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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...