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The Government was 120,000 homes short of its own new-build targets last year, research claims. Analysis by new-build sales optimisation platform Unlatch...

Limited supply is prompting more buyers to consider new-builds but the sector is also suffering from a stock shortage, Savills warns. Research...

Supply is slowly increasing but there are signs that buyers are now biding their time. Analysis by property data company TwentyCi shows...

I attended a forum in London a couple of weeks ago, which for the first time brought estate agents and conveyancers...

In June, the biggest pilot scheme of a four-day working week anywhere in the world will begin in Britain, with more...

The extreme shortage of properties for sale has fuelled the first rise in new homes sold off-plan since 2016.   In 2021 some...

The Skipton Building Society, which owns Connells estate agency, says the house-selling arm helped it reach a record profit pre-tax profit...

Without doubt, 2021 was an exceptional year in the property market, with the stamp duty holiday and favourable market conditions helping...

A housebuilding-led mortgage indemnity scheme called Deposit Unlock has now been launched nationally with 17 major developers taking part. Nationwide is the...

Data released by Zoopla suggests that demand for new builds outside London remains above the five year average, but has failed...

The police have been called in to investigate the ongoing cyber-security incident which has led to many firms in the Simplify...

The conveyancing IT crash plaguing the Simplify Group of companies continues into its ninth day; however there is an update for...

There’s been an update this morning on the dramatic systems crash that has hit the conveyancing services operated by the Simplify...

OnTheMarket says it delivered a record number of instant valuation enquiries last month, beating its previous best period in June of...

The Property Franchise Group, the agency industry’s largest franchise operation, has reported strong performance in recent months. Chief executive Gareth Samples has...

Another market snapshot has identified low supply as the chief characteristic of the sales landscape this autumn. Landmark Information Group’s latest Property...

The worst of the Covid-19 pandemic appears to be firmly in the rear-view mirror as we move into the last quarter...

Franchise giant Winkworth says it has backed the start up of a commercial company advising on investment in retail or business...

A broker claims the high profile return of the 95 per cent mortgage has actually made little impact on the housing...

New data shows the strongest quarter for new build home registrations since 2007.  According to NHBC, the new home warranty and insurance...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, we have another industry big-hitter and one of the most high-profile female leaders in property...

A new analysis off the housing market suggests that the current frenzy is down partly to activity in the most expensive...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  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......

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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...