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Data and statistics are never in short supply for those of us working in the property sector.  But one set which really...

Artificial intelligence-powered property search app Jitty is celebrating reaching the 10 10 ‘House & Home’ apps in the Google Play Store...

North Berwick in East Lothian, has been named the best place to live in the annual Sunday Times Best Places to Live...

Artificial intelligence (AI)-powered property portal Jitty has now expanded to Bristol and the surrounding areas. The app said it clocked over 3,000...

Savills has kicked off 2024 with two key external hires and an internal move into its country house team. James Toogood has joined...

Whether a General Election is held in May, November or in January one thing is guaranteed -  we can expect to...

South West estate agency network the Experts in Property has announced a change of chairmanship and appointed new directors to its...

An opinion piece by Sam Reynolds, CEO of Zero Deposit Just weeks ago, the Bank of England brought a halt to its...

Who are you, and what does it say on your business card? I'm Ashley Day, the Director of Bristol Property Centre.   What is...

Belvoir Group PLC has expanded its financial services network with the acquisition of MAB (South West) Ltd for £1m.   This follows...

St. George in Bristol has been identified as the UK’s strongest sellers’ market. Analysis by Rightmove found eight in ten homes listed...

Like most parts of the UK, the one I live in has a bit of a beef about parking. More precisely,...

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

Sale stock levels have surged by 15% since the start of the year due to the ‘stagnant market,’ research claims. Quick-buy firm...

An estate agent is urging people selling their flats to have building safety documentation in place before putting the property on...

Self-employed agency brand eXp UK has unveiled details of a new nationwide roadshow including an as yet unnamed ex-footballer. Its ‘Growing into...

Self-employed agency network eXp UK has passed the 400 agent mark and beyond. The brand has announced that it now has 401...

New 2023 research from Open Property Group found that just 41% of homes in England meet the recommended Energy Performance Certificate...

Agents in some parts of the UK are still struggling to sell properties that they first listed more than a decade...

Do you have lots of hipsters on your books looking for a home? New analysis aims to identify the hotspots for hipster...

A former Countrywide director says that since becoming a Keller Williams agent he’s racked up over £1m in fees. Dominic Marcel -...

Winkworth agents ranked second when it came to property exchanges in London last year, the franchise agency brand claims. A trading update...

Winkworth has expanded further in the South West of England with a new office opening in the Bishopston area of Bristol. The...

The COP27 UN Climate Conference may be over but environmental challenges remain and one agent is urging others in the sector...

Given their leading role in the recent upfront information revolution, interest in the work of the National Trading Standards Estate &...

Property demand has dropped while price reductions have increased in recent weeks, data shows. Two separate pieces of industry data give new...

Property sales are currently taking 15 weeks on average to complete, new research claims. Challenger portal and property platform OneDome has launched...

Properties that are slow to sell are typically commanding a discount of up to 17% off England’s average house price, research...

Bristol-based Alexander May claims to have become the city’s first estate agency business to go carbon neutral and is looking to...

Estate agency network the Experts in Property has expanded its geographical spread. The group of more than 65 independent estate agencies across...

The last week has been dramatic even by the standards of UK politics, with a Cabinet and junior minister rebellion bringing...

Stock shortages are seeing one in 10 homes get snapped up within 14 days of entering the market, GetAgent claims. The agent...

Hybrid agent eXp UK is embarking on a national roadshow this month to showcase its US-inspired business model. It will visit London,...

New research has revealed the regional hotspots where Japanese knotweed has been identified. The data could be of interest to estate agents...

Keller Williams has marked a record month for new agents but has announced the closure of its Bristol market centre hub...

All regions of the UK remain in a seller’s market as the traditional spring selling season begins for agents. Housing market consultancy...

Trading Standards has advised agents to update listings once they reach the "sold subject to contract" (SSTC) stage. It comes after legal...

The hot topic of rent controls has remerged in recent weeks, with passionate voices on both sides of the argument speaking...

Average asking prices in Britain have risen by 53 per cent over the past 10 years according to Rightmove. They have risen...

The regional agency group Experts In Property is back in business with an online awards event.  Majoring on training, online marketing and...

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

An agency that operates across and around Bristol is the latest to declare its commitment to go carbon neutral. The associate director...

A comparison website dealing with estate agency charges says commission varies hugely across 20 major cities of the UK.  GetAgent looked at...

An analysis of estate agencies in 21 major cities suggests a big rise in competing companies, prompting risks of fee wars between...

Hamptons is to expand the provision of New Homes and residential development services across all of its 90 branches, after a...

One of the west of England’s largest independent agencies has signed a two year deal with Zoopla, running across portal listings...

The self-employed partnership known as The Agency UK - founded by three refugees from Purplebricks - has announced a major expansion. The...

Agents from Purplebricks and Leaders are the latest recruits to sign up as area partners for Spicerhaart. Tyrone Matthews has been named...

One of the property market's leading names has welcomed young people into its company for work experience through a partnership with...

Referral revenues shared between agents in a major industry trade group has hit over £1.35m.  Daniel Pepperell, regional director at The Guild...

Hello and welcome to the latest Property Jobs Today, your chance to catch up with who’s on the move. Let us know...

Foxtons shareholders will today give their verdict on the company’s plans to ‘go national’, revealed at the start of the weekend. On...

The NEXA agency, which already has branches in Bristol, Portsmouth, Chichester, Manchester and Cardiff, has now opened an office in Liverpool...

eXp UK - an agency brand with roots in the US and led by Adam Day, a veteran of three online firms -...

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

New figures from Zoopla today emphasise just how frenzied the housing market remains. Here are the figures: - so far in the first...

OnTheMarket is to release its full year performance figures to shareholders on June 8. This will be for its trading year to January...

While lengthy lockdowns have caused many to re-evaluate their homes, the apartment lifestyle remains an ambition for many. That’s the view of...

The Bruce brothers' new portal Boomin has launched a day early - and no, this isn't an April Fool. The site went live...

OnTheMarket has signed a big media deal with the UK’s largest news publisher. The deal is with Reach, which owns nine national...

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

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

The extraordinary consolidation in the estate agency industry continues apace today with two of the biggest deals reaching critical points. Firstly Hunters’...

A survey of completion times for house sales over the past four years suggests that the worst performing local authority area...

New research attempts for the first time to identify the most lucrative property markets in the country - with surprising results...

A five-branch agency in the westcountry is the subject of a management buy out by two directors. Westcoast Properties - with branches...

With no clear end in sight and conflicting Government advice as to whether we should work from home or go to...

A home office set up in a dedicated room apparently adds £17,500 to the value of a property. Direct Line Insurance has...

The Zoopla Rental Market Report, published this week, mentioned a two-speed rental market, but what does that mean? We are seeing two...

Hunters has launched two additional franchise branches in Tower Bridge, London and Middleton, North Manchester, taking the company total to over...

Haart - one of the brands owned by Spicerhaart, which laid off staff in the first hours of the pandemic -...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I'm Darren Loftus and it says Commercial Director on...

A study by Rightmove suggests that 94 per cent of buyers and sellers currently in the market are determined to go...

A property law firm is the latest to back a call for a stamp duty holiday to help kick-start the housing...

Labour’s long-standing housing spokesman, John Healey, has been moved to become shadow defence secretary on the front bench of new leader...

Nested is the latest online agency to base a marketing campaign around criticism of established estate agents.  In three 30-second TV ads...

Hello - it’s Monday and so it’s PJT, where you can catch up on the industry major moves of recent days. Please...

  Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Catherine Shinerock - ARO Account Manager What is your ‘company name’...

Bristol is the location outside London most searched for on Rightmove this year, by both buyers and renters. The average asking price...

Mark Bentley, the immediate past president of the National Association of Estate Agents, has become the highest profile agent yet to...

Case study: Connells reaping the time-saving benefits of new sales and communication tool Since adopting mio in September 2018, Josh Lally, Senior...

It may only be October 4, but temperatures have already started to drop this week as preparations for winter begin. As we...

Savills, Knight Frank, Cushman & Wakefield and JLL are the main estate agencies now working with a review website allowing buyers...

In a previous Natter, I promised to talk more about CRMs – and here I stick to that promise. Following on from...

New figures produced by Zoopla’s research team shows for the first time the huge scale of regional variations in terms of...

The average house price growth across southern cities is running at the lowest level recorded since January 2012, according to Zoopla.  Prices...

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

It may well seem that the government is pre-occupied with one issue, and one issue alone. While preparations for Brexit take up a...

The Innovative Collaboration Group - a collection of high-profile tech suppliers to the agency industry - has unveiled a raft of new...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Jake Gready Managing Director NEXA Bristol What services do you provide? buying - selling...

The Guild of Property Professionals' regional roadshow for existing and potential members, resumes its activities next week with a visit to...

It’s an eye-catching combination - former professional rugby players turn estate agents, set up in converted shipping containers, and promise in time-honoured fashion...

It’s clear that some agents are not fans of Trading Standards officers, described in the comments sections of the trade press...

House prices in 20 UK cities analysed by Zoopla show an average 1.7 per cent increase over the 12 months to...

Research  by HouseSimple suggests that over 31 per cent of homes currently on sale in major UK towns and cities have...

Estate Agent Today has been given details of the new National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agents Team - the body...

The jury appears to be out on whether the new enforcement body for estate and lettings agents will be resourced sufficiently...

A new team has been set up to police all estate and letting agency legislation including the upcoming tenants' fees ban. The...

Over the last few years, there have a number of changes to the stamp duty land tax (SDLT) regime, which have...

It’s time, surely, for government to crackdown not just on rogue agents and landlords but on rogue councils that confuse the...