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

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

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

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...

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

At a time of great uncertainty, the HomeOwners Alliance (HOA) and the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) have announced a partnership...

Deepak Chandrababu is no stranger to problem-solving. He’s been doing it for 25 years. As Chief Operating Officer of Technology Blueprint Ltd....

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

A property consumer group has had its Twitter account suspended and its bid to be reinstated has failed - and it...

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

Agents have taken a different approach to going on the run for charity this week. Here are some of the latest industry...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I am Tom Cummuskey, I am the Sales & Marketing...

The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...

Until a few years ago, you would have been forgiven for not knowing who or what Coadjute was. But the company, founded...

Agents finding it difficult to persuade potential vendors to come to the market this early in the year have new ammunition...

Hello and welcome to a new week - and even as Christmas approaches there remains plenty to report about people moving...

We’re not sure if agents will agree with this but a high profile consumer group has come up with the final...

A leading planning consultancy has claimed that ‘the myth’ that housing developers are hoarding land after gaining planning consent in order...

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

Welcome to another working week and with it, our regular update on appointments and moves within our industry. Please let us know...

Hello, and as we near the first Bank Holiday of the year (and a little light at the end of the...

A prominent estate agent has warned buyers and sellers about the perils of the controversial Modern Method of Auction. MMA is now...

If it’s Monday, it’s jobs news day on EAT - welcome to the latest update. Want to be featured in our next...

Another week and another frenzy of news, culminating in the Budget and the extension of the stamp duty holiday. A cliff edge...

A survey of portal usage shows a low level of trust and customer satisfaction from agents, and a majority of agencies saying they...

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

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

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

Hello and welcome to a new week - and evenings that get darker earlier.  As winter approaches we’re continuing to bring you...

The only certainty at the moment is ongoing uncertainty. It’s something we’ve got used to in 2020, but it’s still not...

One of Countrywide’s biggest shareholders has written a second letter to the company to demand bold action to save the agency...

Consumers are not as worried as they should be about conveyancing fraud, putting them at risk of losing life-changing sums of...

The coming week’s stories in the mainstream media - inevitably focused on Coronavirus - will be dominated by two things. Firstly there...

Hello - it’s Monday and so it’s PJT, where you can catch up on the industry major moves of recent days. Please...

A prominent consumer group says homes sold precisely 14 days after first being listed typically achieve the best price - closest...

The HomeOwners Alliance, a leading property consumer group, has now suggested it has some concerns about the government’s First Homes scheme. This...

Hello - if it’s Monday it’s PJT day, so welcome to the latest update on key moves within our industry. Let us...

Hello again and welcome to more festive fun from agents who have kindly shared their office decorations and parties with our...

We’re back to our Christmas celebration photographs, and with the holiday break just over a week away here’s a reminder that...

Hello, we hope you had a good weekend, and welcome to Monday - as ever, Property Jobs Today time, bringing you...

Hello and welcome to a new week - one with darker evenings and colder days. But there is still plenty of activity...

It’s Monday so that can mean only one thing - a chance to catch up on the key moves in and...

This is the busiest week of the year for house moves, with the single busiest day being Friday according to a...

Hello and welcome to PJT, breaking you in to the working week every Monday with news of the movers and shakers...

Hello and welcome to the start of a new week and a new Property Jobs Today column, bringing you the industry’s...

Some 115,000 house moves are delayed annually because of funds not being cleared on time or because sellers have not vacated...

A large-scale survey by a consumer group has revealed that over half of home owners regard stamp duty as a growing...

The HomeOwners Alliance says a hack on its IT infrastructure was “a professional attempt at deception” by people who uploaded 5,000...

Agents should be on the alert after what appears to be the hacking of the email account of the consumer group...

The debate about online auction charges levied on buyers continues this morning with the release of figures showing that one company...

A consumer group which has already expressed alarm at some aspects of the so-called ‘Modern Method of Auction’ says it has...

A firm which links with agents to operate online auctions has hit back at a consumer group's allegations that this growing sector...

A consumer group says agents are securing increasing income from online auctions, but it warns that for buyers there are pitfalls...

Just under one in five buyers in the past two years have suffered moving day delays, either because funds have been...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, the regular Monday update on who’s moving where within our industry. Let us know what’s...

Stubbornly high house prices and concerns over leasehold-related charges top the list of worries amongst the public about the housing market. That’s...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today - our regular Monday look at who’s moving where within our industry. You...

The Conveyancing Association has backed the government’s calls for extensive reform of the buying and selling process, announced at the weekend. The...

New research appears to show that Purplebricks, HouseSimple, Yopa and other prominent online agencies are most popular with vendors selling in...

Co-Founder Gary Keller has declared that Keller Williams (KW) is, 'no longer a real estate company...we are a technology company No....

  A new league table showing how long it takes homes to sell on average in different postcodes across England and Wales...

Bitcoin has smashed into the headlines again recently with major news outlets describing the ever increasing worth of this wildly volatile...

The consumer group HomeOnwers’ Alliance says buyers of new build homes should be able to retain 2.5 per cent of the...

Another Budget, another pledge of new house building: it appears from statements made over the weekend by Chancellor Phillip Hammond that...

An influential consumer group has responded to the government’s commitment to reform the house buying process by advocating legally-binding reservation agreements...

The HomeOwners’ Alliance says vendors must put their homes on the market no later than Tuesday if they are serious about selling by...

The vast majority of sellers surveyed by a consumer group say rapport with branch staff in a locally-based office is important...

The UK PropTech Association (UKPA), of which I am a member of the steering committee, is an organisation with a purpose...

A consumer group says it is giving what it calls “the top 1,000 estate agents in England and Wales” badges to...

A consumer group which has consistently promoted online agencies says they achieve closer to sellers’ original asking price than the national...

The HomeOwners' Alliance says it has identified what it describes as "the UK's best performing agent" based on how much it...

The results of a survey conducted by the Home Builders Federation has been attacked by consumer group, the HomeOwners Alliance. For over...

The consumer group HomeOwners Alliance claims new research indicates that more than a million UK adults have shelved plans to purchase...

It seems prop-tech is exploding at a scary rate, and the latest brands are all trying to grab our attention by...

Annoying isn’t it. You take on a stunning property, agree a compelling asking price and your Vendor is desperate to get the...

Sellers should try to instruct estate agents with the largest local share of the market, even if that means ignoring well-known...

The key lies in improving your customer experience through technology For Agents, the tremendous growth in online estate agents highlights a strong...

What is Properstar? Properstar helps UK estate agents cross the chasm from local to global in respect of advertising their properties. Using...

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There has been another warning that older home owners are reluctant to sell and free-up family housing because of the cost...

The HomeOwners’ Alliance claims that over the past two years alone over 500,000 owners aged 55-plus have had to ditch plans...

The influential consumer property body HomeOwners Alliance says Purplebricks-style hybrid estate agencies may be “the future”. In a blog on the HOA website,...

An NHS foundation trust has had to issue a statement to defuse fears that a local hospital was up for sale...

A consumer group which champions home owners claims twice as many members of the public support the stamp duty surcharge as...

Some estate agents who received a letter from lawyers acting on behalf of Agents’ Mutual say they will still not upload...

The influential Home Owners’ Alliance pressure group says Britain pulling out of the EU would probably depress house prices. The HOA - a...

A consumer group which supports the principle of a stamp duty surcharge on second homes and buy to let properties has...

Several agencies have announced expansion plans and new personnel as they gear up for 2016. Strutt & Parker is announcing that Giles...

Let Mid West Displays get your window in shape! Never underestimate the power of high street presence. Image is everything, and what...

The influential lobbying group the HomeOwners’ Alliance wants estate agents to quote the price per square foot of properties to allow...

There is a very interesting but easily-overlooked piece of information at the end of the National Trading Standards Estate Agent Team’s...

Channel 4 admits to using what it calls “unusual” secret filming techniques and an undercover reporter posing as a Russian politician to...