints and paid out higher levels of redress last year, industry data shows. Annual figures from the Property Redress...
18 March 2024
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Savills has claimed most of the property markets It operates in are past “peak uncertainty” after posting lower revenues and profits...
15 March 2024
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Property market conditions in the new-build sector are likely to remain subdued this year. Persimmon has claimed. An outlook in the house...
13 March 2024
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Analysts have given their backing to Rightmove’s stock market prospects but there are warnings that it can’t “rest on its laurels”...
04 March 2024
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Rightmove has reported a 7% rise in operating profit despite losing agents last year. The portal’s latest annual report released this morning...
01 March 2024
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Lloyds Bank is predicting a “more modest” fall in house prices during 2024. The lender had predicted in September that average prices...
23 February 2024
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Dexters has hinted at more acquisitions, particularly around greater London. Andy Shepherd, chief executive of the London agent, suggested the brand is...
27 June 2023
From: Breaking News
The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) has described its sales business as ‘operationally challenging’ for last year despite posting a record financial...
18 April 2023
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LSL Property Services’ share price dipped yesterday after posting an operating loss in its 2022 annual accounts. Its results showed a group...
14 April 2023
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Belvoir is seeking more acquisitions this year, the agency franchise brand has revealed. The company revealed in its annual results yesterday that...
28 March 2023
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Higher utility and staffing costs pushed profits down in Savills’ UK residential business last year. The property and agency brand revealed in...
17 March 2023
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House prices could drop by almost 25% ‘start-to-trough’ or by as much as 40% in severe circumstances, Lloyds Banking Group has...
23 February 2023
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The Government has been urged to revise its plans for affordable housing as MPs warn it is set to fall short...
07 December 2022
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One of the UK’s leading property companies has appointed marketing firm alan. agency to launch a crucial annual report. Knight Frank...
09 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Housing Secretary Michael Gove and minister Stuart Andrew are set to be grilled by MPs on their property market plans today. The...
13 June 2022
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The Queen’s Speech has unveiled proposed overhauls on planning, consumer and economic crime laws that could all have an effect on...
10 May 2022
From: Breaking News
What a difference two months and some local elections make. Cast your minds back to March 9 and the annual report of...
07 May 2022
From: Features
The number of complaints about estate and letting agents increased last year but fewer gripes were upheld. Data based on members of...
27 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Winkworth agents posted record sales income last year, attributed to the stamp duty holiday. The London-listed agent franchise group revealed in its...
13 April 2022
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The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) is planning more acquisitions after a busy 2021 for buying-up agencies. The umbrella property brand, which incorporates...
06 April 2022
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More acquisitions are being predicted at agency franchise group Belvoir. It comes as the listed brand yesterday reported record group revenue of...
05 April 2022
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Shareholders in Purplebricks have given overwhelming backing to the company’s remuneration policy - including substantial bonuses for senior executives which had...
29 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Day in, day out, I see how good estate agents really are. Whether it’s in my day job on Location, Location, Location...
06 September 2021
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A date has been set for Purplebricks’ shareholders to give their verdict on a controversial remuneration package given to the agency’s...
25 August 2021
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The Property Ombudsman says there’s been a big increase in enquiries to its service in recent months, despite the pandemic. In its...
24 August 2021
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Purplebricks’ annual report has revealed that a short term bonus scheme to provide incentives for executive directors to meet financial and...
28 July 2021
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The annual report of a major estate agency has revealed that its chief executive took two large cuts to bonus payments...
08 April 2021
From: Breaking News
It’s fair to say that UK estate agents don’t have the best of reputations, often featuring in the lists of the...
29 August 2020
From: Features
If anyone thought the days of Purplebricks bosses making millions were in the past, think again. The chief executive and chief finance...
18 August 2020
From: Breaking News
Foxtons - which has recently closed branches and furloughed staff - has described a shareholder rebellion over senior management bonuses and pay...
14 May 2020
From: Breaking News
There’s been a substantial 20 per cent rise in formal complaints about agents taken up by The Property Ombudsman. The figures refer...
11 May 2020
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OnTheMarket is not responding to requests to reveal details of any pay-off for its chief executive Ian Springett, who was sacked...
10 March 2020
From: Breaking News
Agents are consistently being told that they need to get on board with change. And one could quite easily make the...
02 March 2020
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Rightmove has been given the green light to continue using the claim that “every second someone contacts an estate agent about a...
13 November 2019
From: Breaking News
Controversy and Purplebricks have gone hand in hand since the agency was first launched in 2012, through its float on the...
18 October 2019
From: Breaking News
Purplebricks - which is at the centre of a string of controversies - has joined the growing campaign for stamp duty...
30 September 2019
From: Breaking News
‘Workers of the world, unite. You have nothing to lose but your chains’. So is written on the tombstone of the father...
19 September 2019
From: Features
Purplebricks has spent £26.7m on marketing in the past year - that represents £382 per instruction. The figures, revealed in the agency’s...
11 September 2019
From: Breaking News
A note sent out by OnTheMarket chief executive Ian Springett has suggested that the way estate agents work may directly lead...
30 July 2019
From: Breaking News
The government has published proposals for far-reaching changes to the way estate and letting agents are regulated, trained and licensed. The proposals...
18 July 2019
From: Breaking News
The head of the Property Redress Scheme is urging agents to prepare for yet more regulation and legislation changes likely to...
28 May 2019
From: Breaking News
The trade body representing so-called quick sale companies is marking five years in business with two feathers in its cap. Firstly the...
16 May 2019
From: Breaking News
The Property Ombudsman (TPO) has released its annual report for 2018, showing a 16% rise in the number of complaints made...
08 May 2019
From: Breaking News
When they first came onto the scene, online-only estate and lettings agents were predicted to swiftly spell the end for traditional...
30 March 2019
From: Features
Foxtons has revealed that its six branch closures announced towards the end of last year will save the company £3m in...
29 March 2019
From: Breaking News
Countrywide’s share price dipped to its lowest ever level yesterday, below 8p before recovering a little ground later in the day. The...
28 March 2019
From: Breaking News
The Money Laundering Regulations require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation to...
20 February 2019
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Recent years have seen tighter regulation and new legislation hit the lettings industry. Combined with the fee ban, there is no...
10 January 2019
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The Guardian is this morning reporting that “a major estate agent” has been accused of involvement in corruption with the house...
22 November 2018
From: Breaking News
From where I’m standing there’s a lot in common between the debate between online and traditional agents, and the argument over...
29 September 2018
From: Features
The latest figures from Purplebricks, contained within the agency’s annual report released this week, claim that 81 per cent of its...
27 September 2018
From: Breaking News
In our previous 2 blogs we have covered the definitions of the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations (CPRs) and what the practical...
29 August 2018
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The UK division of US-based estate agency Keller Williams says agents need access to internal training if service levels across the...
16 August 2018
From: Breaking News
The Property Redress Scheme says it’s recruited another 1,750 members following the shake-out last week when one of its rival redress...
13 August 2018
From: Breaking News
11 August 2018
From: Features
Another update from OnTheMarket this morning claims the portal is now listing over 550,000 UK residential property listings, in excess of...
04 July 2018
From: Breaking News
A leading property industry analysts says Rightmove may be amongst the top portals in the industry worldwide, but it is facing...
08 June 2018
From: Breaking News
The Property Ombudsman has issued its annual report for 2017 and there’s good news for the estate agency side of the...
17 May 2018
From: Breaking News
The annual report from the Advertising Standards Authority and the Committees of Advertising Practice, out today, shows that the estate and...
04 May 2018
From: Breaking News
The Property Redress Scheme - one of the three government-approved redress schemes handling complaints about sales and lettings agents - has...
13 April 2018
From: Breaking News
Foxtons says its long-term branch expansion programme is now “largely complete” and it is shifting its attention to using technology to...
05 April 2018
From: Breaking News
Countrywide has revealed precisely how many brands, branches and staff it has following the extensive and multiple restructurings of recent years. In...
22 March 2018
From: Breaking News
Countrywide’s 132-page annual report, released today, has given details of the management and restructuring costs incurred by the company during its...
21 March 2018
From: Breaking News
ZPG has revealed its 2017 annual report this morning with a stream of records - 648 million visits to portals, revenue...
29 November 2017
From: Breaking News
A large part of the DCLG’s Call for Evidence on the home buying and selling process focuses on the role of...
18 November 2017
From: Features
The Property Ombudsman’s annual report reveals a significant increase in the number of formal complaints resolved by the scheme and a...
22 June 2017
From: Breaking News
Brexit and the economic uncertainty since the EU Referendum have not prevented Connells delivering overall growth in 2016 - despite a...
01 February 2017
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The National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team based in Powys has revealed that its cases under investigation include apparent offences of...
03 November 2016
From: Breaking News
The Advertising Standards Authority has explained to Estate Agent Today why many of the complaints made against estate and letting agents...
13 October 2016
From: Breaking News
eMoov founder and chief executive Russell Quirk has launched another online petition, this time calling for mandatory licensing of estate agents. The...
10 October 2016
From: Breaking News
The Property Ombudsman scheme’s annual report, just released, reveals that there has been a dramatic 32 per cent surge in the...
04 October 2016
From: Breaking News
A fine of £735,000 imposed on an association of estate and letting agents and a local newspaper publisher has been described...
18 July 2016
From: Breaking News
Complaints made against adverts issued by property firms have increased by 10% in the last year. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) reports...
26 May 2016
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Winkworth, the franchise giant with most offices concentrated in or close to London, says the high-end of the capital’s prime market...
29 March 2016
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Controversial online estate agent and industry commentator Russell Quirk has hit out at the fee structure of traditional agents, claiming it...
21 March 2016
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The analyst who has claimed that Rightmove may be seeking to ‘embed’ itself into estate agencies’ day-to-day management has now told...
04 March 2016
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One of the property portal sector’s leading analysts is suggesting that Rightmove may be about to increasingly involve itself with services...
03 March 2016
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Countrywide has given what it admits is a “mixed performance” in 2015 with a major reduction in operating profits, although it...
25 February 2016
From: Breaking News
It was an end of an era in the property world this week. Christopher Hamer stepped down as the Property Ombudsman...
04 December 2015
From: Features
The fines issued by the Competition and Markets Authority on a local association of estate agents and three of its members...
23 July 2015
From: Breaking News
The first annual report from Property Redress Services, one of the three government-approved redress schemes applying to both the sales and...