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Property Natter - An Englishman's home is his castle.....more or less!

Interesting report this week in Estate Agent Today on an analysis by the Resolution Foundation thinktank which suggests that the UK’s...

30 March 2024

From: Features

Fine & Country honours top performers

Forget the Oscars, the biggest even in town last week was the Fine & Country International Annual Conference and Awards Gala. The...

13 March 2024

From: Breaking News

Rettie agrees listings deal with OnTheMarket

OnTheMarket (OTM) has signed a listing agreement with Rettie, one of the UK's largest independent property services firms operating in Scotland...

12 March 2024

From: Breaking News

Agents Do Charity - up for a challenge

A variety of charities have received support from the property industry over the past week. If there are charitable endeavours you think...

01 March 2024

From: Breaking News

Making history fit for the future

From medieval castles to Elizabethan manor houses, Georgian townhouses and Victorian terraces, the UK’s historic buildings are central to our country’s...

10 February 2024

From: Features

How a winning mindset can drive your success

Synergies between sport and business have long been compared, particularly in the highly competitive world of property. Athletes and those involved...

29 November 2023

From: Features

Proptech firm launches auction hiring spree

Residential property auctioneer iamproperty is creating 18 new job opportunities for people to join the fast-growing world of auction, as consumer...

06 November 2023

From: Breaking News

Property consultancy hires record number of graduates

Fisher German has welcomed a record number of graduates this year. The property consultancy and agency brand has revealed that it has...

14 September 2023

From: Breaking News

Northern cities are UK property hotspots, says new report

The cities of Liverpool, Nottingham and Manchester have enjoyed the biggest house price rises since pre-Covid. Despite interest rates at a 13-year...

06 September 2023

From: Breaking News

New warnings issued over student property fraud

The National Association of Property Buyers (NAPB) and Gumtree have teamed up to help fightback against fraudsters, particularly when it comes...

31 August 2023

From: Breaking News

Cluttons secures new ‘trophy’ London HQ

Cluttons has moved its London office headquarters to a new prime trophy building in the City as it looks to accelerate...

31 August 2023

From: Breaking News

Rightmove reveals strongest seller and buyer markets

St. George in Bristol has been identified as the UK’s strongest sellers’ market. Analysis by Rightmove found eight in ten homes listed...

16 August 2023

From: Breaking News

Rightmove and Propertymark partner to boost agent data and training

Rightmove and Propertymark have unveiled a two-year partnership to provide agents with the latest local market data and easier access to...

04 August 2023

From: Breaking News

Agents Do Charity - summer support

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

28 July 2023

From: Breaking News

Agency produces controversial league table of ‘best towns’

Savills and the Daily Telegraph newspaper have combined to produce a league table of what they claim to be Britain’s 50...

11 July 2023

From: Breaking News

Agency reveals its buyers’ list of ‘must have’ features

More than half of prospective homebuyers looking for a new location to move to want to be within a 20-minute walk...

10 July 2023

From: Breaking News

Crowning glory for Americans is a 'mini-castle' in Hampstead

Old Conduit House in Hampstead Village, a beautifully restored Gothic Grade II* Listed 5,054 sqft (470 sqm), six bedroom home, built...

17 June 2023

From: Features

Agents Do Charity - gearing up for any charitable challenge

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

09 June 2023

From: Breaking News

An Englishman's home is his castle he can buy for less than a London terraced house

Market analysis by estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk, reveals that Homebuyers can buy a fort for the same price as a...

27 May 2023

From: Features

Kevin Keegan to join eXp UK

Football legend Kevin Keegan has been named as the latest guest speaker for eXp UK’s 2023 roadshow. Keegan had 321 appearances for...

23 May 2023

From: Breaking News

Agent marks 25-year milestone

Independent agency brand Pat Robson & Co is celebrating 25 years of residential sales, lettings and property management. Tim Nixon launched the...

19 May 2023

From: Breaking News

Personal assistant marks 35 years in estate agency

Salisbury-based agency brand Whites is celebrating a staff member who has reached 35 years of working for the company. Glenda Privett joined...

04 May 2023

From: Breaking News

Only 41% of homes in England meet recommend energy rating

New 2023 research from Open Property Group found that just 41% of homes in England meet the recommended Energy Performance Certificate...

29 March 2023

From: Features

On the move! Boris Johnson snaps up historic home

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson is believed to have snapped up the historic Brightwell Manor as his new home. Johnson, who was...

28 March 2023

From: Breaking News

Planning to address women's fear of crime

Recent tragic deaths of women walking home alone, notably Sarah Everard, have highlighted the need to address gender inequality in the...

25 March 2023

From: Features

Newcastle agency drives support for clean-air zone

Newcastle-based lettings agency Seekers has begun replacing its fleet of cars with electric vehicles. It comes as a clean air zone is...

24 February 2023

From: Breaking News

Revealed! The hotspots for hipster buyers

Do you have lots of hipsters on your books looking for a home? New analysis aims to identify the hotspots for hipster...

17 February 2023

From: Breaking News

Property Natter - When the going gets tough, agents get growing

One of the nice things about this time of year is that slowly, ever so slowly, we begin to emerge from...

28 January 2023

From: Features

My First Property Sale: eXp UK's Ben Moore on his first completion

An eXp UK agent has highlighted the importance of personal branding and his own beard in securing property sales. Ben Moore, who...

06 January 2023

From: Breaking News

Agents Do Charity - singing superheroes

From singing to dressing as superheroes, there are plenty of inspirational examples of agents raising money for good causes this week. Whatever...

09 December 2022

From: Breaking News

Agents Do Charity - singing, dancing and cycling for good causes

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

25 November 2022

From: Breaking News

Q&A with HBSG's Maria Harris - are digital mortgages the future?

With reform of the home buying and selling process as crucial as it's ever been, and disrupters like Coadjute and PEXA...

22 October 2022

From: Features

Banned! Watchdog censures Government over levelling up adverts

Seven adverts pushing the Government’s flagship levelling up policy have been banned. The advertising watchdog censured the Department for Levelling Up, Housing...

12 October 2022

From: Breaking News

‘Slow to sell properties’ command discounts of up to 17% - research

Properties that are slow to sell are typically commanding a discount of up to 17% off England’s average house price, research...

12 September 2022

From: Breaking News

Property Jobs Today - the movers, shakers and people in the news

The property jobs market hasn't taken a summer holiday this month. Here are some of the latest moves that took place during...

31 August 2022

From: Breaking News

Howay the houses! Newcastle’s property market remains resilient, says expert

One of the North East’s leading property experts has claimed that Newcastle’s diverse property market is still seeing record levels of...

03 August 2022

From: Breaking News

Agents Do Charity - fun in the sun

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

15 July 2022

From: Breaking News

Action! New TV show to follow life of luxury UK estate agents

Nest Seekers International is returning to UK TV screens with the announcement of a new BBC Two series. The show, which has...

06 July 2022

From: Breaking News

Agency boards provider partners with key safe firm

Sales and lettings board provider Agency Express has launched a strategic partnership with The Key Safe Company. The partnership provides a bolt-on...

05 July 2022

From: Breaking News

Proptech launches agent council to tackle property market problems

Proptech firm iamproperty has formed its own committee of agents to discuss issues facing the property market. The auctioneer and sales progression...

30 June 2022

From: Breaking News

Agents Do Charity - turning up the heat

Agents and property professionals haven't let the mini-heatwave stop them sweating and stepping up for charity. Here are some of the sector's...

24 June 2022

From: Breaking News

Homes with EV chargers will sell at a premium due to public shortage

Accessibility to charging facilities is becoming an increasingly important factor for home buyers in affluent neighbourhoods where electric vehicle adoption is...

14 June 2022

From: Breaking News

Royal round-up: Branch windows that are fit for a Queen

From cardboard cutouts to selfie frames and knitted crowns, agency window displays are ready for the Platinum Jubilee. We have featured several...

01 June 2022

From: Breaking News

Revealed! The regional hotspots where agents are using virtual tours

Adoption of virtual tours among estate agents remain low but new data suggests they could boost sales. Industry analysis shows just 4%...

25 May 2022

From: Breaking News

Rightmove’s hotspot league table - are you here?

Rightmove has created a league table to identify where new buyer competition is hottest across the UK housing market. Across the country...

01 April 2022

From: Breaking News

Speeding Up - typical time to complete a transaction falls

The time it takes to complete a transaction is beginning to drop according to an analysis by comparison website GetAgent. The average...

08 March 2022

From: Breaking News

No chains mean fast sales - but hefty premiums too

Properties selling without a chain not only sell more quickly, as one might expect, but also appear to attract a substantial...

02 March 2022

From: Breaking News

Do interest rates matter? Number of mortgaged homes falls

Only 6.8m homes in England now have mortgages, just 28 per cent of the overall market and about two per cent...

18 February 2022

From: Breaking News

Property TV star tells first time buyers to give up lattes and Netflix

Outspoken TV property expert Kirstie Allsopp has told first time buyers they may have to sacrifice lattes, Netflix and gym membership...

07 February 2022

From: Breaking News

Rising mortgage-free ownership diminishes Interest rate impact

With a Bank of England base rate rise expected as soon as tomorrow, new figures from the government add weight to...

04 February 2022

From: Breaking News

Agency buys popular independent as part of growth strategy

A fast-growing land and property consultancy has snapped up a respected independent to bolster its presence in the North of England. George...

26 January 2022

From: Breaking News

Revealed - the premium buyers pay for chain-free properties

Buyers typically pay 10.8 per cent extra for chain-free properties than for similar homes with chains, according to new research. Website GetAgent...

20 January 2022

From: Breaking News

A day in the life of a Sales and Investment Consultant

From first-time buyers to serial investors, no two days are ever the same for a Sales and Investment Consultant at Walton...

15 January 2022

From: Features

PropTech Today - open APIs, not the plug and go that you may think

Do you have an 'open API'? We use 'X' who have an 'open API' so we would need you to integrate with...

14 January 2022

From: Breaking News

Popular and well known agent dies approaching landmark year

A well known westcountry estate agent has died just ahead of what would have been his 50th year with the same...

04 January 2022

From: Breaking News

Vendors In The Money - Britain’s most expensive streets revealed

Halifax has revealed the UK’s most expensive streets in 2021 - and it’s no surprise that the very dearest examples are...

22 December 2021

From: Breaking News

Forget Help To Buy Equity Loan - welcome to Deposit Unlock

A housebuilding-led mortgage indemnity scheme called Deposit Unlock has now been launched nationally with 17 major developers taking part. Nationwide is the...

26 November 2021

From: Breaking News

Where do estate agents charge the highest commission?

A comparison website dealing with estate agency charges says commission varies hugely across 20 major cities of the UK.  GetAgent looked at...

10 November 2021

From: Breaking News

High Street Endorsement - agencies celebrate new branch openings

The concept of the High Street estate agency branch has been given an endorsement by two companies announcing new offices. Fine &...

08 November 2021

From: Breaking News

Property Jobs Today - the late summer moves in our industry

Hello and welcome to our final Property Jobs Today before the start of autumn - and it’s good to see people...

23 August 2021

From: Breaking News

Agents Do Charity - even in a mini heatwave…

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

23 July 2021

From: Breaking News

Top Tories set up firm to buy back former council houses

Former Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond and strategist Sir Lynton Crosby - the architect of many Conservative election campaigns -...

19 July 2021

From: Breaking News

Agents told they can ‘work as they wish’ with hybrid agency

A self employed franchise estate agent business model has been launched by one of the brands in The Property Franchise Group. Hunters...

23 June 2021

From: Breaking News

Expansion and another branch for fast-growing regional agency

The youngsRPS agency now has a fifth branch in the north of England - it’s in Darlington and will cover the...

14 June 2021

From: Breaking News

Want to be a self-employed agent? Recruitment roadshow starts

eXp UK - an agency brand with roots in the US and led by Adam Day, a veteran of three online firms -...

17 May 2021

From: Breaking News

Stamp Duty Holiday - deals at risk because of slow searches

Thousands of sales are at risk because slow searches by councils may prevent deals completing by the next stamp duty deadline. With just under...

13 May 2021

From: Breaking News

Family agency opens new office in historic regeneration area

A London agency has opened its second office in the south of the capital. Kalmars’ new branch is on the historic Old...

17 March 2021

From: Breaking News

Online agency in bid to raise £800,000 through crowdfunding

It’s been some time since online agencies have ventured into crowdfunding to raise investment, but easyProperty has now done so -...

28 January 2021

From: Breaking News

Dominic Cummings - the Rightmove connection revealed...

He’s gone from Downing Street but the legacy of Dominic Cummings lives on in Rightmove’s top searches of 2020. Barnard Castle -...

30 December 2020

From: Breaking News

Agents Do Charity - a supplier, a climb, a competition, and awards

Hello and welcome to our latest doffing of the cap in honour of those in our industry fund-raising for great causes....

11 December 2020

From: Breaking News

More Christmas pics - oh no, it's elf'n'safety!

Hello - December is whizzing along. Do you know it’s just two weeks today that we will be enjoying Christmas Eve?...

10 December 2020

From: Breaking News

Bah Humbug! We’re back with your Christmas videos…

Put the pandemic on the back burner. Forget the freezing weather. Here’s a great way to start a working week -...

07 December 2020

From: Breaking News

Howzat! Online agency’s latest agents are professional cricketers

The latest agency recruits for online firm easyProperty are batting for the company in more ways than one - they are...

15 October 2020

From: Breaking News

Leading online agency Housesimple rebrands with immediate effect

The online agency Housesimple has rebranded to become 'Strike' with immediate effect. The news comes as a surprise given the apparent success...

20 July 2020

From: Breaking News

Agencies announce expansions despite Coronavirus crisis

Hunters has launched two additional franchise branches in Tower Bridge, London and Middleton, North Manchester, taking the company total to over...

07 July 2020

From: Breaking News

House prices to rise further over next three months - Zoopla

Zoopla predicts that the price strength that has been seen since the reopening of the housing market is likely to continue...

24 June 2020

From: Breaking News

Lockdown has turbo-charged buyer demand - but it won’t last

Research from Zoopla suggests that demand from buyers across England surged 88 per cent shortly after the housing market reopened -...

27 May 2020

From: Breaking News

How David Beckham and Guy Ritchie inspire one agency team…

In normal times, the Winkworth team based at their Notting Hill office in west London would head to the fashionable Walmer...

08 May 2020

From: Breaking News

Watchdog issues “strong signal” to rogue agents who price-fix

The Competition and Markets Authority says it wants to send “a strong signal” to the estate agency industry that price-fixing will...

24 January 2020

From: Breaking News

easyProperty franchise gets over the line with rugby star buyer

A rugby star has signed a deal to operate the easyProperty franchise in his home town area. Castleford Tigers prop forward Liam...

22 January 2020

From: Breaking News

Revealed - agents who won some of the year’s most coveted awards

Congratulations from everyone at Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today to all those who triumphed at the Relocation Agent Network...

26 November 2019

From: Breaking News

Property Jobs Today - if it’s Monday, it’s who-moves-where time...

Hello and welcome to the regular Monday Property Jobs Today feature, your chance to catch up with who’s moving where in...

18 November 2019

From: Breaking News

Property Natter - Day in the life of…a PropTech founder

In a revival of the Natter’s day in the life of series, I catch up with Rajeev Nayyar, managing director of...

05 October 2019

From: Features

Property Jobs Today - all the late-summer moves in our industry...

Hello and welcome to the final PJT before September - yes that means summer is almost over.  Yet even during the holiday season...

19 August 2019

From: Breaking News

Modern Method of Auction firm has sold 16,500 homes in a decade

iamproperty, parent company of IAMsold, says it now works with 2,500 estate agency branches nationwide and has sold over 16,500 properties...

14 August 2019

From: Breaking News

Revealed: youngest-ever female president for NAEA Propertymark

ARLA and NAEA Propertymark have announced their top teams for the year ahead - and on the estate agency side, the...

19 June 2019

From: Breaking News

Vendors accepting larger discounts off asking prices, says Zoopla

The gap between average asking prices and average selling prices has increased in recent months according to Zoopla. Its latest study of...

29 May 2019

From: Breaking News

Agency amends sale details after complaint sent to advertising watchdog

North East England regional agency chain Bradley Hall has amended details for a property listed on its website following a complaint...

15 May 2019

From: Breaking News

Selling like hotcakes? Britain's fastest property markets revealed

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

09 May 2019

From: Breaking News

Raffle Rumpus: another property competition in hot water with watchdog

Another property raffle - this time with what appeared to be a castle as its main prize - has hit trouble...

17 April 2019

From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark Conference 2019 – three key talking points

The recent ARLA Propertymark conference featured a hugely interesting line-up of speaks and session during a watershed time for the lettings...

13 April 2019

From: Features

Brexit splits first time buyers across the country say Guild agents

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

06 March 2019

From: Breaking News

NAEA conference just old white men with grey hair says online boss

The head of an online agency has accused the National Association of Estate Agents’ conference of being “a sea of old...

18 February 2019

From: Breaking News

Property Natter: will the real Housing Minister please stand up?

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

02 February 2019

From: Features

Regional chain says branches are key as it snaps up independent firm

North east England regional chain Bradley Hall Chartered Surveyors and Estate Agents has launched a new office in Hexham as its...

31 January 2019

From: Breaking News

Property Jobs Today - more major moves across our industry...

There’s been another raft of movers and shakers in the industry in recent days, so this is a busy Property Jobs...

21 January 2019

From: Breaking News

Agency continues expansion programme with two new offices

Hunters has continued its expansion in the north of England with two new branches in Yorkshire and Lancashire.  The Pontefract branch becomes...

18 January 2019

From: Breaking News

‘Emoov auction firm’ offers partnership deal to more agents

The auction firm that purchased the property listings left stranded by the collapse of Emoov is now offering partnership opportunities to...

17 January 2019

From: Breaking News

House sales slumped in 2018, early Land Registry figures suggest

A new analysis claims transaction numbers fell in 241 of 374 local authority areas of the UK last year. Analysis of Land...

04 January 2019

From: Breaking News

London price falls drag down UK-wide housing market snapshot

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

28 December 2018

From: Breaking News

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