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  You’ll see a lot of 10th anniversary stories in the property industry and consumer media in the coming days: early August...

The popularity of property auctions in the UK has increased enormously in recent years, supported by popular TV shows such as...

A ‘disrupter’ estate agent says the English housing market operates in a way that is far less efficient than Scotland’s -...

The guys at Which? are at it again, all over estate agents like a rash for “over valuing” properties so they...

Perhaps unsurprisingly, a new survey suggests the proportion of London buyers who have lost out on a purchase because of gazumping...

No longer just a domain for investors, developers and property traders, the auction room is now the preferred option of buying...

With an anticipated “Call for Evidence” from the Dept of Business Innovation & Skills looking into the home-buying experience ETSOS is...

Nearly three quarters of people who have sold or bought a property deem it more stressful than having a child or...

In this business you get used to dealing with regular customer and third-party feedback, input, and (occasionally) complaints.  Much like the agency market...

The government is staying tight-lipped about it for the moment but there may be a major shake-up in house buying on...

We’re all familiar with 'gazumping' – most us have been 'gazumped' or indeed been the perpetrators of this practice, for it...

The number of buyers being gazumped has fallen by 40% since October 2014, according to online estate agent eMoov. The agency surveyed...

In my recent article, ‘Is Gazeal for Real?’ I reported on the imminent launch of this new product that claimed it...