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Agency acquirer Lomond has recruited Tony Haran as its new head of residential development. He brings experience from both Knight Frank and...

Home sales and house prices may have struggled in 2023 but more affluent buyers and sellers may not have noticed. Analysis by...

OnTheMarket (OTM) chief executive Jason Tebb has declared “our time is now” after shareholders backed a takeover of the portal by...

OnTheMarket (OTM) has secured more support for a takeover by CoStar UK. Proxy adviser Glass Lewis has given its backing to CoStar’s...

Proxy adviser Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has recommended that shareholders back the CoStar UK takeover of OnTheMarket (OTM). The independent advisory firm...

Agency shareholders of OnTheMarket will vote whether to accept a takeover approach from CoStar UK on 4 December. CoStar, owner of US...

Paul Johnson, Head of Corporate Sales at Leaders Romans Group (LRG) Commercial property has historically been viewed as the more profitable asset...

The potential takeover of OnTheMarket (OTM) by US property giant CoStar Group could finally provide a viable challenger for Rightmove, it...

The term mixed-tenure development usually refers to residential developments where different residential tenures are provided on the same site. Typically, tenure was...

Oliver Bernard has set a new Mayfair and St James record after an off-market sale. The luxury agent has sold an unmodernised...

Can you start by telling us a bit about yourself and how you got into the property industry? My name is Andrea...

Supply and demand is rising but there is still a shortage of larger properties for buyers, Chestertons claims. An update from the...

Rising mortgage rates and falling house prices don’t appear to be deterring the super-rich. A report from upmarket agency Beauchamp Estates suggests...

Semi-detached houses are currently the fastest-selling type of property in the UK, research suggests. Analysis of 101,126 house sale transactions by home...

In an exclusive interview with Estate Agent Today, Simon Coaker, Sales & Marketing Director of Desert Springs Resort, shared captivating insights into...

An award-winning charity will cut the cost of homeownership in Wigan by up to £10,000, by offering buyers the chance to...

I was delighted to read recently about the creation of the first ever ‘register of logbooks’ in the UK, which offers...

Winkworth is expanding its operations to focus on land and new homes opportunities across London. Dominic Agace, chief executive of Winkworth, said...

Should commercial properties be converted into homes? I think so. I don’t mean the upscale barns becoming large houses, or the fashionable...

If journalists believed everything they received in their inboxes, you’d be forgiven for thinking the private rental sector was a shiny,...

In this guest piece, Andy Jones, Corporate & Build To Rent Director at LRG, looks at whether commercial property can help solve...

Agents and property professionals have backed the creation of Investment Zones to help boost housebuilding but have called for more clarity...

The current period of national solidarity over the death of Queen Elizabeth II has embraced the world of property as it...

A few weeks ago, we saw widespread disruption due to record breaking 40°C heat in the UK. The extreme temperatures caused...

The temperature may be heating up outside and there are also few signs of the jobs market cooling down for agents...

Regional agent Dacre, Son & Hartley is expanding into York and has appointed experienced estate agent, Nick Udovicic, to head up...

Nest Seekers International is returning to UK TV screens with the announcement of a new BBC Two series. The show, which has...

A County Down-based estate agent has acquired a local rival and launched a new “stop-gap” accommodation service for buyers and sellers...

A so-called Climate Innovation District is to be constructed in central Leeds with low carbon homes at its heart. The developer Citu...

The path from agent to developer is not easy, but it is a relatively straightforward one, if you are willing to...

Almost exactly a decade ago I wrote a blog on the back of a spate on mainstream news stories about prime...

An agency is warning some house hunters that they face a more competitive time this year following a “truly remarkable” change...

The estate agent known to his thousands of followers on Twitter as Mayfair Guru is predicting a ‘Roaring 2020s’ for the...

As debate rages over levelling up and a north/south property divide, in the first of a new monthly column, property expert...

A leading buying agency says that while prime central London’s property market shows clear signs of recovery, a weak area remains...

The latest update on the prime central London market from agency Knight Frank warns that it’s still not business as usual,...

A petition calling on the government to set up an independent enquiry into the cladding crisis has reached a key 10,000...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your chance to catch up with who’s moving where in our industry. If you have...

Like most industries, estate agency is changing. A general trend to a more hybrid model, accelerated by the pandemic has resulted...

Former BBC Director General Greg Dyke has been revealed as the man behind a £35m project to developer a historic part...

A prominent London-focussed buying agent says she is seeing more foreign buyers returning to the UK capital - with more expected...

A sentiment survey amongst wealthy international buyers suggests the affluent sector of the western world is seeing similar house buying frenzy...

Rightmove data released this morning shows that the average asking price of a detached house has risen literally 10 times the...

The market share of the online and hybrid agencies combined has risen to 8.1 per cent in the second quarter of...

The housing market across the country shows little or no sign of cooling despite the end of the main stamp duty...

London’s housing market may be distinctly lacklustre compared to much of the rest of the UK right now but one development...

An analysis of over 1.6m listings by Rightmove shows a big return to normality - demand for smaller city centre properties...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Bal Arora – Managing Director In your experience, what is the...

A prime London estate agency is going global - not only with a new office in the UK capital but with...

For many, the funeral of HRH Prince Philip will be a solemn affair, while for some it will also be a...

While lengthy lockdowns have caused many to re-evaluate their homes, the apartment lifestyle remains an ambition for many. That’s the view of...

With no clear end in sight and conflicting Government advice as to whether we should work from home or go to...

The green light for a vacant office building in the capital to be redeveloped into residential housing has been given after...

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

One of the country’s highest-profile mortgage lenders, HSBC, is restricting loans on apartments from today. Only buyers of flats who have a...

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

One of the highest profile and most widely respected figures in the British property industry has died suddenly. He was 72. Tony...

How prime London has changed. In 2002 work began on The Knightsbridge. Located within a stone’s throw of Harrods and a near-neighbour...

A PropTech website has broken down the sales recorded by HM Land Registry in 2019 into property types - and apartments...

The government is being urged to make commonhold ownership compulsory on all new apartments - and the move could even begin a...

A high profile and widely-respected estate agent is predicting a huge demographic change to one of the country’s wealthiest enclaves -...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT - your regular Monday fix of who’s moving where in our industry. As ever, a...

Hello - if it’s Monday it’s PJT day, so welcome to the latest update on key moves within our industry. Let us...

It’s a substantial Tory government for the next five years: what does this mean for estate agents, property and the market? We have...

A London estate agency says a new scheme of apartments being launched for sale this weekend will be the first ever...

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

Recently a number of politicians and charities have been calling for the introduction of rent controls or rent freezes in the...

1. Win More Listings For estate agency in the UK, the number one task is to get new properties to market. However,...

A leading London estate agency with US connections says there has been a surge in high net worth American buyers in...

The Nationwide building society is to go into house building. It has received planning permission to build 239 new homes for sale...

Research from OnTheMarket shows that 40 per cent of London homes costing around £1m have only two bedrooms or fewer. And only...

A recently-launched free-to-list portal says it’s uniquely positioned to attract overseas buyers and investors interested in purchasing in major UK cities. Residential...

So far in our contribution to the campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold we have outlined the stories of some of...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Jake Gready Managing Director NEXA Bristol What services do you provide? buying - selling...

The average prices of flats and maisonettes bucked the trend by falling very slightly in the year to December, according to...

A review website has launched that describes itself as “a new and powerful research and marketing tool in the residential property...

A think tank is suggesting that micro-homes could be the answer to London’s shortage of available homes for first time buyers. The...

A leading buying agent says 2019 is likely to see the continuation of last year’s trend where distressed sellers accept discounts...

Six directors have been banned from office after misleading over 300 people who bought new build homes in the north of...

Property analysts say ‘flippers’ - those who buy new homes and sell them quickly, hopefully for a profit - are losing...

I remember renting flats when I was a 25-year-old negotiator at Foxtons. Many of you will remember my love for the...

Estate agency and property consultancy JLL is offering a clip-on accessory which it claims can be put on to a mobile...

Stamp duty relief for first time buyers of full-priced houses and apartments is to be extended to first time buyers of...

One of London’s most prominent buying agencies says post-Brexit the interest in buying in the capital will return - whether there...

Yieldit, an online agency that specialises in selling investment houses and apartments with tenants in situ, is claiming a strong quarter...

Almost all buyers of new build houses who purchased a leasehold regret doing so, and the vast majority say they definitely wouldn't...

The creators of a website using market data to define postcodes as hosting a seller’s market or a buyer’s market have...

A report in the Financial Times lays bare the scale of the housing market downturn in central London - it suggests...

Wary buyers reluctant to risk buying a premium-priced property in the volatile prime central London market are adopting a perhaps-surprising tactic...

Hello - if it’s Monday, it must be Property Jobs Today, your chance to see a snapshot of the key moves...

London has 585 one bed flats on the market at £1m or more according to research by online agency HouseSimple.  HouseSimple says...

London estate agency chain Dexters is expanding its brand once again thanks to a new partnership with Stirling Ackroyd New Homes.  Dexters...

Virtual Staging is about presenting a property in the most appealing way to potential buyers. Many consider virtual staging is deceiving...

An estate agency that started its life at a kitchen table in 1997 is now celebrating 20 years in business. City living specialist...

Estate agency James Pendleton says the sales of flats across London have collapsed 47 per cent in only a year -...

In this week’s Natter I’m going to get all political. Don’t worry, I won’t be giving my opinions on Brexit, Trump...

The government says it wants to ban “unfair” leasehold charges imposed on buyers of new-build homes in England.  Under the measure, subject to...

Purplebricks has landed a deal to sell new-build homes, an activity previously done usually directly by developers or traditional high street estate...

A leasehold enfranchisement expert wants government action over what he calls the "forgotten casualties" of the recent ground rent scandal.    Louie Burns,...

A nine-branch agency in Manchester claims a new app is behind a 20 per cent improvement in its Rightmove statistics. Thornley Groves...