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Borrowers are currently rolling off relatively favourable two-year fixed-rate deals agreed at the start of 2022, but the pain from higher...

Estate agency has changed. No longer is it required to sit in a high street office working the old way. Provide a...

The term mixed-tenure development usually refers to residential developments where different residential tenures are provided on the same site. Typically, tenure was...

From singing and dancing to charitable support and sponsorships, agents have shown that there are plenty of ways to raise money...

The boundaries of prime central London are expanding, new research claims. The PCL market is generally described as the exclusive districts of...

Agents and property professionals haven't let the summer holidays slow down their fundraising efforts. If there are charitable endeavours you think the...

From bike rides to boxing, agents and property professionals have been turning up the heat with their fundraising exploits. Remember, if you...

New research suggests agents can win more business by making better use of video content. A survey of 2,000 home sellers by...

Hello and welcome to another Agents Do Charity, the weekly round up of fund-raising in our industry. Once more our thoughts are...

For an unregulated industry, agents have an awful lot of regulations to deal with. For example, there’s the mandatory membership of a...

The Covid-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on all aspects of our lives, but undoubtedly one major negative side effect...

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...

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

It’s been a dramatic week in the world of politics – and this has led to another new Housing Secretary, in...

The Victorian phrase “as safe as houses” well surmises the security of the housing market as, whether they are buying or...

Boy it’s been hot out there - yet even 30 degrees or more have failed to stifle the enthusiasm of our...

London’s housing market may be distinctly lacklustre compared to much of the rest of the UK right now but one development...

Hello - it’s Friday already and that means more salutes to those in our industry raising money for good causes. If...

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...

So, we’re back to where we were in the spring, more or less. England is in a national lockdown again to...

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

First details of the government’s programme to allow businesses to reopen have begun to emerge - with little comfort for estate...

Let me start by wishing everyone well in these uncertain and precarious times. I truly hope you, your families, friends and...

A high number of agents across the country have been furloughed in recent weeks and are now at risk of losing...

Where else to start? Since my last Natter two weeks ago, all our lives have changed more than we could ever...

Beleaguered estate agency group Countrywide has asked the government to give agents a business rates holiday. Measures announced in last week’s Budget...

The phrase ‘death of the high street’ can be found in nearly any publication in any given week. And for fair...

If agents ran their databases more efficiently, the property portals might find themselves redundant. Controversial opening statement aside, the reality is that...

The PropTech era is changing the way in which employees decide where they are going to work. As CBRE has discovered in...

I remember renting flats when I was a 25-year-old negotiator at Foxtons. Many of you will remember my love for the...

Hello again from Italy. Only another week or so left out here, working every day from the same table at my...

I loved my Foxtons office. I started in the Battersea branch. It was the old-style office; traditional carpets, actual properties in...

Maplin, Toys R Us, Carpetright, Warren Evans – what do they have in common? All are well-known high street chains that...

A Happy New Year to all our readers and their families - and all the very best for a successful, profitable...

Whatever the weather, whatever the season, our industry excels itself at good work - and we are always delighted to publicise...

Annoying isn’t it. You take on a stunning property, agree a compelling asking price and your Vendor is desperate to get the...

Rightmove has a new board member from the end of this year - Jacqueline de Rojas, the winner of the 2015...

A residential property consultancy has opened one of the first estate agency coffee shops in the UK.  Go Holdings, which works with...

The spring agency merger and expansion tradition continues apace with a series of announcements by firms. Bristol-based online agency Urpad.online - which...

Estate agents with a difference, a twist, a unique selling point, whatever you want to call it, seem to be becoming...

An agent has broken new ground by creating an open-plan shop which includes an agency office, a cafe and an interiors...

Let Mid West Displays get your window in shape! Never underestimate the power of high street presence. Image is everything, and what...

An agency that offers both traditional and online sales and lettings services to clients has opened a new office - in...

There has been much debate in recent years about Britain’s desperate need for more housing stock. Demand has been outstripping supply...