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Concerned homeowners and gardeners are frequently mistaking common garden plants such as bindweed, dogwood and lilac for highly invasive Japanese knotweed,...

The emergence of the Digital property market represents the most profound shift for the industry itself since the advent of the...

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

Kerb appeal is often cited as an important factor if agents and sellers want to impress buyers and now research suggests...

When almost all agents and developers use the tried and tested formula of floorplan, professional photography  and a well-crafted description, what can be...

Homebuyers viewing properties during the winter months should be extra watchful for signs of invasive Japanese knotweed, which dies back in...

Prime London Residential, which describes itself as London’s largest single branch agency, has acquired 21 Grosvenor Gardens from Grosvenor, securing the...

Whether at home or abroad, here are some top tips to prevent homeowners from breaking common garden laws and rules this...

Agency brands including Hamptons and Savills as well as property developer London Square have sponsored gardens at this week’s Chelsea Flower...

Buyers are paying a 39% premium for homes with larger gardens, Savills claims. The agency brand analysed the relationship between garden size...

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

As the first signs of spring begin to appear, we look at how letting agents and landlords can start the season...

As the first signs of spring begin to appear, we look at how letting agents and landlords can start the season...

A regional estate agent has outlined how the rise and fall of Purplebricks has actually been a good thing for high...

An estate agency has gone back to school to design new for sale boards. Three Sixty Living, the sales and lettings agency...

The boundaries of prime central London are expanding, new research claims. The PCL market is generally described as the exclusive districts of...

Forget large driveways and gardens, it turns out agents need to advise their sellers to add air conditioning units to their...

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

As Britain’s housing boom continues,  SDL Property Auctions has warned of ten ways new homeowners could be fined up to £5,000...

Upmarket agent Beauchamp Estates has hailed the return of wealthy buyers to London after selling the home of two former Lebanon...

Energy efficiency, gardens and garages as well as speedy sales are top of buyer’s wishlists, Zoopla claims. The portal has published the...

Agents were busy marking the Platinum Jubilee over the past week but there was still time for fundraising exploits including tree-planting...

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

A new ‘local and independent’ boutique estate agency has been founded in the heart of Wimbledon Village, with a vision of...

Normally estate agents are rightly proud of their professional abilities to provide expertise to vendors when it comes to selling -...

The number one portal is making a big marketing and research push to get reluctant owners to put up the For...

The estate agent known to his thousands of followers on Twitter as Mayfair Guru is predicting a ‘Roaring 2020s’ for the...

With the drastic changes enacted on the industry over the past two years thanks to the pandemic and political events such...

The Connells-owned high end agency Hamptons is to sponsor what it calls a “garden sanctuary” at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show...

Prime Central London’s attraction to multi-millionaire and billionaire buyers appears to have soared during the pandemic. High end agency Beauchamp Estates says...

Halifax has revealed the UK’s most expensive streets in 2021 - and it’s no surprise that the very dearest examples are...

One of the country’s leading buying agents has set out what’s hot and what’s not in London’s housing market as it...

Prices in prime central London have risen for the past two quarters, prompting a tentative claim that the market may be...

A new Rich List of the most expensive streets has been revealed by Zoopla.  Kensington Palace Gardens in London holds the title...

As we move into the autumn of 2021, what the coming year has in store for estate agents is something we...

Drone technology has come on a long way in recent years, with different use cases across various industries. New developments in...

Average house prices increased by 13.2 per cent over the year to June - the highest annual growth rate since November...

Some 18 months on, we’re only just beginning to understand the impact of Covid-19 and how it’ll shape the future economy...

London’s super prime residential market has recorded its strongest half year in volume and value terms since the rush to beat...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Thom Hudson, photographer at Meyers Estate Agents What is Meyers...

London’s housing market may be distinctly lacklustre compared to much of the rest of the UK right now but one development...

A prime London estate agency is going global - not only with a new office in the UK capital but with...

Research by an estate agency comparison service has revealed which type of road address produces the highest average price.  GetAgent has analysed...

The sizes and numbers of gardens in London are reducing because stamp duty is encouraging more extensions as an alternative to moving. That’s...

Annual house price growth remains strong but it has slowed significantly according to the Nationwide. Prices dropped 0.2 per cent on average...

Boomin co-founder Kenny Bruce says the UK economy should now be opening up thanks to the success of the Coronavirus vaccines. In...

Rightmove says the excess of demand over supply right now is bigger than at any time over the past decade -...

As part of our third PayProp Special Report on COVID-19 rental arrears in the UK, we surveyed over 600 agents, tenants...

As we now find ourselves in the UK’s third national lockdown in 10 months, what tenants want, and need from their...

Two mysterious online agencies have had their advertisements for the same property banned by the Advertising Standards Authority. The agencies - Manchestersalerent and...

The pandemic has reignited the flagging country house market and boosted demand for larger homes with gardens, claims Savills. Larger country houses...

Buyer feedback is a key resource for agents who want to keep on top of market changes and so handle vendors’...

Firstly, let’s get the obvious out of the way. Lockdown 2, as it’s being known, is now with us, but fortunately...

Clear communication and common-sense actions by landlords, letting agents and students at the start of a tenancy can drastically improve the...

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

Shorter days and darker nights deflate the spirits, especially in today’s challenging circumstances, but there’s some bright news - a large...

For a number of years now, predictions have been made that one of the major tech giants will eventually enter the...

A leading agent says the government’s new Coronavirus clampdown from Monday will push more home owners to sell. Caspar Harvard-Wills, a partner at...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Stewart McRae, Sales Director at CoreLogic UK What is ‘company name’...

The share of owners putting their homes on the market within five years of buying is rising again according to an...

Rightmove says a study of some 400,000 homes on its portal has revealed that those with a coveted south-facing garden have...

Zoopla says while there may be speculation about people fleeing London and big urban areas for the countryside, the evidence suggests...

The property market is used to change, and I’m confident it will bounce back from any lockdown effects. Despite being acutely aware...

How prime London has changed. In 2002 work began on The Knightsbridge. Located within a stone’s throw of Harrods and a near-neighbour...

There has been much speculation about when agents will be allowed back to work, and what the new office working environment...

Housing minister Chris Pincher is drawing up guidelines which could allow agents to return to something like normal working in the near...

Based on our historical data over twenty years of nationwide operation and a survey conducted in partnership with YouGov, we estimate...

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

A new portal has been launched aiming to take on Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket in the retirement property sector - and...

As we know, the world’s moving very fast and how we communicate now is drastically different to even 10 years ago....

This is stating the obvious to estate agents but the government has revealed that homes near parks, gardens, playing fields and...

The Nationwide building society is to go into house building. It has received planning permission to build 239 new homes for sale...

Friday is Agents Do Charity day and as the country enjoys the delights of Wimbledon and rues the Lionesses' departure from...

A homeowner in London has won a legal case against a chartered surveyor who failed to identify Japanese knotweed during a...

Consultation closes today on a Law Commission proposal to radically reshape leasehold and the Right To Manage. Right To Manage was introduced...

Research  by HouseSimple suggests that over 31 per cent of homes currently on sale in major UK towns and cities have...

Welcome to another ADC, the weekly round-up each Friday of agents’ great fund-raising work.  This week we show the diversity of charitable...

A statement this morning from the government says that property details must use Imperial Measurements after Britain leaves the EU. The Imperial...

The latest Rightmove price index suggests that homes are at their most affordable level for some years thanks to wage growth...

You know the shiver you get when the portal reps call you out of the blue? That cold sweat in the...

Zoopla has once again released its list of the costliest streets in the UK - but for the second year running...

The perils of property competitions and raffles have once again been demonstrated, this time with the Advertising Standards Authority upholding three...

We’ve all heard the comments - the countryside is being covered in concrete, new houses are springing up everywhere, our green...

As our minds turn to autumn, here’s a reminder that Estate Agent Today is on hand to help with your agency’s...

There’s been another call for the government to reform stamp duty - and this time the request is that the duty...

In recent weeks, you could have been forgiven for thinking that you’re not actually in the UK.  Flash floods aside, the...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity - and just because it’s half term, don’t think the industry has...

Thanks very much to everyone getting in touch to publicise their efforts for good causes: we’re always delighted to help. Just let...

With several agent partner programmes available across the country, estate agents can often increase business by offering sales by auction, with...

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

As Dataloft’s home town and having been declared the best place to live, we needed no further excuse to have a...

The Liberal Democrats have set a building target of 300,000 new homes a year, have pledged to scrap housing association Right...

The property market in northern England, supported in part by the Northern Powerhouse concept, has attracted a lot of media attention,...

Over 168,000 new homes were completed in the year to March 2016, according to data released by the government, over 15,500...

Fraser & Co is opening a new office in the City of London, despite gloomy reports from other agencies about the...

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

Sheffield in South Yorkshire, which was once one of the leading industrial cities in Britain and is still recognised for its...

Prime London agency Lurot Brand claims to have set a record sale price for a traditional London mews street in the...

The service charges for new-build flats coming on to the market this year are on average 96 per cent higher than...

Insurance firm Direct Line claims that there is effectively no premium in a home having a south-facing garden.  It claims analysis of...