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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...

A campaign has been launched to make Bristol the colour capital of the UK by ensuring that more homes are painted...

The managing director of an agency operating in prime central London and other high-value locations in southern England says the Open...

What is Properstar? Properstar helps UK estate agents cross the chasm from local to global in respect of advertising their properties. Using...

Paying too much every month for your website? Move your website to us and we guarantee to halve your monthly bill I want...

Prices of homes in Prime Central London have fallen across all sectors in the second quarter of the year and over...

It’s been hot, hot, hot this week - but that's not deterred many in our industry from helping those in need...

One of the first major pieces of research to come from an estate agency following the EU referendum suggests the short-term...

Sherry Fitzgerald, a major agency in the Republic of Ireland, says it has seen “exceptionally strong” interest in homes from British...

Agents have been giving their reaction to the shock Brexit referendum result - and their comments have ranged from the gloomy...

Let’s face it - the biggest distraction for many estate agents in the coming weeks may well be the Euro 2016...

The new mayor of London Sadiq Khan has pledged to do all in his power to help make London “better” after...

We seem to have skipped spring completely and moved from winter to summer in just one week - so what better...

It’s that time of the week where, despite stamp duty buying surges and the beginning of the traditional spring sales season,...

Manchester estate agency Ascend Properties has appointed a former agency chief to spearhead sales in the city.  Ged McPartlin, the new sales...

JLL says the stamp duty surcharge on buy to let properties and second homes has obliged it to downgrade its forecast...

Several agencies have announced expansion plans and new personnel as they gear up for 2016. Strutt & Parker is announcing that Giles...

Let Mid West Displays get your window in shape! Never underestimate the power of high street presence. Image is everything, and what...

Fine & Country and JLL have both announced they are expanding their business in Portugal.  Fine & Country has just opened its...

The scores are in: Estate Agent Today has collated forecasts from 10 of the leading estate agency corporates and major business...

The scores are in: here are the top 10 high-end agencies and property analysts' predictions for what 2016 has in store...

There are just three weeks before Christmas (and a well-deserved break for agents).  But in the meantime there are plenty of opportunities...

Knight Frank has issued housing market predictions for 2016 roughly in line with all those issued by rival high end agents...

The dramatic slump in the sale of London’s most expensive homes is continuing with one agency claiming that over the past...

So this is autumn - nights drawing in, temperatures falling, clients getting more demanding to move in by the end of...

Every week we publicise the efforts of estate agents and property professionals who have been working extra hard in the name...

JLL today opens its eighth residential office in London, this one at at the Riverlight development in Nine Elms.  The office, which...

High-end brands dominated the agency section of the RESI 2015 awards, presented by Pointless host Alexander Armstrong at the Grosvenor House...