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A variety of charities have received support from the property industry over the past week. If there are charitable endeavours you think...

Building more homes is a better solution than mortgage schemes to support first-time buyers, a Zoopla executive has claimed. Richard Donnell, executive...

Welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity, our chance to salute those who do so much to help others. If your agency...

There is rarely a quiet year in the property market. And 2023 has felt like the usual rollercoaster at times. On...

A new estate agency has benefited from a grant scheme run by multinational company Tata Steel. Lincolnshire estate agent Grahame Barratt-Needham has...

The founder of an online agency that switched to the for sale-by-owner model has turned his attention to property portals. Kae Travis...

Agents and property professionals haven't let the mini-heatwave stop them sweating and stepping up for charity. Here are some of the sector's...

Estate agents use their experience, knowledge, and connections to help people to sell properties at the best prices. Working in this field...

There are some inspiring examples of agents and property professionals raising money for all-important children's charities this week. Remember, if you have...

In this thought leadership article, Videosign CEO Steven Tallant looks at electronic signatures and conveyancing and whether the time is nigh for the...

Leaders Romans Group is to bolster its finance services with the expansion and rebranding of its mortgage arm. Leaders and Romans Mortgage Services...

Another property company has announced its participation in the Kickstart scheme. The initiative is aimed at young people aged 16 to 24...

Mental health – and the importance of good mental health – has become a vital thing for all of us in...

As we approach the most unusual of festive periods, many property professionals will already be thinking about the January market and...

As regular readers will know, the Natter kickstarted a series last time out zoning in on local independent agents – the...

As you may have seen over the weekend, the long-running Property Natter column – penned by Angels Media chief executive, Nat...

There will not be a single business within the property sector that did not start the year in vastly different circumstances...

The government’s new Kickstart scheme is the ideal way for agents to encourage new talent without incurring any cost. That’s the view of The...

An investment adviser says Purplebricks remains “far too risky” for investors even though it now has “a fighting chance of survival”. Rodney...

I was asked a question by a German journalist yesterday. What is the biggest lesson German and European PropTech founders can...

Hello and welcome to Conquering Corona, our bid to help agents through the crisis. If you have appropriate advice to share with...

After a challenging period for the UK property market, recovery is very much on the cards and the end to uncertainty...

A veteran agent says the new government’s Budget, expected in the next few weeks, should not provide too much help to...

In just over two weeks, the UK population will head to the polls for the fourth general election since 2010. Of course,...

Purplebricks - which is at the centre of a string of controversies - has joined the growing campaign for stamp duty...

Earlier this year, the Regulation of Property Agents (RoPA) working group announced the initial details of plans for mandatory qualifications and...

Former Purplebricks chief executive Lee Wainwright says the problem for estate agents maintaining a strong level of fees isn’t competition from...

The typical new real estate agency forms when an entrepreneurial high performer quits their job at a leading chain and sets...

With Boris Johnson winning the Conservative leadership election and becoming Prime Minister, he has spent his first few days in office...

It’s now more than three years since the EU referendum result in June 2016, and we’re still no clearer on when...

Conservative leadership frontrunner Boris Johnson's plans to reverse stamp duty changes could help to kickstart the prime property market, according to...

An industry veteran is launching a new hub-based hybrid agency and is offering to sell 50 homes for free to raise the...

Over a fifth of pensioners say they would be encouraged to downsize if there was a stamp duty incentive - particularly...

When you are starting up a new business, it is unlikely that you will already have enough capital to invest. Taking...

International property agency Sotheby's International Realty is expanding in India after agreeing a 25-year master franchise agreement covering the whole country. The...

This month it was announced that Landbay mortgage lenders will release a new rental Index, alongside Zoopla and data-modelling experts MIAC.  The...

A crowdfunding website has been set up with the aim of raising money to assist first time buyers purchase their homes. It...