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Despite increasing public debate and media spotlight on energy efficiency, the issue appears relatively unimportant to seven out of eight buyers according to...

A portal says many buyers feel disappointed when viewing a property becuase it is typically smaller than agents’ photographs suggest.  MoveStreets claims...

2021 redefined what it meant to offer exceptional customer experiences for consumers across multiple industries, but particularly for the residential property...

The Modern Method of Auction (MMoA), also known as Conditional auction, can sometimes get a bad rap. However, much of the...

Remarkably, just 11 per cent of property sales fell through in the third quarter of this year as buyers raced to beat...

Agents are being advised to go above and beyond the legal requirements for anti-money laundering requirements.  Paul Offley, compliance officer for The...

One of the country’s leading buying agents has set out what’s hot and what’s not in London’s housing market as it...

The  housing market is not immune from the supply shortage hitting the economy, according to Knight Frank - with London the...

Fine & Country has opened another office - this time in Exeter, one of the most popular locations to which people...

There were 13 new buyers for every property listed for sale in the UK in September according to Knight Frank.  Over the...

Agent wages have been in the news this week, with boastful claims from a number of self-employed businesses about the sums...

Many agents working in the industry, whether for large corporates or smaller independents, might one day have ambitions to branch out...

The property industry and its many stakeholders are key participants in a global digital transformation that has been underway for quite...

In the latest exclusive interview for our Weekend Features section, EAT's video reporter Chris Buckler - an agent himself with Keller...

House prices rose by the most in almost 15 years in September ahead of the end of the stamp duty holiday.  The...

The telecoms solutions company behind "Phone-in-a-Phone" (PiP) now brings property professionals the UK's first mobile-only business phone system in an app...

An agency says individual agents operating as self-employed can earn up to £64,000 more per year than fully-employed counterparts. Nested says the average UK...

British homebuyers take an average of 25 seconds to decide whether a house is right for them, according to Purplebricks. As a...

I recently took part in a webinar hosted by ICG (The Innovation Collaboration Group) – titled ‘New estate agency revenue streams...

It’s a truism that most property enquiries from buyers these days come through portals but there are several reasons why agents...

An interesting demand has been made of Chancellor Rishi Sunak - to consider reforming stamp duty with thresholds revised to reflect...

Rightmove - which for some time has linked solely with iamsold to provide the controversial Modern Method of Auction system to...

Propertymark has spoken out over the Pandora Papers leak scandal, which reveals many elite and super-rich buyers of properties in London...

Prices in prime central London have risen for the past two quarters, prompting a tentative claim that the market may be...

A leading market commentator is warning that transactions and prices will fall without the stimulus of the stamp duty holiday. Karen Noye,...

Foxtons has launched a new high-end department called Foxtons Private Office in a bid to woo the richest domestic and international...

In this piece, Tom Davis, press officer at Propertymark, explores the debate surrounding a locked or open-door policy, and whether the...

Estate agents, even before Covid-19 reared its ugly head, were flexible, hybrid workers. It is a job that requires a significant...

The stamp duty holiday concluded at midnight, marking the end of the busiest period for the industry - all parts of...

House prices rose by just 0.1 per cent in September - but they are still increasing by 10 per cent a...

One of the leading figures in trade body Propertymark wants stamp duty to be reformed, and claims that the success of...

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

As we move into the autumn of 2021, what the coming year has in store for estate agents is something we...

A government report suggests that house prices are rising at three times the national rate in some rural and coastal areas...

Foxtons has given details of the PropTech it uses to help improve leads and business decisions.  The agency, which has some 50 offices...

An estate agency that charges buyers not sellers is proposing to roll out nationwide. FreeAgent247.com, has been set up by Daniel Lewis...

A leading agency says the new normal likely to establish itself in the housing market after the end of the stamp...

The Halifax claims that homes with the highest energy ratings are worth up to £40,000 more on average compared to less...

The first agency to give its market forecast for 2022 and beyond has suggested an upbeat performance next year.  Hamptons says the...

There’s good news and bad news from the shake-up in government ministers and ministries that was presented to the nation last...

The recent stamp duty holiday and the subsequent conveyancing logjam this triggered has acted as a wakeup call for the industry....

In this guest editorial, experienced property solicitor Lorraine Richardson argues that reservation agreements - designed to reduce the number of fall-throughs in...

Labour is to reveal a raft of new housing policies at its party conference this weekend - and it claims it’s...

The latest easyProperty franchise has landed in Luton, the spiritual home of the easy brand as it’s the place where budget...

Photography has become an increasingly important weapon in an agent’s armoury in recent years as listings compete for space on portals,...

Affordability has always been a hot topic when it comes to the property market, and this is doubly true for first-time...

It’s certainly the case that awareness of part exchange isn’t very high in the property and agency world, despite the potential...

The government has been warned that its much-talked about levelling up agenda is ‘doomed to fail’ without major reform of the...

Every agent likes to have their phones ringing off the hook. So London agent Robert Irving Burns must have been excited when...

Forget en-suites and garden rooms, could you boost viewings with the postcode of a property? Research by comparison website Money.co.uk has identified...

First-time buyers are shifting to online-only banks to help get a mortgage. A survey by personal finance website NerdWallet found that with...

Record numbers of properties sold above asking price in August, agents claim. Data from NAEA Propertymark shows that despite the summer lull,...

A Borders estate agency business, Hastings Legal and Property, has invested in Halo Digital Signage – hailed as ‘the new generation...

The end of the stamp duty holiday, which was introduced in July 2020, is now only a few weeks away. The upcoming...

Being able to show proof of funds in a quick, transparent and simple way is more crucial than ever to keep fall-throughs...

First-time buyers are £25,000 worse off thanks to the stamp duty holiday, according to estate agent comparison site GetAgent. The website revealed...

The worst of the Covid-19 pandemic appears to be firmly in the rear-view mirror as we move into the last quarter...

Drone technology has come on a long way in recent years, with different use cases across various industries. New developments in...

The value of mortgage lending hit a record high in the final months of the stamp duty holiday. Figures from the Bank...

Buyers are getting less square foot for their money when buying a property. Research by insurer Churchill has found that the average...

Rightmove claims to have identified the dream home for buyers. A survey of more than 2,000 visitors to the portal’s website has...

Picky buyers are walking away from property deals after realising the internet connection at a property is poor, research claims. A poll...

Scotland and the south west of England have been identified as cash buyer hotspots. Analysis by Barrows and Forrester, found 27 per...

Veteran retail chief executive John Browett is joining home setup service Just Move In as chairman. Browett has been chief executive of...

The property market is unlikely to enter a last-minute rush before the final stamp duty holiday ends in October, research claims. Analysis...

Property values may seem high in the UK but spare a thought for buyers in other countries such as Israel, Switzerland...

Warwick Estates has revealed the most in-demand features for new-build buyers. The firm has analysed Rightmove data and found that those buying...

Demand from buyers is set to be strong for the rest of 2021 as the stamp duty holiday unwinds but uncertainty...

A Midlands estate agency has come up with a solution to avoid confusion over property offers. Forget poor connections or bad handwriting that...

Good property marketing photos have arguably never been more important in an increasingly visual and tech-led world. We saw just the...

2020 gave rise to an exodus from the city as work from home became the mandated norm for large swaths of...

The UK’s biggest property auctioneer is considering whether to bring its sales back into the auction room in the near future. Managing...

A surprise statement from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says the stamp duty holiday, which goes on until the end...

Exchanges of properties in prime central London, following the end of the largest part of the stamp duty holiday, suggest the...

Business intelligence is paramount to companies looking to gain a competitive edge, particularly in saturated markets like estate agency. Each client...

Does this photo drive you mad? Do you see it everywhere (including on Estate Agent Today stories)?  Who are these people and...

More buyers in prime central London are choosing larger properties - a function of the pandemic and the race for space. That’s...

Day in, day out, I see how good estate agents really are.  Whether it’s in my day job on Location, Location, Location...

A new forecasting model from a consumer website is predicting that house prices will rise by an average 30 per cent...

We are living in the age of information. Our working and personal lives are underpinned by software, data and technology to...

Homebuyers are suffering huge delays in receiving responses to their search requests to council according to a study of local authorities. Consumer...

Many Britains are apparently under-estimating the impact of furlough on their ability to get a mortgage and buy a property. A new...

Parts of Britain are so short of homes for sale they have only half the number of listings to be expected...

Mortgage approvals declined over the last month as the tapering stamp duty holiday deterred home purchases, according to data from the...

A prominent London-focussed buying agent says she is seeing more foreign buyers returning to the UK capital - with more expected...

Zoopla-owned software company Yourkeys and mortgage, insurance and wealth management broker SPF Private Clients have integrated. Yourkeys’ software provides buyer and seller...

The chairman of the Commons housing, communities and local government committee has criticised the institutional bulk-buying of existing homes for denying...

It may be the final day of August but Propertymark has first out of the blocks with advice for agents to...

360 tour technology company Made Snappy has grown rapidly over the past 18 months and whilst many agents have grasped the...

A broker claims the high profile return of the 95 per cent mortgage has actually made little impact on the housing...

The very strong housing market seen throughout this year is set to extend into 2022 as a stock shortage is forecast...

An estate agent says the housing market now has a hidden characteristic - an absence of homes that are friendly for...

An estate agency is to launch its third branch, this time in a seaside location. Stoneridge Estate Agents’ new Brightlingsea town centre...

A sentiment survey amongst wealthy international buyers suggests the affluent sector of the western world is seeing similar house buying frenzy...

An estate agency comparison website has conducted research into how much it costs to simply keep an average home in a...

House sales slumped nearly two thirds last month as the main deadline for the stamp duty holiday passed.  HM Revenue and Customs...

The Property Ombudsman says there’s been a big increase in enquiries to its service in recent months, despite the pandemic.  In its...

A  mortgage expert says surveyors should improve their standard services to cover the threat of climate change.  This comes after a summer...

Things can change. For those who remember, it’s no secret that I became one of the industry's strongest critics of OnTheMarket (OTM). My reasons...

Every so often it comes around – the argument that stamp duty should be reformed/removed/replaced (delete as appropriate). But why? Where’s the...

A housing expert says the psychology of a population coping with the pandemic lies behind the house moving frenzy of recent...

Agents are reporting fewer sales and fewer deals above the asking price, as summer and the tapering stamp duty holiday take...

A company says it’s gathering £500m in funding to purchase properties for a “gradual home ownership” scheme - a variation on...

Average house prices increased by 13.2 per cent over the year to June - the highest annual growth rate since November...

A bulk quick buy company has surveyed purchasers who have been deterred from continuing their transactions to discover what the biggest...

Last month it was reported that up to 500,000 people had been ‘pinged’ by the NHS in a week. While the...

Fenn Wright, a prominent East Anglian independent agency, is to open its first office in Felixstowe this autumn, making this the...

Agents and developers are creating full-size show home-style properties overseas in a bid to woo wealthy foreigners who cannot travel to...

Three property agents feature on the latest list of businesses in trouble for failing to comply with money laundering regulations. The list...

The average asking price, as recorded by Rightmove, has fallen for the first time this year. In another sign that the market...

Following a month in which the number of property transactions was the highest since records began, it might seem a little...

An estate agency is celebrating its 21st anniversary by launching a new ‘realtor’ franchise model based on enhanced technology and personalised...

Two prominent estate agencies are amongst those piloting a new financial product that allows aspiring buyers to purchase property with just...

HM Revenue & Customs is reported to be targeting recent home buyers after a slump in income from property taxes during...

A new survey suggests the majority of vendors remain wary of allowing too many unknown people into their home during viewings. Some...

The market slowdown continues with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors reporting that new buyer enquiries have reduced for the first...

A report claims the flurry of transactions over recent months has been down mostly to families moving into larger homes and...

Savills has revised its price forecasts for prime property market across the UK, but when it coms to prime central London...

Purplebricks has this morning confirmed that it’s ending its self-employed Local Property Experts operation and is moving to “a fully employed model...

The controversial proposal by a PropTech start up to charge potential viewers of properties to let or for sale has been...

Propertymark says confusion over new stamp duty rules has led to a surge in fall-throughs. Since April 1 homes bought in England...

A major agency is predicting that the imbalance between supply and demand, which has characterised the housing market for all of...

A company says it will fund first time buyers’ bids to get on the property ladder by matching them with property...

Transaction volumes in prime London fell in July according to data from LonRes. Transactions were down 22 per cent compared with July...

Viewings are in the news right now and with good reason.  As the impact of the stamp duty holiday fades, and transaction...

House prices in July rose after falling in June, according to the Halifax. They were 0.4 per cent higher than in June,...

Propertymark says the supply of homes on the market has dwindled almost continuously since the start of the year, with 40...

A survey suggests that almost half of first time buyers have at some time pulled out of deals because of environmental...

There’s already plenty of talk about autumn - depressing huh? - with agents pondering how the housing market will respond to...

A deep dive into Rightmove’s data by the portal itself has discovered that there’s one sector where homes sell 20 days...

Are you experiencing Estate Agent burnout? As The Stamp Duty Holiday has begun to tail off, it didn’t bring the relaxation in...

If you were hoping for a summer lull during August, think again. That’s the messages from Nicky Stevenson, managing director of Fine...

Londoners purchased over 60,000 homes outside of the capital in the first half of 2021 - and many of those buyers...

NAEA Propertymark says there’s no appetite that it can see amongst its representatives across the UK for charging people £30 for...

A prominent advocate of a reformed transaction process says more secure moving systems can help agents maintain high business levels when...

Some 18 months on, we’re only just beginning to understand the impact of Covid-19 and how it’ll shape the future economy...

The stamp duty holiday came and went with much fanfare. For many buyers it represented a rare opportunity to make some...

We’re about to enter August and second half of the Olympic Games - and fund-raising is happening at a Gold medal...

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...