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Connells Group has announced its trading statement for the first half of 2020 - and its support for its staff is...

Agents should check where buyers and sellers have been on holiday as part of their approach to safety during the Coronavirus...

I want to talk to you about new ways to sell homes. Let's not encourage people to sell but just swap...

A home office set up in a dedicated room apparently adds £17,500 to the value of a property. Direct Line Insurance has...

Is Countrywide finally on the road to recovery? Its share price has risen 125 per cent in the past three months; much of...

A property developer has set up an estate agency that charges no commission to sellers but instead levies a non-refundable reservation...

A row is brewing over an agency which acted on a vendor’s request to use the English version of a house...

The share of owners putting their homes on the market within five years of buying is rising again according to an...

Hunters has announced the launch of an additional franchise office at Torquay in Devon. The branch is a conversion of local independent...

Reviews and awards platform ESTAS has announced that it’s now the preferred partner of the Guild of Property Professionals.  “Over the past...

An investment adviser says Purplebricks remains “far too risky” for investors even though it now has “a fighting chance of survival”. Rodney...

Knight Frank says the stamp duty holiday for properties at £500,000 and below should be made permanent. The holiday is due to...

The Federation of Independent Agents has announced its latest partnership - this time with a live-streaming viewing service called Gavl. The platform...

The Sequence Group is to be the sole selling agent for RoyaleLife, the country’s largest builder of bungalows, exclusively aimed at...

Agents have been understandably delighted at the latest Halifax index which shows house prices posting their biggest gain of the year...

Property raffles are a legal minefield and many are too good to be true, according to a leading lawyer. There has been...

It must have been a close thing on Friday as to whose faces were looking the most glum - those at...

The Zoopla Rental Market Report, published this week, mentioned a two-speed rental market, but what does that mean? We are seeing two...

Almost all estate agents are still saying Yes to Rightmove, according to figures produced by the portal this morning. Membership numbers for...

Zoopla has revealed details of its biggest ever marketing campaign in a bid to cash in on agents’ growing dissatisfaction with...

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has confirmed that the First Homes scheme will provide newly built homes at a 30 per cent...

The UK residential activities of high-end agency Savills suffered a 54 per cent reduction in profits and an eight per cent...

It’s hotting up out there as a beautiful summer’s weekend beckons - an ideal time for some fund-raising in the sun,...

The proportion of the asking price achieved on average in the past year is 95.8 per cent according to a new survey. Comparison...

It’s probably not a surprise but new research has revealed where people want to move to - as well as where...

House raffles and similar competitions have become mired in controversy in recent years, thanks to some of them failing to abide by...

Savills has held its fourth remote auction, raising some £32m with an 82 per cent success rate - making it the...

Wholesale reform of leasehold issues is still some years away, despite recent proposals by the Law Commission and pledges by the...

Following the easing of lockdown restrictions on England’s property market in May, NAEA Propertymark reported a sharp increase in business for...

A PropTech firm that regularly claims London homes are mis-measured in property descriptions has taken a swipe at Purplebricks. Pupil, a spatial...

The chairman of LSL Property Services - Simon Embley - says he is “increasingly optimistic” about the outlook for the market,...

Strutt & Parker is warning that in a worst-case scenario house prices in some locations could drop 10 per cent this...

A survey of estate agents’ market share post-lockdown indicates significant advances for independent agencies and online operators. TwentyCi, a data consultancy, says...

Rightmove and OnTheMarket have revealed their latest bids to keep agent support. Rightmove is launching an extensive redesign of property details pages, after...

The Guild of Property Professionals is relaunching its online auction brand - Guild Auctions - even though it has already successfully...

New information has come to light which suggests that a leading marketing platform may be planning to step into the CRM...

Rightmove’s new chief financial officer has a basic salary of £390,000 plus bonus options coming to a potential total of £1.75m. Alison Dolan has...

A law practice says HM Revenue & Customs is launching a probe into companies that have allegedly abused the Coronavirus furlough...

The new portal OpenBrix, which is powered by Blockchain, has revealed its fee structure ahead of its formal launch on September...

An intervention by a magazine has led to Purplebricks refunding the up-front fee to a seller whose husband died suddenly and...

A new PropTech platform says its central feature will be the launch of a Multiple Listings Service.  This will allow agents “to...

A BBC presenter has used her local newspaper column to mock an estate agency for suggesting fridge magnets be removed to improve...

    Purplebricks says changes to its fees structure - possibly becoming less reliant on controversial upfront charges - has been delayed until...

Agents have long been the victim of a poor public reputation, from scoring highly in most disliked profession polls to being...

OnTheMarket has confirmed it is “considering” making redundancies - the second of the large portals to be in this position. Rumours have been...

A new director has been appointed at Fine & Country charged with achieving the corporate goal of “becoming the largest premium...

The Nationwide says annual house price growth has recovered to 1.5 per cent. Its July house price index says the fall in...

We have had a special relationship for many years and are bonded as countries in many ways – historically, politically and...

One of the main points I’ve had reinforced to me from agent after agent over the last year of hosting a...

“Many hands make light work” – Does John Heywood’s old English proverb from the 1300s apply to modern approaches on how...

Agents are awaiting the outcome of a test case regarding Business Interruption Insurance, which may determine whether they receive thousands of...

The debate over whether For Sale boards remain a valuable source of publicity has been in the headlines of late -...

A housing market snapshot for prime London shows a fall of over half in the number of £1m-plus properties sold so...

A new study confirms the growing trend of buyers wanting good broadband links - and the possibility that homes without them...

Hello: if it’s Friday it’s charity day and this week we have a special announcement from the industry’s own charity, Agents...

Boilers as we know them are set to vastly change in the next few decades. While fossil-fuelled boilers are the norm...

A statement by OnTheMarket this morning reveals that as of the end of last month it had a record 14,000 advertisers...

OneDome has released a list of High Street agencies that have signed up to its free-to-list portal and sister website Nethouseprices  -...

Mortgage approvals - a key indicator of short-term activity in the housing market - beat expectations in June according to Bank...

Government leaks to mainstream and building trade media suggest the controversial Help To Buy scheme will be extended beyond its end-of-2020 deadline. An...

Fine & Country has announced it signed a string of agencies to its brand during lockdown. Most F&C agents members are High...

The number of Hong Kong buyers looking at property in London has doubled in just five weeks according to an agency...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s stamp duty holiday means prime property in the UK now enjoys lower tax rates than most European countries. Buyers...

What do General Electric, IBM, Microsoft, and WhatsApp have in common? Yes, they are American companies that boasted revenues of $50...

Purplebricks has revealed that its new board member is one of the world’s leading digital executives.  Dr Stephanie Caspar is the new...

Steve, his name was. Steve, the board man. A rather frightening man, if truth be told. When I started at Foxtons, he used...

A new website that describes itself as an estate agency says it wants to “empower people to sell their own home”...

There’s been a very large rise in the number of complaints submitted by consumers to the Property Redress Scheme. This is partly...

Rightmove says a study of some 400,000 homes on its portal has revealed that those with a coveted south-facing garden have...

Can technology bring about the lasting change needed to the property industry? The industry has felt the effect of lockdown and...

A new analysis of corporate estate agencies’ social media followings and websites shows the big winners to be Savills, Foxtons and...

A trading statement from Foxtons this morning reveals that 85 per cent of staff are now off furlough, and that the...

Zoopla says while there may be speculation about people fleeing London and big urban areas for the countryside, the evidence suggests...

HM Land Registry is now accepting witnessed electronic signatures on documents for the  transfer of ownership of property, the creation of...

Do you want to run the newly-merged Propertymark, embracing both the National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting...

A vendor who suffered a fall-through on the sale of his five bedroom home in West Yorkshire is now trying to...

A founder of Purplebricks, Michael Bruce, suggests there was nothing wrong with the controversial Commisery TV ads that contributed to making...

An agent in Hertfordshire says he routinely secures 5,000 visits to ‘live open houses’ on Facebook Live, and have on one...

There’s a record number of property industry companies, including agencies, in financial distress according to the latest Red Flag alert monitor. The...

Butters John Bee, one of the oldest agency brands in the UK, is the latest part of the Spicerhaart group to...

National Crime Agency officers working as part of a Paramilitary Crime Task Force have searched a home in Belfast and have...

Zoopla says its sale and vendor leads have reached a 2020 high, beating volumes delivered even during the strong start to the...

If a week is a long time in politics (an old phrase, for younger readers), then a year is a very long...

Earlier this month, it was revealed that property industry bodies have joined a new Code of Practice Steering Group to enact...

As expected within the property industry, the Chancellor announced a stamp duty holiday in his Summer Statement. This now means that...

The chief executive of the UK operation of a US-owned brand says his agency its the fastest growing in this country...

Tens of billions of pounds of new taxes should be levied through a Capital Gains Tax imposed on main homes, not...

A new property website relying heavily on Artificial Intelligence allows sellers to by-pass estate agents and instead list directly for £14.99...

New guidance on face coverings for agents working in branches, and for those dealing directly with visitors, was issued last evening. A statement...

The EweMove hybrid agency has been singled out for special praise in a trading statement from its parent company, which also...

Agents Do Charity - as the summer heat is on… It’s hotting up outside and while this is set to be a...

It is widely expected that Purplebricks will shortly reveal the result of an experiment with a number of different pricing strategies. The...

Zoopla's Research and Insight Director Richard Donnell writes: Just over a fortnight on since the Chancellor announced the Stamp Duty holiday and...

A branch of London agency Foxtons has been targeted by a group of political agitators called Beyond Politics, which says it’s...

NAEA Propertymark is calling on agents to show “greater diligence” when dealing with Russian buyers, in the light of the report...

A PropTech platform that aims to lock-in sellers and buyers via a mutually agreed reservation agreement system is being offered free...

Difference should be celebrated. But in our industry it rarely is. I was on the board of a large corporate where...

Purplebricks founders Michael and Kenny Bruce have revealed the name of their new property venture.  It’s to be called Boomin. There are still few specific...

Purplebricks has changed the wording of an advertisement on its website after a watchdog stepped in following a complaint. According to the...

The hunt is on for a new boss of Countrywide according to news reports. Sky News says the company has recruited professional...

Home owners in England will be entitled to add up to two storeys to the height of their home via a...

Agents have almost unanimously been reporting a big surge in business since the reopening of the housing market, but new figures...

One of the industry’s leading trainers and consultants has launched a range of 15 new online training modules covering sales skills,...

The long-awaited proposals for leasehold reform produced by the Law Commission suggests giving owners the right to extend their lease for...

The new code of conduct for estate agents has been dismissed as “a waste of time” - and the senior industry...

Large scale increases in and changes to the Capital Gains Tax regime could seriously hurt the housing market, a senior figure...

Propertymark is working with an organisation called the Domestic Abuse Housing Alliance to inform agents how to sport signs and respond...

The mortgage arm of a regional property portal has launched pre-approval software which it claims will significantly speed up the initial...

It’s a big day for leasehold reform today with the Law Commission due to publish three residential leasehold and commonhold reports. They...

The online agency Housesimple has rebranded to become 'Strike' with immediate effect. The news comes as a surprise given the apparent success...

Agents now have a chance to say what they think should be in a new Code of Conduct being discussed following...

Speculation is mounting that Capital Gains Tax could for the first time be applied to gains made when owners sell first...

An eight day court hearing kicks off this morning as the Financial Conduct Authority begins a test case regarding Business Interruption...

Rightmove says it’s going to reject over £150,000 in payouts from the government's Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. The portal furloughed 160 employees...

Hello and welcome to another week. We’re more than aware that it’s a challenging time for our industry as for most...

Rightmove is reporting a mini-boom that was existing even before the stamp duty holiday - enough to propel average asking prices...

Conferences, events and awards dinners are a hugely important part of the property calendar, bringing the great and the good of...

In a video interview for Estate Agent Today, property professional Chris Buckler speaks to Matt Nicol, managing director of Nicol &...

Emma Vigus, managing director of sales progression platform mio, in discussion with key suppliers in the residential property industry on operating...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Jon Horton, Product director of sales progression platform, mio What does...

A London Labour council has won draconian powers to effectively ban For Sale and To Let boards in several parts of...

An open verdict has been returned on the death of an estate agent whose body was spotted just 10 metres away...

Knight Frank has reported a remarkable set of figures for June showing how the housing market has bounced back with a...

Another new PropTech platform claims it can streamline the completion process - this time by coordinating the work of estate agents...

Hello and welcome to the end of the week and the prospect of a sunny weekend. We appreciate fund-raising is difficult with...

Purplebricks’ sale of its Canadian operation for some £35m begs the question - where can it now recoup some of its losses...

The estate agency industry has been sharply criticised for its record on protecting staff and customers during the Coronavirus crisis. The compliance...

Tuesday of this week was the busiest day of the year so far for searches for mortgages - widely seen as...

The latest monthly index suggests that the average asking price in England and Wales has jumped 1.5 per cent in the...

A think tank says the stamp duty holiday introduced a week ago is understandable and may be helpful to the housing...

Purplebricks is selling its Canadian business. The sale comes little over a year after the troubled agency closed both its failed Australian and...

The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020 - which require increased electrical testing in rental properties...

Zoopla has entered into a partnership with an online platform to promote the so-called Modern Method of Auction option to estate...

With stamp duty cuts and 90% mortgages on their way back, anyone could think the housing market was about to go...

A London estate agent has broken ranks with much of the industry and instead of welcoming the stamp duty holiday has...

More than 24 hours after the government's announcement about the compulsory wearing of facemasks by shoppers in England, and there is...

The new thresholds for the Scottish equivalent of stamp duty come into effect today - a week after the SDLT holiday...

The founder of Purplebricks, Michael Bruce, has this morning revealed his new project to be called Launch B - and he...

The advertising and sponsorship links between Purplebricks and Team GB have won the agency a silver medal according to a leading...

Wearing a face covering in shops and supermarkets is to be made mandatory in England.  Anyone failing to comply with the order...

A major agency is warning that the current stamp duty holiday could leave the housing market in a state of lethargy...

Britain’s second largest lender is to offer 90 per cent loan to value mortgages once again from next Monday - a...

Two companies that persuaded property investors to pay as much as £25,000 for a parking space have been wound up in...

The investment bank UBS says it’s forecasting that Rightmove revenues will be down £53m in the first half of this year. “The...

A property law firm is calling on the government to backdate the stamp duty holiday to include those buyers who completed...

An online agency that describes itself as the fifth largest in the sector has announced it’s launching a digital auction service. 99home...

The ESTAS Group says it will combine its awards events for agents, conveyancers and mortgage brokers in one ceremony in May...

The Federation of Independent Agents has announced its latest partnership offering exclusive services for members - it property recruitment firm The...

The threshold at which Scotland’s Land and Buildings Transaction Tax is paid by purchasers is to be raised from £145,000 to...

An investment manager who has a 7.8 per cent stake in Countrywide, is warning that the agency group may not survive...

You have to feel for Rishi Sunak - well, at least a little. Leave to one side that he carries more presentational...

At a recent Conveyancing Association webinar focused on the provision of upfront information in the property sale process, there was a...

In the second of a series of articles, Emma Vigus, Managing Director of mio, the Estate Agents Sales Progression platform, explores...

There’s no doubt that Covid-19 has had a huge impact on the UK’s property market, after hundreds of thousands of house...

Evidence is pouring in that the stamp duty holiday introduced 48 hours ago has already produced huge levels of interest from...

Savills has revised its market forecast for the enclaves of prime central London and now says prices will fall by 2.0...

There’s been another increase in the number of mortgage products available to buyers and landlords - a sign of all aspects...

NAEA Propertymark is partnering with a service called REACH UK, to promote selected PropTech start ups to agents who may need...

There are high hopes that the new stamp duty holiday will make an already busy market even busier - but not...

What work did I do through lockdown? I went to work for a company who provide Domiciliary care for the vulnerable and elderly...

Six agency branches are being closed as a result of a partnership between franchise giant Belvoir and the Nottingham Building Society. Under...

An estate agency is warning that the likely rush of transactions when the new stamp duty holiday ends next spring will...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak - and the agency industry - will no doubt be delighted to know that visits to Rightmove soared...

It looks like the stamp duty holiday for England and Northern Ireland, already in effect following yesterday’s announcement, is unlikely to...

There’s more confirmation this morning that the housing market is enjoying a short-term bounce - and that’s before the effect of...

The latest guidance from the government on the next phase of the HS2 high-speed railway confirms the previous demand that vendors...

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak has announced that there will be no stamp duty on homes selling for £500,000 or...

An industry analyst is challenging the long-established agents’ view that reducing or temporarily scrapping stamp duty would help the market. On the...

One of the many free-to-list portals now vying for attention is offering agents six months free access to a platform boasting...

A new study of British agents suggests that buyers with accents from most of the rest of the world receive less...

Have you ever wondered how industry-specific software and property portals have influenced the typical estate agency of today? A new book, which...

A PropTech supplier claims that an agency has secured the first ever transaction where the complete chain used Reservation Agreements.  Harrison Residential,...

Mortgage enquiries in June surged to double the rate of the previous month according to the latest halifax house price index. Although...

Let’s face it sales progression is difficult and frustrating: 1)The process has never been properly joined up - the average chain has...

Agents have spoken out angrily against any uncertainty in the market caused by government leaks about future stamp duty changes. In recent...

One of the possible stamp duty options floated by Chancellor Rishi Sunak could mean 89 per cent of sales would be...

The chief executive of a hybrid agency in London has revealed why he deserted big corporates to create his own company. Rollo...

The Andrew Grant regional estate agency brand is “very much alive” despite the firm which bore the name losing 54 jobs...

Hunters has launched two additional franchise branches in Tower Bridge, London and Middleton, North Manchester, taking the company total to over...

How businesses can list properties on Facebook Marketplace   What is Facebook Marketplace? Marketplace is a discovery and search experience on Facebook designed to...

Unnamed government sources quoted in many newspapers today suggest stamp duty reforms may be announced later this year. Chancellor Rishi Sunak is to...

The property market has been reopen for almost eight weeks now and during that time demand from prospective buyers has soared. Rightmove...

There are various reports of estate agencies closing branches - or not reopening them after lockdown - as they reduce the...

The Black Lives Matter debate has reached the property industry with some agents dropping the term ‘Master bedroom’ from descriptions. The Times...

A London agency says it’s seen over 30 new agents join its hub franchise operation during the lockdown, taking the total...

It’s a tough time for agents and our stories show a disturbingly high number of  branches closing - but there are...

The industry’s first virtual awards event has taken place with hundreds of agents participating courtesy of YouTube. Winners of the prestigious ESTAS...

They are the names we hear about often, pushing for this or seeking clarifications on that. They are the representatives of...

In the first of a series of articles, Emma Vigus, managing director of mio, the estate agent sales progression platform, explores the...

In a video interview for Estate Agent Today, property professional Chris Buckler speaks to industry video expert Christopher Watkin. Watkin gives his...

We recently issued our Zoopla House Price Index, which analyses the latest real-time trends from the sales market. In our analysis, we...

The chief executive of the National Association of Estate Agents, Mark Hayward, is to retire at the end of this year.  The...

Haart - one of the brands owned by Spicerhaart, which laid off staff in the first hours of the pandemic -...

Purplebricks is starting a new wave of TV advertisements today, continuing its theme from earlier this year as a sponsor of...

A personnel company wants agents to tell them how much they earn in another anonymous online survey. Rayner Personnel - which recently...

A survey of 2,000 prospective movers by Zoopla shows the vast majority still intent on buying - but younger purchasers’ plans...

Hello and welcome to our latest ADC, with more evidence that fund-raising goes on even with communal activity at a premium...

Propertymark is calling in the government for agents to be trained in the use of software operating the Unique Property Reference...

With the UK housing market now largely open - there are still restrictions in some areas on home moves to occupied properties...

OnTheMarket says almost 500 branches have signed up in recent months, entitling their business owners to ‘welcome shares’. Of those branches signing...

A prominent tax specialist has suggested that stamp duty cuts would not help improve the housing market, despite many agents suggesting...

The estate agency group spearheading the Say No To Rightmove campaign has signed its 36 branches up to new portal Homesearch. The...

Agents have remained calm in the light of Nationwide’s house price index which shows the first annual fall for eight years...

Businesses across all sectors have struggled to adapt to the changes brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic. One group that have bucked...

A new estate agency Code of Practice is to be written by a group set up by the Royal Institution of Chartered...

Homesearch, the long-awaited new free-to-list portal, launches today with a string of testimonials from supportive estate agents. The new portal announced at...

"New property website launches. Not immediately sure what it does differently, what its USP is or who will use it, but...

The return of non-essential businesses to lockdown in Leicester as a result of a localised spike in Coronavirus cases is a...

Buyer demand for new-build property has bounced back 66 per cent in the six weeks since the resumption of the housing...

Collaboration creates a bigger market Iain White, of the Innovation Collaboration Group “the Estate Agency industry must recognise that collaboration will...

A former City analyst best known for his scathing criticisms of Purplebricks has launched a PropTech platform that he describes as...

There appears to have been a small shareholder rebellion at Countrywide’s annual general meeting over the company’s remuneration of senior management. No...

The recommendations to regulate and train the estate agency industry put forward a year ago remain on the Housing Secretary’s desk...

Government figures show the 218,975 properties within Greater London have Chinese owners - and two agents say there will be more...

One of the key members of the Purplebricks board has stood down after two years. Andreas Wiele joined the Purplebricks board in...

Over 50 jobs have been lost as a result of a Midlands regional estate agency falling into administration. The Shropshire Star reports...

An estate agent has been awarded over £41,000 by an employment tribunal - after her offer to settle for £10,000 was...

A regional agency in the east of England says the Coronavirus lockdown working environment has made it rethink its structure -...

A brand and marketing strategic who also ran one of the country’s most successful lettings agencies for a decade has said...

One of the highest profile and most widely respected figures in the British property industry has died suddenly. He was 72. Tony...

Mortgage product choices for buyers have increased to the highest level in three months according to new data. PropTech platform Mortgage Brain...

It may be that by the time you read this it’s all over for Robert Jenrick, the Secretary of State for...

With three months of lockdown behind us, commission income is vital, and sales progression is more important than ever. Emma Vigus, Managing...

Buyer registrations and sales enquiries are reportedly back to pre-Covid levels. Completions, however, are lagging behind. This is probably down to...

Countrywide has released details of its trading performance, including the knock its income has received as a result of the housing...

The challenger portal scheduled to launch in less than a week’s time on July 1 has secured the support of 10,000...

Savills has revealed the measures it has taken to mitigate the impact of the Coronavirus on its activities and balance sheet. The...

Revenue for The Property Franchise Group was hit by 20 per cent cent thanks for the lockdown - but sales listings...

Few figures for the housing market can be truly representative in the current circumstances but NAEA Propertymark’s latest snapshot is showing...

Hello - Friday already so that means another Agents Do Charity, marking the wonderful work of our industry even in these...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Emma Vigus, Managing Director of sales progression platform mio You’ve never...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign says the portal has merely kicked the fees can down the road, deferring a long-term...

The post-lockdown surge in housing market activity has continued into its sixth week, as at least one agency’s indicators hit record...

Estate agents facing crippling running costs as the wider impacts of the Coronavirus crisis hit home may benefit, at least in...

An analysis of Countrywide branch data outside London has revealed that one in 10 applicants who registered to buy were from...

Some weeks later than usual for understandable reasons, the ESTAS Awards 2020 are almost here - and for the first time...

As we adjust to a life post-Covid-19, letting agents, landlords, and tenants are thinking - ways to speed up the process...

Industry veteran Harry Hill, a former chairman of Countrywide and founder of Rightmove, has now become a mentor at the new...

A raft of changes in the senior management of Strutt & Parker is being heralded as part of a “shift towards...

Zoopla predicts that the price strength that has been seen since the reopening of the housing market is likely to continue...

Controversial Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick is the subject of a harshly critical cartoon in The Times which depicts “pigs in the...

In the latest of a recent flurry of consumer-facing research exercises by Rightmove, a league table of the most popular seaside...

Rightmove and OnTheMarket have announced that they are extending their cut-price fees deals, introduced because of Coronavirus. This morning Rightmove says: "We have...

The new chief executive of The Property Franchise Group says he anticipates his company’s hybrid arm - EweMove - will go...

A regional agency says the Coronavirus crisis was the opportunity for it to complete a takeover of a rival company in...

The latest branch of Fine & Country says it intends to expand both its premises and its workforce by the end...

There’s been a big rise in demand for new-builds since the lockdown according to figures from Knight Frank - but the...

There was a big spike in the use of live chat across all agency sectors during lockdown - no doubt spurred...

The death has been announced of one of the country’s leading campaigners against the injustices of the leasehold system, Louie Burns. Burns...

The chief executive of a property information platform says now is a “dangerous time” to buy or sell homes because of...

The leader of the Say No To Rightmove campaign has revealed to Estate Agent Today that he has lobbied the portal...

Midlands regional chain Andrew Grant, which last year closed some branches as it moved to a ‘hub’ structure, appears to have...

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick - currently at the centre of a planning controversy - could be sacked in a September Cabinet reshuffle. The...

The Welsh housing market is back in business today - at least in part. Letting and estate agents can reopen their offices...

One in six home owners with a mortgage across the UK are now on some form of payment holiday with lenders...

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

The phrase ‘game-changer’ has been hugely overused. But when applied to how Covid-19 is changing the way estate agents will work...

Most letting agents don’t set up a business to become accountants but losing control of client money poses serious risks for...

The property market is used to change, and I’m confident it will bounce back from any lockdown effects. Despite being acutely aware...

Video tours, heralded as the next big thing just a few weeks ago, are being abandoned by buyers and dismissed as...

A successful property newspaper has collapsed after one of its former directors turned computer hacker and deliberately deleted over 5,000 files...

A tax and legal specialist says there’s been a huge rise in stamp duty refund cases between March and June -...

It’s been confirmed by the Scottish Government that the housing market north of the border resumes for business - and house...

With most fund-raising involving organised runs, treks or mudders, we know how difficult it is right now to do great work...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I'm Darren Loftus and it says Commercial Director on...

The former commercial director of Rightmove has made a strong defence of much of the company’s activities, including the charges it...

One of the leading ‘new breed’ of hybrids relying on self-employed agents is opening a share offer to investors in a...

Rightmove has given a regional breakdown in where  buyer demand is strongest in the past two weeks. It’s perhaps no surprise that...

A market commentator says it will take up to three months before the housing market stabilises into the ‘new normal’ after...

A company promoting a Blockchain platform with promises to speed up the buying and selling process claims the pandemic has proved...

Imagine a Zoom call where ten people are discussing the same topic, but everyone speaks a different language and has a...

A former chief executive of Countrywide has issued a string of extravagant claims about the lockdown success of the online agency...

Tuesday mornings at 6am is usually my time to review all the latest PropTech news. This fires off ideas for my...

A hybrid agency which set a target of rivalling Purplebricks when it launched has announced a recruitment drive and expansion in...

Price discounts are diminishing as the housing market strengthens, according to data from Knight Frank. The average discount to the asking price...

Purplebricks has instructed a new legal firm to support its sales and lettings activities. Business Insider reports that the commercial team at...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign has set out strategy suggestions for independent agents facing steep portal bills. A 10-page document reveals...

US-originated estate agency Keller Williams claims to be the fastest growing in the UK as a result of 29 agents joining...

Online sector veterans Russell Quirk and Kenny Bruce have used social media to call for a temporary scrapping of all stamp...

An estate agency with a reputation for PropTech innovation says it now live-streams all instructions in a bid to operate more...

A free webinar is taking place this week to show how agents can list properties on Facebook Marketplace. The event, hosted by...

The Competition and Markets Authority - which yesterday announced it had disqualified two estate agency directors for their parts in a...

The devolved government in Wales - where the housing market is still officially closed - has urged agents to report rivals...

As we emerge from lockdown, quickly progressing sales to completion is vital to replace lost commission income.  What role can mio...

Two estate agency directors have been disqualified by the Competition and Markets Authority after taking part in an illegal price fixing...

Estate agents are likely to get through the next five to six months even if the market falls away - but...

Data released this morning by Rightmove suggests that agents in England have agreed no fewer than 40,000 sales since the market...

A working party of property professionals is being set up to look at whether and how property logbooks could help speed...

The new YOUhome Property Gurus agency has announced another key hire to strengthen its central London activities.  The agency, set up by...

Housing minister Chris Pincher has now been named in media investigations into allegations concerning his political boss, Robert Jenrick, and the...