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Some 45 per cent of people who had their home valued by an agent or sold it in the past three years discovered it...

Hello and welcome to another working week, and the latest on jobs and staff movement across our industry. You can be part...

This time out, I speak to one of the industry’s biggest-hitters. Adrian Gill may have retired from frontline agency, having had...

The latest Moneyfacts monitor of the mortgage market suggests a significant number of new 95 per cent products - even without the...

The last property event I attended in person – and I think the last physical property event held all told –...

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

A controversial property crowdfunding platform, criticised in the past on TV's Dragon’s Den, has gone into administration.  The House Crowd was launched...

With much attention on those at risk of repossession or running up rent arrears, it's emerged that many others have actually used...

Recently I heard the stat that over 50% of property is sold with the second agent, which was backed up by...

Mortgage availability has risen for the fifth consecutive month according to respected market monitor Moneyfacts. With 3,532 products on offer, this is...

Rarely do Budgets produce positive sentiments from the agency industry but Chancellor Rishi Sunak appears to have won widespread support for...

CRM supplier Reapit, backed by private equity funding, has entered into an international deal to acquire a leading Australian PropTech provider...

Older homeowners gifted an average of £42,500 to younger relatives to help them buy in the past year, according to new...

In this tips article, the experts at GoodMove provide expert insight into the remortgage process. Remortgaging is the process of changing your...

Wild speculation about the sale of Dexters yesterday turned out to be plain wrong - and instead the company has landed substantial investment. Oakley Capital, a...

The Chancellor is considering extending the stamp duty holiday for a short period according to a newspaper report this morning. The Daily...

In this week's Natter, I focus on the inspiring story of Clare Hughes, who has bounced back in the last 12 months...

There’s now more choice in the mortgage market than at any time since last March, before the pandemic reached a peak. The...

Pressure is building for widespread property tax reform beyond short term issues regarding stamp duty. Many MPs in this week’s 65-minute special...

This time out, I’m in conversation with one of the big three established portals. Since it was founded in 2007, Zoopla...

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

Homeowners staying at home during another lockdown are doing more than sharing memes of groundhog day or doing family quizzes on...

The stamp duty holiday should be extended to include properties that have exchanged but have yet to complete, a leading accountancy...

Connells, which already has the explicit support of a majority of Countrywide shareholders for its takeover of the company, has now...

Countrywide shareholders will next month have the opportunity to vote on the Connells bid to purchase the troubled estate agency group. The...

There’s been a flurry of recent activity involving agencies quoted on the London Stock Exchange: Hunters, The Property Franchise Group and...

Independent agents inspired by the Say No To Rightmove campaign are to launch a rival portal next month. Wearethemarket is a portal...

Connells has cemented its takeover of Countrywide - it now has backing from over 52 per cent of shareholders. In a statement...

In a dramatic New Year’s Eve statement on the London Stock Exchange, Countrywide has agreed the terms of a recommended offer...

A house price index that is routinely one of the most pessimistic about the market claims the New Year will see...

The saga over the future of Countrywide continues with the company urging its shareholders to take “no action” over the latest...

Connells has this morning made a dramatic improvement in its bid to takeover Countrywide. It has increased its cash offer from 250p...

The private equity company which wants to take control of Countrywide has issued a statement saying it now has the support...

Countrywide has this morning rejected an £80m offer made for it by Connells Group. On November 23 Connells announced that its due...

Stamp duty breaks have historically done little to help the housing market - and it’s the same now. So says David Hannah,...

The soon-to-launch Boomin portal has signed up a national firm and now claims to have recruited 40 per cent of the...

A statement this morning from Countrywide's board says both its executive chairman and its group managing director are leaving the company.  It...

Connells has increased the temperature in its bid for Countrywide with a surprise statement this morning outlining risks run by Countrywide if...

The government has revealed new regional price caps for its revamped Help To Buy Equity Loan scheme, set to operate between...

The soon-to-launch portal Boomin - set up by the people who founded Purplebricks- has signed another 10 independent agents. They are all...

The Competitions and Markets Authority is to probe the proposed merger of two crowdfunding sites used by numerous property industry companies. Crowdcube...

Countrywide shares soared yesterday, rising 47 per cent on the previous close at one point as investors relished the prospect of...

Connells has issued a counter statement to this morning’s announcement by Countrywide that a possible takeover is underway. At 7am Countrywide revealed...

It’s been announced this morning that Connells is in takeover discussions with the troubled Countrywide agency group. Countrywide has given Connells until...

Fledgling portal Boomin - launching later this month - has announced another 10 independent regional agencies as founder members. This includes its...

Countrywide is to hold a special general meeting on November 18 to consider its future ownership and structure. Last month Countrywide group...

OnTheMarket has handed out more shares to agencies signing long-term agreements with the portal. It was almost three years ago that OTM, then...

There are 140,000 more buyers waiting to complete on their properties right now than there were this time last year. The claim, by...

Yet-to-launch portal Boomin has secured the support of 10 more estate agencies, one of them the national chain Humberts. In its third...

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

One of Countrywide’s largest shareholders has come out against a £90m investment package in the company proposed by a private equity...

The troubled Countrywide group has announced a £90m investment by Alchemy Partners, a private equity company that specialises in investing in...

Boomin, the still-to-launch portal created by the founders of Purplebricks, has named another 10 founding member agencies. Like the initial 10 they...

The senior management from four of the agencies announced as founding members of Boomin have spoken out in favour of the...

The new Boomin portal being launched shortly has named 10 high profile agency chains as founding members. The 10 give the new portal...

Many agents, certainly those in London, will have faced the difficult task of selling a flat with a shorter lease. A...

In July, here at Environet UK, we transferred 100% ownership of the company to our employees, in the form of an...

Purplebricks has named a new non-executive director - and currently she has 36 other company directorships or partnerships to her name. Elona...

There’s good news from the think-tank the Resolution Foundation, which says the threat of negative equity because of the Coronavirus crisis...

Two City consultancies instructed by OnTheMarket have talked up the company’s fortunes after the appointment of its new chief executive.  Shore Capital, which in...

I want to talk to you about new ways to sell homes. Let's not encourage people to sell but just swap...

The share of owners putting their homes on the market within five years of buying is rising again according to an...

Tens of billions of pounds of new taxes should be levied through a Capital Gains Tax imposed on main homes, not...

An investment manager who has a 7.8 per cent stake in Countrywide, is warning that the agency group may not survive...

A prominent tax specialist has suggested that stamp duty cuts would not help improve the housing market, despite many agents suggesting...

Online sector veterans Russell Quirk and Kenny Bruce have used social media to call for a temporary scrapping of all stamp...

The outlook for the housing market is still taking shape, but here I take a look at three market indicators to...

New figures released by Foxtons this morning show a collapse in commission income to the agency during the Coronavirus period. Sales commissions...

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

Savills has given the industry an insight into how buyers’ and sellers’ priorities may change as the industry returns to work...

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

Purplebricks chief financial officer James Davies has resigned. His place has been taken by Andrew Botha, who has joined from the online...

The controversial Help To Buy scheme looks likely to be expanded in breadth and extended in duration to help kick-start the...

The impact of the Coronavirus crisis is going to reduce agents' revenue into the third quarter finishing in late September warns a leading...

New research of the buying habits of first-time buyers in the UK we’ve undertaken here at reallymoving.com shows that Shared Ownership...

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

A key figure behind the setting up of Foxtons has been named as the new chief executive of one of the...

Any bid by Zoopla and OnTheMarket to displace Rightmove as the number one portal in the UK is at best expensive...

More than 18 months on from the acquisition of ZPG for £2.2 billion by Silver Lake Partners, a US private equity...

The Financial Conduct Authority has issued a shock warning that mortgage borrowers who purchased properties through the Help To Buy scheme...

A BBC Radio probe into quick-sale firms claims some of them can lose sellers many thousands of pounds. It says Trading Standards...

A new website called Silver Sharers says it’s chief objective is to help older home owners remain in their properties without...

It looks like the Equity Release bubble may have burst, with latest figures showing a four per cent fall in the...

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

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

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

There are reasons to be optimistic that a majority government will improve the housing market, simply by ending political and economic...

[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...

A report from Countrywide says the proportion of homes in Great Britain bought with cash fell to a mere 28 per...

A sales agency based in Warrington and set up originally to market new homes in Manchester is now expanding into Shanghai...

A stridently anti-Labour estate agent has launched a stinging attack on the Opposition’s policies and has issued a stark warning of...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Milton Rodosthenous, Director of Equity and Capital & LetsBid Property.  What...

Hello, welcome to another Monday and the latest PJT. As ever, a brief reminder to please let us know your appointments new...

An equity release specialist says the scrapping of stamp duty for so-called last time buyers would lead to more downsizing, freeing...

The troubled ‘star fund manager’ Neil Woodford has drastically reduced his stake in Purplebricks: he now owns less than five per...

Hello and welcome to your regular Monday PJT, the essential guide to who’s moving where in our industry. Everyone mentioned here got...

A PropTech start-up says its service allows investors from anywhere in the world to buy property in the UK which can...

A blog for the British Property Federation has come up with three radically different proposals for stamp duty, providing food for...

It’s been six years since the Help to Buy scheme was launched, with the honourable intentions of helping more people onto...

Former Purplebricks US chief executive officer Eric Eckardt is seeking some £6m in funding from across the world for his latest...

Technology will drive the lettings and property management industry in the future. There is already a plethora of various software and other...

The Bank of Mum and Dad is now officially one of the 10 biggest mortgage lenders according to data from Legal...

One of the country’s leading estate agents is leading the calls on Chancellor Sajid Javid to sort out the government’s stamp...

A few details of a possible takeover or acquisition of Countrywide have started to emerge. The possibility was first floated in yesterday’s...

One of the most experienced and high profile figures in the industry says individual agents working for online companies are typically...

New research has identified those local housing market potentially worst hit by the planned changes to Help To Buy in 2021,...

An equity release provider says there is now £382 billion worth of equity available within older homeowners’ properties following recent house...

We now have a new Leader of the Conservative Party and, rather more importantly, a new Prime Minister. That individual is Boris...

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

Two of the highest profile independent estate agencies in the north of England have merged following a spectacular acquisition. Linley & Simpson...

Specialist providers catering for the over-50s has welcomed a move by high-end estate agency Knight Frank to move into equity release. Commenting...

An analyst on shares website Motley Fool says Purplebricks is not only in surprisingly strong financial health, but is actually outperforming...

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

The National Audit Office says many users of Help To Buy would have been able to purchase a home anyway, without...

Beleaguered fund manager Neil Woodford, one of the early champions of Purplebricks, has slashed his stake in the company from 28.9...

Demand for shared ownership properties will rise by over 15,000 units a year when Help To Buy comes to an end...

Purplebricks has announced that it is to give a trading update and the result of its review of its US activities on...

Two of Britain’s largest and best known estate agencies have endured a day of turmoil at the hands of investors -...

Talks are reported to have been held between Purplebricks leading shareholder, Neil Woodford, and the German publishing group Axel Springer about...

While media attention has been on Theresa May, Brexit and the Tories, chatter in the agency industry has been about what...

Retired homeowners are increasingly using property wealth to clear unsecured debts and mortgages to strengthen their later life finances, a new...

An outspoken building society chief has taken the unusual step of calling for stamp duty to be replaced by capital gains...

One of the capital’s most outspoken estate agents at the upper end of the market has given eye-watering statistics to show...

Equity release, seen by many agents as a reason why fewer older homeowners are downsizing these days, has reported more growth...

The issue of ‘intergenerational fairness’ has been raised in recent weeks, some might say somewhat ironically by a House of Lords’...

Data produced by the government showed that some 211,000 homes have been bought using the Help to Buy: Equity Loan. The scheme...

First time buyers purchasing new homes using the government’s Help to Buy equity loan scheme paid on average 12 per cent...

As many as one transaction in three is now undertaken by a so-called Last Time Buyer - twice as many as...

Hello, it’s that time of the week again when we look at the latest recruitment and appointment news in the industry. Just...

Analysts at Berenberg Bank have sharply reduced their price target for Purplebricks by over 80 per cent from 470p to 80p, accusing...

New figures from the Equity Release Council suggest more growth in this sector, alarming those agents who see this as a...

A large-scale survey by a consumer group has revealed that over half of home owners regard stamp duty as a growing...

One of the largest investors in Purplebricks has now joined forces with an off-shoot of luxury car firm Porsche to launch...

This month’s MIPIM conference in Cannes once again played host to the final round of the much coveted MIPIM Startup Competition.  The...

A new sales portal has launched with a radically different business model, aiming to pay agents to list on it. It’s the brainchild of...

The row over whether Help To Buy benefits house builders’ personal wealth more than it assists the housing market is continuing...

The Money Laundering Regulations require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation to...

There’s been more growth in the equity release sector, suggesting that fewer older owners are downsizing and are instead using their...

New figures released this morning from OnTheMarket claim its listing inventory bis now over 80 per cent of the size of...

The monthly index of house price changes in Britain’s major cities, for many years operated under the Hometrack banner, has been...

Former City analyst Anthony Codling - who is now the front-man for a new property portal - has set out why...

There’s been another raft of movers and shakers in the industry in recent days, so this is a busy Property Jobs...

Zoopla is radically changing its strategy by exploiting the freedom it has under its new private equity ownership. That’s the conclusion of...

There may be a cloud over the economy right now but growth of 2.7 per cent in house prices last year...

UBS, a Swiss multinational investment bank and financial services company based in Zurich and Basel, now owns approaching 10 per cent...

There’s nothing new about identifying 10 figures who have helped shape an industry over the past year, but that doesn’t mean...

Londoners paid some £30 billion on homes elsewhere in the UK this year - the highest amount since 2007. A report from...

Another year is nearly done – and what an eventful year it’s been. We’ve had more than our fair share of breaking...

If your New Year’s resolution is to move to a four bedroom home in London or the south of England, you...

The ‘new broom’ owners of Zoopla have revealed that Gary Bramall is to be the firm’s new chief marketing officer charged with...

Zoopla founder Alex Chesterman - who sold the portal company for more than £2.2 billion to US private equity fund Silver...

Figures released by the government over the weekend show that 14,867 Help To Buy equity loans were taken out in the...

Sky News says the online estate agency Emoov is preparing to call in administrators in a last-ditch attempt to salvage its...

To say legendary ZPG founder and CEO Alex Chesterman left big boots to fill when he stepped back from day-to-day operations...

A no-deal Brexit The biggest impact of a no-deal Brexit in relation to housing is a potential fall in house prices -...

Time appears to be running short for the sale of troubled online agency Emoov. An Emoov insider has told Estate Agent Today...

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

Hard-pressed buyers who try to minimise house moving costs by doing their own conveyancing have been warned of the disastrous consequences...

Perhaps it’s been our pre-occupation with Brexit, or on the other hand maybe we’re bored with politics, but this year’s Budget...

Doorsteps, the online agency founded by a teenager, has raised over £700,000 - that’s 175 per cent of its original £400,000 target,...

The rise and rise of Equity Release continues with a more-than-doubling of the number of product options on the market in...

The online auction platform BidX1 has announced a strategic investment which will be used to accelerate its growth. The investment comes from...

Over a fifth of pensioners say they would be encouraged to downsize if there was a stamp duty incentive - particularly...

There’s little doubt that downsizing is less of a factor in the housing market than it used to be - so...

Were it not for climate change, I would be very close to predicting that the summer is close to being over,...

The investment bank Jefferies says Foxtons’ long-running share price slump is a reflection of Brexit uncertainty “until we find out what...

When you are starting up a new business, it is unlikely that you will already have enough capital to invest. Taking...

The business editor of right wing political weekly The Spectator says “what’s bad for Foxtons is on the whole likely to...

Countrywide's share price has dropped sharply following the announcement of the company's rescue plan - but the firm itself says this...

An equity release consultancy says the result of its survey of estate agencies suggest an increase in interest from prospective downsizers. The...

The Financial Times this morning says that Countrywide suffered a failed bond issue earlier this year, forcing it to rely on...

As if to prove there are two ways to interpret every figure, a new analysis of Rightmove’s recent trading statement suggests...

Countrywide, the troubled estate agency group thought by some to be near collapse, has delayed issuing its interim figures which were...

Only 24 hours after the Land registry released data showing a 20 per cent slump in housing transactions, new figures from...

Foxtons share price hit a new low yesterday, dropping to only 46p early in the afternoon: it eventually closed narrowly up...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today - a slim edition given how quiet the industry is at the...

First things first, I have to mention the World Cup. The dream is over, football’s not quite coming home (not until...

Emoov has launched a crowdfunding campaign giving investors, it says, “a final chance” to put their money into the hybrid agency...

Estate Agent Today is 10 years old this weekend. We hope you’ll agree that’s a cause for celebration and a great...

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

The long-awaited merger of Tepilo and Emoov is reported to have been confirmed this afternoon and in with them goes online lettings...

Two online agents and a number of PropTech companies have been named in startups.co.uk's Startups 100 index. Coming in at number 64...

Consumer body Which? is warning that those who used the Help To Buy equity loan to purchase their homes could face...

GetAgent, an estate agent comparison website, has won investment from a growth fund that also provides a 10 month advertising campaign on...

Sky News says online estate agents Emoov and Tepilo are in talks about a ‎merger - and if it happens the...

Estate Agent Today understands that Humberts will announce a possible buyer of some of its agency activities this week - on...

New online auction house BidX1 says it has raised £2,087,000 from its second UK auction, posting a 70 per cent success...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, the regular Monday update on who’s moving where within our industry. Let us know what’s...

The Future: PropTech conference takes place in under a fortnight’s time on May 2 and over 1,200 delegates have now been...

There has been a big rise in activity in the equity release market based on data from the first quarter of...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today - our regular Monday look at who’s moving where within our industry. You...

Gross mortgage lending is set to reach its highest level since 2007 despite Brexit, says the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association. But its...

The Future:PropTech event on May 2 is now under six weeks away and more details have been released about speakers and...

Jefferies - the City consultancy which has in the past worked with Countrywide - has cuts its forecasts for the troubled...

A survey by Lloyds Bank has revealed that the average ‘first time seller’ requires very nearly £136,000 to bridge the gap...

Hello and welcome to the latest Property Jobs Today, our round-up each Monday of key job moves within estate and letting...

City broker Jefferies is warning that Countrywide’s earnings as calculated through the EBITDA measure could drop to as little as £50m -...

Analysts have given a frosty reception to the announcement by Agents’ Mutual that it is going to float shares priced at...

Agents’ Mutual has released more details of its float on the stock market, which begins on February 9 with a placing priced...

The story of this week - the ousting of Countrywide chief executive Alison Platt - prompts two key questions. Firstly, who takes...

The number of owners selling up and moving home is at its highest level since 2007 with one exception - London.  The...

New analysis by credit and comparison service Totally Money has revealed the districts where the controversial Help To Buy initiative is...

With an average house price of £252,896 and trains to London taking as little as 24 minutes, Luton has been named...

Here it is - the industry’s verdict on the latest set of figures from Purplebricks. The agency doesn’t play by any of...

Yesterday morning OnTheMarket confirmed its IPO plans but with no firm date. The question remains on whether the float will be...

OnTheMarket has announced some details of its IPO and the launch of its stock market flotation - but it has given nothing...

It’s not breaking new ground to say that younger people have what many regard as the raw end of the deal...

The London-focussed estate agency Cluttons says chains in central London are becoming increasingly fragile thanks to general uncertainty in the wider...

A firm that sells homes but also creates operating platforms for other agencies to break into the industry is seeking £450,000 through...

Savills has given a pessimistic outlook for the mainstream housing market for the next five years.  It says average house prices across...

The Bank of England has raised the base rate from 0.25 per cent to 0.5 per cent. The Bank’s monetary policy committee was...

The residential research associate director of Cushman & Wakefield says there is now evidence that the Help to Buy equity loan...

Pressure is continuing to build on the government to reform stamp duty in next month’s Budget. Firstly a group of senior financial...

Purplebricks has told Estate Agent Today it is more open about its business than almost any other agency and stridently rejects criticism about...

A survey of over 1,700 people has revealed that over a quarter who have purchased their home in the last 12 months...

It appears activity in the housing market in 2017 will be around 15% down on 2016. The number of housing transactions...

LSL Property Services has announced that it has invested £20 million into hybrid agency YOPA. News of the investment broke on Friday...

The growing anger of some OnTheMarket member agents about the portal’s parent company proposal to float on the London Stock Exchange...

Countrywide’s share price hit a record low during trading yesterday afternoon when it dropped to 137.75p, having opened the day at...

Shelter, the campaigning charity that has been hugely critical of private landlords and letting agents in recent years, has now launched...

The government has poured cold water over industry speculation that Help To Buy could be phased out or significantly modified between...

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...

The equity release sector is claiming a record quarter between April and June with the number of new customers and total...

High end estate agency Savills says the credit crunch - roughly 10 years old next month - is still having an...

There has been general support from the industry for the government’s apparent intention to ban new homes in England being sold...

Supporting the adoption of technology does not mean we have to stop protecting the core values of the property industry. In...

Government schemes like Help To Buy, supposedly assisting more people get on the ladder, have little impact on improving social mobility...

Few things provoke argument within the industry more than the online v traditional agency debate - and within that debate, nothing...

Estate agents are increasingly helping customers who have been forced to sell their homes to pay off interest-only mortgages ahead of...

New research suggests the Bank of Mum and Dad is now helping so-called ‘second steppers’ - existing owners moving up the...

A new report, conducted by the Centre for Economics and Business Research for the financial services group Legal & General, claims...

Theresa May’s call for a snap general election on June 8 took many by surprise. But estate agents have been broadly...

Carter Jonas has promoted one of the best known figures in lettings, Lisa Simon, to equity partner level, together with six...

Hybrid estate agency YOPA has announced a successful Series B round of funding in which it raised a total of £15...

Reports in the commercial property industry publication Property Week suggest there may be difficulties concerning the sale of Countrywide’s commercial operation,...

In recent years the mortgage industry has gone through some testing times. Recession and regulation have led to more stringent lending...

The chief executive of online easyProperty says the company’s investors “have full confidence” in the firm despite it announcing an operating...

There are more first-time buyers (FTBs) finding a way on to the property ladder than at any time since the Financial...

Nationwide has introduced what it calls a ‘Family Deposit Mortgage’ in a bid to help first time buyers. It is aimed at...

Earlier this week it was Dads4Daughters Day – a campaign that strives to promote gender equality in the workplace.  I have three...

Over the past two decades, investing in buy-to-let has been a relatively easy way to make money, which is why so...

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

Consolidation continues apace amongst traditional estate agents. The raft of pressures on agents is increasing and these pressures have two strong...

Around six in 10 estate agents say their experience shows that mortgage lending restrictions targeting customers aged 55 or over are...

Retired home owners have gained an average of £26,000 tax-free this year from their houses, new analysis from an over-55s financial...

In case you missed it yesterday, here’s a summary of everything relating to property that was in Chancellor Phillip Hammond’s Autumn...

It may still be too early to start compiling a Christmas wish list, but it is the right time to provide...

We are now only days away from one of the most-anticipated events in UK politics; one which has a considerable impact...

Working relationships between estate agents and conveyancers can be mutually beneficial with the referral of work between parties. However, they are missing...

Older homeowners are unrealistic about how much money they will raise from downsizing, and estate agents are warning them to manage...

Media reports over the weekend suggest that the government is to introduce a 'buy as you go' system in the Autumn...

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

The latest Hometrack cities index suggests that London house prices in the last quarter recorded the lowest growth for 20 months...

An equity specialist has warned that shareholders may now choose this is the time to sell their stakes in Purplebricks because...

The government says its latest release of figures from its various Help to Buy schemes show that over 185,000 people have...

New data from Knight Frank shows that prime property prices have dipped by 0.1 per cent in the three months following...

The sales website Home claims that London house prices have dropped an average of 1.2 per cent in the past four...

There are more people quitting London than ever before, with 20- and 30-somethings leading the exodus according to high-end agency Humberts.   The...

With a number of agent partner programmes available nationwide, estate agents can often increase business by offering sales by auction, especially...

As I sit and write this piece, even with the FTSE 100 back up and sterling having recovered some of its...

One of the country’s leading property experts says she expects buyers to hold off over the summer as a result of...

No fewer than 44 per cent of ‘second time’ buyers have no plans to save for a deposit to buy their...

The sense of gathering momentum for the Leave campaign ahead of the upcoming EU referendum is causing high levels of uncertainty...

So we now have a new 'official' index of house prices, and much good may it do us. For the chattering classes...

One of the most respected City analysts of the changing residential sales industry says Purplebricks’ business model is worth admiring -...

It’s the news that has got everyone talking: Barclays are bringing back the 100% mortgage.  The market has taken a bit of...

A senior analyst at Credit Suisse has opened the debate about the possibility of unhappy agent members of OnTheMarket challenging their...

This website recently published a piece ahead of the nationwide launch of our new property platform, Be Street Smart.  It explained how...

LSL, the UK’s second largest estate agency division, has received a glowing endorsement from two property market analysts. In a note issued...

What are we going to do about Generation Rent? Only as recently as February 2016 did tenants steal the headline away...

As we know, the property market in London is notorious for sitting a long way outside the conventions of the wider UK...

The government claims 43 per cent of new homes built since the introduction of the Help to Buy equity loan scheme...

Private equity financier Nick Ferguson is to become chairman of Savills in May.  Ferguson’s CV includes his current role as chairman of...

In January readers of Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today were given the opportunity to give their views on proposed...

For the team at Andrews, the new year started a long time ago. Almost two years ago to be precise as...

The number of Londoners moving out of the capital, buying homes in other parts of the country, surged in 2015. Research by...

A new agency called Sphere Estates will launch next month following a management buy-out of high end overseas property agency Abercrombie...

OnTheMarket - stung by recent lukewarm assessments of its track record - has repeated its faith in letters of intent from...

A financial analyst frequently quoted by OnTheMarket has warned that it is set to remain “a significant number 3” portal -...

Up Estates, an online estate agency operating chiefly in Coventry, Nuneaton and Hinckley, says it will next year open a string...

A body called the UK Housing Market Observatory - consisting of economists at Lancaster University Management School - is giving a...

Zoopla says it will later this week give an update on the number of agents it now has as members -...

The 65 equity partners and 8,000 staff of high-end estate agency and property consultancy Knight Frank are set to benefit from...

An estate agency analyst has queried whether the £2 billion spent on the equity loan Help To Buy scheme in England...

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

Campaigning charity Shelter claims the government's flagship housing incentive, Help To Buy, has added £8,250 to the price of a home...

Help to Buy’s equity loan and mortgage guarantee schemes have helped nearly 120,000 people buy a home, according to government figures.  Since...

You can't help but notice that it's back to school time – the shops are full of school uniforms and pencil...

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