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As a character from a fairly well-known TV show once said, winter is coming and we’re all contemplating where 2021 has...

An alert has gone out to sales and lettings agents to be more diligent with their checking of data, and to...

Foxtons has written to the ‘legal owner’ of part of the Tower of London, offering to value the property for a...

There is no denying that managing properties is labour intensive. As real estate agents you are responsible for administering and addressing...

Knight Frank has beaten a string of prestigious household name companies to take the Overall Winner award at the 2021 Customer...

Rightmove is warning that it’s “highly likely” interest rates will rise in the near future. The portal believes this now seems inevitable...

A part of the Connells Group is telling the new Housing Secretary that he and his government “must do more” to...

Within weeks the focus of the industry will be on the White Paper to be issued on rental reform before Christmas. Let’s...

In this thought leadership article, Videosign CEO Steven Tallant looks at electronic signatures and conveyancing and whether the time is nigh for the...

Howl you doing? Yes, it’s just a fortnight until Halloween and time to wheel out unspeakably awful puns and the occasional...

Purplebricks has this morning announced that chief financial officer Andy Botha is quitting at the end of the month. In a terse...

Rising inflation triggered by the supply chain crisis following Brexit and the pandemic may undermine recent house price gains according to...

2021 redefined what it meant to offer exceptional customer experiences for consumers across multiple industries, but particularly for the residential property...

One of the country’s leading buying agents has set out what’s hot and what’s not in London’s housing market as it...

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

Like most industries, estate agency is changing. A general trend to a more hybrid model, accelerated by the pandemic has resulted...

A leading market commentator is warning that transactions and prices will fall without the stimulus of the stamp duty holiday. Karen Noye,...

Luke Thirkettle heads up the lettings division at Stratfords, a single-branch lettings and sales agency based in Milton Keynes. Here, he speaks to...

In this piece, Tom Davis, press officer at Propertymark, explores the debate surrounding a locked or open-door policy, and whether the...

Estate agents, even before Covid-19 reared its ugly head, were flexible, hybrid workers. It is a job that requires a significant...

One of the leading figures in trade body Propertymark wants stamp duty to be reformed, and claims that the success of...

As we move into the autumn of 2021, what the coming year has in store for estate agents is something we...

The stamp duty holiday which finally ends later this week might have a lasting legacy - encouraging more agents to use...

Zoopla has calculated how much the average house price has risen every single day since the start of the pandemic in...

As we motor towards the next major global climate change conference – the UN’s COP26 being held in Glasgow from 31...

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

Affordability has always been a hot topic when it comes to the property market, and this is doubly true for first-time...

Our story yesterday on whether agents should continue to dress formally post-pandemic seemed to relight the fire on a long-time debate...

New figures from HM Treasury have revealed that businesses, including a number of major agencies, have returned £1.3 billion in furlough...

Agents are being contacted by local council officers to check how Covid-safe their operations are.  Paul Offley, compliance officer for The Guild,...

A cloud-based software provider has claimed that agents need to prepare for the future – and a very different working day...

Robert Jenrick has been sacked from his post as Housing, Communities and Local Government Secretary. He was the third major name to...

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

Almost a million tenants have built up rent arrears since March 2020, according to research by National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA)....

Demand from buyers is set to be strong for the rest of 2021 as the stamp duty holiday unwinds but uncertainty...

Good property marketing photos have arguably never been more important in an increasingly visual and tech-led world. We saw just the...

What estate agency is going to look like in the post-pandemic world, and what the role of the physical branch will...

The UK’s biggest property auctioneer is considering whether to bring its sales back into the auction room in the near future. Managing...

The Victorian phrase “as safe as houses” well surmises the security of the housing market as, whether they are buying or...

The lifestyle changes triggered by the pandemic are likely to have a lasting effect on the housing market, pushing property prices permanently...

A survey conducted by a bank suggests that over half of the self-employed sector of the economy believes its financial position...

Day in, day out, I see how good estate agents really are.  Whether it’s in my day job on Location, Location, Location...

We are living in the age of information. Our working and personal lives are underpinned by software, data and technology to...

Many Britains are apparently under-estimating the impact of furlough on their ability to get a mortgage and buy a property. A new...

A long-standing agency says it’s proud that some of its most successful recent recruits have absolutely no industry experience. Felicity J Lord...

There are some parts of the world, including in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, where estate agent isn’t seen as...

A sentiment survey amongst wealthy international buyers suggests the affluent sector of the western world is seeing similar house buying frenzy...

A date has been set for Purplebricks’ shareholders to give their verdict on a controversial remuneration package given to the agency’s...

Auction service Iamsold says a small-sample survey it conducted of agents suggests that increasing numbers are looking favourably on auctions as...

I’m sorry to break this to you but in 10 days’ time it will be autumn - and we will have...

Like most aspects of life since the pandemic hit, the employment arena has been hit hard. But not just with uncertainty...

A housing expert says the psychology of a population coping with the pandemic lies behind the house moving frenzy of recent...

Last month it was reported that up to 500,000 people had been ‘pinged’ by the NHS in a week. While the...

A Midlands property firm has quit its city centre premises after 25 years and says the pandemic has proved it can...

Estate agents have gone on the record to say the flow of purchasers from London to country and market town locations...

Fenn Wright, a prominent East Anglian independent agency, is to open its first office in Felixstowe this autumn, making this the...

House prices in Wales - where the equivalent of the stamp duty holiday has fully ended - rose to a new...

High end agency Strutt & Parker is doubling its prediction for this year’s house price growth. For the UK-wide mainstream market the...

One of the biggest trends since Covid, in the property world and elsewhere, has been a shift towards more hybrid, flexible...

Following a month in which the number of property transactions was the highest since records began, it might seem a little...

Yet another housing market snapshot is reporting the stock of property for sale plummeting further downwards.  Property website Home says that while...

Hello and welcome to another round-up of our industry’s wonderful work for good causes. Before we salute this week’s heroes, our usual...

A new survey suggests the majority of vendors remain wary of allowing too many unknown people into their home during viewings. Some...

Apart from a buoyant market, high transaction levels, and consumer confidence in the property market, one considerable additional benefit which has...

Propertymark says confusion over new stamp duty rules has led to a surge in fall-throughs. Since April 1 homes bought in England...

Savills has reported a bounce back after the Covid-hit performance in 2020. The agency has substantial overseas and commercial property and consultancy...

If you were hoping for a summer lull during August, think again. That’s the messages from Nicky Stevenson, managing director of Fine...

LSL Property Services - parent company of Your Move, Reeds Rains and Marsh & Parsons - has reported record figures as...

Well, we’re technically more than halfway through the year already, but we’ll let that slide. And what a year it’s been...

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

The stamp duty holiday came and went with much fanfare. For many buyers it represented a rare opportunity to make some...

Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, technology has proven to be the answer for many problems faced by sectors across...

We’re about to enter August and second half of the Olympic Games - and fund-raising is happening at a Gold medal...

Around 2.66 million landlords were operational in Great Britain in 2019, according to data estimations previously released by Hamptons International. Of those...

The already-high fall-through rate for transactions is likely to be supercharged by the impending end of the tapered stamp duty holiday...

Hello and welcome to another Property Jobs Today, your chance to see the latest moves in our industry. Why not be a...

Agents have been told in new government guidance that the liftings of some Covid restraints in wider society “does not mark...

Zoopla data has confirmed that buyer demand started to moderate in the months prior to the initial stamp duty holiday tapering...

Regional hybrid agency Hortons says its repaid its £50,000 bounce back loan at the earliest opportunity - because the industry has...

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

An agent support service set up in the early days of the pandemic has closed down with its architect saying “If...

Creating a New Homes division could be a good way of expanding an agency business according to the head of a...

A group of MPs has suggested the government consider a “proportional property tax” to replace the current council tax, in a...

It may be ‘Freedom Day’ but it looks certain that many estate agents will still wear masks in offices today and...

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

The housing market across the country shows little or no sign of cooling despite the end of the main stamp duty...

Property auctioneer Auction House has recorded its best first half results in its 14-year history, and says it’s going to continue...

The Covid-19 crisis has been marked by so-called high-wealth households amassing savings and benefitting from rising house prices far more than...

New guidance has been issued to agents as the government confirms that most remaining Coronavirus restrictions are to be lifted from...

Agents are to be told this week that employees can drop face masks, social distancing and other workplace measures put in...

The son of an Oscar winner has been named as the latest estate agent working under the easyProperty banner. Damian Wanstall is...

As we slowly ease out of lockdown and back to something closer to normality, some legacies of the pandemic will be...

Foxtons’ chairman and longest-serving board member is to stand down at the end of this year at the latest, after a...

The Halifax is reporting a 0.5 per cent monthly drop in house prices, plus a fall in the annual rate from...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Matt Ratliff, Chief Technology Officer of Sort Group. How has your...

The government and property industry have been talking about it for a long time, and there have been numerous initiatives introduced...

In the world of football – very topical at the moment, as we all enjoy the Euros – there is an...

There’s no need for excuses if you’re not fund raising for good causes on Saturday evening - tens of millions will...

New NAEA Propertymark president Liana Loporto-Brown has assumed office, hoping to reset the organisation after a tumultuous year. In February chief executive...

OnTheMarket’s annual general meeting date has been set for later this month - and it’s likely to be virtual despite expected...

The Bank of England has played down worries that interest rates may have to rise as a result of growing levels...

It’s been another terrific week for good deeds by our industry - so often under-reported but so important for agents and...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, we have one of the most familiar names in agency on board for a Q&A....

Working from home used to get a bad rap. With the phrase mocked as ‘shirking from home’, homeworkers were often seen...

London property is still a draw for the wealthiest in the world according to Knight Frank. Despite international travel restrictions, the number...

The possible introduction of higher levels of Capital Gains Tax for the sale of buy to let, holiday homes or even...

There may well have been times in recent weeks when any agent would have been forgiven for wanting a break -...

Around 18 months ago, just a few months before the pandemic hit, I did a Natter with the team at software...

The property market is currently in a unique position where the number of house hunters looking for their next home is...

The row over whether agents should be allowed to vet people who view properties on the basis of their wealth has...

Auction House has announced its highest-ever monthly sales total, with its sales in May just topping £70m.  The firm sold 397 properties...

The Stamp Duty holiday has been very beneficial for hundreds of thousands of buyers looking to take advantage of savings, even...

A traditional problem for agents has been ‘tyre kickers’ who come to view a home out of curiosity with little or...

EweMove, the high profile hybrid estate agency owned by The Property Franchise Group, says it has recruited a record 30 new...

Knight Frank says it will be September at the earliest before the current frenzy of housing market activity will stabilise. The agency’s...

The long running saga of insurance firms failing to honour agents’ Business Interruption claims appears to be making progress at last. A...

A leading agent has been in touch with EAT to vent his frustration at the government for extending most of the...

Right now it seems that another day means another house price record, an all-time high for transactions, and a conveyancing log-jam...

A senior estate agent says even if the restrictions easing lockdown, still formally scheduled for June 21, are delayed by several...

The government has dismissed a call for reform of the stamp duty system, which would have meant the tax would apply...

There are an estimated 2.7 million landlords in the private rented sector (PRS) providing rental accommodation to multiple generations of tenant,...

Despite the vast amount of publicity given to the concept of virtual viewing, a survey suggests relatively few properties on sale...

In the third part of this series, Neil Cobbold – Chief Sales Officer at rental payment automation provider PayProp – explores...

The pandemic and lockdowns have made over a third of those aged 18 to 34 want to move house according to...

Independent agents come in all shapes, sizes and looks, many with their own USPs and little quirks. It is this variety...

The growth of the internet and technology has transformed virtually every aspect of our lives, including how we approach the property...

The Bank of England will intervene if it considers soaring house prices will affect the inflation rate says Sir Dave Ramsden,...

New data shows no let-up on the pressure on the conveyancing sector as the stamp duty holiday and the broader economic...

Banks and building societies want the government to offer more help to the housing market through additional assistance to home owners...

Shock price rises in materials are set to make new build homes more expensive if a warning from leading industry figures...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, I am delighted to chat with Lucy Morton, Head of Residential Agency at JLL, about...

Digital marketing agency Angels Media and digital platform Gazeal have announced an exclusive strategic partnership to help improve and speed up...

The head of one of the UK’s largest conveyancing legal practices is warning the property market could “fall off a cliff...

It’s now over a year since the property market officially reopened after an unprecedented two-month shutdown at the height of the...

In an industry which is faced with constant changes in day-to-day practices and even more so given the Covid terrain which agents...

With property fraud on the rise and an ever-increasing number of transactions taking place in the lettings sector, having strict anti-money laundering...

An analysis of over 1.6m listings by Rightmove shows a big return to normality - demand for smaller city centre properties...

In recent years, the property market has been taking steps to become more digital – with HM Land Registry leading the...

Propertymark has produced a new guide for estate agents in the wake of the latest step on the roadmap out of Covid...

Over the next few years, the property sector is set to change for the better – all thanks to PropTech. While the...

A leading industry trade body is warning that remote-working agents and smaller independent agencies are particularly vulnerable to the growing threat...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Bal Arora – Managing Director In your experience, what is the...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Jack Reid Founding Director of Orlando Reid  In your experience,...

Property owners who play it cool when it comes to marketing their home find their frustration soon becomes overheated. The constant we...

A leading industry supplier says there’s been a jaw-dropping 495 per cent year-on-year increase in digital spend from agents - and that...

Hello and if it’s the end of the week it’s time for Agents Do Charity -  your opportunity to respect all...

The last 12 months have heralded significant change across the property market and indeed we could argue across all markets in...

Parts of the UK property market face a supply shortage with a quarter fewer properties listed for sale in England and...

One one in five first time buyers have been able to get a mortgage on the first attempt over the past...

Local elections rarely set the pulse racing and this year’s poll on Thursday faces a similar problem. But this time, it’s a...

You could make about 65 more cold calls, or hold 13 more viewings, or you could take a power-nap every day...

Hello and welcome to Agents Do Charity as we are on the threshold of May why not get on to the...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, I chat with Fine & Country UK’s managing director Nicky Stevenson, one of the most...

A new petition has been launched asking the government to make the stamp duty holiday apply when contracts are exchanged, rather...

Another major agency group has agreed to repay substantial sums it claimed under the government's Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, introduced to...

The biggest news story in town this last week – which has brought people who don’t usually like or watch football...

Potential house buyers may be fine with virtual tours during lockdown periods, but as the country opens up, people are going...

An insolvency specialist is warning that the real estate sector of the UK is seeing more firms in financial distress despite...

As the property market continues to boom, competition between portals such as Zoopla, Rightmove, OnTheMarket and Boomin has been hotting up...

We’re officially transitioning to summer – marked by the clocks going forward and warmer weather – just as restrictions start to...

Foxtons is facing another shareholder revolt over the bonus being given to its chief executive despite taking £7m in state Covid...

The founder of Zoopla has returned to the property market with a new proposal to disrupt how agents buy and sell homes. Alex...

A leading agency claims the stamp duty holiday has actually had a minimal impact in the mainstream market, despite many suggestions...

Today is the day that non-essential retail reopens as part of the government's roadmap out of lockdown. For the majority of the...

The last property event I attended in person – and I think the last physical property event held all told –...

A new survey suggests 53 per cent of buyers never actually visit an estate agent’s office during the course of their...

Winkworth says Covid and its aftermath will not derail plans to open five offices a year.  In a trading statement to shareholders...

Hello and welcome to this week’s ADC - and it’s a special look at plans for this year by our own...

The annual report of a major estate agency has revealed that its chief executive took two large cuts to bonus payments...

We are just over one year on from the day our lives truly changed, when the UK went into its first...

Licensing of the short-term lets sector in Scotland was due to be introduced next month. However, it was recently announced that...

Propertymark has chosen YoungMinds as its charity partner of the year.  YoungMinds is dedicated to ensuring every young person gets the mental...

With March marking one year since the beginning of the first national lockdown across all four nations of Britain in response...

Targeting the specialist student rental market can be rewarding for letting agents and landlords if they take the right approach. The current...

As you’ll know by now, I like to use the Natter to shine a light on independent agents doing things a...

Normal life still seems far away so there hasn’t been the usual spotlight on a good-news-feeling that comes every year on...

The Building Societies Association says there’s been a surge in consumer confidence in the housing market following the Budget. Some 37 per...

The Law Society is to pilot upfront conveyancers’ information for home buyers and sellers. This will involve the TA6 form which contains...

Boomin co-founder Kenny Bruce says the UK economy should now be opening up thanks to the success of the Coronavirus vaccines. In...

Will Rightmove still be the dominant portal by 2030? Will Boomin really shake up the industry as Purplebricks did before it?...

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...

The total value of the UK’s housing stock has hit a record £7.56 trillion despite the pandemic. The calculation - by Savills,...

The events of the last 12 months have potentially shaped the future of our sector for years to come. There has been...

Uncertain market means additional revenue streams are more important than ever The last year has been an uncertain period for many business...

This week’s interviewee in the ‘In Conversation Today’ hotseat is a man better placed than most to shed some light on...

One of London’s best known and well respected agents has given insights into how he believes his own prime patch of...

Later this year, on October 22, the ESTAS 2021 will take place in London. The glittering ceremony will welcome property professionals...

The findings of the new ‘Thriving in a Pandemic’ report, recently published by tmgroup and mio, have highlighted that the market...

One of the biggest trends in recent times, as a direct result of the pandemic, is the concept of working from...

Last year saw a monumental shift in almost every aspect of our lives: not least the way we work, socialise and...

The property sector is in the middle of a boom and demand is high. Last week’s announcement that the stamp duty...

Over the last year, the majority of the UK workforce will have spent some time working from home as a result...

New guidance has been issued in a bid to allow agents to get the insurance payouts they expect from the Business...

The head of one of the industry’s foremost recruitment organisations says the pandemic has caused people to re-evaluate priorities and change...

Every estate agency can now sign up for the government’s free Coronavirus workplace testing programme - the deadline is March 31. The...

Rarely do Budgets produce positive sentiments from the agency industry but Chancellor Rishi Sunak appears to have won widespread support for...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak says the stamp duty holiday on properties up to £500,000 will be extended from March 31 to June 30; from...

A radical way to end the current stamp duty holiday has been suggested by three different legal bodies. The Society of Licensed...

With just two days to go, it's fair to say the property industry is eagerly awaiting Chancellor Rishi Sunak's Budget statement...

Pre-pandemic, virtual and video viewings were a nice little add-on for some agents, but they were far from universally used and...

Honesty is a concept that journalists will tell their readers is non-existent for estate agents. Yeah, right! But as the end...

An open letter from Boomin chief executive Michael Bruce shows how fierce the competition is going to be in the portal field...

Much of the agency industry has reacted with delight at the extension of the stamp duty holiday deadline until June. Rightmove estimates...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak will extend the stamp duty holiday deadline until the end of June - a three month extension. The lead...

Conveyancing volumes rose 27 per cent in just one month as the sector attempts to cope with huge demand prompted by...

A trade body says it’s been contacted by the government explaining how agencies can get Coronavirus asymptomatic testing for staff. The Guild of...

Fixflo’s webinar on February 9 saw an industry panel debate 2021’s threats and opportunities for letting agents. The panel discussed a range...

Hello and welcome to Friday, the day when we highlight agents’ great work to raise funds for good causes despite the continuing...

On March 23rd 2021, Dezrez and its partners are hosting EAvolution21 the event that showcases the latest in PropTech using an...

A leading estate agent says fear of strangers coming into people’s homes is leading to a fall in supply of properties...

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

As we move towards the one-year anniversary of the beginning of the first lockdown, it is a good time to reflect...

You can always tell when Budget day is approaching. There’s lots of comment from every imaginable quarter about what the Chancellor of...

It’s now more than a year since the government offered an additional £4 million to councils to combat rogue landlords. At the...

An online agency has apologised to a single mother who felt pressured into allowing viewings of a property she was renting. Local media in...

The rise and rise of portal listings and changing consumer habits during the pandemic may mean the death of the High...

Estate and letting agencies are the best performing businesses for low call waiting times in the UK. A survey of 1,000 people...

The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and shifting tenant requirements are reinforcing the need for good broadband in the rental market...

There’s been a huge focus on both the stamp duty holiday and Help To Buy deadlines at the end of March...

Since the outbreak of the pandemic, we have all seen a dramatic change in that way that we live and work,...

In a video interview for Estate Agent Today, property professional Chris Buckler speaks to Justin and Victoria Bhoday - a married...

This time out, I’m in conversation with one of the big three established portals. Since it was founded in 2007, Zoopla...

A 10-point ’must have’ list of demands for Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget on March 3 has been issued by NAEA Propertymark. It’s...

We are now over four weeks in to our third national lockdown in the UK. Although the property market remains open,...

Estate agents have kept up the pressure on the Westminster government to consider some kind of tapered ending to the stamp...

The government needs to step in to rescue two valuable property incentives before they expire at the end of March, a...

Almost a year ago the government announced that estate and lettings agencies were to be included in the business rates relief...

Mortgage approvals decreased slightly in December but remain well above pre-Covid levels thanks to the continuing incentive of the stamp duty...

Labour and Conservative MPs have expressed a unanimous view on their desire to see an extension of the stamp duty holiday...

At the back-end of last year and the start of this, the biggest news stories in town – besides debates over...

As part of our third PayProp Special Report on COVID-19 rental arrears in the UK, we surveyed over 600 agents, tenants...

The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has changed the way we evaluate our lives and, looking more specifically at the property market, it...

Members of staff at an estate agency branch in the Midlands tested positive for Coronavirus in consecutive weeks, triggering a temporary...

Covid-19 has caused the number of new homes registered by UK house builders to fall 23 per cent in 2020. The NHBC...

Hello and welcome to Agents Do Charity, the regular round-up of industry good work. Whatever the cause, it’s great to publicise agents’...

The Prime Minister this afternoon stated that lockdown will remain in effect until early March at the earliest. He told the House...

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...

A new working group on mental health in the agency industry is being set up following a poll revealing 62 per cent...

The property sector is set to lead the UK out of its Covid slump according to Ernst & Young’s latest forecast....

An estate agency has issued an abject apology for calling the Covid pandemic “a blessing in disguise.” There was a huge social...

An international property and residency consultancy claims the sold prices of homes in some prime London locations have collapsed by up to 40...

One of the country’s top auctioneers is not going to stage any ballroom auctions this year - and it’s keeping its 2022...

Despite the booming housing market the whole property sector - a key indicator of the economy's performance - has seen 11,000...

If your house is anything like mine, the postman has a path beaten to your door over the last nine months. In...

The last few months have seen property agents work hard to continue delivering quality client communications and maintain an increasingly digital...

The BBC says some buyers are taking advantage of lockdown rules to travel hundreds of miles to view homes. The story suggests...

By any available metric, Belvoir had a good 2020. Already a well-known and well-established name, it was highly praised for its...

An estate agent has shut both branches of his business for safety reasons and wants tighter Coronavirus restrictions on the industry.  ITV...

Both Rightmove and Zoopla have issued new data showing how the market is changing as buyers’ aspirations alter. Zoopla has looked at where...

The latest Rightmove analysis shows it now takes 126 days from the time an offer is accepted until legal completion -...

Estate agency offices in Wales with five or more staff will have to carry out a Coronavirus risk assessment under new...

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

Government guidance on how agents can continue working during the lockdown has given a new importance to virtual viewings, says an...

Propertymark, the overarching body aiming to bring five different associations (ARLA, NAEA, NAVA, ICBA and APIP) into a single brand, was...

The speed and success of the Coronavirus vaccine programme holds the key to the housing market rebounding in the second half...

A housing index says the market continues to defy Coronavirus and Brexit worries with asking prices up 4.9 per cent in...

London mayor Sadiq Khan is reported to be asking the Prime Minister to review the status of ‘essential retail’ which can...

A leading business consultancy says the level of working-from-home in the UK by 2025 will be five times that before the pandemic. Estate...

An estate agent who caught Coronavirus and spent 10 days in hospital has said “I didn’t think I was going to...

The ‘future of residential’ is a huge term to contend with but one that was addressed last week through our RE:Connect...

There’s no doubt that the property market underwent a tumultuous year in 2020, where efficiency was required more than ever. Since the...

Hello and welcome to the first Agents Do Charity of 2021.  Somehow, this year is only eight days old yet already seems...

To kick off 2021, we have a Q&A with one of the most high-profile – and, it has to be said,...

Agents have been outlining how they have beefed up their measures to combat the risk of Coronavirus, especially during property viewings. “We...

A mortgage lender says it will now accept ‘no-search indemnity insurance’ for residential purchases in a bid to speed up the...

Over the last 20 years, the growth of online property portals – including Zoopla, Rightmove and PrimeLocation – has transformed the...

There’s a call this morning for estate and letting agents to regard the physical viewing of any property on sale or...

Agents are sharply split over how they should operate during the current phase of the Coronavirus crisis.  In a poll of almost...

Agents and the housing market in England are still in business even during the third national lockdown which begins on Wednesday and...

The Daily Mail has mocked housing minister Chris Pincher for advising people to going £174-a-bottle champagne while awaiting the rollout of...

The government is considering stricter tier structures for the coming weeks as the number of Coronavirus infections continues to rise. There is...

An estate agency group has launched new franchise business models to help those in the industry impacted by Covid-19. Century 21 UK...

Here’s hoping you managed to have as good a Christmas and New Year as Covid rules allowed. Journalism in early January is...

Firstly, Happy New Year – here’s to 2021 being less chaotic than the last! In the final part of our series on...

As we approach the end of the year, there is no doubt that it has been a turbulent 12 months for...

House prices surged in December to post their fastest growth in six years, according to the Nationwide.  Prices rose 7.3 per cent...

Many agents have been operating under Tier 4 Coronavirus restrictions for some days, but today sees another 20 million residents in...

Zoopla has revealed precisely how much house prices have risen over the course of 2020. Across the UK as a whole prices...

The Brexit deal agreed in dramatic form on Christmas Eve is one part of a cocktail eventually boosting the London market...

The pandemic has reignited the flagging country house market and boosted demand for larger homes with gardens, claims Savills. Larger country houses...

High end agency Hamptons has quantified the trend of Londoners quitting the capital in the light of the pandemic. It says that...

An agency operating in the new Tier 4 area has abandoned viewings and visits to homes until New Year, even though the...

The proportion of sales that fell through at the worst point of this year was 52 per cent it’s been claimed. However...

The Westminster government has published extensive guidance on the operation of the new Tier 4 Coronavirus restrictions in England. This includes a...

The housing market is to stay open across the UK, including in the new Tier 4 areas of England. An announcement from Housing Secretary...

Many independents will be based in the capital, but given its size and breadth they may get drowned out even more...

Ever since the initial ripples of innovation in the 1990s, PropTech has proceeded to reshape our market beyond recognition; going on...

The importance of marketing properties is something that is often undervalued. Big budgets are dedicated to selling everyday items such as...

Well, what a year it has been for everyone, including the property market. I don’t think there’s anyone out there who...

The next Budget will be held on March 3 next year - in time for Chancellor Rishi Sunak to change his...