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![Affordability alarm goes off as house prices hit another high](/upload/images/library/houseprices1.png)
The latest government house price data has sparked a fear that the market may be heading towards an affordability crisis. The Office...
24 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![2022 - agents can benefit from planning ahead and having a plan B in mind](/upload/images/Seasonal%20%26%20Holidays/2022Notes-400x310.png)
Without doubt, 2021 was an exceptional year in the property market, with the stamp duty holiday and favourable market conditions helping...
05 February 2022
From: Features
![Phil Spencer - Agents Have Standards … So Show The Customer!](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PhilSpencer-MoveIQ-EATLAT-400x310.jpg)
For an unregulated industry, agents have an awful lot of regulations to deal with. For example, there’s the mandatory membership of a...
02 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Foxtons sells off London sales agency it bought last year](/upload/images/library/Foxtons-logo400x310.png)
Foxtons has this morning announced that it’s selling off the sales wing of a rival London agency that it bought just...
14 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Omicron set to hit viewings and housing market in 2022](/upload/images/Coronavirus/Coronavirus4-400x310-min.jpeg)
The surge in Omicron cases and possible future restrictions are set to hit the housing market in 2022 - and may...
04 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – the A-Z of property for 2021](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
It really is beginning to look a lot like Christmas – just a week to go now. Presents all wrapped and...
18 December 2021
From: Features
![House price rises similar to those before 2007 crash - Nationwide](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket-400x310.png)
Annual house price growth hit 10.0 per cent last month - and is now tracking close to the level seen before...
02 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![You guessed it - ANOTHER house price record as market stays hot](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyMarket-2-400x310-min.jpg)
Annual house price growth increased to 8.1 per cent in October according to the Halifax. The average UK property price is now...
08 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter - checking in with some of the ESTAS' biggest winners](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
A few weeks ago the ESTAS took place at the Grosvenor House hotel in London - the first chance for many...
06 November 2021
From: Features
![Leading agency refunds all Covid salary cuts plus furlough funds](/upload/images/library/Knight-Frank-logo400x310.png)
Knight Frank has reported a record pre-tax profit and has reimbursed staff who sacrificed some salaries during the pandemic. The agency - which has...
01 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Autumn Budget: will Sunak’s pledges create opportunities for agents in the new-build sector?](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/RishiSunak-400x310.jpg)
At first glance, Rishi Sunak’s Budget speech earlier this week didn’t offer much from a property perspective. But digging down a little...
30 October 2021
From: Features
![Booming opportunity: how technology can empower finance teams to do more](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MillennialAgents-2020-400x310.jpg)
In this op-ed, Warwick Haycock, accounting software specialist at The Access Group, looks at how the use of tech can empower...
30 October 2021
From: Features
![OnTheMarket posts strong results as agents move to full-fee contracts](/upload/images/Logos/OnTheMarketLogo-New-2022-400x310.jpg)
OnTheMarket figures for the first half of this year show stronger revenue and improved profits. Agency numbers have increased modestly since January...
12 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Housing market to stay strong in 2022 says buoyant Halifax](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket-400x310.png)
House prices rose by the most in almost 15 years in September ahead of the end of the stamp duty holiday. The...
08 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![A Taxing Time: the property industry is set for increases](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/RishiSunak-400x310.jpg)
By the time I next write this column, we’ll be just days before the next Budget and Autumn Statement. So I’ll...
02 October 2021
From: Features
![Foxtons to review policy on ‘furlough bonuses’ for senior management](/upload/images/library/Foxtons-logo400x310.png)
Controversial London agency Foxtons is to review its policy on top management bonuses. This follows a shareholder revolt at the agency's AGM...
29 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Businesses, including agencies, hand back £1.3 billion in furlough money](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UK-Cash-20-400x310.jpg)
New figures from HM Treasury have revealed that businesses, including a number of major agencies, have returned £1.3 billion in furlough...
22 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Foxtons appoints former Hamptons man following 'investor pressure'](/upload/images/Logos/Foxtons-logo400x310.png)
Following speculation overnight, Foxtons - one of London's leading and most high-profile agencies - has this morning announced the appointment of Nigel Rich CBE...
17 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![How estate agents can ensure success in the fourth quarter of 2021](/upload/images/library/ManPhone-400x310.png)
The worst of the Covid-19 pandemic appears to be firmly in the rear-view mirror as we move into the last quarter...
15 September 2021
From: Features
![How can letting agents help tenants with rent arrears?](/upload/images/library/TenantsLandlordTalking-400x310.png)
Almost a million tenants have built up rent arrears since March 2020, according to research by National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA)....
15 September 2021
From: Features
![Buyers hopelessly ill-informed on mortgage process, survey suggests](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MillennialPayingLaptop-400x310.jpg)
Many Britains are apparently under-estimating the impact of furlough on their ability to get a mortgage and buy a property. A new...
01 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter - will UK agents ever be seen as true professionals?](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
There are some parts of the world, including in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, where estate agent isn’t seen as...
28 August 2021
From: Features
21 August 2021
From: Features
![Stamp duty holiday over - but still big house price rises](/upload/images/Locations/WalesFlag-400x310.jpg)
House prices in Wales - where the equivalent of the stamp duty holiday has fully ended - rose to a new...
17 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![This is what the market will do after the stamp duty holiday (maybe)](/upload/images/library/RowOfHouses-400x310.jpg)
There’s already plenty of talk about autumn - depressing huh? - with agents pondering how the housing market will respond to...
07 August 2021
From: Features
![Property Natter: half-year review – what has 2021 brought so far?](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
Well, we’re technically more than halfway through the year already, but we’ll let that slide. And what a year it’s been...
31 July 2021
From: Features
![Forgotten mortgage problem could derail housing market - warning](/img/default/eat.png)
The end of a largely-forgotten mortgage initiative connected with the pandemic could end up derailing the current strong housing market, agents...
15 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Supply not rising fast enough to meet demand - senior agent](/img/default/eat.png)
A leading agent says the supply of homes coming to the market is still insufficient to match demand. London estate agent Jeremy...
09 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Foxtons chairman quits, blaming Brexit and Covid for poor performance](/img/default/eat.png)
Foxtons’ chairman and longest-serving board member is to stand down at the end of this year at the latest, after a...
08 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![They think it’s all over - is the housing boom at an end?](/img/default/eat.png)
The Halifax is reporting a 0.5 per cent monthly drop in house prices, plus a fall in the annual rate from...
08 July 2021
From: Breaking News
03 July 2021
From: Features
![Revealed - the reasons why most fall throughs happen…](/img/default/eat.png)
The leading reason for property sales falling through is gazumping, according to new research from Comparethemarket. Over the past year, nearly two-fifths of...
01 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty Removals Crisis as buyers try to beat deadline](/img/default/eat.png)
A rush to beat next week’s stamp duty holiday deadline has caused a 200 per cent increase in demand for removal...
24 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty Holiday - first time buyers are the big losers](/img/default/eat.png)
An authoritative study on the housing market has shown that the big losers from the pandemic have been first time buyers. The...
23 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Covid Restrictions Delay will damage housing market and agents - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
A leading agent has been in touch with EAT to vent his frustration at the government for extending most of the...
15 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark beefs up policy and campaigns team](/img/default/eat.png)
The policy and campaigns team at Propertymark, headed by Mark Hayward, has been expanded after what it calls “a number of...
15 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Housing Market Frenzy - It’s Not Just Britain, You Know…](/img/default/eat.png)
Right now it seems that another day means another house price record, an all-time high for transactions, and a conveyancing log-jam...
12 June 2021
From: Features
![OnTheMarket success: agency numbers up, in profit, repays furlough](/img/default/eat.png)
OnTheMarket’s new chief executive has posted his first full year’s trading figures - and they suggest the portal is making progress...
08 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Almost 20,000 property industry staff are still on furlough](/img/default/eat.png)
Figures released from the government show 19,400 people in the real estate sector are still on furlough - suggesting some agents have back...
04 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Housing market needs more help as Covid support measures end - call](/img/default/eat.png)
Banks and building societies want the government to offer more help to the housing market through additional assistance to home owners...
28 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark: your voice matters, make sure it’s heard](/img/default/eat.png)
In an industry which is faced with constant changes in day-to-day practices and even more so given the Covid terrain which agents...
22 May 2021
From: Features
![Purplebricks excluded from industry league table despite surge in instructions](/img/default/eat.png)
A controversial league table of corporate agents’ market share is deliberately excluding Purplebricks and other online agencies. This is despite Purplebricks this...
20 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![PropTech revolution: how will the sector look in 2025?](/img/default/eat.png)
Over the next few years, the property sector is set to change for the better – all thanks to PropTech. While the...
15 May 2021
From: Features
![Christopher Keen and Company Director at CDD Check Ltd.](/img/default/eat.png)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Christopher Keen and Company Director What is ‘company name’ and what...
14 May 2021
From: 60 Second Interview
![Vaccine optimism gives housing market another shot in the arm](/img/default/eat.png)
Increasing optimism at the success of the Coronavirus vaccine programme and the relaxation of restrictions have contributed to house prices rising...
11 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Soaring house price index show market boom goes on](/img/default/eat.png)
House prices are 7.1 per cent above their level a year ago as the boom continues. The latest house price index, from...
04 May 2021
From: Breaking News
30 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Furlough funding refunded to government by major agency group](/img/default/eat.png)
Another major agency group has agreed to repay substantial sums it claimed under the government's Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, introduced to...
28 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: why agency must never become a closed shop](/img/default/eat.png)
The biggest news story in town this last week – which has brought people who don’t usually like or watch football...
24 April 2021
From: Features
![Red Flag! Insolvency firm warns of growing distress in property sector](/img/default/eat.png)
An insolvency specialist is warning that the real estate sector of the UK is seeing more firms in financial distress despite...
23 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![£1m bonus package for Foxtons boss despite huge shareholder rebellion](/img/default/eat.png)
Controversial Foxtons chief executive Nic Budden is to pocket a bonus package of around £1m - despite a huge shareholder rebellion at...
23 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Countrywide investor’s warning shot at underperforming Foxtons](/img/default/eat.png)
The veteran estate agent who led criticism of Countrywide’s former management is turning his glare on Foxtons. The London estate agency has...
20 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![End of Furlough “won’t kill off housing market bull run”](/img/default/eat.png)
A leading analyst has told Knight Frank that the end of furlough this autumn is unlikely to kill off the housing...
20 April 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
![Starting a business? Sage advice proved to be worth acting upon](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s 12 years since we opened our doors with the Fine and Country estate agency in Drayton on April 1 2009. The...
03 April 2021
From: Features
![Market pause or boom over? Surprise house price fall as Easter arrives](/img/default/eat.png)
Annual house price growth remains strong but it has slowed significantly according to the Nationwide. Prices dropped 0.2 per cent on average...
01 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Good news - Building societies report booming market sentiment](/img/default/eat.png)
The Building Societies Association says there’s been a surge in consumer confidence in the housing market following the Budget. Some 37 per...
24 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Is flexibility the future of estate agency?](/img/default/eat.png)
The events of the last 12 months have potentially shaped the future of our sector for years to come. There has been...
20 March 2021
From: Features
![Stamp duty holiday: how to keep your chain intact](/img/default/eat.png)
Following the fluctuation of the property market during the UK’s first national lockdown, the industry was given a lifeline by the...
13 March 2021
From: Features
![Should Foxtons repay its furlough money?](/img/default/eat.png)
Pressure is building on London agency Foxtons to repay its furlough funding. The company issued an upbeat trading statement on Wednesday; while...
12 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Transactions and prices to boom over next five years - forecast](/img/default/eat.png)
Transactions and house price forecasts for the mainstream housing market are being revised upwards by Savills following the Budget. The new predictions follow an...
09 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Market softens ahead of predicted stamp duty holiday resurgence](/img/default/eat.png)
The latest house price index from the Halifax suggests the market has softened ahead of the original scheduled end of the stamp...
08 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty: new cliff edge or cause for delight?](/img/default/eat.png)
Rarely do Budgets produce positive sentiments from the agency industry but Chancellor Rishi Sunak appears to have won widespread support for...
04 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Phil Spencer: Budget rumours - pros and cons for agents](/img/default/eat.png)
With just two days to go, it's fair to say the property industry is eagerly awaiting Chancellor Rishi Sunak's Budget statement...
01 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Video - How can agents thrive in a more tenant-centric market?](/img/default/eat.png)
In a video interview for Letting Agent Today, property professional Chris Buckler speaks to Mike Dawson, Group Head of Sales at...
27 February 2021
From: Features
![Agents’ delight as stamp duty extension helps another 300,000 deals](/img/default/eat.png)
Much of the agency industry has reacted with delight at the extension of the stamp duty holiday deadline until June. Rightmove estimates...
25 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty Debate As It Happened - What MPs Said](/img/default/eat.png)
Labour and Conservative MPs have expressed a unanimous view on their desire to see an extension of the stamp duty holiday...
01 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![What will the lettings industry look like in 2021?](/img/default/eat.png)
As part of our third PayProp Special Report on COVID-19 rental arrears in the UK, we surveyed over 600 agents, tenants...
30 January 2021
From: Features
![Lockdown means viewings and sales will fall, says Phil Spencer](/img/default/eat.png)
Property commentator Phil Spencer says lockdown - which we know will now last for another six weeks at least, and possibly...
28 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Is the property industry at a crossroads?](/img/default/eat.png)
The property market became somewhat fractious during 2020. After receiving a much-needed boost with the promise of stamp duty relief, things...
20 January 2021
From: Features
![Dozens of Tory MPs demand stamp duty extension from Sunak](/img/default/eat.png)
The Northern Research Group, which has the backing of over 50 Conservative MPs in the north of England, wants the Chancellor...
18 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Pipeline surge not enough to stop Your Move/Reeds Rains revenue drop](/img/default/eat.png)
Revenues for LSL Property Services - owner of Your Move and Reeds Rains - dropped last year by 15 per cent. Although...
18 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: exclusive Q&A with Tim Balcon, Propertymark’s new CEO](/img/default/eat.png)
Propertymark, the overarching body aiming to bring five different associations (ARLA, NAEA, NAVA, ICBA and APIP) into a single brand, was...
16 January 2021
From: Features
![Coronavirus fall-out is main deterrent to potential buyers and sellers](/img/default/eat.png)
Even the prospect of a stamp duty holiday is not enough to persuade many buyers and sellers to enter the market...
14 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property viewings should stop, Labour tells government](/img/default/eat.png)
Sir Kier Starmer has told the government it should look again at whether estate agents’ viewings of properties for sale and...
11 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Banks may not be able to cope with mortgage demand, warns agency](/img/default/eat.png)
New figures from the Bank of England show that mortgage approvals rose 7.0 per cent in November to reach 105,000 -...
06 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Chancellor announces help for businesses until spring](/img/default/eat.png)
The Chancellor has announced new measures to help businesses in the light of the lockdown announced in the past 24 hours. The...
05 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agency launches new business models to attract agents hit by Covid](/img/default/eat.png)
An estate agency group has launched new franchise business models to help those in the industry impacted by Covid-19. Century 21 UK...
04 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![The year of Covid ends on a house price high](/img/default/eat.png)
House prices surged in December to post their fastest growth in six years, according to the Nationwide. Prices rose 7.3 per cent...
31 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Fall throughs hit 50% but Covid buyer panic now subsiding](/img/default/eat.png)
The proportion of sales that fell through at the worst point of this year was 52 per cent it’s been claimed. However...
22 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Furlough Fraud: MPs want agencies and other claimants named](/img/default/eat.png)
MPs want the government to publish the names of estate agencies and other companies claiming furlough funding. The all-party Public Accounts Committee of...
21 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter - backbone of our industry – the London way](/img/default/eat.png)
Many independents will be based in the capital, but given its size and breadth they may get drowned out even more...
19 December 2020
From: Features
![Budget date is in time for U-turn on stamp duty holiday extension...](/img/default/eat.png)
The next Budget will be held on March 3 next year - in time for Chancellor Rishi Sunak to change his...
18 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Transaction hold-ups: a different view on why sales are delayed](/img/default/eat.png)
A leading conveyancing sector spokesmen says some mortgage lenders are making the current delays in the house buying process worse. Rob Hailstone,...
04 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Are you prepared for a seasonal upswing in missed rental payments?](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s that time of year again. Black Friday has been and gone and the run-up to Christmas is well and truly...
02 December 2020
From: Features
![NAEA chief delays retirement to help restructure Propertymark](/img/default/eat.png)
Mark Hayward, who was scheduled to retire at the end of this month, is to stay on at NAEA Propertymark as...
02 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Brexit and Coronavirus? Housing market sentiment strong despite crises](/img/default/eat.png)
Public sentiment over the housing market remains stable despite the Coronavirus crisis and the possibility of a No Deal Brexit. That’s the conclusion...
01 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property tax rises and falling house prices coming in 2021](/img/default/eat.png)
Property tax rises and falling house prices look as if they are on the way according to the small print accompanying...
26 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Stamp duty holidays don’t help market, claims tax expert](/img/default/eat.png)
Stamp duty breaks have historically done little to help the housing market - and it’s the same now. So says David Hannah,...
26 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Multiple tough lockdowns have not deterred this housing market](/img/default/eat.png)
Average house prices in Wales have risen three per cent in the past year, despite multiple difficult lockdowns considered more severe...
26 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Sunak pledges new homes but does not hike property tax - yet](/img/default/eat.png)
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has resisted changing any property taxes in the short term, but has used his Spending Review statement to...
25 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agency launches huge recruitment drive with jibe at Countrywide](/img/default/eat.png)
Connells Group has announced a major recruitment drive as it looks to create 250 new agents' positions - and it’s launched...
24 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Buyer Information Packs give agents an edge over fall-throughs - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
Estate agents can stand out from the crowd and help consumers through lockdown by providing a more secure sales process, a...
17 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Joe Biden’s housing market - well, it’s just like over here…](/img/default/eat.png)
With a new President elected and the old one reluctant to move out, this is a good time to see how...
14 November 2020
From: Features
![Is the market turning? Momentum slowing down, report surveyors](/img/default/eat.png)
The first monthly market monitor to show activity in the housing market tailing off has appeared - and it says momentum...
11 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Foxtons’ management bonuses stay after ‘voting problem’ revealed](/img/default/eat.png)
Foxtons has announced that its remuneration policy for senior management is to stay unchanged - and it says a voting problem...
09 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Four revenue generation tips for letting agents](/img/default/eat.png)
What are the best ways for a letting agency to generate additional revenue and stay ahead of the competition? Management fees are...
07 November 2020
From: Features
![Will extended furlough help struggling agents and suppliers?](/img/default/eat.png)
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has extended the furlough scheme until the end of March. It will continue under the current rules, with the...