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The cost and time consuming nature of the house moving process is deterring older owners from downsizing, it’s been alleged. An upfront...

Leaders Romans Group (LRG) has appointed its first chief technology officer. Sophia Swain has been recruited to the board-level role. She comes from...

Borrowers are currently rolling off relatively favourable two-year fixed-rate deals agreed at the start of 2022, but the pain from higher...

The rate of inflation remained at 4% in the 12 months to January, but housing costs remain high, Office for National...

Nottinghamshire estate agency Gascoines is marking 70 years of serving the property market in Southwell and surrounding areas. Founded by Doug Gascoine...

The Conveyancing Association (CA) - the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry – has announced an update to its Estate...

Gascoigne Halman founder John Halman is marking 50 years in estate agency. Halman entered estate agency in 1973 and, demonstrating a natural...

In assessing the outlook for property auctions in 2024, it's crucial to look beyond interest rates. The real driving force behind...

Heat pumps are become more prevalent across the UK to power our homes’ heating requirements and they are only likely to...

Why professional indemnity claims are on the rise In today's volatile economic landscape, the uncertainty faced by landlords and tenants has reached...

By Alan Siggins, indoor ventilation expert and Managing Director of Airflow. Whilst the UK’s focus on Net Zero and green efforts may...

Utility management platform Muuvo has announced a new partnership and technical integration with online agency Yopa. A dashboard has been created exclusively...

Self-employed agency brand Harding Green has appointed recent FTSE 100 director Ian Gascoigne to its board. The former managing director of St...

After years - indeed a decade - of anti-rental sector policy and rhetoric it’s difficult not to see recent days as...

Estate agency has changed. No longer is it required to sit in a high street office working the old way. Provide a...

Agents from across the eXp global network are being offered Jiu-Jitsu training sessions. This is not an attempt to help agents fight...

The term mixed-tenure development usually refers to residential developments where different residential tenures are provided on the same site. Typically, tenure was...

There is much debate about energy efficiency right now and about expected changes to minimum EPCs for private rental properties and...

In recent years, the UK private rented sector has witnessed a significant increase in government regulation aimed at raising standards for...

Success with your chosen CRM solution should not be a one-and-done package. Once you team up with a stellar CRM provider,...

CRMs can be superheroes for your business, but not all of them possess the necessary powers to save the day. As...

There’s a warning today that confusion over plans to transition rural properties to greener heating systems may be deterring buyers. Trade association...

By adopting a top-notch Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution, you're not only opening doors to acquiring new customers and nurturing existing...

Connells group chief executive David Livesey has announced his intention to retire during 2024. Highly respected throughout the industry, Livesey joined Connells...

At present, the space heating of homes accounts for roughly 14% of the UK’s annual emissions. If we are to meet...

Leaders has launched its latest sustainable branch. Following the opening of its first sustainable branch in Aylesbury earlier this year, Leaders has...

In his latest column, property commentator Jonathan Rolande, provides his take on the biggest stories from the past seven days.  For a long...

All landlords need to have an Energy Performance Certificate (EPG), with few exemptions. As a property writer, landlord and Domestic Energy...

Gascoigne Halman branch manager Andrew Hayes is celebrating reaching 40 years in estate agency. Hayes discovered estate agency thanks to his father...

Landlords are now quite accustomed to the challenges of operating in a market where they are often perceived as the antagonist...

Leaders’ Lettings Agents has launched its new sustainable office in Aylesbury as part of plans to make the whole brand carbon...

In November, research conducted by The Housing Forum's Futures Network unearthed concern with the potential to meet the requirements set out...

Analysis by professional cash buyer and portfolio landlord, Landlord Buyer (part of Open Property Group), has revealed what costs make up...

Black mould associated with condensation is becoming an increasing problem for homes in the UK and following the tragic death of...

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

Lies, damned lies, and statistics this week. I don’t know about you, but sometimes I feel as though I’m being bombarded...

The rising price of fuel and the wider cost of living crisis are causing significant concern and stress for UK homeowners...

Crest Nicholson has become the first UK housebuilder to have its science-based net-zero aim checked and validated by the Science Based...

It seems as if optimism is out of fashion right now: just look at the headlines to see what I mean....

Reducing gas and electricity bills is trumping environmental and regulatory concerns for buyers seeking more energy efficient homes, research suggests. Knight Frank’s...

Estate agency brand Beresfords is offering to pay one Essex-based resident’s utility bills for one year. The family-owned independent brand has launched...

Agents have expressed disappointment at the lack of support for homeowners and landlords to make their homes more energy efficient. It comes...

Portico Estate Agents is set to unveil a new sustainable office at its Fulham branch in London next week. It forms part...

Rich Americans will dominate ultra-premium property purchases in 2023, Beauchamp Estates claims. The luxury agent suggests that the strength of the dollar...

The festive season may be a time to slowdown and reflect on the past year but estate agents are planning to...

HSBC has announced a new round of branch closures but an estate agent suggests there may be a positive side for...

We spent some time with Lucy Noonan, Founder and CEO of Atomic Consultancy, to pick her brains about the many moving...

Determined first-time buyers are cutting back on going out and energy usage to still be able to save up for a...

Connells Group chairman Stephen Shipperley is set to retire at the end of 2022. It comes as he marked his 45th anniversary...

National housebuilder Bellway has installed the country’s first roof-mounted air source heat pump onto an experimental eco-house as part of a...

The Government yesterday unveiled its long-awaited package of energy bill support for businesses. It will help firms including high street estate agents...

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...

Home hunters are increasingly searching for eco-friendly homes amid concerns about rising energy bills, figures suggest. New data from Legal & General...

From housebuilding to planning laws and stamp duty reform, agents and property professionals were ready with plenty of suggestions for Liz...

The leading trade body for the conveyancing industry has launched a new ‘Find an Expert’ service via its website. This will help...

A key minister in the Scottish Government has warned that the country faces a ‘monumental but essential task’ if it is to...

New data from Moneypenny has revealed that eco features are falling off the wish-list of potential house buyers as a result...

A wide range of upcoming legislative changes will affect the private rented sector. From new carbon monoxide alarm regulations to renters...

Unless you have been living under a rock since the end of last year, you won’t need to be told about...

A quick-thinking estate agent has helped save an elderly disabled man from a house fire. Tom Ashby, Property Centre branch partner at...

It’s the fifth anniversary of the Grenfell fire tragedy, but are high rises any safer today than they were then? On 14th...

We are all acutely aware of the surge in demand for rental properties in and around the capital in the months...

MPs have called for carbon emissions to be considered when it comes to house building. A report released this week by the Environmental Audit...

More than half of properties across England and Wales only meet insulation standards of 1976 or older. The startling figures, based on...

The government’s long awaited Energy Security Strategy has failed to spark excitement among estate agents. The government unveiled its plans to create...

Propertymark says only a national retrofitting programme  can make UK homes more energy efficient - and it says a new government...

A rewards and recognition programme has been launched at an agency chain, with claims that it will enhance staff careers and...

The JLL property consultancy is opening a branch handling sales and lettings in an area of London often by-passed by rival...

A so-called Climate Innovation District is to be constructed in central Leeds with low carbon homes at its heart. The developer Citu...

The market boom goes on, for now at least. In February, house prices rose at their fastest since June 2007 according to...

An analyst is warning that the latest buoyant house price figures could be the last hurrah before a significant depression. The Nationwide’s...

Letting agency growth experts are set to take to the virtual stage and use the latest tech to share their insights...

A leading agent and market commentator says he has identified one part of the UK where the current stock shortage is...

The current ratings of the Energy Performance Certificate are under review according to the Department for Business, Energy and Industry Strategy. A...

Here’s the odd thing about interest rates - we all care about them, but they don’t directly affect that many people...

A study suggests that 70 per cent of buyers would be willing to pay more for a property with good indoor...

Our Agents Do Charity column each Friday does a fantastic job of highlighting the amazing charitable work of agents up and...

In this guest piece, the team at Lifesycle discuss a recent experiment they did with AI and estate agents' data and...

In this guest feature, James Dilgul, Head of Marketing at Fixflo, the market-leading repairs and maintenance management software provider, looks at how...

At the risk of mixing my metaphors, any mention of energy has become something of a blue touch paper in the...

An agency that operates across and around Bristol is the latest to declare its commitment to go carbon neutral. The associate director...

It’s been a busy and arguably fruitful year for the property market, with an eager consumer base pushing forwards with their...

Energy Performance Certificates are “misleading” indicators of zero carbon buildings and should no longer be used as official guides to help...

A leading estate agency says the government may have to use stamp duty and council tax as incentives to persuade owners...

New research shows that despite media attention and new government policies, better energy efficiency is not a key issue for the...

The government has given more details of its bid to change the energy efficiency of existing and new homes to meet...

Spicerhaart - which is radically reshaping its structure to encourage hybrid operations and working from home as part of a new...

Implementing measures recommended in an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) could boost the sales price of a property for a vendor, the...

A survey suggests that almost half of first time buyers have at some time pulled out of deals because of environmental...

Trust the process: subscribe your landlords and tenants to Task Plans and receive automated prompts when it’s the right time to...

Around 2.66 million landlords were operational in Great Britain in 2019, according to data estimations previously released by Hamptons International. Of those...

On 28 April 2021, Fixflo ran the first in a series of quarterly legal update webinars with David Smith, Partner at...

A new property board game called Gazumped aims to rival Monopoly but reflect a much more realistic view of how the house...

Normal life still seems far away so there hasn’t been the usual spotlight on a good-news-feeling that comes every year on...

Connells Group has adopted e-Signatures from Yoti for its sales and lettings business across a number of brands. This follows a successful...

The new chief executive of Propertymark, now combining five agency trade bodies including the NAEA and ARLA, has no experience at...

Propertymark, the overarching body aiming to bring five different associations (ARLA, NAEA, NAVA, ICBA and APIP) into a single brand, was...

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...

The Homes Act requires landlords to consider whether their tenants' indoor air is safe. Five key air contaminants are listed in...

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...