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Hybrid agency Emoov is now offering a tailored sales package aimed at attracting developers listing and selling new homes. Rather than paying...

A flat in Brixton is being raffled for £5 a ticket by a start-up entrepreneur who claims this is just the...

Maplin, Toys R Us, Carpetright, Warren Evans – what do they have in common? All are well-known high street chains that...

The assessment by an investment consultancy that Purplebricks sells some 76 per cent of the homes it lists may have made...

There has been a big rise in activity in the equity release market based on data from the first quarter of...

Estate agent licensing will reduce competition, make buying and selling homes more expensive, and add another layer of red tape to...

Purplebricks has returned to the fray after recent controversies with a claim that home owners saved themselves over £140m in commission...

‘Respect’ is the new mantra for politicians: whether it’s about street gang leaders, social media trolls or those on either side...

There were 43 per cent more new properties listed for sale than in the same month last year according to online...

The proportion of first time buyers in the market is still 11 per cent below the level seen before the 2008...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today, our regular Monday look at key moves inside our industry. Everyone mentioned here...

Just like that, the Easter Bank Holiday has come and gone and I find myself now looking ahead to the Summer.  The...

Barclays is next week launching a so-called ‘green mortgage’ which links the loan to the Energy Performance Certificate rating of the...

Statistics published for the Annual Tax for Enveloped Dwellings show that the government appears to be succeeding in its  bid to...

The Treasury Select Committee of MPs has announced an inquiry into ‘economic crime’ - including the possibility that overseas-owned UK homes could be...

At any given moment it’s difficult to say which issue dominates our marketplace, but I think it’s fair to acknowledge during...

Holiday home sales in one of the country’s most popular tourist destinations are holding up, despite stamp duty and the age...

Last week, a story was published by CNBC about a couple who sold their home, for above the asking price, without...

For part two of the 'Day in the life of' series, I spoke to Peter Kavanagh, who first joined Romans in...

One day, I’ll sit down to write for Estate Agent Today and I won’t express my dismay at the lack of...

A property technology analyst has floated the idea that portals could become eclipsed by powerful alternatives such as Google, triggered by...

HM Revenue and Customs has won a key ruling concerning a tax avoidance scheme promoter which claimed to be able to...

Smart sensors, and smart technology as a whole, are enjoying a period of accelerated innovation and adoption.  It’s my opinion that such...

London has 585 one bed flats on the market at £1m or more according to research by online agency HouseSimple.  HouseSimple says...

Average asking price of newly-marketed property have jumped 1.5 per cent - or over £4,500 - in the past month, says...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today, our regular Monday look at key moves inside our industry. Everyone here simply...

Estate agency Jackson-Stops says it has discovered precisely how many existing home owners understand the difficulties facing first time buyers in...

A survey by consumer body Which? suggests askng prices and agents' fees are the most significant factors considered by a vendor choosing an...

  Chancellor Phillip Hammond claims over 60,000 first time buyers have already benefitted from the stamp duty relief he announced at his...

Average house prices rose 0.5 per cent in February, making it the biggest rise in five months according to the latest...

Ombudsman Services, which recently announced it was quitting its role as one of three approved redress schemes for estate and lettings...

The Ernst & Young ITEM Club - a group of economists highly regarded by politicians and some sectors of the property...

There has been a 19.9 per cent increase in new property listings, with some locations seeing as many as 80 per...

Thanks very much to everyone getting in touch to publicise their efforts for good causes: we’re always delighted to help. Just let...

House prices in the UK have suffered their first quarterly fall in almost a year - but strong transaction totals suggest...

An estate agent and former chairman of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says the government’s latest drive to build new...

The operation of ‘online estate agencies’ has changed substantially in the relatively short few years of their existence: I have spotted...

Collars up, gloves on, scarves pulled tight...it’s so cold you can hardly concentrate on work let alone anything else. But the...

London estate agency chain Dexters is expanding its brand once again thanks to a new partnership with Stirling Ackroyd New Homes.  Dexters...

A former president of the National Association of Estate Agents has attacked “irresponsible agents” for over-valuing asking prices in London in...

Land and investment deals achieved by Connells Group in 2017 will add a further 2,750 units to its new homes pipeline,...

The death of traditional TV – where viewers sit down together to watch shows at defined times – has been much...

In the great swathe of housing market data which is delivered each month, conveyancers’ case volumes often get overlooked, however the...

The UK property sector has been a hotbed for financial crime in recent years, with many criminals seeing it as an...

Rightmove has reported another very large leap in revenue in 2017 and a modest rise in agency and new home customers...

The well-respected buying agency Black Brick has revealed the scale of discounts it secures on prime properties being sold for different...

The fast-diversifying Humberts has set up regional hubs to handle its new homes and land division, in addition to taking on...

Three councils are encouraging local residents to sign a new register which aims to bring more quality homes for sale to...

Scottish portal s1homes.com has reported that the average property in Scotland sold for £10,000 higher than its asking price during the...

Hello and welcome to the latest Property Jobs Today, our round-up each Monday of key job moves within estate and letting...

The government has launched a surprise consultation on the creation of a new redress system for customers of agents and others...

The other day I met with two agents who have 30 years of property sales experience between them, and yet also...

At the start of February, Nationwide suggested that the housing market was picking up. Last week, RICS reported on its continued...

A lengthy analysis of the online agency sector, based on material supplied by an online agent, suggests that its market share...

City broker Jefferies is warning that Countrywide’s earnings as calculated through the EBITDA measure could drop to as little as £50m -...

The Advertising Standards Authority has ruled on another complaint lodged about Purplebricks. Although the latest appears minor it adds to a lengthy list...

Despite a string of property pundits suggesting the market is slowing down, new figures from the Office for National Statistics show...

Traditional solicitor estate agents north of the border have a higher success rate than any other estate agency model. The claim comes, perhaps...

This week I carry out a question and answer session with one of the most high-profile names in property. Isobel Thomson has...

Connells Group - which includes Connells, Sequence and other brands - says it recorded over 9,000 new homes sales in 2017. This...

A range of factors - including fierce competition under the supplied housing market, rising property prices and political uncertainty – have...

MPs will next month debate a Bill which aims to have the energy efficiency of all UK homes brought up to...

I had an interesting meeting last week with a VR company called Garou. Based in New York, they claim to have...

Former estate agent Nick Ferrand has gone public with a new website which says home owners decide when and to whom...

Right To Buy is unsustainable without local councils being given the right to set discounts for their areas and replacing every...

It’s probably unwise to write too much about politics these days. The most fanciful predictions turn out to be less wild...

Purplebricks has this morning issued an unusual statement to the Stock Exchange blaming a City report for the sharp fall in the...

An analysis of one month’s listings on Purplebricks by City consultancy Jefferies concludes that it sold 51.6 per cent of its...

Q. How did you get in to the property industry? My career in the property industry actually started out as a holiday...

Demand for homes fell by 20 per cent year-on-year in December. There were 268 prospective home-owners registered per NAEA member branch, down...

Homes for sale in some parts of inner London are seeing price discounts of up to 10 per cent says Hometrack...

Hello and welcome to our first Property Jobs Today, a weekly round-up of key job moves within estate and letting agencies...

A former director at London agency Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward has taken a swipe at agencies that have made knee-jerk changes...

In recent years January has become the month of detoxes, fad diets, health kicks such as Dry January and Veganuary, and...

A partner at Carter Jonas says that the next 12 months could see stagnation in the market and as a result...

The latest release of data from the English Housing Survey reveals that the number of under-45s owning their own homes has...

Foxtons has this morning given details of a sharp fall in both profits and revenue, wirth sales significantly falling away and...

Home owners seeking lease extensions may now have to pay more as a result of a controversial judgement handed down by...

Purplebricks has this morning announced it’s to launch in New York. A statement to the London Stock Exchange this morning read: The...

The number of transactions last year dropped to 1.22m - a minor 0.8 per cent drop on the year before and...

A set of figures produced by Haart suggests the market has had a difficult past 12 months - but the firm...

According to The Branding Journal, a brand is “a name, term, design, symbol, or any other feature that identifies one seller's...

US bank J P Morgan has predicted that Purplebricks, which it says now has around six per cent of advertised homes...

New research from the National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting Agents reveals that no fewer than...

  A new league table showing how long it takes homes to sell on average in different postcodes across England and Wales...

Hunters is partnering with a PropTech firm to allow homes on the market and still awaiting buyers to be short-let for...

The number of owners selling up and moving home is at its highest level since 2007 with one exception - London.  The...

Virtual Staging is about presenting a property in the most appealing way to potential buyers. Many consider virtual staging is deceiving...

The Court of Appeal is today expected to rule on a legal battle which may be critical in determining the value...

In a sign of how technology has become a mainstream part of the house sales process. the consumer group Which? has...

New analysis by credit and comparison service Totally Money has revealed the districts where the controversial Help To Buy initiative is...

Labour MP Chris Williamson, regarded as an ally of party leader Jeremy Corbyn, is suggesting that high-value homes in England should...

A new national housing agency – Homes England – has been launched by the newly-rebadged Ministry of Housing Communities and Local...

It didn’t take long - within 24 hours of high-flying Tory Dominic Raab being named as housing minister, so there was...

New housing minister Sajid Javid says the subtle change of name for his department and his own job “reflects this government’s renewed...

December saw the fewest number of people put their homes on the market than in any month in 2017, according to...

The business editor of right-wing political weekly The Spectator has made an attempt to defend the controversial £109m bonus paid to...

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

Welcome to 2018 and if your charitable activities are an indicator, it’s going to be a busy year with plenty happening...

Figures out this morning from the Nationwide show the first annual fall in London-wide house prices for eight years - and...

A House of Commons committee has prepared a briefing document on areas of the UK residential and commercial properties sectors most impacted...

A housing association which for over two years has operated its own estate agency now wants similar organisations to join up...

What a year it’s been! Back in 2016 we had Brexit, a new prime minister, Donald Trump’s election, and so when...

Outspoken buying agent Henry Pryor says some “pretty dodgy” overseas buyers have purchased homes in the UK in the past -...

A Happy New Year to all our readers and their families - and all the very best for a successful, profitable...

Grosvenor Crescent, located in the heart of London’s Belgravia between Hyde Park Corner and Belgravia Square, is the most expensive residential...

The operators of a new website which earlier today claimed to have 500,000 property listings appear to have now removed the...

A new portal called Housemap has launched and says it is free to agents. It’s a clean, attractive looking portal which already...

So here it is … a very Merry Christmas from Estate Agent Today and Angels Media, with our very best wishes...

No fewer than 85 per cent of properties sold for less than the asking price in November, the highest seen since...

A specialist leasehold enfranchisement firm has branded government leasehold reforms as "incredibly weak". In an announcement lost in the noise following Damian Green’s sacking,...

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

This week, news broke of the ‘first bitcoin homes’ being sold in the UK by Go Move, an estate agency in...

Asking prices are being cut more heavily than at any time in the past six years says Zoopla.  It says just over...

So there’s under a week to go to Christmas and it’s clear from your photos that festive jumper time has well...

Two families have bought each other’s homes in what an online estate agency says is the first ever example of a...

The Welsh Government has revealed the bands and rates for its new Land Transaction Tax, which replaces stamp duty in the...

Chris Philp, a Conservative MP and Parliamentary Private Secretary to Chancellor Phillip Hammond, says 50 per cent of new homes in...

It’s traditional before Christmas to either review the year past or anticipate the one ahead - but I’m intrigued about what...

Another new year is nearly upon us and, once we’ve got the season of mince pies, mulled wine, pigs in blankets,...

Here it is - the industry’s verdict on the latest set of figures from Purplebricks. The agency doesn’t play by any of...

Keller Williams UK is launching its third office in the UK. It’s in Glasgow and the new market centre - the term...

The Advertising Standards Authority has told the organisers of a house raffle that they must not repeat a promotion because of...

The short let management company Lavanda - backed by Harry Hill, former chief of Rightmove and Countrywide - has launched software...

Some 62 per cent of current home owners feel that moving house has become more difficult over the past 10 years...

It’s been a trend developing in the past few months - estate agents increasingly flirting with the idea of selling homes...

Here are some more absolutely stunning images from your offices as they mark the approach of Christmas - what a cheery...

The average home in England and Wales now sells for very nearly four per cent under its original asking price - a...

It’s not breaking new ground to say that younger people have what many regard as the raw end of the deal...

Here we are again: another much anticipated Budget has been and gone and, yet, still nothing much has changed! Yes, of course,...

The consumer group HomeOnwers’ Alliance says buyers of new build homes should be able to retain 2.5 per cent of the...

The London-focussed estate agency Cluttons says chains in central London are becoming increasingly fragile thanks to general uncertainty in the wider...

Countrywide chief executive Alison Platt says she welcomes the government’s scrapping of stamp duty for first time buyers purchasing homes under...

As we hurtle towards the end of 2017, it’s time to reflect on the year that’s just been.   Even better, this property-based...

Earlier this week, Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered the Autumn Budget with a strong focus on housing.  The decision to cut stamp duty...

The small print of the Budget has revealed that the government is to make minor changes to the ‘additional homes’ three...

Training for Agents Giving’s Strictly Come Dancing event is now entering its final two weeks - and Estate Agent Today readers...

Agents and even the Labour Party have backed the government’s scrapping of stamp duty for first time buyers’ purchases up to...

Housing may have taken centre stage in the Budget but most of the industry appears to remain sceptical of whether the...

The fast-growing Leaders Romans Group now looks set to grow its new homes business. Alison Guyton, currently Leaders’ head of marketing with...

Stamp duty reform for first time buyers has taken pride of place in the Budget speech of Chancellor Phillip Hammond.   From today,...

Members of the Relocation Agent Network are celebrating after a successful annual awards event in London, combined with keynote conference sessions...

An online agency which claims to be the first in the world to be dedicated to sealed bid property sales, is...

Estate Agent Today understands that a high-profile online estate agency in the UK has approached Facebook with a view to operating...

A housing market expert says agents should be more pro-active and explain to the public that contrary to popular belief, some...

Another Budget, another pledge of new house building: it appears from statements made over the weekend by Chancellor Phillip Hammond that...

The housing industry has set out a list of demands in advance of the government’s hotly anticipated Autumn Budget on Wednesday.  Despite...

British politics is extraordinarily volatile right now and the ongoing battle between austerity and anti-austerity, Leave and Remain, and Conservative and...

The average UK property takes 96 days to sell, according to a new report. The survey, by Post Office Money and the...

easyProperty, the online agency, says stamp duty should be paid by sellers and not by first time buyers. The online firm’s head...

Jackson-Stops predicts that average UK house prices will remain flat in 2018, with stamp duty, Brexit and political uncertainties taking their...

Your Move and Reeds Rains, both part of LSL Property Services, are the latest agencies to admit a slowdown in house...

Sellers have launched "their own sale" in response to the stagnating market by slashing asking prices according to Rightmove - but...

Fine & Country is to offer auction sales options to vendors in its 200 offices from next year. “The modern method of...

The supply of homes coming to the market has slumped again according to a monthly survey conducted by online agency HouseSimple. September...

Winter seems to be firmly with us now, if the plunging temperatures are anything to go by. After a ridiculously mild...

In the UK, there are over 3.9 million homes situated in off-grid areas with no access to mains gas, so it’s...

HMRC has refunded £185m to some 15,000 house buyers since the introduction of the stamp duty surcharge in April of last...

Labour MP Justin Madders is working on a Private Members' Bill creating leasehold reform in a bid to help leaseholders who, he...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has issued a downbeat snapshot of the current housing market with "subdued sales trends" across...

A firm that sells homes but also creates operating platforms for other agencies to break into the industry is seeking £450,000 through...

The government's call for evidence from agents and others in a bid to improve the house buying process has pushed some...

The notion of a North-South divide in the UK has been around for as long as I can remember – certainly...

Winter really is the time for fund-raising - and thanks for letting us know exactly what you are up to to...

The Savills-backed online estate agency YOPA has found itself in glittering company amongst 25 firms listed by business media site LinkedIn...

An influential consumer group has responded to the government’s commitment to reform the house buying process by advocating legally-binding reservation agreements...

Stamp duty on property sales is gumming up the housing market, stopping people from moving to the jobs they need, and...

A survey conducted by the National Association of Estate Agents reveals that 79 per cent of agents regard the current home-buying...

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

Garrington Property Finders says some two-thirds of homes in two high-value parts of prime central London have been on sale for...

New figures out this morning show that house builders registered nearly 38,000 new homes in the UK during the third quarter...

New Zealand’s new Labour prime minister elect has banned non-resident foreigners from buying existing homes anywhere in the country in a...

The residential research associate director of Cushman & Wakefield says there is now evidence that the Help to Buy equity loan...

The Guild and Fine & Country are launching what they call “an automated prospecting service” to enable members to target sellers...

A breakdown of data from over 4,100 agents has revealed that it takes on average 201 days to move home, from...

The government has launched a consultation this weekend calling for evidence on how to make the home buying process “cheaper, faster...

Another week, yet more consultations - the agency industry can’t complain about not being asked for its views recently. The latest were on...

Pressure is continuing to build on the government to reform stamp duty in next month’s Budget. Firstly a group of senior financial...

More than 50 per cent of homes complete their formal transfers of ownership on Fridays according to a survey by a...

Purplebricks has told Estate Agent Today it is more open about its business than almost any other agency and stridently rejects criticism about...

The 19 year old boss of online agency Doorsteps claims that his website has sold £100m worth of homes, currently lists...

Employers and government should introduce auto-enrolment of monthly salaries to allow people aged 18 to 40 to save for deposits on...

It has been revealed that the beleaguered government of Theresa May is to hold a summit at 10 Downing Street tomorrow...

They say presentation is key (something that Theresa May now knows all too well after her calamitous conference speech). But equally...

The HomeOwners’ Alliance says vendors must put their homes on the market no later than Tuesday if they are serious about selling by...

A minister has floated the idea that stamp duty could be reduced on homes where sellers have improved energy efficiency. Climate Change...

Homes in the most expensive area of England and Wales cost 25 times as much as in the cheapest area, according...

The housing market may appear sluggish at best in many areas but data from Rightmove suggests it’s now quicker to sell...

Like many of Labour’s recent policy proposals, its call for rent controls leaves more questions than answers.  There has been widespread criticism...

And so concludes another party conference season.  We’ve followed the great and the good (both terms are debatable) around Torbay, Bournemouth,...

An upbeat survey by online website HouseSimple claims there has been a 20 per cent increase in the number of homes...

Carter Jonas has made three key appointments to beef up its London team. Simon Scott has joined as an associate partner in...

Respected buying agency Black Brick says there is evidence that prices in prime central London may be stabilising and transactions volumes...

The Conservative party, in a press statement released to clarify comments made by Theresa May, says the government’s proposed extra £2...

The Welsh Government has set out the new levels of stamp duty for the country from next year onwards - and...

England faces a growing gulf between new build completions and new households being added to the population according to a new...

A Conservative council in London says it is to be the first local authority in the UK to levy a voluntary...

If the government slashed stamp duty for the country’s most expensive properties the entire housing market would benefit, an estate agency...

Figures in the property industry have sharply criticised the announcement made at the Conservative party conference to pump an estimated £10...

The UK is home to four million leasehold properties in private ownership, according to government figures. The majority of which require...

Online petitions appear to be the flavour of the week - the latest is calling for the government’s Help to Buy...

An analysis conducted by estate agency comparison website GetAgent has for the first time attempted to calculate how ‘local’ agencies' local property...

The agent behind a new online service covering off-market homes in part of prime central London says his service will expand...

It used to be so easy. Around 20 years ago there were what we now call full-service estate and letting agencies, and...

Winkworth, one of the largest estate agencies in London, has expanded with two new offices - although they are 235 and...

It looks likely that Facebook will soon be able to list homes for sale in the US, in the style of...

Simon Gerrard, a past president of the National Association of Estate Agents, has called on the government to switch the burden...

Rightmove’s monthly price index says the average asking price of homes coming to the market has fallen 1.2 per cent in...

It appears activity in the housing market in 2017 will be around 15% down on 2016. The number of housing transactions...

I’ve written before about the impact of headlines on the property industry. Interest rate speculation.   Market booms and busts. Demand...

Investors from countries as diverse as South Africa and Russia are getting a 21 per cent discount on UK property according...

Horton Estate Agents - a hybrid agency which nonetheless claims to have ‘offices’ - says it will expand into 15 new...

Government figures suggest house prices are still rising by 5.1 per cent a year, with the average property value in the...

Long-established central London estate agency Kay & Co is opening what it calls “a stylish new boutique office” on the ground...

The Daily Telegraph claims that what it calls “dodgy practices” are leaving customers “thousands of pounds out of pocket.” The article quotes...

Some good news is here for landlords and letting agents worried about the energy efficiency rating of their property – the...

Many industries in the UK are currently facing a tumultuous time as the great unknown of Brexit looms on the horizon...

With party conference season around the corner and the next Budget just a couple of months away, more industry players are...

Estate Agent Today understands that Spicerhaart is in the final stages of talks to acquire major regional independent firm butters john...

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

In this week’s Natter I’m going to get all political. Don’t worry, I won’t be giving my opinions on Brexit, Trump...

Whenever any research is released, part of me can’t help thinking of that old adage, ‘lies, damn lies and statistics’ especially...

Analysis by the Nationwide suggests that the proportion of UK-wide stamp duty payments paid by purchasers in the south east of...

It’s not just the evenings drawing in that marks the approach of autumn - it’s also the return to work of...

The government says the number of new build homes that have started to be built has surged to the highest level...

Ten out of 14 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News say Brexit and economic uncertainty are likely to stall London’s housing market...

The number of existing home owners moving house fell two per cent in the first six months of 2017 compared with...

A think tank says the penalties now levied against second home owners - such as the stamp duty surcharge and phasing...

OneDome has launched a new online tool that allows users to scour Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket by setting up lifestyle criteria,...

An online estate agency with a website claiming “a saving of 50 per cent” on local agents, is seeking £100,000 to £250,000...

Shelter, the campaigning charity that has been hugely critical of private landlords and letting agents in recent years, has now launched...

The price of houses in the UK will remain high because a “structural decline” means fewer homes are being sold and...

Black Brick says its turnover in 2016 tripled to £3m with new business so far this year focussing increasingly on owner-occupier...

The Sunday Times made uncomfortable reading for Purplebricks yesterday as the newspaper raised more questions about the number of homes the...

Stamp duty has become the latest weapon in the ongoing war of words between different wings of the Conservative party, as...

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

Savills has reported strong figures for the first half of 2017 across its worldwide activities, but its UK residential divisions have...

The two main political parties have squared up to each other over the issue of increasing council tax on second homes...

Let’s face it - summer seems to be on holiday itself, if the weather in the UK is anything to go...

Facebook appears to be interested in entering the sales and lettings world with its first advertising product geared solely towards industry professionals. The...

Record low stock numbers, political uncertainty and the aftermath of tax changes are the obstacles hindering the housing market, according to...

The ‘lower priced’ 80 per cent of homes in prime central London are seeing price rises again, giving hope they have...

Marsh & Parsons will be opening a new office in Islington on September 4 - defying many analysts who say the...

Well over a third of buyers will view between four and eight houses before putting an offer in on their choice,...

Property has been changing hands for centuries, but when did estate agents as we know them today – with their branches,...

Historically, short-term rentals have been an unattractive business for the majority of estate agents and property managers. Scarcity of demand from tenants...

A detailed analysis of the UK housing market by The Economist suggest many reasons lie behind the slump in property transactions...

Purplebricks’ share price this afternoon dropped to a recent low of 406.50p before recovering to close down about five per cernt...

Agents say the latest Nationwide index showing a surprise rise in house prices does not change the fact that it is...

A housebuilder has changed the price listed on Rightmove to the full marketing price after an intervention by the Advertising Standards...

House hunters in the UK are the global leaders in online property research according to a new study from HSBC.    The bank...

A City analyst has fuelled speculation that Rightmove has a goal to increase its monthly average revenue from each agency from...

  You’ll see a lot of 10th anniversary stories in the property industry and consumer media in the coming days: early August...

Without wishing to blow our own trumpet at this time, we did say at the start of the year that 2017...

In its latest report to shareholders, Rightmove has revealed yet more growth in agent numbers, traffic to its website, revenue per...

The equity release sector is claiming a record quarter between April and June with the number of new customers and total...

Foxtons has reported its half-year figures for the six months to the end of June and, as expected, they show how...

There has been general support from the industry for the government’s apparent intention to ban new homes in England being sold...

The Advertising Standards Authority has stepped in after receiving a complaint about two ads for properties listed on Rightmove. The homes were...

The government says it wants to ban “unfair” leasehold charges imposed on buyers of new-build homes in England.  Under the measure, subject to...

More than a third of the homes in London currently on the market have had their asking prices reduced according to...

The number of transactions in the housing market has fallen for the third successive month - and for the first time...

With several agent partner programmes available across the country, estate agents can often increase business by offering sales by auction, with...

The government has published the findings of research which suggest that very few local opponents to new homes will be bought...

Purplebricks has landed a deal to sell new-build homes, an activity previously done usually directly by developers or traditional high street estate...

A third of ‘quick sale’ companies - those that buy homes in bulk at discounted prices - say the rise of...

Local councils say there must be an immediate and fast-moving review of building regulations in the light of the Grenfell Tower...

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an advertisement which suggested that the firm behind it had “a physical office ... in...

The controversial website Houser, which made waves when it launched in 2014, has been ordered by the Advertising Standards Authority to...

A London agency says it’s angry that out of 200,000 homes officially classified as long term empty across the UK, just...

The housing market is approaching something of a standstill as the summer holiday season begins according to a downbeat report from...

Being a leading world-class city comes at a price – they are the most expensive for occupiers and the most lucrative...

We’re already more than halfway through 2017 and, against all the odds, it’s pushing 2016 close in terms of eventfulness and...

That the private rental sector has become the government’s whipping boy for housing problems - landlords in particular, letting agents almost...

For those of us working within the property sector, we’re in the very midst of what, for generations, has been one...

It’s not happening here (yet) but several articles on US websites have started talking up the possibility of Amazon going into...

Facebook has finally released more details about its previously announced plans to build 1,500 homes, 30 miles south of San Francisco,...

Winkworth Franchising has created an in-house recruitment department to enhance the company’s tailored offering to franchisees. The team will be led by head...

Gently rising house values in the mainstream market and problems facing the prime market in the capital mean that over half...

An organisation that calls itself the Cornish Republican Army - and which has claimed responsibility for starting a fire in one...

Foxtons - a company seen by many as a barometer of the London housing market - is likely to face a...

Living next to inconsiderate neighbours can be a nightmare, but letting to bad tenants can prove costly, especially when issues, which...

The chief economist of Price Waterhouse Coopers says that although by some measures the London housing market looks ripe for a...

Government schemes like Help To Buy, supposedly assisting more people get on the ladder, have little impact on improving social mobility...

The chief executive of Purplebricks, often criticised by detractors for failing to reveal completion rates as opposed to listings, says his...

When it comes to provoking anger in property professionals, taxation takes some beating. Press releases are still arriving berating the December...

Few things provoke argument within the industry more than the online v traditional agency debate - and within that debate, nothing...

Haus Properties - the estate agency set up by former Apprentice finalist Jamie Lester, who quit the company suddenly last year...

Estate agents are increasingly helping customers who have been forced to sell their homes to pay off interest-only mortgages ahead of...

The National Association of Estate Agents says the General Election led to a drop in the number of registered house hunters...

A network which helps estate agents win more instructions in the land and new homes sector is launching a lead generation...