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In this week’s Natter, I carry out a Q&A with Lisa Knight, who has taken the impressive journey from barmaid to...

A 20 year old estate agent who admitted being four times over the drink driving limit has been fined and banned...

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

Here’s the odd thing about interest rates - we all care about them, but they don’t directly affect that many people...

As this is the first Natter back since the Christmas break, I should like to first wish all our readers a...

A prominent agency chief is warning that record house prices could lead to a housing bust if lending gets out of...

A conveyancer has contacted Estate Agent Today suggesting that the Simplify Group IT data crisis could be the death knell for the company...

A property finance expert is telling buyers to sit on their hands and not commit to purchases - as he believes...

A consultancy specialising in data protection issues has sharply criticised the Simplify Group for its ongoing lack of communications over its...

Every year we at EAT are impressed by the pleasingly political festive cards sent out by the STANLEY Chelsea agency -...

Purplebricks’ share price has hit its lowest-ever level following the postponement of a trading statement after the company admitted a blunder...

EAT readers may have seen a piece in Friday’s property section of The Times about the long-running Simplify saga, which has...

An estate agency owner who is also a qualified independent mortgage adviser has hit out against the suggestion that lenders may...

A petition is being started, urging the government to ban the payment of referral fees to estate agents. It’s reported to have...

Annual house price growth hit 10.0 per cent last month - and is now tracking close to the level seen before...

Agents must have a robust plan in place in case they are subjected to a ransomware cyber attack, says the Guild...

The Simplify Group’s latest statement on the ongoing IT problem suggests a gradual improvement in services to agents and other clients. It...

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...

Conveyancing firms in the Simplify Group, hit by a massive systems crash for much of this week, say they are working...

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

Purplebricks' share price tumbled a remarkable 34 per cent this morning when trading opened on the London Stock Exchange. The price crashed...

An estate agent in a branch of Hunters says he’s lucky to be alive after a car containing an elderly couple...

Remarkably, just 11 per cent of property sales fell through in the third quarter of this year as buyers raced to beat...

A soap star has swapped scripts for property sales. Actor Marc Silcock was involved in one of ITV soap Emmerdale’s biggest storylines,...

There’s already plenty of talk about autumn - depressing huh? - with agents pondering how the housing market will respond to...

The cost of the average mortgage deposit has climbed £11,000 in some areas thanks to the stamp duty holiday fuelling the...

Michael Jones & Company celebrates its 30-year anniversary this year and, in an effort to both celebrate the work of local...

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

A relatively modest interest rate rise could trigger a crash in the housing market according to the housing analyst behind the...

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

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

The property market became somewhat fractious during 2020. After receiving a much-needed boost with the promise of stamp duty relief, things...

A young estate agent - who by the age of 20 has already had a year working with Purplebricks - has...

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

A new report funded by high profile consumer champion Martin Lewis says the government must do more to help ‘mortgage prisoners’. These...

The so-called hub model of estate agency adopted by a growing number of firms appears to be part of a wider...

The property market has bounced back with all of the expected resilience and flexibility that is its hallmark since it reopened...

New figures released this morning give weight to calls for the complete scrapping of stamp duty.  The dats shows there have been...

An estate agent in Liverpool has adopted the unusual technique of urging vendors to sell now “before prices crash.” Clearly unworried about...

There’s good news from the think-tank the Resolution Foundation, which says the threat of negative equity because of the Coronavirus crisis...

It was officially announced last week that the UK is in recession for the first time since 2009, and although this...

Mortgage approvals - a key indicator of short-term activity in the housing market - beat expectations in June according to Bank...

“Let’s Zoom later”, “are we Zooming in the morning or afternoon?” “Yeah, I zoomed the client earlier” – variations on these...

Leading estate agents are warning that the sharp fall in house prices reported by the Nationwide may be just the first...

Restrictions introduced a decade ago after the financial crisis are holding back many first time buyers from purchasing a home. That’s the...

All my recent Natters have been focused on one particular topic, the coronavirus crisis, for obvious reasons. But there has been...

The UK operation of the US-led estate agency Keller Williams is to hold two free online sessions tomorrow aimed at explaining...

The market could take five years to recover from the Coronavirus crisis after possible double-digit percentage price falls and fast-increasing repossessions.  That’s the...

It’s time to draw a line in the sand and condemn our rival portals for their current charging structure. Little will...

It’s been reported that the government is talking with banks and building societies about putting the housing market ‘on ice’ during the...

New sales agreed have already plummeted by 15 per cent and over the next three months there’s going to be a...

In six years of editing Estate Agent Today, some of my most dramatic moments have been covering the troubles - some...

The year just ending was when the North-South divide in house prices and capital appreciation slammed into reverse gear according to...

Major UK cities have seen average house price rises of 54 per cent in the past decade - an increase of...

Yes, believe it or not, we’ve nearly reached the end of a whole decade. And what an eventful decade it’s been. We’ve...

Humberts' experiment rejecting branches and promoting a supposedly one-stop-shop for property related services has failed with reports that the firm is likely...

The listings website Home, which conducts a monthly survey of asking prices and wider market monitors, is reporting a show 10...

There are those who say that PropTech is at risk of becoming a bubble market, and others who say bubbles don’t...

Pressure continued to mount on the government to clearly address the issue of stamp duty as a leading business consultancy suggested...

The international estate agency Engel & Volkers is closing its single prime central London office - despite past claims that sales...

Average house prices in the UK increased by a mere 0.9 per cent in the year to June - the lowest...

Prime Central London’s average prices remain 20 per cent below their 2014 peak according to high end estate agency Strutt &...

The latest report commissioned by the Labour party to resolve the UK’s housing problems would crash the housing market rather than...

The income required for first time buyers to purchase in the three most expensive UK cities has fallen slightly according to...

1989 was a significant time for the property industry: it marked the beginning of the end of a period of unprecedented...

Nobody likes change. It makes people feel threatened, undermines their confidence, and makes them worry about the future. But regardless of...

Online agency platform Love2move insists that its current bid to attract investors will not be damaged by the adverse publicity surrounding...

Purplebricks’ eye-watering share price fall yesterday was greeted with widespread satisfaction by property professionals outside the online sector. The agency’s share price...

A 36 per cent collapse in sales between November and January has created an “unprecedented” five year low in the number...

As 2018 draws to a close, it is fair to say that stretched affordability and uncertainty over the Brexit negotiations has...

One of the country’s most influential bodies says house price rises over 2019 will be limited to around two per cent...

Newspapers are reporting that Brexit’s impact on house prices - especially if there is No Deal - are likely to take...

A no-deal Brexit The biggest impact of a no-deal Brexit in relation to housing is a potential fall in house prices -...

The chief executive of Haart, Paul Smith, is warning that a No Deal exit from the EU could leave Britain with...

It’s now almost a month since the government introduced new rules on Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO), as part of its...

A London buying agent has called for a second referendum on Britain’s EU membership, suggesting that it would give more certainty...

A city’s housing market that suffered badly because of the collapse in North Sea oil prices is now likely to rebound...

Those of you who receive (and read) my Sunday PropTech Review will know that, by far and away, the most shared...

Bank of England governor Mark Carney says a no-deal Brexit exit could lead to a 35 per cent house price crash. The...

A Huddersfield estate agent who crashed her car while four times over the drink-drive limit has been banned from driving for...

The debate over alleged ‘down-valuing’ by mortgage lenders has flared again with one leading agent claiming that surveyors are just “covering...

“They think it’s all over ... it is now.” The refrain that haunts England fans returned last night, not in a good...

A Maserati 3200 has ended up wedged into the front of a Fox and Sons estate agency office in central Brighton. The...

An estate agency has started a petition to get bollards erected outside its branch after two accidents, in each of which...

Why I won’t buy Purplebricks shares and why if I had any, I’d sell fast… In its latest adverts, Purplebricks attempts to...

What a year it’s been! Back in 2016 we had Brexit, a new prime minister, Donald Trump’s election, and so when...

Another new year is nearly upon us and, once we’ve got the season of mince pies, mulled wine, pigs in blankets,...

A local news outlet in Essex is reporting that a Chelmsford agent claims he crashed his car whilst driving drunk following...

Stamp duty reform lies at the heart of the submission by the National Association of Estate Agents ahead of next month’s...

It appears activity in the housing market in 2017 will be around 15% down on 2016. The number of housing transactions...

Ten out of 14 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News say Brexit and economic uncertainty are likely to stall London’s housing market...

Property has been changing hands for centuries, but when did estate agents as we know them today – with their branches,...

Being a leading world-class city comes at a price – they are the most expensive for occupiers and the most lucrative...

We’re already more than halfway through 2017 and, against all the odds, it’s pushing 2016 close in terms of eventfulness and...

The chief economist of Price Waterhouse Coopers says that although by some measures the London housing market looks ripe for a...

News headlines talk more and more about a slowdown in the property market, a drop in house prices and the need...

I have a confession to make. In 1988 I became a Seekers franchisee. For those of you who don't know who...

After years of surveys suggesting the UK’s new-build homes were getting smaller, and may even be the smallest in much of...

Following a strong start to 2016, particularly in the lower to middle range of the UK housing market, that lasted up...

Forecasts are so last year: who anticipated Bowie, Brexit or Balls for example? Quotes, on the other hand, really ARE last year...

What a mad, bonkers year it’s been. We’ve had, in no particular order: Trump, Brexit, Leicester winning the Premier League, a...

It is fair to say that 2016 is a year full of surprises. Anyone who had the foresight to predict Britain...

As many northern cities struggled to recover from the 2008 global financial crisis, the north-south divide returned to plague the British...

One of the world’s leading financial institutions, UBS, says any sustained economic recession triggered by Britain’s departure from the EU could lead...

Those working within the UK housing market would have felt considerable worry about the immediate impact of the vote to leave...

Given the uncertainty that shrouded the immediate build up to, and aftermath of, the EU referendum, the current lettings market in...

A hit-and-run driver has been jailed for three years and four months after a crash near Newmarket which left an estate...

Stansted estate agent Shaun Whiter says he wants to train to be a para-athlete after losing both legs in a horrific...

Over 37 per cent of prospective buyers are worried that concern over Brexit will trigger a housing market crash according to...

Sheffield in South Yorkshire, which was once one of the leading industrial cities in Britain and is still recognised for its...

The joke doing the rounds last week still seems to be just as relevant this week: “the only man with a...

With the new Formula One season now well underway, we delve into the fast lane to take you on a whirlwind...

Agents have been giving their reaction to the shock Brexit referendum result - and their comments have ranged from the gloomy...

It’s the news that has got everyone talking: Barclays are bringing back the 100% mortgage.  The market has taken a bit of...

The summer term – rounders, cricket and hayfever. It's also the last dash before the housing market supposedly closes down for...

A respected housing market analyst says “it's a bit cheeky” of housing minister Brandon Lewis to claim credit for figures suggesting...

Life is getting pretty frustrating for estate agents, and not just because getting houses onto the market is such an uphill...

Rightmove says the seasonal 1.1 per cent dip in average asking prices coming to market in the past month is the...

Investors’ Chronicle, the weekly investment magazine published by the Financial Times Group, has lavishly praised high-end agency Savills for diversifying its...

The outgoing chief executive of the Nationwide building society, Graham Beale, is warning that prime central London house price rises of...

News from the Halifax this week that the combined values of the residential properties in London amounts to £1.13 trillion, virtually...

A body called the UK Housing Market Observatory - consisting of economists at Lancaster University Management School - is giving a...

Well, the hosts have left the party early. England have crashed out of their own Rugby World Cup after a demoralising...

Competition is hot among home buyers in my part of southern England to take ownership of properties that come onto the...

Frazer Fearnhead, a founder of The House Crowd property crowdfunding platform, has been sharply criticised in a ‘car crash’ moment on BBC...

Within 12 hours of Greece defaulting on repayment of part of a loan to the International Monetary Fund, a prime central...

Working with a well-connected local estate agent should be a priority for British house-hunters looking for property overseas, according to an...

Hello and welcome to my brand new blog! Every month I’ll be giving you an insight into the varied, exciting and...

The number of legal actions against estate agents and chartered surveyors has significantly fallen according to figures from a City legal...

London house prices rose year-on-year at a figure of more than 18% in 2014, with the Metropolitan area experiencing similarly huge...