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16 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Are estate agents too trusting of long-term clients?](/upload/images/3%20shutterstock_1487630333.jpg)
There’s no question that trust is the bedrock of any longstanding client relationship. It is built on delivering on your promises...
03 February 2024
From: Features
![Four countries drove ultra-prime 2023 sales](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
London’s ultra-prime housing market for multi-millionaire and billionaire buyers rose by 10% in unit sales and 25% by value of property...
03 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![UK property portal visits drop amid slowing market - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BTR%20and%20affordable%20housing%20-%20By%20Andy%20Jones%20Property%20Investor%20Today%20BuildToRent-400x310.png)
Visits to Rightmove have fallen by 18% in the past year as high mortgage rates hit the national market from the...
05 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Size Matters - UK homes amongst world’s smallest but most expensive](/upload/images/shutterstock_1032274147.jpg)
New research shows that while the UK homebuyers are paying far more than those in many other countries, the properties they...
31 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![JLL rebrands its China Desk](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessTeam-400x310.png)
Property consultancy JLL has rebranded its residential China division to the APAC Desk. JLL’s residential China Desk was established in 2012 when...
18 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Winkworth: ‘Return of commuters and overseas buyers is boosting activity’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/CoupleMakingOffer-400x310.png)
The return of commuters and international buyers has seen buyer demand return to 2019 levels, a major London agent claims. Dominic Agace,...
23 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents back claims that pay is too low, but how does it compare globally?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UK-Cash-NEW-400x310.jpg)
Almost three quarters of property professionals agree that estate agent pay is too low. A poll conducted by Estate Agent Today found 73%...
24 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Expert’s shock warning: “Don’t buy until ‘price bubble’ bursts”](/upload/images/library/HousingBubble-400x310.jpg)
A property finance expert is telling buyers to sit on their hands and not commit to purchases - as he believes...
22 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Crisis? What Crisis? Five-star £500m new-build scheme launched](/img/default/eat.png)
London’s housing market may be distinctly lacklustre compared to much of the rest of the UK right now but one development...
18 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![UK estate agents are excellent value - and that’s official!](/img/default/eat.png)
New research shows that UK estate agents are amongst the best value in the world. Using data from the Global Property Guide...
09 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Foxtons expands to become a national estate agency](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s been reported that Foxtons is to create ‘virtual branches’ in as many as 15 UK cities outside London, plus commuter...
04 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![New build prices set to rise thanks to severe material shortages](/img/default/eat.png)
Shock price rises in materials are set to make new build homes more expensive if a warning from leading industry figures...
28 May 2021
From: Breaking News
29 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty surcharge likely to hit foreign investment in UK property - warning](/img/default/eat.png)
The UK is only the eighth most popular country for Asian investment buyers, and accounts for just three per cent of...
16 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Could autonomous transportation affect the property market?](/img/default/eat.png)
In the not-too-distant future, it will be possible to order a driverless car to collect you and then drive you to...
13 January 2021
From: Features
![London’s Foreign Buyers: surprise country heads global league table](/img/default/eat.png)
The country producing the largest number of buyers of prime London properties is not China, nor from north America or the...
20 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Are our fees too low? British agents amongst cheapest in the world](/img/default/eat.png)
New research suggests that British estate agents charge some of the lowest fees in the world. Based on an apparent British average...
26 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Chinese buyers surge to UK - because of stamp duty or Hong Kong?](/img/default/eat.png)
The stamp duty holiday running until March next year has triggered a surge in interest in UK property from Hong Kong...
21 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Hong Kong buyers double in number in five weeks, agency reports](/img/default/eat.png)
The number of Hong Kong buyers looking at property in London has doubled in just five weeks according to an agency...
30 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![220,000 London homes owned by Chinese: more to come, say agents](/img/default/eat.png)
Government figures show the 218,975 properties within Greater London have Chinese owners - and two agents say there will be more...
30 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![20 Years of LonRes - The changing face of prime central London](/img/default/eat.png)
How prime London has changed. In 2002 work began on The Knightsbridge. Located within a stone’s throw of Harrods and a near-neighbour...
06 June 2020
From: Features
![Prime London market may take until early 2021 to resume fully - agent](/img/default/eat.png)
One of prime central London’s most respected estate agencies is warning that it could take until spring 2021 for the luxury...
23 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – doing our bit to help the industry through this crisis](/img/default/eat.png)
We are still living in highly extraordinary times, perhaps evidenced best by the fact that the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, was...
11 April 2020
From: Features
![Property Natter – how is the industry coming together during self-isolation?](/img/default/eat.png)
Where else to start? Since my last Natter two weeks ago, all our lives have changed more than we could ever...
28 March 2020
From: Features
![More guidance and advice to the agency industry - Conquering Corona](/img/default/eat.png)
We'd hoped it was good news but in fact it's just good-news-yet-to-come. The Savills office in Wuhan, the epicentre of the Coronavirus crisis in...
26 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Savills the latest agency to warn of Coronavirus threat to transactions](/img/default/eat.png)
Savills is the latest agency to warn about the possible threat of Coronavirus to its business activities and success this year. In...
12 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![How will the coronavirus affect estate agents?](/img/default/eat.png)
The coronavirus outbreak has highlighted once again how fragile and interconnected our societies have become. We don’t know yet how dangerous Covid-19...
07 March 2020
From: Features
![Underpaid agents told: ‘You can earn £200k a year in a hybrid firm’](/img/default/eat.png)
An estate agent who has himself made the move from the High Street to a hybrid operation has urged anyone in...
25 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Young and minted: 50% of Mayfair residents aged 21 to 44](/img/default/eat.png)
A high profile and widely-respected estate agent is predicting a huge demographic change to one of the country’s wealthiest enclaves -...
18 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agency sells new homes overseas and charges ‘no marketing fees’](/img/default/eat.png)
A sales agency based in Warrington and set up originally to market new homes in Manchester is now expanding into Shanghai...
15 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: Sometimes, people don’t want technology](/img/default/eat.png)
A few weeks ago, I came across a couple of really interesting articles which I immediately thought worth writing a piece...
16 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![OnTheMarket fee freeze challenged by new portal saying ‘Why Pay At All?’](/img/default/eat.png)
OnTheMarket’s selective fee freeze for agents has been challenged by a new portal which asks agents: ‘Why pay at all?’ OTM revealed...
04 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![10 Reasons For Residential Agents To Do Virtual Tours](/img/default/eat.png)
1. Win More Listings For estate agency in the UK, the number one task is to get new properties to market. However,...
29 July 2019
From: Sponsored Content
![Free-to-list portal claims 800 new enquiries for agents in four weeks](/img/default/eat.png)
A new global free-to-list property portal says it has secured 800 new property enquiries for estate agents in the last four...
12 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - the latest industry movers and shakers…](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to both this week’s PJT and welcome to July. It may be summer and Wimbledon time, but there’s no...
01 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Free-to-list portal says key USP is attracting foreign buyers to UK](/img/default/eat.png)
A recently-launched free-to-list portal says it’s uniquely positioned to attract overseas buyers and investors interested in purchasing in major UK cities. Residential...
30 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Free-to-list portals aiming for one million listings by end of 2019](/img/default/eat.png)
New free-to-list portals Residential People and Commercial People are aiming to secure one million property listings by Q4 2019. The portals -...
14 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Overseas buyers set to take advantage of stamp duty surcharge delay](/img/default/eat.png)
Experts suggest that overseas buyers are likely to act quickly to take advantage of a delay in any stamp duty surcharge on...
01 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Foreign buyer tax is just ‘bid to win over Brexiteers’ says property portal](/img/default/eat.png)
The head of a leading Chinese property portal has taken the unusual step of commenting on a British tax policy -...
05 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: Stories from Australia - PropTech is like teenage sex](/img/default/eat.png)
Last week, I wrote about the speed of innovation in the Far East. This week I’d like to do the same...
05 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: What can the UK market learn from Eastern wisdom?](/img/default/eat.png)
A few stories caught my eye this week from China, all of which announce the arrival of cutting-edge technological innovation in...
29 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Franchise agency beefs up back-office services for branches](/img/default/eat.png)
Winkworth is beefing up its services for franchise owners with expanded support teams for its IT, Client Services and China departments. Winkworth’s...
09 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Portal data and weak pound help London agent target Chinese buyers](/img/default/eat.png)
London estate agency Kay & Co says it is targeting Chinese buyers following research data produced by a portal. The China property...
07 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Savills reveals its highly resilient UK residential performance in 2017](/img/default/eat.png)
Savills has reported good figures for 2017 although most of its strongest performance was outside the world of residential property. In a...
15 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![AI investment shows increasing importance of new tech for agents](/img/default/eat.png)
For a while now, property and technology have been combining seamlessly to offer the industry innovative solutions to often complex problems....
19 January 2018
From: Sponsored Content
![Property Natter: things to look out for in 2018](/img/default/eat.png)
Another new year is nearly upon us and, once we’ve got the season of mince pies, mulled wine, pigs in blankets,...
16 December 2017
From: Features
![Jostling for position: battle of the property portals continues](/img/default/eat.png)
The fact is that most house hunters simply do not have the time, let alone the inclination, to trawl around properties...
28 October 2017
From: Features
![Ombudsman warns all agents over fraudulent computer virus scam](/img/default/eat.png)
The Property Ombudsman has taken the unusual step of warning all estate and letting agents to act with caution over fraudulent...
15 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![The Queen's Speech marks another step forward for leasehold reform](/img/default/eat.png)
The political ebb and flow continues - seemingly with all the subtlety of a Boris Johnson rugby tackle on a 10-year...
01 July 2017
From: Features
![The world is your oyster! Q & A with AIPP’s Peter Robinson](/img/default/eat.png)
Peter Robinson, CEO of AIPP – Association of International Property Professionals – shines a light onto the international property market. Some UK...
01 April 2017
From: Features
![Property hotspots: Manchester, Liverpool and Preston](/img/default/eat.png)
The property market in northern England, supported in part by the Northern Powerhouse concept, has attracted a lot of media attention,...
24 March 2017
From: Features
![Brexit: Housing must not be ignored in the clamour](/img/default/eat.png)
We’re almost nine months on from the EU Referendum and yet the issue remains the big divide across the nation: an...
18 March 2017
From: Features
![Is building homes in factories the solution to the housing crisis?](/img/default/eat.png)
The chronic shortage of housing supply in the UK relative to demand has been a national issue for decades. The Government...
11 February 2017
From: Features
![Could Trump's travel ban have a silver lining for UK property?](/img/default/eat.png)
A leading buying agency says there might be at least one upside to having The Donald in the White House -...
10 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - with just one week to Christmas...](/img/default/eat.png)
Only a week to the Christmas break and still our industry goes above and beyond the call of duty to raise...
16 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![What does a Donald Trump win mean for the UK property market?](/img/default/eat.png)
It is fair to say that 2016 is a year full of surprises. Anyone who had the foresight to predict Britain...
12 November 2016
From: Features
![Trump victory will spark period of global change over next four years](/img/default/eat.png)
There is really only one topic of debate and forensic analysis at the moment and that’s the ascendency of Donald Trump...
12 November 2016
From: Features
![Leeds eyes sustainable ripple effect](/img/default/eat.png)
As many northern cities struggled to recover from the 2008 global financial crisis, the north-south divide returned to plague the British...
28 October 2016
From: Features
![Win new vendors by advertising internationally](/img/default/eat.png)
What is Properstar? Properstar helps UK estate agents cross the chasm from local to global in respect of advertising their properties. Using...
16 August 2016
From: Sponsored Content
![Property Natter – the sun has put its hat on (sort of)](/img/default/eat.png)
Summer finally arrived, the transport system (as always) went into meltdown, everyone complained that it was too hot and the sun...
05 August 2016
From: Features
![Does Brexit mean the end of the Northern Powerhouse?](/img/default/eat.png)
Plans for the Northern Powerhouse scheme, designed to rival London and the South East as the main driver of economic growth...
29 July 2016
From: Features
![Sheffield is primed for growth: explains why Chinese will invest £1bn](/img/default/eat.png)
Sheffield in South Yorkshire, which was once one of the leading industrial cities in Britain and is still recognised for its...
22 July 2016
From: Features
![Global property insight](/img/default/eat.png)
With the new Formula One season now well underway, we delve into the fast lane to take you on a whirlwind...
08 July 2016
From: Features
![The post-Brexit landscape](/img/default/eat.png)
As I sit and write this piece, even with the FTSE 100 back up and sterling having recovered some of its...
08 July 2016
From: Features
![Stamp duty surcharge will force London new-build price falls warning](/img/default/eat.png)
JLL says the stamp duty surcharge on buy to let properties and second homes has obliged it to downgrade its forecast...
01 March 2016
From: Breaking News
![Prime London prices may stagnate thanks to EU uncertainty warns major agency](/img/default/eat.png)
Cluttons is warning that the prime central London market may stagnate for at least the early part of this year thanks...
08 February 2016
From: Breaking News
![Difficult day of trading for Purplebricks on London Stock Exchange](/img/default/eat.png)
Purplebricks recorded a volatile bout of trading on London’s Stock Exchange yesterday, where it ended the day with a 5.7 per...
08 January 2016
From: Breaking News
![Ban foreigners buying existing homes, says right wing think tank](/img/default/eat.png)
The Bow Group - a think-tank that was previously a solid backer of the Tories but has recently flirted with UKIP...
24 November 2015
From: Breaking News
![More woe for Prime Central London as agent slashes price forecast](/img/default/eat.png)
The latest blow to the prime central London market has come from Knight Frank, the high end agency, which has slashed...
12 October 2015
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: the rise of the robots?](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s been a lot of talk lately about artificial intelligence (AI). We’ve seen it feature prominently this year on film (in...