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The assessment by an investment consultancy that Purplebricks sells some 76 per cent of the homes it lists may have made...

The average number of viewings received by properties before a sale is agreed has risen from 11 in 2015 to 19...

Stubbornly high house prices and concerns over leasehold-related charges top the list of worries amongst the public about the housing market. That’s...

The Henley Business School is often identified with cutting edge forecasts - but now it has revealed the history of what...

There has been a big rise in activity in the equity release market based on data from the first quarter of...

Property purchases for buyers requiring mortgages reached 50,000 in February, the highest level for the month since 2007.  The data, from mortgage...

Estate Agent Today can reveal that one of the industry’s best known research experts, Johnny Morris, has left Countrywide.  Morris joined Hamptons...

A central London buying agent says she was once offered a bribe by an estate agent to try to persuade a...

Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...

Purplebricks has returned to the fray after recent controversies with a claim that home owners saved themselves over £140m in commission...

The government has published data related to a claim by housing minister Dominic Raab, who prompted controversy last week by suggesting...

The announcement that MPs will set up a Select Committee to probe the scale of money laundering in the UK property...

Agency Express, which reported a muted housing market in February, says the pace picked up considerably last month. The board company, which...

The proportion of first time buyers in the market is still 11 per cent below the level seen before the 2008...

Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...

Just like that, the Easter Bank Holiday has come and gone and I find myself now looking ahead to the Summer.  The...

Average prices dropped another 1.1 per cent in prime central London in the year to March according to new figures released...

Buying a property at an auction in Britain used to be regarded as a risky business but the whole process is...

Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...

Holiday home sales in one of the country’s most popular tourist destinations are holding up, despite stamp duty and the age...

Last week, a story was published by CNBC about a couple who sold their home, for above the asking price, without...

Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...

Three weeks has flown by (I missed an early deadline last week - apologies) and I find myself writing the next...

A property technology analyst has floated the idea that portals could become eclipsed by powerful alternatives such as Google, triggered by...

One of the most important aspects of running a successful estate or letting agency is being able to generate new business...

House prices started 2018 with a modest 0.3 per cent drop across the UK as a whole, including 0.5 per cent...

Smart sensors, and smart technology as a whole, are enjoying a period of accelerated innovation and adoption.  It’s my opinion that such...

Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...

Figures just released assessing February’s mortgage borrowing show that approvals are 1.25 per cent lower than in January, and are down...

TV property expert Phil Spencer is launching an online advice service for buyers and tenants, including offering guidance on the specific...

The switchback of house price indices and other data on the state of the market has taken a turn for the...

UK measures to retaliate against alleged Russian government-sponsored nerve agent attack on former spy Sergei Skripal have excluded any attempt to...

Greetings from Cannes, where the sun is finally shining over MIPIM. I’m sure many of you are out here, too, and...

Average house prices rose 0.5 per cent in February, making it the biggest rise in five months according to the latest...

Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...

The Ernst & Young ITEM Club - a group of economists highly regarded by politicians and some sectors of the property...

One of the world’s leading property technology analysts has compiled a major report on estate agents’ business models - an exercise...

Investment consultancy London Central Portfolio has launched a new index which it claims uses “the most comprehensive data available” to assess...

The provider of an automated valuation system has introduced a new feature to allow agents to amend the valuation if there...

Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...

Your buy-to-let investment is an extremely valuable asset and you need to know the income generated from it will be safely...

A mergers and acquisitions specialist says traditional agencies have been pushed into becoming more innovative by the rise of portals and...

Foxtons has reported its 2017 figures to shareholders and the City this morning and as expected they show sharp falls in...

We think about technology all the time. At least, I do. And there’s nothing left in property that technology hasn’t touched...

The National Association of Estate Agents says the year has started with a boom as demand from prospective house-hunters increased by...

Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...

New analysis by Hometrack shows that large regional cities like Edinburgh, Birmingham and Manchester look set for a 20 per cent...

Representatives from estate and lettings agencies as well as professional organisations have formed The Home Buying And Selling Group with a...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today. If you haven’t caught this feature before, it’s a regular Monday opportunity...

In the great swathe of housing market data which is delivered each month, conveyancers’ case volumes often get overlooked, however the...

The managing director of property data consultancy Hometrack, Charlie Bryant, is to lead a reorganised property marketing, software and data division...

In its first release of performance figures under the ownership of BNP Paribas, the UK agency Strutt & Parker says it...

Agents have welcomed more data suggesting the 2018 market is enjoying a robust start. Last week Rightmove reported a record number of...

Having built over 1,800 websites for estate and lettings agents in the last 20 years, it will come as no surprise...

Co-Founder Gary Keller has declared that Keller Williams (KW) is, 'no longer a real estate company...we are a technology company No....

Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...

A new PropTech platform is providing a service to help agents market their new listings instantly across portals and social media. BestAgent...

Conveyancing volumes shrunk by 12 per cent last year, the first annual drop in workloads since 2011 - and the struggling...

Despite a string of property pundits suggesting the market is slowing down, new figures from the Office for National Statistics show...

Almost a third of all ‘Suspicious Activity Reports’ concerning possible anti-money laundering infringements and reported to the National Crime Agency have...

The latest data from Knight Frank suggests that average prices in prime central London dropped 0.7 per cent in the year...

OnTheMarket’s share price fell just over five per cent yesterday, continuing its troubled launch on to the London stock exchange. It...

House price falls have been recorded in London, the South East and the North East according to data from LSL Property Services,...

The General Data Protection Regulation legislation coming into effect in the UK on May 25 has undergone some subtle changes which...

Prices in the three months to the end of January were 2.2 per cent, indicating a further slowing from the previous...

Latest figures suggest there are only 1,850 apprentices employed in the entire property sector, suggesting an even smaller number in the...

This year is going to be “challenging” for the housing market according to the influential Ernst & Young ITEM Club, a...

Pressure continues to mount on Purplebricks to reveal its sales data after a weekend during which claims about its effectiveness continued...

The printing industry is in the midst of a decline as digital products and services displace printed materials, which is why...

Purplebricks has this morning issued an unusual statement to the Stock Exchange blaming a City report for the sharp fall in the...

Data from a firm specialising in lone-worker protection suggests that there has been a 27 per cent increase in the number...

House price indices provided each month by Halifax and the Nationwide have been branded as “misguiding” and “out of date” and...

The Mortgage Advice Bureau says early evidence suggests typical first time buyers are now spending more following the effective scrapping of stamp...

ZPG says it anticipates a strong 2018 according to a trading statement ahead of the company’s annual general meeting today. The firm...

The housing market has returned to stability with exchanges up one per cent year on year and the average house price...

The government has given its support to Land Registry proposals to increase the digitalisation of its services, with changes coming into...

In recent years January has become the month of detoxes, fad diets, health kicks such as Dry January and Veganuary, and...

If you were under any misconceptions about how pivotal a role HM Land Registry is going to play in the future...

The latest release of data from the English Housing Survey reveals that the number of under-45s owning their own homes has...

The ESTAS Group has announced record entries for its 2018 estate and letting agents awards.  The national award scheme - which recognises...

Here’s how the LetsBid Property team is helping them do it. A new property platform called LetsBid has launched in the...

There was an excellent article, published last week, based around an interview with Chandra Dhandapani, CBRE’s chief digital and technology officer.  The...

  A new league table showing how long it takes homes to sell on average in different postcodes across England and Wales...

New analysis by credit and comparison service Totally Money has revealed the districts where the controversial Help To Buy initiative is...

New analysis by the Nationwide has revealed just how big an obstacle a 20 per cent deposit can be for buyers...

There’s a new warning being issued for estate agents and all other businesses to ensure they are prepared for the General...

The Society of Licensed Conveyancers says it is worried that HM Land Registry’s decision to publish details of apparent errors in...

Well, I don’t know about you but after the holidays I've got an imprint just below my navel where my belt...

With an average house price of £252,896 and trains to London taking as little as 24 minutes, Luton has been named...

HM Land Registry says it’s consulting with the legal industry on a proposal to publish a league table of conveyancers who...

The last of the leading agency analysts and business consultancies have now given their predictions for the UK housing market in...

No fewer than 85 per cent of properties sold for less than the asking price in November, the highest seen since...

A major industry supplier has reminded estate and letting agents that they have to check their responsibilities and systems ahead of...

Rightmove has revealed the top 10 locations outside London where asking prices grew most and where homes sold fastest - and...

HouseSimple is reported to have secured £20m in growth capital which it says will help it “challenge Purplebricks as the UK’s...

HM Land Registry has revealed how major house price indices are compiled - showing the huge variation in transactions behind the headline figures. The critique,...

A conveyancers’ trade body has told the government that it wants the house buying process to be modernised by having estate...

It’s traditional before Christmas to either review the year past or anticipate the one ahead - but I’m intrigued about what...

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

Here it is - the industry’s verdict on the latest set of figures from Purplebricks. The agency doesn’t play by any of...

The housing market remains flat as it heads towards 2018 according to the latest snapshot survey by the Royal Institution of...

Rightmove has been accused of ignoring instances where agents have allegedly re-listed properties that have been sold in a bid to...

Property has always been an industry built on a foundation of personal relationships. Deals made, promotions gained, clients won, portfolios grown;...

The LendInvest PropTech Influencer List has been revealed, naming the 25 figures in the property world that have done most to...

ZPG has revealed its 2017 annual report this morning with a stream of records - 648 million visits to portals, revenue...

Hands up if you’ve read all of the property reports that have been published in the past week or so? Forever...

Data from Hometrack shows that the gap between average earnings and house prices has reached an all-time high in London.  The price...

As we hurtle towards the end of 2017, it’s time to reflect on the year that’s just been.   Even better, this property-based...

Housing may have taken centre stage in the Budget but most of the industry appears to remain sceptical of whether the...

Stamp duty reform for first time buyers has taken pride of place in the Budget speech of Chancellor Phillip Hammond.   From today,...

The London residential market is at last improving - but faces a make or break situation with next week’s Budget according...

A search company called Big Property Data says it is working with 15 major institutions to provide automated property reports aimed...

An estate agency has used the experiences of Cambridge, Oxford and other cities to forecast that pockets of central London's housing...

Winter seems to be firmly with us now, if the plunging temperatures are anything to go by. After a ridiculously mild...

Mortgage approvals are well above last year's levels despite concerns about the health of the housing market.  There were 66,185 mortgage applications...

The rise of Airbnb has been majestic, going all the way from conception to becoming a common noun in less than...

The ZPG app for mobile users of the Zoopla and Primelocation websites has now been downloaded more than 10m times. ZPG launched...

We recently witnessed the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) increase the base interest rate for the first time since...

A roadshow is being launched to help the industry tackle what is being described as “the biggest change to affect estate...

The notion of a North-South divide in the UK has been around for as long as I can remember – certainly...

The spread and sophistication of financial crime in the UK in recent years has been unprecedented.  Figures from UK Finance show that...

An influential consumer group has responded to the government’s commitment to reform the house buying process by advocating legally-binding reservation agreements...

Central London’s housing market is showing a recovery from price falls which followed stamp duty changes in 2014 and 2016 according...

The fact is that most house hunters simply do not have the time, let alone the inclination, to trawl around properties...

Garrington Property Finders says some two-thirds of homes in two high-value parts of prime central London have been on sale for...

New figures from UK Finance, the umbrella body for finance houses, show gross mortgage lending in September rose to £21.4 billion...

An industry analyst says some agents may find it tough to survive in 2018 if they’re hit by a double whammy...

Conveyancers and the speed of local council searches have come in for criticism as details have emerged of the government’s consultation...

A breakdown of data from over 4,100 agents has revealed that it takes on average 201 days to move home, from...

The government has launched a consultation this weekend calling for evidence on how to make the home buying process “cheaper, faster...

More than 50 per cent of homes complete their formal transfers of ownership on Fridays according to a survey by a...

Some 41 per cent of parents are not in a position to provide any financial support towards helping their child get...

The UK estate agency and construction industries are not ready for the huge workload and responsibilities involved in the General Data...

As we outlined in our EAT and LAT stories earlier this week, we (Angels Media) are seeking responses from estate and...

The HomeOwners’ Alliance says vendors must put their homes on the market no later than Tuesday if they are serious about selling by...

A donor with the name ‘Michael Bruce’ has contributed - at least a little - to a fighting fund for review...

One one in every 300 property purchases by overseas buyers trigger a so-called ‘red flag’ with the National Crime Agency -...

The housing market may appear sluggish at best in many areas but data from Rightmove suggests it’s now quicker to sell...

In his PropTech 3.0 report, Andrew Baum dedicated an entire section to blockchain; it was titled: ‘Blockchain is coming – get...

England faces a growing gulf between new build completions and new households being added to the population according to a new...

Carter Jonas has launched a new website which it says ”reflects and enhances the business’ role in delivering a highly personalised...

A mystery online petition is urging Rightmove to filter its advertisements “in a bid to curb down inflationary / speculative / fake...

Nested, the chain-breaking estate agency that offers vendors a guaranteed sale of their property within 90 days, is to expand beyond...

The ValPal Network is launching a new tool for its 4,100 agent users - an area barometer which reflects the buoyancy of...

The latest data from Your Move reveals London as still being the area of England and Wales with the lowest house...

The average cost of moving home in the UK has increased by £628 over the past year from £10,966 to £11,624...

Regional property portal MoviNorth says it plans to secure additional investment to expand its coverage by the end of 2017. The portal...

Government figures suggest house prices are still rising by 5.1 per cent a year, with the average property value in the...

It’s been quite a week, much of it concerning the technology that increasingly underpins our industry.  A glut of fund-raising and relaunching...

The ESTAS Group has today revealed the shortlist for its inaugural Conveyancer Awards.  Over 5,000 customers have completed a survey about the...

Whenever any research is released, part of me can’t help thinking of that old adage, ‘lies, damn lies and statistics’ especially...

ZPG has acquired Ravensworth, a major provider of print and creative marketing services to estate and letting agents.  Ravensworth, based in Northumberland, specialises in...

Two years of stagnation fuelled by Brexit uncertainty and stamp duty increases may be coming to an end in prime central...

There’s good news for the housing market from new mortgage and remortgage approval figures showing growth in July after three flat...

Analysis by the Nationwide suggests that the proportion of UK-wide stamp duty payments paid by purchasers in the south east of...

The average price of a home in the UK is now £211,6712 - up slightly on last month but with growth...

It’s not just the evenings drawing in that marks the approach of autumn - it’s also the return to work of...

A new survey commissioned by a property firm suggests that 31 per cent of people feel uncomfortable about the idea of...

The government says the number of new build homes that have started to be built has surged to the highest level...

Before we go any further, assuming you are an Agents’ Mutual member, let me ask you a question. If you had...

Research in the United States shows that traditional full-service estate agencies achieve better sale prices than the biggest alternative in that...

New data from UK Finance - previously the Council of Mortgage Lenders - paints a relatively optimistic assessment of the UK-wide...

Almost half of all property purchase valuations last month were conducted on behalf of first-time buyers according to Connells - well...

The number of existing home owners moving house fell two per cent in the first six months of 2017 compared with...

Are you protecting your data right? This may sound like the sort of direct warning you get from cold callers or...

An insurance provider says small estate agencies are peculiarly vulnerable to cyber attack yet are amongst the least prepared amongst their...

An analysis of data from HM Revenue and Customs reveals that inheritance tax paid by UK families has topped £5 billion...

UK house prices grew by 4.9 per cent in the year to the end of June according to the government’s official...

You might have thought the week after Christmas or the day after Easter would be when agents receive the most calls...

The Sunday Times made uncomfortable reading for Purplebricks yesterday as the newspaper raised more questions about the number of homes the...

There’s a distinct sense of déjà vu over the debacle of OnTheMarket. I avoided joining two years ago because I couldn’t see...

Facebook appears to be interested in entering the sales and lettings world with its first advertising product geared solely towards industry professionals. The...

There has been a sceptical reception from City analysts to Agents’ Mutual’s decision to restructure and float on the stock market...

As the mainstream mortgage market braces itself for yet another clampdown on buy-to-let lending, a growing number of property investors are...

Historically, short-term rentals have been an unattractive business for the majority of estate agents and property managers. Scarcity of demand from tenants...

After a roller-coaster day on the Stock Exchange yesterday, Purplebricks has sought to defend itself against further possible share price losses...

A data analytics firm that has studied over 2.7m visits to UK property company websites claims that once a visitor arrives...

House hunters in the UK are the global leaders in online property research according to a new study from HSBC.    The bank...

Some 19 per cent of estate agents in the UK currently show warning signs that indicate they are at risk of going...

New figures produced by estate agency Carter Jonas show that the long-term consequences of the credit crunch have exacerbated the historic...

I would argue the property industry is fundamentally inefficient. Much of that inefficiency is now being handled by PropTech companies and...

Speculation is growing over whether figures to be released by Countrywide on Thursday may prompt another fall in the troubled company’s...

The number of transactions in the housing market has fallen for the third successive month - and for the first time...

With several agent partner programmes available across the country, estate agents can often increase business by offering sales by auction, with...

As discussed in our previous article, it’s all about the first impression. Once your team have handled that initial phone call...

The controversial website Houser, which made waves when it launched in 2014, has been ordered by the Advertising Standards Authority to...

For the second time in two weeks, experts are warning that new data protection laws could seriously disrupt the agency industry...

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

That the private rental sector has become the government’s whipping boy for housing problems - landlords in particular, letting agents almost...

The UK property market has entered a period of stagflation where house price growth is consistently lower than the rate of...

Gently rising house values in the mainstream market and problems facing the prime market in the capital mean that over half...

Estate and letting agents are being urged to prepare for new data protection legislation coming into effect next year - but...

Former RICS residential chief Jeremy Leaf says he is not downcast by the latest Halifax house price index which shows prices...

How many property professionals are truly happy with their revenue? High levels of competition from new market entrants is a significant...

Our recent roundtable on the government’s proposed ban on letting agent fees charged to tenants generated ten tips for growing your...

The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld a complaint over a Purplebricks website statement featuring testimonials from clients; the complaint was made...

The managing director of ZPG Property Services says his firm will never ‘go around’ an agent in order to directly work...

Another senior industry analyst says the time is fast approaching for Rightmove to either shift its focus to take account of...

Mark Goddard was the founder and CEO of The Property Software Group (PSG), a property software solutions firm established in 2007,...

Few things provoke argument within the industry more than the online v traditional agency debate - and within that debate, nothing...

The Nationwide is warning that a slowdown in household spending is likely in the near future, leading to a ‘drag’ on...

Entries for the new ESTAS Conveyancing Awards are now open and you have just over a month to get nominations in...

Estate agents are angry over delays in processing land searches by a local authority in the south west. The average land search time...

The UK PropTech Association (UKPA), of which I am a member of the steering committee, is an organisation with a purpose...

LonRes has launched a new product which it says helps developers and agents ensure maximum exposure to previously untapped buyers. A new...

Whether it is a small or large business you run, one of the most important tasks a business can undertake is...

Estate agents complying with new anti-money laundering regulations introduced this week are unlikely to avoid falling foul of terrorists and criminal...

Fisher German is launching an app that will feature news feeds from the BBC, Farmers Weekly and from the agency itself...

It’s the morning after the festival before for the 150,000 estimated revellers who enjoyed the Glastonbury Festival which drew to a...

Our recent roundtable on the government’s proposed ban on tenant fees generated 10 tips for growing your business. Since then, we’ve been...

A consumer group says it is giving what it calls “the top 1,000 estate agents in England and Wales” badges to...

Average prices in prime central London remained flat in May but are down 6.6 per cent on the year according to...

A new report, conducted by the Centre for Economics and Business Research for the financial services group Legal & General, claims...

An estate agent claims that chain management tool View My Chain has helped his firm to deal with chains involving online...

In their election rhetoric all the political parties informed us that the UK is experiencing a ‘housing crisis’, with all promising...

Just 27% of property valuations in May were requested by prospective home sellers, according to the latest data from Connells Survey...

The share price of hybrid estate agency Purplebricks dipped yesterday after it announced its US expansion will begin in California. Purplebricks' share...

National average house price growth bounced back in April after a slow March, according to official figures. The latest UK House Price...

We live in world where the online economy is just as important as the offline economy. Whether your business is online...

To give you a nice distraction from the post-election madness, here’s an interview with Charlie Wright, founder of CIELA (or The...

The introduction of a 3% stamp duty surcharge on the purchase of additional properties has 'shattered' the property market, according to...

Theresa May’s call for a snap general election on June 8 took many by surprise. But estate agents have been broadly...

Our recent roundtable on the government’s proposed ban on tenant fees generated a selection of tips for growing your business. We’re now...

A sales progression tool claims to have analysed how long it takes to expedite sales chains of different lengths, and to...

A consumer group which has consistently promoted online agencies says they achieve closer to sellers’ original asking price than the national...

An audit and tax consultancy is urging estate agencies across the UK to prepare for new EU General Data Protection Regulation...

As Dataloft’s home town and having been declared the best place to live, we needed no further excuse to have a...

Customers really dislike leaving voicemail messages. This may not be surprising, there may be many times when you have been faced...

The proportion of mortgage products available for investor buyers operating through limited companies has risen by over 50 per cent in...

An internet monitoring service operated by international financial services giant Morgan Stanley says OnTheMarket is continuing to lose both its share...

The comparison service Get Agent has released the full details of its analysis of the performance of four different online estate...

Almost half the agents in London surveyed by LonRes say that 10 per cent or more of their vendor clients intend...

Home buyers borrowed £11.2 billion in March - down on the ‘stamp duty bonanza‘ period at the same time last year...

Official figures from the latest UK House Price Index show that average house prices fell by 0.6% between February and March. The...

Given that around 95% of property searches now start online, it is more important than ever that an agent has an...

Since the seventies, housing starts and completions across England and Wales have been on a downward trajectory. The long run average...

Is it the Brexit triggering of Article 50, the snap General Election or the cold weather we have had until recently?...

Four Proptech experts have listed the top 10 start up companies they believe are the ones to watch for agents and...

The director of a respected mortgage broker is warning that market sentiment is changing with more down-valuations from surveyors and some...

Auctions are a great way to sell property competitively, with a wide range of homes often selling under the hammer, and...

There has been widespread praise for the Nationwide building society's crackdown on criteria for mortgages for leasehold new build homes.   From May...

House prices recorded their second consecutive monthly fall in April, while the annual rate of growth slowed to 2.6 per cent,...

A London estate agency’s analysis of the latest Land Registry data suggests transactions in the capital are the lowest ever recorded.  Land...

I was recently contributing to whitepaper by a major bank about the future of the property industry and, as I was...

Mortgage rates continue to fall with the average new lending rate at a record low of 2.2 per cent: as a...

First time buyer registrations in the past month have jumped nearly 20 per cent across the UK and almost 30 per...

Property transactions rose marginally in March this year, up 0.5 per cent on February’s total according to figures from HM Revenue...

By Wednesday April 19th, a UK citizen, on an average income, had earned £7,789 from their day job so far this...

The first meeting of fledgling trade group CIELA has ended with a pledge to expose what it calls ‘fake agents’ which...

Sohail Rashid discusses data driven sales progression in this video below. View My Chain allows agents and home movers to view automated...

Q: What does it say on your business card? Gavriel Merkado, Founder and CEO of REalyse Q: Who are REalyse? REalyse is a big...

Senior members of the fledgling Charter for Independent Estate and Letting Agents group are meeting today to discuss how independents can...

A building society claims that in the past three years alone no fewer than 1.2m buyers have given up on house...

Land Registry data shows that homes across the UK have risen in price by an average 5.8 per cent in the...

In recent years the mortgage industry has gone through some testing times. Recession and regulation have led to more stringent lending...

The bitter war of words against Purplebricks waged by the fledgling Charter for Independent Estate and Letting Agents reached a new...

Finally! Spring has arrived so your property photos should look brighter and more cheerful shouldn’t they? I say, ‘should’ advisedly, because...

The Advertising Standards Authority has given the green light to an circular which provoked complaints suggesting it deliberately did not appear...

Finally! Spring has arrived so your property photos should look brighter and more cheerful shouldn’t they? I say, ‘should’ advisedly, because...

There’s good and bad in every industry and at first sight, this week has been one where the good have won...

For my latest Property Natter I have sought the opinions of two well-known property consultants - Michael Day, managing director of...

There are more first-time buyers (FTBs) finding a way on to the property ladder than at any time since the Financial...

A US technology company is warning that estate agency websites with log-in pages are “at risk of data theft, account takeover...

The proportion of first time buyers relying on inherited wealth or loans from the ‘Bank of Mum and Dad’ has reached...

Contrary to some reports suggesting London’s housing market may be recovering, new data from Hometrack reveals the capital’s performance is still...

A City consultancy has noted every property advertised on Rightmove in recent months and will track them throughout 2017 in a...

An analysis of homes listed for sale on Rightmove has identified what one estate agency claims to be the slowest-moving local...

You may have noticed some subtle changes to Estate Agent Today in recent weeks, aimed at improving the ‘user experience’ we...

House prices in the UK increased by 6.2 per cent in the year to January according to government figures. The Office for...

Hunters has boosted its office network over the 200 mark through the acquisition of Besley Hill, one of the longest established...

Nested, the chain-breaking estate agency that offers vendors a guaranteed sale of their property within 90 days, has secured a new...

After a year of turbulence thanks to Brexit and the consequences of stamp duty changes, prime central London’s housing market appears...

Foxtons has received lavish praise from investment consultancy Jefferies despite long-term share price worries reflecting its mixed performance in the troubled...

The average asking price rise for homes coming to the market in the last month has been a chunky 1.3 per...

Forget the popular term ‘housing affordability’ - the latest government figures suggest the real issue may be housing un-affordability. Data from the...

It seems prop-tech is exploding at a scary rate, and the latest brands are all trying to grab our attention by...

Swiss bank UBS has downgraded Countrywide’s status to ‘sell’ in a move which has prompted the troubled estate agency’s share price...

The Conveyancing Association wants the creation of a ‘log book’ and ‘Home Reports’ for each home on sale - reminiscent in...

Data from the Council for Mortgage Lenders show that loans taken out by buyers have hit a near two-year low.   Home buyers...

House prices grew at their fastest pace for 12 months in February, with average values increasing 0.6 per cent -  that’s...

The Office for Budget Responsibility, which released its latest economic forecasts on Wednesday, has adjusted its prediction for UK house prices…again.  It...

There were only 14 complaints to The Property Ombudsman about so-called 'quick sale' firms - the professional buying companies that purchase...

Chancellor Phillip Hammond has introduced no new property taxes in his Spring Budget - but a clampdown on those setting up...

OnTheMarket has swatted away the latest criticism from a long-term critic, online estate agency head Russell Quirk - although it has...

With almost every pundit predicting house prices to moderate in 2017 - perhaps even fall - it comes as some surprise...

A sales progression tool claims to have reduced the average transaction time for a property from around 94 days to around...

Residential property has performed far better than any other property-type in terms of appreciation over the last year, according to new...

Over the past two decades, investing in buy-to-let has been a relatively easy way to make money, which is why so...

Not many of us have a multi-million property portfolio, so the results of the MSCI / IPD UK property index for...

The housing market has not been short of a White Paper over the last few months, and while you might just...

The Purplebricks stock market bull run took yet another huge leap forwards yesterday with its share price up 20 per cent...