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![Chancellor finalising ‘high-risk’ 1% mortgage scheme - reports](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
Rumours of the launch of a 1% mortgage deposit scheme have re-emerged with just weeks to go until the Spring Budget Chancellor...
23 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Chestertons sold to European technology and property giant](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BTR%20and%20affordable%20housing%20-%20By%20Andy%20Jones%20Property%20Investor%20Today%20BuildToRent-400x310.png)
Chestertons, one of the UK’s oldest estate agencies, has been sold to a European real estate services and technology group. The buyer...
23 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![In an uncertain property market, new homes sales are relatively successful](/upload/images/__thumbs/3%20Proofed%20----%20%20In%20an%20uncertain%20property%20market%20new%20homes%20sales%20are%20relatively%20successful%20-%20EAT%20Weekend%20feature%20%20by%20Jason%20Farrimond.jpg/3%20Proofed%20----%20%20In%20an%20uncertain%20property%20market%20new%20homes%20sales%20are%20relatively%20successful%20-%20EAT%20Weekend%20feature%20%20by%20Jason%20Farrimond__400x267.jpg)
After a steady increase in mortgage rates, concerns about house prices have been rising too. The Financial Times reported in mid...
21 October 2023
From: Features
![Our award winner Marc hits the headlines again....and again!](/upload/images/__thumbs/Marc%20award.png/Marc%20award__400x281.png)
Everyone at Estate Agent Today is delighted to announce that our Editor, Marc Shoffman, has won the prestigious Headlinemoney freelance journalist...
17 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Labour to use Compulsory Purchase Orders to buy cheaper land](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyFinancing-400x310.png)
Labour says it will reform how land is valued under Compulsory Purchase Order powers in a bid to increase house building...
31 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Insight - is it Time to Stamp Out SDLT?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/StampDuty1-400x310.jpg)
Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) has long been the bugbear of many property transactions. Even the very wealthy will lose interest...
07 May 2022
From: Features
![Foxtons “fails” so should be sold off, says latest angry investor](/upload/images/library/Foxtons-logo400x310.png)
A Canadian investment fund with a roughly two per cent share in Foxtons is arguing for the agency to be put...
17 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Government may seize homes of key Russians without compensation](/upload/images/library/MoneyLaundering-1-400x310.jpg)
The government is considering seizing British property owned by Russian oligarchs on the sanctions list without paying compensation. The Financial Times says Housing...
03 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rummage4 tech acquired by property marketing platform](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/PropTech-Toolshed-400x310.jpg)
PropTech firm CoreLogic UK has acquired the property search and marketing platform Rummage4. Rummage4 was founded in 2015 by agent Robert May...
21 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Share Crash - Purplebricks hits all-time low after deposit fiasco](/upload/images/Logos/Purplebricks-2019Logo-400x310.jpg)
Purplebricks’ share price has hit its lowest-ever level following the postponement of a trading statement after the company admitted a blunder...
14 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![No good wishes from Purplebricks for outgoing top executive](/upload/images/Logos/Purplebricks-2019Logo-400x310.jpg)
Purplebricks’ official statement on the departure of chief marketing officer Ben Carter merely says he’s leaving at the end of the...
07 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Lloyds Bank to buy 50,000 homes in coming years](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyMarket-1-400x310.jpg)
The housing market could be in for a financial boost of an unusual kind as a High Street bank plans to...
20 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents’ Offices: masks no longer required - announcement soon](/img/default/eat.png)
Agents are to be told this week that employees can drop face masks, social distancing and other workplace measures put in...
12 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Foxtons Fat Cats: Has the company been milking the taxpayer?](/img/default/eat.png)
Foxtons is facing another shareholder revolt over the bonus being given to its chief executive despite taking £7m in state Covid...
15 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Big property tax increases may be held back until after Budget](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s been revealed that some far reaching changes to property taxes may not be unveiled at Wednesday’s Budget and may wait...
01 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![“Knackered” Countrywide suffers media onslaught](/img/default/eat.png)
Criticism of the management of Countrywide has reached new levels of derision as the mainstream media have attacked the chaos surrounding...
27 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agency launches first-ever radio and podcast ad campaign](/img/default/eat.png)
Knight Frank has launched a new radio advert for the first time. The rollout marks the firm’s fourth phase of its “partners...
23 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Stamp duty holiday producing more house moves says agency](/img/default/eat.png)
The share of owners putting their homes on the market within five years of buying is rising again according to an...
11 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks critic launches “agent-friendly” PropTech platform](/img/default/eat.png)
A former City analyst best known for his scathing criticisms of Purplebricks has launched a PropTech platform that he describes as...
30 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Technology is central to solving property’s mismeasurement issue](/img/default/eat.png)
To most people, purchasing a home is the single most significant financial commitment made across a lifetime. Given the impact and...
13 June 2020
From: Features
![Mortgage holiday extension welcomed despite ‘cliff edge’ worry](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s been a cautious welcome for the extension to the current mortgage holiday scheme, due to run out for ‘early adopters’...
22 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove in crisis: “No clear downside” to quitting, agents told](/img/default/eat.png)
A new analysis of the simmering Rightmove crisis says there is now “no clear downside” stopping agents leaving. The Financial Times says that Rightmove’s...
20 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Housing market could be ‘frozen’ to avoid Coronavirus crash](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s been reported that the government is talking with banks and building societies about putting the housing market ‘on ice’ during the...
27 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![What should OnTheMarket do now? An analyst wants to know...](/img/default/eat.png)
Prominent agency industry analyst Anthony Codling is asking agents whether the board of OnTheMarket did the right thing by firing Ian...
10 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty change set to take centre stage in Budget next week](/img/default/eat.png)
Increasing numbers of reports suggest that the government will use next week’s Budget to confirm a three per cent stamp duty...
05 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Mansion Tax on high value houses being considered by government](/img/default/eat.png)
Boris Johnson is considering introducing a mansion tax for high value homes according to a Sunday newspaper. The Telegraph - citing two...
08 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - the agent posting Instagram pictures of clients’ houses](/img/default/eat.png)
The high-end estate agent who has quit his post after being found to have posted pictures of clients’ houses on Instagram...
23 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty Reform: have the Conservatives got cold feet?](/img/default/eat.png)
Pressure is building on the Conservative party to honour its previous commitment to reform stamp duty for British buyers and sellers...
22 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Has Labour backed off from its controversial Right To Buy policy?](/img/default/eat.png)
Labour’s Shadow Chancellor, who earlier this month told a newspaper that he wanted to introduce a Right To Buy policy for...
24 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Newspapers are in freefall - what does it mean for agents?](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s been an interesting week of contrasts when it comes to online replacing ‘the old school’. Data from that clever consultancy The...
12 January 2019
From: Features
![New portal signs up Countrywide and 30 agencies ahead of 2019 launch](/img/default/eat.png)
A new portal is launching next year with Countrywide and some 30 other estate agency groups signed up, as well as...
03 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Countrywide 'failed in fund-raising effort earlier this year' - FT](/img/default/eat.png)
The Financial Times this morning says that Countrywide suffered a failed bond issue earlier this year, forcing it to rely on...
01 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Foxtons' swashbuckling days are over - analyst predicts big cuts](/img/default/eat.png)
An analyst for business data consultancy Bloomberg has some news for Foxtons - he says its swashbuckling days are over and...
01 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![40% of central London new-builds sold with large bulk discounts](/img/default/eat.png)
A report in the Financial Times lays bare the scale of the housing market downturn in central London - it suggests...
19 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks the largest UK estate agency: 'So what?' says stock market](/img/default/eat.png)
The stock market and at least one City analyst have shrugged their shoulders at the claim by Purplebricks that it is...
06 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Top agent says corruption crackdown is deterring super-wealthy foreign buyers](/img/default/eat.png)
One of London’s best known high-end estate agents, Gary Hersham, says corruption crackdowns in this country and overseas may be deterring...
31 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: Day in the life of…a property journalist](/img/default/eat.png)
Ever wondered what it’s like to be on the frontline of property journalism? Well, wonder no more, as our very own...
05 May 2018
From: Features
![‘Groping’ Club Scandal - 10 of 21 tables were sponsored by property firms](/img/default/eat.png)
The Financial Times has identified that 10 of the 21 tables at the notorious Presidents Club dinner last weekend were sponsored by...
25 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![OnTheMarket: no comment on 'deferred debt for Yes votes' claim](/img/default/eat.png)
OnTheMarket is declining to comment after suggestions were floated that some debts by its member agents could be deferred, or in some...
22 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Cluttons: pensions body investigating pre-pack deal to save agency](/img/default/eat.png)
Last week’s acquisition of high-end agency Cluttons from pre-pack administration is to be investigated by the Pension Protection Fund. We reported on...
09 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks nearing Countrywide on homes sold STC, claims bank](/img/default/eat.png)
A Financial Times article reports a bank analysis shows Purplebricks with a market share of 3.3 per cent of properties marked...
24 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Strutt & Parker and French bank remain silent over acquisition talks](/img/default/eat.png)
Both Strutt & Parker and the French bank BNP Paribas are declining to comment on speculation that the finance house is...
16 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![French bank 'in talks to buy Strutt & Parker estate agency'](/img/default/eat.png)
The Financial Times is reporting this afternoon that BNP Paribas, the largest bank in France, is in talks to acquire high-end...
15 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Housing White Paper - first details start to emerge](/img/default/eat.png)
First details of the long-awaited Housing White Paper have emerged in stories in newspapers frequently used by government to float ideas. The...
03 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Internet property pioneer says online agents must raise prices](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the earliest entrepreneurs to found a website to allow for-sale-by-owner property listings back in 2000, predicts current online agents...
05 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![FT beefs up online property marketing after 80,000 listings in a year](/img/default/eat.png)
The Financial Times has beefed up its high-end house and apartment listings after the newspaper's property sector saw a 17 per...
10 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Heathrow: at least 4,500 homes face CPO or 'airport purchase'](/img/default/eat.png)
The company that owns Heathrow airport is reported to have said that it will buy 750 homes on the site of...
26 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![Agents' Mutual makes court payments as part of ongoing contract dispute](/img/default/eat.png)
Agents' Mutual was last week ordered to make a further payment into court as part of its ongoing legal case against...
20 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Around 400 homes sold off by infamous buy to let investment couple](/img/default/eat.png)
Fergus and Judith Wilson, at one time considered to be Britain’s biggest private landlords, have sold off an estimated 400 of...
12 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Land Registry privatisation delayed - or possibly abandoned?](/img/default/eat.png)
The government is reported to have yet again delayed a decision on whether to privatise the Land Registry. The Financial Times says...
08 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Competition Tribunal set to hold OnTheMarket meeting this week](/img/default/eat.png)
The Competition Appeals Tribunal which is to investigate a dispute between OnTheMarket and two agencies is scheduled to hold its first...
25 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![OnTheMarket to pay £1m into court in key 'one other portal' test case](/img/default/eat.png)
It has been revealed this morning that OnTheMarket has been ordered to pay £1m into court - three quarters of it...
19 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![Foxtons shareholders urged to vote against chief exec's pay, says FT](/img/default/eat.png)
The Financial Times is reporting that a shareholders’ rebellion may be on the cards at Foxtons as some with a stake...
10 May 2016
From: Breaking News
![Hold the front page? Don’t bother – no one reads it any more](/img/default/eat.png)
I wish it were otherwise, but there’s a crisis just beginning to sweep over newspapers – with, a bit beneath the...
06 May 2016
From: Features
![OnTheMarket chief emails members to steady the ship after media coverage](/img/default/eat.png)
OnTheMarket chief executive Ian Springett has sent an email to member agents following articles about alleged legal challenges to the portal...
15 April 2016
From: Breaking News
![OnTheMarket emails agents to steady the ship after media coverage](/img/default/eat.png)
OnTheMarket chief executive Ian Springett has sent an email to member agents following articles about alleged legal challenges to the portal...
14 April 2016
From: Breaking News
![Praise for agency diversification to cut damage from housing downturn](/img/default/eat.png)
Investors’ Chronicle, the weekly investment magazine published by the Financial Times Group, has lavishly praised high-end agency Savills for diversifying its...
14 December 2015
From: Breaking News
![Far fewer sellers hampered by chains, says new Countrywide research](/img/default/eat.png)
New research from Countrywide suggests that the growth of the private rental sector and the higher number of mortgages means far...
02 November 2015
From: Breaking News
![Money laundering skews London prices: 'we all know it' says legal expert](/img/default/eat.png)
A legal expert suggests central London’s house prices may have been skewed because of money-laundering - “and we all know it.” Jonathan...
14 October 2015
From: Breaking News
![OnTheMarket betters expectations with 5.2m visits in July](/img/default/eat.png)
OnTheMarket has achieved 5.2m visits in July – an increase of 18 per cent on the previous month and ahead of...
05 August 2015
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove listings reveal large-scale PCL new-build flipping](/img/default/eat.png)
Research by the Financial Times shows that large numbers of flats at exclusive new London developments - led by Nine Elms...
13 July 2015
From: Breaking News
![Boris lobbying government to change Right To Buy](/img/default/eat.png)
The Financial Times says London Mayor and new Conservative MP Boris Johnson is lobbying the government in a bid to persuade...
02 July 2015
From: Breaking News
![Agents not living up to stereotypes, journalist admits](/img/default/eat.png)
A journalist has described the estate agents she has recently dealt with as 'borderline trustworthy' and 'downright agreeable', much to her...
09 June 2015
From: Breaking News
![High level backing for 'creative' uSwitch portal deal](/img/default/eat.png)
Investors’ Chronicle, the Financial Times group magazine for private investors, says Zoopla’s acquisition of price comparison site uSwitch is ‘a creative...
06 May 2015
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla on the hunt for more acquisitions](/img/default/eat.png)
Zoopla Property Group is looking for more potential acquisitions following its surprise announcement that it is buying price comparison website uSwitch. ZPG...