The market share of online and hybrid agents has continued to decrease this year but self-employed agency is growing. Data from Twenty...
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Savills has claimed most of the property markets It operates in are past “peak uncertainty” after posting lower revenues and profits...
15 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Prime market activity hasn’t caught up with more positive sentiment, Knight Frank claims. It comes as figures from the agency brand showed...
05 February 2024
From: Breaking News
The Conveyancing Association (CA) - the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry – has announced an update to its Estate...
20 January 2024
From: Features
A shift towards self-employed estate agency models has contributed to a decline in estate agency branches, research suggests. Analysis by property data...
16 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Legal infrastructure provider CTS has managed to restore its services after a cyber-attack halted its conveyancing tools and delayed transactions at...
03 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Exchanges are on the rise but the amount of stock and level of properties going through conveyancing has dipped, new figures...
12 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Legal infrastructure provider CTS has said it is on the last phase of tackling a cyber-attack. CTS said last week that it...
01 December 2023
From: Breaking News
The Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) has urged members to check their client files to see if they may have been...
27 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Legal sector infrastructure specialist CTS has said it is “urgently investigating” a cyberattack on its services that could impact property exchanges...
24 November 2023
From: Breaking News
A Stamp Duty holiday would be more beneficial now than at the start of the pandemic, Knight Frank has suggested. The latest...
07 November 2023
From: Breaking News
The market share of online and hybrid agents for exchanges has fallen again during the third quarter. Figures from property data firm...
20 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Demand for residential property remains fragile despite a pause in interest rate rises, Knight Frank claims. While the number of new prospective...
10 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Marketing expert Simon Leadbetter has recommended that Purplebricks absorb its owner’s brand to consolidate its market position. Leadbetter, former group marketing director...
12 September 2023
From: Breaking News
It’s a great time to be a homebuyer if purchasers can afford it, TwentyCi has claimed. It comes as the property data...
08 September 2023
From: Breaking News
The slower sales market has started hitting high-profile agency and property brands. Agency franchise brand Winkworth’s half year results yesterday showed network...
07 September 2023
From: Breaking News
The property market remains ‘resilient’ with more listings and homes going under, according to the latest TwentyCi data. It comes as figures...
31 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Shares in Foxtons rose 3.42% yesterday off the back of its interim results. The London agent’s half-year update shows while lettings revenue...
28 July 2023
From: Breaking News
The market share of online and hybrid agents reduced further during the second quarter of 2023, new figures show. Analysis from property...
20 July 2023
From: Breaking News
A black cab may not be the most expected place for lead generation but a London agent has explained how finding...
25 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Online agents have failed to capitalise on the cost of living crisis and have seen their market share for exchanges drop...
21 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Lomond-owned agencies have reported a rise in market activity since the start of the year, despite withdrawals and fall-throughs remaining high. A...
18 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Higher utility and staffing costs pushed profits down in Savills’ UK residential business last year. The property and agency brand revealed in...
17 March 2023
From: Breaking News
The South East of England continues to lead the way as TwentyCi revealed its latest statistics on property market activity. The property...
16 March 2023
From: Breaking News
The property market looks to have avoided ‘heading over a cliff,’ Knight Frank suggests. Analysis by the agency brand suggests the further it...
14 March 2023
From: Breaking News
The Connells Group has said it remains optimistic about the year ahead after reporting falling profits and a decline in exchanges...
02 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Prime London demand and supply is on the rise but mainly for those without the need for a mortgage, new data...
28 February 2023
From: Breaking News
The ‘race for space’ may not have been as significant a contest as first thought, new data suggests. Figures from property data...
15 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Online agents increased their market share in 2022 but are struggling to break into higher value markets, new data has revealed. Data...
26 January 2023
From: Breaking News
The South East of England has been the dominant region across the board this month for instructions, sales agreed and exchanges...
23 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Winkworth agents ranked second when it came to property exchanges in London last year, the franchise agency brand claims. A trading update...
12 January 2023
From: Breaking News
The rush to complete property purchases continued throughout November but fewer sellers are now coming to market, a major estate agency...
03 January 2023
From: Breaking News
I’ve just read an article saying that this is the time of the online estate agency. The time in question is, of...
26 November 2022
From: Features
LSL has warned of a slowdown in sales and a rise in fall-throughs at the agency as it issued a “cautious...
25 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Aside from all the news surrounding the Autumn Statement this week, which will have a significant bearing on the property market...
19 November 2022
From: Features
The market share of hybrid and online agents increased slightly during the third quarter of 2022 but firms are still struggling...
20 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Property professionals have been pondering the impact of the sudden Bank Holiday scheduled next Monday for the Queen’s state funeral. It creates...
13 September 2022
From: Breaking News
As the summer draws to a close, and we begin to move towards the final few months of the year, I’m...
03 September 2022
From: Features
For some time, LinkedIn was seen – fairly or unfairly – as stodgy, dull, corporate and formal. The uncool uncle to...
30 July 2022
From: Features
The market share of hybrid and online agents has increased slightly but they are still struggling to break into the higher...
21 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Knight Frank is predicting a post-summer slump in the prime London property market. It comes despite its data for the second quarter...
11 July 2022
From: Breaking News
New data suggests the prime London market has a new lease of life as buyers and sellers look to beat the...
14 June 2022
From: Breaking News
Housebuilders are being offered a new way to sell developments on Zoopla with zero marketing costs. The portal has launched a Pay-On-Exchange...
08 June 2022
From: Breaking News
I attended a forum in London a couple of weeks ago, which for the first time brought estate agents and conveyancers...
30 April 2022
From: Features
In June, the biggest pilot scheme of a four-day working week anywhere in the world will begin in Britain, with more...
22 April 2022
From: Breaking News
A popular myth suggesting 50 per cent of homes sell with a second agent, is simply untrue. That’s the claim from property...
02 March 2022
From: Breaking News
High-value properties were the top-performers in the country house market in 2021, according to an agency that majors in this sector. In...
06 January 2022
From: Breaking News
The conveyancing IT crash plaguing the Simplify Group of companies continues into its ninth day; however there is an update for...
18 November 2021
From: Breaking News
A new survey by property consultancy TwentyCi shows that the market share of online and hybrid agents in the third quarter...
26 October 2021
From: Breaking News
New figures from Knight Frank show that price growth in the high end country market moderated in the third quarter of...
26 October 2021
From: Breaking News
The housing market is not immune from the supply shortage hitting the economy, according to Knight Frank - with London the...
13 October 2021
From: Breaking News
Exchanges of properties in prime central London, following the end of the largest part of the stamp duty holiday, suggest the...
09 September 2021
From: Breaking News
More buyers in prime central London are choosing larger properties - a function of the pandemic and the race for space. That’s...
07 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Chestertons, the London high-end estate agency chain, is reported to be looking for a buyer. Sky News says it’s hired Deloitte, the...
02 September 2021
From: Breaking News
A major agency is predicting that the imbalance between supply and demand, which has characterised the housing market for all of...
10 August 2021
From: Breaking News
Transaction volumes in prime London fell in July according to data from LonRes. Transactions were down 22 per cent compared with July...
10 August 2021
From: Breaking News
A surge in activity ahead of June’s stamp duty deadline and tight supply saw price growth in the country house market...
27 July 2021
From: Breaking News
It’s a big ask to expect anyone to suddenly change what they have always done, particularly if their results have proven...
21 July 2021
From: Features
Property consultancy LonRes says June was a record-breaking month for property sales in the capital, with exchanges up 140 per cent...
20 July 2021
From: Breaking News
A leading agency in the capital says it’s seen its strongest ever half year of trading. According to Chestertons’ latest market analysis,...
07 July 2021
From: Breaking News
Several estate agencies have reported record months of business thanks to the rush of transactions ahead of the main stamp duty...
05 July 2021
From: Breaking News
In the previous edition of PropTech Today, Nathan Emerson highlighted the importance of effective implementation, linking poor staff engagement to the...
26 May 2021
From: Breaking News
Data consultancy LonRes has given a typically upbeat assessment of the Prime London sales market - despite the effects of Coronavirus...
20 May 2021
From: Breaking News
Gathering and analysing feedback at all stages in the customer journey is highly important. So, where do we begin? For many estate...
15 May 2021
From: Features
We know the industry-wide statistic that more than 50% of all vendors end up selling with the second (or sometimes third)...
13 May 2021
From: PropTech & Innovation
The so-called race for space as the pandemic drives buyers to reconsider their lifestyle options has led to prices for prime...
06 May 2021
From: Breaking News
There’s been a surge in activity in London’s prime housing market according to LonRes. The property data company says that new instructions in March...
19 April 2021
From: Breaking News
A leading agency claims the stamp duty holiday has actually had a minimal impact in the mainstream market, despite many suggestions...
13 April 2021
From: Breaking News
Data from agency Knight Frank suggests the number of UK exchanges last month was the highest in 10 years - well above...
08 April 2021
From: Breaking News
We know the industry-wide statistic that more than 50% of all vendors end up selling with the second (or sometimes third)...
24 February 2021
From: Features
Connells Group says it is the UK's largest estate agency group by market share - and that's before the Countrywide acquisition...
24 February 2021
From: Breaking News
Estate agents quitting companies and setting up on their own will prosper only by tapping into the most appropriate level of...
17 February 2021
From: Breaking News
Agents should put as much emphasis on ensuring a house move actually happens as on winning the instruction to begin with,...
12 February 2021
From: Breaking News
We are now over four weeks in to our third national lockdown in the UK. Although the property market remains open,...
03 February 2021
From: Features
Foxtons has this morning reported to shareholders that its sales revenue has improved - although both mortgage and lettings revenue have...
11 December 2020
From: Breaking News
Rezi’s integration with Zapier has transformed the way in which estate agents can now save time, money and resource. Agents are...
27 November 2020
From: Sponsored Content
A regional wing of Fine & Country has reported a record month - and puts it down to the self-employed ‘associate’ business model...
17 November 2020
From: Breaking News
Clear communication and common-sense actions by landlords, letting agents and students at the start of a tenancy can drastically improve the...
31 October 2020
From: Features
The outgoing chief executive of the National Association of Estate Agents is warning that the sales system continues to struggle with...
26 October 2020
From: Breaking News
Some 713 estate agency branches have failed to reopen following the spring lockdown according to a business consultancy. TwentyCi says that is the...
20 October 2020
From: Breaking News
New instructions almost doubled across prime areas of London in September compared to the same period a year ago, while the...
15 October 2020
From: Breaking News
The total Sales Agreed in 2020 so far has overtaken Sales Agreed up to this point in 2019, despite the Coronavirus...
09 October 2020
From: Breaking News
New PropTech products continue to appear, many aimed at enhancing transparency in buying and selling, or helping agents adopt new ways of...
24 September 2020
From: Breaking News
For a number of years now, predictions have been made that one of the major tech giants will eventually enter the...
12 September 2020
From: Features
If you’re in any way connected to estate agency all it takes is a quick glance at Facebook or LinkedIn to...
12 September 2020
From: Features
Knight Frank says its analysis of the whole housing market across the UK shows that transactions in the final full week...
07 September 2020
From: Breaking News
Connells Group has announced its trading statement for the first half of 2020 - and its support for its staff is...
12 August 2020
From: Breaking News
Countrywide has released details of its trading performance, including the knock its income has received as a result of the housing...
26 June 2020
From: Breaking News
Revenue for The Property Franchise Group was hit by 20 per cent cent thanks for the lockdown - but sales listings...
26 June 2020
From: Breaking News
A respected estate agency has revised downwards its price forecast for the housing market for the second time since the start...
13 May 2020
From: Breaking News
An estate agency says it’s using so-called Covid Clauses in contracts to keep transactions on course. Knight Frank says it’s writing ‘Coronavirus...
17 April 2020
From: Breaking News
Over the last two weeks we’ve seen the country come to a standstill and the property market effectively put on ice...
01 April 2020
From: Features
Hello, and we trust you had as good a weekend as possible in these difficult circumstances. As we start a new week...
30 March 2020
From: Breaking News
There are fears that the so-called Boris Bounce which saw a surge in activity after the General Election may be hitting...
04 March 2020
From: Breaking News
Figures released this morning by data firm LonRes provide the latest evidence of a so-called Boris Bounce with the market improving...
21 January 2020
From: Breaking News
Yesterday (January 10 2020), the Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (5AMLD) became law. It forms part of ongoing international efforts to tackle...
11 January 2020
From: Features
It’s one of the most crucial aspects of the homebuying and selling process but is too often bogged down by frustrating...
21 December 2019
From: Features
In the latest part of the Natter’s ‘day in the life of’ series, I catch up with Chris Osmond, sales director...
30 November 2019
From: Features
Reservation Agreements may require bigger financial penalties than the £500 to £1,000 currently envisaged if they are to work. That’s the view...