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In recent years click & collect has become a popular way for retailers, supermarkets and online shopping sites such as Amazon...

The Property Ombudsman says its members must in future disclose referral fees in a bid to make previously-hidden costs open and...

House prices have remained roughly stagnant according to the latest figures produced by the Office for National Statistics and HM Land...

As we move closer to the halfway point of 2019, property market conditions for agents and their clients remain challenging. Brexit may...

One of the capital’s most outspoken estate agents at the upper end of the market has given eye-watering statistics to show...

We’ve reached the final instalment of my market transformation do’s and don’ts.  In previous articles, we’ve looked at: Do encourage, don’t deter;...

An IT firm says small and medium-sized estate agencies without the infrastructure of large corporates are putting themselves and their customers...

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

The National Association of Estate Agents has welcomed the commitment by the Competition and Markets Authority to investigate the mis-selling of...

Agents have reacted gloomily to the release of figures showing that the number of new mortgages offered to both movers and...

An expert who has invested in an online agency in the past has slammed Purplebricks’ business model. James Max, who presents the...

Reforms to the house buying process in England and Wales to bring it more into line with Scotland could slash the...

The trade body representing so-called quick sale companies is marking five years in business with two feathers in its cap. Firstly the...

Consumer habits have changed massively over the past few years, and regardless of which market you operate in, being able to...

The scores have been counted and the results are in for the 2019 ESTAS Awards, sponsored by Zoopla. On Friday, over 1,000...

A top London estate agency says interest in the capital's residential property from US and Indian buyers has soared over the...

Welcome back to the latest edition of Property Jobs Today (PJT) after a Bank Holiday break. Each week, we round up...

An online auction platform has launched a new instant property purchase feature as part of its expansion plans. Under The Hammer, a...

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

The Property Ombudsman (TPO) has released its annual report for 2018, showing a 16% rise in the number of complaints made...

Some of the most expensive properties in London are selling typically between 13 and 21 per cent off the asking price. And...

The issue of ‘intergenerational fairness’ has been raised in recent weeks, some might say somewhat ironically by a House of Lords’...

1989 was a significant time for the property industry: it marked the beginning of the end of a period of unprecedented...

The breathing space offered by the October Brexit deadline and the receding prospect of a No Deal exit from the EU...

A new and comprehensive analysis of the housing market shows a jaw-dropping collapse in stamp duty revenue going to the Treasury...

There’s a silver lining to another set of stodgy housing market figures - at least one sector, for those buying their...

With the UK population spending longer in rental accommodation, due to the upfront expense of buying a home, their time and...

A statement from London-focussed agency Chestertons claims to have bucked the poor market in the capital - and says it’s partly...

Data produced by the government showed that some 211,000 homes have been bought using the Help to Buy: Equity Loan. The scheme...

There may be rain outside but the housing market is now officially in a drought according to the National Association of...

Respected investment consultancy London Central Portfolio is warning that “sales go on falling and falling” across the capital, fuelled by Brexit...

A lawyer appears to be suggesting that ‘clean and tidy’ clauses be inserted into house purchase deals, allowing buyers to retain...

An estate agency has produced figures showing a 12.5 per cent slump in the number of homes listed to sell in...

It’s clear that some agents are not fans of Trading Standards officers, described in the comments sections of the trade press...

The trade body for ‘home stagers’ says that properties that have been dressed sell three times faster than those that have...

House prices in 20 UK cities analysed by Zoopla show an average 1.7 per cent increase over the 12 months to...

New figures from HM Revenue and Customs suggest that stamp duty receipts have fallen by no less than £1 billion. The drop...

Residential property transactions rose 1.4 per cent in March, making them a healthy 6.8 per cent higher than in March 2018. Data...

It’s a new index but it tells an old story - how prime central London prices have dropped significantly since their...

Research  by HouseSimple suggests that over 31 per cent of homes currently on sale in major UK towns and cities have...

A top London estate agent says the humble For Sale board remains the cheapest and most effective marketing tool - even...

A PropTech firm that lists a customer’s home with successive estate agents until it is sold has raised £500,000 of startup...

The leasehold scandal continues to generate plenty of column inches, with fresh stories emerging almost daily of people living in unsellable...

Zoopla has been spelling out more details of prospective buyers’ and renters’ patterns of portal-watching and how they relate to leads...

A new housing market survey paints a bleaker picture than that from Rightmove earlier this week - and instead speaks of...

Q: What does it say on your business card? Charlie Lancaster,  Managing Director, m: 07976 507107 e:charlie.lancaster@mybid4it.com,  Blake House, 18 Blake...

On the same day as one of the most optimistic Rightmove market snapshots of recent months, the latest mortgage monitor from...

There’s been a spring bounce with prices of new-to-the market properties increasing an average of 1.1 per cent in the past...

No, this isn’t about Brexit. But as the saga of leaving the EU is likely to bring about the downfall of...

A ‘property potential’ portal which claims to be highly successful across the south east of England is now going to launch...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says house price sentiment improved by a small amount last month for the first time...

First time buyers purchasing new homes using the government’s Help to Buy equity loan scheme paid on average 12 per cent...

The average time it takes for a single first time buyer to save for a 15 per cent deposit in England...

Experienced sales trainer Boyd Mayover, co-founder of Sales Doctors, explains how agents can overcome price objectives, impress prospective clients and offer...

HM Revenue & Customs is set to pocket £60m less from one of its property taxes than it forecast. An analysis of...

Agents boasting qualifications could generate higher fees and more clients, especially if they are ‘ahead of the game’ and improve their...

UK estate agents charge the lowest commission out of any nation in the European Union, according to a recent study by...

At the end of a week consisting of largely depressing market reports, new data from Knight Frank suggests that the bad...

As many as one transaction in three is now undertaken by a so-called Last Time Buyer - twice as many as...

The leasehold scandal has received plenty of press coverage, with horror stories of people living in homes that are impossible to...

The chairman of franchise giant Hunters says his company’s purchasing power is such that it secures 60 per cent discounts from...

Savills, which in the past has been restrained in its critique of Brexit’s effect on the housing market, now says that...

It’s a testing time for the property industry, amid Brexit fears, a slowing market and the looming tenant fees ban.  There’s no...

Mortgage brokers are claiming that “a big number” of buyers are being cajoled into using estate agents’ in-house brokers. The Financial Conduct...

Knight Frank says the number of exchanges in Prime Central London in the year to the end of February slumped 14...

An insurance company claims that over 29,000 property deals fall through in a year because buyers get cold feet over their...

An anonymous estate agent has renewed his attack on Purplebricks after an article in The Times at the weekend. Estate Agent Today...

The government has revealed that it’s to ‘test’ the workings of the New Homes Ombudsman before the scheme formally launches. Housing Secretary...

More than 800 property transactions fall through daily, which can have repercussions both practically and financially, as agents fail to get...

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

Foxtons has revealed that its six branch closures announced towards the end of last year will save the company £3m in...

The new portal OneDome is offering what it calls a “consumer-facing digital mortgage product” in a bid to cut fall-throughs. OneDome already...

UK estate agents charge the lowest commission in the European Union according to new research from a comparison website. Despite high levels...

Virtual tours are a compelling way of enhancing a property’s potential through online marketing, increased transparency and efficiency for agents, and...

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

One in eight people buying or selling in the next six months say they will delay their plans because of Brexit...

Zoopla’s Hometrack index of 20 major UK cities shows that London property prices are starting to stabilise after a three year...

The National Association of Estate Agents says the number of house hunters registered per branch fell 15 per cent in February...

A large-scale survey by a consumer group has revealed that over half of home owners regard stamp duty as a growing...

Over the last few years, there have a number of changes to the stamp duty land tax (SDLT) regime, which have...

There’s good news from the market - property transactions increased by 1.7 per cent between the start of this year and February,...

Average house prices in the UK increased by 1.7 per cent in the year to the end of January according to...

A survey of owners has revealed that recent leasehold scandals have deterred many would-be buyers from considering new build homes.  The survey,...

Thinking about the state of communication across residential property chains is enough to induce a severe migraine. We work in a world...

Zoopla says the number of its leads delivered to member agents in the period March 2018 to February 2019 was 36...

To get the absolute most from your estate or letting agency business, it’s vital that you partner with the right software...

An industry provider of reservation agreements says its services can “entirely eliminate” fall throughs and reduce failed transactions “to almost zero.” PropTech...

Over 50 per cent of all mortgage products available to home buyers in the UK currently have a standard maximum term...

The leasehold system has created many unsellable and unmortgageable homes and should change, MPs say. The all-party Housing, Communities and Local Government...

Another new online auction company has launched and is bidding to woo traditional estate agents with the controversial ‘modern method of...

Nested, an innovative online agency that offers vendors a form of guaranteed sale, has laid off 20 per cent of its workforce...

The spring market has got off to a subdued start according to Rightmove - and the portal says more buyers are...

For many years, the majority of agents have stuck to the tried-and-tested 9am-6pm opening hours framework. But is this now changing,...

A survey by the Centre for Ageing Better recently showed that 72% of people want to see every new home built...

There’s more fuel added to the current debate about reform of the house purchasing process, as new data reveals one buyer...

Two 'challenger portals' have revealed major new services this morning as they fight to take on Rightmove and Zoopla. OneDome, the new...

Estate agents have responded cynically to the small-fry property sector announcements made by Chancellor Phillip Hammond in yesterday’s spring statement mini-Budget. Overshadowed...

Half of first time buyers say they made expensive mistakes during their process of purchasing their home, with mortgage brokers, removal...

Figures released this morning show a surge in first time buyers securing mortgages in recent months, despite the market showing continued signs...

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

Maverick Cornish estate agent Chris Wood has quit the industry with a stinging attack on those who have “taken their toll”...

The proliferation of big data is paving the way to improving our economy on almost every front as entrepreneurial digital companies...

The head of residential property at a law firm is warning that referral fees can backfire on estate agents who may...

Rightmove is undertaking an investigation into a PropTech app that has tried to list private sales on the portal. The perhaps-ironically named...

It’s not just the high-end market for homes in the south east that’s hit by Brexit according to the Guild of...

Who are you? Mikus Opelts, CEO of Giraffe360 What is Giraffe360 and what does it do? Giraffe360 is a unique digital photography subscription service...

The director of strategy at the Council for Licensed Conveyancers says “the onus is very much on estate agents” to respond...

HM Revenue & Customs has issued more details of its bid to encourage estate agents to combat money laundering in the...

Outsourced auction provider IAMSold says it is the top independent auctioneer for residential property lots sold in 2018, according to the...

Instagram (or, as the younger generation would have it, Insta) is, by any measure, massive.  Only launched in October 2010, it’s a...

The demand for rural properties is high, and with 20.7% of England’s population in countryside areas, estate agents have a large...

The National Association of Estate Agents has led the support for stricter new guidelines on transparency for referral fees. The clampdown means agents...

More downbeat house price figures have prompted one leading estate agent to admit that the 2019 market had not taken off...

A new sales portal has launched with a radically different business model, aiming to pay agents to list on it. It’s the brainchild of...

Chancellors says it has over 10,000 reviews on Trustpilot, making it the most reviewed High Street agency on the platform.  In a statement...

Data from NAEA Propertymark suggests there were 20 per cent fewer buyers in January this year than in the same month...

A member of a prominent legal network is warning buyers and their conveyancers to be ”wary” of the Modern Method of...

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

The row over whether Help To Buy benefits house builders’ personal wealth more than it assists the housing market is continuing...

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

Another For Sale By Owner website has been launched - this one, apparently, because the founder was “frustrated” with estate agents’...

It’s been a theatrical week in Westminster with talk of defections and duplicity worthy of Shakespeare. Yet the estate agency world has...

Cast your minds back to the summer of 2014. It’s 9.55 am somewhere in east London ‘Sorry I’m late’ offers the...

Monthly mortgage payments as a proportion of income have dropped to 31 per cent now from 43 per cent a decade...

The first set of figures for the year from HMRC show that there were 0.8 per cent more residential property transactions...

A portal powered by Artificial Intelligence claims it is offering investors a much-needed and superior alternative to Rightmove and Zoopla. One &...

In these tougher times, we recognise that helping agents win new inventory is the key to their businesses.  There were more than...

After several days of gloomy market news, here's something more optimistic - there were 370,000 new first time buyer mortgages completed in...

The number of movers has declined by around 50 per cent since the halcyon days of 2006, before the global financial...

If anyone thought Brexit may allow domestic buyers a bigger share of the market, think again: no fewer than 57 per...

The radically-restructured Humberts estate agency claims the risks it took last year in scrapping branches and moving to ‘hubs’ has paid...

The latest Rightmove price index suggests that homes are at their most affordable level for some years thanks to wage growth...

Property consultancy JLL has launched a specialised Help to Buy team in response to what it calls “the increasing demand for...

With the home buying and selling process firmly on the news agenda of late – everything from a possible ban on...

The average prices of flats and maisonettes bucked the trend by falling very slightly in the year to December, according to...

One of the country’s leading property auctioneers is back to the job he loves today after an absence of 12 months...

We all know the three essential things an estate agent must have on their website include the ability to be able...

A new free-to-list property portal is launching in the UK, and has a pledge to serve over 20 counties by the...

The government has launched an official consultation about a new stamp duty surcharge - the long-awaited additional one per cent for...

Mortgage lenders are relaxing age limits so that house buyers can still be paying off their home loan well into their...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, your regular catch-up on key appointments news in our industry. It’s been a difficult seven...

A London estate agent says his system of ‘moral agreements’ between sellers and buyers prevents chains collapsing and means his company has...

He may not yet have had time to produce a Brexit plan but Boris Johnson has at least had a few...

A review website has launched that describes itself as “a new and powerful research and marketing tool in the residential property...

Winkworth has set up a dedicated land and new homes division. The franchise agency, which has most of its offices in and...

Customer experience (CX) will largely determine the future of estate agency in the UK. This is now a key battleground for...

As an estate agent, you need to be ready to cater for the specific requirements of buyers and sellers, tailoring your...

At the end of January the Asian PropTech company PropertyGuru announced the imminent launch of beta-phase testing of its cutting-edge new product, PropertyGuru Lens. This...

The former chief executive of Emoov says he has the answer to Foxtons’ current downbeat performance - it should exploit its...

An annual study of transaction charges shows that house moving costs are now at a record average high of almost £10,000...

Average prices of flats and houses in prime central London are now the same as they were six years ago; meanwhile...

If former Chancellor George Osborne thought his 2014 stamp duty reform would produce more income for the government, it appears he...

Kit Malthouse has been making headlines this week, but – in keeping with his tenure as Housing Minister so far -...

Purchasing a property. It’s a key life goal that so many Millennials aspire to - yet one that has become frustratingly...

House prices grew at the slowest annual rate for nearly six years in January, according to Nationwide, which says the market...

There’s no end to the PropTech and photography solutions available to estate agents these days to help them sell good, old-fashioned...

With far-reaching reforms of conveyancing and other aspects of house buying high on the government’s agenda, a trade body has revealed...

The National Trading Standards Estate Agency team has issued new guidance for those seeking redress over leasehold disputes.  This guidance contains a...

Brexit may be continuing to dominate the headlines - try to stifle that yawn - but there is still a housing...

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

One in six mortgage holders has been rejected for a mortgage in the past, according to new research from Which? It says...

A review of the housing market at present, particularly when it comes to purchase transactions, might not necessarily feel overly positive.  The...

Mystery surrounds the identity of an estate agency which has been accused of charging a seller five years after the home...

A new report from Zoopla claims very nearly a third of buyers want to know the street - or even the...

It’s been revealed that the National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team is to deliver new guidelines to agents for referral fees...

A think tank is suggesting that micro-homes could be the answer to London’s shortage of available homes for first time buyers. The...

Former City analyst Anthony Codling - who is now the front-man for a new property portal - has set out why...

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

The civil servant leading work to reform the house buying has revealed key areas of government thinking - with a ban on...

A survey of 6,000 members of the public and 660 estate and letting agents has revealed some striking findings about how...

Kenny Bruce, one of the founders of sector-leading online agency Purplebricks, has sent his good wishes to Russell Quirk, who founded...

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

It’s been an interesting week of contrasts when it comes to online replacing ‘the old school’. Data from that clever consultancy The...

It’s the word on everyone’s lips: after two and a half years of debate, and months before that leading up to...

A leading buying agent says 2019 is likely to see the continuation of last year’s trend where distressed sellers accept discounts...

Some 59 per cent of people have lied while selling a home and 46 per cent have lied when trying to...

The head of a property management company says conveyancers must do more to ensure buyers of leasehold properties fully understand the...

With the speed of property sales continuing to slow and no end to the sluggishness in sight, it’s time to take...

The latest Bank of England mortgage figures suggest that approvals for home buyers are running at more than a fifth below...

Hamptons International - at one time tipped to be sold off or even shut during the recent problems afflicting parent company...

A new portal called YourMoov and describing itself as “the UK’s first decentralised property listing database” is to launch shortly. In an...

Rightmove has revealed which day was its busiest in 2018 in terms of page views. It says February 19 was the date,...

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

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

Six directors have been banned from office after misleading over 300 people who bought new build homes in the north of...

House price inflation across the UK has slowed to a six-year low of 2.6 per cent thanks to falls in London...

Londoners paid some £30 billion on homes elsewhere in the UK this year - the highest amount since 2007. A report from...

Developers have continued to sell thousands of new-build houses with leaseholds, despite a government pledge to ban the “unscrupulous” practice a...

Another year is nearly done – and what an eventful year it’s been. We’ve had more than our fair share of breaking...

Uncertainty will be a key characteristic of the housing market for “the next few years” warns Countrywide - and not just...

House prices are flatlining with the rate of annual growth having fallen continually since August according to LSL Property Services, which...

A new website is offering to contact owners of homes that are not for sale, on behalf of people who would...

More than 75 per cent of first time buyers have benefited from the changes to stamp duty thresholds for introduced a...

It is something of an understatement to say that we are in challenging times. BREXIT is unresolved and we wait with...

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

Asking prices of homes coming to the market have fallen for the second month in a row - and Rightmove says...

A family is raffling a £3m home on the Hampshire/Dorset border after a series of sales fell through. Mark and Sharon Beresford...

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...