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The government is jeopardising the success of the housing market relaunch through the inflexibility of the furlough scheme, claims a group...
27 May 2020
From: Breaking News

We know that the tenant fee ban has cost letting agents dearly, with an estimated loss of £300 million paid to...
02 October 2019
From: Features

The Property Ombudsman’s annual conference is to hear from the chair of the government’s ‘Property Agents Working Group’ - just days...
07 February 2019
From: Breaking News

There’s nothing new about identifying 10 figures who have helped shape an industry over the past year, but that doesn’t mean...
28 December 2018
From: Features

Outspoken property commentator and buying agent Henry Pryor has made a scathing attack on some of the main house price indices. In...
06 August 2018
From: Breaking News

The creators of a website using market data to define postcodes as hosting a seller’s market or a buyer’s market have...
20 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Leading housing analyst Kate Faulkner says the current low transaction level is “a little scary” because with so few sellers, buyers...
25 April 2018
From: Breaking News

The proportion of first time buyers in the market is still 11 per cent below the level seen before the 2008...
11 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Representatives from estate and lettings agencies as well as professional organisations have formed The Home Buying And Selling Group with a...
26 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Leading independent property expert Kate Faulkner says the current row regarding the accuracy of Purplebricks’ sales figures should be the trigger...
06 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Pressure continues to mount on Purplebricks to reveal its sales data after a weekend during which claims about its effectiveness continued...
05 February 2018
From: Breaking News

A housing market expert says agents should be more pro-active and explain to the public that contrary to popular belief, some...
20 November 2017
From: Breaking News

An industry analyst says some agents may find it tough to survive in 2018 if they’re hit by a double whammy...
24 October 2017
From: Breaking News

When a tenant failed to pay any rent after the first month his tenancy last year, the landlord did not expect...
26 August 2017
From: Features

A prominent housing expert says estate agents must not merely sell homes but should become “lifelong consumer property advisors.” Kate Faulkner -...
20 April 2017
From: Breaking News

A leading housing market analyst has made a stout defence of the growing trend of young buyers relying on their parents...
29 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Only a week to the Christmas break and still our industry goes above and beyond the call of duty to raise...
16 December 2016
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s most outspoken critics of estate and letting agents is quitting his role as chief executive of Shelter...
06 October 2016
From: Breaking News

CRM software provider Reapit, has teamed up with Agency Mentors to provide training programmes for agents. Reapit says its agent customers who...
01 July 2016
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s leading property experts says she expects buyers to hold off over the summer as a result of...
27 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Property expert and housing analyst Kate Faulkner says estate agents have 'learned their lesson' from the property market slump in 2007-2008. In...
31 May 2016
From: Breaking News

Respected housing analyst Kate Faulkner is accusing campaigning charity Shelter of ignoring key facts and scaremongering about the alleged difficulties of...
20 April 2016
From: Breaking News

A respected housing market analyst says “it's a bit cheeky” of housing minister Brandon Lewis to claim credit for figures suggesting...