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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,...

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

There is a substantial amount of misunderstanding over this question, which needs clarifying.   In general terms, the Money Laundering Regulations require...

The major property portals are “way behind the market”, don’t carry all homes that are for sale, and have such varied...

The Property Ombudsman, the largest and longest-established of three official redress schemes for agents, has recorded a significant rise in membership...

The largest of the three government-approved redress schemes, The Property Ombudsman, has updated its codes of practice to include new legislation...

Research by the Financial Times shows that large numbers of flats at exclusive new London developments - led by Nine Elms...

Within 12 hours of Greece defaulting on repayment of part of a loan to the International Monetary Fund, a prime central...

Jonathan Hopper, the managing director of Garrington Property Finders - the search agency originally founded by Phil Spencer - has joined...

One of the UK’s best-known buying agencies has launched a recruitment drive to boost its London operation.  Stacks Property Search, the UK’s...