A prominent westcountry agent has joined Moveli, which operates the self-employed broker model. Jonathan Mowday, previously of Stags in Devon, has joined...
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![New franchisee takes Winkworth into Warwickshire](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Franchise-400x310.png)
Winkworth has expanded into the West Midlands with its first office in Warwickshire. The agency franchise brand has setup in the Regency...
29 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![By Design attracts two more Fine & Country agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
A newly-launched upmarket agency network has attracted two former Fine & Country agents. James Cooper and Alia Khan are the latest top-flight...
06 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Most expensive coastal location named as prices drop](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Home buyers face paying up to £1m for top coastal properties although prices have dropped since 2022, research suggests. Research by Lloyds...
22 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency franchise brand expands Devon footprint](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Franchise-400x310.png)
Winkworth has opened its fifth office in Devon – with what it describes as a prime spot in an affluent area...
08 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Revealed! The best areas for sellers to find a chain-free buyer](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Almost a third of homes sold across Britain have been purchased by a cash buyer, new research shows. Analysis of the latest...
14 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Expert reveals the risks of getting home insurance in high-risk flood areas](/upload/images/__thumbs/4%20-%20Expert%20reveals%20the%20risks%20of%20getting%20home%20insurance%20in%20high-risk%20flood%20areas%20by%20David%20Joyson%2C%20Chief%20Customer%20Officer%20at%20Homep.jpg/4%20-%20Expert%20reveals%20the%20risks%20of%20getting%20home%20insurance%20in%20high-risk%20flood%20areas%20by%20David%20Joyson%2C%20Chief%20Customer%20Officer%20at%20Homep__399x314.jpg)
It’s no secret that sea levels are rising, leaving millions of homes at risk globally and according to a recent report,...
02 September 2023
From: Features
![Agent names lucky winner of golden board competition](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_1697309575.jpg)
A competition to track down as many golden estate agent boards placed around Leeds as possible has been won by Grace...
04 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency stock surges amid ‘stagnant market’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BTR%20and%20affordable%20housing%20-%20By%20Andy%20Jones%20Property%20Investor%20Today%20BuildToRent-400x310.png)
Sale stock levels have surged by 15% since the start of the year due to the ‘stagnant market,’ research claims. Quick-buy firm...
28 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove names fastest moving property market as sale times lag](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HouseForSale_400x310.png)
Falkirk has been named as the UK’s fastest-selling market. New figures from Rightmove show sellers in the area are finding a buyer...
06 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Conveyancers ‘failing buyers on sewage tank rules’ - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HouseInspection_400x310.png)
Lawyers are warning of a growing number of incidents of septic tank conveyancing negligence, which could prove costly for homebuyers. House buyers...
03 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Winkworth was second most active agent for exchanges in 2022 - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyFinancing-400x310.png)
Winkworth agents ranked second when it came to property exchanges in London last year, the franchise agency brand claims. A trading update...
12 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Revealed! The most searched-for locations of 2022](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
London has returned as the go-to destination for potential property buyers, Rightmove claims. The portal has revealed the most searched for locations...
21 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - the movers, shakers and people in the news](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyJobsToday-400x310.png)
There have been plenty of new jobs being started outside of Wesminster this month. Here are some of the latest moves that...
31 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents facing falling demand as asking price cuts rise](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/DemandDown-400x310.jpg)
Property demand has dropped while price reductions have increased in recent weeks, data shows. Two separate pieces of industry data give new...
04 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - getting high for a good cause](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AgentsDoCharity-NewLogo2-400x310.jpg)
It was a relatively quiet week for fundraising by agents and property professionals but no less important and inspirational. If there are...
09 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Regional agency network expands geographical presence](/upload/images/Locations/EnglandMap-400x310.jpg)
Estate agency network the Experts in Property has expanded its geographical spread. The group of more than 65 independent estate agencies across...
20 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Buyer demand cools but 'remains above pre-pandemic levels'](/upload/images/Back-link-images/AdobeStock_227500145.jpeg)
More than a third of England’s regions have seen buyer demand fall over the previous quarter, research claims in the latest...
19 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency accuses rivals of copying Hybrid Property Centre model](/upload/images/library/LoudSpeaker-1-400x310.jpg)
haart, part of the Spicerhaart estate agency group, has accused rival agencies of copying its hybrid working model. Spicerhaart group managing director...
18 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![One of Britain’s oldest agencies - has it closed permanently?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Homes-MaginifyingGlass-400x310.jpg)
It’s feared one of the country’s oldest estate agencies may have entered receivership. The Drew Pearce company of agents and chartered surveyors...
21 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Customer service, social media and community celebrated in awards](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket-400x310.png)
The regional agency group Experts In Property is back in business with an online awards event. Majoring on training, online marketing and...
09 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - who's moving where this New Year](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyJobsToday-400x310.png)
This is our first Property Jobs Today column of 2022 and it’s testimony to how busy our industry is right now...
24 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Tax clampdown on second homes announced by government](/upload/images/library/EnglishHolidayHome-400x310.jpg)
Owners of second homes who abuse a tax loophole by claiming their often-empty properties are holiday lets will be forced to...
14 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Buy a home for under £150,000? You’ll be lucky…](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Homes-MaginifyingGlass-400x310.jpg)
The number of locations where average house prices still stand at below £150,000 has shrunk by 28 per cent in recent...
06 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Top agencies announce new senior appointments](/upload/images/Logos/Knight-Frank-logo400x310.png)
Knight Frank has appointed David Lewis as head of rural sales for Devon and West Somerset. Lewis’s career in residential property began...
08 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Hotspot premiums likely to be blamed for pricing out locals](/upload/images/Locations/BeachHuts-400x310.jpg)
New data from Rightmove has analysed millions of supply, demand and pricing data points across the property market, to assess activity...
03 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Working From Home 'set to boost agencies in key areas'](/upload/images/Logos/Fine%26Country-logo400x310.png)
Fine & Country has opened another office - this time in Exeter, one of the most popular locations to which people...
12 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Phil Spencer: Content Is King - time to crown your agency website](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PhilSpencer-MoveIQ-EATLAT-400x310.jpg)
It’s a truism that most property enquiries from buyers these days come through portals but there are several reasons why agents...
06 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Locked or open-door policy - has Covid changed the way offices operate forever?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/AgencyBoards-Lettings-400x310.png)
In this piece, Tom Davis, press officer at Propertymark, explores the debate surrounding a locked or open-door policy, and whether the...
02 October 2021
From: Features
![Former BBC boss selects agents to sell £35m housing project](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/GregDyke400x310.jpg)
Former BBC Director General Greg Dyke has been revealed as the man behind a £35m project to developer a historic part...
30 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Second homes and Airbnb-style short lets blamed in new affordability report](/upload/images/Logos/airbnb-logo400x310.png)
A government report suggests that house prices are rising at three times the national rate in some rural and coastal areas...
29 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stamp duty boost for first-time buyers? Not a bit of it, claims research](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MillennialTenants-Tablet-400x310.jpg)
First-time buyers are £25,000 worse off thanks to the stamp duty holiday, according to estate agent comparison site GetAgent. The website revealed...
16 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Named And Shamed - Councils with slowest search responses](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Property-MagnifyingGlass--1-400x310.jpg)
Homebuyers are suffering huge delays in receiving responses to their search requests to council according to a study of local authorities. Consumer...
03 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property firm says additional home owners should pay higher tax](/img/default/eat.png)
A prominent property consultancy is urging the government to ensure that holiday home owners pay more tax. Colliers claims local authorities are...
06 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents selling coastal homes seeing more demand and faster sales](/img/default/eat.png)
A deep dive into Rightmove’s data by the portal itself has discovered that there’s one sector where homes sell 20 days...
06 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Self-made agent is latest licence signing for agency network](/img/default/eat.png)
The Fine & Country network has added another agency to its network - this one in the west country city of...
03 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty: Buyers caught out as higher prices trigger tax take](/img/default/eat.png)
New research shows that the surge in house prices this year has taken homes in at least 25 areas of England...
29 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Bankrupt took hundreds of thousands ‘to build retirement home’](/img/default/eat.png)
A bankrupt builder from Devon persuaded pensioners to pay him £271,000 to construct a home - but his poor workmanship has...
06 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![London-focussed agency expands in south west England](/img/default/eat.png)
London-focussed agency Winkworth - which has around 60 of its 100 franchise branches in the capital - has now opened another...
25 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Tidal Wave: some house prices up as much as 48 per cent in a year](/img/default/eat.png)
The average price of a property in a British seaside town is now £265,978, a leap of 10 per cent -...
01 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property marketing - keeping personal data protected](/img/default/eat.png)
After a recent incident involving an Estate Agent based in Devon in which a property virtual tour they published revealed a...
25 May 2021
From: Sponsored Content
![Stamp Duty Holiday - deals at risk because of slow searches](/img/default/eat.png)
Thousands of sales are at risk because slow searches by councils may prevent deals completing by the next stamp duty deadline. With just under...
13 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Virtual viewings and personal data – what do agents need to know?](/img/default/eat.png)
If someone broke into your house and took a video of lots of personal information, like photos of family and pets,...
17 April 2021
From: Features
![Rightmove flying with record visits as buying frenzy continues](/img/default/eat.png)
Rightmove has so far this year recorded 20 of its busiest ever days for visits to the site as the current...
14 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![More agencies back government Kickstart scheme](/img/default/eat.png)
Another property company has announced its participation in the Kickstart scheme. The initiative is aimed at young people aged 16 to 24...
13 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Covid has changed how and where we want to live](/img/default/eat.png)
One year on from the UK’s first stay-at-home order, London has been overtaken as the most searched-for location on Rightmove, according...
22 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Prime London bounces back - prices to soar up to a fifth by 2025](/img/default/eat.png)
Savills has upgraded its house price and transaction forecasts following the Budget - and prime London, especially the centre, is tipped to...
09 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - February kicks off with flurry of movers](/img/default/eat.png)
Welcome to the start of another week and this catch up on the latest moves within the agency world. Everyone featured here...
01 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Dominic Cummings - the Rightmove connection revealed...](/img/default/eat.png)
He’s gone from Downing Street but the legacy of Dominic Cummings lives on in Rightmove’s top searches of 2020. Barnard Castle -...
30 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Corona kindness - the best of agency in 2020](/img/default/eat.png)
The industry seems almost back to normal. Not the ‘new normal’ we spoke so much of a few weeks and months ago,...
12 December 2020
From: Features
![Property transaction delays - where ARE the searches?](/img/default/eat.png)
Delays with the return of property searches is one key factor for sales taking longer to complete. As conveyancers start to warn...
05 December 2020
From: Features
![Price rises overtake stamp duty holiday savings in many places](/img/default/eat.png)
It may make little difference to agents but a leading analyst suggests thousands of buyers have effectively lost money on their purchase...
23 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Redundancies and branch closures continue at Countrywide](/img/default/eat.png)
An extensive culling of branches and staff continues apace at Countrywide as it significantly reduces the size of both its office...
29 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Conveyancer names and shames councils for delays in local searches](/img/default/eat.png)
A conveyancing firm is blaming councils for delays in transactions. Conveyancers have themselves been sharply criticised in recent weeks as the sharp...
28 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Countrywide branches close ahead of private equity investment bid](/img/default/eat.png)
At least two branches of a Countrywide agency have been closed, shortly before news broke of a proposal for a large...
23 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Absurdities of council tax laid bare in new league table](/img/default/eat.png)
The irrationality of Britain’s council tax system has been laid bare in a new league table drawn up by estate agency...
21 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - and we’re back to school at last…](/img/default/eat.png)
For many agents it’s been a big week…not because of the surge of buyers, but because their children have returned to...
04 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Independent agency joins national franchise chain](/img/default/eat.png)
Hunters has announced the launch of an additional franchise office at Torquay in Devon. The branch is a conversion of local independent...
11 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - and there’s so much great work still going on…](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello - Friday already so that means another Agents Do Charity, marking the wonderful work of our industry even in these...
26 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove shows how we really do like to be beside the seaside](/img/default/eat.png)
In the latest of a recent flurry of consumer-facing research exercises by Rightmove, a league table of the most popular seaside...
24 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Successful property newspaper collapses after revenge hack](/img/default/eat.png)
A successful property newspaper has collapsed after one of its former directors turned computer hacker and deliberately deleted over 5,000 files...
19 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove data reveals areas with biggest surge in buyer leads](/img/default/eat.png)
There has been a huge surge in demand in some regions of the UK according to new data from Rightmove. The portal...
01 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Don't give in to buyers wanting viewings, agents told](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s been a surge in buyers wanting to view properties - but agents must sit on their hands and wait for...
12 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Don’t kill Rightmove - it could be the agent’s friend, says industry stalwart](/img/default/eat.png)
An industry stalwart has urged critics of Rightmove to fight for the portal to offer agents a fairer pricing system, not...
22 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Ban on new-build holiday homes likely in another tourist hotspot](/img/default/eat.png)
Another west country tourist hotspot looks set to ban any future new-build home being sold as a holiday or additional property. Bigbury...
21 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Top Brass - former RICS and NAEA chiefs reveal their home offices](/img/default/eat.png)
Working from home is something of a leveller right now, applying to people in the capital and in the sticks, but...
10 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Tory police chief wants holiday homes opened to key workers](/img/default/eat.png)
The Police and Crime Commissioner for an area with thousands of holiday homes wants their owners to make them available to...
07 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Ex-Purplebricks territory owner sets up latest hub for Keller Williams](/img/default/eat.png)
Keller Williams has announced another new market centre, and this time its operating principal is a former Purplebricks territory owner. JP Downes...
05 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![2020 - the year of Airbnb, and the opportunity for agents](/img/default/eat.png)
Over the past decade, the short-term rental industry, now eponymised by Airbnb, has experienced meteoric growth. This has been driven by the...
15 January 2020
From: Features
![Mark Hinkins, Sales Consultant at Rexlabs](/img/default/eat.png)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Mark Hinkins and I’m a Sales Consultant...
02 December 2019
From: 60 Second Interview
![Agents Do Charity: the close shave for the hairy upper lip edition…](/img/default/eat.png)
If you haven’t noticed, it’s November already - a month where it’s increasingly popular for men to grow moustaches for charity....
08 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Over a year - that’s the average time to sell in parts of the UK](/img/default/eat.png)
Data from an agency comparison website reveals that in the current market it takes well over a year for a home...
17 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Fox and Sons goes digital and improves their sales progression with mio](/img/default/eat.png)
Fox and Sons goes digital and improves their sales progression with mio Lucy Luxton, Branch Manager at Fox and Sons, Tiverton (Devon)...
09 September 2019
From: Sponsored Content
![Don’t read all about it - are local property ads dying?](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s that time again. Each year I take a look at newspaper readership - not from the angle of journalists, but...
17 August 2019
From: Features
![Yet another house raffle competition bites the dust](/img/default/eat.png)
Another house price raffle has closed amid rancour, and with cash prizes being awarded instead of the property originally promoted. The latest...
02 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - all the industry movers and shakers…](/img/default/eat.png)
The weekend is over all-too-quickly but at least if it’s Monday, it’s Property Jobs Today - your weekly catch up with...
24 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agency amends Help To Buy press ad after complaint to watchdog](/img/default/eat.png)
South west regional agency Luscombe Maye has amended an advertisement for a new housing development following a complaint to a watchdog. A...
12 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Stop indulging councils over rental licensing and local schemes](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s time, surely, for government to crackdown not just on rogue agents and landlords but on rogue councils that confuse the...
09 March 2019
From: Features
![Purplebricks Uncovered: What it's like to be a Local Property Expert](/img/default/eat.png)
Here’s an unusual story, describing the work of one of Purplebricks’ Local Property Experts who was with the company for around...
04 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Christmas agency offices - we've a dog contest and terrific trees](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to a new week - the last before Christmas. We’ve got more of your wonderful office pictures and videos...
17 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Emoov boss and portal head in vicious Twitter spat before firm folds](/img/default/eat.png)
The chief executive of Emoov and the founder of the new portal Rummage4Property had a dramatic spat on Twitter just hours...
04 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![We're off! Your first office Christmas pictures are here...](/img/default/eat.png)
December is here and we’re delighted to start our annual displays of agents’ Christmas windows, decorations and even those dodgy jumpers. Our...
03 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Property Raffles: just the ticket or a complete waste of time?](/img/default/eat.png)
Raffles are in the news as a way of ‘selling’ homes, and not just because an Irish club has won a...
02 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Fangs a lot! Sink your teeth into this batty agency Halloween video](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s that time of year again, when a tall ominous figure scares us all with a slow deep voice threatening endless...
29 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agency drops traditional branch in favour of serviced office](/img/default/eat.png)
An estate agency is moving from its traditional branch to new city centre serviced offices as it expands. East of Exe -...
16 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: “You’re not listening,” agents tell suppliers](/img/default/eat.png)
Last week, the first of a new kind of industry event took place; an open debate between agents and PropTech suppliers. Strong...
03 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![OnTheMarket signs up 11-branch regional agency](/img/default/eat.png)
OnTheMarket has signed up an estate and lettings agency firm run by a family and with 11 offices across west Devon...
29 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove claims sea views attract whopping 29% premiums](/img/default/eat.png)
Rightmove claims that homes with sea views attract an average price premium of 29 per cent. The analysis - aimed at publicising a...
19 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Another massive vote banning new-build holiday homes](/img/default/eat.png)
Part of the South Hams area, a popular tourist hotspot in south Devon, has voted overwhelmingly in favour of a ban...
05 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Stamp duty to blame for tumbling holiday home prices](/img/default/eat.png)
The three per cent stamp duty additional properties surcharge is to blame for tumbling house prices in some of Britain’s holiday...
25 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - from Torbay to Malawi and all places in between](/img/default/eat.png)
Our industry does great work for good causes not just in this country but around the world, as this week’s Agents...
18 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: Day in the life of…a property journalist](/img/default/eat.png)
Ever wondered what it’s like to be on the frontline of property journalism? Well, wonder no more, as our very own...
05 May 2018
From: Features
![Holiday home sales holding up according to estate agency's figures](/img/default/eat.png)
Holiday home sales in one of the country’s most popular tourist destinations are holding up, despite stamp duty and the age...
29 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - the latest on moves within the industry...](/img/default/eat.png)
Welcome once again to Property Jobs Today, the notice-board for agents, suppliers and other property professionals moving within, out or in...
05 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![Suspended prison sentence for agent after Gumtree scam](/img/default/eat.png)
An estate agent branded as "thoroughly dishonest" following a Gumtree scam has been jailed for 20 months, suspended for two years....
06 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - with your chance to win new funding too...](/img/default/eat.png)
Every week we carry reports of how great causes are helped by individual agents and other property professionals - this week...
29 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Winkworth opens two new outposts - well over 200 miles from London](/img/default/eat.png)
Winkworth, one of the largest estate agencies in London, has expanded with two new offices - although they are 235 and...
22 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Buyers will pay 33% more for seafront properties](/img/default/eat.png)
Properties located directly on the seafront attract a price premium of 33%, according to new research. A study of 30 prime seaside...
05 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![New agency operates online but says 'we're no budget company'](/img/default/eat.png)
An estate agency that has just launched in south Devon says it is giving its customers the advantages of a 24-hour...