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10 September 2022
From: Features
![Property market aims to define a housing crash](/upload/images/library/HousePricesFall-400x310.jpg)
Property professionals and commentators have begun pondering an official definition of a house price crash. It comes amid forecasts that house prices...
01 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – the who’s who of the industry](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...
30 April 2022
From: Features
![Estate Agent Today: as one great era ends, another begins](/upload/images/Site%20logos/eat-logo-400x310.png)
This week, you will have all seen the sad news that Graham Norwood is stepping down as editor of Estate Agent...
19 March 2022
From: Features
![Video – Phil Spencer and Henry Pryor on lockdown, stamp duty and 95% mortgages](/img/default/eat.png)
In a wide-ranging video interview for his Move iQ service, Phil Spencer speaks to buying agent and TV property pundit Henry...
23 January 2021
From: Features
![Agents accused of “feigning hysterics” over stamp duty cliff-edge](/img/default/eat.png)
Two of the most outspoken agents in the industry have criticised those calling for an extension to the stamp duty holiday...
14 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![“Knackered” Countrywide suffers media onslaught](/img/default/eat.png)
Criticism of the management of Countrywide has reached new levels of derision as the mainstream media have attacked the chaos surrounding...
27 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![“Busy Bodies!” - agent slams industry leaders writing code of conduct](/img/default/eat.png)
The new code of conduct for estate agents has been dismissed as “a waste of time” - and the senior industry...
21 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: another attempt at solving a problem that doesn't exist?](/img/default/eat.png)
"New property website launches. Not immediately sure what it does differently, what its USP is or who will use it, but...
01 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Coronavirus prompts agency to quit property conference](/img/default/eat.png)
The threat of Coronavirus is beginning to make an impact in the world of property. The Cushman & Wakefield agency announced overnight that...
27 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents vent anger at ‘Boris Corbyn’ shock Mansion Tax proposals](/img/default/eat.png)
Agents have reacted angrily to the government contemplating introducing a Mansion Tax, and to the Housing Secretary not ruling out the...
10 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Speculation grows about Yopa’s future as LSL chief quits board](/img/default/eat.png)
Speculation is growing about the future of online agency Yopa. This follows a key resignation from Yopa’s board and one expert’s analysis...
22 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Boris Johnson’s stamp duty chatter could paralyse market - fear](/img/default/eat.png)
Housing experts have expressed their concerns that speculation about a radical stamp duty reduction to be introduced by Boris Johnson’s government...
30 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Pundit Henry Pryor says he offers 'media balance' against estate agents](/img/default/eat.png)
Property pundit Henry Pryor says he is invited on TV and radio in order to provide “balance” against estate agents who...
22 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Pundit Henry Pryor in scathing attack on house price indices](/img/default/eat.png)
Outspoken property commentator and buying agent Henry Pryor has made a scathing attack on some of the main house price indices. In...
06 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Call for Countrywide management to quit after huge share price slide](/img/default/eat.png)
Senior management at Countrywide came in for a pasting on Twitter yesterday as TV market commentator and buying agent Henry Pryor...
26 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![“At last!” - Industry embraces reform of buying and selling processes](/img/default/eat.png)
Agents and representatives from other property sectors have reacted enthusiastically to proposals to professionalise the industry. As we reported yesterday, the government...
09 April 2018
From: Breaking News
![Pressure mounts on Purplebricks to release actual sales figures](/img/default/eat.png)
Pressure continues to mount on Purplebricks to reveal its sales data after a weekend during which claims about its effectiveness continued...
05 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Henry Pryor gives High Street agents 10-point guide to raise their game](/img/default/eat.png)
Outspoken buying agent Henry Pryor has set out 10 points that he claims many traditional agents overlook when they debate the...
05 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Some pretty dodgy foreigners purchase in the UK, says buying agent](/img/default/eat.png)
Outspoken buying agent Henry Pryor says some “pretty dodgy” overseas buyers have purchased homes in the UK in the past -...
29 December 2017
From: Breaking News
!['Government has no ideas at all #idiots' - industry reacts to probe](/img/default/eat.png)
There has been a wide range of views from trade bodies and individual agents on the government’s surprise ‘call for evidence’...
23 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![Industry criticism of Tories' monumental mistake in boosting Help To Buy](/img/default/eat.png)
Figures in the property industry have sharply criticised the announcement made at the Conservative party conference to pump an estimated £10...
02 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![Property ads may soon contain air quality information, says NAEA chief](/img/default/eat.png)
Estate agents' listings may soon include compulsory information on a location's air quality, the chief executive of NAEA Propertymark, Mark Hayward,...
16 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Will the Conservatives introduce Capital Gains Tax on family homes?](/img/default/eat.png)
Speculation has grown that the Conservatives may make a manifesto pledge to remove some family homes’ long-established exemption from Capital Gains...
02 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Agents broadly welcome election despite short-term uncertainty](/img/default/eat.png)
The industry has broadly welcomed the shock announcement of a June 8 General Election as a chance to end long term...
18 April 2017
From: Breaking News
!['Family Mortgage' idea for first time buyers provokes criticism](/img/default/eat.png)
Nationwide has introduced what it calls a ‘Family Deposit Mortgage’ in a bid to help first time buyers. It is aimed at...
28 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – a conference wrapped in Guild](/img/default/eat.png)
Excuse the puntastic (or not) title, but as you’ve no doubt already deciphered I took a trip northwards a couple of...
11 February 2017
From: Features
![Quote, unquote - What the industry said in 2016](/img/default/eat.png)
Forecasts are so last year: who anticipated Bowie, Brexit or Balls for example? Quotes, on the other hand, really ARE last year...
17 December 2016
From: Features
![Traditional agents have got fat and lazy says high-profile buying agent](/img/default/eat.png)
Prominent buying agent, TV housing market commentator and hard-core tweeter Henry Pryor has accused traditional estate agents of becoming “fat and...
23 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Sceptical welcome to government's new housing market policies](/img/default/eat.png)
There has been widespread scepticism from many within the industry that the government will miss its latest house building targets, despite...
04 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![Industry's top PropTech tweeters revealed](/img/default/eat.png)
As the PropTech industry continues to expand, with dedicated events and more innovative startups entering the world of UK property, online...
14 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Agents pessimistic after shock Brexit vote and Cameron quitting](/img/default/eat.png)
Agents have been giving their reaction to the shock Brexit referendum result - and their comments have ranged from the gloomy...
24 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![Analysts dismiss online agency's claim of Rightmove listings slump](/img/default/eat.png)
Many industry analysts have dismissed a claim by an online estate agency that a 21 per cent fall in new listings...