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Dog-owning house buyers who want to live in areas of abundant green space in which to walk their four-legged friends are...

Epsom and Ewell, Epping Forest and Dartford have been named as the top London leaver hotspots as buyers continue to move...

New-build homes may typically command a premium compared with the second-hand market but new research has revealed areas where this isn’t...

Increasing numbers of mortgage lenders are pulling decent deals as swap rates rise. Santander has become the latest high street lender to...

Chestertons has launched a new initiative with its e-Bike partner Forest that it hopes will get 5,000 of its customers and...

Over a hundred years before the climate emergency became a global concern, it was recognised that, ‘He who plants a tree,...

Chestertons has become the first corporate partner to sign up to London e-bike operator Forest’s employee scheme in an effort to...

Agents may like to market properties as “unique” and “exclusive” but an agency and auction brand may have a decent excuse...

Politicians are to take estate agents to task over what they call “a forest” of For Sale and To Let boards. Local...

Historic estate agency brand Humberts has expanded into the Oxford area with a tenth franchised office. It is led by experienced local...

Amid a cost-of-living crisis, not to mention the uncertainty of a post-Covid economy, real estate businesses across the UK don’t have...

There is a staggering £117 billion worth of property currently up for sale across the UK property market, according to new...

With Earth Day in April and Environment Day looming in June, all businesses and individuals are becoming more aware of their...

The Federation of Independent Agents (FIA) is aiming to become the first carbon neutral estate agency network. It has teamed up with...

The number of areas where the average house sale price exceeded £500,000 has surpassed 15% of Great Britain for the first...

Agents helped vendors sell homes at 97.9% of asking price on average last year, research claims. Analysis of portal and Land Registry...

Estate agent HOP is offering eagle eyed Leeds residents the chance to win a £2,000 holiday if they spot one of...

Historic estate agency group Humberts - which was at risk of disappearing entirely just over two years ago - has opened...

Prospect Estate Agents in the south east of England have pulled out all the stops this festive season with a wonderful...

Two London agencies have announced acquisitions as consolidation in the capital continues apace. Dexters has six new branches after the acquisition of...

The market may be soaring in most of the country but there are still locations where significant numbers of properties sell...

In this article, the team at The Lettings Hub - which aims to offer tech-driven solutions for the rental market - outline...

Leeds estate agency Adair Paxton is enhancing its sustainability credentials and helping to tackle climate change by planting two trees for...

One of the UK’s oldest estate agency firms has expanded into two new territories.  Nock Deighton was established in Shropshire in 1831...

We may be getting an extended summer but agents haven’t just been basking in the heatwave. There has been plenty of goodwill...

There are 19 new distinct £1m-plus property markets in the UK thanks to the soaring house prices of the past 15...

As the Tokyo Olympics draws to a close this weekend, the Nationwide Building Society has analysed long-term capital appreciation in locations regenerated...

An estate agency has calculated precisely how much residential property has been sold so far this year, fuelled by the stamp...

New research shows that the surge in house prices this year has taken homes in at least 25 areas of England...

HM Revenue & Customs has warned of what it calls the “negative impacts” of the pandemic on the latest property transactions...

Board company Agency Express has become a carbon neutral business - and that’s official. Working with Carbon Neutral Britain, which advises businesses...

London agency Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward is opening four new branches this year. KFH recently opened new lettings offices in Brook Green...

Hello and if it’s the end of the week it’s time for Agents Do Charity -  your opportunity to respect all...

Newspapers are pushed through the door, whereas websites have to pull in visitors - it’s a simple but fundamental difference with vast implications...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your opportunity to catch up on who’s moving where in the agency and supplier...

The trend of buyers apparently fleeing the city to get more for their money in the country has hit the buffers...

Two agencies have announced the opening of offices in out-of-town-centre locations with easy parking. In Loughborough, well-known local agency Andrew Granger &...

There’s no doubt that Covid-19 has had a huge impact on the UK’s property market, after hundreds of thousands of house...

We are all operating in peculiar times. Times of great upheaval. Our lives are both in a complete state of flux...

A legal challenge by HM Revenue and Customs has stopped a bid to secure a stamp duty discount on a property. The...

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

A survey suggests that 15 per cent of people who work in the real estate sector feel unsafe at work. This figure...

The latest housing market snapshot from the listings website Home suggests more regional markets are heading for price corrections. Home says that...

New research shows that three bedroom homes are the quickest selling property type this autumn. After a series of sluggish house price...

A property platform that has chronicled the London sales market’s problems in recent years says the recovery will start in 2020...

The industry has long been critical of reports claiming house price movements are in some way uniform across the country, but...

A family is raffling a £3m home on the Hampshire/Dorset border after a series of sales fell through. Mark and Sharon Beresford...

With Christmas less than four weeks away (yes, really) the countdown to the festive season begins tomorrow when December begins. Charity...

London agency chain Portico has signed up to OnTheMarket.  The 17 branch firm, which handles both sales and lettings, has offices in...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Marco Ferrara, Director of Tili What is Tili and what does...

Last time out I looked at the growing importance of content, social media and design – but these should only form...

A 15-branch agency group operating in parts of London and the Home Counties has joined OnTheMarket according to a statement from...

One of the industry’s largest sign makers has been spelling out its environmental credentials on the back of increased concern about...

In recent years January has become the month of detoxes, fad diets, health kicks such as Dry January and Veganuary, and...

We’ve been running our Christmas pics for almost two weeks now and we hope they’ve helped readers get in the festive...

As we end an especially tragic week, it is heart-warming to remember how our industry - along with so many other...

Fine & Country has opened a new office at Lymington in the New Forest.   The branch is using staff from local...

The East Midlands, which consists of several areas including Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, and much of Lincolnshire, has an ancient...

New data from LSL Property Services suggest that the image of London as one large housing market encountering difficulties at the...

Only a week to the Christmas break and still our industry goes above and beyond the call of duty to raise...

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

Another agency has signed up to Property Sharing Experts, the group which describes itself as the largest network of independent estate...

The latest price index from LSL Property Services suggests that the average home in Greater London has risen in price by...

I’m writing this from the brand spanking new Center Parks in Woburn Forest. Set within 365 acres of lush Bedfordshire forest,...

Clive Rook, a representative of regional estate and letting agent Rook Matthews Sayer, has resigned from the board of Agents’ Mutual,...