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Boutique Knightsbridge estate agency Nicolas Van Patrick (NVP) has acquired Chelsea lettings and management company HLR and is on the lookout...

Yesterday we covered the story of self-employed estate agency brokerage eXp revealing three new agencies to have taken on the corporate...

Artificial intelligence-powered property search app Jitty has gone live across central London as it accelerates its expansion across the UK. The app,...

Our latest research has revealed London’s six best performing boroughs when it comes to positive property price growth. But a wider trend...

Martin & Co in South West London’s long-standing franchisee Michael van de Vyver has added a fifth branch to his growing...

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

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

Five years ago, Lettings expert, Tim Lawler, wrote an article for Estate Agent Today charting his early experiences of setting up...

Momentum within London’s £5m-plus residential market slowed in 2023, according to Savills, but sales remain well above the pre-pandemic average. Research across...

Three major agency brands have unveiled high-profile appointments this week. If you want your jobs or appointments news to feature here, email...

London’s troubled sales market has turned a corner and is set to end the year on a high according to one...

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices London has opened a new office on Sloane Avenue. It will service Knightsbridge, Belgravia, Chelsea and South Kensington. The agency...

Off-market property platform Invisible Homes has added three more boroughs to its tool. Originally launched in 2018 by former prime London estate...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. Chestertons: London agent Chestertons has added two...

Almost a third of homes sold across Britain have been purchased by a cash buyer, new research shows. Analysis of the latest...

Chestertons has announced its second acquisition in six weeks and third of the year. The London agent has acquired boutique Chelsea agency...

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

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

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

Agency brands including Hamptons and Savills as well as property developer London Square have sponsored gardens at this week’s Chelsea Flower...

It has been a busy start to the year for job moves. If you want your jobs or appointments news to feature...

It has been a mixed year for prime London markets, with some areas faring better than others when it comes to...

From carols to Christmas lights and jumpers, prime estate agent John D Wood & Co has been getting into the festive...

Knight Frank’s London New Homes team has ended the year on a record-breaking high, following a successful run of sales over the...

Harding Green has welcomed its second franchisee. Benjamin Scrace, who joined the broker model estate agency Harding Green in July as a...

It has been another busy month for job moves in the estate agency sector. Here are some of the latest moves that...

Wales fans waited more than 60 years to see their team play in the World Cup and the players at least...

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

The World Cup is set to kick off in Qatar this weekend and Estate Agent Today has compiled a team of...

Hamptons is returning to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in 2023 following last year’s Gold win. The agency brand is sponsoring a...

Property sales are currently taking 15 weeks on average to complete, new research claims. Challenger portal and property platform OneDome has launched...

A prime central London (PCL) agency established by former Savills and Knight Frank staff is celebrating five years in business. Tedworth Property...

Savills has released a revised five-year forecast for the UK’s prime housing markets, to reflect the strong levels of activity in...

Agents and property professionals have been in boats, on bikes and even used football stars to help raise funds for charity...

Agents were busy marking the Platinum Jubilee over the past week but there was still time for fundraising exploits including tree-planting...

Agents and property professionals are travelling far and wide to raise money for charity, plus there is a new way to...

London accounted for almost half of million-pound plus property sales over the past 12 months but the most active borough at...

The property supply shortage may be easing but Zoopla has warned it will still take some time for stock to be...

Off-market property platform Invisible Homes is planning to expand throughout London over the next year and to cover the whole of...

Demand in prime areas of London has fallen in the first quarter of the year, says estate agency Benham and Reeves. The...

Typical stamp duty paid by property purchasers now is actually 84 per cent more than before the pandemic and the SDLT...

Boomin claims that one of the online influencers it has commissioned to create YouTube content has won has many viewers as...

A new analysis has revealed those areas of England and Wales with the largest numbers of Russian-owned homes. Credas Technologies analysed Land...

It appears that new controls on property ownership may feature in future sanctions against Russia in response to its aggression in Ukraine. Prime...

The London agency that was at the forefront of introducing the ‘serviced office hub’ concept of working for self-employed agents has...

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

The Nationwide has released data listing the most and least affordable locations in Britain - background information for agents. Some entries are...

An estate agency has revealed which London boroughs have been the busiest in terms of the number of homes sold as...

House prices are up by as much as £100,000 on this time last year according to a mortgage company. Research by the...

The Connells-owned high end agency Hamptons is to sponsor what it calls a “garden sanctuary” at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show...

The housing market boom of 2021 has given rise to an increasing number of £1m-plus deals.  Government statistics analysed by mortgage firm...

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

The average first-time buyer’s home across Britain has increased in price by approaching £9,000 a year for the past decade. FTBs are...

Every year we at EAT are impressed by the pleasingly political festive cards sent out by the STANLEY Chelsea agency -...

Knight Frank has appointed David Lewis as head of rural sales for Devon and West Somerset. Lewis’s career in residential property began...

A London agency has undergone what it calls a ‘genteel’ rebrand with a subtle change of name - but a major...

The latest update on the prime central London market from agency Knight Frank warns that it’s still not business as usual,...

The owner of an estate agency in Sussex has been jailed for five years for what a judge has called “an...

Rightmove has revealed the strongest markets for sellers and buyers this autumn.  Grays in Essex has topped the list of the strongest...

A business once called “the UK’s poshest estate agent” has revealed that it’s under new management. Bective - formerly called Bective Leslie...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your chance to catch up with who’s moving where in our industry. If you have...

The total value of homes in Britain has risen 20 per cent - that’s £1.6 trillion – in the past five...

A new Rich List of the most expensive streets has been revealed by Zoopla.  Kensington Palace Gardens in London holds the title...

Hello and welcome to the first PJT of autumn - an update on who’s moving where right now. Please let us know...

As we motor towards the next major global climate change conference – the UN’s COP26 being held in Glasgow from 31...

First-time buyers are £25,000 worse off thanks to the stamp duty holiday, according to estate agent comparison site GetAgent. The website revealed...

Buyers are getting less square foot for their money when buying a property. Research by insurer Churchill has found that the average...

An estate agent with stomach cancer faces a prison sentence after pleading guilty of defrauding an 80 year old pensioner out...

A much higher than usual proportion of homes on sale in the current market have successfully found a buyer, according to...

Fine & Country has a new prime London licensee covering Notting Hill and Chelsea - but there will be no High...

The number of transactions is scheduled to reach 1.52 million this year - way above the norm of between 1.0 and...

The Prime Central London pain throughout the pandemic can be seen by new figures just released by an investment consultancy, showing...

The UK affiliated agency of Warren Buffett’s global real estate company has acquired a historic independent company operating in prime central...

Hello and welcome to this edition of Property Jobs Today, a chance to catch up with who’s moving where in the...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, I speak with Anthony Payne, Managing Director and co-founder of LonRes, a data and network...

A study by estate agency Coulters has revealed which areas of the country make the biggest savings courtesy of the stamp...

London still dominated the league table of locations with the highest volumes of sales by value in 2020, despite the apparent...

Welcome to the start of another week and this catch up on the latest moves within the agency world. Everyone featured here...

An international property and residency consultancy claims the sold prices of homes in some prime London locations have collapsed by up to 40...

London’s largest independent estate agency, Dexters, suggests that the stamp duty holiday ending in 12 weeks time will have relatively little...

Zoopla has revealed precisely how much house prices have risen over the course of 2020. Across the UK as a whole prices...

There’s no let up in your fantastic festive photos and videos as we enter the final laps of the race to...

It may make little difference to agents but a leading analyst suggests thousands of buyers have effectively lost money on their purchase...

Countrywide, which is thought to have closed over a fifth of its branches in recent years, has opened a new office...

New research attempts for the first time to identify the most lucrative property markets in the country - with surprising results...

Sales of £1m-plus homes have surged since lockdown as affluent buyers seek more space and lifestyle changes.  An average of 868 £1m-plus...

Hello and welcome to the start of a new week and a new edition of Property Jobs Today, your chance to...

Countrywide’s high-end brand John D Wood and Co has launched a new country house department, to take advantage of growing demand...

A league table drawn up by a quick buy property firm claims that some estate agents' average commission has hit 2.32 per...

Recent Natters have explored the differences between the UK and American models of agency, and why Purplebricks failed to make a...

Another US real estate agency wants to follow Keller Williams, Berkshire Hathaway and others by opening in the United Kingdom. Nest Seekers International...

With the UK officially in what has been described as the single worst national recession in the world, one agency has...

The proportion of the asking price achieved on average in the past year is 95.8 per cent according to a new survey. Comparison...

A branch of London agency Foxtons has been targeted by a group of political agitators called Beyond Politics, which says it’s...

A major agency is warning that the current stamp duty holiday could leave the housing market in a state of lethargy...

Government figures show the 218,975 properties within Greater London have Chinese owners - and two agents say there will be more...

London estate agency Benham & Reeves says there’s been a sharp fall-off in demand for ultra-expensive homes in prime suburbs of...

Can any agency beat Knight Frank for a brilliant collection of selfless work? We doubt it, as the agency has provided...

Hello and another Monday means PJT Day, your regular update on movers in the industry. You know the drill by now: if...

The landscape of the estate agency market in the UK is evolving to reflect changes in the way we live our...