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Given their leading role in the recent upfront information revolution, interest in the work of the National Trading Standards Estate &...

Agents and conveyancers have signed up to a new buyers’s and seller’s property information form that is described as having been...

Industry figures have come out in favour of the long-term programme of new compulsory information to be contained on property listings. From...

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

A new membership scheme aiming to increase the industry’s energy efficiency credentials is being launched next year by allAgents. The Sustainable Agent...

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

A high-profile London agency is asking the police and property industry bodies including Trading Standards to investigate a fake company posing under...

Start-up letting agents looking to enter the market are finding it increasingly difficult to set up in business as banks point...

The design quality of new homes and neighbourhoods across the UK remains stubbornly low, according to a new report by academics.  The...

A petition has been launched demanding a stamp duty holiday extension. The online petition is the idea of Jonathan Steel - a layperson...

The Guild of Property Professionals is urging the industry - all agents, not just its own members - to lobby MPs...

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

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

The coming week’s stories in the mainstream media - inevitably focused on Coronavirus - will be dominated by two things. Firstly there...

The NAEA and ARLA have written a joint letter to government on the impact of business rates on High Street agency...

Three key industry organisations have endorsed a best practice guide for the controversial Modern Method of Auction. The iamsold guide is aimed at...

Almost as soon as the government yesterday made its latest announcement to outlaw rogue leasehold deals, the measure was branded “pathetic. More...

When it comes to letting a property, it is important that landlords and renters have faith in their agent. The more...

If you thought Christmas Eve meant no more news in terms of industry movers and shakers…well, think again - we’ve one...

Outspoken property commentator and buying agent Henry Pryor has made a scathing attack on some of the main house price indices. In...

As an agency business, how much are you spending on professional body memberships? Perhaps it’s time to question how much you...

Rightmove has reminded agents of its new 14-week re-listing timescale, first announced just before Christmas as part of its crackdown on...

The fledgling organisation seeking to represent independent estate agents has issued a lengthy statement setting out what it calls ‘rules of...

2016 was quite a year – eventful, dramatic, shocking and impossible to predict. In no particular order, we saw Leicester winning...

Forecasts are so last year: who anticipated Bowie, Brexit or Balls for example? Quotes, on the other hand, really ARE last year...

Let me set out my stall from the beginning. Firstly with two buy to lets managed by an agency, I understand and...

Chancellor Philip Hammond caught the lettings industry unaware with an incredulous Autumn Statement.  The buy-to-let sector took a bashing earlier in 2015...

The government’s official consultation exercise on the stamp duty surcharge - launched in controversial circumstances over the Christmas holidays - attracted...

This month has marked a real change in the way the private lettings sector is perceived - and it’s a perception...

OK, you’ve had your fun. Now let’s leave the regulators regulate and work for the public. If you don’t know what I...

So, a sigh of relief.  Most agents will be pleased with the election result - even if they are not Tory supporters...