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One of the founders of self-employed brand The Agency UK (TAUK) has set out hopes for the business to dominate the...

Female agents have shared their view on representation and opportunities in the sector to mark International Women’s Day. Industry data shows while...

Propertymark has launched a project to boost LGBTQ+ inclusion in the estate agency sector. The trade body conducted a series of workshops...

The Government’s proposal to introduce a new 1% deposit mortgage scheme to help young people onto the property ladder is unworkable...

From medieval castles to Elizabethan manor houses, Georgian townhouses and Victorian terraces, the UK’s historic buildings are central to our country’s...

In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they discuss Uzair, an industry-specific artificial intelligence (AI). Iceberg Digital, the creators...

The Labour Party has committed to working on ways to offer longer-term fixed rate mortgages to support first-time buyers. Outlining its plan...

The Labour Party has proposed introducing 25-year fixed term mortgages should it win the next General Election. Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves suggested...

Buyer demand for homes in England has hit its lowest recorded levels since 2015, according to the latest House Builders’ Survey...

Nationwide has called for an independent review of the first-time buyer market as it urges the Chancellor to boost support for...

Propertymark has written to the Housing Secretary Michael Gove to reiterate its longstanding call for regulation of property agents. The agency trade...

It was US disability rights advocate, Helen Keller, who said: ‘alone, we can do so little, together we can do so...

Sometimes I think I should have paid more attention to science lessons at school but back then, I never thought I...

A lack of barriers to entry for estate agents is attracting poor performing and unscrupulous people to the sector, professionals have...

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

I'll start with a confession. I am not an estate agent - I'm a marketer. But since I joined the industry...

The property transaction in England and Wales is a notoriously slow and fraught process, taking typically 150 days to complete, with...

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has highlighted land banks and planning blockages as potential areas for investigation. It comes as the...

Mortgage lenders are at last cutting their rates on some deals, confident that the Bank of England’s base rate may rise...

The chairman of the Residential Logbook Association (RLBA) has queried the relevance of a new Government-backed property group focused on digital...

Barriers to entry are a big concern for any sector, particularly those who need a greater number of technology innovations to...

Property data in the UK is mined from a labyrinth of sources such as local authorities, various government departments and private...

From valuations to viewings, conveyancing to completions, technology has transformed our sector dramatically and permanently. After comparatively slow beginnings, PropTech really took...

As Tennyson once observed…’.In the Spring, a young man’s fancy turns to thoughts of love…’.but not really. At the moment the...

Female estate agents have shared the highs and lows of working in the property industry to mark International Women’s Day (IWD). The...

According to Women Count 2022, an Insights report from The Pipeline, women still face entrenched systemic barriers on their route to...

Having just had an appointment popped into my diary by my car as it apparently told the garage it’s due a...

Fewer first-time buyers got on the property ladder last year but there was an increase in people buying for business purposes,...

Research by property firm Savills has revealed that a large majority (77%) of buyers say that the potential energy consumption of...

The Government is being urged to take the lead on homebuying reform as conveyancers warn that recruitment issues and lawyer burn-out...

Agents and other property professionals have, perhaps unsurprisingly, reacted positively to rumours of a Stamp Duty cut. Prime Minister Liz Truss and...

Time is up for Boris Johnson's tenure as Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party, serving 3 years and 44...

In a recent McKinsey poll* 85 per cent of people said that fear of criticism, fear of uncertainty and fear of...

The Conveyancing Association (CA) is seeking views about the industry beyond its membership. The trade body has launched a new survey asking...

It may be cliche to say, but technology is advancing at such a fast pace. So fast, in fact, that according...

Recent statistics published by the government’s Business Insights and Conditions Survey revealed the extent to which many real estate businesses have...

Long-term 50-year mortgages that can be passed on by parents to their children appear to be the latest idea from the...

The ongoing debate about how to boost agent and conveyancer relations, and improve the homebuying system for all, continues to rage,...

The government is being urged to tailor its housing market reforms beyond solely focusing on first-time buyers. It comes as new analysis...

A group of mortgage advisers has proposed a range of reforms to reduce barriers to home ownership for first time buyers. The...

In this latest ‘Women in Property’ edition of the Natter, I check in with Collette Allen, who was recently appointed as...

Referral fees, lack of trust and too much email have been identified as barriers to greater collaboration between conveyancers and estate...

Agents have pledged to keep a close eye on planning reforms amid a proposed overhaul announced in the Queen’s Speech yesterday. Prince...

PropTech solutions have continued to ingratiate themselves in both the forefront of an agency within advertising mediums and in the backend...

There’s still one part of the UK where agents enjoy almost unfettered freedom without legislation or redress - and this has...

Despite the latest Halifax house price index showing a 10.8 per cent annual rise, a leading housing market analyst is warning...

The latest house price data from the Halifax shows another absolute record but with a sharply reduced monthly rise indicating a...

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

Mark Meyer, CEO, Meyers Estate Agents: “We’re on a mission to revolutionise the traditional concept of estate agency.   We don’t have...

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

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

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

Here’s a new way to encourage house moves - pay the potential vendor £50,000. The Scottish Government is launching an official consultation...

Londoners purchased over 60,000 homes outside of the capital in the first half of 2021 - and many of those buyers...

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

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

Hello and we’re at the end of another week celebrating all those in our industry who do great work. And this...

The Trading Standards agency team has outlined to Estate Agent Today the process it will follow to improve what it calls...

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

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

Technology has advanced in leaps and bounds in recent years, undoubtedly improving many parts of the moving process for both estate...

1. How would you say Century 21 franchisees have adapted to the challenges during 2020?  If someone had told me at the...

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

Integration, collaboration and connected platforms – some great buzzwords, but what do they actually mean and do they really help agents? One...

The first leading agency to make a 2021 forecast says the market should be stable next year - so long as...

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

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

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

Hello and welcome to the end of the week, which always means a round-up of our industry’s good work for charity....

Last November, as part of the Conservatives’ general election campaign, Boris Johnson made a surprise announcement that his party would introduce...

Hello and welcome to the last day of January, Brexit Day and - perhaps most importantly - the latest edition of...

There’s been a long-term trend of growing numbers of Londoners quitting the capital to afford a home elsewhere - and typically...

First time buyers reached an estimated 353,436 in 2019, the highest level since 2007. This is the fifth time in six years...

It's been two years since the SDL Group launched its franchise block management business, SDL Property Partners, the first of its...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Michelle O’Brien, mio Account Manager for Home Counties North What is...

In just over two weeks, the UK population will head to the polls for the fourth general election since 2010. Of course,...

It was in this very column, back in July, when I wrote about how the British government was starting to take...

A trade body has sharply criticised HM Land Registry for its slow progress on digitising local searches after a promising start...

In a revival of the Natter’s day in the life of series, I catch up with Rajeev Nayyar, managing director of...

First time buyers will constitute the largest single group of purchasers in 2019, despite the apparent difficulties of deposits and securing...

OnTheMarket’s selective fee freeze for agents has been challenged by a new portal which asks agents: ‘Why pay at all?’ OTM revealed...

The typical new real estate agency forms when an entrepreneurial high performer quits their job at a leading chain and sets...

A free-to-list property portal says that contrary to opinion within parts of the agency industry, the more portals there are the...

I feel I am in a fortunate position. I have been central to the PropTech movement for a number of years,...

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

I hope you had another wonderful Bank Holiday weekend; only three weeks to hold on until the next one. Personally, it...

During our school days, most of us did that task where we imagined and drew the homes of the future, but...

The recent ARLA Propertymark conference featured a hugely interesting line-up of speaks and session during a watershed time for the lettings...

The property industry is making “important strides” towards gender balance according to a new report - and it says more respect...

Conveyancing regularly adds unnecessary and costly delays to the home buying process and improvement could be far quicker than any efforts...

As scary Halloweens go, yesterday was quite a shocker for Britain’s online estate agency sector - and not in a good...

I’ve spoken many times before of my desire to see government take property more seriously. For more than just lip service...

Even the cheapest local homes are out of reach for at least 40 per cent of young adults according to a...

Hybrid agency Emoov has released research in which it claims consumers rank high street estate agency commission fees as the second...

Former housing minister Dominic Raab, who yesterday left his post after just six months in office, may have had a lucky...

What is the biggest challenge in estate agency today? At the risk of sounding flippant, selling houses! It’s a unique industry...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Ben Robinson, Director of Agency Services at Landmark What is Landmark...

New online auction house BidX1 says it has raised £2,087,000 from its second UK auction, posting a 70 per cent success...

For a while now, property and technology have been combining seamlessly to offer the industry innovative solutions to often complex problems....

After the fun and over-indulgence of the festivities, most of us are now back to the world of work. And, with...