Buyer demand has continued to climb during the first quarter (Q1) of the year, research suggests. Analysis by agency comparison website GetAgent...
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Mortgage approvals rose for the sixth consecutive month in February and are at the highest level since September 2022, Bank of...
03 April 2024
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The Spring Budget missed the mark when it comes to boosting current market conditions, agents have claimed. A survey of 833 UK...
18 March 2024
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Seller search interest for high street agents has dropped, while there has been a significant spike in searches for cheap fee...
05 March 2024
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Around half of agents remain confident about the housing market’s prospects this year, research suggests. A survey of almost 600 estate agents,...
29 February 2024
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Branches may be closing but the number of estate agency businesses has increased by 2% across the UK over the past...
25 January 2024
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Buyer demand across England crept up during the final months of 2023 but remains down annually, research has revealed. Analysis has revealed...
03 January 2024
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The property market could be in for a strong end to the year based on typical seasonal trends, research suggests, New research...
12 December 2023
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GetAgent has been ordered to make its marketing claims clearer following a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). The advertising watchdog...
06 December 2023
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Visits to Rightmove have fallen by 18% in the past year as high mortgage rates hit the national market from the...
05 December 2023
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Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will deliver his Autumn Statement this afternoon amid rumours of Stamp Duty reforms and support for first-time buyers. The...
22 November 2023
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A London agent is looking to make Halloween unforgettable with a captivating window display that's sending shivers down spines. Location Location has...
31 October 2023
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The number of homes being demolished and rebuilt from scratch has increased by 3.7% over the past year, research reveals. The analysis...
19 October 2023
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The level of new for sale stock reaching the market across Britain has surged by 128% since the start of the...
18 October 2023
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The average home seller across England and Wales has achieved 97.3% of asking price, a -2.4% drop versus the previous six...
28 September 2023
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Agency fees account for 81% of upfront home selling costs on average, research suggests. Industry comparison website GetAgent has used its My...
14 September 2023
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The time it’s taking to sell a home across England and Wales has fallen by an average of 44 days, new...
03 May 2023
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Do you have lots of hipsters on your books looking for a home? New analysis aims to identify the hotspots for hipster...
17 February 2023
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Almost 155,000 home sellers could be impacted by a drop in house prices but it may only last for a couple...
31 January 2023
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The pandemic-inspired property demand boom is well and truly over, GetAgent claims. It comes as the agent comparison website’s latest Hotspot Demand...
05 January 2023
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Estate agency comparison website GetAgent has been ranked amongst the UK’s 50 fastest growing technology companies in the 2022 Deloitte UK...
30 November 2022
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Property demand has dropped while price reductions have increased in recent weeks, data shows. Two separate pieces of industry data give new...
04 October 2022
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Autumn and winter have been identified as the best seasons to sell a property if an agent wants to get their...
29 September 2022
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The 1980s may be most fondly remembered for bad hairdos and questionable fashion, but it may have also been the best...
22 September 2022
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Sellers are willing to cut their asking price expectations by as much as £150,000 to attract a cash buyer for a...
05 September 2022
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Estate agents have listed an average of 7.3 homes for sale per branch during 2022, research suggests- down 12.5% annually. Agency comparison...
18 August 2022
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Agents are currently achieving 99.4% of the asking price on listings, research shows. The figure, calculated by agency comparison website GetAgent based...
21 July 2022
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Stock shortages are seeing one in 10 homes get snapped up within 14 days of entering the market, GetAgent claims. The agent...
27 June 2022
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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
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Property industry veteran Mal McCallion is among two new high-profile recruits for GetAgent. McCallion, who helped launch Primelocation in 2000 and was...
18 May 2022
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Agents helped vendors sell homes at 97.9% of asking price on average last year, research claims. Analysis of portal and Land Registry...
06 May 2022
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Estate agency recruiter Josh Rayner has said job demand is at the highest level he can remember. Rayner, who runs property jobs...
28 April 2022
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Typical stamp duty paid by property purchasers now is actually 84 per cent more than before the pandemic and the SDLT...
25 March 2022
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The average home sale in England and Wales in 2021 achieved 98 per cent of the asking price - slightly improved...
03 February 2022
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A comparison website dealing with estate agency charges says commission varies hugely across 20 major cities of the UK. GetAgent looked at...
10 November 2021
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An estate agency comparison website has conducted research into how much it costs to simply keep an average home in a...
26 August 2021
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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
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A controversial league table of corporate agents’ market share is deliberately excluding Purplebricks and other online agencies. This is despite Purplebricks this...
20 May 2021
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A league table of the most important issues facing vendors places the scale of estate agents’ charges at the bottom - and this...
11 May 2021
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The stamp duty holiday frenzy has reduced the gap between asking and sale prices according to new research. Before the start of...
26 March 2021
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Transactions appear to be edging higher than in 2019 for the first time this year - despite lockdowns and concerns caused...
20 November 2020
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New research attempts for the first time to identify the most lucrative property markets in the country - with surprising results...
19 November 2020
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Vendors spend an average £41 a day for 144 days when selling their home - but some spend a remarkable £140 a...
24 September 2020
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The proportion of the asking price achieved on average in the past year is 95.8 per cent according to a new survey. Comparison...
06 August 2020
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The market share for all online agents fell sharply in the period up to the start of the pandemic according to new...
05 May 2020
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Sellers in the past 12 months accepted an average of 96 per cent of their asking price according to new research. Comparison...
11 March 2020
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A PropTech website has broken down the sales recorded by HM Land Registry in 2019 into property types - and apartments...
27 February 2020
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A new study suggests cash buyers secure lower sale prices than mortgaged purchasers - but is that really the case? The survey by...
19 February 2020
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A website has slammed the idea that there is a surge of interest in buying homes on Boxing Day, describing the...
23 December 2019
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Two very different views on Brexit have come forward in the past 24 hours from different players in the industry. First off,...
01 November 2019
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Sellers across England and Wales achieve an average 95.94 per cent of their asking price according to research from estate agency...
01 August 2019
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Some estate agents are charging as much as 2.9 per cent commission according to a survey by comparison website GetAgent. While the...
26 July 2019
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The head of a website that contrasts the performances of rival estate agents is urging buyers to ‘drill down’ and find...
02 July 2019
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Traditional High Street estate agents have been given the thumbs up by sellers in a new survey of over 5,000 vendors...
31 May 2019
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UK estate agents charge the lowest commission in the European Union according to new research from a comparison website. Despite high levels...