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Self-employed agency brand Harding Green has appointed recent FTSE 100 director Ian Gascoigne to its board. The former managing director of St...

Spicerhaart’s shift to a hybrid model and investment in the business and staff has contributed to a £5m loss for 2022,...

A financial adviser has hit out at the Bank of England, claiming homeowners and business should be furious about its interest...

Estate agents could be putting their clients’ personal details at risk by taking information such as addresses, bank account or passport details...

The Belvoir Group has announced the acquisition of mortgage broker TIME. The agency franchise and financial services brand has acquired the entire issued...

The latest trading update from Foxtons has revealed that sales revenue in the first quarter of this year was down 9%...

A rule change has been introduced this week in a bid to make equity release customers reduce interest costs. The option to...

Foxtons has told shareholders that it has enjoyed "a good year of progress with revenues, profits and cash flow significantly ahead of...

A trading statement this morning confirms a large revenue rise for LSL Property Services. Group revenue increased by around 23 per cent last...

The latest easyProperty franchise has landed in Luton, the spiritual home of the easy brand as it’s the place where budget...

The current crisis has led to many of us to re-evaluate our lives to ensure that we put ourselves in the...

An increased focus on the provision of financial services has helped boost the trading figures released today by LSL Property Services,...

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

LSL, owner of Reeds Rains and Your Move, is boosting its financial services sector through a £2.4m acquisition. It’s snapped up Mortgage...

It now looks likely that Hunters will be taken over by The Property Franchise Group after several months of talks, subject...

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...

HM Land Registry customers - including agents and conveyancers - can now manage all of their applications and correspondence including notices,...

HM Land Registry is making it easier to verify individuals’ ID from today. In addition to conveyancers and chartered legal executives, verification...

When Wolverhampton estate agency Thomas Harvey opened its doors more than 50 years ago, mortgages weren’t really part of the equation...

The government introduced the Fifth EU Money Laundering Directive into UK law just before Christmas - and it has a significant implication for...

It’s one of the most crucial aspects of the homebuying and selling process but is too often bogged down by frustrating...

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

Belvoir, the UK's largest property franchise, has changed its name - at least slightly - from Belvoir Lettings to Belvoir Group.  In...

Conveyancing platform The Moving Hub and Acquaint CRM have announced a strategic partnership. New and existing users of Acquaint CRM will have...

Conveyancing platform The Moving Hub has this week launched its proposition into the estate agency and mortgage intermediary sectors. The firm is...

A poster advertising shared ownership, promoting homes from a housing association, has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority. The poster, for...

With the home buying and selling process firmly on the news agenda of late – everything from a possible ban on...

How will things be done in the future? There’s no knowing, of course, given the many variables at play, but it’s...

A magazine which earlier this year claimed that two big corporates pressured customers to use their preferred mortgage brokers has now...

A service that tracks different types of mortgage demand reveals that remortgaging is on the rise while borrowing for new purchases...

Agents and representatives from other property sectors have reacted enthusiastically to proposals to professionalise the industry. As we reported yesterday, the government...

Crimestoppers is working with estate agencies and financial advisers as well as conveyancers in a bid to eliminate house buyers’ deposits...

A website called Roofoveryourhead has launched which threatens to bypass estate agents and allow vendors to sell for free. The site uses language similar...

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

A company is claiming that estate agents are missing out on substantial potential income by not charging for referrals of clients...

Sky News is reporting that the City's top fund manager Neil Woodford has increased his involvement in online estate agent Purplebricks,...

A financial advisory firm based in Ewloe, Flintshire has launched a sales and lettings estate agency service.  Chesterton Grant Estate Agents will...