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Independent London agent Dexters has unveiled its latest acquisition. The brand has purchased south east London firm Conran Estates, taking on its...

Propertymark has expressed hope that the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill will help boost much needed agency supply. The trade body has...

Agents have pledged to keep a close eye on planning reforms amid a proposed overhaul announced in the Queen’s Speech yesterday. Prince...

The government’s legislative agenda will be set out this morning in the Queen’s Speech and there are plenty of potential laws that...

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

Propertymark has given its backing to the ban on ground rents for new leasehold properties and has reminded agents of their...

Foxtons, Chancellors and Douglas & Gordon have been named among the first paid-up agency brands on Boomin. The challenger portal, launched by...

The government’s long awaited Energy Security Strategy has failed to spark excitement among estate agents. The government unveiled its plans to create...

The industry has reacted to the Spring Statement by breathing a sigh of relief that nothing was likely to cause damage...

An estate agency says London’s sales market is now at its busiest since the Brexit referendum in mid-2016. Douglas & Gordon, sold by...

The long-standing commitment of London-focussed agency Dexters to expand through acquisitions is continuing apace. Over the weekend it was announced that the...

The government is considering seizing British property owned by Russian oligarchs on the sanctions list without paying compensation. The Financial Times says Housing...

Agents have told Housing Secretary Michael Gove that his Levelling Up agenda needs to include positive efforts to bring hundreds of...

Propertymark has backed a call for stamp duty incentives to be introduced to drive forward domestic energy efficiency. The trade body’s policy...

Timothy Douglas, Head of Policy and Campaigns at Propertymark, analyses the impact that the lack of available data is having on...

Foxtons has confirmed its intention to sell the sales side of Douglas & Gordon, the London agency chain it acquired only...

Propertymark has appointed an insider to the key role of policy adviser - effectively the position vacated last month by industry...

Foxtons has this morning announced that it’s selling off the sales wing of a rival London agency that it bought just...

Propertymark is reiterating its view that energy efficiency and EPC changes being considered by government must take account of property age...

It really is beginning to look a lot like Christmas – just a week to go now. Presents all wrapped and...

Propertymark has criticised the government over poor house building figures. New figures from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities show...

The Propertymark Qualifications Awards annual ceremony taking place early next month have revealed their shortlist. There is a total of nine Awards...

Foxtons has given an upbeat trading update to shareholders this morning. It says so far this year sales revenue is a huge...

Agents trade body Propertymark has given its verdict on yesterday’s Budget with this statement - “Some good news but it leaves...

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

We may be getting an extended summer but agents haven’t just been basking in the heatwave. There has been plenty of goodwill...

New figures from HM Treasury have revealed that businesses, including a number of major agencies, have returned £1.3 billion in furlough...

Well, we’re technically more than halfway through the year already, but we’ll let that slide. And what a year it’s been...

Propertymark has welcomed the move by Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick to help make certain leasehold flats more attractive to would-be buyers...

It was never going to be easy for Scotland - and there was no sense of jeopardy for an already-through England. Yet...

With just hours to go to the start of the Euros, we can announce our squad for writing Agents Reports on...

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

Two former directors of the prestigious Beauchamp Estates agency in central London have set up their own new company. They say their...

The group chief executive of south east England’s largest independent agency is retiring. David Lench of Arun Estates has revealed that he is...

A former senior Foxtons and Douglas & Gordon agent has hit out at “the relentless key performance indicator culture” of some agencies. Matthew...

Foxtons has reassured investors that 2021 has started well and the agency is on the road to recovery after the Coronavirus...

One of the industry’s leading consultants has calculated staff turnover rates at the country’s leading estate agencies. Christopher Watkin, the consultant who...

Welsh independent agency Nuttall Parker has been snapped up by Cardiff-based property business Seraph Group. Newport-centred Nuttall Parker is Seraph Group's second...

In a video interview for Estate Agent Today, property professional Chris Buckler speaks to Ed Mead,  all-round property guru and founder...

Foxtons says it's set for radical new investment and further takeovers following the acquisition of rival London agency Douglas and Gordon. In...

The extraordinary consolidation in the estate agency industry continues apace today with two of the biggest deals reaching critical points. Firstly Hunters’...

A leading market commentator says the acquisition of London agency Douglas & Gordon represents “a strategic step change” for Foxtons -...

It's been confirmed that Foxtons has bought rival London-focussed agency Douglas & Gordon. In a trading statement this morning Foxtons tells its...

Foxtons is in talks to takeover rival London agency Douglas & Gordon. A statement from Foxtons to shareholders this afternoon says: "Further to...

At the back-end of last year and the start of this, the biggest news stories in town – besides debates over...

Douglas & Gordon, one of the highest profile London agency networks, is the latest signing for the yet-to-launch Boomin portal. The agency...

The government has unveiled the public health regulations which will underpin the second national lockdown in England - and the exemptions...

Ed Mead has joined a growing chorus demanding government action on the cladding crisis. He is one of the industry’s leading figures from...

In a wide-ranging video interview for his Move iQ service, Phil Spencer speaks to former agent and founder of Viewber, Ed...

The popular and well respected ex-Knight Frank partner Tom Tangney has joined Rose & Partners, a boutique property firm serving prime...

“A lot of people have learned that they can work at home, or that there’s other methods of conducting their business......

To many less fortunate on the follicle front, high profile industry supplier Ed Mead has enjoyed an infuriatingly good head of...

Hello and welcome to the regular Monday Property Jobs Today feature, your chance to catch up with who’s moving where in...

Hello and welcome to a new week - one with darker evenings and colder days. But there is still plenty of activity...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your weekly opportunity to catch up on key moves within the industry. Everyone mentioned here...

I suspect that at some time we have all rented an Airbnb (I am sitting on the couch of one as...

Savills says it’s not commenting on whether it will list on Zoopla in the future. Last week Knight Frank - which in...

One of the agencies most active in the creation of OnTheMarket is trialling a return to listing on Zoopla after an...

Welcome back to the latest edition of Property Jobs Today (PJT) after a Bank Holiday break. Each week, we round up...

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

Google celebrated its 20th birthday last month. Yes, it might be hard to recall a time when it wasn’t integral in...

Humberts - which when it was operating jointly with Chestertons was a prominent supporter of Agents’ Mutual and OnTheMarket - has...

Another OnTheMarket founding estate agency - Strutt & Parker - has rejoined the Zoopla and PrimeLocation portals. Some months ago the London...

London’s housing market may be in the doldrums but two estate agencies have shown faith in its long-term recovery with moves...

The outsourced viewing service Viewber says it has now conducted over 20,000 viewings on behalf of agents and has secured another...

ZPG has announced that it has signed a listings agreement with Chestertons, one of the estate agencies involved in the founding...

New figures released by ZPG suggest increasing numbers of agents are listing on three portals. Amongst the latest agencies to renew long...

OnTheMarket remains defiant despite the decision of Douglas & Gordon, one of its founder agencies, to list once again on Zoopla...

Arun Estates says his group’s four main operating companies are to become ‘premium brands’ through a mixture of marketing and PropTech...

Howard Quirk, a prominent estate agent in the 60s, 70s and 80s, has passed away, aged 71. He was the senior partner...

The new contract for firms joining or re-signing to OnTheMarket is reported to have a restriction on acquisitions. It is said to...

London’s long-standing chain Douglas & Gordon is the latest company to embrace the concept of the Purplebricks-style hybrid estate agency. The company’s...

Viewber, the outsourced viewing service, has marked its first anniversary by notching up its 6,500th appointment.  Launched in early September 2016 by...

One of the founding agents behind Agents’ Mutual and OnTheMarket and one of the current directors of Countrywide will be amongst...

Beauchamp Estates has announced that it will have a fourth prime central London office following its merger with Marylebone-based Hanover.  The Marylebone...

One of the founding figures behind OnTheMarket, which currently bans listings from online agencies, now says bricks and mortar agencies that...

Property has been changing hands for centuries, but when did estate agents as we know them today – with their branches,...

Agents’ Mutual has confirmed that it proposes to form a new company, OnTheMarket plc, to list on the AIM market of...

I would argue the property industry is fundamentally inefficient. Much of that inefficiency is now being handled by PropTech companies and...

MPL Interiors was brought in to execute an office fit-out in a former paint shop in Wantage, Oxfordshire, for estate agent...

If this past year is anything to go by, outsourcing is firmly on the agenda for estate agents. Rather than being...

Devon & Cornwall police are appealing for information after an estate agents in the small town of Ashburton had its windows...

The rental market has had to face a raft of changes over the past year, including the introduction of the 3% stamp...

Peter Rollings, the well-known former managing director of Foxtons, has taken a stake in Viewber, the recently-launched outsourced viewing service.  Viewber allows...

As many northern cities struggled to recover from the 2008 global financial crisis, the north-south divide returned to plague the British...

Later on, the title of this piece should become clearer (at least I hope so). First, though, a few bits and...

Ed Mead, one of the most high profile estate agents in the industry, is leaving London agency Douglas and Gordon to...

One of the directors of Agents’ Mutual, parent body of portal OnTheMarket, has told Estate Agent Today that his firm does...

London estate agency Douglas & Gordon, one of the firms which founded Agents’ Mutual, has launched a new website with a...

Lomond Capital has acquired John Shepherd Estate Agent in Birmingham as it continues to 'expand south.' The deal, which includes Marwood Homes...

Public relations used to be a minor part of estate agency, something only ‘the big boys’ paid for and with little...

The directors of Agents’ Mutual say they have “every confidence” in OnTheMarket as the portal approaches its first anniversary on January...

Property journalists, and more than a few estate agents, are beginning their annual autumn ritual – forecasting what’s going to happen...

Two more agencies have set up new home divisions - a barometer of how they anticipate residential development becoming a bigger...

Agents in Douglas on the Isle of Man have agreed to a voluntary code governing the size of their For Sale...

A former director of Foxtons has been appointed chief executive of a high-profile London estate agency chain.  James Evans takes up the...

It’s been a tough week for the reputation of some estate agents but across the country the industry continues to do...

The agency industry has been acting with delight over the likelihood that there will be a slim overall majority for the...