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Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has hinted for the second time that he is looking towards property to help fund his...

The Halifax claims that homes with the highest energy ratings are worth up to £40,000 more on average compared to less...

A leading agency says the new normal likely to establish itself in the housing market after the end of the stamp...

The hybrid agency Paton & Co is moving into new territories in Berwickshire and Northumberland. The company has been Borders-based since launching...

The first agency to give its market forecast for 2022 and beyond has suggested an upbeat performance next year.  Hamptons says the...

As we motor towards the next major global climate change conference – the UN’s COP26 being held in Glasgow from 31...

There’s good news and bad news from the shake-up in government ministers and ministries that was presented to the nation last...

The recent stamp duty holiday and the subsequent conveyancing logjam this triggered has acted as a wakeup call for the industry....

Labour is to reveal a raft of new housing policies at its party conference this weekend - and it claims it’s...

Purplebricks is launching its biggest advertising campaign in five years this evening. The multichannel campaign kicks off with a 60-second spot on Channel 4’s...

Strike, the digital-first estate agent previously known as Housesimple, has been selected to join Tech Nation’s Future Fifty programme. The online agent, which...

The latest easyProperty franchise has landed in Luton, the spiritual home of the easy brand as it’s the place where budget...

Photography has become an increasingly important weapon in an agent’s armoury in recent years as listings compete for space on portals,...

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

The UK’s largest review website for the property industry has announced that its first ever in-person awards event will be held...

An estate agent has been ‘marketing properties so well’ in a Worcestershire town that it has temporarily ‘sold out’ of all...

Affordability has always been a hot topic when it comes to the property market, and this is doubly true for first-time...

It’s certainly the case that awareness of part exchange isn’t very high in the property and agency world, despite the potential...

Our story yesterday on whether agents should continue to dress formally post-pandemic seemed to relight the fire on a long-time debate...

The government has been warned that its much-talked about levelling up agenda is ‘doomed to fail’ without major reform of the...

The pandemic has led to many people ditching more formal wear as they work from home on a more regular basis,...

In a 'coup' for property data firm Homesearch, Keller Williams UK, which has some 400 agents under its banner across the UK,...

Forget en-suites and garden rooms, could you boost viewings with the postcode of a property? Research by comparison website Money.co.uk has identified...

A think tank has proposed scrapping Council Tax and stamp duty in favour of an annual property levy.  The Institute for Public...

New Housing Secretary Michael Gove is reported to be set to press ahead with plans to pause controversial planning reforms.  It came...

As virtual tours start to get even more popular, and in some cases become the norm for the majority of letting...

With the competition for new listings between agents as fierce as ever, it can sometimes feel like a race to the...

Boris Johnson's sudden and unexpectedly ruthless Cabinet reshuffle, which drew comparisons with Margaret Thatcher's 'purge of the wets' in 1981, ended...

A cloud-based software provider has claimed that agents need to prepare for the future – and a very different working day...

The Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners (ALEP) has become the latest body to welcome the decision by Countryside Properties to scrap the requirement to pay...

It’s been a dramatic week in the world of politics – and this has led to another new Housing Secretary, in...

A Borders estate agency business, Hastings Legal and Property, has invested in Halo Digital Signage – hailed as ‘the new generation...

The end of the stamp duty holiday, which was introduced in July 2020, is now only a few weeks away. The upcoming...

One of the biggest campaign groups calling for leasehold reform has welcomed the action taken by the Competition and Markets Authority...

First-time buyers are £25,000 worse off thanks to the stamp duty holiday, according to estate agent comparison site GetAgent. The website revealed...

Almost a million tenants have built up rent arrears since March 2020, according to research by National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA)....

In what will be seen as the latest win for leaseholders across the UK, it’s been revealed that – following action...

The value of mortgage lending hit a record high in the final months of the stamp duty holiday. Figures from the Bank...

Buyers are getting less square foot for their money when buying a property. Research by insurer Churchill has found that the average...

Rightmove claims to have identified the dream home for buyers. A survey of more than 2,000 visitors to the portal’s website has...

Picky buyers are walking away from property deals after realising the internet connection at a property is poor, research claims. A poll...

Scotland and the south west of England have been identified as cash buyer hotspots. Analysis by Barrows and Forrester, found 27 per...

Veteran retail chief executive John Browett is joining home setup service Just Move In as chairman. Browett has been chief executive of...

The property market is unlikely to enter a last-minute rush before the final stamp duty holiday ends in October, research claims. Analysis...

Warwick Estates has revealed the most in-demand features for new-build buyers. The firm has analysed Rightmove data and found that those buying...

Implementing measures recommended in an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) could boost the sales price of a property for a vendor, the...

An online conveyancer is on the hunt for a mansion tester. My Home Move Conveyancing is seeking a mansion tester who will...

Forget London, Scotland is now the fastest-moving market for million-pound properties. Analysis by Rightmove has found that million-pound homes are selling 25...

The government is reportedly planning to abandon its next stage of planning reforms. The proposals, previously under consultation, would have given councils...

What estate agency is going to look like in the post-pandemic world, and what the role of the physical branch will...

Agents are always on the lookout to save time and money wherever they can, to improve, streamline and enhance their business. And...

2020 gave rise to an exodus from the city as work from home became the mandated norm for large swaths of...

Welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity - another edition of good will and cheer generated by the industry’s fund-raising heroes. It’s...

The Victorian phrase “as safe as houses” well surmises the security of the housing market as, whether they are buying or...

A surprise statement from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says the stamp duty holiday, which goes on until the end...

Over the last three years there has been a quiet revolution in the tenant referencing market. Starting with the 2019 tenant...

The Federation of Independent Agents has passed the key milestone of 50 member branches covering in excess of 200 exclusive postcode...

The lifestyle changes triggered by the pandemic are likely to have a lasting effect on the housing market, pushing property prices permanently...

A survey conducted by a bank suggests that over half of the self-employed sector of the economy believes its financial position...

Independent agency chain haart is opening what it calls a new ‘property centre’ in Aylesbury later this month.   Tim Wardley, managing...

Estate agents are being urged to future-proof and diversify by linking with retirement developers via part-exchange services. Property investment service HBB Solutions...

Does this photo drive you mad? Do you see it everywhere (including on Estate Agent Today stories)?  Who are these people and...

Newly instructed properties across the country dropped by 10 per cent in August compared to July’s numbers, according to Homesearch. The company,...

More buyers in prime central London are choosing larger properties - a function of the pandemic and the race for space. That’s...

Jackson-Stops, which currently has 42 branches across the UK, has revealed it’s going to have another 20 by the end of...

Day in, day out, I see how good estate agents really are.  Whether it’s in my day job on Location, Location, Location...

Spicerhaart - which is increasingly shifting its activities towards agents operating away from traditional branches - is investing more than £6m...

A TV advertising campaign begins today to promote SmartVal, its real-time valuation tool available on the Boomin portal. The advertisements will start...

Media reports over the weekend suggest the government is preparing a triple whammy - three measures which may reduce the number...

A new forecasting model from a consumer website is predicting that house prices will rise by an average 30 per cent...

Since the announcement of the Regulation of Property Agents (RoPA), an increasing amount of Principle, Partners and Directors (PPD) from the...

Few political policies have such a ring of the past as rent controls - they were last seen in this country...

A small survey commissioned by a PropTech firm appears to show that a majority of respondents believe estate agents lack expertise...

Blockchain network Coadjute has announced new partnerships with software firms. Coadjute launched in July and claims it will halve the time it...

Homebuyers are suffering huge delays in receiving responses to their search requests to council according to a study of local authorities. Consumer...

The Karma Club: An industry partner has celebrated its second birthday by reaching a landmark of more than £15,000 donated to...

Knight Frank has sold homes collectively valued at over £100m on just one exclusive estate so far this year alone.  The Wentworth...

Many Britains are apparently under-estimating the impact of furlough on their ability to get a mortgage and buy a property. A new...

Parts of Britain are so short of homes for sale they have only half the number of listings to be expected...

Mortgage approvals declined over the last month as the tapering stamp duty holiday deterred home purchases, according to data from the...

Zoopla-owned software company Yourkeys and mortgage, insurance and wealth management broker SPF Private Clients have integrated. Yourkeys’ software provides buyer and seller...

A new survey shows that there’s just a 1.7 per cent house price premium on homes with EPC ratings A or...

An agency claims that across the UK there have been very nearly 400,000 property transactions down valued in the last year...

The chairman of the Commons housing, communities and local government committee has criticised the institutional bulk-buying of existing homes for denying...

360 tour technology company Made Snappy has grown rapidly over the past 18 months and whilst many agents have grasped the...

The work of the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team is “vital” it claims - and the case of the...

A broker claims the high profile return of the 95 per cent mortgage has actually made little impact on the housing...

A career in property can be fun and rewarding, but it’s a busy world to live and work in. As we...

The very strong housing market seen throughout this year is set to extend into 2022 as a stock shortage is forecast...

An estate agent says the housing market now has a hidden characteristic - an absence of homes that are friendly for...

A sentiment survey amongst wealthy international buyers suggests the affluent sector of the western world is seeing similar house buying frenzy...

An estate agency comparison website has conducted research into how much it costs to simply keep an average home in a...

There’s a lot being said about how the workforce will operate in the post-pandemic world. We’re still largely remote at Homesearch but as...

House sales slumped nearly two thirds last month as the main deadline for the stamp duty holiday passed.  HM Revenue and Customs...

Media reports suggest the government is considering offering grants to local authorities to purchase private family houses which are larger than...

The Guardian has sharply criticised Chancellor Rishi Sunak for introducing and then extending the stamp duty holiday - because helping estate...

A new survey of online and hybrid agents claims that they are now taking a 13 per cent share of the...

There are 19 new distinct £1m-plus property markets in the UK thanks to the soaring house prices of the past 15...

Politicians in one of the most exclusive property enclaves are complaining after average house prices have risen around £100,000 in just...

Proposals to resuscitate the self-build housing sector have been welcomed by the government. Conservative MP Richard Bacon has published an independent report...

A  mortgage expert says surveyors should improve their standard services to cover the threat of climate change.  This comes after a summer...

An unexpected claim was made over the weekend - that the long-running stamp duty holiday was not, after all, behind the...

I’m sorry to break this to you but in 10 days’ time it will be autumn - and we will have...

The housing market could be in for a financial boost of an unusual kind as a High Street bank plans to...

The lack of progress on the much-anticipated government reforms of the leasehold system is leaving thousands of homeowners stranded, according to...

A company says it’s gathering £500m in funding to purchase properties for a “gradual home ownership” scheme - a variation on...

Average house prices increased by 13.2 per cent over the year to June - the highest annual growth rate since November...

A director of Essex estate agency Beresfords has announced his retirement after 40 years with the company - and after being...

A bulk quick buy company has surveyed purchasers who have been deterred from continuing their transactions to discover what the biggest...

Last month it was reported that up to 500,000 people had been ‘pinged’ by the NHS in a week. While the...

Estate agents have gone on the record to say the flow of purchasers from London to country and market town locations...

My neighbour had been seeking to move home for some time. Suggestions that he wanted to get away from his neighbours...

Fenn Wright, a prominent East Anglian independent agency, is to open its first office in Felixstowe this autumn, making this the...

A nationalist party has blasted a Labour government in one national region of the UK for its lack of intervention in...

Agents and developers are creating full-size show home-style properties overseas in a bid to woo wealthy foreigners who cannot travel to...

A highly influential think tank says stamp duty should be scrapped for all house purchases once and for all. Alexander Hammond of...

The average size of homes in England has plummeted by over 10 per cent in the past four decades. Research from ElectricalDirect...

Recent research shows that when asked what their ideal working set up would be, most agents said ‘hybrid’* and with proposals...

Connells-owned Hamptons says it’s calculated that no fewer the 117,500 sellers this year have chosen to rent before buying their next home.  The...

The average asking price, as recorded by Rightmove, has fallen for the first time this year. In another sign that the market...

Over 55,000 households bought homes through the government’s Help to Buy equity loan scheme in the past financial year - a...

Almost £730 billion of equity is available in British homes - a record figure. The sum, assessed during the second quarter of...

One of the biggest trends since Covid, in the property world and elsewhere, has been a shift towards more hybrid, flexible...

Following a month in which the number of property transactions was the highest since records began, it might seem a little...

An estate agency is celebrating its 21st anniversary by launching a new ‘realtor’ franchise model based on enhanced technology and personalised...

Two prominent estate agencies are amongst those piloting a new financial product that allows aspiring buyers to purchase property with just...

HM Revenue & Customs is reported to be targeting recent home buyers after a slump in income from property taxes during...

Yet another housing market snapshot is reporting the stock of property for sale plummeting further downwards.  Property website Home says that while...

Hello and welcome to another round-up of our industry’s wonderful work for good causes. Before we salute this week’s heroes, our usual...

A new survey suggests the majority of vendors remain wary of allowing too many unknown people into their home during viewings. Some...

Referral revenues shared between agents in a major industry trade group has hit over £1.35m.  Daniel Pepperell, regional director at The Guild...

Rightmove data released this morning shows that the average asking price of a detached house has risen literally 10 times the...

A report claims the flurry of transactions over recent months has been down mostly to families moving into larger homes and...

Guided by our philosophy of being open and connected, at MRI we are constantly evolving and developing relationships and partnerships with...

The chief executive of Purplebricks says he wants to move his agency’s 600 Local Property Experts from self-employed to employed status...

Propertymark says confusion over new stamp duty rules has led to a surge in fall-throughs. Since April 1 homes bought in England...

A company says it will fund first time buyers’ bids to get on the property ladder by matching them with property...

Viewings are in the news right now and with good reason.  As the impact of the stamp duty holiday fades, and transaction...

The House of Commons Library has published what may be the definitive record of estate agency regulations issued in recent years...

Even at the height of summer (or the British wet season, as some call it) there are substantial numbers of job...

House prices in July rose after falling in June, according to the Halifax. They were 0.4 per cent higher than in June,...

Propertymark says the supply of homes on the market has dwindled almost continuously since the start of the year, with 40...

Taking photographs or video footage during a routine property inspection can be a contentious subject. While landlords have every right to...

A prominent property consultancy is urging the government to ensure that holiday home owners pay more tax.  Colliers claims local authorities are...

A deep dive into Rightmove’s data by the portal itself has discovered that there’s one sector where homes sell 20 days...

Are you experiencing Estate Agent burnout? As The Stamp Duty Holiday has begun to tail off, it didn’t bring the relaxation in...

Zoopla has issued a data-heavy statement on its services for agents - just days after Boomin criticised it for being over...

A young franchisee with hybrid agency EweMove is expanding into another area just over nine months since launching his agency. Chris Wells,...

If you were hoping for a summer lull during August, think again. That’s the messages from Nicky Stevenson, managing director of Fine...

Volume house builder Taylor Wimpey has announced a pre-tax profit for the first half of this year of £287.5m - and...

Since 2017, The DPS has used the data we collect to track the rental values of properties across all regions of...

The former leader of the Liberal Democrats is calling for a ban on family homes being used for holiday lets and...

The UK government will not achieve its pledge of delivering 300,000 new homes a year until 2028, according to analysis from...

New data shows the strongest quarter for new build home registrations since 2007.  According to NHBC, the new home warranty and insurance...

The Fine & Country network has added another agency to its network - this one in the west country city of...

Londoners purchased over 60,000 homes outside of the capital in the first half of 2021 - and many of those buyers...

An estate agency has calculated precisely how much residential property has been sold so far this year, fuelled by the stamp...

The number of Energy Performance Certificates issued for new build homes in England rose 16 per cent in the year to...

A much higher than usual proportion of homes on sale in the current market have successfully found a buyer, according to...

A recent news story will have set alarm bells ringing for agencies up and down the country, when it was revealed...

Some 18 months on, we’re only just beginning to understand the impact of Covid-19 and how it’ll shape the future economy...

The stamp duty holiday came and went with much fanfare. For many buyers it represented a rare opportunity to make some...

Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, technology has proven to be the answer for many problems faced by sectors across...

Rightmove has reported a dramatic bounce back in its fortunes - and it’s making more money from agents even than before...

With stock remaining perilously short for most agents, the industry has been advised to use data to identify those existing owners...

Available residential property listings across the country are at historic lows according to property data firm Homesearch. The company, which focuses its...

We’re about to enter August and second half of the Olympic Games - and fund-raising is happening at a Gold medal...

Annual house price growth remains above 10 per cent despite a small monthly dip in July according to the Nationwide. A 0.5...

New research shows that the surge in house prices this year has taken homes in at least 25 areas of England...

Boomin has given its member agents more details of its new valuation tool being launched next month. Called SmartVal, it is described...

Two companies are to merge to create one of the Home Counties’ largest land and new homes businesses. Ashtons and Putterills Land...

Demand for all types of houses, from terraced to detached, has more than doubled in the current housing market - creating...

Agents have been told in new government guidance that the liftings of some Covid restraints in wider society “does not mark...

London’s super prime residential market has recorded its strongest half year in volume and value terms since the rush to beat...

A number of estate agencies have signed up to a service which charges £30 to view a property. The online service, called...

There’s gathering momentum to do ‘something’ about the unfairness of council tax and stamp duty. This isn’t new in principle. Agents have...

Zoopla data has confirmed that buyer demand started to moderate in the months prior to the initial stamp duty holiday tapering...

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

The post-lockdown housing market boom is showing signs of a significant slowdown according to a new forecast. The prediction, from the quote...

Keller Williams - which says it’s the UK’s leading business-owner or ‘self-employed’ firm with twice the agents of any direct rival -...

New research from Zoopla appears to show that buyers typically move further away for larger homes rather than smaller or same-size...

Boy it’s been hot out there - yet even 30 degrees or more have failed to stifle the enthusiasm of our...

HM Revenue & Customs has warned of what it calls the “negative impacts” of the pandemic on the latest property transactions...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, we have another industry big-hitter and one of the most high-profile female leaders in property...

A new Home Buyer App has been launched by the Mortgage Advice Bureau in a bid to educate first time buyers...

A property quango wants industry experts to join its board - and will pay £25,000 a year for what it calls...

It’s a big ask to expect anyone to suddenly change what they have always done, particularly if their results have proven...

Ben Ridgway gives his views on the current market, material information and PropTech for agents. What is your current view of the...

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

A young Conservative says “the rich are getting a free pass” thanks to the current council tax system, and there should...

A group of MPs has suggested the government consider a “proportional property tax” to replace the current council tax, in a...

Boots is the latest company to dip its toe into the water of the property sector.  Modular housing company ilke Homes has...

New research suggests that the number of owners enquiring to sell across Greater London has increased by 68 per cent since...

A bank’s latest study suggests that self employed people are increasingly pessimistic about the chance of them being able to get on...

The busiest first half of a year ever recorded by Rightmove has led to a raft of new records for the...

Former Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond and strategist Sir Lynton Crosby - the architect of many Conservative election campaigns -...

A new analysis off the housing market suggests that the current frenzy is down partly to activity in the most expensive...

Let it never be said that this column isn’t here to help out agents directly. In this week’s Natter, I speak...

Our long-awaited ‘Freedom Day’ approaches. From Monday all of the restrictions, introduced since the Covid-19 pandemic made an impact across the...

Properties with professional marketing packs sell up to 48 per cent quicker than those without, according to an experiment conducted by...

Initiatives by property portal Residential People and mortgage lenders Paragon Bank and Foundation Home Loans help people to find, buy or...

A call has gone out for Property Logbooks to receive official recognition as “digital assets” by the Law Commission: the move...

Over a fifth of properties have risen in value by more than the average salary according to a calculation made by...

It’s British Grand Prix weekend, one of the big events on the sporting calendar and this year back with a full...

The end of a largely-forgotten mortgage initiative connected with the pandemic could end up derailing the current strong housing market, agents...

The housing market across the country shows little or no sign of cooling despite the end of the main stamp duty...

A supplier of virtual viewings claims physical viewings cost £233 of an agent’s time on average - and that’s without fuel...

Greater Manchester Police have arrested the Savills estate agent who allegedly posted a racist tweet about black England football stars after...

An online estate agency is launching a quasi franchise operation it calls Agency In A Box and claims applicants will “effectively”...

A commercial property agency in London says it will open a residential sales and lettings operation this year. Bermondsey-based Henshall & Partners...

The Covid-19 crisis has been marked by so-called high-wealth households amassing savings and benefitting from rising house prices far more than...

One of the most senior politicians involved in the property industry is embroiled in a row over her anti-Marcus Rashford social...

New guidance has been issued to agents as the government confirms that most remaining Coronavirus restrictions are to be lifted from...

A property that used to house one of London’s best known prostitutes - and which carries a blue plaque celebrating her...

Strike - which over the weekend announced a new £11m investment package - has now revealed it has a new chief...

An estate agency is opening a large new office in London which it claims will be “very different” to the traditional...

At first sight it’s a tough ask to defend holiday homes when there’s evidence that many who want to buy can’t,...

Agents should use a mixture of next-generation 3D style technology and traditional, old-school estate agency to allow them to thrive. That's...

Channel 4 Ventures is one of a number of investors who have collectively put the equivalent of £11m into the online...

Estate agents are being advised to emphasise to customers that they are local experts. “Show [the public] that you really know your...

Free to list portal Residential People has launched a filter allowing users to sort properties by EPC rating.  The new ‘Energy Efficiency...

There are currently 341,419 homes across England, Scotland and Wales that have been vacant for at least six months.  Collectively, these homes...

A leading agent says the supply of homes coming to the market is still insufficient to match demand. London estate agent Jeremy...

As the country prepares to cheer on England (can we speak for the other UK nations too?) here’s a look at...

As we slowly ease out of lockdown and back to something closer to normality, some legacies of the pandemic will be...

Coadjute, the long-awaited real-time network which uses Blockchain technology to sell a property, is launched today with its first property deal...

The Halifax is reporting a 0.5 per cent monthly drop in house prices, plus a fall in the annual rate from...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Matt Ratliff, Chief Technology Officer of Sort Group. How has your...

Like many of you, I have watched a lot of football recently and I’ve enjoyed every minute. It has been an...

The chief executive of Purplebricks says research into pricing strategies has suggested around a third of sellers at least consider using...

The government and property industry have been talking about it for a long time, and there have been numerous initiatives introduced...

A leading agency in the capital says it’s seen its strongest ever half year of trading. According to Chestertons’ latest market analysis,...

A conveyancing services firm is warning that buyers are making “hasty rather than considered” decisions over properties because they feel under...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Jamie Cooke, Co-Founder and Managing Director of iamsold, part...

Purplebricks has addressed its critics on house sales by pledging to return vendors’ upfront fees if the agency fails to find...

Zoopla has launched a new advertising innovation which it says will help both agents and housebuilders as they seek to capitalise...

A north London new homes agency is to rebrand as Connells-owned Hamptons. Lanes New Homes has been owned by Hamptons for some...

From July 19 it is likely that business owners, including agencies and industry suppliers, will no longer have to ask staff...

A bankrupt builder from Devon persuaded pensioners to pay him £271,000 to construct a home - but his poor workmanship has...

Agency staff who worked from home at any point during the pandemic - even for just one day - can still...

It may be the height of summer but the industry is still super-busy and new appointments continue to come thick and...

The race to complete home sales before the stamp duty holiday came to an end on June 30 has created what...

By any measure, the housing market has been unprecedently busy in recent months, fuelled not just by the stamp duty holiday...

Labour says the stamp duty holiday is an example of the government’s “failed approach” to home ownership and housing affordability. Labour’s Shadow...

Online estate agency Strike - which used to be HouseSimple - is expanding its sell-for-free service out across the Midlands and...

All eyes on Rome this weekend as England face Ukraine on their way - we hope - to winning Euro 2020. Some...

It doesn’t seem that long ago that 2D floorplans were considered cutting edge – but it’s safe to say they’re now...

Rightmove estimates that 1.3m buyers have benefitted from the stamp duty holidays across Great Britain since they were announced in July...

A third of owners would consider moving more regularly if the stamp duty holiday on the first £500,000 of a purchase...

The leading reason for property sales falling through is gazumping, according to new research from Comparethemarket. Over the past year, nearly two-fifths of...

Back in April, leading portal Zoopla launched a new multi-million-pound marketing campaign, its biggest ever, to help agents capitalise on the...

Average house prices have risen by £29,000 over the course of the stamp duty holiday as house price annual inflation hits...

So, who would have thought it? England finally beat Germany in a knockout game at a major competition - and it...

An online agent operating in the Midlands says the idea of flipping property is a thing of the past thanks to...

Property portal app MoveStreets says the latest upgrade to its app sends leads to agents’ inboxes and allows users to instantly arrange...

High end agency Savills says prime central London remains “relatively subdued” ahead of the return of foreign travel and overseas buyers. PCL...

A new analysis claims Help To Buy has improved building volumes and has not been a drain on taxpayers. The scheme which...

Estate agency comparison website GetAgent has calculated the typical fees charged to vendors in different parts of the country. It says agents...

A company supplying data to conveyancers and other property professionals warns that Japanese Knotweed is a bigger headache than usual this summer. A wet and frosty spring,...

The distribution of home ownership across different generations has been a cause of strife according to a think-tank. The Resolution Foundation’s latest...

The self-employed agency model will not be successful in the UK because the commission in this country is so low. That’s the...

For the second time in two working days, a report suggests that ever-higher numbers of buying are paying over the asking...

I recently saw a fly-through video for a home on sale for well over £2m. The imagery was good (made better by...

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

Peter Everett - a veteran High Street estate agent with a quarter of a century at LSL and a decade at...

Phil Spencer has interviewed five key regional estate agents in the latest of his Move iQ industry videos. It’s a fascinating insight...

London-focussed agency Winkworth - which has around 60 of its 100 franchise branches in the capital - has now opened another...

Data from Rightmove shows that no less than 37 per cent of homes early this year sold for the asking price...

It’s been another terrific week for good deeds by our industry - so often under-reported but so important for agents and...

There’s been a dramatic slump in instructions for online agencies, particularly Purplebricks, according to data produced by one online firm itself. 99Home...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, we have one of the most familiar names in agency on board for a Q&A....

A rush to beat next week’s stamp duty holiday deadline has caused a 200 per cent increase in demand for removal...

NAEA Propertymark says the news that two major players in the leasehold sector have reformed their activities must be just the...

New research has thrown light on how much buyers must pay on average to trade up to a property with one...

Working from home used to get a bad rap. With the phrase mocked as ‘shirking from home’, homeworkers were often seen...

The Competition and Markets Authority has struck a deal with house builders over leasehold abuses. Aviva has committed to remove certain terms...

A self employed franchise estate agent business model has been launched by one of the brands in The Property Franchise Group. Hunters...

An authoritative study on the housing market has shown that the big losers from the pandemic have been first time buyers. The...

It was never going to be easy for Scotland - and there was no sense of jeopardy for an already-through England. Yet...

Home set up and utility management service Just Move In is the latest partner on Reapit’s CRM. The 5,000-plus agents who use Reapit’s...

Almost 77 per cent of people think the government must build more homes - but if that means reclassifying Green Belt...

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

A consultation into the draft New Homes Quality Code has been published with a consultation period for the industry ending on...

Over the last 15 months (basically since the ‘c’ word entered our daily vocabulary) agent websites has become more crucial than...

The possible introduction of higher levels of Capital Gains Tax for the sale of buy to let, holiday homes or even...

There may well have been times in recent weeks when any agent would have been forgiven for wanting a break -...

Welcome to the start of another week and as the housing market continues at full pelt, so does the movement of...

One in 10 buyers say they will seek to renegotiate on the price of their chosen home if they miss the...

In an unusual move, HM Land Registry has issued guidance to agents to help them reassure jittery buyers and sellers ahead...

Around 18 months ago, just a few months before the pandemic hit, I did a Natter with the team at software...