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Whether you love or hate it, Purplebricks has undoubtedly left its mark since arriving on the scene in 2015 – much...

With Easter now upon us (happy Easter, by the way, and hope you’re enjoying the long weekend, the Easter eggs and...

Foxtons and Quintain have both recently made an important decision about their technological innovation, the same decision must also be made...

Hello and welcome to this half-term week’s PJT, your regular Monday opportunity to catch up with the key personnel changes in...

Barely a day goes by when we don’t read a new report on the unscrupulous practices of landlords; of the sub-standard...

I often speak of my wish to see property taken out of the hands of politicians. Indeed, this is likely to...

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

There’s nothing new about identifying 10 figures who have helped shape an industry over the past year, but that doesn’t mean...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT - and while it may be just days to Christmas, there’s still plenty of...

There is a perfect storm brewing in the lettings market, and as the saying goes, “you can’t change the direction of...

The UK renting demographic is diversifying at a rapid pace. While the current market poses many challenges for traditional letting agents,...

Has no one told the industry that it’s December and things are supposed to be slowing down? This week’s Property Jobs...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is playing an increasingly important role in our lives – from virtual assistants such as Amazon’s Alexa and...

Hello and welcome to our weekly catch-up on the major moves within our industry. Remember, you can let the rest of the...

Landlords and letting agents might feel they’ve taken a bit of a battering from the government in recent years – and...

A full 100 per cent of 20 to 24 year olds hope to buy their own home one day -  but...

With all the recent change and upheaval in the rental sector it may be time to consider how letting agencies will...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, the place where you find all the key agency industry moves over recent days. Please...

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

One of the property industry’s best known figures, Richard Berridge, has teamed up with estate agency My London Home to lead...

A report in the Financial Times lays bare the scale of the housing market downturn in central London - it suggests...

Renting has long been characterised as a stepping stone onto the housing ladder for the younger generations. But in recent years,...

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

100 years ago, 90% of the UK population rented a home. Today, that figure has flipped, and over two thirds are...

The massive wealth of owners over 55 has been revealed by a new survey. They own £938 billion of UK housing, a figure...

If you want to know whether buy to let, landlords and letting agents will be in the firing line for more...

The Future: PropTech conference takes place in under a fortnight’s time on May 2 and over 1,200 delegates have now been...

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...

For part two of the 'Day in the life of' series, I spoke to Peter Kavanagh, who first joined Romans in...

It’s no surprise that figures don’t always show the results or consequences we expect - even if they are entirely accurate. Look...

As we hurtle towards the end of 2017, it’s time to reflect on the year that’s just been.   Even better, this property-based...

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

Agents and even the Labour Party have backed the government’s scrapping of stamp duty for first time buyers’ purchases up to...

Another week, yet more consultations - the agency industry can’t complain about not being asked for its views recently. The latest were on...

It was only a couple of weeks ago that I was writing about the Google City, in Toronto, and now the...

A research report compiled by Strutt & Parker in partnership with Octopus Healthcare has revealed what the baby boomer generation expects...

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

As the nation waits with bated breath to see if Theresa May can form either a minority or coalition government after...

Our recent roundtable on the government’s proposed ban on tenant fees generated a selection of tips for growing your business. We’re now...

It has been announced that Uber, the taxi company, has teamed up with build to rent firm, Moda Living, to ‘revolutionise renting’.    This...

Countrywide has announced an extensive reorganisation of senior management at its Hamptons International brand - with a pledge to "reach into...

Jamie Lester, the former Apprentice reality TV star who ran a high-profile estate agency in London until last autumn, has resurfaced...

With tax relief changes, a rise in Stamp Duty for second homes and strict mortgage affordability checks now in place, it...

If you work in lettings, I’ll already have a pretty good idea on how you feel about the current Conservative Government.  The...

The chronic shortage of housing supply in the UK relative to demand has been a national issue for decades. The Government...

The government has set out 29 key points in its Housing White Paper.   Introducing it in the Commons this afternoon, Communities Secretery Sajid...

A series of leaks to national newspapers and a flurry of broadcast interviews by housing minister Gavin Barwell means we already know...

The end of 2016 saw the launch of 30,000 new build-to-rent (BTR) projects in London alone. With market growth projected to...

The rental market has had to face a raft of changes over the past year, including the introduction of the 3% stamp...

Forecasts are a tricky business. And as I wrote in a recent Industry Views opinion piece, any prediction in the current...

We are now only days away from one of the most-anticipated events in UK politics; one which has a considerable impact...

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

Speculation was rife over the weekend that the government would today announce major changes to housing policy - possibly shifting the...

Another Countrywide executive has left the company - the latest departure is Eyal Malinger, the director of corporate development. Harvard-educated Malinger had...

With less than a month to go before the new rate of stamp duty kicks in for second property purchasers, we’re...

In today's budget, the Chancellor, George Osborne, has announced a number of measures which will impact the property industry.  The Chancellor confirmed...

What are we going to do about Generation Rent? Only as recently as February 2016 did tenants steal the headline away...

Public relations used to be a minor part of estate agency, something only ‘the big boys’ paid for and with little...

Online estate agency easyProperty is marking the start of 2016 by launching a Land and New Homes division. “It’s obviously one of...

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

It’s time to take a pause, to reflect and put into context—and what a year it has been for our industry...

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

If there’s one thing that looks like a good move right now, it’s becoming a letting agent.  Whereas some years ago we...

We’ve enjoyed a bit of an Indian summer this week. Not sure it makes up for one of the coldest and...

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

Estate and letting agents and other figures in the property industry have been making their last-minute calls on Chancellor George Osborne...

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