Would-be home-buyers are enjoying the highest level of spring-time choice of homes in five years says Zoopla. The portal claims that there...
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23 April 2024
From: Breaking News
The term ‘time bomb’ is sometimes overly used in the housing market, and while it has been linked to many things...
06 April 2024
From: Features
The ripple effect of a property sale that falls through is, without exception, one of the most frustrating and disappointing events...
20 March 2024
From: Features
The best news for the property sector to come from Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget statement came not from any fiscal...
20 March 2024
From: Features
I was chatting to a genuine city gent the other day (someone who has enjoyed a career in suits, ties, shares...
02 March 2024
From: Features
Five years ago, Lettings expert, Tim Lawler, wrote an article for Estate Agent Today charting his early experiences of setting up...
03 February 2024
From: Features
There are now less than 40 days until self-employed property professionals will need to submit their self-assessment tax return, and pay...
23 December 2023
From: Features
Rumours about tax cuts in this week’s Autumn Statement are continuing but there are warnings that a Stamp Duty cut may...
21 November 2023
From: Breaking News
It was US disability rights advocate, Helen Keller, who said: ‘alone, we can do so little, together we can do so...
11 November 2023
From: Features
The ESTAS team and I are now on the final countdown to Friday 20th October. Having run the event for twenty...
16 September 2023
From: Features
In his latest column Jonathan Rolande looks at the future of estate agnts on the high street. You only need to walk down...
18 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Retail queen Stacey Cartwright will succeed Nicholas Ferguson as chair of Savills from December 31 - but she inherits a company...
11 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Agents are facing challenges of rising price reductions but fewer listings are being withdrawn and the level of fall-throughs is dropping,...
12 July 2023
From: Breaking News
The long-awaited Renters Reform Bill was finally introduced in Parliament in May, but is it really good news for tenants? Several...
08 July 2023
From: Features
The past seven days have seen a string of stories across the media relating to the property sector. Reports have revealed how...
09 June 2023
From: Breaking News
An agent who went viral with musical property marketing videos has taken her last bow in estate agency. Keller Williams agent Claire...
06 June 2023
From: Breaking News
With rising mortgage rates and the cost of living expected to be the biggest cause of a slowdown in the housing...
06 May 2023
From: Features
Agents have plenty of ways to market properties, from pictures to 3D tours and videos but few, thankfully, have tried their...
27 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Conveyancers are warning that this week’s Land Registry strikes could have a knock-on effect on property sales once staff return to...
03 March 2023
From: Breaking News
It turns out even estate agents have to go off-market when finding their own homes. Paul Clarke, of Belvoir-owned self-employed agency brand...
27 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Industry leaders have hit back at a suggestion that agents should do more door-knocking to win business. Speaking in the latest video...
25 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Property sales are yet to decline amid higher mortgage rates and the cost of living crisis but there are signs of...
22 December 2022
From: Breaking News
As we get ever closer to 2023, this final Natter of the year is dedicated to the five biggest property moments of...
17 December 2022
From: Features
Over the later part of 2022, we have experienced unprecedented economic and political turmoil, which will remain as we head into...
17 December 2022
From: Features
A report earlier this month warned that conveyancing firms should stress test their businesses for a sharp decline in work volumes. These businesses...
03 December 2022
From: Features
England beat Wales at the World Cup in Qatar this week, confirming the team’s progression to the next round while their...
01 December 2022
From: Breaking News
The Wales versus England match has been lined up as a crunch game this week after disappoint results in the second...
28 November 2022
From: Breaking News
The World Cup is set to kick off in Qatar this weekend and Estate Agent Today has compiled a team of...
18 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Dozens of estate agents have been fined a combined total of £519,645 for failing to meet their obligations under anti-money laundering...
02 November 2022
From: Features
Conveyancing is an integral part of the house buying and selling process. But it is a slow process, with the length...
26 October 2022
From: Features
With the Treasury and the Bank of England stepping in to try and calm the markets, talk of an emergency interest...
28 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Analysis: What did Boris Johnson do for the UK property market during his 3 years as Prime Minister?
Time is up for Boris Johnson's tenure as Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party, serving 3 years and 44...
17 September 2022
From: Features
A senior new-build property professional has warned that the Help to Buy scheme will be “sorely missed” by first-time buyers once...
12 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Agents and property professionals paid tribute to the Queen last night after Buckingham Palace announced she had passed away. Readers were celebrating...
09 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Four out of five homebuyers would consider reducing an offer if they found maintenance issues when viewing a property. The insurer’s poll...
06 September 2022
From: Breaking News
As inflation passes the 10% mark, it’s no surprise that many landlords are hurriedly reviewing the health of their buy-to-let portfolio. You...
03 September 2022
From: Features
Agency stock has reached its highest level for 12 months, OnTheMarket claims. The portal’s latest Property Sentiment Index revealed that there has...
17 August 2022
From: Breaking News
The latest house price index from Zoopla has suggested the market remains resilient in the face of the cost-of-living crisis, but...
02 August 2022
From: Breaking News
As Britain’s housing boom continues, SDL Property Auctions has warned of ten ways new homeowners could be fined up to £5,000...
26 July 2022
From: Legislation & Compliance
People in prominent positions in the housing industry aren’t always perfect role models. After all, Chris Pincher was housing minister for...
09 July 2022
From: Features
Anyone working in the property market should have at least one eye on supply. Of course, it’s a constant issue for...
02 July 2022
From: Features
First-time buyers are now facing up to a nine-year wait to save enough of a deposit to get on the property...
07 June 2022
From: Breaking News
Spicerhaart’s annual conference and awards ceremony returned earlier this month after a three-year hiatus caused by the pandemic. The company’s two day...
24 May 2022
From: Breaking News
Buying agency Stacks Property Search is reporting g rising buyer demand for wrecks requiring significant levels of renovation. The agency says that...
10 March 2022
From: Breaking News
Analysts are gearing up for the full year figures to be revealed by Rightmove to its shareholders at the end of...
21 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Rightmove says the level of business owners enquiring about leasing office space has now surpassed even pre-pandemic levels in January. Demand is...
09 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Some regional property markets are perilously close to running out of any stock to sell. That’s the news from property data...
08 February 2022
From: Breaking News
In this piece, Leanna Donkin from house. partnership reflects on what the last year has brought for her after a leap...
29 January 2022
From: Features
In this guest piece, the team at Lifesycle discuss a recent experiment they did with AI and estate agents' data and...
27 January 2022
From: Breaking News
The past two years have been a whirlwind of change, challenges and chance. The main catalyst has clearly been the pandemic...
08 January 2022
From: Features
Data out today from Rightmove shows the predictable seasonal effect of around 0.7 per cent knocked off the typical asking price. The...
13 December 2021
From: Breaking News
In this latest Natter piece zoning in on independent agents doing things differently, following on from the one I did with...
20 November 2021
From: Features
It’s been a busy and arguably fruitful year for the property market, with an eager consumer base pushing forwards with their...
17 November 2021
From: Features
In this article, the team at The Lettings Hub - which aims to offer tech-driven solutions for the rental market - outline...
06 November 2021
From: Features
In this op-ed, Warwick Haycock, accounting software specialist at The Access Group, looks at how the use of tech can empower...
30 October 2021
From: Features
Does this photo drive you mad? Do you see it everywhere (including on Estate Agent Today stories)? Who are these people and...
07 September 2021
From: Breaking News
A bulk quick buy company has surveyed purchasers who have been deterred from continuing their transactions to discover what the biggest...
19 August 2021
From: Breaking News
Propertymark says confusion over new stamp duty rules has led to a surge in fall-throughs. Since April 1 homes bought in England...
10 August 2021
From: Breaking News
Around 2.66 million landlords were operational in Great Britain in 2019, according to data estimations previously released by Hamptons International. Of those...
28 July 2021
From: Features
So, who would have thought it? England finally beat Germany in a knockout game at a major competition - and it...
30 June 2021
From: Breaking News
It was never going to be easy for Scotland - and there was no sense of jeopardy for an already-through England. Yet...
23 June 2021
From: Breaking News
For a match between two great rivals, the England-Scotland 0-0 draw on Friday may have brought both nations together. After all it’s...
21 June 2021
From: Breaking News
While running customer identification and verification checks is part and parcel of the onboarding process for estate agents, under UK anti...
01 June 2021
From: Sponsored Content
Banking has gone through radical changes in the past few years, in step with technology and the sheer amount we can...
29 May 2021
From: Features
Over the next few years, the property sector is set to change for the better – all thanks to PropTech. While the...
15 May 2021
From: Features
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I am Mark Armstrong, and my business card says...
10 May 2021
From: 60 Second Interview
You could make about 65 more cold calls, or hold 13 more viewings, or you could take a power-nap every day...
01 May 2021
From: Features
As you’ll know by now, I like to use the Natter to shine a light on independent agents doing things a...
27 March 2021
From: Features
An estate agency has apologised unreservedly for “most regrettable” comments made by two members of staff who described a vendor’s property...
18 March 2021
From: Breaking News
Being a letting agent today means keeping up to date with the long list of rules and regulations governing how a...
20 February 2021
From: Features
An agent is challenging the insurer Hiscox over its interpretation of whether to honour a Business Interruption Insurance policy. A standard letter...
15 February 2021
From: Breaking News
A 10-point ’must have’ list of demands for Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget on March 3 has been issued by NAEA Propertymark. It’s...
04 February 2021
From: Breaking News
As part of our third PayProp Special Report on COVID-19 rental arrears in the UK, we surveyed over 600 agents, tenants...
30 January 2021
From: Features
As we now find ourselves in the UK’s third national lockdown in 10 months, what tenants want, and need from their...
30 January 2021
From: Features
Zoopla's latest figures suggest 70,000 transactions are likely to miss the stamp duty holiday deadline of March 31. And the portal says: “The...
27 January 2021
From: Breaking News
Sir Kier Starmer has told the government it should look again at whether estate agents’ viewings of properties for sale and...
11 January 2021
From: Breaking News
With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...
08 January 2021
From: Sponsored Content
07 January 2021
From: Breaking News
A young estate agent - who by the age of 20 has already had a year working with Purplebricks - has...
05 January 2021
From: Breaking News
Following a turbulent 2020 in which the property market and the professionals working within it excelled in the face of unprecedented...
04 January 2021
From: Breaking News
Described on this site as a ‘powerful disruptor’ in March 2020, few would deny that the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted on...
16 December 2020
From: Sponsored Content
A leading property consultancy is suggesting that a possible increase in Capital Gains Tax could end up losing money for the...
10 December 2020
From: Breaking News
A petition has been launched demanding a stamp duty holiday extension. The online petition is the idea of Jonathan Steel - a layperson...
07 December 2020
From: Breaking News
Welcome to part three of our ongoing series on local independent agents, as we seek to give this all-important part of...
05 December 2020
From: Features
Zoopla’s research team is anticipating the first quarter of next year will see the current boom continue as 100,000 additional sales...
25 November 2020
From: Breaking News
Figures just released from HM Revenue & Customs show just how much stamp duty buyers pay, at least before the current holiday...
02 November 2020
From: Breaking News
The housing market’s recovery will be threatened with drastic consequences for buyers and sellers if the stamp duty holiday isn’t extended beyond...
30 October 2020
From: Breaking News
The National Association of Estate Agents wants the government to initiate a mortgage guarantee scheme to encourage more 95 per cent...
20 October 2020
From: Breaking News
The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, better known as the furlough scheme, was introduced by the chancellor Rishi Sunak in March to...
26 September 2020
From: Features
I want to talk to you about new ways to sell homes. Let's not encourage people to sell but just swap...
12 August 2020
From: Breaking News
Mortgage approvals - a key indicator of short-term activity in the housing market - beat expectations in June according to Bank...
30 July 2020
From: Breaking News
Countrywide has released details of its trading performance, including the knock its income has received as a result of the housing...
26 June 2020
From: Breaking News
The only story that has come remotely close to pushing coronavirus – and its various knock-on effects – off the top...
06 June 2020
From: Features
If it’s Friday it’s our regular round-up of fund-raising by and involving the property industry, and it’s remarkable how much is...
29 May 2020
From: Breaking News
Letting agents up and down the country have undoubtedly felt the financial strain added by the outbreak of COVID19. Whilst this will continue,...
26 May 2020
From: Sponsored Content
During March, the coronavirus pandemic put the brakes on the property market with an enforced period of shutdown. However, almost two...
21 May 2020
From: Sponsored Content
Savills is donating over £800,000 to nominated charities across the UK. Following a commitment to Land Aid’s Covid-19 campaign for youth homelessness,...
07 May 2020
From: Breaking News
“A lot of people have learned that they can work at home, or that there’s other methods of conducting their business......
06 May 2020
From: Breaking News
Countrywide has added its weight to the campaign asking the government to allow agents to get back to work - and...