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Almost three quarters of property professionals agree that estate agent pay is too low. A poll conducted by Estate Agent Today found 73%...

Property industry veteran Mal McCallion is among two new high-profile recruits for GetAgent. McCallion, who helped launch Primelocation in 2000 and was...

Agents helped vendors sell homes at 97.9% of asking price on average last year, research claims. Analysis of portal and Land Registry...

Estate agency recruiter Josh Rayner has said job demand is at the highest level he can remember. Rayner, who runs property jobs...

Typical stamp duty paid by property purchasers now is actually 84 per cent more than before the pandemic and the SDLT...

The international reviews service Trustpilot has batted away criticism from a property website that it ignores breaches of its guidelines. Last week,...

The war of words between various property review platforms continues apace. The latest accusation concern comparison website GetAgent, and specifically reviews of...

The time it takes to complete a transaction is beginning to drop according to an analysis by comparison website GetAgent. The average...

There’s been a huge rise in the amount of money contributed to the housing market by first time buyers. They paid over...

The average home sale in England and Wales in 2021 achieved 98 per cent of the asking price - slightly improved...

New research suggests that the estate agency industry has bucked the nationwide trend of business liquidation that he plagued other sectors...

Buyers typically pay 10.8 per cent extra for chain-free properties than for similar homes with chains, according to new research. Website GetAgent...

A comparison website dealing with estate agency charges says commission varies hugely across 20 major cities of the UK.  GetAgent looked at...

The challenge of selling a property that has been garishly decorated over the Christmas period is one many agents will be familiar...

Sir David Amess, murdered at a constituency surgery last month, may have an unexpected housing market legacy for his constituents. To commemorate...

Estate agents who differentiate themselves from competitors should not be afraid of charging more - and should have confidence when doing...

First-time buyers are £25,000 worse off thanks to the stamp duty holiday, according to estate agent comparison site GetAgent. The website revealed...

An estate agency comparison website has conducted research into how much it costs to simply keep an average home in a...

Estate agency comparison website GetAgent has calculated the typical fees charged to vendors in different parts of the country. It says agents...

New research has thrown light on how much buyers must pay on average to trade up to a property with one...

Over 500,000 homebuyers in England are set to benefit from the stamp duty holiday to the tune of £3.4 billion, according...

New research shows that UK estate agents are amongst the best value in the world. Using data from the Global Property Guide...

The apparent plight of first time buyers hits the headlines frequently but new research shows that second steppers face a wide...

A controversial league table of corporate agents’ market share is deliberately excluding Purplebricks and other online agencies.  This is despite Purplebricks this...

A league table of the most important issues facing vendors places the scale of estate agents’ charges at the bottom - and this...

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

The stamp duty holiday frenzy has reduced the gap between asking and sale prices according to new research. Before the start of...

It now takes 43 days longer to sell a home than it did a year ago. Comparison site GetAgent, which makes the...

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

It now takes an average 12 days longer to complete a sale in Britain compared to a year ago - but...

Transactions appear to be edging higher than in 2019 for the first time this year - despite lockdowns and concerns caused...

New research attempts for the first time to identify the most lucrative property markets in the country - with surprising results...

Vendors spend an average £41 a day for 144 days when selling their home - but some spend a remarkable £140 a...

The proportion of the asking price achieved on average in the past year is 95.8 per cent according to a new survey. Comparison...

Purplebricks is starting a new wave of TV advertisements today, continuing its theme from earlier this year as a sponsor of...

Agents’ declining income - the result of the lockdown and the collapse in transaction volumes - has been revealed for the...

The man who has been Rightmove’s head of innovation for the past five years has joined an online agency. Hannes Buhrmann has...

The market share for all online agents fell sharply in the period up to the start of the pandemic according to new...

One of the first analyses of portal listings since the start of the Coronavirus crisis shows that new listings have plummeted...

Due to the current Coronavirus pandemic, we are all being told to stay at home as much as possible to contain...

Sellers in the past 12 months accepted an average of 96 per cent of their asking price according to new research. Comparison...

A PropTech website has broken down the sales recorded by HM Land Registry in 2019 into property types - and apartments...

An estate agent who has himself made the move from the High Street to a hybrid operation has urged anyone in...

A new study suggests cash buyers secure lower sale prices than mortgaged purchasers - but is that really the case? The survey by...

The average time it took a home to sell last year - measured from its first day listed on a portal...

A website has slammed the idea that there is a surge of interest in buying homes on Boxing Day, describing the...

Two very different views on Brexit have come forward in the past 24 hours from different players in the industry. First off,...

A new league table of High Street agents’ charges published over the weekend reveals the locations where agents charge an average...

Data from an agency comparison website reveals that in the current market it takes well over a year for a home...

New research shows that three bedroom homes are the quickest selling property type this autumn. After a series of sluggish house price...

Some homes in the UK are now worth 44 per cent less than they were a decade ago, claims the estate...

Sellers across England and Wales achieve an average 95.94 per cent of their asking price according to research from estate agency...

Some estate agents are charging as much as 2.9 per cent commission according to a survey by comparison website GetAgent. While the...

Improved communication and increased transparency throughout the buying process can manage vendors’ expectations, improve satisfaction scores and create long-term clients. That’s the...

The head of a website that contrasts the performances of rival estate agents is urging buyers to ‘drill down’ and find...

A survey suggests there’s no firm correlation between a traditional agency’s opening hours and its performance in selling property - and...

A recent survey conducted by comparison website GetAgent found that traditional high street agents have been given a firm thumbs up...

Traditional High Street estate agents have been given the thumbs up by sellers in a new survey of over 5,000 vendors...

UK estate agents charge the lowest commission out of any nation in the European Union, according to a recent study by...

UK estate agents charge the lowest commission in the European Union according to new research from a comparison website. Despite high levels...

GetAgent, the comparison estate agency business, has secured £2.2m in investment from a consortium of investors including Channel 4. The backers are...

An estate agent says he’s “bruised” by recent mysterious negative online reviews he has received - shortly after he posted positive...

GetAgent, an estate agent comparison website, has won investment from a growth fund that also provides a 10 month advertising campaign on...

Purplebricks has launched something of a charm offensive to lift the lid on the experience and work of its Local Property...

Purplebricks has issued a strong defence of its Local Property Experts after an agency comparison website’s analysis was critical of the...

An analysis conducted by estate agency comparison website GetAgent has for the first time attempted to calculate how ‘local’ agencies' local property...

TV property expert and online agency owner Sarah Beeny says there will always be some sellers who prefer to use traditional...

The comparison service Get Agent has released the full details of its analysis of the performance of four different online estate...

Purplebricks' share price moved up over two per cent yesterday on the strength of its latest trading statement - but its...

The week before Christmas last year was the busiest week for housing completions at any time in 2012, 2013 and 2014...

A so-called ‘brand incubator’ has invested in online estate agency Settled. Settled launched in January 2015 but has had negligible impact even...

Connells Group says it is still on the prowl for traditional estate agencies to acquire after its announcement that it has...