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Last weekend, Levelling Up and Housing Secretary, Michael Gove wrote in the Sunday Times that the nation’s housing crisis was so...

Yopa’s latest accounts for 2022 have revealed a “material uncertainty” that the business could continue ahead of a restructure in 2023. The...

Leaks and water-based issues are more likely in rental properties than any other type of emergency, according to data we gathered...

As 2023 trundles towards the buffers and we look forward to our Christmas break, it is something of a seasonal phenomenon...

There is rarely a quiet year in the property market. And 2023 has felt like the usual rollercoaster at times. On...

After months of doom and gloom about the property market, it finally feels like there are green shoots on the horizon. I’m...

This week saw around 80 conveyancing firms across the UK paralysed by a service outage caused by a ‘cyber incident’ on...

Right now, it feels like we are living in a housing market full of contradictions. Despite the best endeavours of Liz Truss,...

The government should reverse some of its latest energy efficiency policies so owners, landlords and tenants can enjoy cheaper fuel bills The...

Since the Bank of England base rate started making large jumps around the middle of last year, mortgage rates have increased...

The Bank of England is facing calls to hold off on raising interest rates this week. Its Monetary Policy Committee is set...

It’s no secret that sea levels are rising, leaving millions of homes at risk globally and according to a recent report,...

The term mixed-tenure development usually refers to residential developments where different residential tenures are provided on the same site. Typically, tenure was...

Success with your chosen CRM solution should not be a one-and-done package. Once you team up with a stellar CRM provider,...

CRMs can be superheroes for your business, but not all of them possess the necessary powers to save the day. As...

By adopting a top-notch Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution, you're not only opening doors to acquiring new customers and nurturing existing...

Flat owners have seen their service charges rise by 8% over the past year, research suggests. A new service charge index launched...

The National Association of Property Buyers’ Jonathan Rolande gives his take on a manic week for the property market. I dearly hope I...

The past seven days have seen a string of stories across the media relating to the property sector.  Reports have revealed how...

As Tennyson once observed…’.In the Spring, a young man’s fancy turns to thoughts of love…’.but not really. At the moment the...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. Hamptons: Agency brand Hamptons has announced it...

For just over a decade, the Government has operated ‘Help to Buy’ schemes in England. The first of these, ‘NewBuy’, which...

The number of home sales being agreed is now back to its pre-pandemic level for the first time since before the...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

The financial regulator has revised its own data on how many mortgage borrowers may face repayment difficulties as it calls on...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

Happy New Year, to you all. Now that we’re all back in harness and Christmas feels like a long-distant memory, I...

Mortgage approvals for home purchase hit their lowest level since June 2020 during November, the latest Bank of England data has...

As we get ever closer to 2023, this final Natter of the year is dedicated to the five biggest property moments of...

Buyers are hesitant but haven’t disappeared form the prime London market, Knight Frank claims. The agent’s latest prime London property report shows...

Things can only get better from both an English and Welsh perspective in the final game of Group B this evening...

Winkworth has predicted a sales demand rebound before the Christmas slowdown. A trading update from the agency franchise brand revealed that new...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will have a go at balancing the nation’s books today and the main thing agents seem to want...

Downsizers could help drive the sales market as owners look to cut energy and maintenance costs, Winkworth claims. Dominic Agace, chief executive...

The number of homebuyers putting a Help to Buy Isa towards their property purchase looks set to hit a five-year low. The...

Agency sale stock has improved by almost 40% in parts of Scotland over the past month, new research claims. Analysis by Scottish...

The housing market isn’t definitely facing a 2008-style cliff-edge moment, Knight Frank claims. New commentary from the agent has asked if October’s weak...

I can’t really write about anything else this week, can I? Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you will have...

One of the stranger stories emerging from the fallout of Kwasi Kwarteng’s sacking last Friday has been news that someone in...

The new Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, has reversed almost all of the tax cuts set out in Kwasi Kwarteng's disastrous mini-Budget three...

Knight Frank expects prices to fall by 3% next year in Prime Central London (PCL) before rising modestly in the years...

House prices fell marginally (down by 0.1%) in September as the market displayed further signs of slowdown. That was according to Halifax’s...

In tougher times – as is the case now, post-Covid, post-Brexit, cost-of-living crisis, war in Ukraine, etc – reputation and consumer...

Estate agents need to concentrate on quality marketing more than ever before as mortgage interest rates rise and lenders become ever...

House price growth slowed in August but remains in double digits, Nationwide figures have revealed. The lender’s August House Price Index shows...

Agents and property professionals haven't let the summer holidays slow down their fundraising efforts. If there are charitable endeavours you think the...

Last week was quite a week for major trading updates, with four of the market’s biggest players announcing either half-year or...

Double-think, for those who have not read George Orwell, is when people are expected to accept two conflicting beliefs as truth,...

We are all acutely aware of the surge in demand for rental properties in and around the capital in the months...

It’s easy to overestimate the importance of something in one’s own industry or work, but there seems good reason for believing...

Former Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick is believed to have become the first MP to take in Ukrainian refugees under the government’s...

Estate agents and conveyancers have agreed on better working relationships at the first collaborative event between the two professions. There has been...

Hello and welcome to this week’s ADC, an opportunity for see how selfless our industry can be at times of hardship...

A prominent estate agency figure is urging the industry to dig deep to help the Ukrainian humanitarian effort. Arun Group managing director...

A well known UK estate agency has pledged £50,000 to help the growing Ukrainian refugee crisis. Brown & Co - the 13-branch...

A prominent analyst says he expects a U-turn on the “folly” of interest rate rises sooner rather than later - but...

A famous environmental campaigner has sold his home to a local - because he feels second homes are “obscene and grotesque.” Green...

Inflation could deal a double blow to the housing market, an agency expert warns. Last week it was revealed that UK inflation...

A new survey suggests two thirds of current or potential home owners would accept the idea of a mortgage interest rate...

An agent is warning the government it must manage Covid and not simply react ‘too late and too little’. He’s suggesting some...

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

In the world of football – very topical at the moment, as we all enjoy the Euros – there is an...

Welcome to our second Euros Agent Match Report, when we get leading agents’ and suppliers’ takes on the matches featuring England and Scotland.  Today...

The Grenfell Tower disaster in June 2017 exposed the dangers of inflammable cladding on residential tower blocks, and what has come...

We have more regulations controlling the sector than ever before and we have more ‘regulators’ involved in controlling the sector than...

The biggest news story in town this last week – which has brought people who don’t usually like or watch football...

This time out, I speak to one of the industry’s biggest-hitters. Adrian Gill may have retired from frontline agency, having had...

The acquisition of Countrywide by Connells might just be the deal of the century in the British estate agency industry. That’s the...

Being a letting agent today means keeping up to date with the long list of rules and regulations governing how a...

Labour and Conservative MPs have expressed a unanimous view on their desire to see an extension of the stamp duty holiday...

At the back-end of last year and the start of this, the biggest news stories in town – besides debates over...

Safety checks which are apparently now preventing thousands of owners selling flats are to be eased - but there is confusion...

Watching the government’s surprise press conference a couple of weekends ago the message was clear; we were heading into a gruelling...

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

A prominent housing market analyst is warning that in 14 years of studying prices and transactions he has never seen the...

A new paper from a think tank warns that many low income owner occupiers risk losing their homes when the mortgage...

Recent Natters have explored the differences between the UK and American models of agency, and why Purplebricks failed to make a...

In my last Natter, I explored the differences between estate agency in the UK and the US with the help of...

“Let’s Zoom later”, “are we Zooming in the morning or afternoon?” “Yeah, I zoomed the client earlier” – variations on these...

Dominic Cummings has been at worst a cause of huge anger to a nation that’s already extremely anxious. At best, he’s been...

All my recent Natters have been focused on one particular topic, the coronavirus crisis, for obvious reasons. But there has been...

In a very brief announcement to the City and to its shareholders this morning, LSL Property Services made clear that it...

In the last few Natters I’ve focused on the slow death of local newspaper advertising, and how many agents are now...

This week I fly to Spain to present at a conference called Immotechnia. I am opening the conference with a 45-minute...

In six years of editing Estate Agent Today, some of my most dramatic moments have been covering the troubles - some...

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

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...

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

When renting a property out, letting agents and landlords recognise that it is important to take a deposit from the tenant...

A well-respected agent who was president of the NAEA just five years ago has written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson asking...

The Liverpool Echo says housing minister Esther McVey, who was born in the city, is now ”reviled” there following comments about poor families. According...

Our own industry’s upheaval over recent years has been no less dramatic than the turmoil at Westminster. The political earthquake has seen...

A leading agent has suggested that some parts of the UK would face “a property exodus” if Boris Johnson’s proposals for...

Theresa May arrived in Downing Street some three years ago - but her premiership has not been a smooth ride. As she...

With this summer marking forty years since Margaret Thatcher came to power, her legacy continues to invoke both celebration and consternation...

Friday is Agents Do Charity day and as the country enjoys the delights of Wimbledon and rues the Lionesses' departure from...

In the first Q&A Natter for a while, I catch up with Angelica Donati - CEO of Donati Immobiliare Group, PropTech...

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

I often speak of my wish to see property taken out of the hands of politicians. Indeed, this is likely to...

Kenny Bruce, one of the founders of sector-leading online agency Purplebricks, has sent his good wishes to Russell Quirk, who founded...