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Vote? Well, whether we have a change of Prime Minister or not, there’s an important vote today - for great charitable...

A wealth tax on overseas owners of UK homes could raise £5 billion a year to help local people buy their...

The conveyancing technology firm Search Acumen has launched what it calls “an end-to-end solution” in a bid to abolish “antiquated” ways...

The ValPal Network has announced the release of its MovePal app on the Apple App and Google Play stores. The app is...

It’s often said that agency is a people business, and I can see no reason to disagree - agents dealing face-to-face...

At the risk of mixing my metaphors, any mention of energy has become something of a blue touch paper in the...

The number of locations where average house prices still stand at below £150,000 has shrunk by 28 per cent in recent...

For the first time since before the global financial crisis of 2008, the number of first-time buyers is estimated to have...

High-value properties were the top-performers in the country house market in 2021, according to an agency that majors in this sector.  In...

Rightmove claims its visits over the Christmas period were its busiest ever with what it calls ‘buyer demand’ up 23 per...

The latest figures for mortgage approvals show demand as being relatively unchanged - a development welcomed by agents. House purchase mortgage approvals...

A conveyancer has contacted Estate Agent Today suggesting that the Simplify Group IT data crisis could be the death knell for the company...

This year, Londoners purchased 112,780 homes outside the capital, the highest number since 2007. New data, from Connells-owned agency Hamptons, shows that...

We’re here - it’s Christmas. And as agents clock off for a well earned break, they can do so with a...

A housing market forecast based on conveyancing instructions says average prices will dip this month. Average prices will fall by 1.1 per...

As we slide into Christmas, with the busiest levels of house buying since 2006 and activity still buoyant, I don’t think...

Halifax has revealed the UK’s most expensive streets in 2021 - and it’s no surprise that the very dearest examples are...

Top Scottish agency Galbraith says key parts of the country saw some buyers snapping up properties this year without even visiting...

A company linked to the refurbishment of Grenfell Tower is being excluded from the government’s Help to Buy scheme, pending the outcome...

Rightmove has revealed the UK’s property hotspot of 2021 - where prices have risen 31 per cent in just a year. The...

It really is beginning to look a lot like Christmas – just a week to go now. Presents all wrapped and...

As 2021 draws to a swift close, there is much speculation about what 2022 will have to offer. Despite the emergence of...

There’s lots of talk of people moving over within estate agency to be self-employed so they can chase the dream of...

The Bank of England has raised interest rates for the first time in more than three years, in response to surging...

Rightmove has identified the UK’s strongest sellers’ market - and it’s in Easton, Bristol. Four of the top 10 sellers’ markets are...

Data out today from Rightmove shows the predictable seasonal effect of around 0.7 per cent knocked off the typical asking price. The...

A coroner says there is no explanation how an estate agent suffered a cut to his wrist, which led to his...

EAT readers may have seen a piece in Friday’s property section of The Times about the long-running Simplify saga, which has...

You’ve heard me bang on about the wonder of reservation agreements for some time now, but it’s definitely the case that...

The Covid-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on all aspects of our lives, but undoubtedly one major negative side effect...

An England football manager who resigned after a newspaper sting is in a podcast series launched by Boomin and Purplebricks founders Michael and Kenny...

A new report wants the government to consider slapping Capital Gains Tax on profits made from appreciating house values for all...

An estate agency owner who is also a qualified independent mortgage adviser has hit out against the suggestion that lenders may...

With tenancy fraud on the rise, landlords are increasingly wary. So, they want to work with agencies who do everything they...

Increasing numbers of commentators are forecasting that the Bank of England will not, after all, raise the base rate next week. It...

Property fraud is on the rise and early in 2022 agents will have an opportunity to attend a webinar featuring a...

A leading agency has admitted that the uncertainty over the effects of the Omicron Covid variant has thrown forecasts for the...

A petition is being started, urging the government to ban the payment of referral fees to estate agents. It’s reported to have...

In a first for the Natter, this week's interview is a video affair, with me posing the questions to Stephen Brown,...

I’ve worked in financial crime for the past seven years, beginning my career as a white collar crime litigator in a law firm. I know that the...

The last 18 months have been full of ups and downs, but the property market has coped remarkably well during the...

There are many features and functionalities a website must have to be successful. Ultimately, the purpose of your website should be...

New data from Rightmove has analysed millions of supply, demand and pricing data points across the property market, to assess activity...

Estate agents are being urged to ensure their compliance procedures are up to scratch after fraudsters stole a man’s identity and...

Tomorrow sees the Relocation Agent Network’s first in-person conference since 2019.   The event, at the Metropole Hilton in Birmingham, will focus...

House prices will rise next year says Rightmove - but it warns that tax hikes will curb price rises, particularly later in...

The government’s plan to put Energy Performance Certificates at the heart of its bid to reach Net Zero has hit a stumbling...

A housebuilding-led mortgage indemnity scheme called Deposit Unlock has now been launched nationally with 17 major developers taking part. Nationwide is the...

Rightmove claims to have found the happiest place in the UK - and it’s in Northumberland. The market town of Hexham has...

The government should reset planning policy and scrap proposals for thousands of new homes in high-risk flood areas. The think-tank Localis, in...

The scaling back of HS2 in the north of England, contained in the government's new Integrated Rail Plan, means hundreds of homes...

The Relocation Agent Network has unveiled its speakers for its national conference and exhibition early next month. Called RAN Live! 2021 it...

There is pressure growing in Brighton for the city to hold a referendum giving residents the opportunity to ban new build...

A high-speed internet connection is the second most important factor for buyers after property size, a survey claims. And the study -...

It’s been a busy and arguably fruitful year for the property market, with an eager consumer base pushing forwards with their...

The phrase ‘time is money’ is particularly pertinent for estate agents. Since the stamp duty holiday ended, the forecast drop in...

The average asking price of homes coming to the market has dropped by over £2,000 in the past month - the...

It’s Remembrance weekend, and on Sunday at least we fall silent to honour those who gave so much for many generations. When...

A business analyst is warning that the growing emphasis on energy efficiency of homes could spell trouble for the value of...

The owner of an estate agency in Sussex has been jailed for five years for what a judge has called “an...

Rightmove has revealed the strongest markets for sellers and buyers this autumn.  Grays in Essex has topped the list of the strongest...

Knight Frank says it’s already being contacted by prospective vendors wanting their homes to be listed for sale next spring. James Cleland,...

Annual house price growth increased to 8.1 per cent in October according to the Halifax.  The average UK property price is now...

The head of research at a leading agency is warning that although the housing market remains buoyant, there may be macro-economic...

In the Autumn Budget on Wednesday 27 October, very few impending tax hikes were revealed by the Chancellor Rishi Sunak –...

A prominent law expert is claiming that a high profile case of property fraud, reported earlier this week, involved a “devastating...

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee has defied expectations by keeping base rate at its historic low of 0.1 per...

There’s been a huge rise in references to electric car charging within property listings submitted to Rightmove. The number of homes listed...

Analysts suggest there is a 50:50 chance of a base rate rise being announced by the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy...

Sir David Amess, murdered at a constituency surgery last month, may have an unexpected housing market legacy for his constituents. To commemorate...

A BBC investigation has revealed that a man’s house was sold and his furnishings removed without his knowledge, in the latest...

Increasing house prices has encouraged HM Revenue and Customs to launch huge numbers of probes into Inheritance Tax payments. According to law...

At first glance, Rishi Sunak’s Budget speech earlier this week didn’t offer much from a property perspective. But digging down a little...

We have all heard the terrible forecasts and listened to Sir David Attenborough’s speeches on the environment and the “we still...

As you are no doubt aware, building mutually beneficial relationships with conveyancers in your local area can not only make your...

A new survey by property consultancy TwentyCi shows that the market share of online and hybrid agents in the third quarter...

As a character from a fairly well-known TV show once said, winter is coming and we’re all contemplating where 2021 has...

Disclaimer: This article is intended for information only and does not constitute legal advice. As part of its 2020 budget, the UK...

Business consultancy Hargreaves Lansdown is predicting house prices will still rise, even after a possible hike in interest rates later this year or...

An alert has gone out to sales and lettings agents to be more diligent with their checking of data, and to...

There is no denying that managing properties is labour intensive. As real estate agents you are responsible for administering and addressing...

The government has given more details of its bid to change the energy efficiency of existing and new homes to meet...

Spicerhaart - which is radically reshaping its structure to encourage hybrid operations and working from home as part of a new...

Rightmove is warning that it’s “highly likely” interest rates will rise in the near future. The portal believes this now seems inevitable...

A part of the Connells Group is telling the new Housing Secretary that he and his government “must do more” to...

There’s a rising number of over-65s but a short supply of suitable affordable properties for them, Propertymark has told government. The agents’...

In this thought leadership article, Videosign CEO Steven Tallant looks at electronic signatures and conveyancing and whether the time is nigh for the...

Propertymark’s chief executive - officially still in post on just an interim basis - is to face questions from a past...

One of the country’s leading buying agents has set out what’s hot and what’s not in London’s housing market as it...

Many agents working in the industry, whether for large corporates or smaller independents, might one day have ambitions to branch out...

The property industry and its many stakeholders are key participants in a global digital transformation that has been underway for quite...

Former Housing Secretary James Brokenshire has died at the age of 53. The Conservative ex-Cabinet minister, who was diagnosed with lung cancer...

Fund-raising takes all sorts of shapes and sizes and this week we have a splendid selection proving that point. Don’t miss out...

Living close to family and friends is a top priority for nearly four in 10 people according to a survey of...

Rightmove has estimated how many people benefitted from the holiday and the estimated total saving in England. It says some one million...

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

Hello and welcome to the end of the week - another opportunity to see how our industry is doing great work...

As we move into the autumn of 2021, what the coming year has in store for estate agents is something we...

Controversial London agency Foxtons is to review its policy on top management bonuses. This follows a shareholder revolt at the agency's AGM...

The Halifax claims that homes with the highest energy ratings are worth up to £40,000 more on average compared to less...

As we motor towards the next major global climate change conference – the UN’s COP26 being held in Glasgow from 31...

The recent stamp duty holiday and the subsequent conveyancing logjam this triggered has acted as a wakeup call for the industry....

In this latest exclusive video interview, EAT’s video reporter Chris Buckler – an agent himself – chats with Peter Grant, chairman of the board at...

A PropTech firm backed by Zoopla founder Alex Chesterman has launched a new anti-money laundering (AML) tool for estate agents. Thirdfort has...

We may be getting an extended summer but agents haven’t just been basking in the heatwave. There has been plenty of goodwill...

The latest easyProperty franchise has landed in Luton, the spiritual home of the easy brand as it’s the place where budget...

A leading planning consultancy has claimed that ‘the myth’ that housing developers are hoarding land after gaining planning consent in order...

Our story yesterday on whether agents should continue to dress formally post-pandemic seemed to relight the fire on a long-time debate...

There are a huge array of products and services covering the entire journey of lettings, from prospecting all the way through to...

The government has been warned that its much-talked about levelling up agenda is ‘doomed to fail’ without major reform of the...

The pandemic has led to many people ditching more formal wear as they work from home on a more regular basis,...

In a 'coup' for property data firm Homesearch, Keller Williams UK, which has some 400 agents under its banner across the UK,...

First-time buyers are shifting to online-only banks to help get a mortgage. A survey by personal finance website NerdWallet found that with...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has changed its name to reflect the government’s levelling up agenda. The department’s...

Being able to show proof of funds in a quick, transparent and simple way is more crucial than ever to keep fall-throughs...

Robert Jenrick has been sacked from his post as Housing, Communities and Local Government Secretary. He was the third major name to...

The value of mortgage lending hit a record high in the final months of the stamp duty holiday. Figures from the Bank...

Buyers are getting less square foot for their money when buying a property. Research by insurer Churchill has found that the average...

The government is reportedly planning to abandon its next stage of planning reforms. The proposals, previously under consultation, would have given councils...

Good property marketing photos have arguably never been more important in an increasingly visual and tech-led world. We saw just the...

2020 gave rise to an exodus from the city as work from home became the mandated norm for large swaths of...

Over the last three years there has been a quiet revolution in the tenant referencing market. Starting with the 2019 tenant...

A survey conducted by a bank suggests that over half of the self-employed sector of the economy believes its financial position...

There is a report that the private equity owner of Leaders Romans Group has appointed bankers to work on a ‘strategic...

The Karma Club: An industry partner has celebrated its second birthday by reaching a landmark of more than £15,000 donated to...

Many Britains are apparently under-estimating the impact of furlough on their ability to get a mortgage and buy a property. A new...

Parts of Britain are so short of homes for sale they have only half the number of listings to be expected...

The growing number of lettings sector rules is a hotly debated issue, while the sales sector has been seeing its own...

Mortgage approvals declined over the last month as the tapering stamp duty holiday deterred home purchases, according to data from the...

An agency claims that across the UK there have been very nearly 400,000 property transactions down valued in the last year...

The chairman of the Commons housing, communities and local government committee has criticised the institutional bulk-buying of existing homes for denying...

The work of the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team is “vital” it claims - and the case of the...

Hello, and here’s the bad news to get it over with - this is the final Bank Holiday weekend before…Christmas. Now that’s...

A banned West Midlands estate agent has today been sentenced to a custodial sentence of six weeks, suspended for two years, and fined £4,000 at Wolverhampton Crown Court after pleading guilty...

There’s a lot being said about how the workforce will operate in the post-pandemic world. We’re still largely remote at Homesearch but as...

House sales slumped nearly two thirds last month as the main deadline for the stamp duty holiday passed.  HM Revenue and Customs...

Media reports suggest the government is considering offering grants to local authorities to purchase private family houses which are larger than...

A long-standing critic of OnTheMarket, who was once excluded from a presentation by the portal’s leadership, has spoken enthusiastically of the...

OnTheMarket’s new market appraisal guides - first announced some months ago - have this morning gone live.  In June OTM announced a...

I’m sorry to break this to you but in 10 days’ time it will be autumn - and we will have...

Like most aspects of life since the pandemic hit, the employment arena has been hit hard. But not just with uncertainty...

The housing market could be in for a financial boost of an unusual kind as a High Street bank plans to...

My neighbour had been seeking to move home for some time. Suggestions that he wanted to get away from his neighbours...

The average asking price, as recorded by Rightmove, has fallen for the first time this year. In another sign that the market...

One of the biggest trends since Covid, in the property world and elsewhere, has been a shift towards more hybrid, flexible...

Following a month in which the number of property transactions was the highest since records began, it might seem a little...

Propertymark says confusion over new stamp duty rules has led to a surge in fall-throughs. Since April 1 homes bought in England...

Even at the height of summer (or the British wet season, as some call it) there are substantial numbers of job...

It’s a great sign of our slow but reassuring return to normality when much-missed fundraising events make a welcome comeback -...

If you were hoping for a summer lull during August, think again. That’s the messages from Nicky Stevenson, managing director of Fine...

The former leader of the Liberal Democrats is calling for a ban on family homes being used for holiday lets and...

A bank which a year ago told investors to sell Rightmove shares has now changed its tune - radically. In August 2020...

Well, we’re technically more than halfway through the year already, but we’ll let that slide. And what a year it’s been...

A recent news story will have set alarm bells ringing for agencies up and down the country, when it was revealed...

The stamp duty holiday came and went with much fanfare. For many buyers it represented a rare opportunity to make some...

We’re about to enter August and second half of the Olympic Games - and fund-raising is happening at a Gold medal...

A young estate agent is being praised because of his heroic actions to save a woman from drowning.  Austin Mellor - just...

One of the leading housing market analysts says some of the extreme house price rises seen this year could unwind during...

Propertymark has welcomed the move by Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick to help make certain leasehold flats more attractive to would-be buyers...

A new service launched over the weekend, proposing to charge buyers £30 for a “guaranteed” viewing, has split opinions amongst estate...

There’s gathering momentum to do ‘something’ about the unfairness of council tax and stamp duty. This isn’t new in principle. Agents have...

The biggest challenge facing many agents in the current climate is the general shortage of stock, both for sales & lettings. Let’s...

A bank’s latest study suggests that self employed people are increasingly pessimistic about the chance of them being able to get on...

The busiest first half of a year ever recorded by Rightmove has led to a raft of new records for the...

Initiatives by property portal Residential People and mortgage lenders Paragon Bank and Foundation Home Loans help people to find, buy or...

Over a fifth of properties have risen in value by more than the average salary according to a calculation made by...

The end of a largely-forgotten mortgage initiative connected with the pandemic could end up derailing the current strong housing market, agents...

One of the most senior politicians involved in the property industry is embroiled in a row over her anti-Marcus Rashford social...

High end agency Savills is conducting “a full investigation” into a racist tweet posted overnight. A Savills statement posted on Twitter this...

At first sight it’s a tough ask to defend holiday homes when there’s evidence that many who want to buy can’t,...

The son of an Oscar winner has been named as the latest estate agent working under the easyProperty banner. Damian Wanstall is...

Coadjute, the long-awaited real-time network which uses Blockchain technology to sell a property, is launched today with its first property deal...

A former England international is an early graduate of a new estate agency academy in Yorkshire. Rebecca Rayner, a former England under-18...

The chief executive of Purplebricks says research into pricing strategies has suggested around a third of sellers at least consider using...

The government and property industry have been talking about it for a long time, and there have been numerous initiatives introduced...

A bankrupt builder from Devon persuaded pensioners to pay him £271,000 to construct a home - but his poor workmanship has...

In the world of football – very topical at the moment, as we all enjoy the Euros – there is an...

By any measure, the housing market has been unprecedently busy in recent months, fuelled not just by the stamp duty holiday...

There’s no need for excuses if you’re not fund raising for good causes on Saturday evening - tens of millions will...

Rightmove estimates that 1.3m buyers have benefitted from the stamp duty holidays across Great Britain since they were announced in July...

The distribution of home ownership across different generations has been a cause of strife according to a think-tank. The Resolution Foundation’s latest...

There are just three working days until the end of the stamp duty holiday for most buyers. That’s not even enough time...

London-focussed agency Winkworth - which has around 60 of its 100 franchise branches in the capital - has now opened another...

The Bank of England has played down worries that interest rates may have to rise as a result of growing levels...

Data from Rightmove shows that no less than 37 per cent of homes early this year sold for the asking price...

There’s been a dramatic slump in instructions for online agencies, particularly Purplebricks, according to data produced by one online firm itself. 99Home...

An authoritative study on the housing market has shown that the big losers from the pandemic have been first time buyers. The...

It was never going to be easy for Scotland - and there was no sense of jeopardy for an already-through England. Yet...

Home set up and utility management service Just Move In is the latest partner on Reapit’s CRM. The 5,000-plus agents who use Reapit’s...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Thom Hudson, photographer at Meyers Estate Agents What is Meyers...

Around 18 months ago, just a few months before the pandemic hit, I did a Natter with the team at software...

easyJet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou has given his personal backing to the newest recruit of online agency easyProperty - even though...

The Stamp Duty holiday has been very beneficial for hundreds of thousands of buyers looking to take advantage of savings, even...

A traditional problem for agents has been ‘tyre kickers’ who come to view a home out of curiosity with little or...

Swiss investment bank UBS has advised investors to sell their Purplebricks shares as the market share for the controversial agency appears...

Welcome to our second Euros Agent Match Report, when we get leading agents’ and suppliers’ takes on the matches featuring England and Scotland.  Today...

The youngsRPS agency now has a fifth branch in the north of England - it’s in Darlington and will cover the...

Michael Jones & Company celebrates its 30-year anniversary this year and, in an effort to both celebrate the work of local...

There are an estimated 2.7 million landlords in the private rented sector (PRS) providing rental accommodation to multiple generations of tenant,...

A recent survey run by mio revealed that almost 50% of home movers selected their estate agent because they liked them....

In the third part of this series, Neil Cobbold – Chief Sales Officer at rental payment automation provider PayProp – explores...

There are over 700,000 homes marked Sold Subject to Contract and going through conveyancing right now, according to a new Rightmove...

The Grenfell Tower disaster in June 2017 exposed the dangers of inflammable cladding on residential tower blocks, and what has come...

The growth of the internet and technology has transformed virtually every aspect of our lives, including how we approach the property...

A trade union is demanding that the government ban emails from all employers outside office hours - and it wants emails...

A council cracking down on the increase of illegally positioned estate agent boards. Agents are required, under Planning and Highways legislation to...

New research has found that homebuyers would prioritise buying a home with superfast broadband over being close to a good school.  A...

Hello - it’s Friday already and that means more salutes to those in our industry raising money for good causes. If...

The Bank of England will intervene if it considers soaring house prices will affect the inflation rate says Sir Dave Ramsden,...

House prices have soared 10.9 per cent in the past year - the highest level since 2014 - according to the...

As estate agencies are covered by Money Laundering Regulations, agents are legally obliged to take customer due diligence measures to limit...

eXp UK - an agency brand with roots in the US - says it now has 200 self-employed agents operating under its...

The average price of a property in a British seaside town is now £265,978, a leap of 10 per cent -...

A new home buying platform being set up by a challenger portal has revealed details of its mortgage offer to users. OneDome...

Tech is a fantastic enabler but should never be a complete replacement for the human interactions that add real value to...

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

Banks and building societies want the government to offer more help to the housing market through additional assistance to home owners...

Hello, and we’re at the start of a long weekend - and as the weather (finally) improves, perhaps that’s the opportunity...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, I am delighted to chat with Lucy Morton, Head of Residential Agency at JLL, about...

After a recent incident involving an Estate Agent based in Devon in which a property virtual tour they published revealed a...

An assessment by a risk solutions firm shows that estate agents are on average just 53 per cent of the way...

A family is appealing for help in tracing the whereabouts of a motorhome stolen from outside their house at Whitstable in Kent...

It’s now over a year since the property market officially reopened after an unprecedented two-month shutdown at the height of the...

With property fraud on the rise and an ever-increasing number of transactions taking place in the lettings sector, having strict anti-money laundering...

The Bank of England’s deputy governor says it’s possible that the current housing market boom may continue even after the end...

It’s great to enjoy hospitality inside now...but it’s even better to fundraise, perhaps outside in the spring and summer weather. It’ll...

A controversial league table of corporate agents’ market share is deliberately excluding Purplebricks and other online agencies.  This is despite Purplebricks this...

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

In recent years, the property market has been taking steps to become more digital – with HM Land Registry leading the...

It’s nearly two years since The Tenant Fees Act came into force for tenancies in England. On 1 June 2019 it...

The asking price of a typical home in the UK has hit a third of a million pounds for the first...

It’s been quite a week for the rental sector. Lettings agents and landlords have had such a torrid time in recent years...

The number of properties coming on the market is still not meeting the huge demand from buyers, but the level of...

OnTheMarket has signed an exclusive commercial partnership with property data specialist Sprift, to provide free market appraisal guides. These can be customised...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, I speak to someone who has made an excellent impression on the property industry in...

On 28 April 2021, Fixflo ran the first in a series of quarterly legal update webinars with David Smith, Partner at...

A first-time-buyer couple in a part of the country renowned for its second homes and shortage of stock has praised a...

Rightmove is to roll-out two-factor authentication within Rightmove Plus to try to protect agents against attempts by fraudsters to steal leads and...

The latest Coutts Prime Property Index has revealed that activity in this sector of the market - based mostly in London...

In a return to a favourite series of mine, as it gives an excellent insight into the very many facets of...

Mortgage lending has shown the biggest net increase on record according to the Bank of England.  Mortgage borrowing in March rose by...

One one in five first time buyers have been able to get a mortgage on the first attempt over the past...

A think tank claims that ‘urban flight’ - when people leave cities and head for towns and villages - is merely a...

Local elections rarely set the pulse racing and this year’s poll on Thursday faces a similar problem. But this time, it’s a...

Keller Williams now boasts 377 estate agency partners across the UK - agents that have set up and run their own...

As an estate agent, you should of course be performing robust Know Your Customer (KYC) checks as part of your Anti-Money...

There’s a new warning that the estate agency industry may be in a more fragile financial condition than before the pandemic,...

Hertfordshire based agency Ashtons has acquired an independent agency operating in the same county, Aitchisons Residential. Aitchisons’ offices in St Albans and...

Hello and welcome to Agents Do Charity as we are on the threshold of May why not get on to the...

The private treaty process has been in need of modernisation for a long time. When we open an account with a...

An insolvency specialist is warning that the real estate sector of the UK is seeing more firms in financial distress despite...

Controversial Foxtons chief executive Nic Budden is to pocket a bonus package of around £1m - despite a huge shareholder rebellion at...

International investment bank UBS has double-downgraded Purplebricks from ‘buy’ to ‘sell’ - and that could be good for independent agents, a...

As the property market continues to boom, competition between portals such as Zoopla, Rightmove, OnTheMarket and Boomin has been hotting up...

A leading analyst has told Knight Frank that the end of furlough this autumn is unlikely to kill off the housing...

Another week begins, another record tumbles - Rightmove this morning reports a monthly price surge of 2.1 per cent has propelled...

If someone broke into your house and took a video of lots of personal information, like photos of family and pets,...

New research shared with Estate Agent Today suggest that in areas of the country almost four in 10 homes for sale...

Rightmove has so far this year recorded 20 of its busiest ever days for visits to the site as the current...

The founder of Zoopla has returned to the property market with a new proposal to disrupt how agents buy and sell homes. Alex...

A leading agency claims the stamp duty holiday has actually had a minimal impact in the mainstream market, despite many suggestions...

The Competition and Markets Authority says it has pushed Facebook into taking new action to combat fake reviews - an issue...

Estate agency offices in Wales, closed for many weeks as part of that country’s lockdown, will reopen from next Monday, April 12. The...

The launch of Boomin has been and gone with, perhaps, something less than its expected fanfare of publicity. Of course there are...

Licensing of the short-term lets sector in Scotland was due to be introduced next month. However, it was recently announced that...

It’s 12 years since we opened our doors with the Fine and Country estate agency in Drayton on April 1 2009. The...

First off, happy Good Friday to all our readers. Here’s to a great, if still slightly different, long Easter bank holiday...

Earlier this month, Fixflo held a webinar with David Cox, legal and compliance director of Rightmove, to discuss key government policies...

Two property directors have been banned from holding company office for a total of 25 years after abusing £7.7m taken from...

First the good news - estate agents are trusted more than politicians and no less than bankers. Now the bad news:...

Conveyancers should consider the provision of electric vehicle parking and charging in transactions according to a legal company. Law firm says that...

Bank of England figures reveal that in February there were 87,700 mortgage approvals - down from a peak of 103,700 in...

Hello, and as we near the first Bank Holiday of the year (and a little light at the end of the...

With just days before the launch of new portal Boomin, Rightmove says it’s hit a record 9.1m visits in a 24...

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

Data from Rightmove suggests a sharp increase in the number of chain-free properties on the market because sellers are increasingly willing...

The government’s highly-anticipated Tax Day was just a damp squib.  That’s the view of leading analyst Anthony Codling, who says the almost complete...

Energy Performance Certificates ought to be scrapped because they are outdated and not fit for purpose. That’s the view of an influential...

One year on from the UK’s first stay-at-home order, London has been overtaken as the most searched-for location on Rightmove, according...

The total value of the UK’s housing stock has hit a record £7.56 trillion despite the pandemic. The calculation - by Savills,...

From 4 May 2021, your agency could be blocked from charging late fees, compounding interest on missing rent and taking any...

A new estate agency says it aims to sell homes within 30 days - and dismisses the idea of a traditional...

Welcome to Agents Do Charity, the weekly fund-raising catch up - as ever, even during challenging times, it’s great to see...

Agents have been warned they are likely to require PropTech assistance to cope with a surge in transactions expected this year. The...

A prominent estate agent has warned buyers and sellers about the perils of the controversial Modern Method of Auction. MMA is now...

Rightmove says the excess of demand over supply right now is bigger than at any time over the past decade -...

The controversy over the use of Non-Disclosure Agreements in the world of property resurfaced over the weekend in a BBC programme. A...

With much attention on those at risk of repossession or running up rent arrears, it's emerged that many others have actually used...

One of the biggest trends in recent times, as a direct result of the pandemic, is the concept of working from...

You could be forgiven for overlooking International Women’s Day on Monday. Well, almost. Focus was instead turned to the first day back...