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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...

A firm is launching a new Home Owner’s Passport this weekend in a bid to speed up conveyancing.  With characteristics reminiscent of the much-derided Home...

How will things be done in the future? There’s no knowing, of course, given the many variables at play, but it’s...

An online auction platform which works with estate agents says this method of selling homes works, with four sales in one...

What questions keep you awake at night? Do you know if you’re losing new instructions by undervaluing, or whether you could...

Estate agency and property consultancy JLL is offering a clip-on accessory which it claims can be put on to a mobile...

A consumer group says agents are securing increasing income from online auctions, but it warns that for buyers there are pitfalls...

Strutt & Parker is bucking the trend on High Street offices by opening a new one - and in this case,...

Given that ‘UK buyers are the most digitally active home hunters’, with HSBC’s Beyond the Bricks report stating that 90% of...

Almost one in five online sales valuations generated by The ValPal Network over a two-year period resulted in a completion with...

The culture of impatience and instant gratification has a lot to answer for. It has forced the hand of the property...

The number of house sales falling through before completion is on the increase according to data collated by a home buying...

Just under one in five buyers in the past two years have suffered moving day delays, either because funds have been...

Purplebricks’ share price dropped yesterday to barely over 200p - its lowest level for some 18 months and reflecting a near...

A call has gone out for conveyancers to have all monies - including mortgage funds - in place the day before...

From where I’m standing there’s a lot in common between the debate between online and traditional agents, and the argument over...

The latest figures from Purplebricks, contained within the agency’s annual report released this week, claim that 81 per cent of its...

An estate agency is pioneering a new business model in which it charges no commission whatsoever to the vendor. Freeagent247, an online...

Were it not for climate change, I would be very close to predicting that the summer is close to being over,...

Why do we choose to engage with one application more than another, or find ourselves returning to the same piece of...

More than 420,000 people have now used the government’s Help to Buy schemes to get themselves on to the housing ladder...

Estate and lettings agency is arguably one of the most fierce, ruthless and relentless industries going. And, with fluctuating stock levels,...

A leading legal firm has given broad approval to proposals from the Law Commission aimed at improving the conveyancing process and...

The emerging Proptech platform BestAgent has announced its latest partnership - this one is with sales progression company ViewMyChain. BestAgent, run by...

Since January 2018, nine of the UK’s biggest banks have allowed competitors direct access to customer data as part of the...

The latest transaction figures from HM Revenue and Customs make depressing reading - a three per cent drop between May and...

The Law Commission has unveiled proposals that it claims could stop property fraudsters in theirb tracks and improve conveyancing at the...

Purplebricks has told the Press Association it wants to secure over 10 per cent of the agency market share in the...

We are currently engaged in consultations with our members to help to find a practical solution to the concern of the...

If you’re an estate agent and have a property that is difficult to sell or the homeowner simply needs a fast...

A report in the Financial Times lays bare the scale of the housing market downturn in central London - it suggests...

An estate agency chain has produced strikingly successful sales figures for the first half of the year - evidence, it says,...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Tom Cummuskey Sales & Marketing Manager … Fast approaching double...

In recent weeks, you could have been forgiven for thinking that you’re not actually in the UK.  Flash floods aside, the...

High-end housebuilder Berkeley Homes says “macro and political uncertainty, including Brexit” is leading to some developers previously building in London to...

Savills has suggested that it may be time for a fundamental review of what’s left of the flagship policy of Margaret...

A new online agency has started charging only 0.75 per cent commission, payable only on completion, with no VAT and no...

Purplebricks is expanding its US activities by entering the markets of Las Vegas, Nevada and Phoenix, in the state of Arizona. A...

The For Sale board is one of the oldest marketing tools available to agents, but it is still considered one of...

Clients of software provider Reapit can now integrate with leading sharing and online valuation service The ValPal Network. The objective is to help Reapit...

Having recently attended FUTURE: PropTech in London, it struck me just how far the integration of property and technology has progressed...

ZPG’s sell-off of the Australian arm of housing data company Hometrack to REA Group, a multinational digital firm specialising in portals and...

Breakdowns within property chains are the most common cause of fall throughs, according to a new study. Over the last ten years,...

A PropTech startup which claims to revolutionise the speed at which property transactions can be processed has officially launched this week. When...

Two online agents and a number of PropTech companies have been named in startups.co.uk's Startups 100 index. Coming in at number 64...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Ben Robinson, Director of Agency Services at Landmark What is Landmark...

The UK chief executive of Purplebricks says his company has ambitions to roll out its business model all over the world. Lee...

I have sold hundreds of lettings businesses over the last twenty-five years. Based on this experience, these are the mistakes that you...

Given the level of resource and energy being put behind upping the number of first-time buyers in the UK, you might...

Hybrid agency Emoov is now offering a tailored sales package aimed at attracting developers listing and selling new homes. Rather than paying...

The assessment by an investment consultancy that Purplebricks sells some 76 per cent of the homes it lists may have made...

Online agency HouseSimple has become a completely No Sale No Fee agency - and is thought to be the only online...

The Conveyancing Association has backed the government’s calls for extensive reform of the buying and selling process, announced at the weekend. The...

The number of house sales falling through pre-completion during the first quarter of 2018 reached its highest level for this time...

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

The first-ever ‘digital mortgage’ deed has been lodged at HM Land Registry, for a property at Rotherhithe in London.  Coventry Building Society...

With reports continuing to focus on a slowing property market and an understanding that not enough properties are being marketed for...

The Property Ombudsman has launched an online training module which it describes as the first of its kind.  The interactive module -...

  An assessment of nine online agencies undertaken by a property website has seen Emoov come out on top after being analysed...

Three weeks has flown by (I missed an early deadline last week - apologies) and I find myself writing the next...

A critic of the conveyancing process has accused a law firm’s charge of £95 for “exchange and completion within five working...

Investment consultancy London Central Portfolio has launched a new index which it claims uses “the most comprehensive data available” to assess...

Alice Hickmott is the perfect advertisement for apprentices in estate agency - especially as we are now in National Apprentice Week.  Essex...

The ESTAS Group has revealed the agencies, suppliers and other property companies shortlisted for its 2018 Estate & Letting Agent Awards. The...

A new report by the residential property team of a legal firm has found widespread criticism of online agents’ over their...

An online agency says it knows exactly when a home should be marketed in order to sell in the optimum timeframe.  And...

“Are we there yet?” In the same way that these words can drive you to distraction (any parent who has endured the...

Whisper it quietly, but there seems to be change in the air when it comes to agents recommending lawyers based on...

Purplebricks has this morning issued an unusual statement to the Stock Exchange blaming a City report for the sharp fall in the...

A partner at Carter Jonas says that the next 12 months could see stagnation in the market and as a result...

What do you need to know if you are considering selling your sales or lettings business?  Here’s ten top tips to think...

Fall-through rates have long been a problem for the UK residential property market, the issue is nothing new. Today, however, the...

New analysis by credit and comparison service Totally Money has revealed the districts where the controversial Help To Buy initiative is...

While there is a distinct market for flats held on particularly short leases, there is a middle ground where flat owners...

Arun Estates has launched what it describes as “a major new departure” - a fully-staffed High Street office but covering a...

A chain tracking platform claims a trial by Leaders Group during 2017 shows its sales progression tool improving completion times by...

Mystery surrounds a claim made by Prime Minister Theresa May that the stamp duty changes for first time buyers made in...

The Society of Licensed Conveyancers says it is worried that HM Land Registry’s decision to publish details of apparent errors in...

What a year it’s been! Back in 2016 we had Brexit, a new prime minister, Donald Trump’s election, and so when...

A conveyancers’ trade body has told the government that it wants the house buying process to be modernised by having estate...

It’s traditional before Christmas to either review the year past or anticipate the one ahead - but I’m intrigued about what...

Here it is - the industry’s verdict on the latest set of figures from Purplebricks. The agency doesn’t play by any of...

Purplebricks’ latest trading statement for the six months ending October 31 claims a large rise in revenue, its number of UK...

A former Hamptons International and Savills agent is the first to join a ‘freelance agency’ set up in prime central London. In...

The first residential transaction has taken place under the so-called Conveyancer’s Code for Completion - a new procedure in which the...

Online agency Settled is introducing a deposit scheme which it claims will assist sellers and buyers reach completion faster - and...

Housing may have taken centre stage in the Budget but most of the industry appears to remain sceptical of whether the...

Online estate agent eMoov recently set itself apart by directly addressing the issues of openness and transparency that have long dogged the online business...

The government's call for evidence from agents and others in a bid to improve the house buying process has pushed some...

An influential consumer group has responded to the government’s commitment to reform the house buying process by advocating legally-binding reservation agreements...

Sajid Javid, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, has launched a consultation on proposals to reform the house buying...

The Conveyancing Association says some of its members are piloting HIPs-style Digital Home Reports in a bid to reduce fall-throughs and...

A breakdown of data from over 4,100 agents has revealed that it takes on average 201 days to move home, from...

Purplebricks has told Estate Agent Today it is more open about its business than almost any other agency and stridently rejects criticism about...

A long-standing traditional agent says the real success of online agencies is not their share of the market but that they...

More than one in four house sales across England and Wales fell through before completion in the third quarter of 2017...

England faces a growing gulf between new build completions and new households being added to the population according to a new...

Another attempt to create an automated conveyancing system has been launched with the claim that it will banish paper trails and...

ZPG - which already owns and operates Zoopla, PrimeLocation, Hometrack and the price comparison website uSwitch - has acquired the financial...

Arun Estates reports that it has netted an additional £350,000 in fees thanks to a scheme designed to woo vendors using online...

Consumer group Which? says the public should be wary of claims made by online estate agents. This follows a series of complaints about...

The police are investigating a quick sale company after a claim by an individual that he received less than half of...

As the mainstream mortgage market braces itself for yet another clampdown on buy-to-let lending, a growing number of property investors are...

  A hybrid agency called 99Home Ltd, which made its debut back in April, appears to have relaunched with what it calls...

Over a quarter of prospective house sales completed in the past three months had fallen through at some stage according to...

Government schemes like Help To Buy, supposedly assisting more people get on the ladder, have little impact on improving social mobility...

The chief executive of Purplebricks, often criticised by detractors for failing to reveal completion rates as opposed to listings, says his...

The Queen’s speech to the British parliament this week was a scaled-back affair, which was unsurprising given the Grenfell Tower fire,...

Figures released by the government suggest that over 285,000 people, including 240,000 first time buyers, have used one or more of...

Theresa May’s call for a snap general election on June 8 took many by surprise. But estate agents have been broadly...

Our recent roundtable on the government’s proposed ban on tenant fees generated a selection of tips for growing your business. We’re now...

A sales progression tool claims to have analysed how long it takes to expedite sales chains of different lengths, and to...

A consumer group which has consistently promoted online agencies says they achieve closer to sellers’ original asking price than the national...

The comparison service Get Agent has released the full details of its analysis of the performance of four different online estate...

Analysis of over 500,000 transactions shows that completions are slowest in London and the South East. The average progress from an offer...

Since the seventies, housing starts and completions across England and Wales have been on a downward trajectory. The long run average...

Not only did Theresa May stun everyone with her decision to call a ‘snap election’ but with the campaign now underway...

Sohail Rashid discusses data driven sales progression in this video below. View My Chain allows agents and home movers to view automated...

The number of new homes built in London will reach record levels in 2017, according to high-end agency Savills - but...

A London council has issued 49 fines to estate and letting agents in the first two months of a crackdown that...

More than one in three house sales across England and Wales fell through before completion in the first quarter of 2017,...

Concern is growing over the stagnation in transactions in London generally and in prime central areas in particular. Consultancy JLL says there...

A scheme of eight individual apartments in Leamington Spa has sold out in just four hours. Estate agency ehB Residential sold all...

The Conveyancing Association wants the creation of a ‘log book’ and ‘Home Reports’ for each home on sale - reminiscent in...

The ESTAS Group has revealed the shortlist for its 2017 awards - and has announced that this year has seen a...

A sales progression tool claims to have reduced the average transaction time for a property from around 94 days to around...

The rapid growth in popularity of buy-to-let in recent years, fuelled in part by the failings of the pensions industry, has...

London based property management startup Airsorted has raised £1.5m in a funding round led by Concetric and the ever present PiLabs.  What...

The chronic shortage of housing supply in the UK relative to demand has been a national issue for decades. The Government...

From the outset of any merger, it is vital that each agency understands and can identify its purpose and the USP...

The Keller Williams franchise agency, one of the largest in the world, is relaunching in the UK on Wednesday with the...

Instant gratification is nothing new. It’s been around for millennia. It’s an in-built survival instinct for humans – that want, that...

A surge in sales of London properties to overseas buyers taking advantage of the Pound’s post-referendum collapse has helped Savills exceed...

Forget a machine injury, a nasty fall or even being stabbed in the back by a jealous colleague, a death in...

Foreign exchange giant Moneycorp says the number of Britons buying homes abroad has slumped 25 per cent since the EU referendum. In...

We are now only days away from one of the most-anticipated events in UK politics; one which has a considerable impact...

The Conveyancers' Association has called for sweeping changes to the house buying and moving system to create a "more certain and...

Working relationships between estate agents and conveyancers can be mutually beneficial with the referral of work between parties. However, they are missing...

Who are you? Matt Lancaster, one of the founding partners of Free2Convey and Docs4Home.   Tell us about Free2Convey… Free2Convey is the UK’s first free...

Another agency has opened an office in the troubled Nine Elms scheme in central London - this time the new entrant...

A new automated sales progression tool being launched today promises to require fewer resources from agents in return for ensuring faster...

As many northern cities struggled to recover from the 2008 global financial crisis, the north-south divide returned to plague the British...

Thirty one per cent of residential sales fell through before completion in the third quarter of 2016, showing a sizeable increase...

Countryside Properties and Telford Homes are the latest housebuilders to report good trading conditions following the result of the EU referendum. Countryside,...

An equity specialist has warned that shareholders may now choose this is the time to sell their stakes in Purplebricks because...

As with finance broking, there can be many frustrations that come with being an estate agent – I perhaps don’t need...

The government says its latest release of figures from its various Help to Buy schemes show that over 185,000 people have...

An estate agency in Wales has recruited a head of PR with a difference - Moginie James' latest edition to its senior...

The government's most publicised measure of housebuilding excludes around a fifth of all new build completions each year, according to a...

Auction house Clive Emson has launched a digital service through which vendors can sell land and property via an online auction. Clive...

The huge rush to acquire buy-to-let property in the first quarter of the year ahead of the stamp duty change deadline...

Martin & Co is reported to have acquired EweMove, an estate agency which describes itself as the first ‘hybrid’ service -...

EweMove, which describes itself as the UK’s first hybrid estate agency, claims it has seen completions over the past two months...

The founder of a controversial service helping vendors find the ‘right’ estate agency and negotiating its fees says he has had...

The Daily Telegraph appears to have exposed the government’s much-vaunted Buy To Let ISA scheme - billed as helping first time...

As promised, this week’s Natter is dedicated to a question and answer session with Peter Brodnicki, the man who has been...

City consultancy Jefferies has made a blistering attack on Purplebricks’ sales performance and finances, saying “the arithmetic…still does not add up.”  Last...

A residential property consultancy has opened one of the first estate agency coffee shops in the UK.  Go Holdings, which works with...

As a service provider to both Estate Agents and Conveyancing Solicitors from one platform, ETSOS sits in a fairly unique position...

The agency which describes itself as the UK’s first hybrid - EweMove - is claiming a record quarter of property sales...

Rightmove has released a series of online ‘portraits of how London might look after the completion of a series of development,...

Sales skills, and the ability to negotiate in particular, have always been a core ingredient for any estate agent – and...

A leading land agent has criticised those doubting the government's ability to build a million new homes by 2020. Adam Hesse, land...

While buy-to-let lenders brace themselves for further interventions as part of proposals currently being drawn up by the Prudential Regulation Authority...

Hamptons International has announced that it is to launch a 'private conveyancing hub' later this year. The initiative has been designed to...

In this business you get used to dealing with regular customer and third-party feedback, input, and (occasionally) complaints.  Much like the agency market...

It’s the news that has got everyone talking: Barclays are bringing back the 100% mortgage.  The market has taken a bit of...

A report using data from Savills and property consultancy Dataloft claims that luxury private residential towers can dramatically increase the values of...

Who are you? I’m the champion of local owner managed estate agents, leading them in the fight to beat the competition   What...

It’s almost impossible to write about the conveyancing market and not reflect on the activity levels of the past month or...

A top consultancy firm is warning that the stamp duty surcharge coming into effect at the end of this week may lead...

The government's Office for National Statitsics has confirmed that a new single, official house price index is to be launched in...

Last month the news of the Conveyancing Association’s (CA) newly-launched progression training course for agents and mortgage brokers, reached the news pages...

With less than a month to go before the new rate of stamp duty kicks in for second property purchasers, we’re...

More outdated office space should be converted into residential property in order to combat the UK’s shortage of homes, according to...

As any marketer will tell you, the marketing mix in its most basic form is made up of 4 P’s: Price,...

The arrival of a single official house price index comes one step closer later this month with a so-called ‘user event’...

A prominent Conservative activist is calling for a strict clampdown on estate agents’ boards which she describes as “a form of...

Talks are ongoing about portal choices for Cheshire-based estate agency Gascoigne Halman - acquired by Connells last year - and no decision has...

An estate agent has spoken out about the threat of ‘abandoned sales’ if a completion bottleneck prevents purchases of properties going...

A detailed analysis by Hometrack reveals that new-build transactions - running at roughly 10 per cent of all house sales for...

Haart says a shortage of conveyancers and lawyers is leading to delays in transactions, made worse by the high volume of...

In a surprise move, The Property Ombudsman is to allow all 420 registered firms in the British Association of Removers to...

Predicting ho­­w the housing market might play out over the next few months is incredibly difficult. There are a significant number...

To those working within the conveyancing sector, the recent statistics from the Legal Ombudsman regarding complaints are perhaps not surprising.  In our...

Online agency HouseSimple is introducing a High Street agency style No Sale-No Fee option for vendors, with a reduced fee if they...

I started work in 1966 in Exeter with Fox & Sons then moved to a local company in Honiton soon after....

With a little over two months to go until changes to Stamp Duty are introduced that will impact purchasers of second...

A riposte to Rob Hailstone's article: 'C'mon CHAPS, Don't be faized'. Good Day, and a late Merry Christmas. Sorry for the delay in...

Online estate agent Purplebricks has now completed its pre-Christmas IPO with shares initially valued at £240m. It’s the latest news that...

A dispute between two agents over a claim that “95 per cent agreed sales proceed to completion” has been resolved informally...

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an advertisement from a property company selling new homes in East London, after it was...

The British Association of Removers has entered the dispute over changes to the CHAPS arrangements for the transfer of monies on...

The week before Christmas last year was the busiest week for housing completions at any time in 2012, 2013 and 2014...

In many respects 2015 has been a good year. Despite global challenges, we have seen a marked improvement in the UK...

Earlier this week removal man Matt Faizey had an article published by Estate Agent Today in which he commented about the...

The traditional festive spirit of estate agency does not extend simply to decorating offices - it’s about doing good work, too. This...

The little-publicised extension of the CHAPS settlement day - taking the closure up to 6pm from next summer - has received...

No sooner was Halloween done and dusted than attentions turned to Christmas: shops were dressed with festive decorations; town centre lights...

High-end agency Savills has announced that it has sold Wentworth Woodhouse - reported to be Britain’s largest residential property - to...

The agency marketing expert Doctor Photo has launched what he calls a ‘digital surgery’ to provide agents and developers with images...

An agency that offers both traditional and online sales and lettings services to clients has opened a new office - in...

Who are you? Ellie Hall. What does it say on your business card? Head of Acquisitions. You're on the hunt for acquisitions, what makes a...

Marsh & Parsons has expanded its residential development and investment department with the appointment of David Duke as Director of Residential...

It’s interesting to read of plans to debate which business plan really is best for the customer, online or traditional estate...

Wind back the clock a few years and the working relationships I had with most estate agents was productive, beneficial and...