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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...

The scandal over Business Interruption Insurance policies is hotting up, with class actions being discussed against insurance firms and the Financial Conduct Authority announcing...

The government of one part of the British Isles has produced guidelines for removal firms. Until now, house moving in an era...

Business consultancy TwentyCi is the latest to try to put a value on the potential losses to the property industry and...

Agents and in some cases their brokers continue to do battle with insurers in a bid to secure pay-outs on their...

The company at the centre of a controversy over estate agents’ business interruption insurance says its core package does NOT cover...

One of the most important aspects of being a successful and profitable agent is selecting the right tenants. The industry manages this...

Fine & Country says now is “a great time” for estate agents to go upmarket and become “the luxury agent” in...

An estate agency says it’s using so-called Covid Clauses in contracts to keep transactions on course. Knight Frank says it’s writing ‘Coronavirus...

A trade body has reported some council search departments to the government for refusing to provide email details and forcing search...

The government has amended the eligibility criteria and will allow some agents' commission payments to be included in claims for Furloughed...

Due to the current Coronavirus pandemic, we are all being told to stay at home as much as possible to contain...

Hello and here’s the latest daily update to help the industry through these unprecedented times.  If you have any appropriate advice you...

Countrywide has strongly denied claims made to Estate Agent Today that some people have felt obliged to work at an admin...

The Competitions and Markets Authority has started court proceedings seeking the disqualification of two estate agency directors over a price fixing...

There has been scepticism across the industry as to the motives behind an unspecified number of lay-offs and permanent branch closures...

A surveyors’ firm has been wound up after courts declared that it had misled clients over the success of its core...

Purplebricks faces an imminent takeover bid following the collapse of its share price, predicts a leading industry analyst. Andrew Stanton has already...

Nested is the latest online agency to base a marketing campaign around criticism of established estate agents.  In three 30-second TV ads...

A property portal is making the controversial claim that the Coronavirus has led to an increase in online interest in UK...

An agency has repaid a £6,000 reservation fee to someone who thought they had purchased a property for £83,000 but was later...

The head of a firm that has been creating digital property log books for well over a decade says the house-moving...

A PropTech firm claims it will improve the security of estate agents and other lone workers through a new app and location...

A new hybrid set up by ex-Purplebricks territory owners says it wants to "redefine estate agency in the customer's favour." Knock Knock...

Purplebricks and Countrywide have each recently claimed to be the biggest agency group in the UK but now Connells says that...

A woman claims she had no idea that her husband stole almost £1.5m from two high-profile employers - one of them...

It’s been revealed that under takeover rules, LSL Property Services and Countrywide have until March 23 to make merger or takeover...

Some of the biggest figures in the industry have given Estate Agent Today their reaction to the news - broken yesterday...

Boydens, a seven branch family-owned business that dates back to 1852, has become the latest agency to join Zoopla. It will list...

Sky News claims that Countrywide and LSL Property Services are discussing a merger to become a £500m super-agency.  In an exclusive it...

A conveyancing firm has launched what it claims to be one of the first ever apps for vendors and buyers in...

It’s been revealed that the branch closure programme by Your Move and Reeds Rains last year resulted in 460 lost jobs...

A legal challenge by HM Revenue and Customs has stopped a bid to secure a stamp duty discount on a property. The...

Savills has smoked out another money-making opportunity with a new enterprise which it claims has “enormous growth potential.” The property consultancy is teaming...

Coutts has identified areas of London where house prices are still below peak. Although the wealth manager and private bank says there...

Property auctions – online or otherwise – can be hugely helpful to sellers, buyers and estate agents. Online auctions, in particular, are...

OnTheMarket claims its visitor total last month exceeded 30m, a new monthly record and an increase of some 28 per cent...

An online agency’s claim that it sells homes “for free” has been disputed by a High Street rival - but the...

The estate agency review site allAgents claims some of Trustpilot’s reviews “could be dubious.”  A statement from allAgents repeats an allegation made last...

A new renovation start-up is operating across eight cities and claims to be able to transform properties - including ones that...

An estate agent has set up his own buying operation because he claims the quality of service for high-end buyers has...

Quite a few years ago, I spoke at a conference for auctioneers. It was a traditional affair. Rural location. Nice hotel....

A hub-style agency says it’s achieved what it calls a mega-sale - and claims it’s the largest ever by a hub...

A BBC Radio probe into quick-sale firms claims some of them can lose sellers many thousands of pounds. It says Trading Standards...

A leasehold reform campaigner claims estate agents face “growing calls to be held accountable for mis-selling leasehold properties.” Louie Burns, managing director...

The ValPal Network claims its new product allows agents to gather the maximum amount of information from customers using its automated...

Zoopla has revealed large growth in agency membership and visitor figures for 2019. Since being bought by US equity firm Silver Lake,...

There have been two developments on the controversial subject of online reviews. One concerns the online agency Emoov, which three months ago...

Agents are being offered a two week free trial of a service giving mobile telephone signal strength information and broadband connectivity...

A digital platform claims its taken “a massive step” towards speeding up property sales with what it says is the first...

A property portal says that it’s going to remain free to list for estate and letting agents - and that pledge...

First things first, a big happy New Year to everyone. Welcome to 2020! It looks set to be another interesting year...

Barclays claims that property size and measurements are confusing home owners - and especially those considering going to the market this...

An agency in Leeds is next month launching a service which it claims is unique in the area, partnering with a...

The government has given details of a scheme allowing 30 per cent reductions for what it calls ‘local first time buyers’...

An unknown website called EA League Tables has issued a list of agencies and agency-groups which it claims shows their order by...

An estate agent in London claims he did £53m of property deals within hours of the Conservative victory in the General...

Yes, believe it or not, we’ve nearly reached the end of a whole decade. And what an eventful decade it’s been. We’ve...

A statement made by Purplebricks in its trading statement yesterday appears to fly in the face of statements it has made...

Online estate agency Housesimple is extending its offer to sell homes for free to some postcodes in the Midlands.  The offer is...

Century 21 UK has made what it claims to be the largest acquisition in its history, snapping up an independent agency...

There used to be a consolation for some estate agents at this time of year - while it was wintry and...

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....

[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...

[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...

[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...

A new portal claims it will do what OnTheMarket failed to do, and offer an agent-led operation charging every agency branch...

The dispute between controversial online estate agency Emoov and the Advertising Standards Authority is rumbling on.  In the first half of November...

A new digital ‘members-only club’ is being launched for property professionals around the world.  The Eighth Door is a web and app-based...

A PropTech company says the majority of transactions now involve chains and that the issue is becoming more problematic for agents...

Agents have reacted angrily to General Election proposals by all three main political parties to hike stamp duty for foreign buyers. The...

Humberts is the latest estate agency to announce that it’s going to offer customers the controversial Modern Method of Auction option. The...

An online estate agency which last week claimed it had resolved a dispute over reviews it showed on its website is...

A prominent agency owner and industry figure has attacked Rightmove for failing to support estate agents and has accused it of...

A shock prediction from a property management firm suggests that around 10 estate agencies have gone bust every week in Britain...

As we know, the world’s moving very fast and how we communicate now is drastically different to even 10 years ago....

The competition is hotting up between Zoopla and OnTheMarket for new homes listings. Today Zoopla has revealed that it has seen a...

A sales agency based in Warrington and set up originally to market new homes in Manchester is now expanding into Shanghai...

Purplebricks claims it actually sells - not just lists - three times more than the UK’s next largest estate agency.  The claim...

Fledgling online estate agency Emoov - now owned by PropTech firm Mashroom - has removed reviews and endorsements from its website...

House prices are forecast to dip as the year ends and stagnate at the start of 2020 according to the latest...

“Multiple”members of the new trade body, the Federation of Independent Agents, are considering cancelling their subscriptions to Rightmove. FIA founder Graham Lock...

Zoopla says it now offers the fastest listings search of all three leading UK property portals on mobile devices. In turn, it...

Purplebricks has this morning released a brief and relatively downbeat trading statement to the City and its shareholders. The statement applies to the...

An estate agency has been fined £30,000 for waiting until minutes after the sale of a flat was completed to tell...

An online agent claims to have the answer to why fewer people are buying and selling these days. It’s not Brexit, stamp...

A London council wants government backing for a borough-wide Section 7 direction - effectively banning all agents’ boards being erected without...

A survey undertaken for estate agency Jackson-Stops reveals that 55 per cent of people do not believe housing is a priority...

Zoopla is continuing its aggressive expansion of listings and services to agents with news this morning that it has added a...

A Labour proposal to dramatically improve energy efficiency in almost every British home would cost an estimated £60 billion. The upgrades would...

Two very different views on Brexit have come forward in the past 24 hours from different players in the industry. First off,...

The Advertising Standards Authority has clamped down on misleading claims made by the organisers of a property raffle. The controversy surrounds an...

An estate agency will pay out over £40,000 after being found to have misled customers and allowing one of its own...

A former 10 Downing Street adviser says stamp duty on house sales should be scrapped or at least slashed in order...

A survey suggests that 15 per cent of people who work in the real estate sector feel unsafe at work. This figure...

The latest Rightmove asking price index indicates a smaller than usual autumn bounce - that’s a sign, the portal says, of...

Zoopla has unveiled new functionality that it claims will make searching for new homes easier for consumers - and resumes the...

A London estate agency chain says It’s seen a 59 per cent surge in the number of its clients who have...

A relatively new company which signs up vendors and then effectively sub-contracts their sales to strongly-performing local estate agents says it...

When renting a property out, letting agents and landlords recognise that it is important to take a deposit from the tenant...

A new online auction service has launched this week, pledging a fairer service for agent partners, as well as buyers and...

Auction House has reported a record number of sales for September, while its founder claims private treaty sales 'won't be able...

The new managing director of easyProperty claims the hybrid agency will be targeting branch managers and senior negotiators who think they...

A new estate agency, which claims to only hire property experts, has announced a new investment as well as the recruitment...

A company that treats Japanese Knotweed has made startling claims about the extent of the problem across the UK. Environet claims that...

Purplebricks - which is at the centre of a string of controversies - has joined the growing campaign for stamp duty...

Briefings from the Conservative Party to The Sun newspaper suggest that the party will this week announce further relaxation in planning...

A trading statement from OnTheMarket reveals that fewer agents than anticipated have so far converted from free or discounted deals to...

Shadow defence secretary Nia Griffiths is pledging to improve the quality of housing for serving military personnel if Labour gets into...

Around one person in seven in England are living in unaffordable, insecure or unsuitable accommodation. The claim comes from the research produced...

Labour will this week discuss plans to allow councils to compulsorily purchase homes left empty for six months. Young Labour - a...

A sales and lettings agency which has entered insolvency is reported by a local newspaper to have offered vendors cut-price fees...

A quick move company claims that the general public underestimate estate agents’ fees by around £6,000.  A survey of 2,000 home owners...

A property MOT being launched by Countrywide and described as “game changing” for the house buying process will include survey and...

A hybrid estate and lettings agency operating currently in Manchester, Liverpool and others parts of the north of England has told...

A report by the influential Public Accounts committee of MPs has been highly sceptical of the effectiveness of Help To Buy. It...

It’s been revealed this morning that the organisation behind a new clean-air website is encouraging buyers to seek reductions of as...

A PropTech company is suggesting that property mis-measurements and resulting over-valuations may be the next PPI scandal. The firm - Spec, which...

A PropTech start-up says its service allows investors from anywhere in the world to buy property in the UK which can...

A banking company used by OnTheMarket has issued a note to its investor clients claiming the portal “arguably beats its peers...

A free-to-list portal says it’s an ideal way to capture potential leads so as to augment agents’ client databases that have...

Purplebricks’ recent strong share price rise is not a good sign for the agency but an indication that it may be...

Hunters chairman Kevin Hollinrake, who is also a Conservative MP, has given notice that he would resign the party whip if...

A survey claims that millions of potential sellers would use online estate agents - and bizarrely, this includes an online agency...

A business site says an agency’s administration has been extended as insolvency specialists try to find its former owner to claim...