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

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of PJT - we know some agencies are reshaping their structures and downsizing but this...

Six agency branches are being closed as a result of a partnership between franchise giant Belvoir and the Nottingham Building Society. Under...

A regional agency says the Coronavirus crisis was the opportunity for it to complete a takeover of a rival company in...

Fine & Country is one of those clever agencies employing interior designers to help stage properties, making them look their best...

Two auctions held behind closed doors have been deemed a success, and evidence that the property market can still function despite...

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

It’s not-so-unlucky 13 for national property consultancy Bruton Knowles which has opened its 13th office in the country. The new office is...

A trade body has sharply criticised HM Land Registry for its slow progress on digitising local searches after a promising start...

Some may say that we’re almost in the ninth month of the year but for many, August Bank Holiday heralds the...

Hello and welcome to this latest edition of PJT, your regular weekly column giving all the key appointments news in the...

The average British homeowner stays in their property for 20.8 years, according to new research by Zoopla. The property portal analysed the...

Petty Estate Agents has acquired the real estate division of Cheshire-based Wright Marshall out of administration. The deal safeguards the company after...

It’s been reported that a Cheshire estate agent and auction house has gone into administration putting 130 jobs at risk. Around 40...

With summer in full swing (will someone tell the weather?) we’re having bumper editions of Agents Do Charity, and this weekend’s is...

Welcome to the latest Property Jobs Today - because last week there was a Bank Holiday, we have a bumper edition...

So far in our contribution to the campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold we have outlined the stories of some of...

In recent weeks our campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold has continued to gather momentum both in the press and across...

Kit Malthouse has been making headlines this week, but – in keeping with his tenure as Housing Minister so far -...

One of the country’s major property auction companies has a new base. The 233,000 square foot site in Chesterfield has been acquired...

With Christmas less than four weeks away (yes, really) the countdown to the festive season begins tomorrow when December begins. Charity...

Communities have missed out on more than 10,000 affordable homes in the past three years as a result of government rules...

A hybrid estate agency with ambitions to rival Purplebricks has revealed that it has significantly expanded its current footprint, with ambitions...

A leading buying agency is warning about asking prices that are higher than those acceptable to mortgage companies who therefore down-value...

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

The dream may be over but the return to reality can at least be staged in the spirit of an England...

Rowcliffes, the Derbyshire estate agency, has been sold out of administration with all 22 agency jobs being saved. A statement from the...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today, our weekly feature on who’s moving where throughout our industry. And it’s...

The London Marathon may have been and gone but there are plenty of agents and others in our industry still prepared...

Labour MP Chris Williamson, regarded as an ally of party leader Jeremy Corbyn, is suggesting that high-value homes in England should...

Six more High Street estate agencies have signed up to an online platform that allows them to offer customers a fixed-fee...

It used to be so easy. Around 20 years ago there were what we now call full-service estate and letting agencies, and...

Purplebricks has released more details of expansion plans to recruit hundreds of additional Local Property Experts. The recruitment drive was launched yesterday...

A new PropTech venture aims to do what the ill-fated Veyo system failed to achieve -  creating an online platform bringing...

Let’s not be distressed that we’re already over 10 per cent of the way through the year - yes, really -...

The East Midlands, which consists of several areas including Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, and much of Lincolnshire, has an ancient...

Christmas is here - feet up, mulled wine ... a well-deserved break. As we know, however, it’s not just selling and letting houses...

Thanks so much for a bumper selection of charity deeds this week - as an industry we can be proud of...

With a number of agent partner programmes available nationwide, estate agents can often increase business by offering sales by auction, especially...

Here are the top letting agents in Britain who go above and beyond to help their customers, as voted for by...

Hybrid agency Purplebricks has launched a recruitment drive for what it calls ‘local property experts’ in 17 parts of the country...