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It’s taken eight years but one of London’s highest profile estate agencies says the value of its Under Offer pipeline has...

A first-of-its-kind degree has launched that focuses on residential estate agency. The Swindon campus of the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) has launched...

The Able Agent has launched the first ever general course about the structure of property – aimed at all types of...

OnTheMarket (OTM) can still pursue its original aims of challenging the duopoly in the property portal market, its chief executive Jason...

Welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity, our chance to salute those who do so much to help others. If your agency...

The latest guests to join Rightmove’s Autumn webinar schedule include a Generative AI expert from Google and representatives from the Bank...

Homeowners are largely unconcerned about cooling house prices, research suggests. Instead, they are more concerned about having their own home than sitting...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

Purplebricks co-founder Kenny Bruce has returned to the estate agency world. Bruce, who helped launch Purplebricks with his brother Michael as well...

From valuations to viewings, conveyancing to completions, technology has transformed our sector dramatically and permanently. After comparatively slow beginnings, PropTech really took...

The proposals to shake the Private Rental Sector (PRS) to its foundations will, depending upon your political persuasion and housing status,...

As an estate agent, you know that securing the sale is just step one of a successful journey. But with issues...

Foxtons has lost its DNA, its chief executive has warned. It comes as the company published its first annual results under new...

England beat Wales at the World Cup in Qatar this week, confirming the team’s progression to the next round while their...

Agents have highlighted the main horrors they have come across when listing homes. A Halloween-themed survey of 500 agents by industry media...

Conveyancing is an integral part of the house buying and selling process. But it is a slow process, with the length...

Estate agency franchise network Propertynest is looking to expand its reach as it looks to become a 100 franchisee-plus network over...

In the current challenging economic environment, agencies need to ensure more than ever that they’re getting the most out of every...

For years now estate agents have been on a journey from digital infancy to digital maturity. But what does the future...

As temperatures rise and the holidays begin many of us will be looking to enjoy our gardens and make improvements to...

There’s a claim that Japanese Knotweed, described as one of the UK’s most invasive plant species, has been spotted growing earlier...

The path from agent to developer is not easy, but it is a relatively straightforward one, if you are willing to...

Timothy Douglas, Head of Policy and Campaigns at Propertymark, analyses the impact that the lack of available data is having on...

Reapit Elements is an open-source, cross-platform design system that gives designers and developers a framework to quickly create responsive, device-agnostic, and...

The past two years have been a whirlwind of change, challenges and chance. The main catalyst has clearly been the pandemic...

Tech stack is a term often used nowadays to describe all the software tools within a business. Calling it a stack...

The Victorian phrase “as safe as houses” well surmises the security of the housing market as, whether they are buying or...

A career in property can be fun and rewarding, but it’s a busy world to live and work in. As we...

A relatively modest interest rate rise could trigger a crash in the housing market according to the housing analyst behind the...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I am Mark Armstrong, and my business card says...

The last 12 months have heralded significant change across the property market and indeed we could argue across all markets in...

Jason Tebb, the ex-Foxtons agent who is now chief executive of OnTheMarket, has given his first in depth public interview since...

Yopa has instructed two companies to help with its brand building as it battles with other major online players. It’s appointed M.i. Media...

Another week and another frenzy of news, culminating in the Budget and the extension of the stamp duty holiday. A cliff edge...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, I speak with Anthony Payne, Managing Director and co-founder of LonRes, a data and network...

Labour has accused the government of promoting “sky high mortgages” instead of providing stable accommodation for younger households. A new mortgage guarantee...

OnTheMarket says it’s going to increase investment in new products and services, and invest further in ‘internal website development resources’. In a...

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

Hello and welcome to Agents Do Charity, the regular round-up of industry good work. Whatever the cause, it’s great to publicise agents’...

Zoopla has revealed a multi-million-pound programme of future developments which have taken 18 months to finalise. Chief executive Charlie Bryant has told...

Firstly, Happy New Year – here’s to 2021 being less chaotic than the last! In the final part of our series on...

The Residential Property Surveyors’ Association appears to be taking on the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in a battle for authority...

There’s been a surprise appointment as OnTheMarket chief executive. Instead of popular acting CEO Clive Beattie - who had made it known...

One of the industry’s top recruitment gurus wants to check the pulse of the industry - and that includes whether furloughed...

Reapit has joined a consortium attempting to make the long-anticipated end-to-end digital home buying process a reality. It’s joined the IPN Consortium,...

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

When we launched Reapit’s Foundations Platform as a Service (PaaS) in November, it may have seemed like a recent development in...

Mark Bentley, the immediate past president of the National Association of Estate Agents, has become the highest profile agent yet to...

Reapit has launched a platform, cloud infrastructure and marketplace called Foundations which aims to provide “all the PropTech solutions” for agencies’...

Hybrid agency Yopa has announced that its chief executive, Ben Poynter, will be standing down at the end of October to...

Stamp duty won’t take centre stage at the Conservative Party conference - that’ll be Brexit, quelle surprise. But if the government...

They will be the doctors, lawyers, teachers, thinkers, leaders and captains of industry of the not too distant future, but is...

Purplebricks’ founder Kenny Bruce has promised that his departure from the firm does not mean he won’t be heard of again. Kenny - whose brother...

Competition for landlords will be fiercer than ever this year. Landlords are facing a raft of changes and will likely be...

It’s that time of year again where we start saying goodbye to 12 months of hard work and start looking forward...

Purplebricks has launched an emergency hotline for customers of Emoov and Tepilo that are stranded by the agencies’ collapse. A statement this...

It’s that time of the week again when we focus on the great work done by the industry, usually without much...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Tom Cummuskey Sales & Marketing Manager … Fast approaching double...

Countrywide says its Back To Basics strategy has seen a nine per cent increase in properties for sale with the group...

The online agency shake-out and consolidation continues apace. Former YOPA director Russell Humphrey has been named as the managing director of estate...

The chief executive of online estate agency eMoov - which has raised £9m in its latest investment round - says “more...

It has been announced that Uber, the taxi company, has teamed up with build to rent firm, Moda Living, to ‘revolutionise renting’.    This...

It’s peak business season for many agents right now and yet they still have time to do good work for charities...

Former Conservative minister Michael Portillo has made an outspoken attack on his former party over its switch of housing policy emphasis from...

The founder of one of the largest independent agencies in the East Midlands is to step down, over 27 years after...

With almost a fifth of house sales in Britain collapsing every year, it’s now more vital than ever that we –...

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

Despite being round the block quite a few times in the property world, it was only in 2008 that the importance...

I recently read an article in City A.M. titled: ‘Five ways we will be buying property in 2025’ – it makes...