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An estate agent who has himself made the move from the High Street to a hybrid operation has urged anyone in...

An estate agent has sold a home off-market by posting teaser photographs on Instagram.  The buyer - who was in the French...

The government has - once again - announced the introduction of a New Homes Ombudsman.  The news came yesterday when Housing Secretary...

Boydens, a seven branch family-owned business that dates back to 1852, has become the latest agency to join Zoopla. It will list...

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

Earlier this month, Boris Johnson carried out a reshuffle of his cabinet, telling ministers they must 'repay the trust of those...

A free-to-list portal says the costs of listing on the established sites - especially Rightmove - are contributing to estate agencies...

Buying agents are making waves about the hit on asking prices suffered by properties that have been flooded or are at...

Who are you? Jed Topping, Business Development Executive for Virgin Media How can sales and letting agents work with Virgin Media to earn extra revenue?...

Estate agency Chestertons has named the new chief operating officer for the roll out of its UK and Europe franchising operation. Some...

It’s been revealed that the branch closure programme by Your Move and Reeds Rains last year resulted in 460 lost jobs...

A legal challenge by HM Revenue and Customs has stopped a bid to secure a stamp duty discount on a property. The...

In another positive sign for the housing market, every region of the UK has seen a price rise according to the...

The landscape of the estate agency market in the UK is evolving to reflect changes in the way we live our...

A new study suggests cash buyers secure lower sale prices than mortgaged purchasers - but is that really the case? The survey by...

Predictions that landlords are not buying properties to let out because of tougher rental taxes and regulations appear to be short...

The Financial Conduct Authority has issued a shock warning that mortgage borrowers who purchased properties through the Help To Buy scheme...

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

A high profile and widely-respected estate agent is predicting a huge demographic change to one of the country’s wealthiest enclaves -...

New research shows that 77 per cent of consumers use portals to conduct property searches - meaning, surprisingly, that almost a...

A number of estate agents have recently received phishing emails, fraudulently claiming to be from the main portals and trying to...

Rightmove has hit back at critics saying it’s no longer the force it used to be by reporting record traffic for...

Hello and welcome to the start of a new week - and it’s been a frantic seven days since the last...

The government will not announce a Mansion Tax at next month’s Budget. It was first reported by the Sunday Telegraph a week ago,...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Joanne (Jo) Tattum. Channel Manager - Property What is Moneypenny and...

A challenger portal says agents should reduce their reliance on the likes of Rightmove and Zoopla by using smaller rival portals...

Another weekend, another storm: it’s hard to put a smile on your face when winter goes on this long but the...

Zoopla has published a startling set of statistics to demonstrate what it calls “a record January with significant growth in delivery...

For several years the regular monthly RICS market snapshot has made depressing reading - now, for there second month in a...

At Agents Giving, we work with estate and letting agents and suppliers across the UK to encourage, support and promote your...

A new homes portal says that in the past year it’s seen a rise of 82 per cent in website visitors and...

Conservatives have been lining up to criticise a mansion tax which may be introduced on expensive homes to fund infrastructure improvements...

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

Agents have reacted angrily to the government contemplating introducing a Mansion Tax, and to the Housing Secretary not ruling out the...

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

One of the leading consumer groups has backed the government’s controversial First Homes policy, which aims to give 30 per cent...

Boris Johnson is considering introducing a mansion tax for high value homes according to a Sunday newspaper. The Telegraph - citing two...

Not for the first time, a government policy on housing ends up begging more questions than it provides answers - but...

Now we’re well into the second month of the year, we have reached a crucial point in the ongoing plans to...

The National Trading Standards Estate & Letting Agency Team and The Property Ombudsman have launched an urgent survey to assess awareness...

The government has announced its First Homes scheme - a policy under which it says some new homes will see their...

One of the country’s leading housing market research experts has been poached from Knight Frank to join Zoopla. Gráinne Gilmore - a...

The Law Society is telling prospective house purchasers to probe flood risks in the light of a new practice note it...

Property auctions – online or otherwise – can be hugely helpful to sellers, buyers and estate agents. Online auctions, in particular, are...

  Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Catherine Shinerock - ARO Account Manager What is your ‘company name’...

Agents “dread” buyers’ questions on value, asking prices and nearby new development according to a survey. Some 50 agents and over 1,500...

New research suggests the internet and broadband coverage have become even more important to buyers and tenants. The study - involving 228...

New home registrations in the UK have risen over 80 per cent in the last decade, according to the NHBC. From 2010...

Rightmove may continue to be a target for criticism from some agents and rival portals but it has just enjoyed it...

An online agency’s claim that it sells homes “for free” has been disputed by a High Street rival - but the...

A new renovation start-up is operating across eight cities and claims to be able to transform properties - including ones that...

Unfortunately for consumers, buying and selling properties is rarely plain sailing. But fortunately for agents, this provides you with an opportunity to...

An analysis of the market share of online agents shows they are on 4.8 per cent - virtually unchanged from the...

For a very long time, it was one of the best ways – if not the best way – of generating...

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

The Law Society has announced that there will be a new TA6 Property Information Form launching next week, on Friday February...

Is that a headline appropriate for Brexit Day? Surely not. No, instead it’s a description of the results of a survey...

Hello and welcome to the last day of January, Brexit Day and - perhaps most importantly - the latest edition of...

Estate agents concerned over security breaches will be closely analysing what happens with a case concerning a London firm’s compromised email...

A leading property lawyer is urging sellers not to use online agents because to do so would be “a gamble”. Gillian Wright...

An estate agent has set up his own buying operation because he claims the quality of service for high-end buyers has...

Rightmove and Zoopla have been working with key figures from government and the agency and conveyancing industries on how to reform...

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

The average time it took a home to sell last year - measured from its first day listed on a portal...

A hub-style agency says it’s achieved what it calls a mega-sale - and claims it’s the largest ever by a hub...

Logbooks about properties must be made available up-front at the point of marketing and not later in the buying process if...

A BBC Radio probe into quick-sale firms claims some of them can lose sellers many thousands of pounds. It says Trading Standards...

Independent agents in a fast-growing trade body are to be given the opportunity to secure exclusivity on land deals and new...

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

The group charged with pioneering Reservation Agreements in the house buying process admits both the industry and the public are split...

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

Suddenly Brexit Day is nearly here. It may have taken three and a half years from the Referendum but the UK will,...

Property portals generate revenue from estate agents regardless of the outcome of the transaction. This relationship has resulted in a fundamental...

The proportion of 25 to 34 year olds who own their own home in England has risen for the first time...

OnTheMarket has signed up another big-name house builder to list on its portal. Bellway, which is the UK’s fourth largest house builder...

Data from HM Revenue & Customs shows tax receipts from stamp duty fell a further 5.2 per cent between 2018 and...

A new website called Silver Sharers says it’s chief objective is to help older home owners remain in their properties without...

The increasing demand for information on Japanese Knotweed during the house buying process is emphasising the need for householders to pay...

In the field of conveyancing, there’s a new dynamic at play. And that dynamic is customer-driven and customer-focused, using digital technology...

An agent is defying attempts by a property portal to get him to pay subscriptions for two branches - because he...

When is a property really off-market? There may be many answers to that question but it’s likely that few would consider...

A rugby star has signed a deal to operate the easyProperty franchise in his home town area. Castleford Tigers prop forward Liam...

A leasehold reform campaigner claims estate agents face “growing calls to be held accountable for mis-selling leasehold properties.” Louie Burns, managing director...

It looks like the Equity Release bubble may have burst, with latest figures showing a four per cent fall in the...

Figures released this morning by data firm LonRes provide the latest evidence of a so-called Boris Bounce with the market improving...

Another hub-based agency has launched in the capital, following in the footsteps of operations like Harding Green, Orchards and Keller Williams. Mariel...

Reapit has joined a consortium attempting to make the long-anticipated end-to-end digital home buying process a reality. It’s joined the IPN Consortium,...

There’s been an average asking price rise of 2.3 per cent in the past four weeks - the biggest ever increase...

Following on from the second half of the last decade, the first few weeks of 2020 have been a bit mad...

A new analysis from a financial services trade body shows that gross mortgage lending is expected to rise significantly in the...

At the end of a strong week for housing market indicators, the latest survey from the website Home suggests a major...

The  number of mortgage approvals rose 1.9 per cent in the final month of last year according to e.surv’s mortgage data...

Whisper it quietly but the housing market could be significantly stronger in 2020 than in recent years. Two key indicators in the...

New build homes cost 19 per cent more than comparable pre-owned properties according to a new survey - and sometimes 50...

Over the past decade, the short-term rental industry, now eponymised by Airbnb, has experienced meteoric growth. This has been driven by the...

Zoopla has revealed large growth in agency membership and visitor figures for 2019. Since being bought by US equity firm Silver Lake,...

Estate agents and others in the property industry have much more to do to deter money laundering. That’s the view of a security...

The total value of the UK’s housing stock hit £7.39 trillion in 2019, a new record high. The claim, in an analysis...

Hello and welcome to the first PJT of 2020 - a new decade and, for many, a time of new opportunities. We’re always...

There’s been a long-term trend of growing numbers of Londoners quitting the capital to afford a home elsewhere - and typically...

Almost exactly one quarter of house sales in England and Wales fell through prior to completion according to new figures. In the...

The tussle for New Build listings between Zoopla and OnTheMarket has swung in favour of the former this morning with the...

The Law Commission has set out three ways to cut the cost that leaseholders have to pay to buy the freehold...

House prices rose 4.0 per cent in 2019 according to Britain’s biggest mortgage lender Halifax, as a December bounce - some...

Agents are being offered a two week free trial of a service giving mobile telephone signal strength information and broadband connectivity...

Government figures suggest that the number of second homes in the UK has dropped two per cent in the eight year...

We are facing a new world in the lettings industry, with the proportion of households in the private rented sector (PRS)...

A digital platform claims its taken “a massive step” towards speeding up property sales with what it says is the first...

The new government has announced that its first Budget is to be held on Wednesday March 11 - and it’s giving...

The typical house move in 2019 turned out to be just nine miles - and large numbers of buyers moved within...

House price growth in the past decade was at its weakest for 30 years - and despite that it remains though...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Emily Hawthorne, mio Account Manager for the South West of...

Chancellors Estate Agents is next month opening its newest branch in Swindon - the first time the company has operated in...

Estate agents who deliberately over-value properties in order to win instructions are effectively committing fraud according to a prominent industry figure. Russell...

A veteran agent says the new government’s Budget, expected in the next few weeks, should not provide too much help to...

Hello and welcome to the first Property Jobs Today of 2020 - and we’ve plenty to report even with the New...

After a year dogged by Brexit deadlock, political turmoil, and slow growth, estate agents’ confidence in the property market hit a...

A warning has been issued by a prominent industry figure that more bricks-and-mortar High Street agents will go under in 2020,...

First time buyers reached an estimated 353,436 in 2019, the highest level since 2007. This is the fifth time in six years...

Hello - HNY and all that from the team at Agents Do Charity. We’re delighted to be back with three great stories...

Barclays claims that property size and measurements are confusing home owners - and especially those considering going to the market this...

Alex Chesterman, the entrepreneur who founded Zoopla, has given vocal backing to a new conveyancing app called Thirdfort. The app allows conveyancers’...

Analysts are putting a surprise surge in mortgage approvals from banks down to a spike in applications ahead of the General...

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

A senior regional estate agent says the appliance of PropTech has helped his company streamline communications, reduce sales times, and generate...

NAEA member agents have delivered a relatively downbeat forecast for 2020 - but the organisation says an injection of digital technology...

The number of residential sales rose 1.9 per cent to 102,050  in November compared to the same month last year, the...

Zoopla is launching a new eight week marketing campaign on Boxing Day - and Estate Agent Today has an exclusive look at...

A website has slammed the idea that there is a surge of interest in buying homes on Boxing Day, describing the...

There are reasons to be optimistic that a majority government will improve the housing market, simply by ending political and economic...

It’s one of the most crucial aspects of the homebuying and selling process but is too often bogged down by frustrating...

A former residential chairman of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has posed key questions for the government to answer over...

The European Union’s highest court has ruled that Airbnb is not subject to strict rules governing estate and lettings agents in...

Hello and welcome to Agents Do Charity’s final edition before this Christmas and the New Year. It’s been a terrific year for...

The government has given details of a scheme allowing 30 per cent reductions for what it calls ‘local first time buyers’...

An unknown website called EA League Tables has issued a list of agencies and agency-groups which it claims shows their order by...

Our mental health affects how we think, feel and act. It affects how we handle anxiety, relate to others and impacts...

A major regional estate agency is expanding with another physical office because it says the traditional High Street business model delivers...

“There won’t be a single home but millions of different homes”, is one quote.  “There will be an end to gadgets”, is...

Hello, and with exactly one week before Christmas Day we’re delighted to bring you yet more agents’ festivities. We have two for...

love2move, the digital platform that allows High Street agents to operate parallel online agencies alongside their traditional offerings, is holding a...

An estate agent in London claims he did £53m of property deals within hours of the Conservative victory in the General...

Rightmove predicts that the price of property coming to market in Britain will rise by two per cent next year. The portal...

Hello and welcome to the final Property Jobs Today before Christmas - and yes, there are still plenty of people moving...

Home owners on Corbyn Road in a Midlands town are seeking a name change because they fear house prices will plummet. The...

The Council of Property Search Organisations has named three industry figures as members of its newly-formed compliance committee, set to regulate...

Yes, believe it or not, we’ve nearly reached the end of a whole decade. And what an eventful decade it’s been. We’ve...

As part of its commitment to promoting and enforcing high standards, RICS has launched its Home Survey Standard, which will become...

In the firmest sign yet that PropTech has entered the mainstream, Housing Minister Esther McVey recently launched an expert advisory council...

Outsourcing important business functions such as marketing, HR and IT to attract cost savings, leverage expertise and gain greater competitive advantage is...

It’s a substantial Tory government for the next five years: what does this mean for estate agents, property and the market? We have...

Zoopla has this afternoon announced a massive growth programme for 2020 with 120 new staff and expansion in most of its...

Your Move is to become an Official Supporter of the English Football League.  The announcement will see Your Move benefit from digital...

Here’s the final part of our questioning of the three portals based on comments and queries from our readers - thanks...

An unlicensed landlord who let out rooms with dangerous electrics and refused to pay a civil fine, has been told he...

When we launched Reapit’s Foundations Platform as a Service (PaaS) in November, it may have seemed like a recent development in...

A new tie-up between Coadjute, a network for decentralised workflow and data sharing within the property industry, and banks including NatWest...

Online estate agency Housesimple is extending its offer to sell homes for free to some postcodes in the Midlands.  The offer is...

Agents who join the fast-growing Federation of Independent Agents will have full access to the new Homesearch mine of data. Homesearch debuted...

Century 21 UK has made what it claims to be the largest acquisition in its history, snapping up an independent agency...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Emma Vigus, Managing Director of mio What is mio and what...

A leading estate agent has urged others in the industry to follow his example and make local TV programmes to build...

Humberts has signed off in bizarre style leaving only false contact details on its website. The historic agency - which closed several...

Christmas gets ever closer and we’re delighted that you’re sending in those splendid festive videos and still photographs. Everyone today got in...

The relaunched easyProperty hybrid agency is to rely exclusively on local marketing to drive awareness and customers, and not follow the...

Hello and welcome to PJT: even with little more than a fortnight before Christmas it seems there are still plenty of...

Humberts' experiment rejecting branches and promoting a supposedly one-stop-shop for property related services has failed with reports that the firm is likely...

Data scientists have released a study into the characteristics of homes and how they give away the likely voting intentions of...

With Brexit still unresolved, the domestic agenda has been pushed from the headlines by the seemingly overwhelming public and political discord...

There used to be a consolation for some estate agents at this time of year - while it was wintry and...

The Australian agent is a very different beast to his or her British counterpart - and it’s not just because we...

[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...

[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...

[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...

[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...

You are an enterprising lot! Today we’ve got two fantastic Christmas videos from agents who’ve kindly responded to our call for...

The legendary Mayfair estate agency Wetherell is linking with London’s Dexters chain in a new partnership. Wetherell, run by high profile chief...

An online agency which is free to list for vendors says it wants prospective buyers to stay in the property they...

Another estate agency has provided evidence of the problems that continue to hurt the prime central London housing market. Strutt & Parker,...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Mark Hinkins and I’m a Sales Consultant...

Zoopla is advising agents to prepare for a festive rush of leads. The portal says it expects a 60  per cent month-on-month increase...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your weekly opportunity to catch up on who’s moving where and why across our...

In the latest part of the Natter’s ‘day in the life of’ series, I catch up with Chris Osmond, sales director...

Property voyeurism and the festive season have long been bedfellows for many Brits. The heady combination of over-indulgence and regret, close proximity...

Here at sales progression and communication tool mio, we recently caught up with Sarah Edmundson, co-director of The AllStars Group, the...

A new portal has been launched aiming to take on Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket in the retirement property sector - and...

House prices increased 0.5 per cent in November, which was the strongest monthly rise since April according to the Nationwide.  However, annual...

He portrays himself as a scourge of the Remoaner elite and a champion of the people, but when it comes to...

It’s beginning to look a lot like…we’re running a very popular service for agents, as we’ve been inundated with more fund-raising...

A new app is being launched which allows agents to gauge possible interest in a property before it is formally put...

Properties worth a combined £8.1m have been surrendered to the National Crime Agency following a tax probe. The properties included 16 homes...

Homesearch, the data service which launched this year as free-to-use with a subscription model launching in 2020, has announced it’s introducing...

A Georgian mansion described as an oasis of seclusion and including a lake with 2,000 fish is being raffled by its...

28th NOVEMBER 2019: Christopher Watkin’s recent thought-provoking interview with Dan Marsden sheds light on the property industry today and offers an...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Michelle O’Brien, mio Account Manager for Home Counties North What is...

In just over two weeks, the UK population will head to the polls for the fourth general election since 2010. Of course,...

A PropTech company says the majority of transactions now involve chains and that the issue is becoming more problematic for agents...

There’s bad news peak-time TV shows this evening like DIY SOS and Coronation Street - it looks likely that viewers will...

The latest market snapshot from the National Association of Estate Agents continues to show how political uncertainty is dampening sentiment and...

It normally costs estate or lettings agents £10,000 to buy a franchise for the online company called The Good Estate Agent...

The chief of an online auction service says the Conservatives’ controversial proposal for a three per cent stamp duty surcharge on...

London’s specialist mews estate agency, Lurot Brand, is opening a new office in the capital.  Established in 1971 and widely regarded as...

It’s only five weeks to the New Year and new decade and the first agents have started making predictions for the...

A prominent regional agent says the industry owes it to vendors to try competing marketing outlets for property, and not to...

Agents have reacted angrily to General Election proposals by all three main political parties to hike stamp duty for foreign buyers. The...

A report from Countrywide says the proportion of homes in Great Britain bought with cash fell to a mere 28 per...

Hello and welcome to the final Property Jobs Today for November - the festive month of December is just around the...

Recent Zoopla reports stating that first-time buyers are deciding against purchasing one-bedroom flats came as no surprise to me, or I’m...

Pressure is building on the Conservative party to honour its previous commitment to reform stamp duty for British buyers and sellers...

Rightmove has this morning named Andrew Fisher as its non-executive chairman, stepping into the role on January 1.  He succeed Scott Forbes,...

A conveyancing company has thrown its weight behind reforms to surveys outlined by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. As Estate Agent Today...

Election time means setting out your stall and getting support - so how about a vote of confidence for those agents,...

Local media in the south west are reporting that a Torquay estate agent took his own life after telling his partner...

Labour is pledging a “housing revolution” with the biggest council house building programme for decades Its manifesto being launched today will include new...

Zoopla has revealed the most searched-for property terms on its portal in the past 12 months with ‘garage’, ‘parking’ and ‘garden’...

An online estate agency which last week claimed it had resolved a dispute over reviews it showed on its website is...

Last week, it was announced that Plentific, the London-based tenant experience, has raised $32 million in Series B funding. Plentific’s model sees...

There was an increase in the number of first time buyers getting on the property ladder in September compared to the...

A PropTech firm has calculated the different delays that lead to transactions taking an average 120 days (and often much longer)...

There’s been a significant drop in the number of housing transactions dealt with by conveyancers in the first nine months of...

A shock prediction from a property management firm suggests that around 10 estate agencies have gone bust every week in Britain...

The prospective buyers of a home in Oxfordshire who paid a deposit of £108,000 before withdrawing are suing the sellers in...

A new Home Survey Standard is being launched today in a bid to improve and speed up the house moving process. The...

As we know, the world’s moving very fast and how we communicate now is drastically different to even 10 years ago....

Last winter, Agents Giving had a fantastic response to our Winter Coat Drive, which saw the collection of more than 1,500...

The listings website Home, which conducts a monthly survey of asking prices and wider market monitors, is reporting a show 10...

The competition is hotting up between Zoopla and OnTheMarket for new homes listings. Today Zoopla has revealed that it has seen a...

A sales agency based in Warrington and set up originally to market new homes in Manchester is now expanding into Shanghai...

Well there’s little doubt that after this week’s weather winter is well on the way - the perfect time for fund-raising...

Purplebricks claims it actually sells - not just lists - three times more than the UK’s next largest estate agency.  The claim...

You don’t need to go far to find news about the UK lettings market. From the banning of tenant fees to...

Fledgling online estate agency Emoov - now owned by PropTech firm Mashroom - has removed reviews and endorsements from its website...

Rightmove has been given the green light to continue using the claim that “every second someone contacts an estate agent about a...

KPMG published its Global PropTech Survey 2019 last week with the title: Is your digital future in the right hands? Interesting question:...

The head of the UK’s longest-established agency recruitment consultancy says experience and qualifications are not key when looking for new staff. Property...

House prices are forecast to dip as the year ends and stagnate at the start of 2020 according to the latest...

“Multiple”members of the new trade body, the Federation of Independent Agents, are considering cancelling their subscriptions to Rightmove. FIA founder Graham Lock...

Two separate former High Street estate agents have sung the praise of switching to the hybrid business model. Appleby’s in Gloucestershire is...

Rightmove has announced that Robyn Perris is to step down as finance director next year after 12 years at the company. During...

ESTAS, the national customer service award scheme which recognises estate and letting agents,  conveyancers and mortgage advisors, has now fully launched...

The controversial former Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, is to be the keynote speaker at a property industry...

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

The latest market snapshot of prime central London suggests that homes there are now 15.2 per cent cheaper than five years...

Reservation Agreements are the subject of the moment in the agency industry. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is to...

Zoopla says it now offers the fastest listings search of all three leading UK property portals on mobile devices. In turn, it...

It’s not-so-unlucky 13 for national property consultancy Bruton Knowles which has opened its 13th office in the country. The new office is...

Purplebricks has this morning released a brief and relatively downbeat trading statement to the City and its shareholders. The statement applies to the...

A London estate agency says a new scheme of apartments being launched for sale this weekend will be the first ever...

A stridently anti-Labour estate agent has launched a stinging attack on the Opposition’s policies and has issued a stark warning of...

An online agent claims to have the answer to why fewer people are buying and selling these days. It’s not Brexit, stamp...

One of London’s leading estate and lettings agents has criticised the government over what he calls its “pitiful” record on affordable...

Housing Minister Esther McVey has launched an expert advisory council that the government says is “dedicated to the digital transformation of...

Until now General Election pledges of stamp duty reforms were restricted to the Conservatives - but now a tax consultancy says...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Jason Wilson, mio Account Manager What is mio and what does...

The National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting Agents have issued their manifesto for next month’s General...

A new study by the London School of Economics suggests that a high profile ban on the sale of new homes...

The National Audit Office, a spending watchdog, has exposed the government’s Starter Homes policy with a damning critique of its failure The...

OnTheMarket will on Wednesday of this week issue over a million shares to agents who have signed new long-term listing agreements...

A survey undertaken for estate agency Jackson-Stops reveals that 55 per cent of people do not believe housing is a priority...

Zoopla is continuing its aggressive expansion of listings and services to agents with news this morning that it has added a...

Hello there and welcome along to the latest PJT, your weekly catch-up on who’s moving where in agency, amongst suppliers and...

A Labour proposal to dramatically improve energy efficiency in almost every British home would cost an estimated £60 billion. The upgrades would...

This week’s Natter is dedicated to three contrasting agencies doing things differently, from a recently established hybrid to a design-led, Insta-friendly...

The phrase ‘death of the high street’ can be found in nearly any publication in any given week. And for fair...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Milton Rodosthenous, Director of Equity and Capital & LetsBid Property.  What...

It’s on - although judging by the early lack of enthusiasm amongst the British public, you might be forgiven for thinking...

Two very different views on Brexit have come forward in the past 24 hours from different players in the industry. First off,...

There may be lots of agents giving time this weekend to see England at the Rugby World Cup final and Lewis...

Just because Halloween has officially been and gone for another year, doesn’t mean we would give up a chance to celebrate...

Agents and property industry figures have given a clear message to the government six weeks ahead of the General Election -...

A tax expert is urging owners of second homes, as well as property investors and existing landlords, to seek independent financial...

In recent months, we’ve seen headlines dominated by changes to tenancy rules, government consultations and more than a few scare stories. Landlords...

The Advertising Standards Authority has clamped down on misleading claims made by the organisers of a property raffle. The controversy surrounds an...

A small online agency which in six months of trading has secured around 140 sales says it’s on course to be...

An estate agency will pay out over £40,000 after being found to have misled customers and allowing one of its own...

We’ve had a particularly scary entry for our Halloween videos and photographs - and our sympathy goes out to the innocent...

The Australian agent is a very different beast to his or her British counterpart - no surprises there. And it’s not...

A former 10 Downing Street adviser says stamp duty on house sales should be scrapped or at least slashed in order...

Countrywide’s upmarket brand Hamptons International is urging all owners of homes with septic tanks to prepare for new regulations that kick...

A new league table of High Street agents’ charges published over the weekend reveals the locations where agents charge an average...

The number of prime residential housing transactions has increased rapidly in the past two decades and even in the past five...

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

There are many adjectives that can be applied to Boris Johnson, probably very few of them complimentary, but there’s one that...

It has been said time and time again that the uncertainty around Brexit is causing, well, uncertainty. As I write this, the...

OnTheMarket is being accused by an agent of charging a monthly fee for a branch it knows to be shut. Ian King...

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A controversial estate agent and former head of an online agency is urging agents to knock on the doors of vendors...

One of the earliest British estate agencies to adopt the model of using self-employed or freelance agents operating under the same...

New figures released this morning by the National House Building Council show the number of new homes registered to be built...