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“There is an average of 19 buyers for every available property on the market” according to Propertymark’s latest market snapshot for...

Propertymark says a new pay-per-viewing service is “interesting” but warns agents to protect themselves by abiding by consumer protection regulations. The warning has come following...

A number of estate agencies have signed up to a service which charges £30 to view a property. The online service, called...

Boots is the latest company to dip its toe into the water of the property sector.  Modular housing company ilke Homes has...

Fledgling portal Boomin is launching what it claims to be the most interactive and accurate online valuation tool on the market.  It...

New research suggests that the number of owners enquiring to sell across Greater London has increased by 68 per cent since...

The largest player in the Modern Method of Auction sector says there is growing consumer confidence in the way the system...

The reviews element of the ESTAS Group has signed a two year deal with Hunters. The agreement means Hunters - now part...

A supplier of virtual viewings claims physical viewings cost £233 of an agent’s time on average - and that’s without fuel...

Greater Manchester Police have arrested the Savills estate agent who allegedly posted a racist tweet about black England football stars after...

An online estate agency is launching a quasi franchise operation it calls Agency In A Box and claims applicants will “effectively”...

The Covid-19 crisis has been marked by so-called high-wealth households amassing savings and benefitting from rising house prices far more than...

OnTheMarket, which until now has lagged behind the leading two portals in terms of consumer-facing housing market information, has today launched...

The police have now received complaints about the tweet believed to have been sent from a personal account of a Savills...

An estate agency is opening a large new office in London which it claims will be “very different” to the traditional...

Anyone working in residential property knows it is taking longer and longer to get from SSTC (sold subject to contract) to...

Channel 4 Ventures is one of a number of investors who have collectively put the equivalent of £11m into the online...

Coadjute, the long-awaited real-time network which uses Blockchain technology to sell a property, is launched today with its first property deal...

The chief executive of Purplebricks says research into pricing strategies has suggested around a third of sellers at least consider using...

The industry is braced for more anti-money laundering compliance processes according to a risk consultancy. LexisNexis Risk Solutions claims its survey shows...

A conveyancing services firm is warning that buyers are making “hasty rather than considered” decisions over properties because they feel under...

Zoopla has launched a new advertising innovation which it says will help both agents and housebuilders as they seek to capitalise...

Agency staff who worked from home at any point during the pandemic - even for just one day - can still...

Online estate agency Strike - which used to be HouseSimple - is expanding its sell-for-free service out across the Midlands and...

Knight Frank claims that the number of UK property transactions in June is on track to be the highest on record.  Although...

A PropTech entrepreneur is urging agents to maximise their training on existing PropTech to ensure they optimise its effectiveness. Anton Babkov, chief...

Property portal app MoveStreets says the latest upgrade to its app sends leads to agents’ inboxes and allows users to instantly arrange...

A new analysis claims Help To Buy has improved building volumes and has not been a drain on taxpayers. The scheme which...

Estate agency comparison website GetAgent has calculated the typical fees charged to vendors in different parts of the country. It says agents...

A company supplying data to conveyancers and other property professionals warns that Japanese Knotweed is a bigger headache than usual this summer. A wet and frosty spring,...

The distribution of home ownership across different generations has been a cause of strife according to a think-tank. The Resolution Foundation’s latest...

There’s been a dramatic slump in instructions for online agencies, particularly Purplebricks, according to data produced by one online firm itself. 99Home...

As agents, we’ve finally got used to the word PropTech - some of us even like it! What’s more, PropTech has,...

A consultation into the draft New Homes Quality Code has been published with a consultation period for the industry ending on...

There may well have been times in recent weeks when any agent would have been forgiven for wanting a break -...

One in 10 buyers say they will seek to renegotiate on the price of their chosen home if they miss the...

The long running saga of insurance firms failing to honour agents’ Business Interruption claims appears to be making progress at last. A...

Amro Partners, the Build to Rent and student accommodation operator, has launched a venture capital arm investing in PropTech and FinTech. Amro...

Buyers are not told the true scale of flood risk in many properties - and the rush to beat the stamp...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says its monthly sentiment measure of house prices is at its highest level since 1988. A...

An app that promotes both on- and off-market homes to prospective buyers has linked up with a moving service PropTech platform.  Houso...

A council cracking down on the increase of illegally positioned estate agent boards. Agents are required, under Planning and Highways legislation to...

The Guild of Property Professionals is to give its members a tool which, it claims, will show existing owners’ propensity to...

An online agency has issued an outlandish statement that it, and other online agencies, have made the profession more trusted amongst...

A new home buying platform being set up by a challenger portal has revealed details of its mortgage offer to users. OneDome...

A global financial software and analytics firm says it’s launching a new PropTech tool which promises in the near future to...

Rightmove is to review the processes of an online platform which directly uploads sellers' property details via an app. Two years ago...

The free to list portal Residential People has launched what it claims to be a new Map View feature which “goes...

One of the country’s leading estate agents claims some solicitors are charging exorbitant fees on transactions as they near the latest...

A report by the Office of Tax Simplification on Capital Gains Tax has called for a series of changes. They include extending...

Three of the leading portals have made major announcements as the fierce rivalry between the big players continues apace.  Firstly Zoopla claims its latest...

An online platform claims each agency branch in the UK has benefited from the stamp duty holiday by over £120,000. WiggyWam says...

One of the men behind the defunct Emoov online estate agency has re-emerged as the head of a marketing service. The service...

The Trading Standards agency team has outlined to Estate Agent Today the process it will follow to improve what it calls...

The controversial demands of Trading Standards for more “material information” to be provided upfront in property details have been criticised by...

A leading industry trade body is warning that remote-working agents and smaller independent agencies are particularly vulnerable to the growing threat...

Two former directors of the prestigious Beauchamp Estates agency in central London have set up their own new company. They say their...

On 28 April 2021, Fixflo ran the first in a series of quarterly legal update webinars with David Smith, Partner at...

An agent has contacted Estate Agent Today to issue what he calls “an urgent alert” about the risk of Capital Gains...

A leading agency says the stamp duty holiday is not a big influence on the current housing market frenzy - and...

A think tank claims that ‘urban flight’ - when people leave cities and head for towns and villages - is merely a...

There’s a new warning that the estate agency industry may be in a more fragile financial condition than before the pandemic,...

A nationalist candidate in next month’s elections claims there is a second homes crisis which may create a “lost generation” of...

The TDS annual review 2020 indicates that deposit disputes have remained low over the last year, at around 1%. This is...

International investment bank UBS has double-downgraded Purplebricks from ‘buy’ to ‘sell’ - and that could be good for independent agents, a...

Some 45 per cent of people who had their home valued by an agent or sold it in the past three years discovered it...

National Trading Standards wants agents, portals and industry groups to come up with ways to provide basic essential material information ‘upfront’.  The National...

Rightmove’s new Modern Method of Auction service launches on Monday.  The service - which Rightmove calls Online Conditional Auctions - will involve...

It’s Friday so it’s Charity day of course, and today we get to the root of the issue of lockdown easing...

Zoopla has unveiled a subtle rebranding plus new features and functionality - and says it wants to be number one, not...

An agent in part of the UK with the strongest seller’s market claims the stock shortage is the worst he’s seen...

A leading agency claims the stamp duty holiday has actually had a minimal impact in the mainstream market, despite many suggestions...

One in three property sales in England and Wales fell through before completion in the first quarter of 2021. The 32 per...

The ESTAS Group has named a new headline sponsor for its 2021 Forum and Awards, taking over from Zoopla with immediate effect. It’s...

A new survey suggests 53 per cent of buyers never actually visit an estate agent’s office during the course of their...

A mortgage firm specialising in high net worth clients says the stamp duty holiday cliff edge will not impact the most expensive...

Winkworth says Covid and its aftermath will not derail plans to open five offices a year.  In a trading statement to shareholders...

An agency has analysed sold prices since the first lockdown in March 2020 and February this year - and has found...

A surveyors group has launched a new ‘Home Review’ service which it claims will identify structural problems which create an immediate...

There’s been a drop of no less than 16,000 in the number of physical viewings over the past year thanks to just...

Earlier this month, Fixflo held a webinar with David Cox, legal and compliance director of Rightmove, to discuss key government policies...

A company in the German Axel Springer publishing empire - which also invested in Purplebricks in the past - has put...

Emoov’s new 'guaranteed offer' service means fall-thoughs and chain-related delays are effectively eliminated, the agency claims. Emoov - now owned by a firm...

Purplebricks has removed advertising claims which suggested it sold homes for a higher sum, on average, than rival agencies. The Advertising Standards...

PropTech firm Sprift has entered into a deal with The Guild of Property Professionals. The partnership means that Guild member agents have...

A quarter of agents say they intend to recruit new staff in the next 12 months, following on from the surge...

One of the companies at the heart of the campaign to provide more upfront information to prospective buyers has struck a...

Digital channels are essential for agents’ promotion of properties but there is still a key place for print and direct mail...

With much attention on those at risk of repossession or running up rent arrears, it's emerged that many others have actually used...

High end purchasers of homes in London paid 15 per cent of the stamp duty in 2020, yet the value of...

A broker has launched the UK’s longest-ever fixed rate mortgage, with no early repayment charge or exit fees - the first product...

One of the biggest TV hits of lockdown has been the Netflix show Call My Agent! It’s a surprise success, perhaps, because...

Labour says Chancellor Rishi Sunak “will give away half a billion pounds to second homeowners and landlords through the stamp duty...

OnTheMarket has hit out at a newspaper claim that it is just “limping along.” Patrick Hosking, a prominent financial columnist at The...

The firm behind iamsold, the leading operator in the controversial Modern Method of Auction arena, is entering the private treaty sales...

The head of a PropTech platform wants financial penalties on conveyancers if transactions miss deadlines. “The only way to accelerate the current...

Zoopla says over 250 agents have now signed up to its partnership deal with PropTech firm FocalAgent, set up by former...

Connells Group says it is the UK's largest estate agency group by market share - and that's before the Countrywide acquisition...

The Bruce brothers’ latest project, Boomin, is “ready to launch” some two months after it was expected to see the light...

An agent working for a Countrywide brand in Lancashire has been given a suspended jail sentence after being found guilty of...

An agency says it now sells more prime London properties than any of its rivals. Chestertons makes the claim based on figures...

Fixflo’s webinar on February 9 saw an industry panel debate 2021’s threats and opportunities for letting agents. The panel discussed a range...

Knowing adjudication terms and phrases can make all the difference in a deposit dispute. The DPS has been helping landlords and letting...

An agent is challenging the insurer Hiscox over its interpretation of whether to honour a Business Interruption Insurance policy. A standard letter...

Estate agents might be expert at advising on buying and selling properties on their books but when it comes to buying...

It’s now more than a year since the government offered an additional £4 million to councils to combat rogue landlords. At the...

An online agency has apologised to a single mother who felt pressured into allowing viewings of a property she was renting. Local media in...

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has announced “an exceptional intervention” promising that leaseholders in high-rise buildings above 18 metres will bear no...

One of the early operators of the self-employed agency model has launched a scheme under which its agents receive shares in the...

A new body which says it will “champion better outcomes for buyers” is described as independent but is to be chaired...

A newspaper claims that thousands of customers’ financial details held by Foxtons Group are being freely accessed on the so-called dark...

The government needs to step in to rescue two valuable property incentives before they expire at the end of March, a...

An online petition has been started by an independent estate agent seeking a radical overhaul of how homes are sold in...

Labour has entered the cladding controversy by calling a vote in the House of Commons to force government action on the...

Just as the new chief executive of Propertymark holds interviews across the industry, so The Guild of Property Professionals is coming out...

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

One of the country’s top auctioneers is not going to stage any ballroom auctions this year - and it’s keeping its 2022...

Propertymark, combining both the National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting Agents, claims to speak for the...

The BBC says some buyers are taking advantage of lockdown rules to travel hundreds of miles to view homes. The story suggests...

Another group of independent estate agents have launched a portal - a rival to a similar project launched by other agencies...

A property platform claims the current pipeline stock is so large that the average UK agency branch is waiting on £105,000...

A trade body is warning that increased home working triggered by Coronavirus makes the agency industry more vulnerable than ever to...

The latest Rightmove analysis shows it now takes 126 days from the time an offer is accepted until legal completion -...

A PropTech firm claims its new interactive property reports are “the most comprehensive on any UK property” and reduce the need...

Propertymark, the overarching body aiming to bring five different associations (ARLA, NAEA, NAVA, ICBA and APIP) into a single brand, was...

There's good news for thousands of estate agencies awaiting pay outs under Business Interruption Insurance schemes. The agents are amongst 370,000 businesses whose...

One of the housing market’s senior analysts says the end of the stamp duty holiday on March 31 would not be...

An online petition wants all agents’ offices to close during the pandemic. Keeping them open means agents feel "forced and pressured" to conduct...

Countrywide and Foxtons have thrown their weight behind an idea to identify every single UK residential property with a unique number. The...

The Supreme Court will give its judgment on the long-running Business Interruption Insurance case on Friday. In November a Supreme Court appeal...

An estate agency is being criticised for marketing properties as second homes in an area reportedly suffering a housing shortage. Local media...

Independent agents inspired by the Say No To Rightmove campaign are to launch a rival portal next month. Wearethemarket is a portal...

The UK outlet of Warren Buffett's estate agency empire is launching its first TV advert in this country.  Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Kay &...

Rightmove says it’s recorded the busiest ever start to a New Year in its two decade history with visits to the...

An estate agency group has launched new franchise business models to help those in the industry impacted by Covid-19. Century 21 UK...

An auction house that's made a transition from ballroom operations to online streaming is to publish all fees for all lots -...

A house price index that is routinely one of the most pessimistic about the market claims the New Year will see...

The pandemic has reignited the flagging country house market and boosted demand for larger homes with gardens, claims Savills. Larger country houses...

Zoopla saw a record 70.5 per cent increase in traffic on Boxing Day as signs suggest the pre-Christmas boom is set...

The largest company involved in the controversial Modern Method of Auction says it’s producing a “disruptive digital market campaign to address...

Fall throughs which could be avoided by Reservation Agreements have cost agency branches an average £10,000 per month. That’s the claim from digital...

The hundreds of estate and lettings agencies involved in various Business Interruption Insurance policies must wait even longer to find their...

Down valuations could leave some surveyors liable to professional negligence claims, a law firm says. Nelsons law firm says down valuations have...

Purplebricks says it’s to continue to test new pricing models next year - and has not ruled out completely moving away...

OnTheMarket is to undergo a revamp under its new chief executive, former Foxtons agent Jason Tebb - who has been given...

A not-for-profit group of government and insurance industry representatives wants a Flood Performance Certificate to be issued for every home. The group,...

A leading property consultancy is suggesting that a possible increase in Capital Gains Tax could end up losing money for the...

Deposit disputes can be time-consuming and difficult for all parties involved whether it be a letting agent, landlord, or tenant. Although at...

A scathing document produced by MPs slams the government for its “deplorable” housing policies which are "invented, abandoned and reinvented" -...

The design quality of new homes and neighbourhoods across the UK remains stubbornly low, according to a new report by academics.  The...

A new family-run estate agency in Cornwall claims to be the first in the county to focus on green thinking, championing...

The private equity company which wants to take control of Countrywide has issued a statement saying it now has the support...

A digital resource hub for estate agents launches a new product today, claiming to shorten transaction times.  Sort Move, which has been...

Over 100 Zoopla member branches have signed up to the Modern Method of Auction system offered via the portal. Over the summer Zoopla...

One of the biggest supporters of the self employed estate agent business model admits there are risks and it’s not for...

The Federation of Independent Agents trade group has unveiled a new automated nurture product available exclusively to members - and it claims...

Free-to-list portal group OneDome claims 425 estate agency branches joined its listing services last month,  OneDome Group operates two portals, OneDome and...

The agency industry may look back on this year and say: “Well...to be honest we didn’t really see it coming.” No, no,...

The secure Conservative victory in the 2019 General Election meant the property market in the sunlit uplands was set for a...

One of the highest profile figures in the agency industry - and a past critic of Purplebricks - has come out as a vociferous...

Stamp duty breaks have historically done little to help the housing market - and it’s the same now. So says David Hannah,...

Online network love2move - which gives partner High Street agents an option to offer vendors an online sales service - is...

The soon-to-launch Boomin portal has signed up a national firm and now claims to have recruited 40 per cent of the...

Agents anxious to know if they will receive a payout from their Business Interruption Insurance will have to wait still longer...

The mixture of the stamp duty holiday and generally fast-rising house prices has led to a resurgence of flipping. Data released this...

The customer service performance of conveyancers has improved in recent months according to the ESTAS review platform.  The long-standing and sometimes-heated debate...

A regional wing of Fine & Country has reported a record month - and puts it down to the self-employed ‘associate’ business model...

The advertising watchdog has told the agency industry to clean up its act on four issues, with clarity over fees being...

Property is considered to be a safe investment. The buy-to-let market is booming, fuelled by a generation unable to get on...

Residential People, one of many free-to-list platforms in the hectic portal marketplace, is set to launch which it calls its “AI...

A report commissioned by the government suggests a doubling of Capital Gains Tax on profits from the sale of second homes. The government -...

A new report funded by high profile consumer champion Martin Lewis says the government must do more to help ‘mortgage prisoners’. These...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says its new Home Survey Standard will be implemented from March and will represent a...

As lockdown – Season 2, the sequel no one asked for – gets underway in England, landlords, tenants and agents will...

Countrywide shares soared yesterday, rising 47 per cent on the previous close at one point as investors relished the prospect of...

The six brands that make up The Property Franchise Group are the latest signings for yet-to-launch portal Boomin. TPFG’s brands are national...

A relaunched home buying service says it wants to partner with agents to unlock sales if the housing market deteriorates. The service...

Connells has issued a counter statement to this morning’s announcement by Countrywide that a possible takeover is underway. At 7am Countrywide revealed...

What are the best ways for a letting agency to generate additional revenue and stay ahead of the competition? Management fees are...

Hunters chairman and Conservative MP Kevin Hollinrake has hit out at allegedly false claims made by Donald Trump and Nigel Farage. Trump’s...

The Business Interruption Insurance saga, involving hundreds of agencies awaiting pay-outs on policies, enters its next and final stage later this month. An...

A London property investment consultancy says 22 per cent of properties it’s advised overseas purchasers on this year have been bought sight-unseen. London...

Clear communication and common-sense actions by landlords, letting agents and students at the start of a tenancy can drastically improve the...

A developer operating in prime central London is offering buyers a deferred-payment scheme. K10 Group says it’s doing this because of the...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is taking credit for saving thousands of agency jobs through increased transactions prompted by the stamp duty holiday. A...

A tax expert says his research suggests some buyers of homes with annexes may have paid too much stamp duty on...

Integration, collaboration and connected platforms – some great buzzwords, but what do they actually mean and do they really help agents? One...

Online auction service Iamsold secured £52.7m in total for vendors in September, an increase of 16 per cent on the same period last...

Another new property portal has been launched, this one - Mutual - describing itself as the ‘Pre-Portal Property Platform for estate...

A mortgage service claims 46 per cent of buyers have had their prospective property down-valued by lenders - often forcing them...

Conveyancers are sending a blunt message to estate agents: transactions will take longer than usual and don’t chase us with queries and...

The senior management from four of the agencies announced as founding members of Boomin have spoken out in favour of the...

Online agency Purplebricks says an absence of technology in property details is one of the biggest turn-offs for potential buyers. A survey...

The south of England is not the only region to benefit as city-dwellers search for more greenery and outdoor space, says...

Lifesycle, the platform built by Iceberg Digital to help estate and letting agents work smarter, continues to launch new features and...

A platform which signs up vendors and allocates their sale to a high-performing local agent says it sells property two months...

A new Proptech platform is launching next month with claims it will “up-end the way agents do business” and that it will...

A new portal-style PropTech product has launched and wants to recruit estate agents to its fold - despite describing the way...

A PropTech platform wants to find out agents’ views on a range of industry issues - and that includes whether they...

A right wing magazine once edited by Boris Johnson has called estate agents “spivs with tape measures” who conceal information from...

A security company says it is “disappointing” the estate agency industry is only around 55 per cent through preparations to cope...

A new paper from a think tank warns that many low income owner occupiers risk losing their homes when the mortgage...

Stamp duty specialist consultancy Cornerstone Tax claims some 120,000 buyers in the UK may be owed SDLT refunds. It says that in...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he wants to create a ‘Generation Buy’ to help young people purchase homes with low-deposit mortgages. In...

We all know what the problem is, but what’s the solution? The problem is that landlords, thinking they offer a valuable service...

The latest government rules combined with the Prime Minister’s recent address to the nation is clear – tougher measures are required...

Customers must be told about third party referral fees when buying or selling a home says the National Trading Standards Estate...

A new online platform claims to be the first of its kind to speed up the private treaty sales process for...

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

The many agents believed to be awaiting pay-outs on their Business Interruption Insurance will have some consolation in knowing that the...

A veteran agent with 38 years experience of the industry - much of it at Countrywide - has become the head...

Consumer group Which? says the stamp duty holiday has cut more than £4,000 from the average cost of moving home -...

Property technology company OneDome, which operates two portals - OneDome and Nethouseprices - has raised another £5m in funding.  It says it...

A new PropTech product claims to help agents generate and nurture leads - even while they sleep. MovePal generates leads through Facebook...

A quick buy firm which typically purchases homes from sellers at below market levels has accused estate agents and the private...

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has encouraged people to complain if they are unhappy about working conditions and thousands of complaints...

The frenzied housing market and the uncertain wider economic outlook during the pandemic have combined to lead to a surge in...

One of the many new portals recently launched has made a pitch for agents to join because of its referral fees...

New PropTech products continue to appear, many aimed at enhancing transparency in buying and selling, or helping agents adopt new ways of...

One of the growing number of free to list property portals, Residential People, claims a record-breaking number of sales and letting...

The government claims its stamp duty holiday has supported nearly 750,000 jobs thanks to the ripple effect in the economy. A statement from HM...

Logjams in the mortgage, conveyancing and removal stages of house moving mean sales are taking much longer than usual, according to...

A family-run agency which last year asked people to “make an offer” to buy a franchise is now claiming it will...

A quick buy firm boasting it has ‘sold’ a home within six days also says it now takes 140 days on...

The result of a test case over Business Interruption Insurance involving agents has been handed down by the High Court. It has...

PropertyHeads, a portal which describes itself as the industry’s social network, has sold a three per cent stake partly to raise funds...

Agents involved in a test case over their Business Interruption insurance will know the result next Tuesday morning. The test case concluded...

One of the most experienced British estate agents says the new portal Boomin - expected to launch next month, October -...

The ban on evictions was due to end earlier this month, but following a last-minute U-turn from the government, it has...

An insurance firm claims estate agents are taught not to quote VAT in fees until the final bill. A statement from Admiral...

Over £73,000 has been stolen from a Countrywide branch by two admin staff making false travel claims and issuing fake invoices. The crimes...

A PropTech platform that claims to halve the time a transaction takes has received a huge cash injection from investors for...

An online agency says it’s offering its customers a kind of ‘fall-through insurance’ after over 100 deals collapsed between mid-March and...

An unusual property sales concept, which signs up vendors and then effectively sub-contracts their sales to strongly-performing local estate agents, has...

A digital resource hub for estate agents claims to shorten transaction times. Sort Move, which has been operating since late 2019,...

Many young people are stuck unable to purchase their first home even if house prices fall in the wake of the...

A home office set up in a dedicated room apparently adds £17,500 to the value of a property. Direct Line Insurance has...

The Sequence Group is to be the sole selling agent for RoyaleLife, the country’s largest builder of bungalows, exclusively aimed at...

It must have been a close thing on Friday as to whose faces were looking the most glum - those at...

A PropTech firm that regularly claims London homes are mis-measured in property descriptions has taken a swipe at Purplebricks. Pupil, a spatial...

Rightmove and OnTheMarket have revealed their latest bids to keep agent support. Rightmove is launching an extensive redesign of property details pages, after...

The new portal OpenBrix, which is powered by Blockchain, has revealed its fee structure ahead of its formal launch on September...

A new PropTech platform says its central feature will be the launch of a Multiple Listings Service.  This will allow agents “to...

Agents are awaiting the outcome of a test case regarding Business Interruption Insurance, which may determine whether they receive thousands of...

A trading statement from Foxtons this morning reveals that 85 per cent of staff are now off furlough, and that the...

If a week is a long time in politics (an old phrase, for younger readers), then a year is a very long...

A new property website relying heavily on Artificial Intelligence allows sellers to by-pass estate agents and instead list directly for £14.99...

A PropTech platform that aims to lock-in sellers and buyers via a mutually agreed reservation agreement system is being offered free...

Home owners in England will be entitled to add up to two storeys to the height of their home via a...

The mortgage arm of a regional property portal has launched pre-approval software which it claims will significantly speed up the initial...

Knight Frank has reported a remarkable set of figures for June showing how the housing market has bounced back with a...

Another new PropTech platform claims it can streamline the completion process - this time by coordinating the work of estate agents...

Two companies that persuaded property investors to pay as much as £25,000 for a parking space have been wound up in...

The number of offers agreed on homes priced below £1m since mid-May is a healthy 41 per cent higher than the...

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak has announced that there will be no stamp duty on homes selling for £500,000 or...

A PropTech supplier claims that an agency has secured the first ever transaction where the complete chain used Reservation Agreements.  Harrison Residential,...

Mortgage enquiries in June surged to double the rate of the previous month according to the latest halifax house price index. Although...

Haart - one of the brands owned by Spicerhaart, which laid off staff in the first hours of the pandemic -...

A prominent tax specialist has suggested that stamp duty cuts would not help improve the housing market, despite many agents suggesting...

A former City analyst best known for his scathing criticisms of Purplebricks has launched a PropTech platform that he describes as...

There’s been a big rise in demand for new-builds since the lockdown according to figures from Knight Frank - but the...

Video tours, heralded as the next big thing just a few weeks ago, are being abandoned by buyers and dismissed as...

A company promoting a Blockchain platform with promises to speed up the buying and selling process claims the pandemic has proved...

A former chief executive of Countrywide has issued a string of extravagant claims about the lockdown success of the online agency...

Purplebricks has instructed a new legal firm to support its sales and lettings activities. Business Insider reports that the commercial team at...

US-originated estate agency Keller Williams claims to be the fastest growing in the UK as a result of 29 agents joining...

The devolved government in Wales - where the housing market is still officially closed - has urged agents to report rivals...

Zoopla has upped the stakes in the war between rival websites with two major claims which implicitly challenge both Rightmove and...

OnTheMarket says in a trading statement this morning that as of May 31 only some 9,000 branches were on paying contracts...

The managing director of a Winkworth branch is threatening to report a senior member of a nearby Countrywide office to the...

Typical house prices in England and Wales are set to fall over the rest of summer according to home moving service...

The Guild of Property Professionals says “a remarkable number” of agencies has joined it during the lockdown. Some 27 agencies signed up...

The only story that has come remotely close to pushing coronavirus – and its various knock-on effects – off the top...

An overwhelming 98 per cent of vendors questioned by Zoopla say they remain anxious about the Coronavirus and would prefer to...

The government is jeopardising the success of the housing market relaunch through the inflexibility of the furlough scheme, claims a group...

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

A specialist legal advisory service is urging conveyancers to use the reopening of the housing market as an opportunity to increase...

Outsourced communications provider Moneypenny has launched a new facility called Client Services for agents resuming business. Moneypenny’s 80-strong team of receptionists can...

NetAnAgent, a website which offers consumers instant quotes from a selection of traditional and online agents, has changed some of its...

Countrywide has refuted claims that none of its branches have so far re-opened for business but has issued an explanation why...

The surge in consumer activity encouraged by the government's decision to reopen the property market last week led to two portals...

A free to list portal has blasted Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket for using agents' data to boost their profits.  Christopher May, chief...

The City regulator which is bringing a test case over insurance firms refusing to honour Business Interruption policies wants policyholders including...

A food packaging manufacturer is re-shaping its production line to make PPE equipment which it is selling to estate and letting...

Foxtons - which has recently closed branches and furloughed staff - has described a shareholder rebellion over senior management bonuses and pay...

The acting chief executive of OnTheMarket says the Coronavirus crisis could indirectly create a catalyst for change in the portals marketplace. Clive...

Details being presented to Parliament today may include information on how agents can return to work in some sort of ‘new normal.’ A 50...

There’s been a substantial 20 per cent rise in formal complaints about agents taken up by The Property Ombudsman.  The figures refer...

There has been much speculation about when agents will be allowed back to work, and what the new office working environment...

The housing market is likely to rebound relatively strongly after the Coronavirus lockdown eases, according to the Nationwide. House prices grew at...