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My Auction has merged with Bamboo Auctions to form one of the largest online auction providers in the UK. Rocket Auctions, a newly...

The National Association of Property Buyers’ Jonathan Rolande gives his take on why it’s those working across the sector who will help drag us...

Homebuyers are entering bidding wars for bungalows, a property expert claims. The Daily Telegraph recently reported that young professionals in their 20s and...

Online agency brand Strike is believed to be considering a bid for beleaguered rival Purplebricks. A source close to the talks has...

Sellers are being urged to be upfront about property issues and consider lower offers from better buyers as increasing numbers of...

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

With so many benefits including lower fall-through rates and quicker sales, it is no surprise that selling a property via auction...

Automation is the direction the industry is moving in and it’s gathering pace every day. Forward-thinking agents are using automation and...

Proptech firm iamproperty has surpassed £1bn of sales using the Modern Method of Auction (MMoA) in the past 12 months. Its iamsold...

Auctioneers have a better chance than agents of getting homes sold by Christmas, an industry figure claims. Jeremy Prior, managing director of...

Cash buyers may no longer be king in the property market. The level of demand and lack of supply in the current...

Many people in recent years will have become familiar with challenger banks such as Monzo, Starling and Atom. Many will have...

Buyer demand has rebounded in prime areas of the capital and there is also talk of a return to competitive bidding. The...

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

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

There’s been huge sale price inflation in the rarified high-end country estate market according to a buying agent. Jess Simpson, who runs...

The iamproperty group’s auction service, iamsold, says it’s raised over £804m in capital value from properties sold by the Modern Method...

The average price of a house in the UK has hit £250,000 for the first time as the  market shows no...

Agents are being offered a theoretical £300,000 if they introduce a buyer willing to pay £30m for a mansion on sale in...

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...

Best and Final Offers should be scrapped - and a property expert claims that would be good because they do a massive...

The UK’s biggest property auctioneer is considering whether to bring its sales back into the auction room in the near future. Managing...

Knight Frank has sold homes collectively valued at over £100m on just one exclusive estate so far this year alone.  The Wentworth...

Some 18 months on, we’re only just beginning to understand the impact of Covid-19 and how it’ll shape the future economy...

The leading reason for property sales falling through is gazumping, according to new research from Comparethemarket. Over the past year, nearly two-fifths of...

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

There may well have been times in recent weeks when any agent would have been forgiven for wanting a break -...

Auction House has announced its highest-ever monthly sales total, with its sales in May just topping £70m.  The firm sold 397 properties...

As an indication of the frenzied property market, this may take some beating - an agent has had 18 viewings on...

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

Zoopla says it has so far delivered almost £80,000 in agent fees through its access to the Modern Method of Auction. MMA...

A leading estate agent says fear of strangers coming into people’s homes is leading to a fall in supply of properties...

Rightmove is the latest portal to forge a link with the controversial Modern Method of Auction service being offered to agents. A...

One of the country’s top auctioneers is not going to stage any ballroom auctions this year - and it’s keeping its 2022...

An auction house that's made a transition from ballroom operations to online streaming is to publish all fees for all lots -...

As we embark on another nationwide lockdown, the team at SDL Auctions are keen to help agents ride the storm, beat...

An online agency says its virtual auction service can be used even by its rivals between now and the end of...

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

Knight Frank says its analysis of the whole housing market across the UK shows that transactions in the final full week...

In another sign of the buoyant housing market, estate agency Savills is breaking tradition by staging its first ever August auction...

Savills has held its fourth remote auction, raising some £32m with an 82 per cent success rate - making it the...

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

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

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

Two auctions held behind closed doors have been deemed a success, and evidence that the property market can still function despite...

Auction houses are the latest part of the residential sector to seek PropTech help to attract business during the Coronavirus crisis. For...

Property auctions – online or otherwise – can be hugely helpful to sellers, buyers and estate agents. Online auctions, in particular, are...

If you thought - perhaps hoped - that five weeks of prorogued Parliament meant a break from politics, think again: the...

The practices of competitive bidding and sealed bids have made a 'surprise return' to the Prime Central London (PCL) property market,...

The modern method of auction is proving to revolutionise the way properties are bought and sold across the UK.  By putting the...

MyBid4It is an online auction platform which has been developed to partner with Estate Agents and revolutionise the way properties are...

Reforms to the house buying process in England and Wales to bring it more into line with Scotland could slash the...

Q: What does it say on your business card? Charlie Lancaster,  Managing Director, m: 07976 507107 e:charlie.lancaster@mybid4it.com,  Blake House, 18 Blake...

Another new online auction company has launched and is bidding to woo traditional estate agents with the controversial ‘modern method of...

A member of a prominent legal network is warning buyers and their conveyancers to be ”wary” of the Modern Method of...

The first online-only property auction held by a large provincial auction house resulted in a 100 per cent sale rate.  The residential...

A senior figure in the Knight Frank agency says those buyers who may be expecting Brexit-inspired bargains in the so-called ‘super...

Rather like doctors, estate agents are present at critical points in our lives – moving in together, bidding farewell to a...

A firm which links with agents to operate online auctions has hit back at a consumer group's allegations that this growing sector...

A consumer group says agents are securing increasing income from online auctions, but it warns that for buyers there are pitfalls...

A platform which previously offered online private treaty exchanges says a sale of a home in the Republic of Ireland has...

Figures from Savills suggest that there’s currently an average 1.14 price adjustments per sale across the prime regional markets of the...

Major auction companies continue to claim successes despite the challenging housing market. Auction House says a recent auction of London properties produced...

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

I have sold hundreds of lettings businesses over the last twenty-five years. Based on this experience, these are the mistakes that you...

So here’s another week’s great work being done by colleagues in our industry - and we’re very pleased to salute them. Everybody...

Welcome to the latest Agents Do Charity - your opportunity to let the rest of the industry know exactly what great...

It’s been a trend developing in the past few months - estate agents increasingly flirting with the idea of selling homes...

An online property auction taking place last week encouraged a 'frenetic' round of bidding of the like usually associated with an...

The Guild of Property Professionals says the first sale through its white-labelled Guild Auctions operations has produced over £18,000 in commissions...

As we head into August there’s no let up on your fantastic efforts for charity - thank you!   Everyone below has let...

With several agent partner programmes available across the country, estate agents can often increase business by offering sales by auction, with...

Auctions are a great way to sell property competitively, with a wide range of homes often selling under the hammer, and...

The East of England, which takes in areas from Hertfordshire to Norfolk, has recorded the biggest hike in property prices over...

No longer just a domain for investors, developers and property traders, the auction room is now the preferred option of buying...

Auction rooms across the UK are filled with people looking to buy property, from bargain hunters to seasoned investors, ensuring that...

It’s a familiar theme – kids doing charity trips and needing sponsorship or raffle prizes to help fund their fares. If we...

The high-profit property crowdfunding site Property Partner has laid off 13 of its employees - equivalent to around 29 per cent...

With a number of agent partner programmes available nationwide, estate agents can often increase business by offering sales by auction, especially...

Let’s face it - the biggest distraction for many estate agents in the coming weeks may well be the Euro 2016...

While buy-to-let lenders brace themselves for further interventions as part of proposals currently being drawn up by the Prudential Regulation Authority...

When a potential buyer comes into the office and says they want to view a property on your books, the natural...

The UK’s largest property auctioneer has announced that February was the best ever sales month in the company’s nine-year history.  Auction House...

Life is getting pretty frustrating for estate agents, and not just because getting houses onto the market is such an uphill...

Marketing and property often go hand in hand. But from time to time you might come across certain marketing terms that...

With February around the corner and spring just about on the horizon (if you can see it for the driving rain...

The domain name Houses.co.uk - which we reported last month was for sale for a surprisingly low £3,000 - has had...

The National Association of Valuers and Auctioneers has presented Katie Semmens of land and property firm Clive Emson with its prestigious...

Auction house Allsop is launching the country’s first ever online-only auction for new build homes - and claims it's a first. The...