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Ultra slow broadband speeds could knock a quarter off the value of a property according to research undertaken by online agency...

Home movers from the European Union have become less interested in moving to the UK, according to new research. Analysis of over...

Fresh analysis by Zoopla has revealed Britain's fastest moving property markets with the lowest number of average days for a seller...

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

An ex-housing minister and ex-Brexit secretary says he wants to radically change taxes on buy to let capital appreciation to help...

Purplebricks has been named one of Britain’s ‘most relevant’ brands to consumers. The agency came in 13th in a list of...

A controversial online estate agency has gone into liquidation two years after describing High Street agents as “smug, suited slime-balls.” BetterMove, registered...

A statement this morning from the government says that property details must use Imperial Measurements after Britain leaves the EU. The Imperial...

Campaigning groups like Generation Rent and Shelter like to think they are simultaneously edgy and radical; likewise some think tanks believe...

It’s no secret that the UK’s housing sector is in crisis. Headlines scream about the shortage of new-build homes. TV pundits...

Whether it is legacy providers with new, young businesses, or large banks with PropTech startups, all types of cross-collaboration are vital. It’s...

This article was originally written for City AM in response to an article it published attacking letting agents. See more here.  A...

Purplebricks’ and Foxtons’ apparent success on Trustpilot have come under scrutiny in a Times newspaper analysis of the review platform. The Times’...

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

A newspaper claims that 1,228 estate agent branches closed on Britain’s High Streets last year. The Mirror’s business editor, Graham Hiscott, says the...

Both major portals have this morning revealed more evidence of a gently slowing housing market. The average time to sell a property...

As the sales market across much of Britain appears to be mired in political and economic uncertainty, figures from Scotland appear...

The monthly index of house price changes in Britain’s major cities, for many years operated under the Hometrack banner, has been...

The 100 per cent mortgage for first time buyers, which many people thought had disappeared for good, is now back in...

If you want an engaging page-turner novel for cold winter evenings, my recommendation is Our House by Louise Candlish, a bestseller...

Purplebricks has increased its listings by an eye-opening 44 per cent in the past two weeks according to an updated analysis...

I don’t think I can add anything more to the excellent 2019 pieces we’ve seen on EAT in recent weeks –...

One of Britain’s foremost property consultancies has given a relatively upbeat prediction for the UK housing market over the next five...

Hello and welcome to another PJT, your regular Monday update on who’s moving where within our industry. Please keep us informed of...

Even with 2019 well underway, letting agents need to keep refining their long-term goals and business targets. For agencies with a...

It’s safe to say that the majority of agents will be glad to see the end of the past two years....

Phil Spencer is on the warpath against “constant tinkering” by government in housing matters - and instead, he wants the problems...

Ilchester Place in London’s Holland Park may be the most expensive residential street in Britain - but it’s cheaper than a year...

As 2018 draws to a close, it is fair to say that stretched affordability and uncertainty over the Brexit negotiations has...

With a new year nearly upon us, it’s always a good idea to be aware of the major events that are...

A new analysis of the online estate agency business model claims that it ‘could be described as a Ponzi scheme’. The accusation...

When was the last time you looked at your business and really thought about what you could do to improve? Yesterday? Last...

The chief executive of Haart, Paul Smith, is warning that a No Deal exit from the EU could leave Britain with...

A property comparison website has made a defence of the controversial Help To Buy initiative, claiming it “acts as an important...

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

OnTheMarket has this morning announced that franchise giant Belvoir will list all of its 300-plus branches on the challenger portal.  This includes...

A London buying agent has called for a second referendum on Britain’s EU membership, suggesting that it would give more certainty...

No, I haven’t lost the plot. Such a thing exists – and if you’re familiar with North London, there is a...

It seems a lifetime ago but in fact we’re approaching just the first anniversary since the government triggered its Call for...

An accountancy trade body has revealed that last year it briefed MPs - including the Prime Minister and Housing Minister of...

Zoopla has once again released its list of the costliest streets in the UK - but for the second year running...

We’ve all heard the comments - the countryside is being covered in concrete, new houses are springing up everywhere, our green...

Emoov’s founder Russell Quirk has outlined how he would help Britain get out of its current housing crisis to a Labour...

This may not be a great way to start the week but a survey suggests that estate agents are Britain’s least...

“Baton down the hatches. Stockpile the food cupboard. Brexit is coming and it’s little more than six months away!” I jest, but there is...

Bank of England governor Mark Carney says a no-deal Brexit exit could lead to a 35 per cent house price crash. The...

Owning a home has become almost impossible for many public sector workers across Britain, according to research from the union UNISON. Getting...

The latest quarterly house price report published by property portal s1homes reveals that properties across Scotland sell on average at six...

Boris Johnson is calling for a cut to Britain’s “absurdly high” stamp duty. Writing in this morning’s Daily Telegraph - the same newspaper...

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

Does your company apply adequate customer due diligence measures when carrying out estate agency work?  Does it establish and maintain appropriate policies...

With the shelf life of recent housing ministers being on a par with football managers, it's perhaps little surprise that we're...

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

It may not be a good idea for a journalist to be personal about a politician, so I write about our...

Auction House says the number of lots it sold in the first half of 2018 was some 3.8 per cent up...

Some of Britain’s top property experts say bureaucracy, lack of cooperation and a dwindling number of smaller builders are the main...

Senior management at Countrywide came in for a pasting on Twitter yesterday as TV market commentator and buying agent Henry Pryor...

The three per cent stamp duty additional properties surcharge is to blame for tumbling house prices in some of Britain’s holiday...

The average asking price of newly marketed property continues to rise according to Rightmove - and this is despite a dip...

Hello - if it’s Monday, it must be Property Jobs Today, your chance to see a snapshot of the key moves...

The average over-65 homeowner in Britain has seen her or his property wealth gain £159,000 – or £7,000 annually - in...

Average first-time buyers in London spend double the amount paid by those across the rest of Britain. A typical London buyer now...

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

The rise and fall - and perhaps rise again - of Countrywide has been of enduring interest to the agency industry...

New data from a private bank shows a five per cent rise in the number of £1m-plus homes sold in 2017.  The...

Scottish high-end agency Galbraith has revealed how one of the smallest and most exclusive property sectors in Britain - Scottish country...

Maplin, Toys R Us, Carpetright, Warren Evans – what do they have in common? All are well-known high street chains that...

The Henley Business School is often identified with cutting edge forecasts - but now it has revealed the history of what...

Gross mortgage lending is set to reach its highest level since 2007 despite Brexit, says the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association. But its...

A buying agent says a higher proportion of Britain’s rarified country estates market is now being sold off-market. Jess Simpson, an ex-Savills...

A Manchester-based property investment firm is claiming to be the first company in Britain to record an online exchange of a...

Rightmove’s latest assessment of the housing market suggests that Newport in Gwent is the fastest moving area in Britain for vendors. A...

ZPG’s comparison website uSwitch is to be the headline sponsor of ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent.  The company says it will use this...

London’s prime central market is turning around at last according to the chief executive of Belgravia estate agency Henry & James. James...

Countrywide appears to be in turmoil with Sky News reports that board members are discussing trying to get rid of controversial...

Andrews & Robertson, one of the UK’s highest profile auction houses, has been taken over by Ireland’s BidX1 and is set...

Japanese knotweed, the invasive plant brought over to Britain in the Victorian era, threatens millions of pounds worth of property transactions...

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

  A new league table showing how long it takes homes to sell on average in different postcodes across England and Wales...

A new national housing agency – Homes England – has been launched by the newly-rebadged Ministry of Housing Communities and Local...

Welcome to 2018 and if your charitable activities are an indicator, it’s going to be a busy year with plenty happening...

What a year it’s been! Back in 2016 we had Brexit, a new prime minister, Donald Trump’s election, and so when...

Grosvenor Crescent, located in the heart of London’s Belgravia between Hyde Park Corner and Belgravia Square, is the most expensive residential...

It’s traditional before Christmas to either review the year past or anticipate the one ahead - but I’m intrigued about what...

Another new year is nearly upon us and, once we’ve got the season of mince pies, mulled wine, pigs in blankets,...

Here it is - the industry’s verdict on the latest set of figures from Purplebricks. The agency doesn’t play by any of...

It’s not breaking new ground to say that younger people have what many regard as the raw end of the deal...

Earlier this week, Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered the Autumn Budget with a strong focus on housing.  The decision to cut stamp duty...

Coldwell Banker, the huge US-based international estate agency business, is warning that Brexit is beginning to damage the market and the...

Stamp duty on property sales is gumming up the housing market, stopping people from moving to the jobs they need, and...

Crowdfunding is nothing new. As I pointed out in a previous Natter, it dates back centuries, playing a part in the...

You may think there are enough horror stories going around the agency industry and Britain as a whole right now -...

One one in every 300 property purchases by overseas buyers trigger a so-called ‘red flag’ with the National Crime Agency -...

Leamington Spa in Warwickshire has been named as the happiest place to live in Great Britain in Rightmove’s 2017 Happy at...

Like many of Labour’s recent policy proposals, its call for rent controls leaves more questions than answers.  There has been widespread criticism...

I’ve written before about the impact of headlines on the property industry. Interest rate speculation.   Market booms and busts. Demand...

New research has revealed that Britain's impending exit from the European Union is not a consideration for 71% of consumers. A study...

Countrywide has issued forecasts for the housing market over the next two years amidst a warning that Brexit volatility is the...

A think tank says the penalties now levied against second home owners - such as the stamp duty surcharge and phasing...

Are you protecting your data right? This may sound like the sort of direct warning you get from cold callers or...

Remember when August used to be quiet with not much news? This year, whether it’s industry upheavals at Countrywide, Purplebricks and Agents’...

The Sunday Times made uncomfortable reading for Purplebricks yesterday as the newspaper raised more questions about the number of homes the...

Twenty areas in Greater London have an average price in excess of £5,000 per square metre according to new research from...

Every week we remain in awe of the charity fund-raising undertaken by our industry - and often forgotten by those who...

Industry software company KeyAGENT is giving 200 agents access to a new package allowing them to upload photos and floor plan sketches...

Being a leading world-class city comes at a price – they are the most expensive for occupiers and the most lucrative...

One of the country’s leading buying agents says over six million people are living in the wrong property because they are...

The housing industry has responded with shock, joy, and jitters, after Theresa May’s snap general election went catastrophically wrong, leaving her...

Theresa May’s call for a snap general election on June 8 took many by surprise. But estate agents have been broadly...

A consumer group which has consistently promoted online agencies says they achieve closer to sellers’ original asking price than the national...

The Conservative and Labour party manifestos do not go far enough to tackle problems with the leasehold system. That’s the view of...

The Liberal Democrats have set a building target of 300,000 new homes a year, have pledged to scrap housing association Right...

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

On the day when hundreds of agents descend on the capital to celebrate the great and good of the industry at...

Reports in the commercial property industry publication Property Week suggest there may be difficulties concerning the sale of Countrywide’s commercial operation,...

New research by business information firm Bloomberg suggests many thousands of London’s financial services jobs are under threat thanks to Brexit...

The bitter war of words against Purplebricks waged by the fledgling Charter for Independent Estate and Letting Agents reached a new...

Purplebricks has stepped up its attack on what it calls “Britain's antiquated method of buying and selling homes” by describing it as...

The triggering of Article 50 may have been regarded as a historic event but it appears to have left the housing...

ZPG chief executive Alex Chesterman has been named in a list of 100 British businessmen regarded as the key disruptors of...

We’re almost nine months on from the EU Referendum and yet the issue remains the big divide across the nation: an...

Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered his first Budget this week pledging extra funding for the NHS, transport in the Midlands and the...

It has been a busy week for investment in PropTech businesses and no doubt you have already got reading fatigue about...

Looking ahead to the Spring Budget this week, the Chancellor Philip Hammond will be obliged to face up to the implications...

A new regional property portal aiming to sign up 80 per cent of agencies in Yorkshire says it is unconcerned about...

The rapid growth in popularity of buy-to-let in recent years, fuelled in part by the failings of the pensions industry, has...

One of Britain’s biggest mortgage companies has come up with a new way to try to boost buying across the housing...

The East Midlands, which consists of several areas including Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, and much of Lincolnshire, has an ancient...

The government’s attitude of “Nanny knows best” has “squandered another opportunity” to make a real difference to the housing crisis, according...

Annual growth in house prices slowed in January - a taste of things to come in 2017 according to the house...

Whisper it quietly but it appears that NIMBY-ism is on the wane as increasing numbers of voters are recognising the need...

The Independent Press Standards Organisation has ruled that a Daily Express newspaper story - “EU Exit Boosts House Prices” - was...

LSL Property Services has named Helen Buck as executive director of its estate agency business.  Buck has been a non-executive director at...

Following the election of Donald Trump, there has been a rise in the number of United States investors searching for property...

The chief executive of one of Britain’s top house builders is warning that the industry must do more to prevent an...

This is the final Estate Agent Today until Tuesday January 3 2017, so everyone at Angels Media sends all good wishes for...

The Halifax says house prices across the UK will rise between 1.0 and 4.0 per cent in the next 12 months...

This is our final edition of EAT before the holiday season, so we want to take this opportunity to wish all...

Estate and letting agent training company Agency Mentors has revealed the winner of its competition for ‘most inspirational agent’ in the...

Following a strong start to 2016, particularly in the lower to middle range of the UK housing market, that lasted up...

Lambert Smith Hampton, the commercial arm of Countrywide, is to be put up for sale. LSH is one of Britain's oldest and...

Each year the London Stock Exchange lists 1,000 firms in a league table entitled ‘Companies To Inspire Britain’ and for the...

One of Britain’s best known housing innovators says he may just have found one way of helping overcome the UK’s shortage...

House prices will rise 2.0 per cent in 2017, below the rate of inflation and just under half the rise predicted...

Just a couple of weeks ago, we waited with anticipation to see what the new Chancellor, Philip Hammond, would say in...

It’s a tale of two estate agencies - Britain’s biggest, seemingly in trouble, and the second biggest, winning a seal of...

One of Britain’s most prominent property data companies says homes near London Underground tube stations with 24-hour trains will see a...

A conveyancing firm says the buyers at former retirement hotspots such as seaside towns are getting younger because mainstream purchasers are obliged to...

The Daily Mail has calculated which of the 13 housing ministers in office before this autumn has been the most successful,...

We recently carried a particularly inspiring story of an Essex estate agent who believes that at 21 he is currently the...

It is fair to say that 2016 is a year full of surprises. Anyone who had the foresight to predict Britain...

Here's a story you probably never expected to read - Simon Cowell used to be an estate agent and says he...

An Essex estate agent who believes he is the youngest in the industry has explained his success to Estate Agent Today...

The number of homes sold for £1m and above has risen by 12 per cent in the first half of 2016 -...

Transaction levels are forecast to decline from around 1.22m this year to 1.08m next year as uncertainty causes some households to defer...

As many northern cities struggled to recover from the 2008 global financial crisis, the north-south divide returned to plague the British...

An online agency called DoorStepAgents.com claims to have set up a service which is both the cheapest and ‘best value’ sales...

One of Britain’s most respected veteran estate agents, Hugh Dunsmore-Hardy, is urging new recruits to the industry to join what he...

Despite the much-publicised 'threat' of online estate agency there were more high street offices opened in the first half of this year...

I hate to be a party-pooper, but one of the agency industry’s coming-up-to-Christmas traditions is going to be particularly hard to undertake...

The latest Hometrack cities index suggests that London house prices in the last quarter recorded the lowest growth for 20 months...

In a surprise announcement this morning, Foxtons has revealed that its total revenues in the past three months dropped 14 per...

An online estate agency delisted by Rightmove for apparently breaching its terms and conditions has accused the portal of “gross abuse”...

Some of this week’s headlines - ‘Firms must list foreign workers’ and ‘NHS to no longer rely on foreign doctors’ -...

It’s curious how gloom, gloom pre-Brexit Britain’s property market has gained a much brighter outlook now that the result of the...

One of the world’s leading financial institutions, UBS, says any sustained economic recession triggered by Britain’s departure from the EU could lead...

An estate agency in Kent is having to replace its shopfront for the second time in a year. Last week, the shopfront...

With the number of new homes being built across the UK still significantly below the level needed to meet demand, housebuilders...

Fergus and Judith Wilson, at one time considered to be Britain’s biggest private landlords, have sold off an estimated 400 of...

The huge rush to acquire buy-to-let property in the first quarter of the year ahead of the stamp duty change deadline...

JLL and CBRE are the joint sole agents for Spire London, which at 771 feet and 67 storeys is to be the...

Purplebricks says it will have a marketing budget of AUS$17.2m - that's over £9.9m - to spend on marketing for its...

A National Association of Estate Agents report has been roundly dismissed as being “out of date and unhelpful” in blaming a...

The see-saw of conflcting post-Brexit indicators is continuing with figures from house builder Persimmon suggesting a strong housing market - contradicting...

With almost a fifth of house sales in Britain collapsing every year, it’s now more vital than ever that we –...

Britain’s gathering Olympics medal haul is heart-warming, but our heroes in Rio are not the only ones doing great work and...

The morning after the EU referendum, and Westminster, Britain, Europe and the world were left in shock at the news that...

A housing body says that, rather than presiding over a worsening housing crisis as many suggest, David Cameron has actually left...

Countrywide has given Estate Agent Today some early details of how its mix of online and traditional agency services will roll-out...

One of Britain’s foremost PropTech experts says OnTheMarket could still disrupt the portal landscape - but has trust issues following disputes...

The Nationwide says house prices rose at their fastest annual rate for four months in July, but that performance may not...

One of the western world’s ‘hottest’ city residential markets has introduced a near-instant 15 per cent price surcharge on properties purchased...

Property prices were at the forefront of the EU debate in the run-up to the referendum, with the now former Chancellor...

Sheffield in South Yorkshire, which was once one of the leading industrial cities in Britain and is still recognised for its...

The joke doing the rounds last week still seems to be just as relevant this week: “the only man with a...

With the new Formula One season now well underway, we delve into the fast lane to take you on a whirlwind...

Average house prices in June rose 1.3 per cent but as the shock Brexit result was not known until late in...

Housebuilder St Modwen has been forced to write down the value of the landmark Nine Elms regeneration scheme because “recent transactional...

It’s been a remarkable week for Britain and a challenging week for the agency industry - with possibly many more to...

The most famous investor in hybrid agency Purplebricks, star fund manager Neil Woodford, says Brexit presents opportunities as well as challenges. In...

One estate agency leader - you’d all recognise his name - described the victory of the Leave camp in the referendum...

Property software supplier VTUK is the latest to warn that a Brexit could have a damaging effect on the supply of...

Prices are wobbling in the London housing market, with the referendum and ongoing currency fluctuations being two of the major causes. That...

Angels Media, publisher of Estate Agent Today, is delighted to welcome on board one of Britain’s top property industry journalists, Marc...

The sense of gathering momentum for the Leave campaign ahead of the upcoming EU referendum is causing high levels of uncertainty...

With more house-hunters than ever now starting their search for a new home by typically looking online on one of the major...

Access to labour is a continuing problem for the construction industry and may worsen if Britain leaves the European Union, according...

A high end international London estate agent says a Brexit will lead to increased sales of homes in prime central London...

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has decided not to uphold a complaint made against a quick property sale firm's radio advert.  The...

The glorious thing about the referendum on our EU membership is that four weeks today it will all be over –...

George Osborne has claimed that average house prices could fall by up to 18% if the UK leaves the EU following...

Here are the top letting agents in Britain who go above and beyond to help their customers, as voted for by...

The Motley Fool, a widely-read City investment column, says a Leave vote could result in a fall in housing market transaction...

The finance chief of one of the world’s largest property groups says a correction in the property market across western countries...

In 2014 there were 19,000 estate agent branches in the UK. Of which 18,000 were registered to list properties on the...

Estates Gazette has published a candid article suggesting the explicit hiring of prostitutes by delegates to the annual MIPIM conference may...

There has been a significant acceleration in house prices in Britain’s big cities with lower-priced locations such as Portsmouth, Nottingham and...

Countrywide’s chief executive, Alison Platt, has been named as one of the 50 most powerful people in Britain’s property industry by...

The influential Home Owners’ Alliance pressure group says Britain pulling out of the EU would probably depress house prices. The HOA - a...

Here’s a story with more than a little in common with Britain’s own property portal wars. A long-running legal saga between Danish...

A vote by Britain to leave the European Union would be the saviour of the beleaguered high end housing market according...

And so it begins. Four months and counting before we vote to leave or remain. For a country apparently so divided about...

Rightmove has released market data showing that across Britain the average time it takes to sell a property has dropped from...

Kevin Hollinrake - the founder of Hunters estate agency and now Conservative MP for Thirsk, Malton & Filey - says he is...

New research shows that the north-south divide over house prices is not only continuing but is getting significantly worse.  High-end agency Savills,...

Estate agents with a difference, a twist, a unique selling point, whatever you want to call it, seem to be becoming...

An estate agency in Cornwall has opened on the site of a former filling station and allows people to drive up,...

In January readers of Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today were given the opportunity to give their views on proposed...

Countrywide has continued its acquisition programme by taking over a company consulting with house builders in the Home Counties and London.  The acquisition...

Despite a controversial reorganisation taking some months and still underway, Countrywide has been recognised as one of Britain’s best employers in...

Your Move claims the higher end of the Scottish housing market is recovering from the introduction of Land and Building Transaction...

Estate Agent Today understands that Countrywide's Chief Information Officer is the latest high-profile manager to leave the organisation. Oliver Skagerlind joined Countrywide,...

There has been more volatile stock market trading for some of the industry’s highest-profile agencies.  Countrywide - whose chief executive Alison Platt...

There’s been plenty of forecasting in recent weeks - banks, consultancies and high-end estate agents have predicted house prices in the...

The possibility of agents having to keep offices open until 7pm from next summer to accommodate late key releases has put...

The National Association of Estate Agents has given a cautious welcome to new government plans to expand shared ownership.  David Cameron has...

Britain’s biggest mortgage lender, the Halifax, says the housing market will slow next year with average price rises of four to...

Iam-Sold, which offers white label auction services to estate agents, has been named as one of the country’s fastest-growing companies by...

A company that describes itself as a hybrid between a traditional and an online estate agency is opening a new branch...

Countrywide has confirmed that another three senior management figures have left the group as its restructuring continues apace. Estate Agent Today revealed...

Another three senior management figures have left Countrywide as the restructuring of Britain’s largest estate and letting agency continues apace. The latest...

The Bow Group - a think-tank that was previously a solid backer of the Tories but has recently flirted with UKIP...

Coldwell Banker Real Estate, the US-based international agency expected to launch in the UK over the winter, has signed up with...

I make no apologies for returning to Build To Rent, the institutional investment in building and managing blocks of flats to...

The value of Britain's housing stock has risen 53 per cent over the past decade, despite most of that time being...

High-end agency Savills has announced that it has sold Wentworth Woodhouse - reported to be Britain’s largest residential property - to...

Estate agents’ share prices have taken a knock after poor figures reported to the City by Countrywide suggested a wider malaise...

The Town and Country Planning Association has plunged itself into the debate over Britain’s housing, saying that younger people unable to...

The operating profits in the first nine months of the year for Britain’s largest sales and lettings agency group, Countrywide, tumbled...

Fierce debate continues over an open letter sent by a top consultant to OnTheMarket at the end of last week, accusing...

New research from Countrywide suggests that the growth of the private rental sector and the higher number of mortgages means far...

A reader of Industry Views is unlikely to need converting to the virtues of buy to let, but anyone involved in...

It’s Halloween weekend but the spirit that burns in many estate agents is a force for good not evil - as...

Controversial online agency chief Russell Quirk has described aspects of Countrywide’s newly-revealed digital ambitions as “cursory” and showing “arrogance.” Yesterday Estate Agent...

The chief executive of Countrywide, Alison Platt, has hinted her firm may invest in, or acquire, an internet start-up company to...

Richard Donnell, one of Britain’s foremost housing market analysts, says there are signs that the underlying rate of growth in house...

If you think house price indices are confusing, just look at affordability indices. As recently as Monday BBC TV news reported that,...

Property journalists, and more than a few estate agents, are beginning their annual autumn ritual – forecasting what’s going to happen...

One of Britain's leading buying agencies say transactions at the very highest end of the London market may be as much...

A web portal which radically changes the way investors search for their next investment property has signed up 5,000 agents, less...

Century 21, which describes itself as "the fastest growing agency franchise in the UK," has announced its seventh office opening in...

Over half of Britain's home owners will hit problems if interest rates rise. The Building Societies Association says new research which it...

There’s been a lot of talk lately about artificial intelligence (AI). We’ve seen it feature prominently this year on film (in...

The newly-appointed shadow housing minister says his first priority is to arrest the long-term fall in home ownership in Britain. John Healey...

eMoov, arguably Britain’s highest-profile online estate agency, says it is “inevitable” that it will enter the US sales market in the...

The chief executive of Countrywide, Britain’s largest estate and letting agency group handling around one in 10 of all residential transactions,...

Restructuring turmoil continues within Countrywide, Britain’s largest estate and letting agency group, with several managers reportedly being handed notices referring to...

It’s become almost obligatory for start-ups in many industries – frequently online agents in the selling and letting business – to...

An estate agency has announced the winner of its best British garden competition. Fine and Country carried out the competition and its...

Statistics have been published to suggest that much of Britain’s housing crisis is down to a shortage of skilled labour and...

Zoopla is back in business with its trading update to the City this morning revealing that it has a net growth...

Harry Hill, the former Countrywide chief executive, has described his old company as “going backwards” following the publication of its half-year...

Rightmove and Foxtons have reported their half-year figures to the City this morning - and they tell very different stories. Rightmove’s customer...

Analysis of Britain’s three rival property portals shows that Rightmove is strengthening its position, Zoopla’s loss of agents has stabilised, and...

The average value of homes across Britain rose by 2.7 per cent or almost £7,000 during the first six months of...

Owner occupation in Britain will plummet from its current level of about 68 per cent of homes to around 60 per...

Estate agents have given an enthusiastic endorsement to Chancellor George Osborne’s proposals to help boost housing building totals through changes to...

I don't think there is one person in lettings and property management who isn't alarmed at the scenes just over the...

A new analysis of rising property values measured in price per square metre, suggests one location has risen 773 per cent...

This month has marked a real change in the way the private lettings sector is perceived - and it’s a perception...

Stacks Property Search, one of Britain’s largest buying agencies, has entered the debates over portals and the use of DIY house...

The director of housebuilder Taylor Wimpey says “a 15 year property boom, with no bust, is more than a distinct possibility”...

In what would have been an unimaginable trend just a year ago, house prices are now rising faster in Scotland than...

Jackson-Stops & Staff director Tim Dansie is setting sail across the English Channel today in a commemmoration ceremony marking the 75th...

There has been much debate in recent years about Britain’s desperate need for more housing stock. Demand has been outstripping supply...

Environmental group Greenpeace claims that a survey of 60 estate agents operating close to potential fracking sites suggests tens of thousands...

Watch the latest weekly video roundup of news from Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today, featuring stories on Ed Miliband's...

Countrywide, the agency group that handles one in 10 transactions in Britain, has told the City that its income remains “resilient...

There's bad news for Britain’s politicians who are using house-building targets as policy objectives in the election - over two thirds...

There is one common denominator amongst the majority of those who dominate the latest Sunday Times Rich List, regarded as the...

The housing market across the UK is in a pre-election ‘squeeze’ with several indicators used by agents suggesting a significant slump...

With another hung parliament looking increasingly likely, the so-called ‘challenger parties’ look set to have a major say in who forms...