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Property raffles are a legal minefield and many are too good to be true, according to a leading lawyer. There has been...

The UK residential activities of high-end agency Savills suffered a 54 per cent reduction in profits and an eight per cent...

A PropTech firm that regularly claims London homes are mis-measured in property descriptions has taken a swipe at Purplebricks. Pupil, a spatial...

    Purplebricks says changes to its fees structure - possibly becoming less reliant on controversial upfront charges - has been delayed until...

One of the main points I’ve had reinforced to me from agent after agent over the last year of hosting a...

Agents are awaiting the outcome of a test case regarding Business Interruption Insurance, which may determine whether they receive thousands of...

Steve, his name was. Steve, the board man. A rather frightening man, if truth be told. When I started at Foxtons, he used...

There’s been a very large rise in the number of complaints submitted by consumers to the Property Redress Scheme. This is partly...

Rightmove says a study of some 400,000 homes on its portal has revealed that those with a coveted south-facing garden have...

Can technology bring about the lasting change needed to the property industry? The industry has felt the effect of lockdown and...

Home owners in England will be entitled to add up to two storeys to the height of their home via a...

An eight day court hearing kicks off this morning as the Financial Conduct Authority begins a test case regarding Business Interruption...

Knight Frank has reported a remarkable set of figures for June showing how the housing market has bounced back with a...

Two companies that persuaded property investors to pay as much as £25,000 for a parking space have been wound up in...

At a recent Conveyancing Association webinar focused on the provision of upfront information in the property sale process, there was a...

In the second of a series of articles, Emma Vigus, Managing Director of mio, the Estate Agents Sales Progression platform, explores...

A new study of British agents suggests that buyers with accents from most of the rest of the world receive less...

Have you ever wondered how industry-specific software and property portals have influenced the typical estate agency of today? A new book, which...

The chief executive of a hybrid agency in London has revealed why he deserted big corporates to create his own company. Rollo...

The property market has been reopen for almost eight weeks now and during that time demand from prospective buyers has soared. Rightmove...

The chief executive of the National Association of Estate Agents, Mark Hayward, is to retire at the end of this year.  The...

A personnel company wants agents to tell them how much they earn in another anonymous online survey. Rayner Personnel - which recently...

A survey of 2,000 prospective movers by Zoopla shows the vast majority still intent on buying - but younger purchasers’ plans...

With the UK housing market now largely open - there are still restrictions in some areas on home moves to occupied properties...

Agents have remained calm in the light of Nationwide’s house price index which shows the first annual fall for eight years...

The recommendations to regulate and train the estate agency industry put forward a year ago remain on the Housing Secretary’s desk...

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

“Let’s Zoom later”, “are we Zooming in the morning or afternoon?” “Yeah, I zoomed the client earlier” – variations on these...

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

The Say No To Rightmove campaign has set out strategy suggestions for independent agents facing steep portal bills. A 10-page document reveals...

Housing minister Chris Pincher has now been named in media investigations into allegations concerning his political boss, Robert Jenrick, and the...

Back in the day, party politics and the private rental sector used to be straightforward. Conservatives were pro-landlord, Labour were pro-tenant, while...

More details have been released about a test case being brought by the Financial Conduct Authority about the ongoing Business Interruption...

It’s official – the property market is back open for business. Estate agents have started to unfurlough staff and many are...

The managing director of a Winkworth branch is threatening to report a senior member of a nearby Countrywide office to the...

The only story that has come remotely close to pushing coronavirus – and its various knock-on effects – off the top...

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

Now that it’s June it’s officially summer (as if we didn’t realise that from the sudden drop in temperatures). With good...

Rupert and Annabel Wakley - both long-time stalwarts of Knight Frank’s country department - have moved over to the rival Jackson-Stops...

Last week was Mental Health Awareness Week, and there is a great deal of positive things to be said about a...

A mystery group, believed to consist of high-level former agents and suppliers, is asking the industry for its feedback on current...

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...

Letting agents up and down the country have undoubtedly felt the financial strain added by the outbreak of COVID19. Whilst this will continue,...

Many of the leading advocates of the self-employed estate agent business model have talked about why many want new recruits with...

The Chancellor has revealed how he will wean businesses off the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme - meaning that agencies and suppliers...

All my recent Natters have been focused on one particular topic, the coronavirus crisis, for obvious reasons. But there has been...

During March, the coronavirus pandemic put the brakes on the property market with an enforced period of shutdown. However, almost two...

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

Over the past few weeks, estate agents have been forced to close high street branches and adapt to working from home,...

An estate agent has reopened his High Street office to the public with social distancing and other safety measures in place. It’s...

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

Countrywide has added its weight to the campaign asking the government to allow agents to get back to work - and...

The Property Ombudsman has announced the expulsion of eight agencies, all for contravening TPO codes of practice. Most of the expulsions were...

Rightmove, Zoopla and even OnTheMarket could make money even if they did not charge agents anything at all to list properties....

At the moment, it somehow seems like tempting fate to think too far into the future, especially in terms of the...

A property law firm is the latest to back a call for a stamp duty holiday to help kick-start the housing...

Hello - yes it’s Friday in case you lost track, and that means it’s Agents Do Charity day: and once again...

Aside from the obvious health crisis, the current pandemic is proving difficult for the business worldwide. However, despite the increasing contact...

A regional agency has thrown its weight behind an independent report which says estate and lettings agents could lead the economy...

The National Association of Estate Agents is urging its members to use the lockdown as an opportunity to train on its...

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

Rightmove and Knight Frank are today both calling for a series of government incentives to kick-start the market after the Coronavirus...

If it’s really the case that estate agents’ offices could be in the category of High Street premises first allowed to...

Let me start by wishing everyone well in these uncertain and precarious times. I truly hope you, your families, friends and...

A trade body has reported some council search departments to the government for refusing to provide email details and forcing search...

Some estate agents are now receiving small business grants from the government, according to the Guild of Property Professionals. Guild chief executive...

Hello - we hope you had as good an Easter as possible in these unusual circumstances, and welcome back to work. Now...

Just a month ago our homes felt, for many of us, to be a mere pitstop on a centrifuge of work,...

On April 4, EAT published a piece titled: ‘It’s 2024: what will the industry look like, post corona-virus’. To me, this...

An estate agency has been targeted by scammers who leave fake reviews if they haven’t been given a pay-off. Minors & Brady...

Week three of the lockdown begins - we hope you’re faring well with these temporary restrictions. We’re here to help where...

The latest market forecast comes from Knight Frank which says that by the end of the year there will have been...

Due to the current Coronavirus pandemic, we are all being told to stay at home as much as possible to contain...

There’s a sense that we really are on the verge of a huge change in the industry. It’s too early to be...

Based on our historical data over twenty years of nationwide operation and a survey conducted in partnership with YouGov, we estimate...

Hello and here’s the latest daily update to help the industry through these unprecedented times.  If you have any appropriate advice you...

Staff and senior management at a large franchise company running a string of major High Street agency brands are taking voluntary...

Hello and welcome to our latest update… we’re probably not yet getting used to these unusual times but we hope this...

Late last year a buying agent at Stacks Property Search and Acquisition set up a village Good Neighbour Scheme with her...

Can any agency beat Knight Frank for a brilliant collection of selfless work? We doubt it, as the agency has provided...

It seems an eternity ago but the housing market in February - that’s only last month - was in rude health...

The advantage given to overseas buyers when Sterling weakened during the long-running Brexit saga has returned with the arrival of the...

An international comparison of how major portals have discounted their charges to agents show Rightmove and Zoopla making “deeper and longer...

A video interview released this morning features the experiences of eight agents who have quit Rightmove in the past two years,...

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

A free-to-list property portal is warning the estate agency industry that it’s facing “dark days” thanks to the Coronavirus crisis and...

There’s been widespread outrage amongst agents at Rightmove’s offer to allow some agents a deferred payment scheme operating for just three...

Hello and as it’s Monday it’s PJT Day - and there are plenty of people moving jobs in our industry even...

The stamp duty surcharge for non-resident investment buyers announced in yesterday’s Budget is dwarfed by discounts they receive thanks to the...

With confirmation that Section 21 will be scrapped, how can agents get ready for life after no-fault evictions? The short answer is...

LSL Property Services says the Coronavirus crisis has led to a softening of "lead sales indicators" - and it warns of...

Almost eight in 10 sellers have instructed High Street agents in the past year - a significantly higher figure than 12...

The head of a firm that has been creating digital property log books for well over a decade says the house-moving...

Hello and because it’s Friday there are two pieces of good news: it’s nearly the weekend and it’s the day for...

Increasing numbers of reports suggest that the government will use next week’s Budget to confirm a three per cent stamp duty...

By now, most letting agents and landlords will have heard about the draft legislation laid in Parliament concerning a mandatory minimum...

A survey suggests that 77 per cent of first time buyers do not purchase their initial property in the same town...

Agents and senior industry figures fear Coronavirus may derail the strong start to the  2020 housing market. One of the country’s leading...

House prices have risen 2.3 per cent in the past year - the strongest rate of inflation for property since July...

Rightmove has released another stonking set of results - but there are signs that some agents are defecting from the ever-more-expensive...

The National Association of Estate Agents has launched its Sales Protocol Toolkit, in a bid to reduce fall-throughs and dramatically improve...

New figures from the National Association of Estate Agents show a big surge in demand despite the winter weather since the...

Buyers and sellers using online estate agencies could inadvertently sign contracts if they carelessly use email signature blocks. Blocks are the ‘auto-signatures’...

Both Countrywide and LSL Property Services have submitted early online paperwork to The Panel on Takeovers and Mergers, an independent body...

What an interesting few days it’s been. I don’t think the topic of this week’s column is doing anything good for our...

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

An estate agent who has himself made the move from the High Street to a hybrid operation has urged anyone in...

Boydens, a seven branch family-owned business that dates back to 1852, has become the latest agency to join Zoopla. It will list...

There’s something of a conspiracy of silence over the problem of short lets. That is a stark claim but many siren voices...

Earlier this month, Boris Johnson carried out a reshuffle of his cabinet, telling ministers they must 'repay the trust of those...

Buying agents are making waves about the hit on asking prices suffered by properties that have been flooded or are at...

Hello and welcome to the end of the week…which must mean Agents Do Charity. There’s plenty to admire in this week’s entries;...

It’s been revealed that the branch closure programme by Your Move and Reeds Rains last year resulted in 460 lost jobs...

A legal challenge by HM Revenue and Customs has stopped a bid to secure a stamp duty discount on a property. The...

The new housing minister is Christopher Pincher, who for the past decade has been Conservative MP for Tamworth having had a...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT - your regular Monday fix of who’s moving where in our industry. As ever, a...

Hello and welcome to the end of the week, which always means a round-up of our industry’s good work for charity....

Property auctions – online or otherwise – can be hugely helpful to sellers, buyers and estate agents. Online auctions, in particular, are...

It’s just over a week to Valentine’s Day and we’re delighted to see that at least one agent is in an...

The ‘on-demand’ economy is reshaping our world. The way we order food, get around, and even access healthcare has changed irreversibly...

“It appears conveyancers either aren’t too concerned with PropTech right now, or they don’t yet have all the information needed to...

A new renovation start-up is operating across eight cities and claims to be able to transform properties - including ones that...

After a challenging period for the UK property market, recovery is very much on the cards and the end to uncertainty...

Hello and welcome to the last day of January, Brexit Day and - perhaps most importantly - the latest edition of...

London-focussed high end agency Chestertons says it’s on the hunt for acquisitions after posting what it describes as a “record performance”...

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee meets today for its monthly decision on whether the move base rate - and...

Rightmove and Zoopla have been working with key figures from government and the agency and conveyancing industries on how to reform...

It’s been reported that two founders of an estate agency at Leigh in Greater Manchester have been banned until 2025 after...

Hello - if it’s Monday it’s PJT day, so welcome to the latest update on key moves within our industry. Let us...

The high-end estate agent who has quit his post after being found to have posted pictures of clients’ houses on Instagram...

The annual conference of the National Association of Estate Agents takes place on February 27 - the date when the future...

HM Land Registry appears to be making painfully slow progress on digitising land charge search data - contrary to its earlier...

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

Zoopla has revealed large growth in agency membership and visitor figures for 2019. Since being bought by US equity firm Silver Lake,...

The total value of the UK’s housing stock hit £7.39 trillion in 2019, a new record high. The claim, in an analysis...

A hybrid estate agency which set a target of rivalling Purplebricks when it launched says it aims to recruit 25 agents...

Hello and welcome to the first PJT of 2020 - a new decade and, for many, a time of new opportunities. We’re always...

There’s been a long-term trend of growing numbers of Londoners quitting the capital to afford a home elsewhere - and typically...

There’s a warning today that Rightmove could be vulnerable to losing its number one portal status because it has such a...

Government figures suggest that the number of second homes in the UK has dropped two per cent in the eight year...

House price growth in the past decade was at its weakest for 30 years - and despite that it remains though...

Nicky Stevenson, formerly the managing director of the Property Academy, has quit hybrid agency Keller Williams UK after just eight months. Stevenson’s...

Chancellors Estate Agents is next month opening its newest branch in Swindon - the first time the company has operated in...

Hello and welcome to the first Property Jobs Today of 2020 - and we’ve plenty to report even with the New...

After a year dogged by Brexit deadlock, political turmoil, and slow growth, estate agents’ confidence in the property market hit a...

First things first, a big happy New Year to everyone. Welcome to 2020! It looks set to be another interesting year...

The year just ending was when the North-South divide in house prices and capital appreciation slammed into reverse gear according to...

The number of residential sales rose 1.9 per cent to 102,050  in November compared to the same month last year, the...

Zoopla is launching a new eight week marketing campaign on Boxing Day - and Estate Agent Today has an exclusive look at...

Today, with the festive break around the corner, we have another video from an agent - but this one is distinctly...

A former residential chairman of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has posed key questions for the government to answer over...

A major regional estate agency is expanding with another physical office because it says the traditional High Street business model delivers...

The National Association of Estate Agents has given its analysis of 2019 - and it may have been a better year...

Outsourcing important business functions such as marketing, HR and IT to attract cost savings, leverage expertise and gain greater competitive advantage is...

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

The election is over and there’s nothing on the agenda except the run-up to Christmas - although there’s still time for...

Foxtons is reported to have closed four more branches across London, backing up widespread industry speculation that the agency is retrenching further in...

OnTheMarket’s TV advert, promoting its ‘New & exclusive’ feature, will be back on screens from Boxing Day ahead of what it calls a...

Christmas gets ever closer and we’re delighted that you’re sending in those splendid festive videos and still photographs. Everyone today got in...

Hello and welcome to PJT: even with little more than a fortnight before Christmas it seems there are still plenty of...

With Brexit still unresolved, the domestic agenda has been pushed from the headlines by the seemingly overwhelming public and political discord...

You are an enterprising lot! Today we’ve got two fantastic Christmas videos from agents who’ve kindly responded to our call for...

The man who founded Zoopla is now a second hand car salesman - but with a digital difference. Alex Chesterman, who founded...

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

Property voyeurism and the festive season have long been bedfellows for many Brits. The heady combination of over-indulgence and regret, close proximity...

House prices increased 0.5 per cent in November, which was the strongest monthly rise since April according to the Nationwide.  However, annual...

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

He portrays himself as a scourge of the Remoaner elite and a champion of the people, but when it comes to...

It’s beginning to look a lot like…we’re running a very popular service for agents, as we’ve been inundated with more fund-raising...

The latest market snapshot from the National Association of Estate Agents continues to show how political uncertainty is dampening sentiment and...

The chief of an online auction service says the Conservatives’ controversial proposal for a three per cent stamp duty surcharge on...

Agents have reacted angrily to General Election proposals by all three main political parties to hike stamp duty for foreign buyers. The...

Recent Zoopla reports stating that first-time buyers are deciding against purchasing one-bedroom flats came as no surprise to me, or I’m...

A conveyancing company has thrown its weight behind reforms to surveys outlined by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. As Estate Agent Today...

Last week, it was announced that Plentific, the London-based tenant experience, has raised $32 million in Series B funding. Plentific’s model sees...

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

Troubled London estate agency Foxtons says it has rewritten its remuneration policy for its senior management following a shareholder revolt at...

A PropTech company that monitors search times for transactions says only just over two thirds of them are now completed in...

Belvoir has struck an innovative eight-year exclusivity agreement with Dacres, the 20 office estate agency network based in Yorkshire, to deliver...

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

Ashleigh Thwaites, Branch Manager at Emersons Green, Taylors shares how mio has transformed her approach to sales progression by making it...

OnTheMarket will on Wednesday of this week issue over a million shares to agents who have signed new long-term listing agreements...

The phrase ‘death of the high street’ can be found in nearly any publication in any given week. And for fair...

Two very different views on Brexit have come forward in the past 24 hours from different players in the industry. First off,...

Foxtons' latest trading statement shows another fall in sales revenue - but this time lettings income is down too. In an announcement...

Agents and property industry figures have given a clear message to the government six weeks ahead of the General Election -...

Almost inevitably on Halloween, there’s a report today on the horror stories that deter buyers - but it may well be...

Thanks a lot - or should that be fangs so much? - for sending in photographs of your brilliantly decorated offices...

The Australian agent is a very different beast to his or her British counterpart - no surprises there. And it’s not...

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

One of the most high profile estate agencies in the Republic of Ireland says it may re-enter the UK market after...

A controversial estate agent and former head of an online agency is urging agents to knock on the doors of vendors...

One of the earliest British estate agencies to adopt the model of using self-employed or freelance agents operating under the same...

One of the industry’s leading consultants says Rightmove is in a form of abusive relationship with agents, who should consider legal...

First details have emerged of the information vendors may have to provide up-front In future transactions if government house buying reforms...

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

Since I started working with Zero Deposit for me the market leader in deposit replacement alternatives, the most common question I am...

Agents have expressed quiet optimism that the market may be over the worst as it continues to show resilience in the...

Upad, the national online letting agent set up by entrepreneur James Davis has announced that it is “closed to new business”...

There has been a surprise, but small, increase in the market share of online estate agents according to the latest survey. Business...

Consumer demand for new build homes has dropped to a six-year low, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB). The organisation's House...

Three key industry organisations have endorsed a best practice guide for the controversial Modern Method of Auction. The iamsold guide is aimed at...

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,...

Purplebricks - which is at the centre of a string of controversies - has joined the growing campaign for stamp duty...

It’s Monday so that can mean only one thing - a chance to catch up on the key moves in and...

Briefings from the Conservative Party to The Sun newspaper suggest that the party will this week announce further relaxation in planning...

Stamp duty won’t take centre stage at the Conservative Party conference - that’ll be Brexit, quelle surprise. But if the government...

When Jasmine Fakir moved from her home in Brent, north London, to look after her ill mother she certainly did not...

As an agent, it’s part of your role to protect and advise your clients throughout the buying and selling process. Mortgages are...

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...

In a previous Natter, I promised to talk more about CRMs – and here I stick to that promise. Following on from...

HM Revenue & Customs has revealed that the original Emoov online agency has been fined for breaches of money laundering regulations. HMRC...

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...

A pessimistic set of figures on asking prices, transaction volumes and stock levels culminates in Rightmove urging vendors to be willing...

Our first wonderful fund-raising agents this week are walking over hot coals - now that’s a dare for you. But you don’t...

Winkworth’s trading statement for the first half of 2019 show the company’s revenue and pre-tax profit both dipping slightly - but...

A survey claims that millions of potential sellers would use online estate agents - and bizarrely, this includes an online agency...

Franchise giant Hunters says its branch network has now hit 200 following a spate of acquisitions in the first half of...

High end agency Knight Frank says prices in prime central London have fallen again - although the 4.4 per cent drop...

Professional client account solutions for modern letting agents Letting agents will need to come up with new ways to manage client money...

Whinge. Moan. Lead quality. Crap market. Decision procrastination. Fee pressure. Bloody competitors. Especially Purplebricks. Brexit, of course, Brexit... These are just some...

No less than 56 per cent of properties across the UK are in areas that are affordable for first time buyers...

I think I speak for most people when I say that we are not currently where we thought we would be...

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

The Essential Information Group reports that the number of auctions held in the UK in July was just 107. This was 21...

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

In the run up to his appointment as Prime Minister, Boris Johnson suggested that he might cut Stamp Duty Land Tax...

The former Countrywide chief executive Grenville Turner says it is an option for online estate agency Yopa to go to an...

The international estate agency Engel & Volkers is closing its single prime central London office - despite past claims that sales...

Rightmove’s blog suggests that pro-standard photos can increase enquiries by up to four times, but how do you make great photos? You...

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

Average house prices in the UK increased by a mere 0.9 per cent in the year to June - the lowest...

A London council admits that it typically takes 50 working days for a search - which means a Local Land Charge...

Yes it’s Monday, so it’s another edition of PJT, your guide to the key moves and changes in the agency and...

With the often negative portrayal of agents in the media and popular culture, you might ask yourself why anyone would want...

House prices fell unexpectedly for the second month in a row in July according to the Halifax - but the mortgage...

The latest survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests that last month’s optimistic assessment of the housing market has...

A leading figure in urban design is urging new Prime Minister Boris Johnson to stand up for the pioneering space standards...

Rising house prices and the gender pay gap means that there is no English region where a single woman on median...

Countrywide has thrown its weight behind the proposals for a new single industry-wide regulator taking on the roles of Trading Standards...

Outsourced viewings firm Viewber now handles viewings for more than 50 per cent of all UK auctioneers. The claim is from Essential...

With Boris Johnson winning the Conservative leadership election and becoming Prime Minister, he has spent his first few days in office...

If you’d asked me at the start of the year how I thought the political landscape might look now, I wouldn’t...

It’s another Friday so it’s another Agents Do Charity - of course! It’s August and the height of the holidays but as...

Seemingly-endless uncertainty over Brexit and now speculation over whether there will be an easing of stamp duty on transactions is making...

Connells Group has this morning announced a profits dip for the first six months of the year.  Its pre-tax profits were £26.2m...

LSL Property Services, parent firm of Your Move and Reeds Rains, says the company’s branch closure programme was a success with profits...

1. Win More Listings For estate agency in the UK, the number one task is to get new properties to market. However,...

Hello and welcome to the start of a new week and a new Property Jobs Today column, bringing you the industry’s...

British homes have increased in value by an average of £11 per day since the beginning of the year, but with...

Data from UK Finance, which represents most of the country’s lenders, shows that gross mortgage lending across the residential market in...

The new Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government is the relatively unknown Robert Jenrick -  but his new housing...

One of the country’s most respected agents has advised the agency industry to treat Boris Johnson’s pledges with real caution. Black Brick buying...

London and South East England are to see house price falls this year and only “very modest” growth in 2020 -...

Our own industry’s upheaval over recent years has been no less dramatic than the turmoil at Westminster. The political earthquake has seen...

There’s more ammunition today for those agents who argue that equity release stops people moving and thus cuts the number of...

A recent study has revealed what the biggest moving home fails are in the UK, including damaged furniture, scratched walls and...

Hello and welcome to this latest edition of PJT, your Monday catch-up on all the key appointments news in the industry. Please...

A new website devoted solely to prime off-market properties is looking for agents who will use it to find buyers seeking...

Theresa May arrived in Downing Street some three years ago - but her premiership has not been a smooth ride. As she...

In the last ten years Google's revenue, largely from pay per click ads (Adwords), has grown by 527% (Source: Statista). In...

This week, I want to take a look at the Israeli startup, Venn, an urban revitalisation firm which has recently received...

 – use technology to build a trusted brand as a people-focused custodian of client money Non-stop regulatory changes in the industry are...

Hello and welcome to both this week’s PJT and welcome to July. It may be summer and Wimbledon time, but there’s no...

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....

MyBid4It is an online auction platform which has been developed to partner with Estate Agents and revolutionise the way properties are...

New figures from the National Association of Estate Agents suggest that supply is at last creeping back up to seasonal norms...

A timely new survey suggests that 75 per cent of buyers give at least some consideration to what their potential neighbours...

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

Purplebricks has hired the Weber Shandwick PR firm to handle much of its non-investment related public relations. Weber Shandwick has its global...

Nomination for the Propertymark Qualifications Awards 2019 are now open - and they present a chance to celebrate colleagues or employers...

Research from OnTheMarket shows that 40 per cent of London homes costing around £1m have only two bedrooms or fewer. And only...

Some 10 per cent of Britons now own a second home, a buy to let or an overseas property according to...

All the most successful startups of recent years – from Airbnb and Uber to Just Eat and Deliveroo – have melded...

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

Knight Frank says Brexit-related uncertainty has curbed trading activity across all UK residential markets over the last 12 months - and...

A PropTech firm has repeated claims it first made in March about allegedly inaccurate floorpan measurement and says a new initiative...

Hello and here’s another PJT to start the week: we hope it’s your first port of call when you want to...

Average UK house prices rose 0.5 per cent in May according to the latest Halifax house price index as the long...

Theresa May’s ‘hostile environment’ policy that was implemented in 2012 was designed to make staying and residing in the UK as...

OnTheMarket claims monthly visits to its website hit a record 25.4m in May - but the portal’s latest update gives no...

PropTech company Landmark has thrown its weight behind the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’ new Home Survey Standard, which is now out...

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

A volume house builder is launching a TV advertising campaign claiming its properties are a “premium alternative” to second hand homes...

In the first Q&A Natter for a while, I catch up with Angelica Donati - CEO of Donati Immobiliare Group, PropTech...

It appears that at least three Countrywide brands are undergoing branch closures as the company’s cuts continue to bite. Estate Agent Today...

A recently-launched free-to-list portal says it’s uniquely positioned to attract overseas buyers and investors interested in purchasing in major UK cities. Residential...