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The JLL Prime Central London Index saw signs of improvement in the first quarter of this year, with 4.5% more properties...

Borrowers are currently rolling off relatively favourable two-year fixed-rate deals agreed at the start of 2022, but the pain from higher...

The last thing you want as we rake through the dying embers of 2023 is a journalist’s prediction of what’s going...

Large language models, machine learning, artificial intelligence, artificial general intelligence, and 'the singularity' change everything, but there again, they change literally...

Agency brands Knight Frank and Savills are among 12 of the largest real estate consultancies in the UK behind a new...

Estate agency has changed. No longer is it required to sit in a high street office working the old way. Provide a...

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

The property market remains ‘resilient’ with more listings and homes going under, according to the latest TwentyCi data. It comes as figures...

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

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

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

Property consultancy JLL has rebranded its residential China division to the APAC Desk. JLL’s residential China Desk was established in 2012 when...

Black mould associated with condensation is becoming an increasing problem for homes in the UK and following the tragic death of...

Purplebricks has seen its status as a so-called ‘superbrand’ decline while Savills remains the most highly-rated agency brand. The Superbrands listings are...

Lies, damned lies, and statistics this week. I don’t know about you, but sometimes I feel as though I’m being bombarded...

The property market has been warned to expect fewer sales and more expensive mortgages after interest rates were raised for the...

New year, old worries: what’s happening in the housing market? We’ve asked experts and collated forecasts, 15 in total. On the one...

The end of the Help to Buy Equity Loan scheme coupled with rising mortgage rates and affordability requirements will mean fewer...

The housing market is set to turn “sluggish” rather than experiencing a major slump, new predictions claim. Agency and property consultancy brand...

The prime central London (PCL) market may escape a property downturn, JLL claims. The real estate and agency brand has highlighted the...

A reluctance by property firms to hire individuals to focus on innovation is leaving the sector behind when it comes to...

Better LGBT representation is needed among property professionals, both in the workplace and in marketing, campaigners claim. LGBT property networking group Freehold...

Anti-money laundering specialist SmartSearch has reached 1,000 clients in the property industry. It comes amid increased scrutiny of money laundering amid sanctions...

House price growth may be slowing but there is still plenty of movement in the property jobs market. Here are some of...

The JLL property consultancy is opening a branch handling sales and lettings in an area of London often by-passed by rival...

New figures from HM Treasury have revealed that businesses, including a number of major agencies, have returned £1.3 billion in furlough...

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

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

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

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

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...

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

The green light for a vacant office building in the capital to be redeveloped into residential housing has been given after...

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

Agents and senior industry figures fear Coronavirus may derail the strong start to the  2020 housing market. One of the country’s leading...

Another hub-based agency has launched in the capital, following in the footsteps of operations like Harding Green, Orchards and Keller Williams. Mariel...

The next 12 months will be an opportunity to reassess the housing market according to property consultancy JLL. It says price growth...

I got an overnight flight to Nigeria yesterday. I landed at 5am local time and am only just now getting sensation...

Hello and welcome to a new week - one with darker evenings and colder days. But there is still plenty of activity...

I have been banging on about partnerships and collaborations for years now. Whether it’s between two real estate firms, two PropTech firms,...

Savills, Knight Frank, Cushman & Wakefield and JLL are the main estate agencies now working with a review website allowing buyers...

There are those who say that PropTech is at risk of becoming a bubble market, and others who say bubbles don’t...

I remember the day well; the day we all fell foul of addiction, the day our website was launched. Until then, at...

As real estate firms begin to execute their Q3 strategies and think more closely about Q4, there is one major question...

Online estate agency Housesimple has appointed a company to handle its public relations and social media as it rolls it its...

Welcome to the latest Property Jobs Today - because last week there was a Bank Holiday, we have a bumper edition...

The UK property market can be seen by criminals as an effective vehicle to conceal the proceeds of economic crime. Criminally...

Hello and welcome to Property Jobs Today - because of the flurry of Bank Holidays at this time of year, it’s...

Hello and welcome to this half-term week’s PJT, your regular Monday opportunity to catch up with the key personnel changes in...

Property consultancy JLL has launched a specialised Help to Buy team in response to what it calls “the increasing demand for...

The Daily Telegraph has gone public with City speculation that Chicago-based real estate consultancy JLL may be interested in buying Savills. Both...

Has no one told the industry that it’s December and things are supposed to be slowing down? This week’s Property Jobs...

With Christmas less than four weeks away (yes, really) the countdown to the festive season begins tomorrow when December begins. Charity...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is playing an increasingly important role in our lives – from virtual assistants such as Amazon’s Alexa and...

The first signs of a seasonal slowdown are appearing according to some agents in touch with EAT, but there are still...

It’s November so forecasts for next year are beginning to emerge from high-end agencies with research departments - and the first one...

Estate agency and property consultancy JLL is offering a clip-on accessory which it claims can be put on to a mobile...

Hello and welcome to another weekly update on the industry’s good work - and a chance for us to show that...

Propteq Global Property Technology and Innovation summit takes place in London on 26 - 27 Sep. 75 of the world's leading...

Following a break for last week's final Bank Holiday before Christmas, we're back with a bumper edition of Property Jobs Today. We're...

JLL has opened a new ‘virtual’ office with dedicated sales and lettings staff to serve the Westminster and St James’s areas...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity - and just because it’s half term, don’t think the industry has...

The Future: PropTech conference takes place in under a fortnight’s time on May 2 and over 1,200 delegates have now been...

It’s London Marathon weekend and it’s set to be hot, hot, hot for those agents and other brave industry folk running...

Hello everyone and welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity - it’s a bumper edition with plenty of fantastic fund-raising going...

Floor plans are an essential marketing tool, which play an important part in helping an estate agent sell a home.  A floor...

Welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today, our regular look at key moves inside our industry. Next week there’s no PJT as...

Welcome once again to Property Jobs Today, the notice-board for agents, suppliers and other property professionals moving within, out or in...

I have high expectations for this year’s PropTech events and property conferences.  Those that I attended in 2017 demonstrated a real step...

What a year it’s been! Back in 2016 we had Brexit, a new prime minister, Donald Trump’s election, and so when...

So have we got a treat for you today…. In a moment, one of the best fun videos we’ve seen from an...

The first of the major estate agency research teams to offer a forecast for the 2018 market has kicked off the...

A man dubbed as Theresa May’s ‘brain’ when he worked in Downing Street has been invited to speak at the annual...

Let’s face it - summer seems to be on holiday itself, if the weather in the UK is anything to go...

The housing industry has responded with shock, joy, and jitters, after Theresa May’s snap general election went catastrophically wrong, leaving her...

As the nation waits with bated breath to see if Theresa May can form either a minority or coalition government after...

London Central Portfolio, a property investment consultancy, has set out a five point plan for the next government elected this week...

June marks the start of what professional weather folk call summer - and even if the temperatures are a little variable,...

Many agents will be working hard all weekend but much of the country will be enjoying another long weekend - time,...

There’s no sign yet that the snap General Election is distracting our industry from continuing its fine record of doing good...

It’s been another busy week of fund-raising for agents across the industry, sparing time to do good works despite the market...

Concern is growing over the stagnation in transactions in London generally and in prime central areas in particular. Consultancy JLL says there...

It seems prop-tech is exploding at a scary rate, and the latest brands are all trying to grab our attention by...

The Prime Central London (PCL) property market finished 2016 on a high with transactions increasing by 36% between Q3 and Q4,...

Annoying isn’t it. You take on a stunning property, agree a compelling asking price and your Vendor is desperate to get the...

OnTheMarket is to advertise across 40 channels this month, in the build up to its second anniversary at the end of January. The...

The government’s blizzard of New Year announcements about new homes has received a distinctly frosty welcome from many within the property...

This is the final Estate Agent Today until Tuesday January 3 2017, so everyone at Angels Media sends all good wishes for...

Following a strong start to 2016, particularly in the lower to middle range of the UK housing market, that lasted up...

Although Brexit, portal juggling and portal wars have stolen property industry headlines in recent months, there's been one story almost constantly...

Transaction levels are forecast to decline from around 1.22m this year to 1.08m next year as uncertainty causes some households to defer...

Another agency has opened an office in the troubled Nine Elms scheme in central London - this time the new entrant...

Figures from London data consultancy Lonres show that since the referendum the average price cut on homes across most of central...

I hate to be a party-pooper, but one of the agency industry’s coming-up-to-Christmas traditions is going to be particularly hard to undertake...

The eventual rebrand of former independent agency W A Ellis is set to be completed next year following the opening of...

An agency that has opened a new office in the controversial Nine Elms area of London has published research claiming that...

There has been widespread scepticism from many within the industry that the government will miss its latest house building targets, despite...

The key lies in improving your customer experience through technology For Agents, the tremendous growth in online estate agents highlights a strong...

JLL and CBRE are the joint sole agents for Spire London, which at 771 feet and 67 storeys is to be the...