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Mortgage approvals declined slightly in January as the market braces itself for the end of the stamp duty holiday - currently...

With one of the world’s most successful vaccine rollout programmes under way in the UK, the chances of a complete lockdown...

Hello, welcome to our latest charity roundup, and as the weather improves and the vaccine roll-out lifts the spirits, so we...

Agency websites supplier Property Webmasters has secured a substantial but undisclosed cash injection to expand internationally. The investment comes from Net Ventures...

Older homeowners gifted an average of £42,500 to younger relatives to help them buy in the past year, according to new...

The Bruce brothers’ latest project, Boomin, is “ready to launch” some two months after it was expected to see the light...

An agent working for a Countrywide brand in Lancashire has been given a suspended jail sentence after being found guilty of...

Being a letting agent today means keeping up to date with the long list of rules and regulations governing how a...

Propertymark has slammed government energy efficiency proposals as being “unrealistic, too simplistic and could deter people from moving home.” A formal consultation...

This week’s In Conversation Today interviewee needs no introduction. One of the property industry’s most recognisable names, she has been a...

The Chancellor’s rumoured six week extension to the stamp duty holiday has been backed by Rightmove. Over last weekend the Daily Telegraph,...

A huge number of additional transactions completing in the next few weeks due to the stamp duty holiday provides estate agents...

In this week's Natter, I focus on the inspiring story of Clare Hughes, who has bounced back in the last 12 months...

It’s now more than a year since the government offered an additional £4 million to councils to combat rogue landlords. At the...

The rise and rise of portal listings and changing consumer habits during the pandemic may mean the death of the High...

Estate and letting agencies are the best performing businesses for low call waiting times in the UK. A survey of 1,000 people...

The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and shifting tenant requirements are reinforcing the need for good broadband in the rental market...

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

The high-end housing market on Jersey has been rocked by a plan from the island’s government which may ban foreign investors from...

After high levels of publicity for Zoopla and Boomin in recent weeks, Rightmove has struck back with figures suggesting it’s enjoyed...

This time out, I’m in conversation with one of the big three established portals. Since it was founded in 2007, Zoopla...

We’re now in Lockdown 3.0 and most of us have become used to juggling home-working, home schooling and a million and...

Mortgage approvals decreased slightly in December but remain well above pre-Covid levels thanks to the continuing incentive of the stamp duty...

One of the country’s most popular tourist destinations may ban the sale of new builds to second home buyers. The council in Padstow -...

An online petition has been started by an independent estate agent seeking a radical overhaul of how homes are sold in...

At the back-end of last year and the start of this, the biggest news stories in town – besides debates over...

As part of our third PayProp Special Report on COVID-19 rental arrears in the UK, we surveyed over 600 agents, tenants...

As we now find ourselves in the UK’s third national lockdown in 10 months, what tenants want, and need from their...

Hello and welcome to Agents Do Charity, the regular round-up of industry good work. Whatever the cause, it’s great to publicise agents’...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I am the General Manager of Ravensworth, which is what...

Property commentator Phil Spencer says lockdown - which we know will now last for another six weeks at least, and possibly...

Despite the booming housing market the whole property sector - a key indicator of the economy's performance - has seen 11,000...

There’s been a flurry of recent activity involving agencies quoted on the London Stock Exchange: Hunters, The Property Franchise Group and...

By any available metric, Belvoir had a good 2020. Already a well-known and well-established name, it was highly praised for its...

A new estate agency listing historic houses is to have “a select group of creatives and thinkers” that will assist in the...

The property market became somewhat fractious during 2020. After receiving a much-needed boost with the promise of stamp duty relief, things...

Two mysterious online agencies have had their advertisements for the same property banned by the Advertising Standards Authority. The agencies - Manchestersalerent and...

The Financial Conduct Authority is extending the ban on repossessions by two months until April 1, in light of the pandemic. The...

The latest Rightmove analysis shows it now takes 126 days from the time an offer is accepted until legal completion -...

Housing minister Kelly Tolhurst has resigned from the government for personal reasons. Tolhurst had formal responsibility for the government’s policies to combat...

One of the housing market’s senior analysts says the end of the stamp duty holiday on March 31 would not be...

An appeal has gone out to agents wanting to jump from being employees to running their own businesses - and there are...

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...

HSBC UK is re-introducing its 90 per cent Loan To Value mortgages from next week - a possible lifeline for first...

Rightmove says it’s recorded the busiest ever start to a New Year in its two decade history with visits to the...

To kick off 2021, we have a Q&A with one of the most high-profile – and, it has to be said,...

New figures from the Bank of England show that mortgage approvals rose 7.0 per cent in November to reach 105,000 -...

Here’s hoping you managed to have as good a Christmas and New Year as Covid rules allowed. Journalism in early January is...

Firstly, Happy New Year – here’s to 2021 being less chaotic than the last! In the final part of our series on...

As we approach the end of the year, there is no doubt that it has been a turbulent 12 months for...

Zoopla has revealed precisely how much house prices have risen over the course of 2020. Across the UK as a whole prices...

London and other urban areas dominate the league table of locations seeing the biggest house price rises of 2020. This is despite...

Many agents will be closed on New Year’s Day - the last Bank Holiday for some months and at the start...

The largest company involved in the controversial Modern Method of Auction says it’s producing a “disruptive digital market campaign to address...

We’re sure agents have been working hard to urge vendors to take it easy on the dodgy decorations if there are...

An agency operating in the new Tier 4 area has abandoned viewings and visits to homes until New Year, even though the...

The Bank of England is to review the affordability tests imposed on  borrowers, opening the door to a possible relaxation of...

The proportion of sales that fell through at the worst point of this year was 52 per cent it’s been claimed. However...

Ever since the initial ripples of innovation in the 1990s, PropTech has proceeded to reshape our market beyond recognition; going on...

Start-up letting agents looking to enter the market are finding it increasingly difficult to set up in business as banks point...

This is a time of year when many people consider buying a pet as a present but for the millions of...

A TV show relating the story of London estate agent Suzy Lamplugh will this evening reveal that there is a possible new...

If you fear the market will slow after Christmas, think again - Rightmove is expecting several months of frenzied transactions to...

Hello - and here we are nearing the end of the strangest of years.  With agents and industry suppliers rushed off their...

Revenues have slumped by 18 per cent at LSL Property Services, the corporate which boasts Your Move and Reeds Rains and...

In the six months to November there’s been a 79 per cent increase in sales of homes priced £5m to £10m says Knight...

A scathing document produced by MPs slams the government for its “deplorable” housing policies which are "invented, abandoned and reinvented" -...

The design quality of new homes and neighbourhoods across the UK remains stubbornly low, according to a new report by academics.  The...

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

MPs lobbied by agents to extend the stamp duty holiday are staying firmly on the fence with standard answers and no...

Welcome to part three of our ongoing series on local independent agents, as we seek to give this all-important part of...

If this year has taught us anything, it's that estate agents need their software provider and specifically their CRM, to help...

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...

It’s that time of year again. Black Friday has been and gone and the run-up to Christmas is well and truly...

The housing market may be slowing as we enter December but the latest snapshot suggests there’s still momentum with mortgage approvals...

The secure Conservative victory in the 2019 General Election meant the property market in the sunlit uplands was set for a...

We’re just a few days from December so why not get into the festive spirit a little early and get some...

So, we’re back to where we were in the spring, more or less. England is in a national lockdown again to...

You probably don’t have to listen closely to hear estate agents across the country starting to cheer. It’s been a big...

The soon-to-launch Boomin portal has signed up a national firm and now claims to have recruited 40 per cent of the...

What’s the happiest place in Britain? Rightmove has the answer. In a new ‘Happy At Home’ index calculated by the portal and...

Countrywide, which is thought to have closed over a fifth of its branches in recent years, has opened a new office...

The Boomin portal, which incentivises agents to cross-sell and benefit from referral fees, is to receive advice on fee disclosure from...

The Home website, which publishes a detailed monthly snapshot of the market, has raised the alarm over London because of a...

Just when you thought the housing market was beginning to calm down... along comes a likely vaccine for Coronavirus. One of the country’s...

Zoopla is the first UK property company to launch advertising on Pinterest, the lifestyle picture-centric social media platform. A statement from Zoopla...

Asking prices are down for the first time in many months. It’s a small drop - an average of 0.5 per cent...

With a new President elected and the old one reluctant to move out, this is a good time to see how...

According to the annual Property Week PropTech survey, almost 48% of property businesses had tested new technology because of the COVID-19...

Property is considered to be a safe investment. The buy-to-let market is booming, fuelled by a generation unable to get on...

Hello and welcome to your regular Friday charity round-up from the industry - appropriately enough on the day of the latest...

A new report funded by high profile consumer champion Martin Lewis says the government must do more to help ‘mortgage prisoners’. These...

Various investors in Countrywide have submitted early online paperwork to The Panel on Takeovers and Mergers - the red tape required to...

A former London estate agency owner and finalist on The Apprentice says he’s now returning to the sector to sell new-builds. Jamie...

As lockdown – Season 2, the sequel no one asked for – gets underway in England, landlords, tenants and agents will...

The UK lettings market is no stranger to technology. But only a few of the early initiatives have remained, and landlords...

What are the best ways for a letting agency to generate additional revenue and stay ahead of the competition? Management fees are...

The trend of buyers apparently fleeing the city to get more for their money in the country has hit the buffers...

Letting agents and landlords have faced huge change and uncertainty this year, with Covid-19 the major driver. But even before the...

The Bank of England’s monthly interest rate decision was made today - but instead of it being announced at 12 noon,...

A new survey has been launched by the Residential Property Surveyors Association. The RPSA - which wants to rival the RICS as...

I remember so clearly in my Foxtons days, working as a lettings manager in Putney, that lettings, though less sexy than...

There’s one key takeaway for agents from the weekend’s announcements on the next England-wide lockdown - the housing market is staying...

Housing Minister Christopher Pincher announced that the introduction of the Renters' Reform Bill will be delayed for an indefinite period due...

The housing market boom looks set to continue for some months yet as mortgage approvals for home purchases hit their highest...

It’s Halloween time, and while this year’s festivities may be muted there’s plenty to celebrate as far as agents’ good deeds...

The so-called hub model of estate agency adopted by a growing number of firms appears to be part of a wider...

David Cox is joining Rightmove next week in a dramatic return to the industry. Cox left the ARLA Propertymark in late July after...

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

The announcement of the Renters’ Reform Bill in the Queen’s speech last December caused a collective groan across the country from...

The property market, and therefore, estate agents have been accused of being the 'weak link' in the UK’s money laundering defences. This...

A new survey reveals the uphill struggle first time buyers appear to be having in securing a mortgage. A study of 1,000...

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

The property market has bounced back with all of the expected resilience and flexibility that is its hallmark since it reopened...

There is no doubting that 2020 has been a challenging year for all industries, with the lettings market being no exception. Following...

Tenant enquiries and property viewings unsurprisingly slowed this spring, due to the necessary government restrictions brought in to manage the pandemic....

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is taking credit for saving thousands of agency jobs through increased transactions prompted by the stamp duty holiday. A...

A new analysis of searches and leads to agents by Rightmove suggests buyers in London are deserting central locations in favour of...

Agents in some parts of the country may be able to make use of data from utilities comparison service uSwitch, which...

Some 713 estate agency branches have failed to reopen following the spring lockdown according to a business consultancy. TwentyCi says that is the...

A mortgage service claims 46 per cent of buyers have had their prospective property down-valued by lenders - often forcing them...

The latest Rightmove asking price index shows the extraordinary market and amazing times we are living through. The average price of property coming...

Book review by Graham Norwood, editor of Estate Agent Today, Letting Agent Today and Landlord Today. If a letting agent wants to...

Lawyers, politicians, bankers, insurance sellers – no matter where you go, there are some professions that are just always going to...

When letting agents are preparing to migrate from one piece of client accounting software to another, it can sometimes seem like...

A Bank of England survey suggests it may be more difficult for prospective buyers to get a mortgage later this year. In...

A prominent housing market analyst is warning that in 14 years of studying prices and transactions he has never seen the...

An estate agency in the south of England has abandoned its online-only strategy and has decided to open a physical office...

The only certainty at the moment is ongoing uncertainty. It’s something we’ve got used to in 2020, but it’s still not...

A right wing magazine once edited by Boris Johnson has called estate agents “spivs with tape measures” who conceal information from...

A security company says it is “disappointing” the estate agency industry is only around 55 per cent through preparations to cope...

How to stay on top of arrears during a global pandemic Many have speculated, though much of it is anecdotal – how...

London’s properties are “over-valued” according to a leading bank. UBS, which has what it calls a Global Real Estate Bubble Index, says...

The National Association of Estate Agents has thrown its weight behind the recommendation of Trading Standards that agents must by law be...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he wants to create a ‘Generation Buy’ to help young people purchase homes with low-deposit mortgages. In...

We all know what the problem is, but what’s the solution? The problem is that landlords, thinking they offer a valuable service...

Customers must be told about third party referral fees when buying or selling a home says the National Trading Standards Estate...

Mortgage approvals for house purchases have soared to a 13 year high according to Bank of England figures up to the...

The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, better known as the furlough scheme, was introduced by the chancellor Rishi Sunak in March to...

Two reports this morning suggest that activity in the most expensive sectors of the housing market is doing as well as...

The frenzied housing market and the uncertain wider economic outlook during the pandemic have combined to lead to a surge in...

Seller and landlord leads are what makes estate agency tick. Without them, new business is nowhere to be seen and you...

The regional agency group which master-minded the Say No To Rightmove campaign has made a big commitment to the future of...

The government claims its stamp duty holiday has supported nearly 750,000 jobs thanks to the ripple effect in the economy. A statement from HM...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that all retail staff will be obliged to wear masks when working - and it's now...

Logjams in the mortgage, conveyancing and removal stages of house moving mean sales are taking much longer than usual, according to...

The irrationality of Britain’s council tax system has been laid bare in a new league table drawn up by estate agency...

When it comes to the future of the property market in the wake of Covid-19, there are two main schools of...

Estate agents and small businesses are being warned to take greater care over passwords to stop hackers breaking into their systems. David...

Hello and welcome to the new working week. Here’s the latest information on key hires across our industry: if you have similar...

If you’re in any way connected to estate agency all it takes is a quick glance at Facebook or LinkedIn to...

The letting industry has come a long way over the past few years, embracing regulation and taking pride in doing good...

Hybrid agency EweMove has outperformed its traditional sister companies within The Property Franchise Group over the past six months. That’s the clear...

House prices rose again in August to reach a record high level according to Halifax, which is part of the Lloyds...

The Residential Property Surveyors’ Association appears to be taking on the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in a battle for authority...

Hello, and if it’s the start of a new week it’s time for Property Jobs Today, giving you the inside track...

In the week the Nationwide recorded the UK’s highest ever average house price, high-end agency Savills has forecast that prime markets...

A specialist property lender says transactions are being delayed by key staff being furloughed. Gareth Lewis, commercial director of property lender MT...

Recent speculation that the so-called Bank of Mum and Dad would be playing a reduced role in the housing market has...

An American realtor who once predicted his company would have 5,000 UK estate agents working under its banner is now saying...

The ban on evictions was due to end earlier this month, but following a last-minute U-turn from the government, it has...

With access to finance being such a hot topic at the moment, more and more estate agents are turning to commercial...

Labour’s shadow housing minister has revealed that it will be two years at least before the party sets out its long-term...

You might be forgiven for thinking we’ve been cheated out of our Bank Holidays this year, as so many fell during...

An overview of the global PropTech sector is often what I am asked to cover at conferences around the world. This generally...

Data from Rightmove shows that demand is up 61 per cent compared to the same period last year - and the...

Some 275,000 subscribers have signed up for the latest Zoopla email education programme under the Zooploma banner. This one is aimed at...

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of PJT, the industry’s summary of new movers. Of course many agencies are reassessing their...

Hindsight is 20-20 vision, of course, and we can all see things we did ‘then’ that we would not do ‘now’....

Letting agents are struggling to open new bank accounts and even large established letting agents with a long history of trading...

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

Whisper it quietly but in just 10 days time we have the final Bank Holiday before Christmas. We would like to mark...

The number of people moving home dropped by almost a third in the first half of 2020, as the global pandemic...

A PropTech platform that claims to halve the time a transaction takes has received a huge cash injection from investors for...

One of Countrywide’s biggest shareholders has written a second letter to the company to demand bold action to save the agency...

A leading buying agency is warning sellers and buyers not to jump the gun and abandon London in the belief that...

If anyone thought the days of Purplebricks bosses making millions were in the past,  think again. The chief executive and chief finance...

Swiss bank UBS has upgraded its investment rating on Purplebricks, raising its price target and urging investors to buy. In a note...

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

Asking prices are up again for a third consecutive month in all English regions and across Scotland and Wales.  The measurement, from...

HM Land Registry customers - including agents and conveyancers - can now manage all of their applications and correspondence including notices,...

It has been three months since the property market was given the green light to reopen. During this time, we have...

An investment adviser says Purplebricks remains “far too risky” for investors even though it now has “a fighting chance of survival”. Rodney...

Property raffles are a legal minefield and many are too good to be true, according to a leading lawyer. There has been...

It’s probably not a surprise but new research has revealed where people want to move to - as well as where...

Following the easing of lockdown restrictions on England’s property market in May, NAEA Propertymark reported a sharp increase in business for...

An intervention by a magazine has led to Purplebricks refunding the up-front fee to a seller whose husband died suddenly and...

Agents have long been the victim of a poor public reputation, from scoring highly in most disliked profession polls to being...

“Many hands make light work” – Does John Heywood’s old English proverb from the 1300s apply to modern approaches on how...

A housing market snapshot for prime London shows a fall of over half in the number of £1m-plus properties sold so...

A new study confirms the growing trend of buyers wanting good broadband links - and the possibility that homes without them...

Hello: if it’s Friday it’s charity day and this week we have a special announcement from the industry’s own charity, Agents...

Mortgage approvals - a key indicator of short-term activity in the housing market - beat expectations in June according to Bank...

What do General Electric, IBM, Microsoft, and WhatsApp have in common? Yes, they are American companies that boasted revenues of $50...

Steve, his name was. Steve, the board man. A rather frightening man, if truth be told. When I started at Foxtons, he used...

Can technology bring about the lasting change needed to the property industry? The industry has felt the effect of lockdown and...

Zoopla says while there may be speculation about people fleeing London and big urban areas for the countryside, the evidence suggests...

National Crime Agency officers working as part of a Paramilitary Crime Task Force have searched a home in Belfast and have...

Tens of billions of pounds of new taxes should be levied through a Capital Gains Tax imposed on main homes, not...

Zoopla's Research and Insight Director Richard Donnell writes: Just over a fortnight on since the Chancellor announced the Stamp Duty holiday and...

The mortgage arm of a regional property portal has launched pre-approval software which it claims will significantly speed up the initial...

Conferences, events and awards dinners are a hugely important part of the property calendar, bringing the great and the good of...

A London Labour council has won draconian powers to effectively ban For Sale and To Let boards in several parts of...

An open verdict has been returned on the death of an estate agent whose body was spotted just 10 metres away...

Purplebricks’ sale of its Canadian operation for some £35m begs the question - where can it now recoup some of its losses...

The new thresholds for the Scottish equivalent of stamp duty come into effect today - a week after the SDLT holiday...

The investment bank UBS says it’s forecasting that Rightmove revenues will be down £53m in the first half of this year. “The...

NAEA Propertymark is partnering with a service called REACH UK, to promote selected PropTech start ups to agents who may need...

It looks like the stamp duty holiday for England and Northern Ireland, already in effect following yesterday’s announcement, is unlikely to...

The number of offers agreed on homes priced below £1m since mid-May is a healthy 41 per cent higher than the...

An industry analyst is challenging the long-established agents’ view that reducing or temporarily scrapping stamp duty would help the market. On the...

One of the many free-to-list portals now vying for attention is offering agents six months free access to a platform boasting...

It’s a tough time for agents and our stories show a disturbingly high number of  branches closing - but there are...

In the first of a series of articles, Emma Vigus, managing director of mio, the estate agent sales progression platform, explores the...

Agents have remained calm in the light of Nationwide’s house price index which shows the first annual fall for eight years...

Businesses across all sectors have struggled to adapt to the changes brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic. One group that have bucked...

A former City analyst best known for his scathing criticisms of Purplebricks has launched a PropTech platform that he describes as...

A regional agency in the east of England says the Coronavirus lockdown working environment has made it rethink its structure -...

It may be that by the time you read this it’s all over for Robert Jenrick, the Secretary of State for...

Estate agents facing crippling running costs as the wider impacts of the Coronavirus crisis hit home may benefit, at least in...

As we adjust to a life post-Covid-19, letting agents, landlords, and tenants are thinking - ways to speed up the process...

The chief executive of a property information platform says now is a “dangerous time” to buy or sell homes because of...

Most letting agents don’t set up a business to become accountants but losing control of client money poses serious risks for...

Video tours, heralded as the next big thing just a few weeks ago, are being abandoned by buyers and dismissed as...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I'm Darren Loftus and it says Commercial Director on...

Online sector veterans Russell Quirk and Kenny Bruce have used social media to call for a temporary scrapping of all stamp...

Back in the day, party politics and the private rental sector used to be straightforward. Conservatives were pro-landlord, Labour were pro-tenant, while...

Covid-19 has placed a spotlight on the impressive variety of fundraising platforms and technologies available – and not often in places...

OnTheMarket says it still aims to be the number one portal, but the acting chief executive has revealed a far more...

Hello and welcome to Agents Do Charity, our weekly opportunity to salute suppliers and agents fund-raising for good causes. We appreciate how...

There’s been a strong rebound in demand for homes and an “unprecedented” bounce in new sales agreed according to Zoopla. The portal...

A survey of 2,750 buyers and tenants has revealed the aspects of online property listings which they find most annoying. The single...

The death has been announced of Colin Lowman, a veteran south London estate agent who had a 64 year career in...

The only story that has come remotely close to pushing coronavirus – and its various knock-on effects – off the top...

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

The government is extending the eviction ban for a further two months. A tweet early this evening from Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick...

Social distancing will be part of our daily routine moving forward for the foreseeable future and if you run an estate...

Rupert and Annabel Wakley - both long-time stalwarts of Knight Frank’s country department - have moved over to the rival Jackson-Stops...

Family houses are under-occupied and only incentives to downsize can help improve the housing market - with a stamp duty cut...

Consumers are not as worried as they should be about conveyancing fraud, putting them at risk of losing life-changing sums of...

The outlook for the housing market is still taking shape, but here I take a look at three market indicators to...

Over the last few years, there have been a number of high-profile court cases in which renters took action against letting...

The Covid-19 crisis hasn’t caused the revolution it has been reported to have. Despite the challenges it has brought, fundamentally, the...

The Financial Conduct Authority has published new draft guidance for lenders which will set out options available to their customers in the extended...

** This Bank Holiday Monday both Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today look at how agencies have modified offices and...

** This Bank Holiday Monday both Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today look at how agencies have modified offices and protocols...

** This Bank Holiday Monday both Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today look at how agencies have modified offices and protocols...

** This Bank Holiday Monday both Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today look at how agencies have modified offices and protocols...

** This Bank Holiday Monday both Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today look at how agencies have modified offices and protocols...

All my recent Natters have been focused on one particular topic, the coronavirus crisis, for obvious reasons. But there has been...

It’s a Bank Holiday weekend and if you’re taking time off we hope you and your families enjoy a well-earned break. We’ll...

It’s another Bank Holiday weekend and the first since lockdown was eased and the housing market returns - so perhaps a...

During March, the coronavirus pandemic put the brakes on the property market with an enforced period of shutdown. However, almost two...

Countrywide says it is pursuing the businessman who failed to complete on the purchase of the troubled agency’s commercial arm, Lambert...

The Bank of Ireland UK is the latest mortgage lender to resume physical valuations of properties in England, subject of course...

For the coming Bank Holiday on Monday, we’d like to show images of how agency offices have adapted to cope with...

High end London agency Beauchamp Estates has been selected to join the Bank of England’s advisory panel of companies and senior directors, and to...

As last Friday was the VE Day Anniversary bank holiday we have a bumper bundle of fund-raising activities to report on...

The online estate agency Settled appears to have ceased trading with its customers refunded. It was launched in 2014 by former Google...

Over the past few weeks, estate agents have been forced to close high street branches and adapt to working from home,...

The announcement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer that he was extending the furlough scheme until the end of October appears...

The chief executive of NAEA Propertymark says he expects specific government guidance later this week for estate agents to return to...

The government has temporarily suspended its official house price index as a result of the Coronavirus crisis. In a long and far-reaching announcement...

There has been much speculation about when agents will be allowed back to work, and what the new office working environment...

  On Estate Agent Today this Bank Holiday weekend we’re celebrating the great work agents are doing to keep morale high and...

In normal times, the Winkworth team based at their Notting Hill office in west London would head to the fashionable Walmer...

Over Easter we carried stories of good deeds done by agents and how firms were coping with working from home -...

Fine & Country is one of those clever agencies employing interior designers to help stage properties, making them look their best...

Three more property players have been in touch to share what they're doing to help their staff during lockdown - there...

Savills is donating over £800,000 to nominated charities across the UK. Following a commitment to Land Aid’s Covid-19 campaign for youth homelessness,...

Tomorrow, Bank Holiday Friday, we’re revealing what agents have been doing to maintain morale in their teams during lockdown. You’ve been generous...

In these unprecedented times, Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS) aims to reassure letting agents, landlords and tenants on any legislative changes, relating...

“A lot of people have learned that they can work at home, or that there’s other methods of conducting their business......

A Labour council in London has come out against the government’s plan to offer 30 per cent discounts to first time...

Since my last column in April, one could argue that very little has changed for agents in terms of the market...

HM Land Registry is making it easier to verify individuals’ ID from today. In addition to conveyancers and chartered legal executives, verification...

The Kremer Signs company has unveiled a package of products for agents to use in the new era of social distancing.  These...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign has started buying social media advertising space in a bid to recruit agents. In a ‘promoted’...

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

Lockdown may be over soon - but who knows what a relaxation of the current restrictions will really mean for our...

Rightmove, Zoopla and even OnTheMarket could make money even if they did not charge agents anything at all to list properties....

Lockdown measures are still in place for another two weeks, at least, with the possibility of them being extended beyond that....

At the moment, it somehow seems like tempting fate to think too far into the future, especially in terms of the...

A Fine & Country agent has just sold a home based on a video viewing, and is now sharing tips with...

We are all operating in peculiar times. Times of great upheaval. Our lives are both in a complete state of flux...

Today is the final day that agencies can register with the government scheme offering furlough pay on April 30. The furlough programme...

Another west country tourist hotspot looks set to ban any future new-build home being sold as a holiday or additional property. Bigbury...

The leader of the Say No To Rightmove campaign says that agents are demanding that there is “no return to full...

Investment bank RBC Capital has downgraded its rating of Rightmove and is warning that the property market is entering a prolonged...

With a lengthy lockdown already behind us one might think that fund-raising was a step too far - but not for...