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Epsom and Ewell, Epping Forest and Dartford have been named as the top London leaver hotspots as buyers continue to move...

Fine & Country Chelmsford’s managing directors Ed Casson and Simon Pelling have expanded further into the region, taking on the licence...

Estate agency has changed. No longer is it required to sit in a high street office working the old way. Provide a...

Essex property group Beresfords has honoured its staff during the brand’s summer awards. The party’s coveted Employee Of the Year; Best Sales...

The UK real estate industry faces a “particularly precarious” situation in the near to medium term, according to analysts at the...

It was a relatively quiet week for fundraising by agents and property professionals but no less important and inspirational. If there are...

Essex-based estate agent Beresford Group has celebrated and thanked sales director Mike Sayers who is retiring from the company after 35...

Leaders Romans Group, which is fast becoming one of the UK’s largest agencies, has acquired another firm. It’s the first purchase of...

An estate agency has revealed which London boroughs have been the busiest in terms of the number of homes sold as...

Southend on Sea, soon to be designated a city out of respect for murdered MP Sir David Amess, is to see...

A director of Essex estate agency Beresfords has announced his retirement after 40 years with the company - and after being...

As London plays catch-up with the buoyant housing market seen in the rest of the country, two agencies have announced new...

Liverpool - where commissioners have been ordered by Whitehall to run part of the council following corruption allegations - is the...

It may make little difference to agents but a leading analyst suggests thousands of buyers have effectively lost money on their purchase...

For many agents it’s been a big week…not because of the surge of buyers, but because their children have returned to...

Hello and welcome to Agents Do Charity, a weekly round-up of news as the industry continues fund-raising even in these challenging...

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

Hello: so much has happened since the last Conquering Corona column . Before we get on with it, a reminder to...

Hello and because it’s Friday there are two pieces of good news: it’s nearly the weekend and it’s the day for...

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

Stepping back and moving out of the front line is all the rage…but not, it seems, for hard-working agents and others...

We’re nearing the end of another year in which many agents have faced challenging times and a frustrating market hit by...

The election is over and there’s nothing on the agenda except the run-up to Christmas - although there’s still time for...

We’ve really hit the ground running with our appeal for Christmas pictures and videos from your offices this year - thanks...

When Jasmine Fakir moved from her home in Brent, north London, to look after her ill mother she certainly did not...

It’s that time again. Each year I take a look at newspaper readership - not from the angle of journalists, but...

Once a year you might be perfectly justified in putting your feet up for a weekend and enjoying some great sport...

The average British homeowner stays in their property for 20.8 years, according to new research by Zoopla. The property portal analysed the...

Sellers are back with a vengeance according to figures from online agency HouseSimple.  It claims the Brexit date extension has given sellers...

Hello - it’s that time of the week again when we celebrate the agency industry’s fantastic fund-raising. We were delighted that our...

Hello and welcome to this week’s ADC - yet more examples of stupendous fund-raising by our industry (and a lot of...

Hello and welcome to another one of those great long weekends that come along often at this time of year -...

As the clock ticks down and Britain’s future gets ever more difficult to predict, one of the few certainties to cling...

The end of the snow has given way to warmer weather, and while it’s a little early to speak of spring...

Winkworth says it’s seen a huge 78.5 per cent rise in franchise applicants over the past 12 months and says there...

A hybrid estate agency which uses freelance agents operating from a central hub is now expanding from London into the Home...

So this is (almost) it. Next week may be a quiet one for business as vendors and landlords alike begin to...

More speculation has swirled around the future of Emoov as it appeared that company chief executive and founder Russell Quirk had...

The man responsible for defining John Lewis’ legendary customer service, and preserving its Never Knowingly Undersold pledge, is to address the...

He’s got a fax machine for PropTech, he’s got an answerphone so he’s open 24/7, and he’s got 2.5 per cent...

A city’s housing market that suffered badly because of the collapse in North Sea oil prices is now likely to rebound...

The independent Essex estate agency Beresfords is celebrating its 50th anniversary next week - and is doing so in style with...

Boy it‘s hot out there, with little end in sight yet. That’s the good news. Now the even better news -...

As we move towards another Bank Holiday Weekend, there is no shortage of phenomenal fundraising efforts from those in our industry.  If...

Our industry does great work for good causes not just in this country but around the world, as this week’s Agents...

London’s housing market may be in the doldrums but two estate agencies have shown faith in its long-term recovery with moves...

The London Marathon may have been and gone but there are plenty of agents and others in our industry still prepared...

Welcome to another edition of Agents Do Charity, the weekly round-up of fund-raising from across our industry. With spring looking like it’s...

Only two weeks into the new year and we’re already in full swing with a wide range of fund-raising - well...

Christmas is just around the corner and we’re all looking forward to a break - but before then we know many...

Since the seventies, housing starts and completions across England and Wales have been on a downward trajectory. The long run average...

Hunters has boosted its office network over the 200 mark through the acquisition of Besley Hill, one of the longest established...

Let’s not be distressed that we’re already over 10 per cent of the way through the year - yes, really -...

As the wait goes on for the government’s White Paper on Housing, due this month, one funding organisation has suggested that...

Fraser & Co is opening a new office in the City of London, despite gloomy reports from other agencies about the...

In recent weeks I have been carrying out question and answer sessions with some of the key figures in the property...

A property analytics company has devised a method of calculating the ‘best’ locations in which to work as an estate agent,...

With Euro 2016 kicking off in Paris on Friday evening and employment chiefs urging firms to be flexible with working hours...

The organisers of ESTAS 2016 are on the look-out for the best mortgage brokers to enter the newest category in the...