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Almost a third of homes sold across Britain have been purchased by a cash buyer, new research shows. Analysis of the latest...

It’s no secret that sea levels are rising, leaving millions of homes at risk globally and according to a recent report,...

A competition to track down as many golden estate agent boards placed around Leeds as possible has been won by Grace...

Sale stock levels have surged by 15% since the start of the year due to the ‘stagnant market,’ research claims. Quick-buy firm...

Falkirk has been named as the UK’s fastest-selling market. New figures from Rightmove show sellers in the area are finding a buyer...

Lawyers are warning of a growing number of incidents of septic tank conveyancing negligence, which could prove costly for homebuyers. House buyers...

Winkworth agents ranked second when it came to property exchanges in London last year, the franchise agency brand claims. A trading update...

London has returned as the go-to destination for potential property buyers, Rightmove claims. The portal has revealed the most searched for locations...

There have been plenty of new jobs being started outside of Wesminster this month. Here are some of the latest moves that...

Property demand has dropped while price reductions have increased in recent weeks, data shows. Two separate pieces of industry data give new...

It was a relatively quiet week for fundraising by agents and property professionals but no less important and inspirational. If there are...

Estate agency network the Experts in Property has expanded its geographical spread. The group of more than 65 independent estate agencies across...

More than a third of England’s regions have seen buyer demand fall over the previous quarter, research claims in the latest...

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

It’s feared one of the country’s oldest estate agencies may have entered receivership. The Drew Pearce company of agents and chartered surveyors...

The regional agency group Experts In Property is back in business with an online awards event.  Majoring on training, online marketing and...

This is our first Property Jobs Today column of 2022 and it’s testimony to how busy our industry is right now...

Owners of second homes who abuse a tax loophole by claiming their often-empty properties are holiday lets will be forced to...

The number of locations where average house prices still stand at below £150,000 has shrunk by 28 per cent in recent...

Knight Frank has appointed David Lewis as head of rural sales for Devon and West Somerset. Lewis’s career in residential property began...

New data from Rightmove has analysed millions of supply, demand and pricing data points across the property market, to assess activity...

Fine & Country has opened another office - this time in Exeter, one of the most popular locations to which people...

It’s a truism that most property enquiries from buyers these days come through portals but there are several reasons why agents...

In this piece, Tom Davis, press officer at Propertymark, explores the debate surrounding a locked or open-door policy, and whether the...

Former BBC Director General Greg Dyke has been revealed as the man behind a £35m project to developer a historic part...

A government report suggests that house prices are rising at three times the national rate in some rural and coastal areas...

First-time buyers are £25,000 worse off thanks to the stamp duty holiday, according to estate agent comparison site GetAgent. The website revealed...

Homebuyers are suffering huge delays in receiving responses to their search requests to council according to a study of local authorities. Consumer...

A prominent property consultancy is urging the government to ensure that holiday home owners pay more tax.  Colliers claims local authorities are...

A deep dive into Rightmove’s data by the portal itself has discovered that there’s one sector where homes sell 20 days...

The Fine & Country network has added another agency to its network - this one in the west country city of...

New research shows that the surge in house prices this year has taken homes in at least 25 areas of England...

A bankrupt builder from Devon persuaded pensioners to pay him £271,000 to construct a home - but his poor workmanship has...

London-focussed agency Winkworth - which has around 60 of its 100 franchise branches in the capital - has now opened another...

The average price of a property in a British seaside town is now £265,978, a leap of 10 per cent -...

After a recent incident involving an Estate Agent based in Devon in which a property virtual tour they published revealed a...

Thousands of sales are at risk because slow searches by councils may prevent deals completing by the next stamp duty deadline. With just under...

If someone broke into your house and took a video of lots of personal information, like photos of family and pets,...

Rightmove has so far this year recorded 20 of its busiest ever days for visits to the site as the current...

Another property company has announced its participation in the Kickstart scheme. The initiative is aimed at young people aged 16 to 24...

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...

Savills has upgraded its house price and transaction forecasts following the Budget - and prime London, especially the centre, is tipped to...

Welcome to the start of another week and this catch up on the latest moves within the agency world. Everyone featured here...

He’s gone from Downing Street but the legacy of Dominic Cummings lives on in Rightmove’s top searches of 2020. Barnard Castle -...

The industry seems almost back to normal. Not the ‘new normal’ we spoke so much of a few weeks and months ago,...

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

It may make little difference to agents but a leading analyst suggests thousands of buyers have effectively lost money on their purchase...

An extensive culling of branches and staff continues apace at Countrywide as it significantly reduces the size of both its office...

A conveyancing firm is blaming councils for delays in transactions. Conveyancers have themselves been sharply criticised in recent weeks as the sharp...

At least two branches of a Countrywide agency have been closed, shortly before news broke of a proposal for a large...

The irrationality of Britain’s council tax system has been laid bare in a new league table drawn up by estate agency...

For many agents it’s been a big week…not because of the surge of buyers, but because their children have returned to...

Hunters has announced the launch of an additional franchise office at Torquay in Devon. The branch is a conversion of local independent...

Hello - Friday already so that means another Agents Do Charity, marking the wonderful work of our industry even in these...

In the latest of a recent flurry of consumer-facing research exercises by Rightmove, a league table of the most popular seaside...

A successful property newspaper has collapsed after one of its former directors turned computer hacker and deliberately deleted over 5,000 files...

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

There’s been a surge in buyers wanting to view properties - but agents must sit on their hands and wait for...

An industry stalwart has urged critics of Rightmove to fight for the portal to offer agents a fairer pricing system, not...

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

Working from home is something of a leveller right now, applying to people in the capital and in the sticks, but...

The Police and Crime Commissioner for an area with thousands of holiday homes wants their owners to make them available to...

Keller Williams has announced another new market centre, and this time its operating principal is a former Purplebricks territory owner.  JP Downes...

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

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Mark Hinkins and I’m a Sales Consultant...

If you haven’t noticed, it’s November already - a month where it’s increasingly popular for men to grow moustaches for charity....

Data from an agency comparison website reveals that in the current market it takes well over a year for a home...

Fox and Sons goes digital and improves their sales progression with mio Lucy Luxton, Branch Manager at Fox and Sons, Tiverton (Devon)...

It’s that time again. Each year I take a look at newspaper readership - not from the angle of journalists, but...

Another house price raffle has closed amid rancour, and with cash prizes being awarded instead of the property originally promoted. The latest...

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

South west regional agency Luscombe Maye has amended an advertisement for a new housing development following a complaint to a watchdog. A...

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

Here’s an unusual story, describing the work of one of Purplebricks’ Local Property Experts who was with the company for around...

Hello and welcome to a new week - the last before Christmas. We’ve got more of your wonderful office pictures and videos...

The chief executive of Emoov and the founder of the new portal Rummage4Property had a dramatic spat on Twitter just hours...

December is here and we’re delighted to start our annual displays of agents’ Christmas windows, decorations and even those dodgy jumpers. Our...

Raffles are in the news as a way of ‘selling’ homes, and not just because an Irish club has won a...

It’s that time of year again, when a tall ominous figure scares us all with a slow deep voice threatening endless...

An estate agency is moving from its traditional branch to new city centre serviced offices as it expands. East of Exe -...

Last week, the first of a new kind of industry event took place; an open debate between agents and PropTech suppliers. Strong...

OnTheMarket has signed up an estate and lettings agency firm run by a family and with 11 offices across west Devon...

Rightmove claims that homes with sea views attract an average price premium of 29 per cent. The analysis - aimed at publicising a...

Part of the South Hams area, a popular tourist hotspot in south Devon, has voted overwhelmingly in favour of a ban...

The three per cent stamp duty additional properties surcharge is to blame for tumbling house prices in some of Britain’s holiday...

Our industry does great work for good causes not just in this country but around the world, as this week’s Agents...

Ever wondered what it’s like to be on the frontline of property journalism? Well, wonder no more, as our very own...

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

Welcome once again to Property Jobs Today, the notice-board for agents, suppliers and other property professionals moving within, out or in...

An estate agent branded as "thoroughly dishonest" following a Gumtree scam has been jailed for 20 months, suspended for two years....

Every week we carry reports of how great causes are helped by individual agents and other property professionals - this week...

Winkworth, one of the largest estate agencies in London, has expanded with two new offices - although they are 235 and...

Properties located directly on the seafront attract a price premium of 33%, according to new research. A study of 30 prime seaside...

An estate agency that has just launched in south Devon says it is giving its customers the advantages of a 24-hour...

Experts in Property - the network of independent estate agencies across Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset and Bristol - has revealed two...

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

Industry trade bodies NAEA and ARLA Propertymark have announced the appointment of their new presidents. At an AGM on Friday, Katie Griffin...

The recent rise in consumer complaints against sales and letting agents suggests that there is a general lack of trust and...

On the day when hundreds of agents descend on the capital to celebrate the great and good of the industry at...

Two more local referendums have, as expected, agreed neighbourhood plans which ban the sale of new-build homes to anyone other than...