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

In an unusual move, HM Land Registry has issued guidance to agents to help them reassure jittery buyers and sellers ahead...

Agents should prepare for a surge in fall throughs and collapsed sales thanks to the first stamp duty holiday period expiring...

The finance arm of a leading estate agency has taken the unusual step of warning about delays in the conveyancing process. “The...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Well I rarely use them now! Chris Hodgkinson, Managing Director What...

The government has dismissed a call for reform of the stamp duty system, which would have meant the tax would apply...

There are over 700,000 homes marked Sold Subject to Contract and going through conveyancing right now, according to a new Rightmove...

The Law Society has published new guidance for what it calls “under-pressure conveyancing solicitors” as the stamp duty deadline of June...

eXp UK - an agency brand with roots in the US - says it now has 200 self-employed agents operating under its...

The government is to answer a call made in an online petition for stamp duty to apply when contracts are exchanged,...

An agency says two thirds of its sales valuations in London in the first quarter of the year have been conducted...

Movebutler, the digital onboarding platform from online auction specialist iamproperty, says it has some 900 agency branches signed up. These include Martin...

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

EweMove says it’s has just recorded its best-ever month for new enquiries from sellers. In April the hybrid - which is part...

In recent years, the property market has been taking steps to become more digital – with HM Land Registry leading the...

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

Gathering and analysing feedback at all stages in the customer journey is highly important. So, where do we begin? For many estate...

We know the industry-wide statistic that more than 50% of all vendors end up selling with the second (or sometimes third)...

Thousands of sales are at risk because slow searches by councils may prevent deals completing by the next stamp duty deadline. With just under...

Whilst it was once seen as a way to sell niche or run-down properties, auction is now a mainstream method of...

Britain’s second largest estate agency has outlined radical new plans to shift direction, making financial services and not sales or rentals...

A new petition has been launched asking the government to make the stamp duty holiday apply when contracts are exchanged, rather...

The Property Franchise Group’s hybrid agency EweMove more than doubled its income in 2020 to £5m, according to a statement to...

An increased focus on the provision of financial services has helped boost the trading figures released today by LSL Property Services,...

LSL Property Services is to set up a mortgage brokerage called Pivotal Growth. The new brokerage - set up with Pollen Street...

The land and new homes division of Sequence has signed a deal to offer fully-funded part exchange and home buying services...

A hybrid agency which until now has been active only in London is launching new hubs in Manchester and Brighton. Agent &...

Agents are being urged to push through their pipelines before the upcoming stamp duty deadlines. The plea comes from Simply Conveyancing, which...

An analysis of the average time taken for properties from 10 leading estate agency brands to complete shows a significant increase...

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

The managing director of Fine & Country Cardiff, Dan Thomas, has wasted no time with his fundraiser - starting as soon...

Hello, and as we near the first Bank Holiday of the year (and a little light at the end of the...

A new estate agency says it aims to sell homes within 30 days - and dismisses the idea of a traditional...

It now takes 43 days longer to sell a home than it did a year ago. Comparison site GetAgent, which makes the...

Agents have been warned they are likely to require PropTech assistance to cope with a surge in transactions expected this year. The...

A prominent estate agent has warned buyers and sellers about the perils of the controversial Modern Method of Auction. MMA is now...

Following the fluctuation of the property market during the UK’s first national lockdown, the industry was given a lifeline by the...

The latest breakdown of the stamp duty holiday extension has given a first estimate of the total number of deals to...

Paul Creffield, a veteran figure at Countrywide involved in a controversy over bonuses, is staying on to “support” the transition into new...

The latest house price index from the Halifax suggests the market has softened ahead of the original scheduled end of the stamp...

Agents in England are told that sellers should market their homes by March 23 - only 18 days from now - if...

A radical way to end the current stamp duty holiday has been suggested by three different legal bodies. The Society of Licensed...

We know the industry-wide statistic that more than 50% of all vendors end up selling with the second (or sometimes third)...

Zoopla says it has so far delivered almost £80,000 in agent fees through its access to the Modern Method of Auction. MMA...

The online petition which prompted a debate by MPs has now won the support of around 150,000 signatures. Typically public support for...

The Chancellor’s rumoured six week extension to the stamp duty holiday has been backed by Rightmove. Over last weekend the Daily Telegraph,...

A huge number of additional transactions completing in the next few weeks due to the stamp duty holiday provides estate agents...

The deadline to complete the purchase of a home under the current Help to Buy scheme in England has been extended...

Rightmove is the latest portal to forge a link with the controversial Modern Method of Auction service being offered to agents. A...

The Chancellor is considering extending the stamp duty holiday for a short period according to a newspaper report this morning. The Daily...

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

Agents should put as much emphasis on ensuring a house move actually happens as on winning the instruction to begin with,...

House price growth is running out of steam ahead of the stamp duty holiday cliff-edge. That’s the suggestion from the Halifax; its latest...

There is no scientific formula, no list of must-have elements in a successful campaign. That’s especially the case for a campaign involving...

An estate agency says 10 per cent of its sellers have already dropped their asking prices to keep buyers on board,...

It’s pretty cold out there, making a difficult time that much worse - except for fans of sledging of course. But many...

This time out, I’m in conversation with one of the big three established portals. Since it was founded in 2007, Zoopla...

We are now over four weeks in to our third national lockdown in the UK. Although the property market remains open,...

The government is keeping everyone guessing about the stamp duty holiday but one comment by a senior minister suggests movement towards a...

Labour and Conservative MPs have expressed a unanimous view on their desire to see an extension of the stamp duty holiday...

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

Technology has advanced in leaps and bounds in recent years, undoubtedly improving many parts of the moving process for both estate...

It now looks likely that Hunters will be taken over by The Property Franchise Group after several months of talks, subject...

Zoopla has revealed a multi-million-pound programme of future developments which have taken 18 months to finalise. Chief executive Charlie Bryant has told...

Zoopla's latest figures suggest 70,000 transactions are likely to miss the stamp duty holiday deadline of March 31.  And the portal says: “The...

Well, what a start to 2021! None of us thought things would change as the clock struck midnight on New Year’s...

The government may be stopping MPs debating an extension to the stamp duty holiday - despite a pledge they would do...

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

Revenues for LSL Property Services - owner of Your Move and Reeds Rains - dropped last year by 15 per cent. Although...

The average UK house price is now a record £253,374 according to the Halifax - but the rate of growth is...

A mortgage lender says it will now accept ‘no-search indemnity insurance’ for residential purchases in a bid to speed up the...

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

Figures from Zoopla suggest there’s a Christmas present being unwrapped by agents across the country - a far busier housing market tha this...

Mystery still surrounds the number of homes actually sold by Purplebricks, despite upbeat statements regarding the number of instructions it wins. The...

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

If you fear the market will slow after Christmas, think again - Rightmove is expecting several months of frenzied transactions to...

Delays with the return of property searches is one key factor for sales taking longer to complete. As conveyancers start to warn...

‘Many are in complete denial about the time it takes and still think it’s eight to 10 weeks.’ I won’t tell you...

A leading conveyancing sector spokesmen says some mortgage lenders are making the current delays in the house buying process worse. Rob Hailstone,...

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

It now takes an average 12 days longer to complete a sale in Britain compared to a year ago - but...

An alarming story has appeared in the mortgage trade press, highlighting an apparent pitfall in the house buying process that has...

Countrywide has this morning rejected an £80m offer made for it by Connells Group. On November 23 Connells announced that its due...

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

Zoopla’s research team is anticipating the first quarter of next year will see the current boom continue as 100,000 additional sales...

Two prominent suppliers have teamed up to offer customers instant visibility of chain lengths, details of agents connected to properties being...

A survey of completion times for house sales over the past four years suggests that the worst performing local authority area...

Searches that are bound by the Search Code, protecting the seller, buyer and lender, are property and not client specific. As...

One of the country’s top buying agents is advising purchasers and vendors to avoid online agencies and 'bucketshop' conveyancers. Edward Heaton - founder...

Asking prices are down for the first time in many months. It’s a small drop - an average of 0.5 per cent...

As we embark on another nationwide lockdown, the team at SDL Auctions are keen to help agents ride the storm, beat...

The first monthly market monitor to show activity in the housing market tailing off has appeared - and it says momentum...

A survey of people currently buying property suggests as many as a quarter may pull out if they know they’ll miss...

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

It’s been announced this morning that Connells is in takeover discussions with the troubled Countrywide agency group. Countrywide has given Connells until...

The national lockdown beginning on Thursday makes the case for an extension to the stamp duty holiday, according to a tax...

An online agency says its virtual auction service can be used even by its rivals between now and the end of...

Recent figures emanating from the mortgage and housing market suggest that – since lockdown was ended in mid-May – transaction levels...

There are 140,000 more buyers waiting to complete on their properties right now than there were this time last year. The claim, by...

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

Agents spend their whole careers telling vendors and landlords why they will be able to achieve a better sale price or...

It’s a given these days that your business needs to be on social media. Consumers spend a large portion of their...

Staying on top of the numbers and figures in a constantly changing industry can be stressful. Changing property prices can be...

The outgoing chief executive of the National Association of Estate Agents is warning that the sales system continues to struggle with...

The Stamp Duty Land Tax holiday has been a hot topic of conversation for many in the residential property industry –...

Purplebricks is the first estate agency in the country to launch a meditation service to ease “the emotional rollercoaster felt by...

Delays across the house buying sector mean those wanting to benefit from the stamp duty holiday need to begin the buying...

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

We all know that people can’t move to a new house without going through the Conveyancing process. However, with that said,...

Many agents, certainly those in London, will have faced the difficult task of selling a flat with a shorter lease. A...

As the review of the recommendations of the Regulation of Property Agents Working Group continues, Emily Hawthorne, mio Account Manager and...

A leading agency says so-called Covid Clauses are being inserted into contracts as buyers become increasingly cautious ahead of a possible...

Two agencies have entered the debate on whether the current frenzied housing market is seeing delays in completions. Yesterday EAT reported that...

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

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

OnTheMarket has signed up one of the country’s biggest house builders, Taylor Wimpey. The builder - which has 24 offices and covers...

A new agency called Eazy Agent has launched - it’s another online operation, this time with a starting price of £249. For...

In my last Natter, I explored the differences between estate agency in the UK and the US with the help of...

A leading expert on estate agency and the housing market in Australia has lifted the lid on how Purplebricks failed down...

An investment adviser says Purplebricks remains “far too risky” for investors even though it now has “a fighting chance of survival”. Rodney...

It’s hotting up out there as a beautiful summer’s weekend beckons - an ideal time for some fund-raising in the sun,...

Following the easing of lockdown restrictions on England’s property market in May, NAEA Propertymark reported a sharp increase in business for...

    Purplebricks says changes to its fees structure - possibly becoming less reliant on controversial upfront charges - has been delayed until...

One of the main points I’ve had reinforced to me from agent after agent over the last year of hosting a...

“Many hands make light work” – Does John Heywood’s old English proverb from the 1300s apply to modern approaches on how...

HM Land Registry is now accepting witnessed electronic signatures on documents for the  transfer of ownership of property, the creation of...

As expected within the property industry, the Chancellor announced a stamp duty holiday in his Summer Statement. This now means that...

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

Speculation is mounting that Capital Gains Tax could for the first time be applied to gains made when owners sell first...

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

Purplebricks is selling its Canadian business. The sale comes little over a year after the troubled agency closed both its failed Australian and...

Zoopla has entered into a partnership with an online platform to promote the so-called Modern Method of Auction option to estate...

A property law firm is calling on the government to backdate the stamp duty holiday to include those buyers who completed...

You have to feel for Rishi Sunak - well, at least a little. Leave to one side that he carries more presentational...

There’s no doubt that Covid-19 has had a huge impact on the UK’s property market, after hundreds of thousands of house...

An estate agency is warning that the likely rush of transactions when the new stamp duty holiday ends next spring will...

The Andrew Grant regional estate agency brand is “very much alive” despite the firm which bore the name losing 54 jobs...

In the first of a series of articles, Emma Vigus, managing director of mio, the estate agent sales progression platform, explores the...

Collaboration creates a bigger market Iain White, of the Innovation Collaboration Group “the Estate Agency industry must recognise that collaboration will...

Over 50 jobs have been lost as a result of a Midlands regional estate agency falling into administration. The Shropshire Star reports...

With three months of lockdown behind us, commission income is vital, and sales progression is more important than ever. Emma Vigus, Managing...

Buyer registrations and sales enquiries are reportedly back to pre-Covid levels. Completions, however, are lagging behind. This is probably down to...

The phrase ‘game-changer’ has been hugely overused. But when applied to how Covid-19 is changing the way estate agents will work...

Imagine a Zoom call where ten people are discussing the same topic, but everyone speaks a different language and has a...

As we emerge from lockdown, quickly progressing sales to completion is vital to replace lost commission income.  What role can mio...

Estate agents are likely to get through the next five to six months even if the market falls away - but...

Data released this morning by Rightmove suggests that agents in England have agreed no fewer than 40,000 sales since the market...

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

How prime London has changed. In 2002 work began on The Knightsbridge. Located within a stone’s throw of Harrods and a near-neighbour...

Knight Frank has merged two of its existing divisions to form a new Private Residence Consultancy team - and the new...

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

New figures released by Foxtons this morning show a collapse in commission income to the agency during the Coronavirus period. Sales commissions...

Countrywide says it is pursuing the businessman who failed to complete on the purchase of the troubled agency’s commercial arm, Lambert...

The number of full property details viewed on Rightmove - a key indicator of market health - is already stronger than...

The online estate agency Settled appears to have ceased trading with its customers refunded. It was launched in 2014 by former Google...

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

  On Estate Agent Today this Bank Holiday weekend we’re celebrating the great work agents are doing to keep morale high and...

“A lot of people have learned that they can work at home, or that there’s other methods of conducting their business......

Three of the highest profile industry suppliers and house moving services have given government a four-step plan to restart the housing...

Housing minister Chris Pincher is drawing up guidelines which could allow agents to return to something like normal working in the near...

The coming week’s stories in the mainstream media - inevitably focused on Coronavirus - will be dominated by two things. Firstly there...

Buying and selling a house is often referenced as being one of the most stressful life experiences that we can go...

NAEA Propertymark has today launched a campaign for the government to introduce what it calls a Property Sector Support Package. This would...

A property tax specialist is warning that sellers of buy to lets or holiday homes may have to estimate their own...

There’s going to be a 35 per cent drop in the number of new homes delivered this year because of the...

At the moment, it somehow seems like tempting fate to think too far into the future, especially in terms of the...

PropTech big names Reapit and ViewMyChain are joining up to try to accelerate transactions when the lockdown finally ends and the...

One of prime central London’s most respected estate agencies is warning that it could take until spring 2021 for the luxury...

The peak of the 2020 sales market is likely to be September instead of the usual early summer - but that...

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...

The impact of the Coronavirus crisis is going to reduce agents' revenue into the third quarter finishing in late September warns a leading...

New guidance has just been agreed by conveyancers on house moves during the Coronavirus crisis. The procedures - made pubic only last...

Hello, and we trust you had as good a weekend as possible in these difficult circumstances.  As we start a new week...

Two financial trade bodies say most mortgage providers will give customers who have exchanged contracts the option to extend their mortgage...

Where else to start? Since my last Natter two weeks ago, all our lives have changed more than we could ever...

The government has at last issued extensive advice on home moving and the activities of estate agents during the continuing Coronavirus crisis. This...

A hybrid agency says the Coronavirus is a “disrupter and game changer” for the industry and is wanting agents keen to...

The Law Society says there is still some possibility that those home movers scheduled to complete in the near future might...

*** Please see this story for the latest news on house moving, updated 12 noon on Tuesday March 24 *** The property...

Rightmove is offering some of its agents a deferred payment option. An announcement this morning says: "While sales agreed pipelines have strengthened following...

Hello and welcome to today’s Conquering Corona, a service we’re running to share official guidance and agents’ advice in a bid...

There’s been a huge change in the way estate agencies operate in recent years, with far more focus on marketing properties...

Countrywide has revealed a major hold-up in its supposedly "vital" sale of its commercial arm - and it is now seeking...

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

The Atlantic Ocean is a vast space – some 4,000 miles eastwards across from the USA until land is met again....

When Wolverhampton estate agency Thomas Harvey opened its doors more than 50 years ago, mortgages weren’t really part of the equation...

Trials of reservation agreements for buyers and sellers have been delayed until the late spring. Statements last year from the Ministry of Housing, Communities...

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

Sellers who failed to mention a motel and diner being constructed nearby have been ordered by a court to pay £285,000...

Countrywide is remaining silent over the stalled sale of its commercial arm. The troubled agency group’s share price dropped over 3.5 per...

Countrywide is declining to explain why due diligence on the sale of its commercial arm did not catch a problem which...

Countrywide has revealed a mysterious delay in the sale of its commercial arm, Lambert Smith Hampton - a sale considered crucial for the...

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

New home registrations in the UK have risen over 80 per cent in the last decade, according to the NHBC. From 2010...

Unfortunately for consumers, buying and selling properties is rarely plain sailing. But fortunately for agents, this provides you with an opportunity to...

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

Understanding the customer journey plays a huge role in the success of any estate agent. From that very first viewing right through...

The average time it took a home to sell last year - measured from its first day listed on a portal...

A rugby star has signed a deal to operate the easyProperty franchise in his home town area. Castleford Tigers prop forward Liam...

Almost exactly one quarter of house sales in England and Wales fell through prior to completion according to new figures. In the...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Emily Hawthorne, mio Account Manager for the South West of...

Purplebricks is not revealing details of the different pricing strategies it is testing “in the field” early this year. Last month the...

Analysts are putting a surprise surge in mortgage approvals from banks down to a spike in applications ahead of the General...

A website has slammed the idea that there is a surge of interest in buying homes on Boxing Day, describing the...

It’s one of the most crucial aspects of the homebuying and selling process but is too often bogged down by frustrating...

Purplebricks says it’s put four different pricing strategies into the market with a view to testing them in 2020. In a trading...

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

With Brexit still unresolved, the domestic agenda has been pushed from the headlines by the seemingly overwhelming public and political discord...

A trading statement this morning by LSL Property Services - owners of Reeds Rains, Your Move and Marsh & Parsons -...

A new app is being launched which allows agents to gauge possible interest in a property before it is formally put...

A PropTech firm has calculated the different delays that lead to transactions taking an average 120 days (and often much longer)...

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

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Jason Wilson, mio Account Manager What is mio and what does...

The National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting Agents have issued their manifesto for next month’s General...

A London estate agency is attempting to help leaseholders with short leases who may be finding it hard to raise funds...

A tax expert is urging owners of second homes, as well as property investors and existing landlords, to seek independent financial...

A small online agency which in six months of trading has secured around 140 sales says it’s on course to be...

Young homebuyers want tech-savvy, astute and attentive estate agents who are able to handle their complex requirements via a range of...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has given more details of the trial of reservation agreements likely to take...

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

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

Fewer property sales fell through before completion, despite uneasy market conditions, according to Quick Move Now. The home buying company's data shows...

Hybrid agency Yopa has announced that its chief executive, Ben Poynter, will be standing down at the end of October to...

Picture this: You have finally pushed that sale or purchase through, which means your client is over the moon and happy...

Property management service Move with Us has announced a new partnership with chain management service View My Chain. Move with Us, founded...

‘Workers of the world, unite. You have nothing to lose but your chains’. So is written on the tombstone of the father...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your weekly opportunity to catch up on key moves within the industry. Everyone mentioned here...

It’s been six years since the Help to Buy scheme was launched, with the honourable intentions of helping more people onto...

A London estate agency says one of its buyers wants to delay completion until November 1 “just in case stamp duty...

Since first meeting the mio team at The Negotiator Awards back in November 2018 – and being presented with no less...

A briefing note for MPs prepared from government statistics shows that housing starts and completions have increased from the lows observed...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Phil Smith - mio Account manager What is mio and what does...

Rightmove says the number of homes stuck in what it calls “the legal log jam” is at its highest for over...

Some 115,000 house moves are delayed annually because of funds not being cleared on time or because sellers have not vacated...

A recent study has revealed what the biggest moving home fails are in the UK, including damaged furniture, scratched walls and...

A survey of property sellers has revealed that 'achieving the asking price' (43%) and 'selling properties quickly' (35%) are the most...

The head of a website that contrasts the performances of rival estate agents is urging buyers to ‘drill down’ and find...

Purplebricks has released figures which appear to show it is one of the most successful agencies - or perhaps THE most...

Online agency Housesimple has become the first in the UK to sell houses for free. It says that based on the average...

A former Territory Owner at Purplebricks, who at one time managed 11 Local Property Experts, has spoken out in support of...

The number of residential property transactions in May was a thumping 11.3 per cent lower than the same month last year,...

Purplebricks is the “Official Estate Agent Of Team GB” for the build-up to and completion of next summer’s Olympics in Tokyo. It is going...

Conveyancing platform The Moving Hub and Acquaint CRM have announced a strategic partnership. New and existing users of Acquaint CRM will have...

A member of a legal information and networking organisation says an online estate agency expects him to do some work in...

A recent survey conducted by comparison website GetAgent found that traditional high street agents have been given a firm thumbs up...

In recent years, estate and letting agents have been faced with a series of tough challenges to absorb and react to. There...

In recent years click & collect has become a popular way for retailers, supermarkets and online shopping sites such as Amazon...

A new sales progression tool that claims to have been hugely successful over an 18-month pilot is being rolled out across...

Reforms to the house buying process in England and Wales to bring it more into line with Scotland could slash the...

Here at Estate Agent Today, we're always pleased to highlight the lengths the best agents will go to provide outstanding customer...

An online auction platform has launched a new instant property purchase feature as part of its expansion plans. Under The Hammer, a...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) has launched its long-awaited ‘How to sell a home’ and ‘How to...

Another bank has slashed its forecast for Purplebricks, citing concerns over its the long-term viability of its international activities in particular. As...

A lawyer appears to be suggesting that ‘clean and tidy’ clauses be inserted into house purchase deals, allowing buyers to retain...

Q: What does it say on your business card? Charlie Lancaster,  Managing Director, m: 07976 507107 e:charlie.lancaster@mybid4it.com,  Blake House, 18 Blake...

A new snapshot of market share claims that online agents accounted for 7.0 per cent of all exchanges in the first...

Hybrid estate agency has reported a modest pre-tax profit of some £400,000 as part of the 2018 results of its parent...

More than 800 property transactions fall through daily, which can have repercussions both practically and financially, as agents fail to get...

Campaigning groups like Generation Rent and Shelter like to think they are simultaneously edgy and radical; likewise some think tanks believe...

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

When it comes to major issues confronting housing, and in particular the direction that the government would like to take the...

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

Thinking about the state of communication across residential property chains is enough to induce a severe migraine. We work in a world...

Another new online auction company has launched and is bidding to woo traditional estate agents with the controversial ‘modern method of...

A report claims that the hybrid agency EweMove performs above average across a number of measurements. The study comes from TwentyCi, a...

The latest RICS survey has one key message - 77 per cent of surveyors participating in the study say Brexit uncertainty...

The easyProperty online agency has abandoned an across-the-board fee structure, allowing its licensee agents to charge what they like. “Each local market is unique...

Figures released this morning show a surge in first time buyers securing mortgages in recent months, despite the market showing continued signs...

Maverick Cornish estate agent Chris Wood has quit the industry with a stinging attack on those who have “taken their toll”...

A member of a prominent legal network is warning buyers and their conveyancers to be ”wary” of the Modern Method of...

The row over whether Help To Buy benefits house builders’ personal wealth more than it assists the housing market is continuing...

The UK’s two leading conveyancing groups have merged to form what they call a “powerhouse” to be called Simplify. My Home Move...

It’s been a theatrical week in Westminster with talk of defections and duplicity worthy of Shakespeare. Yet the estate agency world has...

Purplebricks’ eye-watering share price fall yesterday was greeted with widespread satisfaction by property professionals outside the online sector. The agency’s share price...

The two men behind a low-profile hybrid estate agency say their company is flourishing after two years in business, during which they...

With the home buying and selling process firmly on the news agenda of late – everything from a possible ban on...

Winkworth has set up a dedicated land and new homes division. The franchise agency, which has most of its offices in and...

Customer experience (CX) will largely determine the future of estate agency in the UK. This is now a key battleground for...

A respected property investment consultancy is warning that the current premium put on the prices of new-build homes - around 15...

While even agents of the calibre of Savills struggle in today’s market - see the agency’s figures here - it’s a...

Almost half of all house sales in England and Wales fell through before completion in the final quarter of 2018, according...

With the speed of property sales continuing to slow and no end to the sluggishness in sight, it’s time to take...

With one year to go, the 2010s will see housebuilding figures in England come in below any decade since the Second...

If you thought Christmas Eve meant no more news in terms of industry movers and shakers…well, think again - we’ve one...

A new analysis of the online estate agency business model claims that it ‘could be described as a Ponzi scheme’. The accusation...

Over the past year I've had so many conversations with agents telling me how they feel that offering a premium customer...

A Newcastle-based property company says it has acquired the listings of Emoov and Tepilo. It has emailed and texted vendors to say...

Research by comparison website Netanagent claims the commission paid to estate agents in London could be over £70,000 depending on where...

Property analysts say ‘flippers’ - those who buy new homes and sell them quickly, hopefully for a profit - are losing...

Every other advert on the TV is featuring Santa Claus, snowmen or reindeer, the tinsel, trees and decorations are out in...