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Property market conditions in the new-build sector are likely to remain subdued this year. Persimmon has claimed. An outlook in the house...

More than 60,000 property and real estate businesses have started the year in ‘financial distress,’ a professional services and insolvency firm...

The intellectual property of collapsed online agency brand Doorsteps has sold for just £3,666. Begbies Traynor, the liquidator for Doorsteps, sought offers...

The liquidator for Doorsteps is seeking a buyer for the collapsed online agent’s intellectual property. Prospective buyers have been messaged by restructuring...

Agents may have been slightly put out by Rightmove reporting a boom in user fees despite a drop in members, but...

Housebuilder Barratt Developments has implemented a hiring freeze and reduced land approvals as it warns of uncertain buyer confidence. A half-year trading...

Despite the roaring housing market, a new report says that no fewer than 70,500 real estate and property businesses are showing...

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

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

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

There’s a record number of property industry companies, including agencies, in financial distress according to the latest Red Flag alert monitor. The...

Property and construction are amongst the worst hit sectors for businesses in so-called ‘critical distress’ according to figures taken before the worst...

Insolvency firm Begbies Traynor says the estate agency and property industry sector of the UK economy has seen a big rise...

It's been confirmed that Humberts has been sold for an undisclosed amount to a consortium of franchisees - and that the...

Humberts, the agency which was one of the first to ditch High Street offices in favour of fewer larger hubs, has...

There has been a nine per cent rise over the past year in estate agency and property industry firms in so-called...

A recent 'red flag alert' report from an insolvency firm warned that the number of real estate businesses defined as being...

An insolvency firm is warning that the real estate sector of the economy is showing a growing number of businesses defined...

The big story to break this week in the property world was the announcement by the new owner of Humberts that...

The new owner of Humberts is to ultimately close many of the traditional branches and move to what he is calling...

Humberts’ new owner has issued a statement saying he is on “a personal mission to revolutionise the industry and become the...

It will be 'business as usual' for Humberts following the announcement of its sale to Natural Retreats, says the agency's new...

It has today been announced that the Natural Retreats group has purchased Humberts. The entirety of Humberts has been included in the...

Estate Agent Today understands that Humberts will announce a possible buyer of some of its agency activities this week - on...

The managing director of troubled estate agency Humberts says he has been “inundated” with prospective buyers since news broke over last...

The UK’s real estate sector, embracing estate agencies as well as other aspects of the property industry, has been facing “increased...

Former clients of a Scottish estate and letting agency and mortgage company are being asked by a corporate insolvency firm to...

An insolvency firm active in the property sector says that after a year of major taxation, legislative and economic volatility, many...