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A former commercial director of Zoopla, who worked at the portal for 12 years, has been named as managing director of...

Rightmove have been given a strong endorsement by an influential stock market tipster service, Investing.com.  “Rightmove has built a strong brand, delivered...

Hello and welcome to our first Euros Agent Match Report, a really engaging piece on England's triumphant campaign start yesterday. Our thanks go to...

The youngsRPS agency now has a fifth branch in the north of England - it’s in Darlington and will cover the...

A home within 500 metres of a tube or railway station in London will carry a massive premium compared to a...

Buyers are not told the true scale of flood risk in many properties - and the rush to beat the stamp...

Right now it seems that another day means another house price record, an all-time high for transactions, and a conveyancing log-jam...

Michael Jones & Company celebrates its 30-year anniversary this year and, in an effort to both celebrate the work of local...

“A hybrid offering, which serves customers of all needs and capabilities, is what we should all be working towards.” Following Aconveyancing opening...

A senior estate agent says even if the restrictions easing lockdown, still formally scheduled for June 21, are delayed by several...

The government has dismissed a call for reform of the stamp duty system, which would have meant the tax would apply...

With just hours to go to the start of the Euros, we can announce our squad for writing Agents Reports on...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says its monthly sentiment measure of house prices is at its highest level since 1988. A...

An industry supplier is urging agents to dust off old prospects to build their pipeline and keep the market boom going...

Hello and we’re at the end of another week celebrating all those in our industry who do great work. And this...

An estate agent has been accused of charging prospective clients to view a property. The claim has been made on Twitter by...

Boomin says it’s added over 600 new agency branches during May, with the latest signing being the large Pattinson independent with...

Zoopla has unveiled new features which it says will deliver more value to agents. In-Search Ads gives agents and housebuilders the option...

An estate agency says it expects a 40 per cent boost in its turnover this year, its 10th in business. Croft Residential,...

An app that promotes both on- and off-market homes to prospective buyers has linked up with a moving service PropTech platform.  Houso...

Over 500,000 homebuyers in England are set to benefit from the stamp duty holiday to the tune of £3.4 billion, according...

There are an estimated 2.7 million landlords in the private rented sector (PRS) providing rental accommodation to multiple generations of tenant,...

A recent survey run by mio revealed that almost 50% of home movers selected their estate agent because they liked them....

New research shows that UK estate agents are amongst the best value in the world. Using data from the Global Property Guide...

Despite the vast amount of publicity given to the concept of virtual viewing, a survey suggests relatively few properties on sale...

LSL Property Services, which owns YourMove and Reeds Rains amongst other industry brands, has created an employee forum to help increase...

In the third part of this series, Neil Cobbold – Chief Sales Officer at rental payment automation provider PayProp – explores...

The pandemic and lockdowns have made over a third of those aged 18 to 34 want to move house according to...

There are over 700,000 homes marked Sold Subject to Contract and going through conveyancing right now, according to a new Rightmove...

OnTheMarket’s new chief executive has posted his first full year’s trading figures - and they suggest the portal is making progress...

The Law Society has published new guidance for what it calls “under-pressure conveyancing solicitors” as the stamp duty deadline of June...

A delighted couple sent “thank you” gifts of jewellery to three staff at an agency after moving into their dream home. The...

The editor of the legal publication the Law Gazette has taken an estate agent to task for daring to suggest that...

Annual house price inflation is now at its strongest level in nearly seven years, says the Halifax House Price Index. The average...

There are now more mortgage products available than at any time since the start of the pandemic in March 2021. Data from...

As the high-street sees a dramatic increase in footfall1, a trend that is set to continue, agents are elevating their window...

An estate agency says disgruntled and delayed property buyers are fast falling out of love with the stamp duty holiday, which...

Hello and welcome to the latest Property Jobs Today, your chance to catch up with who’s on the move. Let us know...

Foxtons shareholders will today give their verdict on the company’s plans to ‘go national’, revealed at the start of the weekend. On...

Agents have given their backing to the government’s First Homes initiative, offering discounted houses for local people and key workers and...

Prices in prime central London grew by 0.3 per cent in the year to May - tiny rise but a significant...

Leaders Romans Group is to bolster its finance services with the expansion and rebranding of its mortgage arm. Leaders and Romans Mortgage Services...

Independent agents come in all shapes, sizes and looks, many with their own USPs and little quirks. It is this variety...

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

The growth of the internet and technology has transformed virtually every aspect of our lives, including how we approach the property...

It’s been reported that Foxtons is to create ‘virtual branches’ in as many as 15 UK cities outside London, plus commuter...

A trade union is demanding that the government ban emails from all employers outside office hours - and it wants emails...

Figures released from the government show 19,400 people in the real estate sector are still on furlough - suggesting some agents have back...

A council cracking down on the increase of illegally positioned estate agent boards. Agents are required, under Planning and Highways legislation to...

A gradual increase in the supply of homes coming to the market means the stellar price rises of recent months are...

New research has found that homebuyers would prioritise buying a home with superfast broadband over being close to a good school.  A...

Hello - it’s Friday already and that means more salutes to those in our industry raising money for good causes. If...

Boomin says it’s going to “reinvent the YouTube channel for property.” The portal’s new YouTube channel has gone live with five unique...

OnTheMarket has announced new functionality in a direct bid to take on Rightmove and Zoopla. The functionality, to go live within the...

The MP who chairs one of the most important committees in the House of Commons has urged the government to increase...

The Bank of England will intervene if it considers soaring house prices will affect the inflation rate says Sir Dave Ramsden,...

In a trading statement this morning Foxtons has revealed that following a 49 per cent increase in sales revenue in the...

Zoopla says just over half of current home owners say they are stuck in a property that’s unsuitable for their needs...

The Guild of Property Professionals is to give its members a tool which, it claims, will show existing owners’ propensity to...

Franchise agency giant Belvoir has acquired share capital in a small mortgage company. Nottingham Mortgage Services Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of...

A senior figure in the UK activities of the Keller Williams estate agency has died at the shockingly young age of...

New data shows no let-up on the pressure on the conveyancing sector as the stamp duty holiday and the broader economic...

An online agency has issued an outlandish statement that it, and other online agencies, have made the profession more trusted amongst...

House prices have soared 10.9 per cent in the past year - the highest level since 2014 - according to the...

We’re only a little over a week away from the Euros, happening at last a year later than scheduled because of...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has revealed that what it calls its “second HQ” will be in Wolverhampton,...

As estate agencies are covered by Money Laundering Regulations, agents are legally obliged to take customer due diligence measures to limit...

While running customer identification and verification checks is part and parcel of the onboarding process for estate agents, under UK anti...

eXp UK - an agency brand with roots in the US - says it now has 200 self-employed agents operating under its...

The government is to answer a call made in an online petition for stamp duty to apply when contracts are exchanged,...

The average price of a property in a British seaside town is now £265,978, a leap of 10 per cent -...

A new home buying platform being set up by a challenger portal has revealed details of its mortgage offer to users. OneDome...

The NEXA agency, which already has branches in Bristol, Portsmouth, Chichester, Manchester and Cardiff, has now opened an office in Liverpool...

One of the country’s leading politicians says a yet-to-be-revealed way of taxing property sales could be one way of helping homes...

Books about property are, relatively speaking, commonplace - books by estate agents are far less so, hence the interest in The...

Tech is a fantastic enabler but should never be a complete replacement for the human interactions that add real value to...

Banking has gone through radical changes in the past few years, in step with technology and the sheer amount we can...

Banks and building societies want the government to offer more help to the housing market through additional assistance to home owners...

An agency says two thirds of its sales valuations in London in the first quarter of the year have been conducted...

Movebutler, the digital onboarding platform from online auction specialist iamproperty, says it has some 900 agency branches signed up. These include Martin...

Shock price rises in materials are set to make new build homes more expensive if a warning from leading industry figures...

Buying agents level the playing field with estate agents according to Phil Spencer - the TV property expert who started his...

Hello, and we’re at the start of a long weekend - and as the weather (finally) improves, perhaps that’s the opportunity...

An anonymous conveyancer has admitted increasing fees to deter buyers and sellers in the frenzied housing market during the stamp duty...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, I am delighted to chat with Lucy Morton, Head of Residential Agency at JLL, about...

A new survey of some 700 estate agency customers show that they want to get traditional services like High Street branches,...

A global financial software and analytics firm says it’s launching a new PropTech tool which promises in the near future to...

Propertymark has thrown its weight behind the government’s First Homes initiative, describing it as “creative” and saying it’s a sign of...

LSL Property Services, owner of Reeds Rains and Your Move agencies, has sold its holding in conveyancing panel management firm LMS...

Before you read on, ask yourself, how many times did you hear “we want to move, but just we can’t find...

Rightmove is to review the processes of an online platform which directly uploads sellers' property details via an app. Two years ago...

A firm has agreed to amend its claim that it was the number one selling agent in its town in 2020,...

In the previous edition of PropTech Today, Nathan Emerson highlighted the importance of effective implementation, linking poor staff engagement to the...

The number of transactions is scheduled to reach 1.52 million this year - way above the norm of between 1.0 and...

The free to list portal Residential People has launched what it claims to be a new Map View feature which “goes...

The apparent plight of first time buyers hits the headlines frequently but new research shows that second steppers face a wide...

After a recent incident involving an Estate Agent based in Devon in which a property virtual tour they published revealed a...

Digital marketing agency Angels Media and digital platform Gazeal have announced an exclusive strategic partnership to help improve and speed up...

Telephone and chat support service Moneypenny has outlined a strategy to help agents avoid burn out. The service argues that working throughout...

A Channel 4 property TV presenter is to become an estate agent. Kerr Drummond, who hosts Coast vs Country, has joined the...

An unusual price forecast based on conveyancing quotes suggests the housing market is to continue busy over the summer with more...

An assessment by a risk solutions firm shows that estate agents are on average just 53 per cent of the way...

Agents’ views are being sought by Propertymark on how best to improve the housing supply in Northern Ireland. The province’s Department for...

A family is appealing for help in tracing the whereabouts of a motorhome stolen from outside their house at Whitstable in Kent...

One of the country’s leading estate agents claims some solicitors are charging exorbitant fees on transactions as they near the latest...

OnTheMarket has signed a new deal with a PropTech partner - the second in successive weeks. This latest one is a 12...

The head of one of the UK’s largest conveyancing legal practices is warning the property market could “fall off a cliff...

One of the industry’s key marketing suppliers has given four tips for agent readers of Estate Agent Today. Graeme Edwards, managing director...

Free to list portal Residential People has launched a market intelligence platform called Prospr. This has been developed with the aim of...

Sarah Edmundson, the chief executive of the Agents Together charity - set up by the Bruce brothers, Michael and Kenny -...

It’s now over a year since the property market officially reopened after an unprecedented two-month shutdown at the height of the...

In an industry which is faced with constant changes in day-to-day practices and even more so given the Covid terrain which agents...

With property fraud on the rise and an ever-increasing number of transactions taking place in the lettings sector, having strict anti-money laundering...

The Planning Bill, which will introduce changes to the planning system in England, was announced last week in the Queen’s Speech....

We recently conducted a survey and discussion session with estate and lettings agencies called Agency panel - Cut through the noise...

A report by the Office of Tax Simplification on Capital Gains Tax has called for a series of changes. They include extending...

The Guild of Property Professionals is launching a new PropTech platform called Fee Street, which is in its own words “dedicated...

EweMove says it’s has just recorded its best-ever month for new enquiries from sellers. In April the hybrid - which is part...

The Federation of Independent Agents is forming a partnership with the new portal lead management platform Agent Response. Agent Response is led...

The Bank of England’s deputy governor says it’s possible that the current housing market boom may continue even after the end...

It’s great to enjoy hospitality inside now...but it’s even better to fundraise, perhaps outside in the spring and summer weather. It’ll...

A controversial league table of corporate agents’ market share is deliberately excluding Purplebricks and other online agencies.  This is despite Purplebricks this...

A think tank wants the government to scrap stamp duty and replace it with an annual property tax based on capital...

An analysis of over 1.6m listings by Rightmove shows a big return to normality - demand for smaller city centre properties...

London agency Benham and Reeves says a new analysis it’s conducted of the capital’s property market since last summer shows a...

Data consultancy LonRes has given a typically upbeat assessment of the Prime London sales market - despite the effects of Coronavirus...

A new four part TV series is to lift the lid on some of the agency activities that go on to...

In recent years, the property market has been taking steps to become more digital – with HM Land Registry leading the...

It’s nearly two years since The Tenant Fees Act came into force for tenancies in England. On 1 June 2019 it...

Three of the leading portals have made major announcements as the fierce rivalry between the big players continues apace.  Firstly Zoopla claims its latest...

Propertymark has produced a new guide for estate agents in the wake of the latest step on the roadmap out of Covid...

An online platform claims each agency branch in the UK has benefited from the stamp duty holiday by over £120,000. WiggyWam says...

A family-run agency has launched a campaign to back the High Street following the reopening of most shops and businesses. London agency...

Nationwide Building Society is to become the largest mortgage provider to reintroduce 95 per cent Loan-to-Value home loans without government support.  These...

Over 300,000 new-builds in England have been purchased using the government's Help to Buy Equity Loan since its launch in 2013. Of the...

One of the men behind the defunct Emoov online estate agency has re-emerged as the head of a marketing service. The service...

The man behind the free-to-list portal Residential People says security across all portals should be tightened, with so-called Two Factor Authentication...

The Trading Standards agency team has outlined to Estate Agent Today the process it will follow to improve what it calls...

An agency says sellers should improve the attractiveness of their properties for sellers - so it's linked with a florist to offer...

An industry provider has created a free e-book for agents explaining the latest must-have - a Tech Stack. Tech provider Rex has created...

A London agency is rejecting the suggestion that sellers are heading to the countryside - instead, it says they’re likely to move...

The controversial demands of Trading Standards for more “material information” to be provided upfront in property details have been criticised by...

eXp UK - an agency brand with roots in the US and led by Adam Day, a veteran of three online firms -...

Welcome to another working week and with it, our regular update on appointments and moves within our industry. Please let us know...

Keller Williams UK has announced that Paul Sloan - who quit as operations director of Spicerhaart just weeks ago - is...

The asking price of a typical home in the UK has hit a third of a million pounds for the first...

A new boutique estate agency is to open in London, run by a former director of both Dexters and Hanover Residential. Jeremy...

It’s been quite a week for the rental sector. Lettings agents and landlords have had such a torrid time in recent years...

Gathering and analysing feedback at all stages in the customer journey is highly important. So, where do we begin? For many estate...

In a video interview for Estate Agent Today, Dominic Murphy, Managing Director of DM & Co. in the Midlands, speaks to...

Over the next few years, the property sector is set to change for the better – all thanks to PropTech. While the...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Christopher Keen and Company Director  What is ‘company name’ and what...

Some sellers are suffering cash flow issues as a result of glitches in the Capital Gains Tax reporting system, according to...

Purplebricks has pulled off another publicity coup - it’s to sell the Rovers Return in Coronation Street. The hybrid agency, which already...

A leading industry trade body is warning that remote-working agents and smaller independent agencies are particularly vulnerable to the growing threat...

Zoopla has issued a statement saying it’s entering into a long-term partnership with the Leacders Romans Group, which will be “curated...

The government has set up a committee to push forward ideas on the collective form of homeownership known as commonhold. Housing Secretary...

The number of properties coming on the market is still not meeting the huge demand from buyers, but the level of...

The end of the week is always charity day here on EAT, and this week we have a typical cross section...

We know the industry-wide statistic that more than 50% of all vendors end up selling with the second (or sometimes third)...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Bal Arora – Managing Director In your experience, what is the...

Thousands of sales are at risk because slow searches by councils may prevent deals completing by the next stamp duty deadline. With just under...

OnTheMarket has signed an exclusive commercial partnership with property data specialist Sprift, to provide free market appraisal guides. These can be customised...

Two former directors of the prestigious Beauchamp Estates agency in central London have set up their own new company. They say their...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, I speak to someone who has made an excellent impression on the property industry in...

A relatively modest interest rate rise could trigger a crash in the housing market according to the housing analyst behind the...

TM Group and sales progression solution mio have signed up as partners for the 2021 ESTAS Forum & Awards, sponsored by...

On 28 April 2021, Fixflo ran the first in a series of quarterly legal update webinars with David Smith, Partner at...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Jack Reid Founding Director of Orlando Reid  In your experience,...

A first-time-buyer couple in a part of the country renowned for its second homes and shortage of stock has praised a...

In the first of our revamped PropTech Today series - which will see six industry experts discussing a range of issues...

A new home buying platform set up by a challenger portal will donate £100 to charity for every transaction it fails...

Propertymark is backing the current Mental Health Awareness Week - and says the market boom is a possible cause of additional...

London’s super prime residential market shows signs of recovery with more £5m-plus sales recorded in the first four months of 2021 than...

An agency is backing the conversion of empty retail units into homes - and has figures to prove how big an impact...

A league table of the most important issues facing vendors places the scale of estate agents’ charges at the bottom - and this...

Increasing optimism at the success of the Coronavirus vaccine programme and the relaxation of restrictions have contributed to house prices rising...

A series offering “insight and advice” to agents is being launched by Zoopla’s cloud-based software brand, Alto, which was acquired by...

It’s not just housing transactions that signal a red-hot market - the mortgage landscape is at its strongest for some time...

Government leaks ahead of today’s Queen’s Speech suggest a major planning shake-up is set to stop NIMBY objectors to new homes. News...

A row has blown up over a house raffle where the property prize was withdrawn and a cash alternative offered because...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Ben Ridgway, Group Managing Director at iamproperty. What is iamproperty...

Brexit means that the UK’s anti-money laundering laws are no longer governed by the European Union (EU), but any estate agents...

Rightmove is to roll-out two-factor authentication within Rightmove Plus to try to protect agents against attempts by fraudsters to steal leads and...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I am Mark Armstrong, and my business card says...

Even before the pandemic, the estate agency sector was evolving considerably as a younger generation started buying, selling and letting homes,...

Changes to the way the property market operates over the last year - with increased flexibility and remote interactions - has...

Boomin founder Michael Bruce says his new site has enjoyed a stronger start than any other portal in terms of visits, viewings,...

Labour’s new housing spokesperson is the experienced MP Lucy Powell, who until the weekend was shadow business and consumer affairs minister.  She replaces...

A company which was once an early adopter of using a central resource for self-employed agents working under its name, says...

A market analysis by Fine & Country suggests that annual house price inflation could hit 10 per cent next month. Nicky Stevenson,...

The latest Coutts Prime Property Index has revealed that activity in this sector of the market - based mostly in London...

In a return to a favourite series of mine, as it gives an excellent insight into the very many facets of...

In a video interview for Letting Agent Today, Neil Cobbold, Chief Sales Officer of PayProp, speaks to property professional Chris Buckler...

Property owners who play it cool when it comes to marketing their home find their frustration soon becomes overheated. The constant we...

A leading industry supplier says there’s been a jaw-dropping 495 per cent year-on-year increase in digital spend from agents - and that...

Zoopla says house builders “are at the heart of everything we do” and it is revamping its New Homes marketing offer...

The group chief executive of south east England’s largest independent agency is retiring. David Lench of Arun Estates has revealed that he is...

The ESTAS Awards ceremony is traditionally held each May but no prizes for guessing why this year, as with 2020, things...

The interim executive chair of Propertymark has now taken up a leading role in The Conveyancing Association Nicky Heathcote is becoming the...

Hello and if it’s the end of the week it’s time for Agents Do Charity -  your opportunity to respect all...

The current crisis has led to many of us to re-evaluate our lives to ensure that we put ourselves in the...

An agent has contacted Estate Agent Today to issue what he calls “an urgent alert” about the risk of Capital Gains...

London-based estate agency Orlando Reid is opening an additional office in Manchester - the start of a long-term growth programme for...

Purplebricks has revealed how it’s going to fill in following the departure of chief sales office Chris Beckwith last week for...

The Prime Central London pain throughout the pandemic can be seen by new figures just released by an investment consultancy, showing...

Estate agents are being invited to a webinar to end their apparent “misconceptions” about the controversial Modern Method of Auction. MMA has...

The so-called race for space as the pandemic drives buyers to reconsider their lifestyle options has led to prices for prime...

The last 12 months have heralded significant change across the property market and indeed we could argue across all markets in...

Whilst it was once seen as a way to sell niche or run-down properties, auction is now a mainstream method of...

Mortgage lending has shown the biggest net increase on record according to the Bank of England.  Mortgage borrowing in March rose by...

Parts of the UK property market face a supply shortage with a quarter fewer properties listed for sale in England and...

A well respected professional footballer who became an estate agent in his adopted home town has died at the young age...

One one in five first time buyers have been able to get a mortgage on the first attempt over the past...

The new Mayor of London, to be decided in an election tomorrow, has just received a six point set of demands...

Propertymark Qualifications is reporting a surge in exams being taken and booked as restrictions ease allowing test centres to reopen. Since they...

One of the world’s leading analysts of portals has warned Boomin, OnTheMarket and others challenging Rightmove - millions have been spent...

A leading agency says the stamp duty holiday is not a big influence on the current housing market frenzy - and...

House prices are 7.1 per cent above their level a year ago as the boom continues. The latest house price index, from...

Century 21 UK is the first agency in the country to white label an app which covers transaction components from property...

A think tank claims that ‘urban flight’ - when people leave cities and head for towns and villages - is merely a...

The independent review into the governance of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is calling for comments. Earlier this year RICS was the...

The anti-money laundering compliance service that is now part of data company LonRes is holding a training session for Rightmove member...

Local elections rarely set the pulse racing and this year’s poll on Thursday faces a similar problem. But this time, it’s a...

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

You could make about 65 more cold calls, or hold 13 more viewings, or you could take a power-nap every day...

Keller Williams now boasts 377 estate agency partners across the UK - agents that have set up and run their own...

As an estate agent, you should of course be performing robust Know Your Customer (KYC) checks as part of your Anti-Money...

There’s a new warning that the estate agency industry may be in a more fragile financial condition than before the pandemic,...

Hertfordshire based agency Ashtons has acquired an independent agency operating in the same county, Aitchisons Residential. Aitchisons’ offices in St Albans and...

This time last year the industry was awaiting the launch of a new portal - the free to list public site...

The government has launched a formal consultation process on a new residential property developer tax which is to contribute towards cladding...

Online agency Strike has used specialist eye-tracking software to analyse what attracts a buyer’s attention when scrolling through homes online — and...

Hello and welcome to Agents Do Charity as we are on the threshold of May why not get on to the...

Britain’s second largest estate agency has outlined radical new plans to shift direction, making financial services and not sales or rentals...

Agents are being advised on what course of action they should take to safeguard their right to fees should they be dis-instructed...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, I chat with Fine & Country UK’s managing director Nicky Stevenson, one of the most...

The UK affiliated agency of Warren Buffett’s global real estate company has acquired a historic independent company operating in prime central...

One of the earliest London agencies to adopt a hub-style operation with self-employed agents working on a high commission basis, has...

Propertymark is staging a webinar today tackling the challenging issue of conveyancing - just as the market is at its busiest...

The private treaty process has been in need of modernisation for a long time. When we open an account with a...

With property transactions taking longer than ever and many people operating at capacity, it is easy to overlook the progress made,...

A former senior Foxtons and Douglas & Gordon agent has hit out at “the relentless key performance indicator culture” of some agencies. Matthew...

A new petition has been launched asking the government to make the stamp duty holiday apply when contracts are exchanged, rather...

Another major agency group has agreed to repay substantial sums it claimed under the government's Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, introduced to...

The Property Franchise Group’s hybrid agency EweMove more than doubled its income in 2020 to £5m, according to a statement to...

An increased focus on the provision of financial services has helped boost the trading figures released today by LSL Property Services,...

One in six properties sold for over the original asking price last month, higher than the proportion in February and another sign...

New Land Registry rules mean conveyancers and solicitors must have written evidence to show they have tried to resolve a request...

It’s hard to remember a time at any point in the last 20 years when agents have been looking for a...

The Property Franchise Group and LSL Property Services are linking up mortgage and related activity. This agreement means that LSL will be...

The estate agency industry is besotted with digital canvassing to try to win business - but that’s the wrong approach to take...

Independent estate agency Dacre, Son & Hartley plans to significantly grow its franchise network across Yorkshire and beyond. Dacres currently employs 125...

Software provider Rex has launched three new live dashboards for agencies, one of which covers agent performance. Rex says the dashboards -...

New figures from Zoopla today emphasise just how frenzied the housing market remains. Here are the figures: - so far in the first...

Rightmove and Zoopla have both made PropTech announcements as the scramble to retain and win agents continues. Rightmove’s draw-a-search tool has been...

A prime London estate agency is going global - not only with a new office in the UK capital but with...

Around 30 people spent all night queuing outside an estate agent ahead of 14 homes going on sale - the most...

If you’re worried the stamp duty holiday is denying the Treasury of much-needed income, think again. Stamp duty receipts soared to £1,196...

An estate agency is investigating how a swastika appeared in a photograph accompanying property details about a house on sale. The Grantham...

As London plays catch-up with the buoyant housing market seen in the rest of the country, two agencies have announced new...

The UK affiliated agency of Warren Buffett’s global real estate company has unveiled its new website. Berkshire Hathaway Homes Services (Kay &...

An estate agency is to link with a home set-up service and says it will give its referral fees to an...

A nationalist candidate in next month’s elections claims there is a second homes crisis which may create a “lost generation” of...

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

The TDS annual review 2020 indicates that deposit disputes have remained low over the last year, at around 1%. This is...

I was not surprised when I came across an industry article recently citing that over half of home buyers never visit...

In my previous Estate Agent Today feature, I endeavoured to explain the key differences between APIs and Apps, to help improve...

Potential house buyers may be fine with virtual tours during lockdown periods, but as the country opens up, people are going...

An insolvency specialist is warning that the real estate sector of the UK is seeing more firms in financial distress despite...

A leading buying agent says the phenomenon of ‘buying unseen’ is the most dramatic property trend to have emerged from the...

Controversial Foxtons chief executive Nic Budden is to pocket a bonus package of around £1m - despite a huge shareholder rebellion at...

Propertymark has shortlisted five of the 700 or so PropTech suppliers in the UK, as part of the trade body’s REACH...

LSL Property Services is to set up a mortgage brokerage called Pivotal Growth. The new brokerage - set up with Pollen Street...

The land and new homes division of Sequence has signed a deal to offer fully-funded part exchange and home buying services...

Hello and welcome to a sunny Friday and this week’s round-up of the industry’s good works. We’re keen to feature agents and...

International investment bank UBS has double-downgraded Purplebricks from ‘buy’ to ‘sell’ - and that could be good for independent agents, a...

A consumer financial service suggests it’s already too late for most buyers to meet the latest stamp duty holiday deadline of June...

Free-to-list portal OneDome has signed up the 55 branch agency network Chancellors. The agency will consequently list all of its residential sales...

The Nationwide Building Society has launched a product which, controversially, allows some first time buyers to borrow 5.5 times their income. From...

The average UK house price has risen 8.6 per cent - that’s typically £20,000 - in the past year. This is the...

Two leading agencies and an agent network have signed up to the UK’s first dedicated portal for those finding, researching, buying...

As the property market continues to boom, competition between portals such as Zoopla, Rightmove, OnTheMarket and Boomin has been hotting up...

Momentum is building for agents to provide more information on property details and portals - not wait until a prospective buyer...

Some 45 per cent of people who had their home valued by an agent or sold it in the past three years discovered it...

OnTheMarket is to release its full year performance figures to shareholders on June 8. This will be for its trading year to January...

Iamsold, the company best known for its Modern Method of Auction online platform, has won top spot in an auction league...

A major agency is reporting a “frenzy” with branches inundated with enquiries as soon as homes are listed. Nicky Stevenson, managing director of...

Research by an estate agency comparison service has revealed which type of road address produces the highest average price.  GetAgent has analysed...

National Trading Standards wants agents, portals and industry groups to come up with ways to provide basic essential material information ‘upfront’.  The National...