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The platform behind a controversial proposal to charge prospective buyers and renters £30 or more to view a property on the...

Annual house price growth remains above 10 per cent despite a small monthly dip in July according to the Nationwide. A 0.5...

Propertymark has worked with one of the UK governments to create an information sheet which, in virtual or hard copy firm,...

New research shows that the surge in house prices this year has taken homes in at least 25 areas of England...

The controversial ViewRabbit service, which proposes to charge prospective buyers and tenants for viewing properties, may seek international investment. The site has...

Demand for all types of houses, from terraced to detached, has more than doubled in the current housing market - creating...

“There is an average of 19 buyers for every available property on the market” according to Propertymark’s latest market snapshot for...

One of the country’s longest-standing independent buying agencies has rebranded. Haringtons, established in 2004 and covering both London and the country, has...

Propertymark has welcomed the move by Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick to help make certain leasehold flats more attractive to would-be buyers...

A new service launched over the weekend, proposing to charge buyers £30 for a “guaranteed” viewing, has split opinions amongst estate...

Propertymark says a new pay-per-viewing service is “interesting” but warns agents to protect themselves by abiding by consumer protection regulations. The warning has come following...

Agents have been told in new government guidance that the liftings of some Covid restraints in wider society “does not mark...

London’s super prime residential market has recorded its strongest half year in volume and value terms since the rush to beat...

A number of estate agencies have signed up to a service which charges £30 to view a property. The online service, called...

There’s gathering momentum to do ‘something’ about the unfairness of council tax and stamp duty. This isn’t new in principle. Agents have...

Zoopla data has confirmed that buyer demand started to moderate in the months prior to the initial stamp duty holiday tapering...

Remember the early days of lockdown when there was a general panic? Perhaps the hot demand for toilet rolls was a sign...

The first stamp duty holiday deadline has now passed, and we can all sigh a slight relief after the sheer numbers...

The post-lockdown housing market boom is showing signs of a significant slowdown according to a new forecast. The prediction, from the quote...

Keller Williams - which says it’s the UK’s leading business-owner or ‘self-employed’ firm with twice the agents of any direct rival -...

Knight Frank’s network of residential sales offices in London had a record month in June as the end of the main...

New research from Zoopla appears to show that buyers typically move further away for larger homes rather than smaller or same-size...

HM Revenue & Customs has warned of what it calls the “negative impacts” of the pandemic on the latest property transactions...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, we have another industry big-hitter and one of the most high-profile female leaders in property...

A new Home Buyer App has been launched by the Mortgage Advice Bureau in a bid to educate first time buyers...

Ben Ridgway gives his views on the current market, material information and PropTech for agents. What is your current view of the...

An announcement by Foxtons this morning says it is considering future options for its mortgage business, Alexander Hall. The announcement - made...

The biggest challenge facing many agents in the current climate is the general shortage of stock, both for sales & lettings. Let’s...

Initiatives by property portal Residential People and mortgage lenders Paragon Bank and Foundation Home Loans help people to find, buy or...

The largest player in the Modern Method of Auction sector says there is growing consumer confidence in the way the system...

A supplier of virtual viewings claims physical viewings cost £233 of an agent’s time on average - and that’s without fuel...

The signs are that even with the stamp duty holiday tapering to a close at the end of the summer, the...

OnTheMarket, which until now has lagged behind the leading two portals in terms of consumer-facing housing market information, has today launched...

RVU - the ZPG-owned company that already owns Zoopla and independently-run price comparison and financial services - has acquired online mortgage broker Mojo...

An estate agency is opening a large new office in London which it claims will be “very different” to the traditional...

At first sight it’s a tough ask to defend holiday homes when there’s evidence that many who want to buy can’t,...

Anyone working in residential property knows it is taking longer and longer to get from SSTC (sold subject to contract) to...

As we slowly ease out of lockdown and back to something closer to normality, some legacies of the pandemic will be...

The government and property industry have been talking about it for a long time, and there have been numerous initiatives introduced...

A leading agency in the capital says it’s seen its strongest ever half year of trading. According to Chestertons’ latest market analysis,...

A conveyancing services firm is warning that buyers are making “hasty rather than considered” decisions over properties because they feel under...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Jamie Cooke, Co-Founder and Managing Director of iamsold, part...

Zoopla has launched a new advertising innovation which it says will help both agents and housebuilders as they seek to capitalise...

A north London new homes agency is to rebrand as Connells-owned Hamptons. Lanes New Homes has been owned by Hamptons for some...

Several estate agencies have reported record months of business thanks to the rush of transactions ahead of the main stamp duty...

The race to complete home sales before the stamp duty holiday came to an end on June 30 has created what...

By any measure, the housing market has been unprecedently busy in recent months, fuelled not just by the stamp duty holiday...

Labour says the stamp duty holiday is an example of the government’s “failed approach” to home ownership and housing affordability. Labour’s Shadow...

A PropTech entrepreneur is urging agents to maximise their training on existing PropTech to ensure they optimise its effectiveness. Anton Babkov, chief...

It doesn’t seem that long ago that 2D floorplans were considered cutting edge – but it’s safe to say they’re now...

Rightmove estimates that 1.3m buyers have benefitted from the stamp duty holidays across Great Britain since they were announced in July...

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

Back in April, leading portal Zoopla launched a new multi-million-pound marketing campaign, its biggest ever, to help agents capitalise on the...

The property market was expected to struggle to recover after the first lockdown, but, thanks to the stamp duty holiday and...

An online agent operating in the Midlands says the idea of flipping property is a thing of the past thanks to...

High end agency Savills says prime central London remains “relatively subdued” ahead of the return of foreign travel and overseas buyers. PCL...

A new analysis claims Help To Buy has improved building volumes and has not been a drain on taxpayers. The scheme which...

For many, paying money to use an estate agent is primarily because that company has a database of buyers or tenants....

A company supplying data to conveyancers and other property professionals warns that Japanese Knotweed is a bigger headache than usual this summer. A wet and frosty spring,...

The distribution of home ownership across different generations has been a cause of strife according to a think-tank. The Resolution Foundation’s latest...

Price renegotiations are underway between buyers and sellers in danger of missing Wednesday’s stamp duty holiday deadline, says Knight Frank. The agency...

For the second time in two working days, a report suggests that ever-higher numbers of buying are paying over the asking...

There are just three working days until the end of the stamp duty holiday for most buyers. That’s not even enough time...

Phil Spencer has interviewed five key regional estate agents in the latest of his Move iQ industry videos. It’s a fascinating insight...

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

In this week’s In Conversation Today, we have one of the most familiar names in agency on board for a Q&A....

A rush to beat next week’s stamp duty holiday deadline has caused a 200 per cent increase in demand for removal...

New research has thrown light on how much buyers must pay on average to trade up to a property with one...

The Competition and Markets Authority has struck a deal with house builders over leasehold abuses. Aviva has committed to remove certain terms...

An authoritative study on the housing market has shown that the big losers from the pandemic have been first time buyers. The...

Franchise giant Winkworth has launched a new property podcast to boost its marketing. The Property Exchange podcast will air monthly, with the...

London property is still a draw for the wealthiest in the world according to Knight Frank. Despite international travel restrictions, the number...

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

The frantic growth in house prices is showing its first sign of slowing down, says Rightmove. In its latest monthly market snapshot,...

One in 10 buyers say they will seek to renegotiate on the price of their chosen home if they miss the...

In an unusual move, HM Land Registry has issued guidance to agents to help them reassure jittery buyers and sellers ahead...

In the first of a two-part special with the presidents of the UK’s largest property trade organisation, we carry out an...

The property market is currently in a unique position where the number of house hunters looking for their next home is...

easyJet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou has given his personal backing to the newest recruit of online agency easyProperty - even though...

The row over whether agents should be allowed to vet people who view properties on the basis of their wealth has...

London’s housing market may be distinctly lacklustre compared to much of the rest of the UK right now but one development...

Agents should prepare for a surge in fall throughs and collapsed sales thanks to the first stamp duty holiday period expiring...

The Stamp Duty holiday has been very beneficial for hundreds of thousands of buyers looking to take advantage of savings, even...

A traditional problem for agents has been ‘tyre kickers’ who come to view a home out of curiosity with little or...

The current housing market frenzy would be easier to deal with if upfront buyers’ packs were available, improving transparency and cutting...

Knight Frank says it will be September at the earliest before the current frenzy of housing market activity will stabilise. The agency’s...

Amro Partners, the Build to Rent and student accommodation operator, has launched a venture capital arm investing in PropTech and FinTech. Amro...

The cost of the average mortgage deposit has climbed £11,000 in some areas thanks to the stamp duty holiday fuelling the...

A home within 500 metres of a tube or railway station in London will carry a massive premium compared to a...

Buyers are not told the true scale of flood risk in many properties - and the rush to beat the stamp...

A senior estate agent says even if the restrictions easing lockdown, still formally scheduled for June 21, are delayed by several...

The government has dismissed a call for reform of the stamp duty system, which would have meant the tax would apply...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says its monthly sentiment measure of house prices is at its highest level since 1988. A...

An industry supplier is urging agents to dust off old prospects to build their pipeline and keep the market boom going...

An app that promotes both on- and off-market homes to prospective buyers has linked up with a moving service PropTech platform.  Houso...

Over 500,000 homebuyers in England are set to benefit from the stamp duty holiday to the tune of £3.4 billion, according...

A recent survey run by mio revealed that almost 50% of home movers selected their estate agent because they liked them....

Despite the vast amount of publicity given to the concept of virtual viewing, a survey suggests relatively few properties on sale...

In the third part of this series, Neil Cobbold – Chief Sales Officer at rental payment automation provider PayProp – explores...

There are over 700,000 homes marked Sold Subject to Contract and going through conveyancing right now, according to a new Rightmove...

A delighted couple sent “thank you” gifts of jewellery to three staff at an agency after moving into their dream home. The...

Annual house price inflation is now at its strongest level in nearly seven years, says the Halifax House Price Index. The average...

There are now more mortgage products available than at any time since the start of the pandemic in March 2021. Data from...

An estate agency says disgruntled and delayed property buyers are fast falling out of love with the stamp duty holiday, which...

Agents have given their backing to the government’s First Homes initiative, offering discounted houses for local people and key workers and...

Prices in prime central London grew by 0.3 per cent in the year to May - tiny rise but a significant...

Independent agents come in all shapes, sizes and looks, many with their own USPs and little quirks. It is this variety...

The Grenfell Tower disaster in June 2017 exposed the dangers of inflammable cladding on residential tower blocks, and what has come...

The growth of the internet and technology has transformed virtually every aspect of our lives, including how we approach the property...

New research has found that homebuyers would prioritise buying a home with superfast broadband over being close to a good school.  A...

OnTheMarket has announced new functionality in a direct bid to take on Rightmove and Zoopla. The functionality, to go live within the...

New data shows no let-up on the pressure on the conveyancing sector as the stamp duty holiday and the broader economic...

The government is to answer a call made in an online petition for stamp duty to apply when contracts are exchanged,...

A new home buying platform being set up by a challenger portal has revealed details of its mortgage offer to users. OneDome...

One of the country’s leading politicians says a yet-to-be-revealed way of taxing property sales could be one way of helping homes...

Books about property are, relatively speaking, commonplace - books by estate agents are far less so, hence the interest in The...

Tech is a fantastic enabler but should never be a complete replacement for the human interactions that add real value to...

Movebutler, the digital onboarding platform from online auction specialist iamproperty, says it has some 900 agency branches signed up. These include Martin...

An anonymous conveyancer has admitted increasing fees to deter buyers and sellers in the frenzied housing market during the stamp duty...

Propertymark has thrown its weight behind the government’s First Homes initiative, describing it as “creative” and saying it’s a sign of...

Before you read on, ask yourself, how many times did you hear “we want to move, but just we can’t find...

Rightmove is to review the processes of an online platform which directly uploads sellers' property details via an app. Two years ago...

The apparent plight of first time buyers hits the headlines frequently but new research shows that second steppers face a wide...

An all-time record high of one in three properties sold for more than the original asking price last month. This is according...

Digital marketing agency Angels Media and digital platform Gazeal have announced an exclusive strategic partnership to help improve and speed up...

An unusual price forecast based on conveyancing quotes suggests the housing market is to continue busy over the summer with more...

One of the country’s leading estate agents claims some solicitors are charging exorbitant fees on transactions as they near the latest...

The head of one of the UK’s largest conveyancing legal practices is warning the property market could “fall off a cliff...

Free to list portal Residential People has launched a market intelligence platform called Prospr. This has been developed with the aim of...

It’s now over a year since the property market officially reopened after an unprecedented two-month shutdown at the height of the...

The Planning Bill, which will introduce changes to the planning system in England, was announced last week in the Queen’s Speech....

EweMove says it’s has just recorded its best-ever month for new enquiries from sellers. In April the hybrid - which is part...

A controversial league table of corporate agents’ market share is deliberately excluding Purplebricks and other online agencies.  This is despite Purplebricks this...

An analysis of over 1.6m listings by Rightmove shows a big return to normality - demand for smaller city centre properties...

London agency Benham and Reeves says a new analysis it’s conducted of the capital’s property market since last summer shows a...

A new four part TV series is to lift the lid on some of the agency activities that go on to...

In recent years, the property market has been taking steps to become more digital – with HM Land Registry leading the...

Three of the leading portals have made major announcements as the fierce rivalry between the big players continues apace.  Firstly Zoopla claims its latest...

Nationwide Building Society is to become the largest mortgage provider to reintroduce 95 per cent Loan-to-Value home loans without government support.  These...

Over 300,000 new-builds in England have been purchased using the government's Help to Buy Equity Loan since its launch in 2013. Of the...

A London agency is rejecting the suggestion that sellers are heading to the countryside - instead, it says they’re likely to move...

The asking price of a typical home in the UK has hit a third of a million pounds for the first...

A new boutique estate agency is to open in London, run by a former director of both Dexters and Hanover Residential. Jeremy...

The number of properties coming on the market is still not meeting the huge demand from buyers, but the level of...

Thousands of sales are at risk because slow searches by councils may prevent deals completing by the next stamp duty deadline. With just under...

Two former directors of the prestigious Beauchamp Estates agency in central London have set up their own new company. They say their...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, I speak to someone who has made an excellent impression on the property industry in...

A first-time-buyer couple in a part of the country renowned for its second homes and shortage of stock has praised a...

A new home buying platform set up by a challenger portal will donate £100 to charity for every transaction it fails...

London’s super prime residential market shows signs of recovery with more £5m-plus sales recorded in the first four months of 2021 than...

Increasing optimism at the success of the Coronavirus vaccine programme and the relaxation of restrictions have contributed to house prices rising...

Government leaks ahead of today’s Queen’s Speech suggest a major planning shake-up is set to stop NIMBY objectors to new homes. News...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Ben Ridgway, Group Managing Director at iamproperty. What is iamproperty...

Even before the pandemic, the estate agency sector was evolving considerably as a younger generation started buying, selling and letting homes,...

Changes to the way the property market operates over the last year - with increased flexibility and remote interactions - has...

A company which was once an early adopter of using a central resource for self-employed agents working under its name, says...

The latest Coutts Prime Property Index has revealed that activity in this sector of the market - based mostly in London...

Property owners who play it cool when it comes to marketing their home find their frustration soon becomes overheated. The constant we...

Zoopla says house builders “are at the heart of everything we do” and it is revamping its New Homes marketing offer...

The so-called race for space as the pandemic drives buyers to reconsider their lifestyle options has led to prices for prime...

Whilst it was once seen as a way to sell niche or run-down properties, auction is now a mainstream method of...

Mortgage lending has shown the biggest net increase on record according to the Bank of England.  Mortgage borrowing in March rose by...

One one in five first time buyers have been able to get a mortgage on the first attempt over the past...

The new Mayor of London, to be decided in an election tomorrow, has just received a six point set of demands...

One of the world’s leading analysts of portals has warned Boomin, OnTheMarket and others challenging Rightmove - millions have been spent...

A leading agency says the stamp duty holiday is not a big influence on the current housing market frenzy - and...

Local elections rarely set the pulse racing and this year’s poll on Thursday faces a similar problem. But this time, it’s a...

You could make about 65 more cold calls, or hold 13 more viewings, or you could take a power-nap every day...

As an estate agent, you should of course be performing robust Know Your Customer (KYC) checks as part of your Anti-Money...

Online agency Strike has used specialist eye-tracking software to analyse what attracts a buyer’s attention when scrolling through homes online — and...

Hello and welcome to Agents Do Charity as we are on the threshold of May why not get on to the...

The private treaty process has been in need of modernisation for a long time. When we open an account with a...

With property transactions taking longer than ever and many people operating at capacity, it is easy to overlook the progress made,...

A new petition has been launched asking the government to make the stamp duty holiday apply when contracts are exchanged, rather...

One in six properties sold for over the original asking price last month, higher than the proportion in February and another sign...

Around 30 people spent all night queuing outside an estate agent ahead of 14 homes going on sale - the most...

The biggest news story in town this last week – which has brought people who don’t usually like or watch football...

I was not surprised when I came across an industry article recently citing that over half of home buyers never visit...

Potential house buyers may be fine with virtual tours during lockdown periods, but as the country opens up, people are going...

A leading buying agent says the phenomenon of ‘buying unseen’ is the most dramatic property trend to have emerged from the...

A consumer financial service suggests it’s already too late for most buyers to meet the latest stamp duty holiday deadline of June...

The Nationwide Building Society has launched a product which, controversially, allows some first time buyers to borrow 5.5 times their income. From...

Iamsold, the company best known for its Modern Method of Auction online platform, has won top spot in an auction league...

Some 80 per cent of the property market will remain free of stamp duty for first-time buyers, even after the current...

A leading agent says that for every house he puts on the market, he has over 40 requests for viewings -...

Hello and welcome to another working week, and the latest on jobs and staff movement across our industry. You can be part...

From today buyers will be able to purchase properties worth up to £600,000 with just a five per cent mortgage, under...

Another week begins, another record tumbles - Rightmove this morning reports a monthly price surge of 2.1 per cent has propelled...

An analysis of the average time taken for properties from 10 leading estate agency brands to complete shows a significant increase...

Rightmove’s new Modern Method of Auction service launches on Monday.  The service - which Rightmove calls Online Conditional Auctions - will involve...

New research shared with Estate Agent Today suggest that in areas of the country almost four in 10 homes for sale...

We’re officially transitioning to summer – marked by the clocks going forward and warmer weather – just as restrictions start to...

One housing market index suggests that average house prices in England and Wales have risen by 9.8 per cent in the...

An agent in part of the UK with the strongest seller’s market claims the stock shortage is the worst he’s seen...

Our recent state of the property nation survey, which yielded nearly 350 responses from directors to junior negotiators, and many others...

The latest Moneyfacts monitor of the mortgage market suggests a significant number of new 95 per cent products - even without the...

A leading agency claims the stamp duty holiday has actually had a minimal impact in the mainstream market, despite many suggestions...

One in three property sales in England and Wales fell through before completion in the first quarter of 2021. The 32 per...

Purplebricks is this summer starting a £7m campaign in a bid to to increase market share, using a new media partner. The...

A new survey suggests 53 per cent of buyers never actually visit an estate agent’s office during the course of their...

A mortgage firm specialising in high net worth clients says the stamp duty holiday cliff edge will not impact the most expensive...

Data from agency Knight Frank suggests the number of UK exchanges last month was the highest in 10 years - well above...

A portal says it’s the most significant challenger to the Big Three of Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket. OneDome says it bases this on...

The property market has performed strongly in recent months  as the impact of the pandemic has encouraged more people to move...

A surveyors group has launched a new ‘Home Review’ service which it claims will identify structural problems which create an immediate...

One of the most outspoken campaigners against stamp duty has been fined for avoiding tens of thousands of pounds in … stamp...

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

Agents have contacted Estate Agent Today to say they fear the new MatchMaker service on the Boomin portal could be used...

The MP leading a new parliamentary committee on the housing market says a radical reform of tax would help more people move...

A high flying agent with experience at a string of top end companies has set up an online business with his...

First time buyers are now saving more than £800 a year in comparison with tenants, new analysis suggests.  The Halifax says the...

The stamp duty holiday has backfired and buyers almost everywhere are paying more for homes, rather than less. StripeHomes analysed house price...

The launch of Boomin has been and gone with, perhaps, something less than its expected fanfare of publicity. Of course there are...

We are just over one year on from the day our lives truly changed, when the UK went into its first...

Estate agents play a key role in identifying tax savings that can benefit all parties. If a purchaser can benefit from...

First off, happy Good Friday to all our readers. Here’s to a great, if still slightly different, long Easter bank holiday...

A prominent London agency says today’s new two per cent stamp duty surcharge imposed on most overseas buyers will not dampen...

Targeting the specialist student rental market can be rewarding for letting agents and landlords if they take the right approach. The current...

First the good news - estate agents are trusted more than politicians and no less than bankers. Now the bad news:...

NAEA Propertymark says a record number of transactions are taking four months to move from offer to exchange. The organisation says this...

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

With just days before the launch of new portal Boomin, Rightmove says it’s hit a record 9.1m visits in a 24...

The Chancellor’s recent announcement that the stamp duty holiday would be extended for another three months was undoubtedly great news for...

We recently launched our state of the property nation survey – a two-minute poll designed to give estate and letting agents...

The stamp duty holiday frenzy has reduced the gap between asking and sale prices according to new research. Before the start of...

Data from Rightmove suggests a sharp increase in the number of chain-free properties on the market because sellers are increasingly willing...

On Monday, we launched our state of the property nation survey – a 14-question poll designed to give estate and letting...

Another house price index shows a super-charged housing market with prices rising 7.5 per cent in the year to January according...

The original stamp duty freeze, which started in July 2020, has already helped push house prices to a record high and...

Residential transactions totalled 147,050 last month according to HMRC - that’s 23 per cent higher than the previous month and an...

The London housing market is enjoying the end of the lull before the storm, according to a leading buying agent. Sara Ransom...

The Building Societies Association says there’s been a surge in consumer confidence in the housing market following the Budget. Some 37 per...

Zoopla has crunched the numbers for the continuing stamp duty holiday in England and Northern Ireland, calculating 500,000 buyers will have...

The Law Society is to pilot upfront conveyancers’ information for home buyers and sellers. This will involve the TA6 form which contains...

The Conservatives have promised that first time buyers would not pay tax when buying a home in Wales if the party wins...

Will Rightmove still be the dominant portal by 2030? Will Boomin really shake up the industry as Purplebricks did before it?...

OnTheMarket has completed its purchase of PropTech firm Glanty - a deal which began 15 months ago.   OTM took an initial 20...

One year on from the UK’s first stay-at-home order, London has been overtaken as the most searched-for location on Rightmove, according...

The total value of the UK’s housing stock has hit a record £7.56 trillion despite the pandemic. The calculation - by Savills,...

London’s residential market appears to be showing renewed signs of life thanks to the rollout of the government roadmap and vaccine...

On Monday next week, Estate Agent Today will launch its state of the property nation survey, a 14-question poll for UK...

Uncertain market means additional revenue streams are more important than ever The last year has been an uncertain period for many business...

Later this year, on October 22, the ESTAS 2021 will take place in London. The glittering ceremony will welcome property professionals...

One of the companies at the heart of the campaign to provide more upfront information to prospective buyers has struck a...

An industry group charged with trying to make house buying simpler and quicker says it’s made a breakthrough on ‘upfront’ information...

The UK is only the eighth most popular country for Asian investment buyers, and accounts for just three per cent of...

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

Rightmove says the excess of demand over supply right now is bigger than at any time over the past decade -...

Another leading research team in a major agency has revised upwards its forecast for the 2021 market. Savills revised its predictions recently...

Following the fluctuation of the property market during the UK’s first national lockdown, the industry was given a lifeline by the...

High end purchasers of homes in London paid 15 per cent of the stamp duty in 2020, yet the value of...

A broker has launched the UK’s longest-ever fixed rate mortgage, with no early repayment charge or exit fees - the first product...

The increasingly common live-streaming of property viewings is becoming a source of lead generation according to an industry supplier. The creators of...

The latest breakdown of the stamp duty holiday extension has given a first estimate of the total number of deals to...

The property sector is in the middle of a boom and demand is high. Last week’s announcement that the stamp duty...

Over the last year, the majority of the UK workforce will have spent some time working from home as a result...

Mortgage availability has risen for the fifth consecutive month according to respected market monitor Moneyfacts. With 3,532 products on offer, this is...

Automatically changing the main marketing photo on a portal listing can attract up to 40 per cent more traffic, it has...

Savills has upgraded its house price and transaction forecasts following the Budget - and prime London, especially the centre, is tipped to...

The latest house price index from the Halifax suggests the market has softened ahead of the original scheduled end of the stamp...

As a property agent, fancy marketing terminology such as ‘omnichannel’ might not hold too much interest for you right now. We’re in...

A panel of estate agents recently participated in a webinar to discuss the benefits of livestream open house viewings. The webinar, part...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Dan Muir, Area Sales Manager, LetsBid Property What is LetsBid and...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Jake Field - Area Sales Manager What is lets bid Property...

Agents in England are told that sellers should market their homes by March 23 - only 18 days from now - if...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, I speak with Anthony Payne, Managing Director and co-founder of LonRes, a data and network...

Rarely do Budgets produce positive sentiments from the agency industry but Chancellor Rishi Sunak appears to have won widespread support for...

The government has issued an official note to detail the announcement made yesterday by Chancellor Rishi Sunak regarding stamp duty holiday...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak says the stamp duty holiday on properties up to £500,000 will be extended from March 31 to June 30; from...

Today’s Budget is the most eagerly-anticipated for many years, as it juggles to shore up the economy with the longer-term issue...

A surge in demand from buyers, even those unlikely to benefit from the stamp duty holiday, offers hope for the market...

It's been confirmed that Foxtons has bought rival London-focussed agency Douglas & Gordon. In a trading statement this morning Foxtons tells its...

No fewer than 79 per cent of people want the stamp duty holiday extended according to a survey conducted by an...

Mortgage approvals declined slightly in January as the market braces itself for the end of the stamp duty holiday - currently...

Labour has accused the government of promoting “sky high mortgages” instead of providing stable accommodation for younger households. A new mortgage guarantee...

Challenger portal OneDome has signed up one of the larger UK agencies, the Leaders Romans Group. LRG will list all its residential sales...

A radical way to end the current stamp duty holiday has been suggested by three different legal bodies. The Society of Licensed...

With just two days to go, it's fair to say the property industry is eagerly awaiting Chancellor Rishi Sunak's Budget statement...

A new mortgage guarantee scheme to help buyers with small deposits will be revealed on Wednesday at the Budget. Chancellor Rishi Sunak...

An estate agency is this month launching packs of up-front information for buyers in a bid to speed sales and reduce fall-throughs.  Miles...

A leading agent says the worst thing that could happen with Wednesday’s Budget is if the Chancellor does not deliver on...

Pre-pandemic, virtual and video viewings were a nice little add-on for some agents, but they were far from universally used and...

Honesty is a concept that journalists will tell their readers is non-existent for estate agents. Yeah, right! But as the end...

A prominent conveyancer has hit out at the extension to the stamp duty holiday, which is now ending in late June and...

Much of the agency industry has reacted with delight at the extension of the stamp duty holiday deadline until June. Rightmove estimates...

In this tips article, the experts at GoodMove provide expert insight into the remortgage process. Remortgaging is the process of changing your...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak will extend the stamp duty holiday deadline until the end of June - a three month extension. The lead...

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

A new study suggests that the end of the stamp duty holiday should not significantly dent the purchasing pattens of buy...

Conveyancing volumes rose 27 per cent in just one month as the sector attempts to cope with huge demand prompted by...