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A new service has launched to provide buyers of prime and super-prime residential properties with an appraisal of the property’s suitability,...

Specialist buying agency Recoco Property Search has appointed former director of Strutt & Parker’s country house department Andrew Cronan to strengthen...

Energy efficiency and “transaction niggles” are predicted to be key themes of 2024 for agents, buyers and sellers. Buying agent Stacks Property...

Prime buying agency Black Brick has seen cash buyers double this year. Data from the buying agent shows 66% of clients have...

The factor most likely to influence the housing market next year is entirely outside the industry’s control: the General Election. Knight Frank...

Swimming pools, both indoor and outdoor, his and her bathrooms, accommodation for staff, and endless tech-powered gadgets are just some of...

A buying agent has given his backing to the prospect of a Stamp Duty and Inheritance Tax (IHT) cut during this...

A former lawyer has used her own experiences of trying to buy a home to launch a platform that matches homebuyers...

Buyer expectations of price discounts are too high, a prime agent claims. Jo Eccles, founder and managing director of prime London buying...

Sellers are still adopting a “take it or leave it approach” with prices up to 20% higher than most “sensible buyers”...

Vendors are increasingly shifting the goalposts on a sale at the final moment, a buying agent has warned. The strong sellers’ market...

The flat market in prime central London (PCL) is undergoing a resurgence, a buying agent claims. Residential and investment buying agency London...

Property professionals and commentators have begun pondering an official definition of a house price crash. It comes amid forecasts that house prices...

A property developer has hit out at corporate agents for “artificially inflating house prices” as she reveals the poor practices she...

Cash buyers may no longer be king in the property market. The level of demand and lack of supply in the current...

Buyers are being urged to ditch their laptops and hit the streets to find a property. The property market is currently hampered...

The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...

The creator of a local social network app acquired by US company Nextdoor is marking a year in prime estate agency...

A leading buying agency says that while prime central London’s property market shows clear signs of recovery, a weak area remains...

There’s been huge sale price inflation in the rarified high-end country estate market according to a buying agent. Jess Simpson, who runs...

This is our first Property Jobs Today column of 2022 and it’s testimony to how busy our industry is right now...

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...

An online operator called Nested is to spend £5m to promote the self-employed estate agency concept in 100 parts of the...

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

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

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

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

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

No fewer than seven estate and lettings agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme today. Most of them are now...

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

Buying agents level the playing field with estate agents according to Phil Spencer - the TV property expert who started his...

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

A company in the German Axel Springer publishing empire - which also invested in Purplebricks in the past - has put...

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

In a wide-ranging video interview for his Move iQ service, Phil Spencer speaks to buying agent and TV property pundit Henry...

Two of the most outspoken agents in the industry have criticised those calling for an extension to the stamp duty holiday...

Criticism of the management of Countrywide has reached new levels of derision as the mainstream media have attacked the chaos surrounding...

One of the country’s top buying agents is advising purchasers and vendors to avoid online agencies and 'bucketshop' conveyancers. Edward Heaton - founder...

A highly-experienced former Savills agent has launched his own buying agency focusing on the prime country market in Surrey. The new company,...

A buying agency targeting what it calls the “prime and super-prime” London market is offering clients not only a sourcing service, but also...

Estate agents are increasingly using low-key ‘grey’ marketing to avoid too many prospective buyers swamping them when homes go on sale. That’s...

In my last Natter, I explored the differences between estate agency in the UK and the US with the help of...

The new code of conduct for estate agents has been dismissed as “a waste of time” - and the senior industry...

Late last year a buying agent at Stacks Property Search and Acquisition set up a village Good Neighbour Scheme with her...

A second prominent agent has broken cover to say Coronavirus is slowing the market. Jess Simpson - an ex-Savills and ex-Strutt and...

The threat of Coronavirus is beginning to make an impact in the world of property. The Cushman & Wakefield agency announced overnight that...

Buying agents are making waves about the hit on asking prices suffered by properties that have been flooded or are at...

Agents have reacted angrily to the government contemplating introducing a Mansion Tax, and to the Housing Secretary not ruling out the...

The hugely-respected Phil Spencer is to write a regular column for the industry on Estate Agent Today under the auspices of...

Some buying agents have batted away the many signs of an improving housing market but one says the Boris Bounce is...

A former sales agent with a historic property name and heritage has launched his own buying agency after becoming 'frustrated' with...

A former Foxtons estate agent has set up a property finding service which is exclusively for first time buyers - believed...

Speculation is growing about the future of online agency Yopa. This follows a key resignation from Yopa’s board and one expert’s analysis...

An agent working at the buying arm of Knight Frank, The Buying Solution, is striking out to set up her own...

Housing experts have expressed their concerns that speculation about a radical stamp duty reduction to be introduced by Boris Johnson’s government...

Property pundit Henry Pryor says he is invited on TV and radio in order to provide “balance” against estate agents who...

The industry press has given substantial space to recommendations from the Regulation of Property Agents, the government’s working party which has...

A buying agent has revealed how she advises potential clients to use portals when looking for a property to buy -...

Subscription-based business-to-business prime London platform LonRes has launched a new service for retained agents.   The Retained Agent Buyer Alert enables buying agents...

It’s London Marathon week, always a great event in the calendar and - we’re sure - an event that attracts a...

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

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

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

A leading buying agent says the first quarter of 2019 may be crucial in determining the future of the current stamp...

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

The former head of Humberts’ country house department, who has spent 30 years selling homes, has switched to buying. Jeremy Campbell-Harris was...

Lucie Hirst and Delphine Colombo, two of Prime Central London’s most high profile sales agents, have combined forces to set up Hirst...

Outspoken property commentator and buying agent Henry Pryor has made a scathing attack on some of the main house price indices. In...

Senior management at Countrywide came in for a pasting on Twitter yesterday as TV market commentator and buying agent Henry Pryor...

Well last week was interesting. The column about my decision to put the property on with a letting agent went viral.  This was...

Scottish high-end agency Galbraith has revealed how one of the smallest and most exclusive property sectors in Britain - Scottish country...

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

As the Easter sales weekend kicks off, the head of a prominent buying agency says estate agents confuse the true valuation...

A buying agent says a higher proportion of Britain’s rarified country estates market is now being sold off-market. Jess Simpson, an ex-Savills...

The well-respected buying agency Black Brick has revealed the scale of discounts it secures on prime properties being sold for different...

Pressure continues to mount on Purplebricks to reveal its sales data after a weekend during which claims about its effectiveness continued...

Outspoken buying agent Henry Pryor has set out 10 points that he claims many traditional agents overlook when they debate the...

Hello and welcome to our latest Property Jobs Today; if you missed the launch last week, each Monday we will provide...

A buying agent in Melbourne says ‘old dinosaurs’ in traditional estate agencies ‘have no idea’ how to deal with the arrival of...

Outspoken buying agent Henry Pryor says some “pretty dodgy” overseas buyers have purchased homes in the UK in the past -...

There has been a wide range of views from trade bodies and individual agents on the government’s surprise ‘call for evidence’...

Figures in the property industry have sharply criticised the announcement made at the Conservative party conference to pump an estimated £10...

The agent behind a new online service covering off-market homes in part of prime central London says his service will expand...

The buying agency Black Brick says 38 per cent of its transactions the first half of the year were off market...

One of the country’s leading buying agents says over six million people are living in the wrong property because they are...

The sealed bids process - where purchasers submit their final offer by a specific time and date - should be more transparent,...

Estate agents' listings may soon include compulsory information on a location's air quality, the chief executive of NAEA Propertymark, Mark Hayward,...

The Purplebricks stock market bull run took yet another huge leap forwards yesterday with its share price up 20 per cent...

Forecasts are so last year: who anticipated Bowie, Brexit or Balls for example? Quotes, on the other hand, really ARE last year...

Prominent buying agent, TV housing market commentator and hard-core tweeter Henry Pryor has accused traditional estate agents of becoming “fat and...

Some sectors of the industry have been giving their initial reactions to the shock Donald Trump victory in the US presidential election.  Camilla...

A new portal has launched listing off-market properties at the very highest end of the market, and says it does not...

There has been widespread scepticism from many within the industry that the government will miss its latest house building targets, despite...

As the PropTech industry continues to expand, with dedicated events and more innovative startups entering the world of UK property, online...

The managing director of an agency operating in prime central London and other high-value locations in southern England says the Open...

The morning after the EU referendum, and Westminster, Britain, Europe and the world were left in shock at the news that...

Stacks Property Search & Acquisition has become the first independent buying agency to become a member of the Royal Institute of...

Buying agent Johnny Turnbull claims that 83.2 per cent of the properties sold in prime central London in the second quarter...

A significant number of properties are coming to market as a result of separations which don't involve divorce, according to a...

A former head of Savills’ buying arm says well-heeled overseas buyers are unphased by the recently-increased stamp duty on high value...