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The average time it takes to sell a house from listing to completion has dropped by 0.7% in the past year,...

OnTheMarket has signed a listings agreement with independent agency brand Seymours. The South East England focused 20-branch estate agency network primarily operates...

A local estate agent is spreading the love this Valentine’s Day with a video aiming to get people “on board.” Surrey and...

Lomond has more than doubled its footprint spanning the South Coast after sealing a new deal for Hampshire agent Beal’s. The brand...

A former director of Southampton-based property brand White & Guard has launched his own estate agency in Hampshire. Rob Rowe has unveiled Rowe...

The borough of Richmond upon Thames in London has been crowned the happiest place to live in Great Britain, according to...

John D Wood & Co has expanded with a new office in Winchester, Hampshire. The Winchester office occupies a stone-built corner premises...

Jackson-Stops has announced the opening of its newest branch in Colchester, Essex.  This follows the launch of the national agency brand’s virtual office...

Mackenzie Smith has opened its eighth branch, launching a new office in Camberley, Surrey.  The independent brand’s new office is located right...

Agents in some parts of the UK are still struggling to sell properties that they first listed more than a decade...

Self-employed estate partnership brand The Agency UK (TAUK) has launched a series of roadshows to attract agents to its offering. The company...

Property demand has dropped while price reductions have increased in recent weeks, data shows. Two separate pieces of industry data give new...

There has been an understandable focus on things other than Government since the death of Queen Elizabeth was announced, but Prime...

Long-established Hampshire estate agent Clarke Mews has shut all three of its branches in West End, Botley and Netley, with its...

There’s talk of 50-year mortgages being introduced, loans that, along with the property they finance, could be passed to the next...

The government’s Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper has initially caused some consternation and a strong adverse reaction from some within...

There was an article in Estate Agent Today recently that suggested only four per cent of properties on Rightmove and Zoopla...

Four estate agents have had their anti-money laundering (AML) registrations cancelled by HMRC so far this year. The taxman has published its...

Estate agents are in a unique position – we handle the meeting of people’s aspirations probably more than any other profession....

The property recruitment market seems to be moving as fast as house prices. Here are some of the latest moves that took...

The London agency that was at the forefront of introducing the ‘serviced office hub’ concept of working for self-employed agents has...

There’s been huge sale price inflation in the rarified high-end country estate market according to a buying agent. Jess Simpson, who runs...

There’s lots of talk of people moving over within estate agency to be self-employed so they can chase the dream of...

One of the first companies to promote the self-employed ‘broker’ business model has announced its first franchise agreement - and says...

There are plenty in the estate agency and lettings world who don’t like the concept of Airbnb and similar enterprises. But they...

Many agents working in the industry, whether for large corporates or smaller independents, might one day have ambitions to branch out...

Every so often it comes around – the argument that stamp duty should be reformed/removed/replaced (delete as appropriate). But why? Where’s the...

Boomin has announced the appointment of six agents, described as independent representatives, who are now on the new portal’s strategic board. The...

Remember the early days of lockdown when there was a general panic? Perhaps the hot demand for toilet rolls was a sign...

Creating a New Homes division could be a good way of expanding an agency business according to the head of a...

There are just three working days until the end of the stamp duty holiday for most buyers. That’s not even enough time...

easyJet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou has given his personal backing to the newest recruit of online agency easyProperty - even though...

Property owners who play it cool when it comes to marketing their home find their frustration soon becomes overheated. The constant we...

The group chief executive of south east England’s largest independent agency is retiring. David Lench of Arun Estates has revealed that he is...

Chancellors today opens its 56th and newest branch with what it calls its most generous ever offer to potential customers. The office...

It’s 12 years since we opened our doors with the Fine and Country estate agency in Drayton on April 1 2009. The...

You could be forgiven for overlooking International Women’s Day on Monday. Well, almost. Focus was instead turned to the first day back...

Honesty is a concept that journalists will tell their readers is non-existent for estate agents. Yeah, right! But as the end...

Hello - another Monday dawns but the good news is that we can update you on the industry’s latest appointments. Everyone here...

You can always tell when Budget day is approaching. There’s lots of comment from every imaginable quarter about what the Chancellor of...

The rise and rise of portal listings and changing consumer habits during the pandemic may mean the death of the High...

One of the early operators of the self-employed agency model has launched a scheme under which its agents receive shares in the...

Zoopla has revealed precisely how much house prices have risen over the course of 2020. Across the UK as a whole prices...

He’s gone from Downing Street but the legacy of Dominic Cummings lives on in Rightmove’s top searches of 2020. Barnard Castle -...

The Westminster government has published extensive guidance on the operation of the new Tier 4 Coronavirus restrictions in England. This includes a...

The trend of buyers apparently fleeing the city to get more for their money in the country has hit the buffers...

Countrywide’s high-end brand John D Wood and Co has launched a new country house department, to take advantage of growing demand...

Another regional agency group has returned to Zoopla, attributing the move to the portal's “receptive audiences” amongst the house buying and renting...

The Sequence Group is to be the sole selling agent for RoyaleLife, the country’s largest builder of bungalows, exclusively aimed at...

The debate over whether For Sale boards remain a valuable source of publicity has been in the headlines of late -...

A major agency is warning that the current stamp duty holiday could leave the housing market in a state of lethargy...

Although the shake-out in the industry is ongoing - online agency Settled and established new-build agency Cushman & Wakefield have both...

Winkworth is now offering free video valuations to clients who are considering a future house move. It’s created a bespoke virtual service...

You know the old saying - a dog is an agent’s best friend?  Well that’s clearly true for this trio of agencies...

It may only be October 4, but temperatures have already started to drop this week as preparations for winter begin. As we...

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

The owners of four branches of a franchise agency in Berkshire have launched a new office in the county, just over...

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a complaint made against a listing on property website Houser.co.uk. In January, the complainant notified...

Fine & Country has a new office in Hampshire as a result of an independent which has joined its network. Hampshirewide is...

Sales and lettings firm The Grantley Group has purchased lettings and management agency Property Services Haslemere in the latest example of...

More than 800 property transactions fall through daily, which can have repercussions both practically and financially, as agents fail to get...

Regional agency Prospect, which already has offices in Berkshire and Surrey, has opened its 10th office at Farnborough in Hampshire. Last year Prospect...

Winkworth has set up a dedicated land and new homes division. The franchise agency, which has most of its offices in and...

Kit Malthouse has been making headlines this week, but – in keeping with his tenure as Housing Minister so far -...

If you thought Christmas Eve meant no more news in terms of industry movers and shakers…well, think again - we’ve one...

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

A family is raffling a £3m home on the Hampshire/Dorset border after a series of sales fell through. Mark and Sharon Beresford...

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...

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

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

The new owner of Humberts is to ultimately close many of the traditional branches and move to what he is calling...

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

The little-known Conservative MP Kit Malthouse has been named as the new housing minister. He takes over from the high-flying Dominic Raab,...

Estate Agent Today can reveal that a new property firm is being launched specialising solely in the sale of off-market homes...

The London Marathon may have been and gone but there are plenty of agents and others in our industry still prepared...

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

Welcome once again to Property Jobs Today, the notice-board for agents, suppliers and other property professionals moving within, out or in...

Countrywide has announced the death of Nick Hole-Jones, the director of Hamptons International’s prime and country house office, after what it describes...

Estate agents are facing the biggest industry changes seen in decades. The rise of online and hybrid agents alongside more traditional...

Arun Estates says his group’s four main operating companies are to become ‘premium brands’ through a mixture of marketing and PropTech...

Rightmove has revealed the top 10 locations outside London where asking prices grew most and where homes sold fastest - and...

OnTheMarket is reported to be threatening an estate agency with legal action. Earlier this week Estate Agent Today reported that Henry Adams, a...

The 15-branch Henry Adams agency has signed up to ZPG, just the day after the portal group said it had seen...

The fact is that most house hunters simply do not have the time, let alone the inclination, to trawl around properties...

So at last someone has woken up to the fact that Purplebricks needs to be clearer about how it charges for...

The Competition and Markets Authority has set out precisely what agents and other companies can and cannot do in the event...

The decision by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to fine five estate agents for engaging in a price fixing cartel has...

Properties located directly on the seafront attract a price premium of 33%, according to new research. A study of 30 prime seaside...

A Hampshire property investor who failed to declare Capital Gains Tax from the sale of properties evading £157,725, has been jailed...

There’s a distinct sense of déjà vu over the debacle of OnTheMarket. I avoided joining two years ago because I couldn’t see...

It’s traditional for estate agents to support each other when they come under attack from the press or public. After all,...

Countrywide says the roll out of its online sales and lettings service is on schedule to reach 50 per cent of...

Purplebricks has released more details of expansion plans to recruit hundreds of additional Local Property Experts. The recruitment drive was launched yesterday...

Great Expectations was a fantastic novel-cum-social-history written by Charles Dickens, who once lived in my adopted home city of Portsmouth. But these...

Two established independent estate agency brands have joined forces to create the Estate Agency Franchise Group and are looking to expand. The...

The recent rise in consumer complaints against sales and letting agents suggests that there is a general lack of trust and...

The best estate and letting agents in the UK were recognised at the prestigious ESTAS luncheon and ceremony, which was held...

Badger Holdings, owner of 26 agency branches operating under the Townends and Regents Estate Agent brands, has signed a multi-year deal...

It’s easy to be dismissive of the value of local newspapers for advertising residential property but things are never as straightforward...

HomeXperts, the network of franchise agents operating from their homes and covering sales and lettings, has announced three new franchisees. They are...