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Fifteen businesses which had bought freeh­olds from housing developer Countryside have now given formal undertakings to remove terms that cause ground...

A rural body in Wales has hit out at the Welsh Government’s proposals for draconian new taxes on second homes.  Earlier this...

Peta Milne, founder of Instagram growth and PR service Monimo, and a content writer at Choices Estate Agents, recently sat down...

Netflix’s period romantic comedy Bridgerton appears to have registered with Asian property buyers - and as a result they want to...

Dog facilities - even separate rooms for them - are now a major factor on the ‘want list’ for growing numbers...

House and apartment sales are still being hit by confusion and worry over ground rents on existing second-hand leasehold properties. This is...

A probe by the Competition and Markets Authority has led housebuilder Taylor Wimpey to make changes for the benefit of leaseholders.  Taylor...

Hello again and with just two weeks to go before the festivities begin, there’s a definite ramping up of fund-raising for...

Rightmove will launch its latest outdoor campaign on Monday, with advertisements in over 1,000 roadside and rail locations remaining in place...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? David Ruddock – Partner and Head of Residential Sales Operations...

The Modern Method of Auction (MMoA), also known as Conditional auction, can sometimes get a bad rap. However, much of the...

The property industry and its many stakeholders are key participants in a global digital transformation that has been underway for quite...

There’s good news and bad news from the shake-up in government ministers and ministries that was presented to the nation last...

We may be getting an extended summer but agents haven’t just been basking in the heatwave. There has been plenty of goodwill...

The Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners (ALEP) has become the latest body to welcome the decision by Countryside Properties to scrap the requirement to pay...

One of the biggest campaign groups calling for leasehold reform has welcomed the action taken by the Competition and Markets Authority...

In what will be seen as the latest win for leaseholders across the UK, it’s been revealed that – following action...

2020 gave rise to an exodus from the city as work from home became the mandated norm for large swaths of...

House sales slumped nearly two thirds last month as the main deadline for the stamp duty holiday passed.  HM Revenue and Customs...

Some 18 months on, we’re only just beginning to understand the impact of Covid-19 and how it’ll shape the future economy...

HM Revenue & Customs has warned of what it calls the “negative impacts” of the pandemic on the latest property transactions...

Our long-awaited ‘Freedom Day’ approaches. From Monday all of the restrictions, introduced since the Covid-19 pandemic made an impact across the...

As the country prepares to cheer on England (can we speak for the other UK nations too?) here’s a look at...

A London agency is rejecting the suggestion that sellers are heading to the countryside - instead, it says they’re likely to move...

In a return to a favourite series of mine, as it gives an excellent insight into the very many facets of...

A think tank claims that ‘urban flight’ - when people leave cities and head for towns and villages - is merely a...

Rightmove has so far this year recorded 20 of its busiest ever days for visits to the site as the current...

Boutique estate agency D S Churchill is to open a countryside office serving the Cotwolds, Oxfordshire and surrounding counties. D S Churchill...

One year on from the UK’s first stay-at-home order, London has been overtaken as the most searched-for location on Rightmove, according...

Two of Britain’s largest house builders have reacted sharply to calls by Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick and the Competition and Markets...

The Competition and Markets Authority has written to two top house builders ordering them to change their leasehold terms. In September the...

London still dominated the league table of locations with the highest volumes of sales by value in 2020, despite the apparent...

One of the country’s most exclusive agencies, UK Sotheby’s International Realty, was the subject of a Channel 4 documentary last evening. The...

The secure Conservative victory in the 2019 General Election meant the property market in the sunlit uplands was set for a...

What’s the happiest place in Britain? Rightmove has the answer. In a new ‘Happy At Home’ index calculated by the portal and...

The UK lettings market is no stranger to technology. But only a few of the early initiatives have remained, and landlords...

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

Two reports this morning suggest that activity in the most expensive sectors of the housing market is doing as well as...

When it comes to the future of the property market in the wake of Covid-19, there are two main schools of...

The Competition and Markets Authority is today opening enforcement cases focusing on the sale of leasehold homes by four leading housebuilders. They...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Stewart McRae, Sales Director at CoreLogic UK What is ‘company name’...

Strutt & Parker is warning that in a worst-case scenario house prices in some locations could drop 10 per cent this...

Zoopla says while there may be speculation about people fleeing London and big urban areas for the countryside, the evidence suggests...

A survey of 2,000 prospective movers by Zoopla shows the vast majority still intent on buying - but younger purchasers’ plans...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I'm Darren Loftus and it says Commercial Director on...

Savills has given the industry an insight into how buyers’ and sellers’ priorities may change as the industry returns to work...

Let me start by wishing everyone well in these uncertain and precarious times. I truly hope you, your families, friends and...

Hello and welcome to the first Property Jobs Today of 2020 - and we’ve plenty to report even with the New...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Michelle O’Brien, mio Account Manager for Home Counties North What is...

There are fewer ‘accidental landlords’ - vendors who resort to letting out their homes because the sales market is difficult. That’s the...

A distinctly autumnal storm seems to be gripping the UK for the early part of the weekend but as ever, nothing...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, your weekly chance to catch up on major moves in our industry. Everyone here has...

The demand for rural properties is high, and with 20.7% of England’s population in countryside areas, estate agents have a large...

Rightmove has revealed which day was its busiest in 2018 in terms of page views. It says February 19 was the date,...

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an advertisement calling properties for sale ‘park homes’ when the buildings themselves could not be...

We’ve all heard the comments - the countryside is being covered in concrete, new houses are springing up everywhere, our green...

Countrywide, the troubled estate agency group thought by some to be near collapse, has delayed issuing its interim figures which were...

Countrywide has not made any official statement about speculation over the weekend that it was about to seek an additional £100m investment. Estate...

It’s being reported this morning that Countrywide will seek new investment of over £100m, probably in the next few days.  The Sunday...

Summer is traditionally the time of the year when the property market slows down, with people going away on their holidays...

Barclays is next week launching a so-called ‘green mortgage’ which links the loan to the Energy Performance Certificate rating of the...

Q. How did you get in to the property industry? My career in the property industry actually started out as a holiday...

This might just be one of the busiest Agents Do Charity columns we’ve ever had with many firms having a mixture...

We know all about Grand Designs and Location, Location, Location - now Channel 4 hopes another new TV property programme will become just...

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

Right-wing journalist Melissa Kite has used the columns of the weekly political magazine to accuse estate agents of being “like a...

An agency specialising in land and planning claims that campaigners in favour of maintaining the green belt must accept that some...

Who are you? Edward Trustworth, 23 What does it say on your business card? Founder, MyTenantedProperty.com What does the business do and what are you...

The 177 year old agency and consultancy Bidwells has a new brand identity - and an ambitious pledge to grow market...

Channel 4 is launching another property programme to complement hits such as Location, Location, Location and Phil Spencer’s Secret Agent, with...

The glorious thing about the referendum on our EU membership is that four weeks today it will all be over –...

Q: What does it say on your business card? Director of Business Development Q: Who are PayProp? PayProp is an automated payment and reconciliation...

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

Recently, I was speaking to the owner of a chain of estate agents which is thinking of refreshing its company image. They...

Who are you? Chris Coates What does it say on your business card? Chris Coates As a small team we don’t have a hang up...

Who are you? Steve Gosney. What does it say on your business card? Managing Director of Kremer Signs. How long has Kremer Signs...

Who are you?  Chris Rundle, What does it say on your business card? Managing Director of GK Signs.  How long has GK Signs...

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...

The government is reported to be considering a policy of capping prices of some homes in the countryside to ensure they...

I recently visited Life Residential at their bright and modern West London headquarters. I carried out a quick interview with Joint Managing...

Moneypenny, the telephone answering firm handling 1.2m calls a year for 850 estate and letting agents – has unveiled designs for...