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Hard not to mention two major breaking news stories of recent days; one directly affecting the property market and one which...

Over the past year I've had so many conversations with agents telling me how they feel that offering a premium customer...

Has the bell finally tolled for online agencies? Emoov’s collapse and an investor revolt over crowdfunding have left a large question...

Estate agency Strutt & Parker says that despite Brexit and the economic and political uncertainty accompanying it, house prices in the...

One of the country’s most influential bodies says house price rises over 2019 will be limited to around two per cent...

Whatever one thinks about online estate agencies, it’s a cause of genuine sadness when people lose their jobs - close proximity...

Thanks to vast improvements in processing powers, the use of virtual reality (VR) in some sectors is becoming more evident than...

The chief executive of online agency HouseSimple says “sellers need to be prepared and willing to lower their expectations” in the current...

Young people whose parents have property wealth are now almost three times as likely to be homeowners by the age of...

A tweet from Purplebricks’ chief executive Michael Bruce suggests that the agency may be about to play a role in the Emoov...

A statement by the administrators appointed by Emoov says there are prospective buyers for the listings on the online agency and...

The chief executive of Emoov and the founder of the new portal Rummage4Property had a dramatic spat on Twitter just hours...

An end-of-year analysis from the National Association of Estate Agents shows the state of the industry - and it confirms just...

House prices showed an unexpected pre-Christmas boost last last month but worries about Brexit remain foremost for buyers according to the...

Figures released by the government over the weekend show that 14,867 Help To Buy equity loans were taken out in the...

A high-end estate agency selling some of the country’s most expensive homes says the possible currency falls resulting from Brexit chaos...

One of the country’s top buying agents says he expects 2019 to be a much better year than 2018 as Brexit...

Yet another estate agency has announced that it’s shutting branches and opening a centralised hub. This time it’s Newman Property Experts, a...

The global chief executive of Purplebricks, Michael Bruce, has warned mortgage lenders against offering so-called ‘super-sized’ home loans to borrowers.  Bruce is...

Data from the National Association of Estate Agents suggests that the number of registered buyers per member branch has slumped to...

Mainstream bank lending for house purchases grew by 3.6 per cent in October compared to the same month last year. However the...

The debate about online auction charges levied on buyers continues this morning with the release of figures showing that one company...

A no-deal Brexit The biggest impact of a no-deal Brexit in relation to housing is a potential fall in house prices -...

The future of online agency Emoov remains in the balance this weekend with talks continuing between the management and possible buyers. On...

Yorkshire agency Linley & Simpson is on the acquisition trail yet again - and it’s revealed its eighth deal of the...

A consumer group which has already expressed alarm at some aspects of the so-called ‘Modern Method of Auction’ says it has...

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

A senior figure in the Knight Frank agency says those buyers who may be expecting Brexit-inspired bargains in the so-called ‘super...

Photos and floor plans remain an essential tool in property marketing. Despite a wealth of choice from aspiring UK PropTech start-ups the...

The latest research from online estate agency Emoov shows at least one silver lining to the current Brexit-hit housing market -...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has launched a new guide in a bid to end what it calls inconsistencies and...

Time appears to be running short for the sale of troubled online agency Emoov. An Emoov insider has told Estate Agent Today...

Every cloud has a silver lining, and a high end prime central London estate agent appears to have found one from...

Given that online property portals, dominated by a handful of websites, are by far the most popular home search method, it...

How will things be done in the future? There’s no knowing, of course, given the many variables at play, but it’s...

Conveyancing regularly adds unnecessary and costly delays to the home buying process and improvement could be far quicker than any efforts...

Estate agents are missing around half of the conveyancing referral opportunities they could take, according to a new report.  PropTech firm OneDome...

An online auction platform which works with estate agents says this method of selling homes works, with four sales in one...

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

Hard-pressed buyers who try to minimise house moving costs by doing their own conveyancing have been warned of the disastrous consequences...

It’s been reported that Nested, an estate agency launched two years ago, has received a massive £120m cash injection from venture capitalists. Nested, which...

A digital conveyancing platform says a lack of transparency in the house moving process - particularly regarding legal costs - is...

Coutts Private Bank is the latest institution to express its concern over London’s housing market. The latest Courts London Prime Property Index...

Homes that require major structural work have asking prices which are on average £40,000 below the market norm, according to research...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? It just says “Agent” for, at the end of the...

A business rates tax break which benefits holiday home owners is to be reviewed by ministers, who have now launched a formal...

A new company is claiming to reduce chain collapses during sales by creating a lockout agreement, also known as a reservation agreement. Property...

Latest figures on the central London market from franchise giant Winkworth show that viewings dropped 20 per cent in the third...

It’s the most obvious visual medium high street agents have at their disposal, and for many decades has been absolutely pivotal...

On the face of it, this year’s Budget was not what you could describe as ‘housing heavy’ in terms of the...

Savills has issued its forecast for the housing market for the next five years, and while it highlights some bright spots...

Experts suggest that overseas buyers are likely to act quickly to take advantage of a delay in any stamp duty surcharge on...

A firm which links with agents to operate online auctions has hit back at a consumer group's allegations that this growing sector...

You know the shiver you get when the portal reps call you out of the blue? That cold sweat in the...

Estate agency and property consultancy JLL is offering a clip-on accessory which it claims can be put on to a mobile...

A consumer group says agents are securing increasing income from online auctions, but it warns that for buyers there are pitfalls...

The agency industry has reacted in a broadly downbeat way at the relatively few housing-related proposals that were announced in yesterday’s...

New figures from the Mortgage Advice Bureau give an insight into the changing demographics of home buyers and buy to let...

Stamp duty relief for first time buyers of full-priced houses and apartments is to be extended to first time buyers of...

Strutt & Parker is bucking the trend on High Street offices by opening a new one - and in this case,...

Perhaps it’s been our pre-occupation with Brexit, or on the other hand maybe we’re bored with politics, but this year’s Budget...

An open rental market, where neither landlord nor tenant is in a dominant position, enables rents to rise and fall, which...

Fewer than 15 per cent of owners go on to sell their home with the same agency they bought it through,...

Zoopla says 38 per cent of properties on sale have had their asking prices slashed. That’s a five per cent rise since...

Mortgage approvals fell again in September - this means that every month of 2018 so far has seen a drop against...

Given that ‘UK buyers are the most digitally active home hunters’, with HSBC’s Beyond the Bricks report stating that 90% of...

Not so long ago, the best estate agents were those who did the best work for their clients and therefore built...

One of London’s most prominent buying agencies says post-Brexit the interest in buying in the capital will return - whether there...

Data from HM Revenue & Customs shows some 98,400 homes were sold across the UK in September - that’s slightly lower...

Transactions across England and Wales in September dropped 7.6 per cent year on year while Prime Central London now sees fewer than...

A new junior estate agent apprenticeship standard has been launched with skills being offered for residential, commercial and auction sectors. Created by...

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

Cash used to be king in the housing market but new figures released today show that in the first half of...

Few things anger the industry more than the effect of stamp duty and other costs on property transactions (well, maybe Purplebricks...

A leading London estate agency is reporting a surge in overseas buyers sealing deals ahead of the government’s new stamp duty...

A new estate agency has come up with a novel way of taking prospective purchasers around its patch - by using...

The culture of impatience and instant gratification has a lot to answer for. It has forced the hand of the property...

The number of house sales falling through before completion is on the increase according to data collated by a home buying...

A service which describes itself as an alternative to part exchange has been launched to facilitate sales to ‘corporate property buyers’. It’s...

Figures from the mortgage lenders’ umbrella group, UK Finance, suggest the government desire to see more first time buyers and fewer...

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

Just under one in five buyers in the past two years have suffered moving day delays, either because funds have been...

The cost of new-build leasehold properties has surged 16 times faster than freeholds according to research from property investment platform. The revelation...

Is Help To Buy going to remain in existence for much longer? Question marks over the scheme’s future are being raised through...

We’re sorry to be starting the week with more evidence of the housing market in the doldrums, but Rightmove’s latest index...

Price cutting is becoming the new norm as the market adapts to reduced interest from buyers, according to property listings platform...

It’s time to sort the wheat from the chaff when it comes to overseas buyers of property. If you listen to Theresa...

I’ve spoken many times before of my desire to see government take property more seriously. For more than just lip service...

Local business reviews are becoming increasingly important for reputation management, with recent research showing 90% of consumers read online reviews before...

The government has unveiled a new body which, it claims, will raise agency standards. There is a long-standing commitment from the government...

Savills is warning that heightened uncertainty around Brexit negotiations will delay recovery in the prime central London housing market for up...

The latest market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests the number of properties on estate agents’ books is now nearing...

A new survey claims to have found the five issues that prospective buyers wish they had checked out ahead of purchase...

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an advertisement for a new development in London after complaints over claims about the yields...

A government minister has told the estate agency industry that it must be more transparent over the issue of referral fees. In...

Strutt & Parker is offering free Virtual Viewings to 1,000 new clients, and says it's the first national agency to offer such...

Knight Frank appears to have shrugged off the problems hitting the high end of the housing market, reporting a 14 per...

Even the cheapest local homes are out of reach for at least 40 per cent of young adults according to a...

One estate agent has described the latest price fall announced by the Halifax as “quite a retreat” for the housing market...

“Do we really need another tax?” - that’s the question from a new buying agency, querying why the government wants to...

Several agents have asked me whether they should consider ditching their high street offices and move to an out of town...

Google celebrated its 20th birthday last month. Yes, it might be hard to recall a time when it wasn’t integral in...

When Facebook first announced it would be entering the property listings market a few weeks ago it sent shockwaves across the...

The head of a leading Chinese property portal has taken the unusual step of commenting on a British tax policy -...

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...

An insurance company is launching a policy which it says will protect consumers with comprehensive cover in the event of a...

One of the industry’s best respected trainers and consultants has outlined six key reasons why agents should keep offices on the...

One of London’s highest profile and most outspoken estate agent chiefs has scolded ‘Maybot’ Theresa May on the day she is to...

House prices grew two per cent year on year for September according to new figures - and a senior agency chief...

A website has officially launched this morning, aiming to push the concept of US-style For Sale By Owner online property marketing...

The government, which only recently said there would be one Ombudsman covering the entire housing sector, has announced that there is...

Agents have continued to express their shock and opposition to the announcement by the government that it wants a stamp duty...

Figures released by HMRC over the weekend show another huge rise in stamp duty going to the Treasury - and that’s...

Sales of properties to first time buyers have hit their lowest level for three years according to data from the National...

Experts suggest that overseas buyers are likely to act quickly to take advantage of the delay in any stamp duty surcharge...

The government has used this week’s Conservative party conference to announce a new stamp duty tax of one per cent to three...

You will perhaps have seen recently that the Government has decided to boost funding to the regulator, the National Trading Standards...

The income first-time buyers need to purchase a home in the UK’s largest cities has shot up by 18 per cent...

Auction House London raised more than £15m in its latest auction, where it saw the biggest catalogue in its history go...

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

An estate agency trading under two different names has been expelled by The Property Ombudsman after refusing to refund a £2,000...

Estate agents say the continuing gentle slowdown reflected in the latest government house price figures will be the story of the...

HM Land Registry says the full roll-out of its Local Land Charges digital register could take up to seven years, with...

Those of you who receive (and read) my Sunday PropTech Review will know that, by far and away, the most shared...

A buying agency says it has secured a prime London property for one of its clients at almost 40 per cent...

The old cliche about statistics may be cruel but the government has perhaps left itself open to its use after announcing...

With the news that Hunters and Fisher German are the latest agencies to offer online auctions to sellers, is this something...

A London estate agent who works closely with High Net Worth overseas buyers has hit out a proposed law which he...

Rightmove is reporting a mini-boom as the autumn market gets into gear, with a surge in buyers and a one-month rise...

An estate agency is pioneering a new business model in which it charges no commission whatsoever to the vendor. Freeagent247, an online...

Hunters and Fisher German are the latest agencies to offer online auctions to vendors. An announcement from PropTech property auction company Bamboo...

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

The raison d'être for estate agents everywhere is to get their properties noticed! It’s as simple as that. These days you’re likely...

A website claim by the London estate agency Moveli has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority after a complaint from...

The Property Ombudsman has urged the government to bring the new homes build sector under consumer redress. New builds are not currently...

Almost all buyers of new build houses who purchased a leasehold regret doing so, and the vast majority say they definitely wouldn't...

A 'new breed' estate agency with no shop front, which uses bloggers to market its properties, has announced the opening of...

Speculation is growing that the Help to Buy scheme is set to be discontinued following a review by government ministers. Recent research...

In a surprise weekend announcement the government has almost doubled funding for the National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team - the...

Property sellers have been on the back foot over the slow summer period, according to the latest report from NAEA Propertymark....

Over a fifth of pensioners say they would be encouraged to downsize if there was a stamp duty incentive - particularly...

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

In our previous 2 blogs we have covered the definitions of the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations (CPRs) and what the practical...

A downbeat report from property investment specialist London Central Portfolio says “there are very few causes for optimism in the domestic...

Some 31 per cent of first time buyers residing in London ended up moving away from the capital to purchase a...

There’s little doubt that downsizing is less of a factor in the housing market than it used to be - so...

Out and about recently, I got to thinking: how often do I actually have the call for cash anymore? Or, for...

After gaining my MBA qualification from Edinburgh Business School in 2005, I took careful consideration over my career moves and prospective...

A new survey suggests that face-to-face contact is still valued by buyers and sellers. Research by Winkworth, questioning over 1,000 people who...

Data from the buying agency Black Brick reveals just how big an impact has been made by the additional homes stamp...

In our previous blog, we looked at the definitions outlined by the CPRs. In our next blog we’ll look at the...

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

Rightmove says the housing market is now into a ‘summer sale’ as newly-marketed property shows an average asking price fall of...

More than 420,000 people have now used the government’s Help to Buy schemes to get themselves on to the housing ladder...

Home ownership among the young has fallen across all income groups according to a large scale research project looking at adults...

There’s been another call for the government to reform stamp duty - and this time the request is that the duty...

Rumours abound over the future of Countrywide, which lost further share value on Friday, closing very slightly down on the day...

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

Welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today - and as ever we have a breakdown of key moves within our industry. To...

When Oakland A’s, a small-market team, stunned the baseball world 16 years ago by transforming itself into world-beaters on a shoestring-budget,...

Research by Estate Agent Today reveals that there have been 12 different stamp duty regimes in the UK since the Millennium. What’s...

LonRes says transactions in prime locations in London dropped another six per cent when the second quarter of 2018 is compared...

A respected mortgage broker has found that there is widespread public uncertainty amongst the public about the effects of stamp duty...

New property listings in July were down 6.0 per cent across the UK and down no less than 12.7 per cent...

Winkworth is beefing up its services for franchise owners with expanded support teams for its IT, Client Services and China departments.  Winkworth’s...

The EY ITEM Club, regarded as one of the most influential groups of economists in the UK, says it’s still “dubious”...

The number of properties withdrawn from the market in the second quarter of this year was greater than the number of...

The London market continues to produce unexpected results with two high end agencies reporting contrasting fortunes.  Half year figures released by Chestertons...

We may be well into August but there’s little sign of a holiday for our industry, with a string of big...

The former Chancellor George Osborne - architect of drastic stamp duty reform - has come out fighting to defend the tax...

Making my way to our London office on a busy commuter train, my mind got busy thinking about the new do-it-yourself...

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

An analysis of HMRC stamp duty statistics for the second quarter of this year suggest that receipts are down 13.8 per...

The Financial Times this morning says that Countrywide suffered a failed bond issue earlier this year, forcing it to rely on...

A government announcement this morning claims 121,500 first time buyers have taken advantage of the stamp duty cut introduced at the...

A leading buying agency is warning about asking prices that are higher than those acceptable to mortgage companies who therefore down-value...

The latest market snapshot released by the National Association of Estate Agents’ shows the challenges faced by the industry right now. The...

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 continued indecision surrounding Brexit and the final divorce settlement still months away, it seems property buyers are choosing to...

The couple at the centre of a court case about agents’ fees say the issue could have been resolved earlier had...

The latest transaction figures from HM Revenue and Customs make depressing reading - a three per cent drop between May and...

One of the country’s largest regional agencies is moving into the sale of homes overseas despite Brexit uncertainty and concern over...

Another day, another housing minister – at least that’s what it feels like! The resignation of the Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson...

If you’re an estate agent and have a property that is difficult to sell or the homeowner simply needs a fast...

The creators of a website using market data to define postcodes as hosting a seller’s market or a buyer’s market have...

HM Land Registry calculates that 125,000 buyers will benefit from just the first phase of its digitisation programme for Local Land...

Agents appear to be getting more pessimistic over the housing market as the latest government figures show prices still growing - but...

House prices in London are projected to fall in the short-term, down by two per cent by the end of 2018...

The consumer group Which? says some estate agents are misleading buyers about in-house mortgage services.  The consumer group has issued a number...

Asking prices are at a virtual standstill as the summer lull kicks in, according to the latest Rightmove index. New seller asking...

Amid the headline-grabbing political manoeuvring over Brexit, a policy proposal which could have serious ramifications for private landlords, and those who...

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...

One of the UK’s leading group of economic experts has repeated its warning that housing market is not going to see...

An estate agency chain has produced strikingly successful sales figures for the first half of the year - evidence, it says,...

An outspoken high-end London estate agent says millionaire foreign buyers purchasing “cheap” properties in the capital represent what he calls “the...

Two more price reports from high-end agencies make grim reading about the prime London housing market. New data from Savills suggests that...

The government says its funding schemes such as Help To Buy will no longer be applied to what it calls “unjustified...

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...

So here’s the thing. It’s summer - not much going on, school holidays about to start, industry publications filling out space...

Wary buyers reluctant to risk buying a premium-priced property in the volatile prime central London market are adopting a perhaps-surprising tactic...

Total mortgage approvals by the main High Street banks increased three per cent in May over the same month last year...

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...

To say this is a turbulent time for UK politics would be something of an understatement. As I write, the Brexit...

In recent weeks, you could have been forgiven for thinking that you’re not actually in the UK.  Flash floods aside, the...

The Money editor of The Mirror newspaper has finally sold a home he first put on the market in late 2016...

A major hybrid agency says there is a huge ‘reality gap’ between the typical asking price of homes on sale and the...

Prime London’s transactions are now the preserve of so-called ‘needs-based buyers’ and not investors according to high-end agency Knight Frank -...

Potential first-time buyers in every area of the UK would have lower monthly outgoings if they bought a property rather than...

The housing market “is clearly currently struggling to gain traction” and any real upturn ”will remain elusive over the coming months”...

Savills has suggested that it may be time for a fundamental review of what’s left of the flagship policy of Margaret...

Summer is traditionally the time of the year when the property market slows down, with people going away on their holidays...

So what did you think of the match? A deserved 2-1 win or a lucky victory snatched from the jaws of...

There’s been a landslide vote to ban new-build second homes in another tourist hotspot. Some 90 per cent of those who voted...

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

One of the country’s best known regional traditional agencies, Pygott and Crone, has used a promotion in local news outlets to...

An auction house says it was “scoffed at” four years ago when it began offering online options to customers - but...

Prices grew at a faster than expected rate last month according to the Halifax House Price Index, which has reported a...

London estate agency Kay & Co says it is targeting Chinese buyers following research data produced by a portal. The China property...

A poll of housing market experts suggests London house prices are likely to fall this year as a result of Brexit...

A property portal that describes itself as free-to-list has launched today, taking the industry by surprise - however, at least one...

Major auction companies continue to claim successes despite the challenging housing market. Auction House says a recent auction of London properties produced...

As the process of making buying and selling more transparent continues to gather pace, the body that regulates conveyancers says it...

A magazine which earlier this year claimed that two big corporates pressured customers to use their preferred mortgage brokers has now...

Last time out I looked at the growing importance of content, social media and design – but these should only form...

One of the country’s leading experts on the housing market says first time buyers are still hampered from purchasing homes despite...

A new online platform claims agents can now offer people a chance to buy a property with, literally, just one click...

One of London’s best known high-end estate agents, Gary Hersham, says corruption crackdowns in this country and overseas may be deterring...

The housing market has swung back in favour of property sellers, according to the latest data from estate agents. NAEA Propertymark's Housing...

The Bank of Mum and Dad will provide funding towards around a quarter of property purchases this year, according to research. By...

National estate agency Jackson-Stops claims that the 3% stamp duty surcharge on additional homes is still confusing buyers, despite being in...

Breakdowns within property chains are the most common cause of fall throughs, according to a new study. Over the last ten years,...

Sotheby's International Realty has launched what it claims to be the first 'real estate-branded' augmented reality (AR) app. 'Curate', which is now...

In an era when we are never far away from our phones, tablets or laptops, buying and selling property is benefitting...

To demonstrate the lengths some buyers will go to make sure their offer is accepted, NAEA Propertymark has asked its agent...

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

An estate agent claims that online property listings which include video tours receive 'hundreds more views' than those without. Dan Killeen of...

Research by Zoopla suggests that homeowners' confidence in the property market is on the rise.  The property website's latest Housing Market Sentiment...

Property sellers in Scotland are profiting from buyers' willingness to pay above asking price for a home.  This is according to portal...

The latest data from Rightmove indicates that the average national asking price has reached another all-time high of £308,075 following a...

High-end London chain Marsh & Parsons, part of the LSL Property Services empire, has opened in 30th office in Chiswick.  “Chiswick’s wonderful...

A new report suggests Capital Gains Tax changes coming into effect next year are worrying a large majority of wealthy overseas...

The Court of Appeal has overturned controversial fraud decisions which have a bearing on agents’ and conveyancers’ responsibilities for checking buyers’...

The chief executive of Winkworth says the upcoming Brexit is creating uncertainty and causing buyers and investors to delay purchasing plans. Dominic Agace,...

One in five sellers suffer a fall-through costing them an average £2,700 - but many lose £5,000 or more. These are the...

New data from Haart estate agency suggests that despite many homes sticking on the market, apparently would be buyers are locked...

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee has decided to keep the base rate unchanged at 0.5 per cent this month. The...

Estate Agent Today understands several major national agencies and some smaller operators are involved in a project to understand why transaction...

The Financial Conduct Authority says house buyers need more help to find the best priced and most appropriate mortgage deal for their...

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

Here’s some good news to take into the Bank Holiday weekend.  Research undertaken by Estate Agent Today suggests that fees charged by...

Several agencies operating under different brand names in south east England have been retitled under just one, called Alexander & Co.  This...

A major regional agent is calling on others to join it in an initiative to create a more friendly and welcoming...

New online auction house BidX1 says it has raised £2,087,000 from its second UK auction, posting a 70 per cent success...

I have sold hundreds of lettings businesses over the last twenty-five years. Based on this experience, these are the mistakes that you...

The managing director of troubled estate agency Humberts says he has been “inundated” with prospective buyers since news broke over last...

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

James Brokenshire - yesterday appointed Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government - joins the rank of senior politicians...

Only one property in every eight sold in the current market succeeds in achieving its asking price - while no fewer than...

Research from the Nationwide suggests that the share of cash transactions has declined over the past 18 months, at least partly...

Given the level of resource and energy being put behind upping the number of first-time buyers in the UK, you might...

Figures from the Treasury suggest that the annual revenue from stamp duty for the year to the end of March is...

Fewer mortgages were approved for home buyers last month than in the same month a year ago according to figures from...

Coutts bank has issued a starkly pessimistic snapshot of prime London’s housing landscape, reporting price falls, valuation mark-downs and slower sales...

Leading housing analyst Kate Faulkner says the current low transaction level is “a little scary” because with so few sellers, buyers...

A new study reveals precisely how little first time buyers apparently understand about the buying process.  In a survey of 500 people...

An umbrella body representing search organisations says searches “are very rarely the cause of delays” in transactions. The Council of Property Search...

The average number of viewings received by properties before a sale is agreed has risen from 11 in 2015 to 19...

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

Estate agent licensing will reduce competition, make buying and selling homes more expensive, and add another layer of red tape to...

Property purchases for buyers requiring mortgages reached 50,000 in February, the highest level for the month since 2007.  The data, from mortgage...

As the estate agency business in England moves towards being more robust with professional qualifications and higher standards being introduced, there...

A central London buying agent says she was once offered a bribe by an estate agent to try to persuade a...

Purplebricks has returned to the fray after recent controversies with a claim that home owners saved themselves over £140m in commission...

Prices of new-to-the-market property rose by a modest 0.4 per cent over the past month says Rightmove - but that’s enough...

The announcement that MPs will set up a Select Committee to probe the scale of money laundering in the UK property...

The latest mortgage snapshot from e.surv has reinforced recent claims from other sources that London’s housing market remains the most difficult...

The Conveyancing Association has backed the government’s calls for extensive reform of the buying and selling process, announced at the weekend. The...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Awais Ahmad - Founder and CEO of Hystreet (I don’t...

To say I had a lot of reaction to last week's column about selling my flat would be an understatement. I've never...

The proportion of first time buyers in the market is still 11 per cent below the level seen before the 2008...

The number of house sales falling through pre-completion during the first quarter of 2018 reached its highest level for this time...

The conveyancing industry regulator has thrown its weight behind the government’s proposals to improve the buying and selling process.  Stephen Ward, director of strategy...

  More details have emerged of the government’s proposals to enhance estate agency regulation, regulate referral fees, offer guides for buyers and...

The government has announced further measures which will, in its words, “professionalise” house buying and the estate agency business. In yet another Sunday...

Floor plans are an essential marketing tool, which play an important part in helping an estate agent sell a home.  A floor...

In the modern marketplace – where people live their lives on their smartphones and tablets, social media has a bigger influence...

Barclays is next week launching a so-called ‘green mortgage’ which links the loan to the Energy Performance Certificate rating of the...

The online agency HouseSimple is to use a video blogger to stay in a property on sale and promote it via...

You don’t have to look far to see an abundance of photo failures, just head to any property portal and they’ll pop...