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It may make little difference to agents but a leading analyst suggests thousands of buyers have effectively lost money on their purchase...

Countrywide, which is thought to have closed over a fifth of its branches in recent years, has opened a new office...

New research attempts for the first time to identify the most lucrative property markets in the country - with surprising results...

Sales of £1m-plus homes have surged since lockdown as affluent buyers seek more space and lifestyle changes.  An average of 868 £1m-plus...

Hello and welcome to the start of a new week and a new edition of Property Jobs Today, your chance to...

Countrywide’s high-end brand John D Wood and Co has launched a new country house department, to take advantage of growing demand...

A woman who bought a London house in 2012 is now suing the conveyancers that worked for her at the time...

A league table drawn up by a quick buy property firm claims that some estate agents' average commission has hit 2.32 per...

With the UK officially in what has been described as the single worst national recession in the world, one agency has...

The proportion of the asking price achieved on average in the past year is 95.8 per cent according to a new survey. Comparison...

A major agency is warning that the current stamp duty holiday could leave the housing market in a state of lethargy...

Government figures show the 218,975 properties within Greater London have Chinese owners - and two agents say there will be more...

The death has been announced of Colin Lowman, a veteran south London estate agent who had a 64 year career in...

The popular and well respected ex-Knight Frank partner Tom Tangney has joined Rose & Partners, a boutique property firm serving prime...

Over Easter we carried stories of good deeds done by agents and how firms were coping with working from home -...

Estate Agent Today understands that the Knight Frank agency has been hit by a large number of branch office heads quitting...

Hello and another Monday means PJT Day, your regular update on movers in the industry. You know the drill by now: if...

Estate Agent Today understands that three senior figures have departed from a key central London branch of Knight Frank. Each of them was...

The landscape of the estate agency market in the UK is evolving to reflect changes in the way we live our...

Yes, believe it or not, we’ve nearly reached the end of a whole decade. And what an eventful decade it’s been. We’ve...

Hello and welcome to PJT: even with little more than a fortnight before Christmas it seems there are still plenty of...

[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...

London’s specialist mews estate agency, Lurot Brand, is opening a new office in the capital.  Established in 1971 and widely regarded as...

Two very different views on Brexit have come forward in the past 24 hours from different players in the industry. First off,...

The number of prime residential housing transactions has increased rapidly in the past two decades and even in the past five...

The price premium paid by purchasers for a freehold property rather than a leasehold is at its highest for eight years. An...

An estate agent is linking a drop in transactions of as much as 20 per cent with the stamp duty increases...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your weekly opportunity to catch up on key moves within the industry. Everyone mentioned here...

It’s been two weeks since our last PJT, thanks to the Bank Holiday, so there’s plenty of news in today’s edition. If...

The London market has “plummeted” because almost a third of vendors have cut their asking prices in anticipation of Brexit. Using data...

Some homes in the UK are now worth 44 per cent less than they were a decade ago, claims the estate...

Sellers across England and Wales achieve an average 95.94 per cent of their asking price according to research from estate agency...

The fledgling Federation of Independent Agents has revealed a list of agents which have joined the scheme.  The very latest is Oakwood...

The average British homeowner stays in their property for 20.8 years, according to new research by Zoopla. The property portal analysed the...

Research from OnTheMarket shows that 40 per cent of London homes costing around £1m have only two bedrooms or fewer. And only...

The gap between average asking prices and average selling prices has increased in recent months according to Zoopla. Its latest study of...

Thousands of homeowners listed their properties for sale in the days following the latest Brexit delay on April 12, new research...

A London sales and lettings agent has revealed to Estate Agent Today some of the tactics used by his rivals in...

HM Revenue & Customs is set to pocket £60m less from one of its property taxes than it forecast. An analysis of...

Some branches of one of London’s largest agencies, Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward, have returned to Zoopla after dropping it just over four...

Hello, welcome to a new week and to PJT, your regular Monday round-up of jobs news in the industry. Do please let...

A new emission zone becomes effective in central London in 10 days time and could cost residents who use their car...

Family-run Chelsea agency Russell Simpson is marking 40 years of business by expanding for the first time in its history, opening...

Competition for landlords will be fiercer than ever this year. Landlords are facing a raft of changes and will likely be...

Another estate agency has closed one of its prime London offices as the capital’s most exclusive areas continue to be hit...

Ilchester Place in London’s Holland Park may be the most expensive residential street in Britain - but it’s cheaper than a year...

Research by comparison website Netanagent claims the commission paid to estate agents in London could be over £70,000 depending on where...

Amidst all the Brexit chaos let’s remember that it’s Children In Need day...always a time when Britons’ generosity raises the spirits,...

An early sign of a possible recovery in the London housing market may be appearing, according to data consultancy Hometrack.  It’s just...

The last couple of weeks’ articles were penned very much for a specific agent readership, something I am trying to be...

It’s time to sort the wheat from the chaff when it comes to overseas buyers of property. If you listen to Theresa...

The latest assessment of supply across the housing market undertaken by online agency HouseSimple claims that the number of new properties...

Zoopla has once again released its list of the costliest streets in the UK - but for the second year running...

Sales of holiday homes could be hit as a result of a new £560m tax proposal put forward by Labour.  Under the...

Estate agents say the continuing gentle slowdown reflected in the latest government house price figures will be the story of the...

Owning a home has become almost impossible for many public sector workers across Britain, according to research from the union UNISON. Getting...

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...

The number of property transactions in July fell 3.2 per cent on the same month last year according to seasonally adjusted...

A senior agent says an innovative business model allows him to work in prime central London - even though he lives in France.  Former...

May saw the highest number of new sellers list their properties in any single month for at least 18 months, claims...

Purplebricks has returned to the fray after recent controversies with a claim that home owners saved themselves over £140m in commission...

A US TV company is considering making a news programme about Russian involvement in property transactions in the UK and particularly London. The...

Estate Agent Today can exclusively reveal that well known London estate agent Patricia Farley has joined the new ‘freelance’ agency Harding...

Harding Green, an agency with a business model based on freelance associates earning commission of up to 70 per cent, says...

Rightmove’s former lettings chief Sam Mitchell has taken over as chief executive of online agency HouseSimple, which recently won another £20m...

New figures from Your Move suggest that average house prices across England and Wales barely moved in 2017, increasing just 0.2...

In 2017 the average seller sold their home for £92,466 more than they paid for it, having owned the home for...

Grosvenor Crescent, located in the heart of London’s Belgravia between Hyde Park Corner and Belgravia Square, is the most expensive residential...

A former Hamptons International and Savills agent is the first to join a ‘freelance agency’ set up in prime central London. In...

Here are some more absolutely stunning images from your offices as they mark the approach of Christmas - what a cheery...

A former estate agent has teamed up with two interiors experts to offer a home staging rental service to dress properties...

Homes in the most expensive area of England and Wales cost 25 times as much as in the cheapest area, according...

Carter Jonas has made three key appointments to beef up its London team. Simon Scott has joined as an associate partner in...

Jon Hunt, the billionaire founder of Foxtons, has come out on top in his bid to dig down -  he has...

The agent behind a new online service covering off-market homes in part of prime central London says his service will expand...

Harrods Estates has recruited an ex-Savills sales negotiator with 10 years of experience working in prime central London. Michael Harte, who will work...

The latest data from Your Move reveals London as still being the area of England and Wales with the lowest house...

A company launching later this month, set up by an ex-Chestertons agent, wants to employ over 20 freelance associates who can...

How has the world of estate agency changed in the last few decades? That’s the question this week’s Natter is going...

An estate agent who is campaigning for boards to be banned in his local area says they should be 'confined to...

Jackson-Stops & Staff, a critic of the stamp duty system since its reform in 2014, now says the government should slash...

Twenty areas in Greater London have an average price in excess of £5,000 per square metre according to new research from...

Property has been changing hands for centuries, but when did estate agents as we know them today – with their branches,...

A London agency says it’s angry that out of 200,000 homes officially classified as long term empty across the UK, just...

Prime London house prices are now 5.3 per cent lower than at the time of the EU referendum admits Savills, following...

Knight Frank has recruited an estate agent from Foxtons to run its Tower Bridge branch.  Daniel Woods joins from the firm’s London...

The recent rise in consumer complaints against sales and letting agents suggests that there is a general lack of trust and...

England has 200,145 long-term empty homes according to an analysis of government figures by an investment company.  In London alone, there were...

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

After a year of turbulence thanks to Brexit and the consequences of stamp duty changes, prime central London’s housing market appears...

Forget the popular term ‘housing affordability’ - the latest government figures suggest the real issue may be housing un-affordability. Data from the...

A new statement by Countrywide’s John D Wood & Co says its now-completed merger with Faron Sutaria has had the effect...

Property Vision, one of the country’s oldest and most respected buying agencies, has added its voice to those saying that stamp...

The much-discussed merger of Countrywide’s John D Wood & Co with Faron Sutaria brands - with the latter’s name apparently disappearing...

Another agency says price reductions of 10 per cent or more are often found in some prime central London areas such...

New data from LSL Property Services suggest that the image of London as one large housing market encountering difficulties at the...

Fraser & Co is opening a new office in the City of London, despite gloomy reports from other agencies about the...

Eaton Square, in the heart of London’s wealthy Belgravia district, has been crowned the most expensive street in England and Wales,...

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

The highest number of second homes in UK local authority areas exist not in the south west, the Lake District or...

Countrywide has started the formal process of merging and rebranding some of its existing local chains, beginning with London.  John D Wood...

A leading London buying agency is warning that some areas of prime central London could face a downturn following the Brexit...

Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward has expanded its network of branches in central London with the launch of new offices in Clerkenwell,...

Data company Propcision has quantified the scale of asking price reductions on some prime central London properties, with many dropping by...

An online agency claims that for the second year running London’s traditional estate agents have charged well over £1 billion in...

An analysis of homes on sale in every borough of London shows up to a third of properties in some areas...

Strutt & Parker is to open a new agency office in South Kensington on June 1, despite ongoing uncertainty over the...

A property statistician says portals may be inaccurately reflecting prices in some areas because of possible double-counting of properties listed with...

Sales volumes in Prime Central London slumped 17 per cent in the second half of last year compred to the same...

Publicity-conscious online estate agency eMoov claims vendors in London have spent £861.5m on traditional estate agents’ fees in 2015.  eMoov accuses agents...

This week’s final batch of photos come from agents and other property professionals who have taken a personal approach to the...

Prime Central London’s residential values have risen 4.3 per cent over the past 12 months and now average £2.3m per property...

Jon Hunt, the billionaire who founded Foxtons, has defeated the French government’s bid to prevent him creating a ‘mega-basement’ in his...

We may all be reeling from the surprise Autumn Statement stamp duty shocker but estate agents still find time to do...

Chancellor George Osborne remains convinced that his stamp duty reforms of a year ago benefit over 95 per cent of home...

An online estate agency has taken on the established high-end agents by marketing a home in prime central London for £19.5m...

The French government has taken billionaire Foxtons founder Jon Hunt to the High Court over his attempt to dig a so-called...

Jon Hunt, the property billionaire who founded, ran and then sold Foxtons, is worth a cool £1.186 billion - yet is...

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

Estate agents have been warned by the National Crime Agency that they must not hesitate to inform the authorities if they...

A new analysis of rising property values measured in price per square metre, suggests one location has risen 773 per cent...

Some agents have recently suggested that the prime central London market is sluggish in the extreme - but now one agency...

London chain Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward has opened another new sales and lettings outlet, this time in South Kensington - hot...

One of London’s biggest property sales of the year so far completed a few weeks before last month’s election, despite fears at...

Raine Countess Spencer - the daughter of novelist Barbara Cartland - has opened the latest Harrods Estates prime central London branch...

Investors now account for almost a third of buyers in prime central London according to one of the capital’s largest chains,...

The Economist appears to have cut through the arguments over mansion tax - and its conclusion may upset those who think...

There is one common denominator amongst the majority of those who dominate the latest Sunday Times Rich List, regarded as the...

Twelve of the UK’s largest regional cities are now seeing higher price rises than central London as the capital’s performance continues...