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

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

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,...

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

Help to Buy’s equity loan and mortgage guarantee schemes have helped nearly 120,000 people buy a home, according to government figures.  Since...

Over 64,000 property purchases over the last year involved the buyer relying on a gift of cash for all or part...

There were over 131,000 housebuilding completions in the past year, according to the latest government data. The figure represents a 15% increase...

Last month it was announced that the CHAPS payment system will be extended by one hour and forty minutes from summer...

This year saw the lowest May for first time buyer completions in three years according to data from Your Move and...

There's bad news for Britain’s politicians who are using house-building targets as policy objectives in the election - over two thirds...