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Adoption of virtual tours among estate agents remain low but new data suggests they could boost sales. Industry analysis shows just 4%...

A French billionaire who made his money from estate agency is promising to transform the UK property industry with his unique...

Pacitti Jones, the Glasgow-based estate agent and legal firm, has acquired RGM Solicitors. RGM currently operates in Linlithgow and Grangemouth, and all its staff...

Lomond Group, which says it is the UK’s fastest-growing estate agency network, has appointed Ed Phillips as its new Group Chief...

Properties selling without a chain not only sell more quickly, as one might expect, but also appear to attract a substantial...

Kirstie Allsopp says the Sunday Times has amended its report of an interview in which she says first time buyers may...

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

One of Scotland’s leading legal and estate agency, Pacitti Jones, is continuing to expand. This week it has snapped up Tip Top...

The Lomond Group, reported over the weekend to be in talks to buy high-end London agency Chestertons, has this morning announced it’s...

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

In this article, the team at The Lettings Hub - which aims to offer tech-driven solutions for the rental market - outline...

An online intelligence platform has started ranking agencies in terms of their SEO and Google searches. The platform - Industry Alerts, which...

As we motor towards the next major global climate change conference – the UN’s COP26 being held in Glasgow from 31...

The latest easyProperty franchise has landed in Luton, the spiritual home of the easy brand as it’s the place where budget...

The UK’s largest review website for the property industry has announced that its first ever in-person awards event will be held...

The Karma Club: An industry partner has celebrated its second birthday by reaching a landmark of more than £15,000 donated to...

Keller Williams - which says it’s the UK’s leading business-owner or ‘self-employed’ firm with twice the agents of any direct rival -...

The son of an Oscar winner has been named as the latest estate agent working under the easyProperty banner. Damian Wanstall is...

For a match between two great rivals, the England-Scotland 0-0 draw on Friday may have brought both nations together. After all it’s...

A home within 500 metres of a tube or railway station in London will carry a massive premium compared to a...

Foxtons shareholders will today give their verdict on the company’s plans to ‘go national’, revealed at the start of the weekend. On...

New figures from Zoopla today emphasise just how frenzied the housing market remains. Here are the figures: - so far in the first...

While lengthy lockdowns have caused many to re-evaluate their homes, the apartment lifestyle remains an ambition for many. That’s the view of...

Legal firm Anderson Strathern has announced a merger with Lerwick-based Neil Risk Solicitor and Estate Agent. The Shetland firm's practice areas focus on residential...

Covid-19 has caused the number of new homes registered by UK house builders to fall 23 per cent in 2020. The NHBC...

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

The design quality of new homes and neighbourhoods across the UK remains stubbornly low, according to a new report by academics.  The...

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

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your opportunity to catch up on who’s moving where in the agency and supplier...

A former healthcare executive is the latest convert to become an online agent with easyProperty, the company has announced. Richard Ayres has...

Online agency easyProperty has announced four new areas to its portfolio to build on its existing 41 locations - and it’s seeking...

Two companies that persuaded property investors to pay as much as £25,000 for a parking space have been wound up in...

Zoopla predicts that the price strength that has been seen since the reopening of the housing market is likely to continue...

US-originated estate agency Keller Williams claims to be the fastest growing in the UK as a result of 29 agents joining...

A study by Rightmove suggests that 94 per cent of buyers and sellers currently in the market are determined to go...

Keller Williams has announced another new market centre, and this time its operating principal is a former Purplebricks territory owner.  JP Downes...

Hello and another Monday means PJT Day, your regular update on movers in the industry - and it’s March already. If there...

A new market centre operating as a hub for freelance agents has opened in Glasgow. Called KW Evolve it is a Keller...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT - your regular Monday fix of who’s moving where in our industry. As ever, a...

After a challenging period for the UK property market, recovery is very much on the cards and the end to uncertainty...

Zoopla’s Hometrack data research arm says the start of 2020 has seen buyer demand up 26 per cent compared to the...

'It's a recipe, not a menu' is a mantra championed by a host of Keller Williams' millionaire estate agents. But what are...

Bristol is the location outside London most searched for on Rightmove this year, by both buyers and renters. The average asking price...

Major UK cities have seen average house price rises of 54 per cent in the past decade - an increase of...

The average age of a first-time buyer in the UK is 27, according to research from Nested.com. The online estate agency says...

Three former online estate agency founders - including the controversial Russell Quirk - are going into mainstream full fee agency. They are...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your weekly opportunity to catch up on key moves within the industry. Everyone mentioned here...

A recently-launched free-to-list portal says it’s uniquely positioned to attract overseas buyers and investors interested in purchasing in major UK cities. Residential...

The gap between average asking prices and average selling prices has increased in recent months according to Zoopla. Its latest study of...

Reforms to the house buying process in England and Wales to bring it more into line with Scotland could slash the...

Fresh analysis by Zoopla has revealed Britain's fastest moving property markets with the lowest number of average days for a seller...

An estate agency has contacted the police after 26 of its boards disappeared since September 2018.  Manor Estate Agents, an all-female agency...

House prices in 20 UK cities analysed by Zoopla show an average 1.7 per cent increase over the 12 months to...

The US estate agency Keller Williams says it is on course to have 10 hubs, called market centres, across the UK...

OnTheMarket will be “blanketing the commercial radio landscape” as well as engaging in sports and agency industry sponsorship programmes over the...

There may be a cloud over the economy right now but growth of 2.7 per cent in house prices last year...

It’s time to think about planning the 2019 events calendar. This year, there are more PropTech conferences scheduled than ever before,...

Estate Agent Today can reveal that US-owned franchise agency Keller Williams has ‘soft-opened’ two new market centres in the south of...

Rightmove has revealed which day was its busiest in 2018 in terms of page views. It says February 19 was the date,...

Ilchester Place in London’s Holland Park may be the most expensive residential street in Britain - but it’s cheaper than a year...

Another year is nearly done – and what an eventful year it’s been. We’ve had more than our fair share of breaking...

Keller Williams, the US agency which allows agents to work from hub-like ‘market centres’, says it now has 130 freelance agents in this...

The first signs of a seasonal slowdown are appearing according to some agents in touch with EAT, but there are still...

It is a sobering thought that 40 years have slipped by since I first ran a tape measure across the inside...

Traditional estate agent fees average just 1.1 per cent across the UK according to research from an agency comparison website -...

Hello and welcome to a new working week, which means your chance to catch up on the key moves in our...

Increasingly cash-strapped traditional estate agencies should consider abandoning their High Street offices and work from serviced offices or similar lower-profile and...

The income first-time buyers need to purchase a home in the UK’s largest cities has shot up by 18 per cent...

The eight strong residential estate agency team of a prominent Scottish law firm is being off-loaded to a rival, according to...

A housing academic claims that while popular belief has it that homes are getting smaller, the typical living space in England...

House prices in a quarter of the UK’s largest cities are struggling to recover to the level they were at during...

The UK division of Keller Williams, the world's largest estate agency, says it can help entrepreneurial agents to set up their...

Estate Agent Today can reveal that Keller Williams, the US-led firm that has 170,000 agents worldwide, is to open its fourth...

The young entrepreneur behind Doorsteps, the estate agency that deliberately avoids the huge marketing razzamatazz of other online companies, says his...

A study of house price affordability has revealed that train drivers can afford a greater proportion of homes in the UK's...

Traditional solicitor estate agents north of the border have a higher success rate than any other estate agency model. The claim comes, perhaps...

Homes for sale in some parts of inner London are seeing price discounts of up to 10 per cent says Hometrack...

What a year it’s been! Back in 2016 we had Brexit, a new prime minister, Donald Trump’s election, and so when...

The property consultancy Hometrack says London is facing “a drawn-out period during which there will be a slow re-alignment of house...

Keller Williams UK is launching its third office in the UK. It’s in Glasgow and the new market centre - the term...

allAgents has today reinstated Purplebricks’ reviews on its site - this includes the majority of the negative reviews which have been...

Data from Hometrack shows that the gap between average earnings and house prices has reached an all-time high in London.  The price...

The average UK property takes 96 days to sell, according to a new report. The survey, by Post Office Money and the...

Estate Agent Today has been told that the website AllAgents has been holding peace talks with Purplebricks over its dispute about...

London house prices are stuck in neutral according to the latest figures from property consultancy Hometrack, which says values in the...

The housing market may appear sluggish at best in many areas but data from Rightmove suggests it’s now quicker to sell...

The latest figures from business consultancy Hometrack shows that house price inflation in the UK’s major cities is likely to reach...

House price inflation in London continues to slow and has now reached 4.9 per cent year-on-year according to Hometrack. London is now among...

A substantial new research body is to be launched this summer with a remit of looking at six overlapping aspects of...

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

Hometrack data suggests that annual house price inflation in London has fallen to 6.4 per cent, the lowest level since June...

Housing data consultancy Hometrack says the disparity between average earnings and house prices is reaching record levels in certain parts of...

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

Annual house price growth in 20 UK cities dipped to 8.2% last month, according to the latest figures from Hometrack. The research...

London’s rising supply of homes on sale and relatively low level of transactions are “pointing to slower house price growth in...

There has been a significant acceleration in house prices in Britain’s big cities with lower-priced locations such as Portsmouth, Nottingham and...

Alex Bailes, until recently last autumn was spearheading the Countrywide’s activities in the digital world, has now reappeared as Connells Group...

Alex Bailes, until recently spearheading the Countrywide’s activities in the digital world, has now reappeared as Connells Group Head of Digital. Alongside...

Rettie & Co. is opening a branch at Jesmond in Newcastle, hot on the heels of the firm’s recent new office...

The ESTAS organisation has announced its latest Estate Agent Of The Month award - and the victor for November is a...

Hometrack says its index of house price growth in major cities is already 9.4 per cent per annum and looks set...

The consumer is King and to protect sellers and buyers' best interests estate and letting agents have to operate in the...

UK house prices increased by 4.3% in the three months to July 2015, the highest quarterly growth for eleven years, according...

Online estate agent HouseSimple claims that in July the number of vendors listing homes on Rightmove plummetted by 13.2 per cent...

Twelve of the UK’s largest regional cities are now seeing higher price rises than central London as the capital’s performance continues...