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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...

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...