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No, I haven’t lost the plot. Such a thing exists – and if you’re a familiar with North London, there is...

It’s been nine years since we created a dedicated team of property receptionists to answer telephone calls on behalf of agents,...

Another high profile estate agency office in London has closed - this time a branch of Winkworth.  The Richmond branch has been...

Few things anger the industry more than the effect of stamp duty and other costs on property transactions (well, maybe Purplebricks...

Almost one in five online sales valuations generated by The ValPal Network over a two-year period resulted in a completion with...

What may just be the UK’s ultimate property domain names have come up for sale - property.co.uk and realestate.co.uk. Both domains, which...

Bored with Brexit? Baffled by the backstop? Troubled by the transition period?  Well here’s a promise - there’s no mention of the...

The estate agency group Humberts, which narrowly avoided collapse early this year, now claims to have turned around its fortunes thanks...

A leading London estate agency is reporting a surge in overseas buyers sealing deals ahead of the government’s new stamp duty...

An insurer claims there is a huge gulf between the cost of rebuilding a house and its market value because around...

The culture of impatience and instant gratification has a lot to answer for. It has forced the hand of the property...

The number of house sales falling through before completion is on the increase according to data collated by a home buying...

The last couple of weeks’ articles were penned very much for a specific agent readership, something I am trying to be...

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

An estate agency is moving from its traditional branch to new city centre serviced offices as it expands. East of Exe -...

Is Help To Buy going to remain in existence for much longer? Question marks over the scheme’s future are being raised through...

Hello and welcome to PJT, our weekly round up of key moves within the industry. Let us know what’s going on with...

The National Association of Estate Agents has welcomed the government’s move to ensure most future new-build houses are sold as freehold...

It’s time to sort the wheat from the chaff when it comes to overseas buyers of property. If you listen to Theresa...

Local business reviews are becoming increasingly important for reputation management, with recent research showing 90% of consumers read online reviews before...

The government has unveiled a new body which, it claims, will raise agency standards. There is a long-standing commitment from the government...

One of the brokers working with OnTheMarket says the portal will not be profitable until 2021, but predicts that its target...

Savills is warning that heightened uncertainty around Brexit negotiations will delay recovery in the prime central London housing market for up...

Hello and welcome to another Agents Do Charity - your opportunity to salute those in our industry working hard for great...

More than half of home owners now use online reviews to choose their estate agent when putting their property on the...

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an advertisement for a new development in London after complaints over claims about the yields...

Purplebricks’ share price dropped yesterday to barely over 200p - its lowest level for some 18 months and reflecting a near...

Foxtons says its use of technology allows it to increase the reach of its branches - and claims this is behind...

When Professor Andrew Baum’s PropTech 3.0 report was first published, a small event was held to celebrate the very first academic...

OnTheMarket plc, the company which operates the OTM portal, gives its first formal stock market figures tomorrow morning, for the six...

Estate Agent Today can reveal that Foxtons has closed another London agency office - this time at Barnes in the borough...

Strutt & Parker is offering free Virtual Viewings to 1,000 new clients, and says it's the first national agency to offer such...

Knight Frank appears to have shrugged off the problems hitting the high end of the housing market, reporting a 14 per...

Even the cheapest local homes are out of reach for at least 40 per cent of young adults according to a...

The Competitions and Markets Authority says the result of its latest probe into estate agencies’ possible infringement of the Competition Act...

One estate agent has described the latest price fall announced by the Halifax as “quite a retreat” for the housing market...

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

“Do we really need another tax?” - that’s the question from a new buying agency, querying why the government wants to...

A series of leasehold roadshows beginning next month in Manchester aims to throw a spotlight on problems associated with the tenure,...

Several agents have asked me whether they should consider ditching their high street offices and move to an out of town...

Google celebrated its 20th birthday last month. Yes, it might be hard to recall a time when it wasn’t integral in...

When Facebook first announced it would be entering the property listings market a few weeks ago it sent shockwaves across the...

The head of a leading Chinese property portal has taken the unusual step of commenting on a British tax policy -...

It seems a lifetime ago but in fact we’re approaching just the first anniversary since the government triggered its Call for...

Hello and welcome to another weekly update on the industry’s good work - and a chance for us to show that...

An accountancy trade body has revealed that last year it briefed MPs - including the Prime Minister and Housing Minister of...

An insurance company is launching a policy which it says will protect consumers with comprehensive cover in the event of a...

Bradleys Estate Agents, the westcountry’s largest independent agency chain, is the latest agency to sign up with Bamboo, an online property...

Purplebricks has been the subject of another complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority - and the issue has again been categorised...

Last week, the first of a new kind of industry event took place; an open debate between agents and PropTech suppliers. Strong...

One of London’s highest profile and most outspoken estate agent chiefs has scolded ‘Maybot’ Theresa May on the day she is to...

House prices grew two per cent year on year for September according to new figures - and a senior agency chief...

A website has officially launched this morning, aiming to push the concept of US-style For Sale By Owner online property marketing...

OnTheMarket has this morning announced that it now has signed listing agreements with more than 11,000 estate agency offices - over...

Agents have continued to express their shock and opposition to the announcement by the government that it wants a stamp duty...

Figures released by HMRC over the weekend show another huge rise in stamp duty going to the Treasury - and that’s...

Sales of properties to first time buyers have hit their lowest level for three years according to data from the National...

Hello and welcome to our weekly catch-up on the major moves within our industry. Remember, you can let the rest of the...

The government has used this week’s Conservative party conference to announce a new stamp duty tax of one per cent to three...

From where I’m standing there’s a lot in common between the debate between online and traditional agents, and the argument over...

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

Some conveyancers must publish some price and service information on their websites and in other media from December 6, according to...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity - another chance to hear about the remarkable fund-raising done by our...

Yopa - the online agency with huge financial backing from Savills - has attracted a Knight Frank agent to become its...

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

Winkworth has opened an office in Northampton.  The operation is owned and run by new franchisee Sunny Kooner, who is joined by...

Having delivered over 1,800 websites for estate agents over the last 15 years, I have come to recognise one major common...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Marco Ferrara, Director of Tili What is Tili and what does...

The perils of property competitions and raffles have once again been demonstrated, this time with the Advertising Standards Authority upholding three...

I am a patient man; a pacifist. Yet there is little in life right now that would satisfy me more than...

We’ve all heard the comments - the countryside is being covered in concrete, new houses are springing up everywhere, our green...

The rise and rise of Equity Release continues with a more-than-doubling of the number of product options on the market in...

Fine & Country has opened its latest office in the Lancashire town of Rossendale, specialising in high-end properties across the county. The...

Auction House London raised more than £15m in its latest auction, where it saw the biggest catalogue in its history go...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today, the latest weekly catch-up with moves within and across our industry. A quick...

Landlords and letting agents might feel they’ve taken a bit of a battering from the government in recent years – and...

We’re well and truly back from summer with a flurry of fund-raising to report on this week: thanks to each and...

The Connells-owned online agency Hatched is to close with immediate effect. A statement from the company says: “Online estate agency Hatched will...

OnTheMarket has this morning announced that it’s signed up the north east of England regional agency Pattinson, which has 27 branches...

Shareholders in the ailing Countrywide agency group appeared to remain largely indifferent to the news that their executive chairman Peter Long...

The independent Sutton-based property business Centro PLC has acquired Cheam and Mayfair based Christies Estate Agents Limited.   The new combined agency is...

Over the last 10 years, so much has changed within the marketing sector, including the surge of mobile use, the way...

Peter Long, the chairman of the troubled Royal Mail organisation, has stepped down from that role to focus full time on...

Those of you who receive (and read) my Sunday PropTech Review will know that, by far and away, the most shared...

A buying agency says it has secured a prime London property for one of its clients at almost 40 per cent...

With the news that Hunters and Fisher German are the latest agencies to offer online auctions to sellers, is this something...

Yieldit, an online agency that specialises in selling investment houses and apartments with tenants in situ, is claiming a strong quarter...

Propteq Global Property Technology and Innovation summit takes place in London on 26 - 27 Sep. 75 of the world's leading...

Tili does all the work to deliver a smooth home move for customers and income for agents. An innovative and easy to...

The estate agent behind the troubled high end Sanderson Young company is reported to be appearing in court this week as...

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

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, your chance to catch up on the major moves in the agency industry over...

This may not be a great way to start the week but a survey suggests that estate agents are Britain’s least...

Any day now we’ll hear the date for the Autumn Budget: it may be delayed to wait for a Brexit deal...

“Baton down the hatches. Stockpile the food cupboard. Brexit is coming and it’s little more than six months away!” I jest, but there is...

Bank of England governor Mark Carney says a no-deal Brexit exit could lead to a 35 per cent house price crash. The...

An estate agency is pioneering a new business model in which it charges no commission whatsoever to the vendor. Freeagent247, an online...

Hunters and Fisher German are the latest agencies to offer online auctions to vendors. An announcement from PropTech property auction company Bamboo...

Yes, there’s no getting away from it - although the autumn has only just begun, charity work is firmly aiming at...

What are the magic ingredients for building a strong brand, attracting new customers and building trust with your target market? Gareth Helm,...

An estate agency claims that it’s gone from start-up to local market leader within 12 months - and now says it’s...

The number of new franchise applicants reported by Winkworth in the first half of the year rocketed 135 per cent -...

New data reveals that new property listings have fallen for three successive months - and that includes a huge 17.1 per...

The raison d'être for estate agents everywhere is to get their properties noticed! It’s as simple as that. These days you’re likely...

EweMove is the country’s fifth largest online agency group based on transactions, and continues to make a profit according to its owner,...

Humberts - which when it was operating jointly with Chestertons was a prominent supporter of Agents’ Mutual and OnTheMarket - has...

DISCLAIMER: The author of this article retains no responsibility for any reader discomfort experienced when recalling the seemingly endless horrors of...

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

Viewber has announced that it’s just completed its 35,000th outsourced viewing, reflecting a jaw-dropping 460 per cent rise in just a...

Yopa - the online agency enjoying large-scale financial backing from Savills and LSL Property Services, the owner of Your Move -...

A well-known London estate agency says it signing up to a US-based real estate franchise network run by billionaire Warren Buffett. From...

OnTheMarket today launches a new TV advertising campaign which aims to highlight its 'New & Exclusive' marketing feature. Agents listing with the...

The Property Ombudsman has urged the government to bring the new homes build sector under consumer redress. New builds are not currently...

The property market remained slow and stunted in August as the number of For Sale and Sold boards across the country...

The Guild of Property Professionals is set to launch in Northern Ireland later this month. The 800-strong network of independent estate agents...

As the property market gears up for a busy autumn period, agents and property firms have been equally busy bolstering their...

Fake news has become the popular catchphrase of a certain orange-tinted president in recent years. And everyone, from tech giants like...

This week may have marked the landmark moment of Facebook entering the UK property market but as the industry prepares for...

An upcoming event will see a panel of well-known agents and suppliers appeal for better collaboration between industry stakeholders, particularly CRM...

Technology is transforming the way we comply with Anti Money Laundering (AML) regulation. It is providing a consistent approach, reliable outcomes...

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld one of two complaints made against OnTheMarket's TV and print advertising. The complaints refer to...

Hybrid agency Emoov has released research in which it claims consumers rank high street estate agency commission fees as the second...

Last week, I wrote about the speed of innovation in the Far East. This week I’d like to do the same...

One of Countrywide's major investors has significantly reduced its holding in the troubled estate agency group. Oaktree Capital yesterday lowered its stake...

The online auction platform BidX1 has announced a strategic investment which will be used to accelerate its growth. The investment comes from...

Following a break for last week's final Bank Holiday before Christmas, we're back with a bumper edition of Property Jobs Today. We're...

A downstairs bathroom could knock up to 6% off the value of a property, according to estate agents.  Having a family bathroom...

In a surprise weekend announcement the government has almost doubled funding for the National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team - the...

Following the first day of trading its new shares yesterday, Countrywide's share price finished at 12.52, down almost 4%. The new shares were...

As summer turns to autumn over the next few weeks, that won't stop the nation's agents and property professionals from raising...

Over a fifth of pensioners say they would be encouraged to downsize if there was a stamp duty incentive - particularly...

In our previous 2 blogs we have covered the definitions of the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations (CPRs) and what the practical...

In 2014 The Properties Misdescriptions Act was repealed and replaced with the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations, otherwise known as...

Countrywide may have enjoyed the overwhelming support of its major institutional shareholders for its controversial rescue plan, but the wider financial...

OnTheMarket has signed up an estate and lettings agency firm run by a family and with 11 offices across west Devon...

A few stories caught my eye this week from China, all of which announce the arrival of cutting-edge technological innovation in...

A downbeat report from property investment specialist London Central Portfolio says “there are very few causes for optimism in the domestic...

OK, so the headline has drawn you into the story - but you’ll enjoy the video we have below. It’s the...

Yopa, which says it is the second largest hybrid agency when measured by listings, has received a major new £20m investment. Savills -...

Countrywide’s eagerly-awaited General Meeting for shareholders takes place today and is widely expected to back the ailing agency group’s controversial rescue...

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

There’s little doubt that downsizing is less of a factor in the housing market than it used to be - so...

Out and about recently, I got to thinking: how often do I actually have the call for cash anymore? Or, for...

For too long the private rented sector has been complacent towards customer satisfaction. In the changing rental landscape, the smartest letting...

The former head of Humberts’ country house department, who has spent 30 years selling homes, has switched to buying. Jeremy Campbell-Harris was...

Dare we mention it but this is the final Bank Holiday weekend of the year before Christmas - so what a...

The online agency acquired by Purplebricks in Canada has started facing the same criticisms that its parent company have faced in...

Reapit has teamed up with a new tool called mio, which is promising “a smarter way to manage the home buying...

Lucie Hirst and Delphine Colombo, two of Prime Central London’s most high profile sales agents, have combined forces to set up Hirst...

After gaining my MBA qualification from Edinburgh Business School in 2005, I took careful consideration over my career moves and prospective...

Data from the buying agency Black Brick reveals just how big an impact has been made by the additional homes stamp...

I received a press release yesterday - one of many that get sent my way - and, as I always do,...

In our previous blog, we looked at the definitions outlined by the CPRs. In our next blog we’ll look at the...

The brief but troubled history of individuals and companies attempting to raffle homes as prizes has received another blow as a...

Independent review website allAgents says its ultimate ambition is to be a serious rival to existing portals like OnTheMarket. Unveiling a new...

Countrywide appears to have backtracked on a move which could have seen its three most senior executives receive some £20m in...

A maverick Cornish estate agent who falsely gave the impression to customers that his business was highly successful has been hit...

Rightmove says the housing market is now into a ‘summer sale’ as newly-marketed property shows an average asking price fall of...

  Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT - a thinner than usual edition as the industry enjoys the last of the...

In the past decade or so there has been a movement towards the use of digital signage screens within a number...

Why do we choose to engage with one application more than another, or find ourselves returning to the same piece of...

Today sees the first of a series of important deadlines which will determine the success of otherwise of Countrywide’s controversial rescue...

The chief executive of the newly-expanded Emoov group has been giving details of the merger with Tepilo and the possibility of...

As our minds turn to autumn, here’s a reminder that Estate Agent Today is on hand to help with your agency’s...

Sky News is reporting that Countrywide faces a new crisis - this time over senior management remuneration, particularly for its executive...

The estate agent who is refusing to abide by a decision of the Advertising Standards Authority is now demanding details of...

The UK division of US-based estate agency Keller Williams says agents need access to internal training if service levels across the...

The government has quietly scrapped a proposal to force councils to sell off their most valuable assets, which would have included...

The buy-to-let sector, which has been under sustained pressure for a number of years now thanks to tax changes designed to...

Estate and lettings agency is arguably one of the most fierce, ruthless and relentless industries going. And, with fluctuating stock levels,...

My eye was caught yesterday morning by news that PropTech company, Agent Software, is claiming that ‘some agencies deliberately over-value properties...

There’s been another call for the government to reform stamp duty - and this time the request is that the duty...

Another agency has teamed up with an auction company to allow it to offer vendors the choice of both in-room and...

A PropTech firm has adopted the unusual position of claiming some agencies deliberately over-value properties in a bid to win instructions. Agent...

Welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today - and as ever we have a breakdown of key moves within our industry. To...

The chairman of LonRes says online estate agents have only a one per cent share of the market in prime central...

When Oakland A’s, a small-market team, stunned the baseball world 16 years ago by transforming itself into world-beaters on a shoestring-budget,...

At first sight, to suggest this is a good time for an agency business to go for an IPO - that...

Next week ludlowthompson celebrates its 25th anniversary. Here, I catch up with Stephen Ludlow, co-founder and now executive director of the...

When you are starting up a new business, it is unlikely that you will already have enough capital to invest. Taking...

Research by Estate Agent Today reveals that there have been 12 different stamp duty regimes in the UK since the Millennium. What’s...

It’s been revealed that the creators of Purplebricks came up with the name while brain-storming around a kitchen table - and...

LonRes says transactions in prime locations in London dropped another six per cent when the second quarter of 2018 is compared...

The heatwave is gone and summer is in its closing stages (sorry!) so it comes as no surprise that there’s already...

The Swiss investment bank Credit Suisse has slashed its target share price for the company from 77p to only 17.2p.  The reason...

New property listings in July were down 6.0 per cent across the UK and down no less than 12.7 per cent...

The EY ITEM Club, regarded as one of the most influential groups of economists in the UK, says it’s still “dubious”...

Running an effective property business in today’s market relies on the clever use of technology.  The right technology will make your agency...

OnTheMarket has signed up 12-office regional agency Robert Oulsnam and Company.  The firm, which handles sales and lettings, has 12 offices in...

In a surprise announcement, house prices picked up in July with the annual rate of growth rising from 1.8 per cent...

Hello again from Italy. Only another week or so left out here, working every day from the same table at my...

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 - has now become effective and is...

The London market continues to produce unexpected results with two high end agencies reporting contrasting fortunes.  Half year figures released by Chestertons...

Home is where ? - Recently moved actually, live in a lovely house that looks over the Thames Estuary. I love...

Countrywide is under fire again over the controversial rescue plan it announced last week. On Friday the troubled agency group’s share price -...

The government has revised its guidance to agents over redress schemes - amending it to take account of the fact that...

We may be well into August but there’s little sign of a holiday for our industry, with a string of big...

The former Chancellor George Osborne - architect of drastic stamp duty reform - has come out fighting to defend the tax...

Making my way to our London office on a busy commuter train, my mind got busy thinking about the new do-it-yourself...

It was interesting to see the recent story on Estate Agent Today about OnTheMarket (OTM) raising its fees after signing up...

With all the recent change and upheaval in the rental sector it may be time to consider how letting agencies will...

The newly-appointed Group Managing Director of Countrywide says rumours of Hamptons International or other ‘crown jewels’ being put up for sale...

An analysis of HMRC stamp duty statistics for the second quarter of this year suggest that receipts are down 13.8 per...

Most estate agents have tried to dismiss the impact of the Bank of England’s base rate rise, which came following a...

Our glorious endless summer has a return visit to many areas this weekend - but it’s still not too hot for...

Countrywide's share price has dropped sharply following the announcement of the company's rescue plan - but the firm itself says this...

In a world increasingly obsessed with all things digital, it's no surprise that many estate agents are choosing to experiment with...

Data prepared for the BBC and shared with Estate Agent Today gives a snapshot of how estate agencies, lettings agencies and...

The Financial Times this morning says that Countrywide suffered a failed bond issue earlier this year, forcing it to rely on...

An analyst for business data consultancy Bloomberg has some news for Foxtons - he says its swashbuckling days are over and...

There have been two stories dominating the PropTech headlines over this past week. As WeWork places a gentle arm around the...

A leading buying agency is warning about asking prices that are higher than those acceptable to mortgage companies who therefore down-value...

The latest market snapshot released by the National Association of Estate Agents’ shows the challenges faced by the industry right now. The...

Foxtons has suffered a massive 23 per cent drop in sales income and a nine per cent drop in overall company...

The new owner of Humberts says he would consider acquiring or working alongside existing agencies who want to be part of...

A leading legal firm has given broad approval to proposals from the Law Commission aimed at improving the conveyancing process and...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, the place where you find all the key agency industry moves over recent days. Please...

It’s holiday time: schools have broken up, quite a few estate agents are taking time off, and the MPs are in...

The big story to break this week in the property world was the announcement by the new owner of Humberts that...

Does your company apply adequate customer due diligence measures when carrying out estate agency work?  Does it establish and maintain appropriate policies...

With the continued indecision surrounding Brexit and the final divorce settlement still months away, it seems property buyers are choosing to...

‘Up’ is the key word in Rightmove’s figures for the first half of 2018, released to the City and to shareholders...

The couple at the centre of a court case about agents’ fees say the issue could have been resolved earlier had...

Figures from Savills suggest that there’s currently an average 1.14 price adjustments per sale across the prime regional markets of the...

One of the brothers behind Purplebricks has bought a football stadium in his home town. Kenny Bruce last year put £500,000 into...

With the weather scheduled to get a little cooler this weekend, fund-raising is clearly still a hot topic in the industry...

Traditional estate agencies should make their work appear more of a luxury and even showcase the prices of individual elements that...

One of the property industry’s best known figures, Richard Berridge, has teamed up with estate agency My London Home to lead...

It’s a highly competitive environment out there, where there's a constant and never-ending struggle that every agency manager, director or owner...

The agonisingly painful decline of Countrywide continues, with no one sure whether it is the darkest hour before the dawn or...

Since January 2018, nine of the UK’s biggest banks have allowed competitors direct access to customer data as part of the...

The latest transaction figures from HM Revenue and Customs make depressing reading - a three per cent drop between May and...

The mortgage industry may be throwing agents and the housing market something of a lifeline - it’s been revealed that 40...

One of the country’s largest regional agencies is moving into the sale of homes overseas despite Brexit uncertainty and concern over...

Countrywide, the troubled estate agency group thought by some to be near collapse, has delayed issuing its interim figures which were...

A report out today shows a 19 per cent rise in the number of property businesses classified as being in “significant...

The debate over alleged ‘down-valuing’ by mortgage lenders has flared again with one leading agent claiming that surveyors are just “covering...

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 - has now become effective and is...

It’s being suggested that Countrywide’s rights issue, previously expected to be announced this week, may now be delayed. The Times says the...

At least one estate agency appears to be doing better than expected in the current challenging market - Hunters says sales...

Countrywide has not made any official statement about speculation over the weekend that it was about to seek an additional £100m investment. Estate...

Japanese Knotweed remains a major problem for a property sale - and that’s despite a recent study suggesting that the growth...

Hello and welcome to the regular Monday feature, Property Jobs Today. There’s plenty going on despite the summer holidays beginning for many...

We are currently engaged in consultations with our members to help to find a practical solution to the concern of the...

Another day, another housing minister – at least that’s what it feels like! The resignation of the Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson...

With the shelf life of recent housing ministers being on a par with football managers, it's perhaps little surprise that we're...

As you probably know, I have been no fan of OnTheMarket (OTM) over the years. You may see this admission as...

If you’re an estate agent and have a property that is difficult to sell or the homeowner simply needs a fast...

A disciplinary investigation by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has blown the lid on the infamous fee-fixing cartel scandal involving estate...

The creators of a website using market data to define postcodes as hosting a seller’s market or a buyer’s market have...

Only 24 hours after the Land registry released data showing a 20 per cent slump in housing transactions, new figures from...

It’s holiday season shortly and we’ve got just the weather for it - good news for some, perhaps less so for...

The National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team has this morning issued a warning to agents that they must be signed up to...

Agents appear to be getting more pessimistic over the housing market as the latest government figures show prices still growing - but...

The Advertising Standards Authority has today issued a three-point guidance note for estate agents, including controversial interpretations of what constitutes a...

Peter Long, executive chairman of Countrywide, has resigned from another boardroom to focus on saving the troubled estate agency. Long has chosen...

Emoov’s latest crowdfunding campaign has now gone well over £1.5m, making it already 50 per cent over-funded already from its original...

One of three schemes with government backing to offer redress for complaints about estate and letting agents has reignited the debate...

Before I get into the nitty gritty of the government (well, one of its startup accelerator schemes) giving away £20,000, let...

One of the top PropTech analysts in the world, Mike DelPrete, says Purplebricks deserves more credit for its performance in the...

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

Humberts’ new owner has issued a statement saying he is on “a personal mission to revolutionise the industry and become the...

House prices in London are projected to fall in the short-term, down by two per cent by the end of 2018...

The consumer group Which? says some estate agents are misleading buyers about in-house mortgage services.  The consumer group has issued a number...

There’s a new twist in the row between a Cornish agent and the Advertising Standards Authority. The row revolves around a tweet...

An article in Investors’ Chronicle says the dominance of Rightmove and ZPG in the portal market could be under threat from...

A new digital product claims to help agents estimate which of their past customers are statistically most likely to move again...

It may not be a good idea for a journalist to be personal about a politician, so I write about our...

First things first, I have to mention the World Cup. The dream is over, football’s not quite coming home (not until...

Amid the headline-grabbing political manoeuvring over Brexit, a policy proposal which could have serious ramifications for private landlords, and those who...

A property software guru says he wants PropTech firms to join with him in an ‘open platform’ which would allow smaller...

The dream may be over but the return to reality can at least be staged in the spirit of an England...

The Advertising Standards Authority says its compliance team is considering its next steps following the refusal of estate agency PDQ Estates...

“They think it’s all over ... it is now.” The refrain that haunts England fans returned last night, not in a good...

As any agent will know, the task of ordering, erecting and maintaining boards can be time- consuming and cumbersome. While ultimately working...

Over 15,000 households have exchanged after listing with an online agent in the second quarter of 2018 - that’s eight per...

An agent from Cornwall who has waged a long-running campaign against online agencies in general and Purplebricks in particular has been...

Auction House says the number of lots it sold in the first half of 2018 was some 3.8 per cent up...

A leading agency chief says the frequent churn of housing ministers means there is only one answer if our industry wants...

I loved my Foxtons office. I started in the Battersea branch. It was the old-style office; traditional carpets, actual properties in...

A left-leaning think tank is urging the Bank of England to manipulate the housing market to ensure house prices don’t rise...

A hybrid estate agency has launched in Bury, one of the first of its kind to operate in the UK on...

Leading PropTech guru Mike DelPrete has revealed that he was involved in Purplebricks’ latest expansion, entering the Canadian agency market via the...

Industry groups have welcomed Kit Malthouse as housing minister - but make little effort to hide their frustrations, disappointment and disillusionment. Malthouse was announced...

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 - has now become effective and is...

Former housing minister Dominic Raab, who yesterday left his post after just six months in office, may have had a lucky...

A PropTech company boss says evidence given to MPs confirms the need to improve anti-money laundering processes through greater automation and...

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...

It’s been announced this morning that Dominic Raab - who became housing minister just a few months ago - is to...

The German publishing company Axel Springer has increased its stake in Purplebricks to 12.5 per cent - and says it may...

A ‘disruptor’ tech company claims that large numbers of people are dissastisfied with the conveyancing element of house moves, with many...