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There have been many articles about ‘digitising upfront information’, following the publication of DLUHC’s Levelling-Up white paper and National Trading Standards...

Limited supply is prompting more buyers to consider new-builds but the sector is also suffering from a stock shortage, Savills warns. Research...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson recently announced that he is considering extending Margaret Thatcher’s Right-to-Buy scheme, that gives council tenants the chance to...

The government last night revealed more details on its flagship Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill including letting local authorities double council...

An industry expert has questioned the fairness of a “two-tier system” that has emerged between new builds and second-hand homes when...

A government aim to improve the home buying process by making Local Land Charge search results instantly available is well underway,...

Fifteen businesses which had bought freeh­olds from housing developer Countryside have now given formal undertakings to remove terms that cause ground...

haart, part of the Spicerhaart estate agency group, has accused rival agencies of copying its hybrid working model. Spicerhaart group managing director...

The path from agent to developer is not easy, but it is a relatively straightforward one, if you are willing to...

Property searches are not showing up some new road schemes because they are classified by local councils as planning consent for...

Reapit Elements is an open-source, cross-platform design system that gives designers and developers a framework to quickly create responsive, device-agnostic, and...

A consultation exercise on government proposals for its business rates review is totally “underwhelming” according to property agency Colliers. The consultation ends...

The government is threatening to deny planning consent to developers who refuse to pay towards the removal of unsafe cladding on...

A poll of Conservative voters shows strong majorities for higher taxes on second homes and empty properties, and tougher demands on...

Without doubt, 2021 was an exceptional year in the property market, with the stamp duty holiday and favourable market conditions helping...

The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper, revealed this morning includes a radical reshaping of the private rental sector. Section 21 eviction...

OnTheMarket has signed a deal with Brickflow, a new comparison site for development finance.   The portal says the partnership will provide member...

A new PropTech platform has an ultimate aim of allowing house buyers to select and order their interior decorations and modifications...

Leaseholders in lower-rise blocks of flats will not have to take out loans to remove dangerous cladding under new government rules...

House and apartment sales are still being hit by confusion and worry over ground rents on existing second-hand leasehold properties. This is...

A probe by the Competition and Markets Authority has led housebuilder Taylor Wimpey to make changes for the benefit of leaseholders.  Taylor...

The price of new build homes could soar if developers are expected to pay for additional energy efficiency measures not necessarily...

Let’s begin with total transparency from this author: I believe there’s a place for Build To Rent in the wider portfolio...

A housebuilding-led mortgage indemnity scheme called Deposit Unlock has now been launched nationally with 17 major developers taking part. Nationwide is the...

Data released by Zoopla suggests that demand for new builds outside London remains above the five year average, but has failed...

The government should reset planning policy and scrap proposals for thousands of new homes in high-risk flood areas. The think-tank Localis, in...

Agents are being urged to be more open to new methods of stopping deals falling through. HBB Solutions - a part exchange...

Hello and welcome to a new week - and even as Christmas approaches there remains plenty to report about people moving...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? David Ruddock – Partner and Head of Residential Sales Operations...

In the Autumn Budget on Wednesday 27 October, very few impending tax hikes were revealed by the Chancellor Rishi Sunak –...

We’ve probably all learned to be a little less cynical about politicians in recent weeks, given the tragic events. We perhaps...

At first glance, Rishi Sunak’s Budget speech earlier this week didn’t offer much from a property perspective. But digging down a little...

There has been criticism of the new Residential Development Tax, levied to fund remedial work on dangerous cladding on high rise blocks. The tax...

The Budget has proven more generous than many expected - and with most property taxation left unchanged. Chancellor Rishi Sunak has made...

A part of the Connells Group is telling the new Housing Secretary that he and his government “must do more” to...

The government has released details of a new property tax. It’s the Residential Property Developer Tax, first announced at the start of...

Agent wages have been in the news this week, with boastful claims from a number of self-employed businesses about the sums...

A leading business consultancy is warning that supply chain shortages as a result of Brexit and the pandemic will push up...

Hamptons is to expand the provision of New Homes and residential development services across all of its 90 branches, after a...

By the time I next write this column, we’ll be just days before the next Budget and Autumn Statement. So I’ll...

As we motor towards the next major global climate change conference – the UN’s COP26 being held in Glasgow from 31...

A leading planning consultancy has claimed that ‘the myth’ that housing developers are hoarding land after gaining planning consent in order...

It’s certainly the case that awareness of part exchange isn’t very high in the property and agency world, despite the potential...

New Housing Secretary Michael Gove is reported to be set to press ahead with plans to pause controversial planning reforms.  It came...

The Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners (ALEP) has become the latest body to welcome the decision by Countryside Properties to scrap the requirement to pay...

One of the biggest campaign groups calling for leasehold reform has welcomed the action taken by the Competition and Markets Authority...

The worst of the Covid-19 pandemic appears to be firmly in the rear-view mirror as we move into the last quarter...

In what will be seen as the latest win for leaseholders across the UK, it’s been revealed that – following action...

Estate agents are being urged to future-proof and diversify by linking with retirement developers via part-exchange services. Property investment service HBB Solutions...

Media reports over the weekend suggest the government is preparing a triple whammy - three measures which may reduce the number...

Agents and developers are creating full-size show home-style properties overseas in a bid to woo wealthy foreigners who cannot travel to...

New data shows the strongest quarter for new build home registrations since 2007.  According to NHBC, the new home warranty and insurance...

Rightmove has reported a dramatic bounce back in its fortunes - and it’s making more money from agents even than before...

Two companies are to merge to create one of the Home Counties’ largest land and new homes businesses. Ashtons and Putterills Land...

There’s gathering momentum to do ‘something’ about the unfairness of council tax and stamp duty. This isn’t new in principle. Agents have...

Veteran agent and property consultant Dominic Grace, who recently left Savills after 37 years, is to take up a new role...

A new analysis claims Help To Buy has improved building volumes and has not been a drain on taxpayers. The scheme which...

NAEA Propertymark says the news that two major players in the leasehold sector have reformed their activities must be just the...

The Competition and Markets Authority has struck a deal with house builders over leasehold abuses. Aviva has committed to remove certain terms...

Almost 77 per cent of people think the government must build more homes - but if that means reclassifying Green Belt...

The Oxfordshire-based PropTech founders and software developers of Openview, today announced they have welcomed Pattinson Estate Agents to their list of clients.   Peter Grant, Managing...

The Grenfell Tower disaster in June 2017 exposed the dangers of inflammable cladding on residential tower blocks, and what has come...

Propertymark has thrown its weight behind the government’s First Homes initiative, describing it as “creative” and saying it’s a sign of...

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

The Planning Bill, which will introduce changes to the planning system in England, was announced last week in the Queen’s Speech....

The controversial demands of Trading Standards for more “material information” to be provided upfront in property details have been criticised by...

Government leaks ahead of today’s Queen’s Speech suggest a major planning shake-up is set to stop NIMBY objectors to new homes. News...

Zoopla says house builders “are at the heart of everything we do” and it is revamping its New Homes marketing offer...

London-based estate agency Orlando Reid is opening an additional office in Manchester - the start of a long-term growth programme for...

The government has launched a formal consultation process on a new residential property developer tax which is to contribute towards cladding...

In my previous Estate Agent Today feature, I endeavoured to explain the key differences between APIs and Apps, to help improve...

The land and new homes division of Sequence has signed a deal to offer fully-funded part exchange and home buying services...

Two property directors have been banned from holding company office for a total of 25 years after abusing £7.7m taken from...

Some 30 tax documents have been released by HM Treasury this afternoon - a mix of responses to past consultations, proposals...

Two of Britain’s largest house builders have reacted sharply to calls by Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick and the Competition and Markets...

The Competition and Markets Authority has written to two top house builders ordering them to change their leasehold terms. In September the...

The findings of the new ‘Thriving in a Pandemic’ report, recently published by tmgroup and mio, have highlighted that the market...

The controversy over the use of Non-Disclosure Agreements in the world of property resurfaced over the weekend in a BBC programme. A...

The government has given details of two new taxes to provide funds to address the cladding problem on high rise tower blocks...

Agents and a wide range of property experts have demanded yet more government funds to end the cladding crisis that is...

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has announced “an exceptional intervention” promising that leaseholders in high-rise buildings above 18 metres will bear no...

A new body which says it will “champion better outcomes for buyers” is described as independent but is to be chaired...

One of the country’s most popular tourist destinations may ban the sale of new builds to second home buyers. The council in Padstow -...

A property industry body representing developers wants the government to think again about making it easier for redundant High Street shops...

A hybrid agency is appealing to corporate estate agents to jump ship and try its self employed business model. Mr & Mrs...

An auction house that's made a transition from ballroom operations to online streaming is to publish all fees for all lots -...

This is a time of year when many people consider buying a pet as a present but for the millions of...

Hello - and here we are nearing the end of the strangest of years.  With agents and industry suppliers rushed off their...

The design quality of new homes and neighbourhoods across the UK remains stubbornly low, according to a new report by academics.  The...

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

The secure Conservative victory in the 2019 General Election meant the property market in the sunlit uplands was set for a...

Zoopla is the first UK property company to launch advertising on Pinterest, the lifestyle picture-centric social media platform. A statement from Zoopla...

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

A former London estate agency owner and finalist on The Apprentice says he’s now returning to the sector to sell new-builds. Jamie...

A relaunched home buying service says it wants to partner with agents to unlock sales if the housing market deteriorates. The service...

The new two per cent stamp duty surcharge applying to non-resident buyers may cause a wide range of properties to be...

Tenant enquiries and property viewings unsurprisingly slowed this spring, due to the necessary government restrictions brought in to manage the pandemic....

Hello and welcome to the start of a new week and a new edition of Property Jobs Today, your chance to...

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

Two independent agencies in London have joined forces to form a 'full circle' service for developers, promising to transform the property...

With no clear end in sight and conflicting Government advice as to whether we should work from home or go to...

OnTheMarket has signed up one of the country’s biggest house builders, Taylor Wimpey. The builder - which has 24 offices and covers...

NAEA Propertymark has thrown its weight behind a Competitions and Markets Authority investigation into whether consumer protection law has been broken...

The Competition and Markets Authority is today opening enforcement cases focusing on the sale of leasehold homes by four leading housebuilders. They...

Controversial Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick, tipped by some for sacking when the Cabinet is reshuffled next month, appears to be confident...

We have had a special relationship for many years and are bonded as countries in many ways – historically, politically and...

You have to feel for Rishi Sunak - well, at least a little. Leave to one side that he carries more presentational...

Evidence is pouring in that the stamp duty holiday introduced 48 hours ago has already produced huge levels of interest from...

It may be that by the time you read this it’s all over for Robert Jenrick, the Secretary of State for...

Zoopla predicts that the price strength that has been seen since the reopening of the housing market is likely to continue...

Most letting agents don’t set up a business to become accountants but losing control of client money poses serious risks for...

A start-up estate agency in London says it’s going to market only refurbished homes that will then be given a warranty...

OnTheMarket says in a trading statement this morning that as of May 31 only some 9,000 branches were on paying contracts...

How prime London has changed. In 2002 work began on The Knightsbridge. Located within a stone’s throw of Harrods and a near-neighbour...

Cushman & Wakefield has pulled out of direct sales of homes in the UK. The firm has closed its UK new homes department...

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick - accused by some of breaking the lockdown some weeks ago - is now in more hot...

A digital ‘members-only club’ for property professionals around the world has slashed its prices nine months after launching. The Eighth Door is...

There’s been a very significant increase in the number of listings carrying virtual viewings, accelerating during the period of the Coronavirus crisis and...

As last Friday was the VE Day Anniversary bank holiday we have a bumper bundle of fund-raising activities to report on...

Guidance issued by the government explicitly advises agents, buyers and sellers that more activity should be done online if possible. “The process...

A Labour council in London has come out against the government’s plan to offer 30 per cent discounts to first time...

There could be a wave of legal disputes as off-plan buyers seek to get out of purchase deals after the lockdown...

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

There’s a warning today that the housing market could face a wave of legal disputes if buyers of off-plan new builds...

Another west country tourist hotspot looks set to ban any future new-build home being sold as a holiday or additional property. Bigbury...

A PropTech start-up led by a prominent commentator has become the latest part of the industry to take a pop at...

The two major portals have unveiled their discounts and deals for agents facing a dramatic loss of business because of the...

The lightbulb moment for LonRes was born out of sheer frustration. I’d just missed out on a deal and the postman...

The Bank of England has announced an emergency cut in the base interest rate to shore up the economy during the Coronavirus...

It may be that we’re facing another year - make that yet another year - of disruption in the housing market. Coronavirus...

The government has launched a competition to attract what it calls “the best and brightest talents of the housing industry” to...

There’s been a broad welcome from agents and other industry organisations for the latest report from the Competition and Markets Authority...

The threat of Coronavirus is beginning to make an impact in the world of property. The Cushman & Wakefield agency announced overnight that...

Another westcountry town may ban new-build homes being sold as holiday properties, even though the idea has backfired elsewhere. Fowey in Cornwall -...

The government has - once again - announced the introduction of a New Homes Ombudsman.  The news came yesterday when Housing Secretary...

Hello - it’s Monday and so it’s PJT, where you can catch up on the industry major moves of recent days. Please...

The government is being urged to make commonhold ownership compulsory on all new apartments - and the move could even begin a...

A new homes portal says that in the past year it’s seen a rise of 82 per cent in website visitors and...

Annual house price growth increased to 4.1 per cent in January, up slightly from the end of 2019, according to Halifax...

Not for the first time, a government policy on housing ends up begging more questions than it provides answers - but...

One of the country’s leading housing market research experts has been poached from Knight Frank to join Zoopla. Gráinne Gilmore - a...

OnTheMarket claims its visitor total last month exceeded 30m, a new monthly record and an increase of some 28 per cent...

Over the past decade, the short-term rental industry, now eponymised by Airbnb, has experienced meteoric growth. This has been driven by the...

A new year dawns - but will 2020 bring new change for the agency industry now that the market appears to...

The government has given details of a scheme allowing 30 per cent reductions for what it calls ‘local first time buyers’...

In the firmest sign yet that PropTech has entered the mainstream, Housing Minister Esther McVey recently launched an expert advisory council...

It’s a substantial Tory government for the next five years: what does this mean for estate agents, property and the market? We have...

When we launched Reapit’s Foundations Platform as a Service (PaaS) in November, it may have seemed like a recent development in...

[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...

[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your weekly opportunity to catch up on who’s moving where and why across our...

A new portal has been launched aiming to take on Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket in the retirement property sector - and...

A new digital ‘members-only club’ is being launched for property professionals around the world.  The Eighth Door is a web and app-based...

A sales agency based in Warrington and set up originally to market new homes in Manchester is now expanding into Shanghai...

Reapit has launched a platform, cloud infrastructure and marketplace called Foundations which aims to provide “all the PropTech solutions” for agencies’...

Housing Minister Esther McVey has launched an expert advisory council that the government says is “dedicated to the digital transformation of...

A 10 point manifesto to drive forward leasehold reform has been published by prominent campaigner Louie Burns, of The Leasehold Solutions Group. The 10...

The National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting Agents have issued their manifesto for next month’s General...

A new study by the London School of Economics suggests that a high profile ban on the sale of new homes...

Zoopla is continuing its aggressive expansion of listings and services to agents with news this morning that it has added a...

Hello there and welcome along to the latest PJT, your weekly catch-up on who’s moving where in agency, amongst suppliers and...

A Labour proposal to dramatically improve energy efficiency in almost every British home would cost an estimated £60 billion. The upgrades would...

A former 10 Downing Street adviser says stamp duty on house sales should be scrapped or at least slashed in order...

A London agency has told Estate Agent Today that it makes some of its buyers pay upwards of £5,000 in Reservation...

Housing minister Esther McVey says Compulsory Purchase Orders and brownfield land registers are to be made digitally transparent.  This will allow CPO...

Zoopla has unveiled new functionality that it claims will make searching for new homes easier for consumers - and resumes the...

A service has launched for estate and letting agents to copy and paste a widget into online advertisements free of charge. It...

Welcome back to Property Jobs Today - your Monday roundup of all the latest employment news from the industry. If you have...

A growing free-to-list property portal says there's never been a better time for estate agents to target foreign investors. Residential People, which,...

There’s a clear change of mood music in the country now regarding environmental issues. You don’t need to be old to remember...

A north of England estate agency is marking its 160th anniversary with the pledge to announce an acquisition by the end...

The price premium paid by purchasers for a freehold property rather than a leasehold is at its highest for eight years. An...

Hello and welcome to your regular Monday PJT, the essential guide to who’s moving where in our industry. Everyone mentioned here got...

A report by the influential Public Accounts committee of MPs has been highly sceptical of the effectiveness of Help To Buy. It...

The new housing minister has admitted that her party has tried to “put a lid” on house price rises and has...

If you thought - perhaps hoped - that five weeks of prorogued Parliament meant a break from politics, think again: the...

A banking company used by OnTheMarket has issued a note to its investor clients claiming the portal “arguably beats its peers...

Barratt Developments’ three consumer brands - Barratt Homes, David Wilson Homes and Barratt London - are the first developers to list...

It’s been six years since the Help to Buy scheme was launched, with the honourable intentions of helping more people onto...

It’s been two weeks since our last PJT, thanks to the Bank Holiday, so there’s plenty of news in today’s edition. If...

An independent estate agency says a No Deal Brexit will prompt a “feeding frenzy” of foreign buyers who are already “piling...

There has been a sceptical response by agents and others in the property industry to the government’s latest headline-grabbing tweaks to...

A new digital platform has been set up in a bid to provide a one-stop-shop for self-build enthusiasts - and it...

The typical new real estate agency forms when an entrepreneurial high performer quits their job at a leading chain and sets...

A property industry trade body claims 85 per cent of agents believes a ‘staged’ property sells three times faster than a...

I missed the biggest property story of the week and it’s only scant consolation that almost everyone else seemed to miss it...

Rightmove’s half year figures this morning continue to show strong growth in profits and revenue - but there are the first...

Seven in 10 agents fail to use video or YouTube to assist in their marketing according to an analysis by free-to-list...

A bid to ban the building of new homes for out-of-town buyers has backfired on a Cornish community - and now...

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

The industry press has given substantial space to recommendations from the Regulation of Property Agents, the government’s working party which has...

The government has published proposals for far-reaching changes to the way estate and letting agents are regulated, trained and licensed. The proposals...

Two of the highest profile independent estate agencies in the north of England have merged following a spectacular acquisition. Linley & Simpson...

Two Countrywide brands have joined forces to launch Airspace Exchange – a service to push the idea of constructing homes and...

The weekend is over all-too-quickly but at least if it’s Monday, it’s Property Jobs Today - your weekly catch up with...

Britain lives in fundamentalist black-and-white times - all the more surprising when the country's most divisive point of contention sits on...

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of Property Jobs Today - the Monday slot where you can catch up with...

Property developing is an incredibly diverse and exciting career choice, and something that many people aspire to do in the UK.  I...

Figures released from OnTheMarket this morning suggest that its conversion programme for agents shifting from free deals to paid membership is...

The National Audit Office says many users of Help To Buy would have been able to purchase a home anyway, without...

The Competition and Markets Authority has formally launched an investigation into the sale of leasehold properties - including possible mis-selling. This follows...

A review website set up by a former estate agent says £1m of new funding will allow it to roll out...

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

It may well seem that the government is pre-occupied with one issue, and one issue alone. While preparations for Brexit take up a...

Hello - it’s that time of the week again when we celebrate the agency industry’s fantastic fund-raising. We were delighted that our...

The National Association of Estate Agents has welcomed the commitment by the Competition and Markets Authority to investigate the mis-selling of...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Jake Gready Managing Director NEXA Bristol What services do you provide? buying - selling...

During our school days, most of us did that task where we imagined and drew the homes of the future, but...

It’s an eye-catching combination - former professional rugby players turn estate agents, set up in converted shipping containers, and promise in time-honoured fashion...

The trade body for ‘home stagers’ says that properties that have been dressed sell three times faster than those that have...

Research  by HouseSimple suggests that over 31 per cent of homes currently on sale in major UK towns and cities have...

With Easter now upon us (happy Easter, by the way, and hope you’re enjoying the long weekend, the Easter eggs and...

The leasehold scandal continues to generate plenty of column inches, with fresh stories emerging almost daily of people living in unsellable...

An ex-housing minister and ex-Brexit secretary says he wants to radically change taxes on buy to let capital appreciation to help...

No, this isn’t about Brexit. But as the saga of leaving the EU is likely to bring about the downfall of...

First time buyers purchasing new homes using the government’s Help to Buy equity loan scheme paid on average 12 per cent...

The leasehold scandal has received plenty of press coverage, with horror stories of people living in homes that are impossible to...

Mortgage brokers are claiming that “a big number” of buyers are being cajoled into using estate agents’ in-house brokers. The Financial Conduct...

It’s no secret that the UK’s housing sector is in crisis. Headlines scream about the shortage of new-build homes. TV pundits...

Almost as soon as the government yesterday made its latest announcement to outlaw rogue leasehold deals, the measure was branded “pathetic. More...

Extended Permitted Development Rights unveiled in the Chancellor’s recent Spring Statement could create issues concerning Right To Light for homes near...

When it comes to major issues confronting housing, and in particular the direction that the government would like to take the...

The Law Society claims that the unforeseen charges faced by some purchasers of leasehold properties could be addressed “if developers and...

The leasehold system has created many unsellable and unmortgageable homes and should change, MPs say. The all-party Housing, Communities and Local Government...

The founder and former chief executive of Emoov, Russell Quirk, is back in the headlines with a new but until now...

A survey by the Centre for Ageing Better recently showed that 72% of people want to see every new home built...

Savills has this morning talked up its investment in onliner Yopa, which it claims is the sixth largest estate agency in...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, your weekly chance to catch up on major moves in our industry. Everyone here has...

It’s time, surely, for government to crackdown not just on rogue agents and landlords but on rogue councils that confuse the...

The row over whether Help To Buy benefits house builders’ personal wealth more than it assists the housing market is continuing...

The vast majority of people want homes built as standard for all age groups - a contrary view to those in...

Government figures show the UK’s annual house price growth now being down to 2.5 per cent - the lowest rate since...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, your regular catch-up on key appointments news in our industry. It’s been a difficult seven...

A review website has launched that describes itself as “a new and powerful research and marketing tool in the residential property...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT.  Everyone here let us know about their jobs news by emailing press@estateagenttoday.co.uk - please do...

A respected property investment consultancy is warning that the current premium put on the prices of new-build homes - around 15...

The government has this morning set out wide-ranging changes to redress systems for agents, the sales and lettings sectors, and other...

A firm which recently joined the ‘hub club’ of agencies using centralised services offices says its won a major new build...

It’s the word on everyone’s lips: after two and a half years of debate, and months before that leading up to...

A new portal which had branded itself as “the UK’s first decentralised property listing database” appears to have had a setback...

A new portal called YourMoov and describing itself as “the UK’s first decentralised property listing database” is to launch shortly. In an...

The government says it will be releasing details of its ideas to revamp redress systems concerning agents and new homes “in...

Developers have continued to sell thousands of new-build houses with leaseholds, despite a government pledge to ban the “unscrupulous” practice a...

A bid by online property platform TheHouseShop to raise £500,000 investment via crowdfunding appears to be flatlining. TheHouseShop - until 2015 known...

Having built over 1900 websites for estate and lettings agents in the last 16 years, we know a thing or two...

A specialist property portal says it’s offering estate agents “a captive audience for the ski properties on their books.” SnowOnly says that...

There is a perfect storm brewing in the lettings market, and as the saying goes, “you can’t change the direction of...

Two weeks to Christmas but no sign of our industry slowing down with more job moves announced in recent days.  Please let...

Figures released by the government over the weekend show that 14,867 Help To Buy equity loans were taken out in the...

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

A website that lists private sale properties and calls itself “the all in one property marketplace” has valued itself on a...

Given that online property portals, dominated by a handful of websites, are by far the most popular home search method, it...

On the face of it, this year’s Budget was not what you could describe as ‘housing heavy’ in terms of the...

The agency industry has reacted in a broadly downbeat way at the relatively few housing-related proposals that were announced in yesterday’s...

One of London’s most prominent buying agencies says post-Brexit the interest in buying in the capital will return - whether there...

The cost of new-build leasehold properties has surged 16 times faster than freeholds according to research from property investment platform. The revelation...

Hello and welcome to a new working week, which means your chance to catch up on the key moves in our...

One of London’s highest profile and most outspoken estate agent chiefs has scolded ‘Maybot’ Theresa May on the day she is to...

The government, which only recently said there would be one Ombudsman covering the entire housing sector, has announced that there is...

Agents have continued to express their shock and opposition to the announcement by the government that it wants a stamp duty...

You will perhaps have seen recently that the Government has decided to boost funding to the regulator, the National Trading Standards...

Having delivered over 1,800 websites for estate agents over the last 15 years, I have come to recognise one major common...

Emoov’s founder Russell Quirk has outlined how he would help Britain get out of its current housing crisis to a Labour...

The Land & New Homes Network has announced a part exchange and assisted move collaboration with Relocation Agent Network in a...

Any day now we’ll hear the date for the Autumn Budget: it may be delayed to wait for a Brexit deal...

The raison d'être for estate agents everywhere is to get their properties noticed! It’s as simple as that. These days you’re likely...

A full 100 per cent of 20 to 24 year olds hope to buy their own home one day -  but...

With all the recent change and upheaval in the rental sector it may be time to consider how letting agencies will...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today - a slim edition given how quiet the industry is at the...

It may not be a good idea for a journalist to be personal about a politician, so I write about our...

Former housing minister Dominic Raab, who yesterday left his post after just six months in office, may have had a lucky...

Another update from OnTheMarket this morning claims the portal is now listing over 550,000 UK residential property listings, in excess of...

The government says its funding schemes such as Help To Buy will no longer be applied to what it calls “unjustified...

The vast majority of estate agents say dressing a property for sale improves its chances of a sale by leaving a...

High-end housebuilder Berkeley Homes says “macro and political uncertainty, including Brexit” is leading to some developers previously building in London to...

The pace of change is extraordinary. As we reach the middle of one conversation, rumblings of the next already begin. I think...

Having recently attended FUTURE: PropTech in London, it struck me just how far the integration of property and technology has progressed...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity - and just because it’s half term, don’t think the industry has...

A new online platform claims agents can now offer people a chance to buy a property with, literally, just one click...

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

One of the three official redress bodies serving the estate and lettings agency industry has conducted a survey of complaints across...

Hybrid agency Emoov is now offering a tailored sales package aimed at attracting developers listing and selling new homes. Rather than paying...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today, our regular Monday look at key moves inside our industry. Everyone mentioned here...

At any given moment it’s difficult to say which issue dominates our marketplace, but I think it’s fair to acknowledge during...

An estate agent and former chairman of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says the government’s latest drive to build new...

The well-respected buying agency Black Brick has revealed the scale of discounts it secures on prime properties being sold for different...

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

Three councils are encouraging local residents to sign a new register which aims to bring more quality homes for sale to...

Claims by President Donald Trump that the US got a bad deal by selling its prime central London embassy and building...

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