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Trade and representative bodies representing the legal, surveying, estate agency and property management sectors, including the Conveyancing Association, have launched the...

A property consultancy is calling for improved accreditation for Energy Performance Certificate assessors. Re:solve Real Estate - which specialises in commercial property...

Chestertons Global has expanded into the Bermuda property market with a new affiliate, Realestate.bm. The brand will offer residential sales and lettings...

Trade and representative bodies representing the legal, surveying, estate agency and property management sectors have launched the fifth iteration of the...

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

The news in September that Birmingham City Council (‘Europe’s largest local authority’) had been forced to issue a Section 114 notice...

One of Hunters’ flagship North East offices is under new family ownership. Experienced landlord Thom Swalwell is Hunters’ new franchisee in Sunderland,...

Fisher German is celebrating moving into its new office in the heart of Birmingham as it looks to grow its influence...

Paul Johnson, Head of Corporate Sales at Leaders Romans Group (LRG) Commercial property has historically been viewed as the more profitable asset...

The UK real estate industry faces a “particularly precarious” situation in the near to medium term, according to analysts at the...

Search Acumen has announced a new partnership that aims to accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in conveyancing Property data, insight...

Broadcast personality and presenter Jenni Falconer has been named as the host of the Propertymark One Conference. Taglined ‘Raise Your Game’, Propertymark, will...

A well known critic of stamp duty has returned to his long-standing theme of querying whether buyers have paid too much...

Hundreds of agents have already registered to attend the landmark Propertymark One conference at Wembley Arena on 27 June. Agency trade body...

Agency trade body Propertymark has secured Wembley Stadium for a new event that is bringing together sales, lettings, auctioneers, inventories, and...

From singing to dressing as superheroes, there are plenty of inspirational examples of agents raising money for good causes this week. Whatever...

In this guest piece, Andy Jones, Corporate & Build To Rent Director at LRG, looks at whether commercial property can help solve...

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) recently published a list of firms that have received penalty notices for failure to meet their...

Online searches for property portals have declined, in another suggested sign of the slowing market. Analysis of data from AdWords and Google Trends...

OnTheMarket has partnered with flexible workspace platform Instant Offices to boost commercial listings. The deal will increase the flexible office space listings being...

Independent estate agency Beresfords has expanded its property offering with the acquisition of commercial property specialists Whybrow Chartered Surveyors. It allows the...

National estate agency and advisory company Fisher German has merged with commercial property consultancy Matthews & Goodman. The merger creates one of...

As another round of property firms is fined, named and shamed for breaching anti-money laundering rules, it feels like the road...

Online agent 99home is planning to go international. The brand, which lets sellers pay to list their property on the major portals...

Stanley Michael Brecker, an iconic and revered figure on the London commercial property scene for more than 60 years has died...

More than 30 agents and property firms such as auction houses and valuers were reprimanded by HMRC for anti-money laundering breaches...

HM Revenue & Customs has been warned by financial experts that its latest crackdown on stamp duty abuse could make the...

The outcome of the Ukraine crisis is far from certain, but one thing has become abundantly clear. The long-overdue Economic Crime...

Rightmove says the level of business owners enquiring about leasing office space has now surpassed even pre-pandemic levels in January. Demand is...

A tech company in the compliance sector claims that 25 per cent of UK estate agency branches have failed to register...

Propertymark has appointed an insider to the key role of policy adviser - effectively the position vacated last month by industry...

The pandemic has led to many people ditching more formal wear as they work from home on a more regular basis,...

Jackson-Stops, which currently has 42 branches across the UK, has revealed it’s going to have another 20 by the end of...

Following a month in which the number of property transactions was the highest since records began, it might seem a little...

Even at the height of summer (or the British wet season, as some call it) there are substantial numbers of job...

There’s already plenty of talk about autumn - depressing huh? - with agents pondering how the housing market will respond to...

Savills has reported a bounce back after the Covid-hit performance in 2020. The agency has substantial overseas and commercial property and consultancy...

A commercial property agency in London says it will open a residential sales and lettings operation this year. Bermondsey-based Henshall & Partners...

Chancellors today opens its 56th and newest branch with what it calls its most generous ever offer to potential customers. The office...

Energy Performance Certificates ought to be scrapped because they are outdated and not fit for purpose. That’s the view of an influential...

A London agency has opened its second office in the south of the capital. Kalmars’ new branch is on the historic Old...

Legal firm Anderson Strathern has announced a merger with Lerwick-based Neil Risk Solicitor and Estate Agent. The Shetland firm's practice areas focus on residential...

At the back-end of last year and the start of this, the biggest news stories in town – besides debates over...

The Sunday Times has made new and detailed allegations regarding the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. For some weeks the newspaper has...

The UK has topped the rankings for the highest property taxes as a percentage of overall taxation in the developed world...

Knight Frank is in talks with HM Revenue and Customs to return furlough money as a result of relatively strong trading, notwithstanding...

Tenant enquiries and property viewings unsurprisingly slowed this spring, due to the necessary government restrictions brought in to manage the pandemic....

The government has issued new guidance to estate and lettings agencies on their obligations regarding money laundering issues - and online...

With no clear end in sight and conflicting Government advice as to whether we should work from home or go to...

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

The green light for a vacant office building in the capital to be redeveloped into residential housing has been given after...

The UK residential activities of high-end agency Savills suffered a 54 per cent reduction in profits and an eight per cent...

Savills has revealed the measures it has taken to mitigate the impact of the Coronavirus on its activities and balance sheet. The...

Typical prices in the UK housing market will drop 12 per cent before long-term growth resumes in 2021 and beyond. That’s the...

It may be that we’re facing another year - make that yet another year - of disruption in the housing market. Coronavirus...

The head of SEO at Rightmove has defected to a rival portal, Residential People. Farhaad Saleh was responsible for all of Rightmove's...

It's been confirmed that Humberts has been sold for an undisclosed amount to a consortium of franchisees - and that the...

The Leaders Romans Group has extended its activities into the commercial world with the acquisition of chartered surveying company Dunlop Heywood. Dunlop...

Chancellors Estate Agents is next month opening its newest branch in Swindon - the first time the company has operated in...

A new year dawns - but will 2020 bring new change for the agency industry now that the market appears to...

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

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

Knight Frank - which a year ago loudly announced a 14 per cent profits leap - has now reported an 11...

Independent family-run agency Kalmars, which currently has just one office in the capital, has revealed the first of four new branches...

London-focussed business-to-business deal data service LonRes has acquired an anti-money laundering compliance consultancy specialising in residential and commercial property. Financial Crime Services,...

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

A north of England estate agency is marking its 160th anniversary with the pledge to announce an acquisition by the end...

The niche agency Singer Veille has set up its own PropTech consultancy and application development service for the property industry. Singer Veille...

Hello and welcome to your regular Monday PJT, the essential guide to who’s moving where in our industry. Everyone mentioned here got...

The recent announcement of a clicktopurchase partnership demonstrates some much-needed progression from Rightmove. In doing so, however, it could be said it...

Property portal Rightmove has confirmed that it is trialling an option which allows buyers of commercial properties to submit offers online...

Hello - it’s that time of the week again when we celebrate the agency industry’s fantastic fund-raising. We were delighted that our...

1989 was a significant time for the property industry: it marked the beginning of the end of a period of unprecedented...

Countrywide has this morning revealed that group income is down yet again - it blames continuing Brexit-related problems. It says: “The ongoing...

Two new free-to-list portals say they have now attracted 100,000 listings from 1,600 agents. The portals - Residential People and Commercial People...

Over the last few years, there have a number of changes to the stamp duty land tax (SDLT) regime, which have...

This month’s MIPIM conference in Cannes once again played host to the final round of the much coveted MIPIM Startup Competition.  The...

Countrywide’s executive chairman and group managing director have spoken to Estate Agent Today about the impact of Brexit on the company,...

Countrywide's report to shareholders this morning warns that the residential market is heading for a difficult 2019 which may hit the...

The Daily Telegraph has gone public with City speculation that Chicago-based real estate consultancy JLL may be interested in buying Savills. Both...

‘I need more power’ - it’s a common request experienced by landlords, letting agents and commercial estate agents across the country. Be...

It’s that time of the week again when we focus on the great work done by the industry, usually without much...

Humberts’ revolution continues apace as it opens its first controversial hub in Dorset and accompanies it with a brand new vocabulary...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? It just says “Agent” for, at the end of the...

One of London’s best known estate agencies marks its 25th anniversary this month, having started with just two branches in one...

London agency Stirling Ackroyd has announced its third acquisition in the course of a year. It’s only 15 months ago that Stirling...

I am a patient man; a pacifist. Yet there is little in life right now that would satisfy me more than...

South east agency RH & RW Clutton is marking its 275th year in business, with the claim that it is thought...

An online estate agency has changed the wording of a listing on Rightmove, Zoopla and on its own website after a...

Hello and welcome to the regular Monday feature, Property Jobs Today. There’s plenty going on despite the summer holidays beginning for many...

One of Countrywide’s former allies in the City broker community - independent corporate advisor Numis - has downgraded the troubled agency...

It went largely unreported when news broke last week but now the suggestion that home owners should pay a surcharge if...

The rise and fall - and perhaps rise again - of Countrywide has been of enduring interest to the agency industry...

Just like that, the Easter Bank Holiday has come and gone and I find myself now looking ahead to the Summer.  The...

The Future:PropTech event on May 2 is now under six weeks away and more details have been released about speakers and...

Welcome once again to Property Jobs Today, the notice-board for agents, suppliers and other property professionals moving within, out or in...

Organisers of the MIPIM conference - primarily for commercial property but with a growing residential presence - are under pressure to clean up...

Rightmove says its commercial property side is “continuing to gain momentum” with 650,000 leads generated for customers in 2017. Perhaps with an...

In its first release of performance figures under the ownership of BNP Paribas, the UK agency Strutt & Parker says it...

Most listed agencies and portals suffered share price falls yesterday, creating a challenging landscape for Agents’ Mutual which launches on the London stock exchange...