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Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

Agents are being urged to be clearer about their terms of business with clients after the public face of The Property...

The Bank of England’s strategy to tackle inflation isn’t working, an agent has claimed, after policymakers hiked rates for the 12th...

Letting agents are between a rock and a hard place when it comes to opening a client account and getting Client...

Homebuyers have highlighted the most stressful aspects of a property purchase, and agents appear to be off the hook. Analysis by conveyancing...

Buyers are hesitant but haven’t disappeared form the prime London market, Knight Frank claims. The agent’s latest prime London property report shows...

You've finally found the perfect house. It's within your budget, has the desired number of bedrooms and bathrooms, and even comes...

As uncertainty, apprehension and anxiety increasingly infiltrates every aspect of our professional and personal lives, to ‘keep calm and carry on’...

An estate agency in Snodland, Kent, has been honoured with an award for services to the local community. Independent agency was presented...

If there’s not a book called ‘The Art of Collaboration’ then there should be. Update: a quick Google search shows there...

With this week being Mental Health Awareness Week, Sam Hunter - COO at Homesearch and a keen mental health advocate -...

After years of delays and upheaval, the Renters' Reform Bill finally appears to be back on the agenda, in an effort...

Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) has long been the bugbear of many property transactions. Even the very wealthy will lose interest...

In this Q&A, I catch up with Jesper With-Fogstrup, chief executive officer of Smoove (formerly ULS Technology until a very recent...

The typical time taken to sell a property has got so long that people could learn a language before a transaction...

Fifteen businesses which had bought freeh­olds from housing developer Countryside have now given formal undertakings to remove terms that cause ground...

When was the time you actively learned something new from your clients or competitors? If it’s a difficult question to answer quickly,...

A conveyancing company is asking clients to set their own fee - with some strings. Zen Move Solicitors is a year-old digital...

In this piece, Tom Davis, press officer at Propertymark, explores the debate surrounding a locked or open-door policy, and whether the...

A London agency has launched a Wellbeing At Work initiative to help agents and other staff as they return to the...

An estate agent with stomach cancer faces a prison sentence after pleading guilty of defrauding an 80 year old pensioner out...

Remember the early days of lockdown when there was a general panic? Perhaps the hot demand for toilet rolls was a sign...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Matt Ratliff, Chief Technology Officer of Sort Group. How has your...

NAEA Propertymark says the news that two major players in the leasehold sector have reformed their activities must be just the...

Banking has gone through radical changes in the past few years, in step with technology and the sheer amount we can...

Propertymark has chosen YoungMinds as its charity partner of the year.  YoungMinds is dedicated to ensuring every young person gets the mental...

Mental health – and the importance of good mental health – has become a vital thing for all of us in...

The head of one of the industry’s foremost recruitment organisations says the pandemic has caused people to re-evaluate priorities and change...

A leading bank says as many as one in three buyers pay too much for a property because they are afraid...

Tenants, landlords, agents, and house buyers all breathed a sigh of relief on Halloween when the government announced that home moves...

Purplebricks is the first estate agency in the country to launch a meditation service to ease “the emotional rollercoaster felt by...

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

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

An estate agent has been awarded over £41,000 by an employment tribunal - after her offer to settle for £10,000 was...

Last week was Mental Health Awareness Week, and there is a great deal of positive things to be said about a...

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

A major consumer survey of existing home owners and potential movers has resulted in a plea to government to allow house...

Where else to start? Since my last Natter two weeks ago, all our lives have changed more than we could ever...

The extraordinary past week of anger over portals’ fees plus early-warning statements like that from Foxtons indicate the anxiety in the...

The landscape of the estate agency market in the UK is evolving to reflect changes in the way we live our...

Our mental health affects how we think, feel and act. It affects how we handle anxiety, relate to others and impacts...

An estate agency service in the Lake District has rolled out a new benefit to all its staff - and in...

It never rains but it pours. And that’s certainly been the case for the online estate agency sector in the last...

There’s a clear change of mood music in the country now regarding environmental issues. You don’t need to be old to remember...

A top London estate agent says the humble For Sale board remains the cheapest and most effective marketing tool - even...

Three weeks has flown by (I missed an early deadline last week - apologies) and I find myself writing the next...

The UK’s largest high street property franchise, Belvoir, has launched a new video called #MovingMemories to attract buyers and landlords to...

Thirty one per cent of residential sales fell through before completion in the third quarter of 2016, showing a sizeable increase...

Nearly three quarters of people who have sold or bought a property deem it more stressful than having a child or...

The internet has changed the way that most businesses operate. In many cases, the opportunities opened up by the emergence of...

IT’S often said that the secret of a happy and thriving business is one in which every single employee is the...