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Happy New Year! I hope you’ve recharged the batteries and have a shiny list of resolutions to make 2023 as successful...

Who would be in the shoes of Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng? I don’t mean who would like their power, pay and...

Digital transformation is not a new concept. It has been around for many years in various forms and across multiple industries,...

It’s often fashionable to criticise trade bodies and official groups, but right now I think that’s absolutely inappropriate. In well over 20...

OnTheMarket is seeking shareholder approval for a proposed cancellation of capital.  The portal said in a stockmarket update this morning that this...

The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...

The Skipton Building Society, which owns Connells estate agency, says the house-selling arm helped it reach a record profit pre-tax profit...

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

High end estate agency Savills says the imposition of sanctions on Russians, amid new measures obliging overseas buyers to be more...

In the first few months of 2022, agents have experienced some of the lowest stock levels in several years. The number...

Only one in eight sellers use the estate agent through which they purchased their home to begin with. That’s a staggering loss of...

A PropTech chief says agents are now competing with each other for substantially less stock on the market - meaning their...

In this thought leadership article, Videosign CEO Steven Tallant looks at electronic signatures and conveyancing and whether the time is nigh for the...

Lost in the noise of yesterday’s social care announcements, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has named October 27 as his next Budget Day...

Zoopla has issued a data-heavy statement on its services for agents - just days after Boomin criticised it for being over...

Estate agents are being advised to emphasise to customers that they are local experts. “Show [the public] that you really know your...

The Bruce brothers' new portal Boomin has launched a day early - and no, this isn't an April Fool. The site went live...

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

Zoopla has added over 1,000 branches since lockdown began in March, taking total membership of offices and new homes to a...

The announcement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer that he was extending the furlough scheme until the end of October appears...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign, which expects to have some 3,000 offices signed up by the end of the month,...

Industry operators who receive dividends as part of their monthly income are pressing the government to include this in its financial...

Savills has withdrawn its planned dividend to shareholders but says it could declare an "enhanced" payout at an unspecified later date. Only...

The Great Debate over the charges levied on agents by portals and the huge profits that Rightmove and Zoopla make has...

The Guardian has revealed that small investors lured into putting money into TV property guru Kevin McCloud’s eco-friendly housing projects -...

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

In a world where people want instant gratification, it’s important to find ways to connect and engage with customers when they...

A statement from London-focussed agency Chestertons claims to have bucked the poor market in the capital - and says it’s partly...

When you think of the best ad campaigns – from moustachioed opera singers and talking meerkats to millions of bouncing balls...

The holiday home market may still be struggling in the wake of the three per cent additional homes stamp duty surcharge...

Mike Day, one of the best known and most popular figures in the agency business, is celebrating 15 years as one...

One of the most thorough analyses of property portals ever undertaken shows that Rightmove is the world’s most profitable portal company...

No longer just a domain for investors, developers and property traders, the auction room is now the preferred option of buying...

A post-Christmas treat this week, as I carry out a Q & A with one of the leading figures in property,...

The Adam Smith Institute, a right-wing think-tank, has blasted the campaigning charity Shelter over its allegations of land-banking by house builders in...

One of the leading financial advice websites in the country has said that Rightmove’s “significant market share” and “insanely high margins”...

So this is Easter - a busy time for many agents although once again the industry has shown its compassionate side...

Foxtons has reported a 4.1 per cent increase in its group revenue in 2015 to £149.8m  although its profits dipped by...