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Purplebricks is reported to have removed a property listing from its website when it discovered the vendors - a Christian couple...

Propertymark has appointed an insider to the key role of policy adviser - effectively the position vacated last month by industry...

PropTech firm CoreLogic UK has acquired the property search and marketing platform Rummage4. Rummage4 was founded in 2015 by agent Robert May...

The Guild of Property Professionals is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a pledge to work hard this year to stand out...

The Nationwide has released data listing the most and least affordable locations in Britain - background information for agents. Some entries are...

Barely three weeks into the new year and we’re already talking about plans to raise tens, perhaps hundreds, of thousands of...

A survey suggests that an overwhelming proportion of estate agents believe the government should make the provision of upfront property information...

Buyers typically pay 10.8 per cent extra for chain-free properties than for similar homes with chains, according to new research. Website GetAgent...

Homesearch has won £5m new investment from venture capital firm Octopus Ventures - an organisation that has also backed three businesses...

Boomin has issued research done on its behalf into the value of spare rooms - and it’s made some eccentric comparisons...

Government data shows the average UK house price increasing by 10 per cent on an annual basis in November. On a monthly...

If you thought checking in to a Microsoft Teams video-conferencing meeting would allow you to escape telephone calls, think again. Outsourced communications...

Imagine a world where you, as an agent, could focus on what you do best. Building and managing relationships, showing properties,...

Fears that the housing market may be seriously damaged by the worsening economy led to share price falls for Rightmove and others...

An insurance firm is warning that one of the key risks facing that industry this year revolves around professional negligence claims...

There’s been a surge in the number of sellers who resort to using quick buy firms, according to the sector’s trade...

An estate agency has revealed which London boroughs have been the busiest in terms of the number of homes sold as...

House prices are up by as much as £100,000 on this time last year according to a mortgage company. Research by the...

If agents wonder why more older home owners don’t sell and downsize, it may be because they’re taking equity out of...

An estate agency that launched in 2018 saying that High Street offices were dead…has now opened its second physical branch in...

OnTheMarket has entered a PropTech commercial partnership with Autoenhance.ai Limited, the AI photo editing platform.  Autoenhance was founded by PropTech entrepreneur Jamie...

The Bruce brothers’ new portal Boomin has given its first statistics regarding usage following the launch of a new marketing campaign...

A High Street estate agent on Merseyside has criticised online rivals for creating nightmares for vendors who are then obliged to...

Agents finding it difficult to persuade potential vendors to come to the market this early in the year have new ammunition...

An online auction company executive has been appointed to the National Association of Valuers and Auctioneers committee for Propertymark. Stuart Collar-Brown, co-founder...

The name of Purplebricks - which once claimed its business model was a global success - has now been removed in...

OnTheMarket chief executive Jason Tebb is warning that we might be near the top of the market. His portal’s latest sentiment index...

Rightmove’s first housing market report of 2022 starts when last year’s ended - on a high.  The average price of property coming...

London’s super-prime residential market has recorded its strongest year since 2013, according to high end agency Savills. In total, there were 522...

The iamproperty group’s auction service, iamsold, says it’s raised over £804m in capital value from properties sold by the Modern Method...

A franchise for two agency offices in west London has been acquired by property professionals Faith Cook and Georgia Everton-Wallach –...

As this is the first Natter back since the Christmas break, I should like to first wish all our readers a...

In this latest Property Natter video interview, Angels Media CEO Nat Daniels chats with one of the lettings industry's best-known figures about...

From first-time buyers to serial investors, no two days are ever the same for a Sales and Investment Consultant at Walton...

Owners of second homes who abuse a tax loophole by claiming their often-empty properties are holiday lets will be forced to...

Foxtons has this morning announced that it’s selling off the sales wing of a rival London agency that it bought just...

One of the founding partners of the well-known agency Slater, Hogg and Howison has died at the age of 76. It was...

A new survey of people who have sold their home in the past six months has given a strong backing to...

Do you have an 'open API'? We use 'X' who have an 'open API' so we would need you to integrate with...

Soaring inflation means that house price growth in much of the country is being wiped out, according to a leading housing...

Plymouth independent estate agency Alan Cummings & Co has been acquired by Julian Marks Estate Agents. With more than 16 staff and...

Vote? Well, whether we have a change of Prime Minister or not, there’s an important vote today - for great charitable...

Work patterns and the employee experience have changed dramatically because of Covid, with a substantial rise in home, flexible and hybrid...

A wealth tax on overseas owners of UK homes could raise £5 billion a year to help local people buy their...

Boomin co-founder and chief executive Michael Bruce has returned to the attack on Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket with an open letter,...

Estate Agent Today understands that the civil servant who has been at the heart of plans to reform the house buying...

The conveyancing technology firm Search Acumen has launched what it calls “an end-to-end solution” in a bid to abolish “antiquated” ways...

The ValPal Network has announced the release of its MovePal app on the Apple App and Google Play stores. The app is...

New research shows an estimated £200 billion worth of property sat vacant across Britain’s housing market - up 2.1 per cent...

When we all thought that the Covid-19 pandemic was coming to an end, the virus decided to throw another curveball and...

A warning has gone out to estate agents that “more and more” reports are being filed about cyber attacks on agencies...

OnTheMarket agents are to have access to the prospecting tool SmartMail, produced by data firm Sprift. SmartMail is a canvassing and prospecting...

Winkworth has told its shareholders that it expects approaches from prospective franchisees to open new branches this year. In a trading statement...

The objective of estate agents in 2022 must be to cut their business costs and employ technology to replace - and...

Propertymark is reiterating its view that energy efficiency and EPC changes being considered by government must take account of property age...

John D Wood - the lettings and estate agency now part of the Connells empire - is celebrating its 150th birthday...

The Connells-owned high end agency Hamptons is to sponsor what it calls a “garden sanctuary” at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show...

Propertymark, the main industry trade body, has this evening updated its guidance on Covid safety for estate and letting agents in...

Strong house price growth since the pandemic began has boosted seller gains with the typical vendor who bought two decades ago...

A prominent agency chief is warning that record house prices could lead to a housing bust if lending gets out of...

It’s the last call for agents to sign up to a ‘Battle For Listings’ webinar to be held tomorrow (10am-11am) by reservations...

Blockchain PropTech operator Coadjute is to continue as Headline Partner for The ESTAS for 2022 and 2023.  Coadjute - which took over...

A new agency service has been launched seeking to attract vendors of second-hand residential park homes.  Quickmove Properties has partnered with park industry...

Mortgage lenders serving the housing market are set for a quieter 2022 after the unprecedented levels of activity seen in 2021,...

It’s often said that agency is a people business, and I can see no reason to disagree - agents dealing face-to-face...

A leading accountant is warning of a possible stamp duty change affecting residential property this year. HMRC is currently consulting on a...

Another day, another house price index record. The latest, from the Halifax, shows that typical house prices increased by over £24,500 in...

A former estate agent described by a judge as being “cruel and manipulative” has been jailed after attacking and attempting to...

Leaseholders in lower-rise blocks of flats will not have to take out loans to remove dangerous cladding under new government rules...

At the risk of mixing my metaphors, any mention of energy has become something of a blue touch paper in the...

The past two years have been a whirlwind of change, challenges and chance. The main catalyst has clearly been the pandemic...

The last two years have been dramatic and decisive for many people and many businesses. Both have reassessed their work approaches...

Adam Day will be a well-known figure to many in the industry, having been the founder of Hatched (the online agency...

The government is clamping down - at least a little - on unvaccinated buyers and tenants in some specific circumstances.  New guidelines...

Could estate and letting agents sell their branch office window space for third party advertising, above and beyond promoting the properties...

A hybrid agency that charges no fees to vendors but instead relies on referral fees for income has officially rolled out...

The housing market boom of 2021 has given rise to an increasing number of £1m-plus deals.  Government statistics analysed by mortgage firm...

A survey of agents suggests the majority believe the process of buying and selling residential properties will be fully digital or...

An extensive online training programme has been devised to help properly professionals identify and treat Japanese Knotweed. A programme of 15 videos...

Welcome to 2022 and the first Agents Do Charity of the New Year. We’re all learning to live with Covid a little...

If UK agents were paid higher fees they could perform a better service to the public. That’s the view of Mark Hayward,...

A leading PropTech entrepreneur with a lengthy pedigree as an estate agent says agents should use more technology in a bid...

The number of locations where average house prices still stand at below £150,000 has shrunk by 28 per cent in recent...

For the first time since before the global financial crisis of 2008, the number of first-time buyers is estimated to have...

Mark Newton, founder of the Newton Fallowell agency, is retiring. The news came from a statement from the Belvoir franchise giant which...

High-value properties were the top-performers in the country house market in 2021, according to an agency that majors in this sector.  In...

Rightmove claims its visits over the Christmas period were its busiest ever with what it calls ‘buyer demand’ up 23 per...

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

Hybrid agency eXp UK is the latest to include the Modern Method of Auction as a sales possibility for its remote...

Prime Central London’s attraction to multi-millionaire and billionaire buyers appears to have soared during the pandemic. High end agency Beauchamp Estates says...

A regional agency has this week opened a new 8,500 square feet office with a pledge to expand and employ 100...

The latest figures for mortgage approvals show demand as being relatively unchanged - a development welcomed by agents. House purchase mortgage approvals...

Planning delays, labour shortages and the surging price of building materials are combining to sharply cut the number of new homes...

Purplebricks has this morning said that a newspaper report over the weekend, claiming part of the business is to be sold...

A conveyancer has contacted Estate Agent Today suggesting that the Simplify Group IT data crisis could be the death knell for the company...

Propertymark’s chief executive has rejected claims that his organisation’s housing market data inaccurately states the numbers of prospective buyers for each...

A well known westcountry estate agent has died just ahead of what would have been his 50th year with the same...

The surge in Omicron cases and possible future restrictions are set to hit the housing market in 2022 - and may...

The UK is reported to have dropped down the league table of governments that secure vast amounts of income from property...

House prices in the UK have ended the year of yet another record high. The Nationwide says annual house price growth increased...

Almost exactly two thirds of buyers questioned by Savills say their choice of home to purchase was a case of ‘love...

As agents return to work after the Christmas break, here’s an insight into possible new instructions. A quarter of owners apparently think...

The team at Estate Agent Today and our publisher, Angels Media, wish all agents a very prosperous New Year.  Thank you for your...

Government regulation and reform of house buying should see the process made faster and easier in 2022, it’s been predicted. Lloyd Davies - managing...

A webinar in mid-January will help agents get an edge on securing leads and ensuring transactions are not lost. That’s the claim...

Areas with the biggest house price growth of 2021 have seen the value of homes rise by three times the national...

Dog facilities - even separate rooms for them - are now a major factor on the ‘want list’ for growing numbers...

The online agency Strike - which has a business model selling homes for free and relying on referral fees for revenue...

A British estate agent working in Florida has been shot dead while preparing to show a property. Sara Trost, 40, was from...

Zoopla’s chief operating officer says the portal has made progress for agents in 2021 but recognises there’s more to do next...

This year, Londoners purchased 112,780 homes outside the capital, the highest number since 2007. New data, from Connells-owned agency Hamptons, shows that...

A leading conveyancing expert says the traditional rivalry between his profession and estate agents has abated in 2021. Lloyd Davies - managing director and...

House and apartment sales are still being hit by confusion and worry over ground rents on existing second-hand leasehold properties. This is...

One of the founders and leading figures in the Agents Together industry charity says one silver lining of the pandemic has...

We’ve had a terrific display of agency and supplier videos running every weekday since late November - a wonderful lead-in to...

We’re here - it’s Christmas. And as agents clock off for a well earned break, they can do so with a...

The head of a hybrid agency has made a blistering attack on the corporate agent business model, accusing it of being...

A housing market forecast based on conveyancing instructions says average prices will dip this month. Average prices will fall by 1.1 per...

Fine & Country says it’s celebrating the launch of offices in 12 new locations across Spain this year. The brand says that...

A probe by the Competition and Markets Authority has led housebuilder Taylor Wimpey to make changes for the benefit of leaseholders.  Taylor...

Hello, and with Christmas around the corner we have perhaps the most charming and well-produced festive video we’ve seen from an...

As we slide into Christmas, with the busiest levels of house buying since 2006 and activity still buoyant, I don’t think...

A property finance expert is telling buyers to sit on their hands and not commit to purchases - as he believes...

Savills has announced a major new advertising campaign that will run across all media channels, breaking with a 60 second TV...

Halifax has revealed the UK’s most expensive streets in 2021 - and it’s no surprise that the very dearest examples are...

The last Propertymark housing market snapshot for 2021, based on date from the end of November, finds that there is an...

The chair of the strategic board of fledgling Boomin says most existing portals are merely operating like digital newspapers with listings,...

Prospect Estate Agents in the south east of England have pulled out all the stops this festive season with a wonderful...

Boomin is launching a new ad campaign from Boxing Day, December 26 - the date previously associated with record visits to...

A surveyors’ trade body claims as many as 250,000 homes could find themselves impossible to sell or secure a mortgage on...

Only one in eight sellers use the estate agent through which they purchased their home to begin with. That’s a staggering loss of...

Top Scottish agency Galbraith says key parts of the country saw some buyers snapping up properties this year without even visiting...

UK house prices have reached an all time high - but 2022 will see a more normalised housing market thanks to...

With the business model for self-employed agents hotly debated within the industry, new data has suggested that most freelance professionals are...

We doff our caps to the brilliant folk at Haslams agency in Reading for their extremely attractive and clever Christmas decorations...

The Lomond Group, reported over the weekend to be in talks to buy high-end London agency Chestertons, has this morning announced it’s...

A consultancy specialising in data protection issues has sharply criticised the Simplify Group for its ongoing lack of communications over its...

Christmas - time for a much-needed rest for our industry after getting through a workload which reached almost unprecedented levels in...

Propertymark has come out in support of the Scottish government’s demand that buyers take lateral flow tests before viewings. The measure is...

A company linked to the refurbishment of Grenfell Tower is being excluded from the government’s Help to Buy scheme, pending the outcome...

Rightmove has revealed the UK’s property hotspot of 2021 - where prices have risen 31 per cent in just a year. The...

Welcome to Christmas week! We have a real cracker of a video for you today thanks to Jodene Schofield, a director at...

It really is beginning to look a lot like Christmas – just a week to go now. Presents all wrapped and...

Leasehold, quite rightly, remains not just an emotive topic given what has happened over the past decade, but it’s very much...

As 2021 draws to a swift close, there is much speculation about what 2022 will have to offer. Despite the emergence of...

There’s lots of talk of people moving over within estate agency to be self-employed so they can chase the dream of...

Sky News reports that the little-known Lomond Group - backed by private equity money - is in exclusive talks to buy one...

A conveyancing company is asking clients to set their own fee - with some strings. Zen Move Solicitors is a year-old digital...

An agency has won one of the most prestigious ‘gongs’ of the season - it’s been named Employer of the Year...

The Bank of England has raised interest rates for the first time in more than three years, in response to surging...

The chief executive of Propertymark says agents should be trained - but it’s then vital they use their training as a...

With barely more than a week before Christmas, we’re delighted to bring you more heartwarming stories from agents. Despite the difficulties of...

A big thank you for today’s fun entry goes to Madi Kerridge, sales and lettings negotiator at the Matthew Anthony agency...

A regional estate agency that markets homes without charging the vendor is set to expand next year. Midlands-based Chosen Home explains its...

Around a quarter of mortgage lenders currently have ‘green’ products promoting improved EPCs - and the vast majority of the rest...

Rightmove has identified the UK’s strongest sellers’ market - and it’s in Easton, Bristol. Four of the top 10 sellers’ markets are...

Demand will continue to outpace supply well into next year.  That’s the view of the Reallymoving House Price Forecast, based on an...

The average first-time buyer’s home across Britain has increased in price by approaching £9,000 a year for the past decade. FTBs are...

Hello and welcome to our latest fantastic festive display from an agency - this time, Dawsons. The agency’s senior partner Chris Hope...

MRI Software’s newest Agency Solutions expert, Michael Connolly, made the leap from working on the front line of an estate agent...

Propertymark conducts spot checks on agents to ensure they are compliant - but perhaps gives too little publicity to its role. The...

A massive multi-million pound marketing blitz by Zoopla starts on Monday. The portal says the campaign will capitalise on what it says...

A new guide to help avoid property title fraud, where home ownership can be stolen, has been released by the Fraud...

Phil Spencer’s new series of Move iQ podcasts is to be sponsored by Propertymark. During the nine part series, Spencer will talk...

Every year we at EAT are impressed by the pleasingly political festive cards sent out by the STANLEY Chelsea agency -...

Lenders’ umbrella group UK Finance has given its housing and mortgage market forecasts for 2022 and 2023 together, plus a year-end report for 2021. It estimates...

Hertfordshire agency Sewell & Gardner has cut the ribbon on a refurbished and extended office, which will incorporate two previously-separate branches...

In this article, the team at Lifesycle outline why agents are increasingly turning to their CRM. Unless you have been living under...

Propertymark is to probe Purplebricks over its lettings fiasco - and as the agency becomes a subject of ridicule in the...

One of the country’s leading estate agents has shared his top tips for using PropTech. Simon Bradbury is managing director at Thomas...

One part of the UK is to get a taste of the mandatory estate agent regulation that many want to see...

Purplebricks’ share price has hit its lowest-ever level following the postponement of a trading statement after the company admitted a blunder...

Midlands-based estate agency franchise Newton Fallowell, which is part of the Belvoir Group, has rebranded.  The new look is being rolled out...

Let no one say agents aren't imaginative, creative and entertaining - or at least no one can say that about Maxine...

A good website is no longer optional for estate agents, as no single aspect of marketing to new customers is more...

Purplebricks is delaying release of its half-year figures which were scheduled to be given to shareholders tomorrow. This follows revelations in the Daily...

Data out today from Rightmove shows the predictable seasonal effect of around 0.7 per cent knocked off the typical asking price. The...

A coroner says there is no explanation how an estate agent suffered a cut to his wrist, which led to his...

EAT readers may have seen a piece in Friday’s property section of The Times about the long-running Simplify saga, which has...

Mortgage lenders have announced a voluntary moratorium on possessions from today, December 13, until Tuesday January 4.  A statement from the umbrella...

We have some beautiful agency branch windows to show at the start of this week. Many thanks to Faye Hamer from Choice...

We all know what did happen in 2021 - Covid and more Covid, the stamp duty holiday frenzy, a soaring rental...

As the UK housing market faces an ongoing boom, there’s one profession that’s certainly rushed off its feet — estate agents....

You’ve heard me bang on about the wonder of reservation agreements for some time now, but it’s definitely the case that...

The Covid-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on all aspects of our lives, but undoubtedly one major negative side effect...

Compliance check list - are you New Year ready? The start of a new year is a great time for estate agents...

An England football manager who resigned after a newspaper sting is in a podcast series launched by Boomin and Purplebricks founders Michael and Kenny...

An estate agency that three years ago launched saying that High Street offices were unnecessary has had a rethink - and...

The company selling new homes in a London development has added a new twist to our celebration of Christmas 2021 -...

Hello again and with just two weeks to go before the festivities begin, there’s a definite ramping up of fund-raising for...

Purplebricks has appointed the former O2 marketer, Ian Cafferky, as its new Chief Marketing Officer. He will be replacing Ben Carter who...

A new report wants the government to consider slapping Capital Gains Tax on profits made from appreciating house values for all...

OnTheMarket has revamped its website in a bid to shed the final connections with the portal’s failed leadership and strategy of...

An estate agency owner who is also a qualified independent mortgage adviser has hit out against the suggestion that lenders may...

There’s been yet another month of declining property listings according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors market snapshot. Those responding...

The Relocation Agent Network has given awards to its winning agents, at a black tie dinner at its annual conference in...

We have a charming Christmas video for readers today, courtesy of Paul Higglesden of the Chatham agency Garratt Anderson & Partners. Thanks...

With tenancy fraud on the rise, landlords are increasingly wary. So, they want to work with agencies who do everything they...

Increasing numbers of commentators are forecasting that the Bank of England will not, after all, raise the base rate next week. It...

Property fraud is on the rise and early in 2022 agents will have an opportunity to attend a webinar featuring a...

Estate agents, and indeed all professionals, should be offered the option of flexible working when they are appointed to the job. That’s...

Knight Frank has appointed David Lewis as head of rural sales for Devon and West Somerset. Lewis’s career in residential property began...

Online auction specialist Iamsold has opened its training programme for applications for its January 2022 intake.  Jamie Cooke, managing director at iamsold,...

There’s good news for people in Newbury, Berkshire - the Christmas windows at Hillier & Wilson estate agency have now been...

The product choice for buyers wanting mortgages is now the highest it has been since 2008 according to the independent service...

Purplebricks’ official statement on the departure of chief marketing officer Ben Carter merely says he’s leaving at the end of the...

Rightmove is to try to help potential buyers get their finances in order much earlier in the transaction process, to reduce...

A survey of sellers shows that 61 per cent of them visit the agent’s website before instructing them. According to respondents the...

A leading agency has admitted that the uncertainty over the effects of the Omicron Covid variant has thrown forecasts for the...

Today we have photographs from another office that’s been persistent - or should that be puss-insistent - in celebrating the festive...

Purplebricks chief marketing officer Ben Carter is quitting the company; he was appointed late last year. Carter tweeted this afternoon: “Some personal...

A petition is being started, urging the government to ban the payment of referral fees to estate agents. It’s reported to have...

An agent is considering charging divorcing couples because so many ask for valuations merely to calculate how they will split the...

Prominent industry trainer Adam Walker, who has seen around 150,000 people attend his courses over the past 33 years, is suspending...

The Federation of Independent Agents is to hold its third ‘in person’ conference - called FIACON - this coming Friday in...

Angels Media was the official media sponsor of the highly successful Relocation Agent Network’s conference on Friday, with Angels chief executive...

Welcome to the new week - and we’re just 19 days from Christmas Day!  We continue our parade of photos and videos...

In a first for the Natter, this week's interview is a video affair, with me posing the questions to Stephen Brown,...

I’ve worked in financial crime for the past seven years, beginning my career as a white collar crime litigator in a law firm. I know that the...

The last 18 months have been full of ups and downs, but the property market has coped remarkably well during the...

With 2022 swiftly approaching, businesses in the property industry are likely to be reflecting on the trials and tribulations that have...

Mark Meyer, CEO, Meyers Estate Agents: “We’re on a mission to revolutionise the traditional concept of estate agency.   We don’t have...

There are many features and functionalities a website must have to be successful. Ultimately, the purpose of your website should be...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I can’t remember the last time I had a business...

HM Revenue & Customs is consulting on how it can clamp down on property professionals and buyers who allegedly try to...

New data from Rightmove has analysed millions of supply, demand and pricing data points across the property market, to assess activity...

The agency that last year was showcased in the one-off Channel 4 show Britain's Most Expensive Houses is now to star...

The Dispute Service has been selected to operate the New Homes Ombudsman scheme, following what has been called ”a fiercely competitive...

Decorating a branch isn’t the only way an agency can celebrate Christmas, as the ingenious folk at Stonefield Agents in Ayr...

Hello and welcome to a very special edition of Agents Do Charity - a tribute to someone who has arguably done...

Estate agents are being urged to ensure their compliance procedures are up to scratch after fraudsters stole a man’s identity and...

Purplebricks insists there is no basis for a class action legal case over its employment practices which may start this month. A pressure group, Contractors...

Annual house price growth hit 10.0 per cent last month - and is now tracking close to the level seen before...

Tomorrow sees the Relocation Agent Network’s first in-person conference since 2019.   The event, at the Metropole Hilton in Birmingham, will focus...

A record number of conveyancers have been trained in the last 18 months, despite the challenges of the pandemic and extended...

We’re already on December 2 - and what better way to celebrate the countdown to Christmas than by showing off a...

RICS has appointed Lord Michael Bichard to lead a wide-ranging independent review into the governance and purpose of the institution. The review...

While the Christmas season is usually heralded by an influx of terrible Christmas adverts, the launch of Starbucks’ gingerbread lattes, Adam...

Agents are being advised to wear face masks at work - even if no member of the public is present.  Paul Offley,...

House prices will rise next year says Rightmove - but it warns that tax hikes will curb price rises, particularly later in...

Coadjute, the PropTech platform that aims to slash the length of property transactions, has announced a further £6m investment. Coadjute is a blockchain...

The investment arms of Savills and the Daily Mail General Trust have pumped more cash into online agency Yopa which has...

Propertymark has criticised the government over poor house building figures. New figures from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities show...

We have a day and night version of today’s beautifully-decorated Christmas estate agent branch, courtesy of the good people at RH...

Face masks are legally required in estate and letting agents from today according to new government guidance released overnight. The guidance makes...

Two London agencies have announced acquisitions as consolidation in the capital continues apace. Dexters has six new branches after the acquisition of...

The government’s plan to put Energy Performance Certificates at the heart of its bid to reach Net Zero has hit a stumbling...

Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer has promoted housing minister Lucy Powell to a more senior position after just six months. This leaves...

The chief executive of Propertymark says the number of homes on sale has fallen to an average of just 21 per branch. “Figures from...

Here’s a super way to get into the Christmas mood - checking the window displays at Diggins & Co, an agency...

Rightmove has launched its second modular training course for agents, a sale skills exercise with high profile trainer Josh Phegan. The course is...

Purplebricks share price collapsed by another 9.6 per cent on Friday. This means the agency has lost half of its share price...

Foxtons has this morning announced that former managing director Peter Rollings is rejoining the agency 16 years after his departure. Rollings was...

The price of new build homes could soar if developers are expected to pay for additional energy efficiency measures not necessarily...

An agency that operates across and around Bristol is the latest to declare its commitment to go carbon neutral. The associate director...

By the end of 2021, one in 16 homes will have changed hands, making it the busiest property market since 2007...

The perception of the housing market, especially in London, being awash with ‘dirty’ money is a problem that needs to be...

With December just days away we’re receiving more videos and images to entertain the industry in the countdown to Christmas. Today’s is from...

Let’s begin with total transparency from this author: I believe there’s a place for Build To Rent in the wider portfolio...

Despite the progress made in so many areas, particularly in terms of leasehold reform – although we are calling upon the...

I am often guilty of this myself, where I think I am the bees’ knees in all walks of life; whether I...

A London agency has undergone what it calls a ‘genteel’ rebrand with a subtle change of name - but a major...

The Good Estate Agent, set up in 2010, is slashing its franchise fee - it claims the reductions are for Black...

Relocation Agent Network, the network of primarily independent agencies, says it’s looking at global options for growth thanks to its relationship...

A housebuilding-led mortgage indemnity scheme called Deposit Unlock has now been launched nationally with 17 major developers taking part. Nationwide is the...

A new survey by Leaders Romans Group shows a significant majority of buyers wanting homes to be more energy efficient -...

Well it’s about time isn’t it? We mean winter - it’s here at last, with white, wintry weather that gets us...

A long-standing estate agency with three major branches has shut after 27 years of trading - blaming online competition and ‘race...

One of the first companies to promote the self-employed ‘broker’ business model has announced its first franchise agreement - and says...

Buying agency Middleton Advisors has made a commitment to go carbon neutral - and its method may be a template for...

A pilot scheme has been announced to test ways of limiting second home ownership and reducing the impact additional properties have...

High house prices relative to average earnings make raising a deposit a big barrier for first time buyers, a new study...

Data released by Zoopla suggests that demand for new builds outside London remains above the five year average, but has failed...

The head of a small hybrid firm that describes traditional agencies with offices as “antiquated” says property professionals working for corporates...

Rightmove claims to have found the happiest place in the UK - and it’s in Northumberland. The market town of Hexham has...

Estate agents and other workers in Northern Ireland are being urged to work from home "where possible" in a bid to...

There’s been a dramatic 48.4 per cent fall in the number of property sales between September and October, reflecting the end...

Figures from the Building Societies Association show continued momentum in the housing market, with gross lending by building societies up 22...

We’re delighted to have received images of another agency’s fantastic - should that be Santa-stic? - Christmas decorations.  These images are from...

Agents must have a robust plan in place in case they are subjected to a ransomware cyber attack, says the Guild...

The Simplify Group’s latest statement on the ongoing IT problem suggests a gradual improvement in services to agents and other clients. It...

Boomin has revealed an upgrade to its SmartVal feature, which tries to blend real-time online valuations with local expertise from member...

It appears almost certain that there will be limits imposed on the number and location of second homes in Wales, following...

The equity release market is on course for a record year after customers took out £1.049 billion in property wealth in...

Some 14 trade bodies in the estate agency, conveyancing, property management and surveying industries have jointly launched new upfront documents which...

Increasingly rigorous Money Laundering Directives have made regulations in the property industry more stringent than ever, and Estate Agents have a...

Chestertons, which is itself currently on sale, has snapped up independent London Residential, a firm operating in the north west of...

The police have been called in to investigate the ongoing cyber-security incident which has led to many firms in the Simplify...

The government should reset planning policy and scrap proposals for thousands of new homes in high-risk flood areas. The think-tank Localis, in...

The scaling back of HS2 in the north of England, contained in the government's new Integrated Rail Plan, means hundreds of homes...