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Over a hundred years before the climate emergency became a global concern, it was recognised that, ‘He who plants a tree,...

London’s super-prime residential market has recorded its strongest year since 2013, according to high end agency Savills. In total, there were 522...

The government is clamping down - at least a little - on unvaccinated buyers and tenants in some specific circumstances.  New guidelines...

A leading PropTech entrepreneur with a lengthy pedigree as an estate agent says agents should use more technology in a bid...

The surge in Omicron cases and possible future restrictions are set to hit the housing market in 2022 - and may...

Agents are being advised to wear face masks at work - even if no member of the public is present.  Paul Offley,...

Face masks are legally required in estate and letting agents from today according to new government guidance released overnight. The guidance makes...

Estate agents and other workers in Northern Ireland are being urged to work from home "where possible" in a bid to...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A young Kent estate agent has died after contracting Covid 19 at the age of 28.  Chris Cane was branch manager of...

Agents anxious to know if they will receive a payout from their Business Interruption Insurance will have to wait still longer...

The latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors review of sales and rentals, often amongst the most pessimistic of analyses, says Covid 19...

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

An industry stalwart has urged critics of Rightmove to fight for the portal to offer agents a fairer pricing system, not...

The government has been called upon by one of the industry’s most respected bodies to announce a stamp duty holiday to...