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As a property agent, fancy marketing terminology such as ‘omnichannel’ might not hold too much interest for you right now. We’re in...

Agents in England are told that sellers should market their homes by March 23 - only 18 days from now - if...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, I speak with Anthony Payne, Managing Director and co-founder of LonRes, a data and network...

Fundamental changes to the way in which agents can work were shown at the online launch of Lifesycle 2 by Iceberg...

When I joined Zoopla, I took the same approach that I always take whenever I enter a new sector: I was...

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

We know the industry-wide statistic that more than 50% of all vendors end up selling with the second (or sometimes third)...

Transaction totals took a tumble last month for the first time since last summer as HMRC figures suggest the stamp duty...

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

OnTheMarket says it’s going to increase investment in new products and services, and invest further in ‘internal website development resources’. In a...

A report drawn up by a software firm analyses sales, lettings and valuation leads from agents listing on Rightmove, Zoopla and...

An agency says it now sells more prime London properties than any of its rivals. Chestertons makes the claim based on figures...

Being a letting agent today means keeping up to date with the long list of rules and regulations governing how a...

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

We’re now well into the third national lockdown and as the nation’s thoughts start to focus on how and when we’ll...

The Chancellor’s rumoured six week extension to the stamp duty holiday has been backed by Rightmove. Over last weekend the Daily Telegraph,...

A huge number of additional transactions completing in the next few weeks due to the stamp duty holiday provides estate agents...

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

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

Let’s address the elephant in the room first - the property sector and how we market properties is changing. Gone are the...

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

After high levels of publicity for Zoopla and Boomin in recent weeks, Rightmove has struck back with figures suggesting it’s enjoyed...

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

Agents can win more instructions by using text messages to prospective sellers as part of a short term ‘nurture’ campaign, according...

REACH, a programme encouraging start-ups in the property world, has released a list of UK companies that will feature in its...

New government figures show that stamp duty transactions in the final quarter of last year were 43 per cent higher than in...

A newspaper claims that thousands of customers’ financial details held by Foxtons Group are being freely accessed on the so-called dark...

The Nationwide has pulled no punches with Chancellor Rishi Sunak - it’s made it clear that if the stamp duty holiday...

Property portals remain an essential marketing tool for estate agents and their value is clearly appreciated by consumers. However, with a...

Connells Group, now on the threshold of taking the ailing Countrywide empire under its wings, has signed a five year partnership...

An online petition has been started by an independent estate agent seeking a radical overhaul of how homes are sold in...

Technology has advanced in leaps and bounds in recent years, undoubtedly improving many parts of the moving process for both estate...

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

As we now find ourselves in the UK’s third national lockdown in 10 months, what tenants want, and need from their...

Boomin has denied that it will ever allow direct property sales, cutting out estate agents. Founder Michael Bruce says the new service...

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

Homeowners staying at home during another lockdown are doing more than sharing memes of groundhog day or doing family quizzes on...

Well, what a start to 2021! None of us thought things would change as the clock struck midnight on New Year’s...

A leading analyst is questioning whether buyers have benefitted from the stamp duty holiday because demand has purshed up prices far...

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

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

A trade body is warning that increased home working triggered by Coronavirus makes the agency industry more vulnerable than ever to...

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

A PropTech firm claims its new interactive property reports are “the most comprehensive on any UK property” and reduce the need...

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

Countrywide and Foxtons have thrown their weight behind an idea to identify every single UK residential property with a unique number. The...

Just a week ago, I thought it was all over. Christmas and New Year had gone, as had the passionate calls...

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...

Rightmove says it’s recorded the busiest ever start to a New Year in its two decade history with visits to the...

A leading property law expert says agents with international clients in parts of Europe should prepare for additional processes which may...

January presents an opportune time for agency leaders to resolve and plan for resilience, performance and growth in 2021. With most of...

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

A house price index that is routinely one of the most pessimistic about the market claims the New Year will see...

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

Free to list portal Residential People is launching a new cloud-based platform which it says will help agents use Amazon-style technology...

At the start of December 2020, a select handful of agents attended a private online event to see the latest news...

MPs want the government to publish the names of estate agencies and other companies claiming furlough funding. The all-party Public Accounts Committee of...

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...

Fall throughs which could be avoided by Reservation Agreements have cost agency branches an average £10,000 per month. That’s the claim from digital...

Another day, another index, another record - house prices rose 5.4 per cent annually in October according to official figures from the Office...

Described on this site as a ‘powerful disruptor’ in March 2020, few would deny that the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted on...

Douglas & Gordon, one of the highest profile London agency networks, is the latest signing for the yet-to-launch Boomin portal. The agency...

Purplebricks says it’s to continue to test new pricing models next year - and has not ruled out completely moving away...

OnTheMarket is to undergo a revamp under its new chief executive, former Foxtons agent Jason Tebb - who has been given...

If you fear the market will slow after Christmas, think again - Rightmove is expecting several months of frenzied transactions to...

The Homes Act requires landlords to consider whether their tenants' indoor air is safe. Five key air contaminants are listed in...

Deposit disputes can be time-consuming and difficult for all parties involved whether it be a letting agent, landlord, or tenant. Although at...

Who are you? Hi, I’m Richard Price, Managing Director at Dezrez. Who are Dezrez and what EACRM do you provide? At Dezrez we’re on...

Another day, another house price record as the bull market continues. The latest Halifax index shows prices surging 7.6 per cent to...

Delays with the return of property searches is one key factor for sales taking longer to complete. As conveyancers start to warn...

Welcome to part three of our ongoing series on local independent agents, as we seek to give this all-important part of...

‘Many are in complete denial about the time it takes and still think it’s eight to 10 weeks.’ I won’t tell you...

If this year has taught us anything, it's that estate agents need their software provider and specifically their CRM, to help...

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...

It now takes an average 12 days longer to complete a sale in Britain compared to a year ago - but...

After you. No, after you. That is often how innovation seems amongst the real estate elite. And this week I see it...

The housing market may be slowing as we enter December but the latest snapshot suggests there’s still momentum with mortgage approvals...

Property sales take a seriously long time to complete. There are a number of reasons for this, although often delays are...

Back in September, Westminster Council launched a new strategy to help 'protect tenants' and 'ensure they live in good-quality and well-managed...

Rezi’s integration with Zapier has transformed the way in which estate agents can now save time, money and resource. Agents are...

Average house prices in Wales have risen three per cent in the past year, despite multiple difficult lockdowns considered more severe...

Two prominent suppliers have teamed up to offer customers instant visibility of chain lengths, details of agents connected to properties being...

The mixture of the stamp duty holiday and generally fast-rising house prices has led to a resurgence of flipping. Data released this...

As regular readers will know, the Natter kickstarted a series last time out zoning in on local independent agents – the...

Newspapers are pushed through the door, whereas websites have to pull in visitors - it’s a simple but fundamental difference with vast implications...

The director of a conveyancing technology company has hit out at what he calls “an over-reliance on outdated processes” and “age-old...

Transactions appear to be edging higher than in 2019 for the first time this year - despite lockdowns and concerns caused...

A prominent PropTech supplier wants agents to hand over much more information to conveyancers to allow them to make faster progress on...

Asking prices are down for the first time in many months. It’s a small drop - an average of 0.5 per cent...

According to the annual Property Week PropTech survey, almost 48% of property businesses had tested new technology because of the COVID-19...

The second England-wide lockdown is here. The good news is that this time round, the property market remains open for business,...

Residential People, one of many free-to-list platforms in the hectic portal marketplace, is set to launch which it calls its “AI...

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

Many agents are brilliant at giving a personal touch and are professional in the way they treat customers, but I would...

As we embark on another nationwide lockdown, the team at SDL Auctions are keen to help agents ride the storm, beat...

As you may have seen over the weekend, the long-running Property Natter column – penned by Angels Media chief executive, Nat...

Conveyancers have considered whether the long-standing ‘caveat emptor’ or buyer beware principle in a property purchase should be replaced by ‘vendor...

Letting agents and landlords have faced huge change and uncertainty this year, with Covid-19 the major driver. But even before the...

Buyers in around 30 per cent of English cities are almost certainly already too late to complete a purchase by March 31...

We can all agree that the recovery of the property market since May has been outstanding. The latest data from Zoopla...

Figures just released from HM Revenue & Customs show just how much stamp duty buyers pay, at least before the current holiday...

Housing Minister Christopher Pincher announced that the introduction of the Renters' Reform Bill will be delayed for an indefinite period due...

A London agency says it's discovered the five key priorities that buyers want, following a survey of its own database. “Lockdown and...

The caveat emptor of buying a new house is ‘Let The Buyer Beware.’ This is especially the case for homes that have an ageing boiler.  Before...

The rise and rise of £1m-plus homes continues apace with new research from Rightmove showing the biggest growth areas. Data released this...

The proliferation of free and accessible digital services has - at face value - brought us many great things: same-day deliveries,...

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

Agents spend their whole careers telling vendors and landlords why they will be able to achieve a better sale price or...

The property market, and therefore, estate agents have been accused of being the 'weak link' in the UK’s money laundering defences. This...

Independent agent uses innovative ‘feet up’ campaign to win business. An independent letting agency has invited landlords to put their ‘feet up’...

Generating leads is a crucial and age-old part of estate agency. Before the internet, lead generation was just as important to...

Staying on top of the numbers and figures in a constantly changing industry can be stressful. Changing property prices can be...

Here at The ValPal Network, we know that there are other options available when considering to use a valuation tool, so...

A new tool which identifies preferences of Facebook users and then targets them with ads for appropriate homes on sale, is...

A new property portal that operates a Tinder-style ‘swipe’ app is offering agents 12 months free listings. MoveStreets operates like the dating...

The outgoing chief executive of the National Association of Estate Agents is warning that the sales system continues to struggle with...

Another attempt is being made to introduce property logbooks to the selling and buying process, and agents are invited to play a...

There is no doubting that 2020 has been a challenging year for all industries, with the lettings market being no exception. Following...

The Stamp Duty Land Tax holiday has been a hot topic of conversation for many in the residential property industry –...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I am James D. Marshall, Founder and CEO of Pupil. What...

A new analysis of searches and leads to agents by Rightmove suggests buyers in London are deserting central locations in favour of...

Integration, collaboration and connected platforms – some great buzzwords, but what do they actually mean and do they really help agents? One...

Agents in some parts of the country may be able to make use of data from utilities comparison service uSwitch, which...

Another new property portal has been launched, this one - Mutual - describing itself as the ‘Pre-Portal Property Platform for estate...

The country producing the largest number of buyers of prime London properties is not China, nor from north America or the...

Foxtons is alleged by a newspaper to have suffered a malware attack and data breach which closed its MyFoxtons client website. The...

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

The latest Rightmove asking price index shows the extraordinary market and amazing times we are living through. The average price of property coming...

When letting agents are preparing to migrate from one piece of client accounting software to another, it can sometimes seem like...

OnTheMarket’s acting chief executive says the portal will embrace more social media and innovative marketing strategies in the coming period. Yesterday the...

With many transactions now delayed by up to three weeks by slow searches, a body representing local search providers is urging...

The south of England is not the only region to benefit as city-dwellers search for more greenery and outdoor space, says...

A platform which signs up vendors and allocates their sale to a high-performing local agent says it sells property two months...

The only certainty at the moment is ongoing uncertainty. It’s something we’ve got used to in 2020, but it’s still not...

The latest review by the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team into referral fees places the outdated practice of...

In early September, mio achieved an industry first with the release of the mio chain view API. Now, all the parties...

How to stay on top of arrears during a global pandemic Many have speculated, though much of it is anecdotal – how...

The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020 have been in place for several months now. While letting...

As the review of the recommendations of the Regulation of Property Agents Working Group continues, Emily Hawthorne, mio Account Manager and...

Agents have universally welcomed new Nationwide data showing annual price growth picked up to 5.0 per cent last month - the highest rate...

Savills has boosted its forecast for housing transactions this year because the stamp duty holiday has been such a success at...

Consumer group Which? says the stamp duty holiday has cut more than £4,000 from the average cost of moving home -...

Data from NAEA Propertymark shows that in August, some 13 per cent of properties sold for more than the original asking...

A new PropTech product claims to help agents generate and nurture leads - even while they sleep. MovePal generates leads through Facebook...

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

New PropTech products continue to appear, many aimed at enhancing transparency in buying and selling, or helping agents adopt new ways of...

Vendors spend an average £41 a day for 144 days when selling their home - but some spend a remarkable £140 a...

Seller and landlord leads are what makes estate agency tick. Without them, new business is nowhere to be seen and you...

One of the growing number of free to list property portals, Residential People, claims a record-breaking number of sales and letting...

A survey of over 2,300 home owners across the UK suggests market sentiment is mixed, with most doubting house prices have risen. The...

Logjams in the mortgage, conveyancing and removal stages of house moving mean sales are taking much longer than usual, according to...

A new league table drawn up by a property advice website may be the most authoritative yet for first time buyers...

Despite the recent effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, there is still much opportunity in the market for letting agents to grow...

Estate agents and small businesses are being warned to take greater care over passwords to stop hackers breaking into their systems. David...

NAEA Propertymark has written a letter to Housing Minister Christopher Pincher, asking what measures the government is taking to get more...

The property market experienced a slowdown last month as a result of more people going on summer holidays, according to the...

Independent agents are busier than they have ever been thanks to the post-lockdown surge but larger corporates are actually losing market...

PropertyHeads, a portal which describes itself as the industry’s social network, has sold a three per cent stake partly to raise funds...

Be proactive, have a plan, and keep prospecting.  After the easing of lockdown measures, it’s safe to say the property market picked...

There will not be a single business within the property sector that did not start the year in vastly different circumstances...

With estate agents increasingly offering auction options to vendors, new research makes interesting reading - and suggests that homes sold via...

Record house prices recorded this week by the Nationwide index are set to go higher still according to a leading agent. Nationwide...

Two City consultancies instructed by OnTheMarket have talked up the company’s fortunes after the appointment of its new chief executive.  Shore Capital, which in...

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

It’s fair to say that UK estate agents don’t have the best of reputations, often featuring in the lists of the...

With access to finance being such a hot topic at the moment, more and more estate agents are turning to commercial...

If yet more proof were needed of the housing boom this summer, NAEA Propertymark says its sales agreed data suggests a...

Figures from Zoopla quantify how Coronavirus is changing the market, with houses selling significantly faster than flats. The latest market report from...

An overview of the global PropTech sector is often what I am asked to cover at conferences around the world. This generally...

Data from Rightmove shows that demand is up 61 per cent compared to the same period last year - and the...

A new portal launches today with 100,000 listings and a pledge to target buyers largely ignored by established websites - investors. It’s...

The scale of the market bounce back after lockdown is made clear in new figures from HM Revenue & Customs. It registers...

The stamp duty holiday running until March next year has triggered a surge in interest in UK property from Hong Kong...

The number of people moving home dropped by almost a third in the first half of 2020, as the global pandemic...

The last few months have been tough for the property sector, and the pressure will continue as estate agents across the...

One of Countrywide’s biggest shareholders has written a second letter to the company to demand bold action to save the agency...

In my last Natter, I explored the differences between estate agency in the UK and the US with the help of...

Life as we know it has changed – for everybody – and what tenants want, need and expect in this post-pandemic...

HM Land Registry customers - including agents and conveyancers - can now manage all of their applications and correspondence including notices,...

The share of owners putting their homes on the market within five years of buying is rising again according to an...

An investment adviser says Purplebricks remains “far too risky” for investors even though it now has “a fighting chance of survival”. Rodney...

The proportion of the asking price achieved on average in the past year is 95.8 per cent according to a new survey. Comparison...

A PropTech firm that regularly claims London homes are mis-measured in property descriptions has taken a swipe at Purplebricks. Pupil, a spatial...

A survey of estate agents’ market share post-lockdown indicates significant advances for independent agencies and online operators. TwentyCi, a data consultancy, says...

“Many hands make light work” – Does John Heywood’s old English proverb from the 1300s apply to modern approaches on how...

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

What do General Electric, IBM, Microsoft, and WhatsApp have in common? Yes, they are American companies that boasted revenues of $50...

Purplebricks has revealed that its new board member is one of the world’s leading digital executives.  Dr Stephanie Caspar is the new...

The housing market is still booming according to data released by the National Association of Estate Agents Propertymark - although the...

Earlier this month, it was revealed that property industry bodies have joined a new Code of Practice Steering Group to enact...

Tens of billions of pounds of new taxes should be levied through a Capital Gains Tax imposed on main homes, not...

A new property website relying heavily on Artificial Intelligence allows sellers to by-pass estate agents and instead list directly for £14.99...

Agents have almost unanimously been reporting a big surge in business since the reopening of the housing market, but new figures...

Agents now have a chance to say what they think should be in a new Code of Conduct being discussed following...

Emma Vigus, managing director of sales progression platform mio, in discussion with key suppliers in the residential property industry on operating...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Jon Horton, Product director of sales progression platform, mio What does...

The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020 - which require increased electrical testing in rental properties...

With stamp duty cuts and 90% mortgages on their way back, anyone could think the housing market was about to go...

The founder of Purplebricks, Michael Bruce, has this morning revealed his new project to be called Launch B - and he...

The investment bank UBS says it’s forecasting that Rightmove revenues will be down £53m in the first half of this year. “The...

At a recent Conveyancing Association webinar focused on the provision of upfront information in the property sale process, there was a...

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak has announced that there will be no stamp duty on homes selling for £500,000 or...

One of the many free-to-list portals now vying for attention is offering agents six months free access to a platform boasting...

Have you ever wondered how industry-specific software and property portals have influenced the typical estate agency of today? A new book, which...

Let’s face it sales progression is difficult and frustrating: 1)The process has never been properly joined up - the average chain has...

They are the names we hear about often, pushing for this or seeking clarifications on that. They are the representatives of...

Propertymark is calling in the government for agents to be trained in the use of software operating the Unique Property Reference...

With the UK housing market now largely open - there are still restrictions in some areas on home moves to occupied properties...

Agents have remained calm in the light of Nationwide’s house price index which shows the first annual fall for eight years...

Businesses across all sectors have struggled to adapt to the changes brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic. One group that have bucked...

A former City analyst best known for his scathing criticisms of Purplebricks has launched a PropTech platform that he describes as...

Government figures show the 218,975 properties within Greater London have Chinese owners - and two agents say there will be more...

Mortgage product choices for buyers have increased to the highest level in three months according to new data. PropTech platform Mortgage Brain...

With three months of lockdown behind us, commission income is vital, and sales progression is more important than ever. Emma Vigus, Managing...

The challenger portal scheduled to launch in less than a week’s time on July 1 has secured the support of 10,000...

Savills has revealed the measures it has taken to mitigate the impact of the Coronavirus on its activities and balance sheet. The...

The post-lockdown surge in housing market activity has continued into its sixth week, as at least one agency’s indicators hit record...

An analysis of Countrywide branch data outside London has revealed that one in 10 applicants who registered to buy were from...

As we adjust to a life post-Covid-19, letting agents, landlords, and tenants are thinking - ways to speed up the process...

Rightmove and OnTheMarket have announced that they are extending their cut-price fees deals, introduced because of Coronavirus. This morning Rightmove says: "We have...

There was a big spike in the use of live chat across all agency sectors during lockdown - no doubt spurred...

The chief executive of a property information platform says now is a “dangerous time” to buy or sell homes because of...

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

The property market is used to change, and I’m confident it will bounce back from any lockdown effects. Despite being acutely aware...

Imagine a Zoom call where ten people are discussing the same topic, but everyone speaks a different language and has a...

Price discounts are diminishing as the housing market strengthens, according to data from Knight Frank. The average discount to the asking price...

Purplebricks has instructed a new legal firm to support its sales and lettings activities. Business Insider reports that the commercial team at...

Data released this morning by Rightmove suggests that agents in England have agreed no fewer than 40,000 sales since the market...

A working party of property professionals is being set up to look at whether and how property logbooks could help speed...

The new YOUhome Property Gurus agency has announced another key hire to strengthen its central London activities.  The agency, set up by...

Back in the day, party politics and the private rental sector used to be straightforward. Conservatives were pro-landlord, Labour were pro-tenant, while...

To most people, purchasing a home is the single most significant financial commitment made across a lifetime. Given the impact and...

Covid-19 has placed a spotlight on the impressive variety of fundraising platforms and technologies available – and not often in places...

Zoopla has upped the stakes in the war between rival websites with two major claims which implicitly challenge both Rightmove and...

It’s official – the property market is back open for business. Estate agents have started to unfurlough staff and many are...

The only story that has come remotely close to pushing coronavirus – and its various knock-on effects – off the top...

There’s no doubt we’re in a less-than-rosy phase of the property cycle. This, however, is not another doom and gloom piece:...

Lets Bid works in partnership with a variety of Estate Agents across the Uk from big franchise brands like Winkworth /...

The Covid-19 crisis has forced the UK property industry to rethink the way it operates. With little warning, the pandemic disrupted the...

PropTech supplier mio says it now has over 1,000 agency branches using its sales progression platform - and it’s recruited Countrywide...

UK house prices fell by 1.7 per cent in May, after taking account of seasonal effects – this is the largest...

A survey of sellers by a high-end agency suggests that around a third expect price falls of six per cent or...

The combined market share of agencies in the Guild of Property Professionals is now higher even than it was at the...

There has been a huge surge in demand in some regions of the UK according to new data from Rightmove.  The portal...

Zoopla’s head of research says a stamp duty holiday could encourage more home owners to move which in turn could help...

OnTheMarket has introduced a new filter that allows buyers to limit their searches to those properties with online viewing options. These can...

Research from Zoopla suggests that demand from buyers across England surged 88 per cent shortly after the housing market reopened -...

The fast-growing trade group for independent estate agents has launched a partnership with the soon-to-launch Homesearch portal. Of the various free-to-list portals...

Rightmove says it enjoyed 5.3m visits on Tuesday of this week - up four per cent on the comparable day of...

Outsourced communications provider Moneypenny has launched a new facility called Client Services for agents resuming business. Moneypenny’s 80-strong team of receptionists can...

A free to list portal has blasted Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket for using agents' data to boost their profits.  Christopher May, chief...

Rightmove has taken the unusual step this weekend of issuing its usual monthly asking price index on a Saturday instead of...

Homesearch - the new property portal which describes itself as “the future of the property industry” - has delayed its launch. It was scheduled...

A series of polls taken by Estate Agent Today suggest substantial numbers of agents remain uncomfortable about returning to trading even...

High end London agency Beauchamp Estates has been selected to join the Bank of England’s advisory panel of companies and senior directors, and to...

The fallout from Covid-19 has hit everyone hard. With breaking news today that agents are able to look at how to...

There’s been a huge surge of public interest in the housing market again, just hours after the industry lockdown came to...

It’s back to work today for England’s estate agents and the housing market - but it’s the start of a new...

The government has temporarily suspended its official house price index as a result of the Coronavirus crisis. In a long and far-reaching announcement...

There has been much speculation about when agents will be allowed back to work, and what the new office working environment...

“A lot of people have learned that they can work at home, or that there’s other methods of conducting their business......

The market share for all online agents fell sharply in the period up to the start of the pandemic according to new...

The demand for mortgages in April was scarcely a quarter of what it was in March - but the figures show...

Countrywide has added its weight to the campaign asking the government to allow agents to get back to work - and...

The housing market is likely to rebound relatively strongly after the Coronavirus lockdown eases, according to the Nationwide. House prices grew at...

In a video interview for Estate Agent Today, property professional Chris Buckler speaks to Sam Hunter, director of Homesearch. Alongside asking Hunter...

The Haart estate agency chain has launched a portal called Off Market which it describes to sellers as being “a unique...

We all know the world has gone digital—nothing new there. Every time you jump online, you’re one of 4.5 billion internet...

Rightmove, Zoopla and even OnTheMarket could make money even if they did not charge agents anything at all to list properties....

Business consultancy TwentyCi is the latest to try to put a value on the potential losses to the property industry and...

Savills has kept in touch with almost 2,000 of its vendors and prospective buyers through two mass webinars. Entitled ‘What COVID-19 means...

There’s going to be a 35 per cent drop in the number of new homes delivered this year because of the...

PropTech big names Reapit and ViewMyChain are joining up to try to accelerate transactions when the lockdown finally ends and the...

One of prime central London’s most respected estate agencies is warning that it could take until spring 2021 for the luxury...

House sales edged down only slightly in March compared with February according to HM revenue & Customs, despite the lockdown in...

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...

The OneDome and Nethouseprices websites claim to have seen a surge in agents joining in recent weeks as an alternative to...

Hello and welcome to Conquering Corona, our bid to help agents through the crisis. If you have appropriate advice to share with...

The last five years have seen unprecedented changes to the property market and agents and their clients have never faced such...

Only half of the branches signed up to Zoopla have taken advantage of one or other of the discount offers made...

The impact of the Coronavirus crisis is going to reduce agents' revenue into the third quarter finishing in late September warns a leading...

In a video interview for Estate Agent Today, property professional Chris Buckler speaks to Christopher May, director of free-to-list portal Residential...

One of the first analyses of portal listings since the start of the Coronavirus crisis shows that new listings have plummeted...

As the impact of coronavirus unfolds, we are in constant conversations with customers to understand the challenges they’re facing and to...

Hello and welcome to Wednesday’s update on what offers and advice are available to agents at this most difficult and challenging...

One of Britain’s leading agents says online viewing and interest in videos for homes on sale continues to be relatively strong...

Some 2,500 estate agency branches have expressed an interest in a new portal, Homesearch, launching next month.  Although the Homesearch website lists...

I won't be the first or last person to say that society and the property industry in which we operate is...

Based on our historical data over twenty years of nationwide operation and a survey conducted in partnership with YouGov, we estimate...