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The proportion of buy to let properties purchased in Southern England fell to a record low last year, continuing a trend...

Forget the Oscars, the biggest even in town last week was the Fine & Country International Annual Conference and Awards Gala. The...

Savills has kicked off 2024 with two key external hires and an internal move into its country house team. James Toogood has joined...

Average house prices ended 2023 down 1.8%, according to Nationwide. The lender’s December House Price Index, based on its own mortgage lending...

David Plumtree, group chief executive, estate agency at Connells Group is marking 35 years with the business this week. He joined the...

The property market is unstable at the moment making it increasingly difficult for first-time buyers to get on the ladder. As a...

Connells Group estate agency operations director Simon Arnes is set to step down next year after marking 50 years with the...

Fine & Country has elected new representatives to its National Advisory Council (NAC). The NAC is responsible for providing advice, suggestions and...

Buyers are putting off property purchases by at least one year due to increasing living costs, research claims. Research by savings websites...

The Chartered Institute of Housing, set to unveil its latest annual housing review next month, has indicated that to no one’s...

House prices in the UK have ended the year of yet another record high. The Nationwide says annual house price growth increased...

Areas with the biggest house price growth of 2021 have seen the value of homes rise by three times the national...

Halifax has revealed the UK’s most expensive streets in 2021 - and it’s no surprise that the very dearest examples are...

With barely more than a week before Christmas, we’re delighted to bring you more heartwarming stories from agents. Despite the difficulties of...

Over-65s saw their property wealth increase by £800 a month recently thanks to frenzied demand during the stamp duty holiday, an equity release...

Fenn Wright, a prominent East Anglian independent agency, is to open its first office in Felixstowe this autumn, making this the...

The market slowdown continues with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors reporting that new buyer enquiries have reduced for the first...

Hello and welcome to another Property Jobs Today, your chance to see the latest moves in our industry. Why not be a...

New research shared with Estate Agent Today suggest that in areas of the country almost four in 10 homes for sale...

As you’ll know by now, I like to use the Natter to shine a light on independent agents doing things a...

An online agency has apologised to a single mother who felt pressured into allowing viewings of a property she was renting. Local media in...

The property market experienced a slowdown last month as a result of more people going on summer holidays, according to the...

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

An economic consultancy predicts house prices will fall by a sixth as unemployment grows across Britain this year. The consultancy, Cebr, says...

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

Connells has confirmed that it has closed two branches in Dorset in the south west of England, in addition to the...

A law firm has spoken out about two possible problems in the government’s much-publicised idea of considering Reservation Agreements as a...

Congratulations from everyone at Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today to all those who triumphed at the Relocation Agent Network...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, your weekly chance to catch up on major moves in our industry. Everyone here has...

Hello and welcome to this half-term week’s PJT, your regular Monday opportunity to catch up with the key personnel changes in...

The share of the market taken by online agencies in the final quarter of 2018 slipped from last summer’s high of...

A hybrid estate agency with ambitions to rival Purplebricks has revealed that it has significantly expanded its current footprint, with ambitions...

The average over-65 homeowner in Britain has seen her or his property wealth gain £159,000 – or £7,000 annually - in...

Demand is down for the 12th successive month according to the latest market survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. New...

House prices have taken a spring leap in the north of England as the market improves - but it’s a different...

National franchise giant Hunters has delivered a strong trading update, despite what it describes as 'challenging conditions'. Earlier this week, it was...

Administrators have confirmed that 21 jobs have been lost due to the collapse of Hunters' franchise in East Anglia. At a creditors'...

The housing market has started 2018 as it ended 2017 according to the RICS, with new buyer enquiries, instructions and sales...

A law firm says the problems with housing transactions lie not with issues like fall-throughs but with “people’s general lack of...

Figures out this morning from the Nationwide show the first annual fall in London-wide house prices for eight years - and...

It’s traditional before Christmas to either review the year past or anticipate the one ahead - but I’m intrigued about what...

The housing market remains flat as it heads towards 2018 according to the latest snapshot survey by the Royal Institution of...

Members of the Relocation Agent Network are celebrating after a successful annual awards event in London, combined with keynote conference sessions...

The Guild of Property Professionals is partnering with the ESTAS to introduce greater customer service elements into its 2018 awards. Gold and...

The housing market remains mixed across different parts of the UK but London and the south east remain the weakest areas...

With several agent partner programmes available across the country, estate agents can often increase business by offering sales by auction, with...

The latest market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows price growth dipping further, struggling transaction volumes and the...

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

Barclays Bank has given an optimistic view of the housing market over the next five years, with a prediction that across...

Home ownership has halved for young families across some parts of the UK according to a charity.  The Resolution Foundation says its...

The East of England, which takes in areas from Hertfordshire to Norfolk, has recorded the biggest hike in property prices over...

There is no doubt that 2016 managed to catch the world by surprise on more than one occassion.  But will 2017 be...

Independently-owned East Anglian estate agency Fenn Wright has acquired Sudbury -based Thorntons for an undisclosed fee.  The acquisition forms part of Fenn...

Relocation Agent Network has ended the year handing out 28 awards to individuals and firms at a gala dinner in London. The...

Auction rooms across the UK are filled with people looking to buy property, from bargain hunters to seasoned investors, ensuring that...

An analysis of 750,000 homes on sale across the UK reveals areas where activity remains high despite economic uncertainty surrounding the...

House prices in the UK rose by 6.7 per cent in 2015, down from 7.7 per cent in the year to...

The latest government house price index from the Office for National Statistics shows that house prices across the UK rose by...

The latest market survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows that the stock of homes on sale with agents...

There are just three weeks before Christmas (and a well-deserved break for agents).  But in the meantime there are plenty of opportunities...

Strutt & Parker is early off the marks with its forecast for 2016 and beyond, predicting the strongest market growth in...

Last month was the strongest September since 2007 for home sales, with a distinct north-south divide when it comes to transactions...

The number of homes sold over the spring and early summer this year was down on 2014 while house price rises...

Homeowners aged 65 and above have seen their property wealth grow by nearly £17.5 billion in the past three months alone...

LSL Property Services, owner of Reeds Rains and Your Move amongst other high street chains, says last month’s sales market was the...

This month, July, see the 150th anniversary of local estate agency William H Brown - one of the best known names...

For the first time in four and a half years, London is no longer the region with the country’s strongest house...