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There’s something of a conspiracy of silence over the problem of short lets. That is a stark claim but many siren voices...

Earlier this month, Boris Johnson carried out a reshuffle of his cabinet, telling ministers they must 'repay the trust of those...

Despite still being in the transition period after leaving the EU on January 31, we are seeing an upturn in the...

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

Predictions that landlords are not buying properties to let out because of tougher rental taxes and regulations appear to be short...

An online valuation service says the number of leads it generated for agents in January was over double the figure in...

Esther McVey has been sacked as housing minister; she was the ninth housing minister in as many years. Her successor is the...

  Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Catherine Shinerock - ARO Account Manager What is your ‘company name’...

The people behind an online valuation service is warning agents that having a widget on their website is not enough by...

An estate agency that won a major property award only 18 months ago has shut after trading for 40 years. The Marlborough...

Last November, as part of the Conservatives’ general election campaign, Boris Johnson made a surprise announcement that his party would introduce...

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

Mystery surrounds a historic agency that has ceased trading after 235 years in business - even though its website is still...

Here’s a reminder of some news we broke last week - the hugely-respected Phil Spencer starts a regular column for the...

Hello and welcome to the last day of January, Brexit Day and - perhaps most importantly - the latest edition of...

Understanding the customer journey plays a huge role in the success of any estate agent. From that very first viewing right through...

The hugely-respected Phil Spencer is to write a regular column for the industry on Estate Agent Today under the auspices of...

Hello and welcome to a new week, and a new edition of PJT. If you’re on the move or your firm has...

As I look towards this year, I am sure that my thoughts are the same as many within the industry. I am...

Over the past decade, the short-term rental industry, now eponymised by Airbnb, has experienced meteoric growth. This has been driven by the...

Yesterday (January 10 2020), the Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (5AMLD) became law. It forms part of ongoing international efforts to tackle...

The Law Commission has set out three ways to cut the cost that leaseholders have to pay to buy the freehold...

We are facing a new world in the lettings industry, with the proportion of households in the private rented sector (PRS)...

After a year dogged by Brexit deadlock, political turmoil, and slow growth, estate agents’ confidence in the property market hit a...

The scores are in….and it looks like house prices are going to rise gently in 2020 according to forecasts from almost...

When looking back on the property market this year, the main message we can take is that it has remained extremely...

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...

It’s a substantial Tory government for the next five years: what does this mean for estate agents, property and the market? We have...

The election is over and there’s nothing on the agenda except the run-up to Christmas - although there’s still time for...

Foxtons is reported to have closed four more branches across London, backing up widespread industry speculation that the agency is retrenching further in...

Humberts has signed off in bizarre style leaving only false contact details on its website. The historic agency - which closed several...

With Brexit still unresolved, the domestic agenda has been pushed from the headlines by the seemingly overwhelming public and political discord...

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....

The legendary Mayfair estate agency Wetherell is linking with London’s Dexters chain in a new partnership. Wetherell, run by high profile chief...

It’s been clear for a while that the additional regulation landlords and agents are facing has helped professionalise the private rental...

No one would argue that unfair fees and practices by rogue landlords is a problem that should be ignored, but the...

It’s beginning to look a lot like…we’re running a very popular service for agents, as we’ve been inundated with more fund-raising...

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

The head of a new property portal is urging agents to forget about spending money on For Sale and To Let...

Labour is pledging a “housing revolution” with the biggest council house building programme for decades Its manifesto being launched today will include new...

The Property Franchise Group has issued a trading statement that is upbeat on lettings but warns that the sales market has...

It’s easier than you might think. For any agent the challenge of making a business successful is hard work with the focus...

Last week, it was announced that Plentific, the London-based tenant experience, has raised $32 million in Series B funding. Plentific’s model sees...

There was an increase in the number of first time buyers getting on the property ladder in September compared to the...

As we know, the world’s moving very fast and how we communicate now is drastically different to even 10 years ago....

You don’t need to go far to find news about the UK lettings market. From the banning of tenant fees to...

Until now General Election pledges of stamp duty reforms were restricted to the Conservatives - but now a tax consultancy says...

The National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting Agents have issued their manifesto for next month’s General...

The phrase ‘death of the high street’ can be found in nearly any publication in any given week. And for fair...

It’s on - although judging by the early lack of enthusiasm amongst the British public, you might be forgiven for thinking...

Foxtons' latest trading statement shows another fall in sales revenue - but this time lettings income is down too. In an announcement...

A tax expert is urging owners of second homes, as well as property investors and existing landlords, to seek independent financial...

In recent months, we’ve seen headlines dominated by changes to tenancy rules, government consultations and more than a few scare stories. Landlords...

It has been said time and time again that the uncertainty around Brexit is causing, well, uncertainty. As I write this, the...

Enhanced customer care strategies, relationship-building schemes, cost-cutting measures and new revenue streams can’t help the lettings industry if the fundamental underlying...

Hello, welcome to another Monday and the latest PJT. As ever, a brief reminder to please let us know your appointments new...

Since I started working with Zero Deposit for me the market leader in deposit replacement alternatives, the most common question I am...

There has been a real wind of change in estate agency and over the last 18 months we have seen the...

Upad, the national online letting agent set up by entrepreneur James Davis has announced that it is “closed to new business”...

A leading agent and property management expert says the shock closure of online agency Upad is a sign that technology alone...

There are fewer ‘accidental landlords’ - vendors who resort to letting out their homes because the sales market is difficult. That’s the...

When renting a property out, letting agents and landlords recognise that it is important to take a deposit from the tenant...

Property portal Zoopla has hired a new creative agency to help it reach its goal of becoming the UK's 'number one...

The boss of a 15+ branch estate agency group has explained how he thinks regulation could 'ruin' the estate agency industry. Simon...

A regional agency operating across Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire has announced an acquisition which adds two branches to its network. This week, Alexander...

Welcome back to Property Jobs Today - your Monday roundup of all the latest employment news from the industry. If you have...

There’s no doubt that we live in politically charged times and every day appears to bring something new to the ‘party’. For...

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

In recent years, governments and local councils have sought to change the private rented sector (PRS) to make it more appealing...

Labour’s Shadow Chancellor, who earlier this month told a newspaper that he wanted to introduce a Right To Buy policy for...

A sales and lettings agency which has entered insolvency is reported by a local newspaper to have offered vendors cut-price fees...

Hello and welcome to your regular Monday PJT, the essential guide to who’s moving where in our industry. Everyone mentioned here got...

There's good news for the market in at least one sector - mortgages offered to first time buyers. Latest figures from the...

If you thought - perhaps hoped - that five weeks of prorogued Parliament meant a break from politics, think again: the...

A new PropTech online platform called BestAgent Property Marketplace is to launch next year following a series of 12 meetings this autumn. It...

A leading London estate agent has written to The Times dismissing MPs who have been squabbling over Brexit and a possible...

I think I speak for most people when I say that we are not currently where we thought we would be...

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Tony Strover. On my business card it says...

Technology will drive the lettings and property management industry in the future. There is already a plethora of various software and other...

A well-respected agent who was president of the NAEA just five years ago has written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson asking...

They will be the doctors, lawyers, teachers, thinkers, leaders and captains of industry of the not too distant future, but is...

Recently a number of politicians and charities have been calling for the introduction of rent controls or rent freezes in the...

News this week tells of Zehomes, the German property management company, raising €13 million in Series-A funding, bringing its all-time total...

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

One of the agencies most active in the creation of OnTheMarket is trialling a return to listing on Zoopla after an...

It is now over two months since the introduction of the ban on fees charged to tenants, leaving letting agents with...

A record £8.2 billion was paid in Capital Gains Tax in 2017/18 - over £1 billion more than the year before.  The...

Have you asked yourself why technology is so important in letting agency today? Just look around and you will know why. Almost...

I missed the biggest property story of the week and it’s only scant consolation that almost everyone else seemed to miss it...

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

In a trading statement this morning, Countrywide says it has “a new covenant package with lenders provides the financial flexibility to...

1. Win More Listings For estate agency in the UK, the number one task is to get new properties to market. However,...

We now have a new Leader of the Conservative Party and, rather more importantly, a new Prime Minister. That individual is Boris...

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....

Rightmove’s half year figures this morning continue to show strong growth in profits and revenue - but there are the first...

Foxtons’ sales slumped another 10 per cent and its total revenue dropped another 3.5 per cent according to figures released this...

Sometimes having prior knowledge of a stressful event can be more stressful than the event itself, just look at Brexit for...

Our own industry’s upheaval over recent years has been no less dramatic than the turmoil at Westminster. The political earthquake has seen...

A leading figure in the PropTech sector says clarity and speed are vital to ensure agencies can adequately prepare for a...

The industry press has given substantial space to recommendations from the Regulation of Property Agents, the government’s working party which has...

The Information Commissioner’s Office has fined a London estate agency £80,000 for leaving 18,610 customers' personal data exposed for almost two years. The security...

The government has published proposals for far-reaching changes to the way estate and letting agents are regulated, trained and licensed. The proposals...

Two of the highest profile independent estate agencies in the north of England have merged following a spectacular acquisition. Linley & Simpson...

Online estate agency Yopa is warning of price falls ahead in London and south east England - although price rises elsewhere...

Some of the most radical reforms ever proposed for estate and letting agents are expected to be signed off today by...

A leading agent has suggested that some parts of the UK would face “a property exodus” if Boris Johnson’s proposals for...

Hello and welcome to this latest edition of PJT, your Monday catch-up on all the key appointments news in the industry. Please...

Theresa May arrived in Downing Street some three years ago - but her premiership has not been a smooth ride. As she...

With somewhere in the region of 1.2 million property sales transactions being completed each year, and 16,500 estate agents actively vying...

The police have opened an investigation after a number of complaints have been made about the financial affairs of a sales...

This week, I want to take a look at the Israeli startup, Venn, an urban revitalisation firm which has recently received...

 – use technology to build a trusted brand as a people-focused custodian of client money Non-stop regulatory changes in the industry are...

In the second part of my exploration of startups, I talk to a number of people with lived experience of creating...

Increasing legislation and regulation has arguably been the biggest talking point in the private rented sector (PRS) over the last few...

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....

I want to take the time this week to look at an area of PropTech and real estate which is seeing...

Britain lives in fundamentalist black-and-white times - all the more surprising when the country's most divisive point of contention sits on...

When employing a new member of staff there are a lot of checks and balances put in place by any business...

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of Property Jobs Today - the Monday slot where you can catch up with...

All the most successful startups of recent years – from Airbnb and Uber to Just Eat and Deliveroo – have melded...

It’s easy to understand why people are hesitant towards processes becoming digital. It is the fear that the digital world is...

Theresa May’s ‘hostile environment’ policy that was implemented in 2012 was designed to make staying and residing in the UK as...

My experience in marketing over the last 10 years has been an interesting journey, however I don’t want to bore you...

With summer in full swing (will someone tell the weather?) we’re having bumper editions of Agents Do Charity, and this weekend’s is...

A new service which aims to provide estate and letting agents with what it calls “game changing” access to property data...

The estate agency industry is at a crossroads. A turbulent market, unstable political situation and a chronic lack of public confidence has...

In recent years, estate and letting agents have been faced with a series of tough challenges to absorb and react to. There...

While media attention has been on Theresa May, Brexit and the Tories, chatter in the agency industry has been about what...

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....

What a great time to be a letting agent. In decades, never has there been so much change. As you’re well aware,...

An IT firm says small and medium-sized estate agencies without the infrastructure of large corporates are putting themselves and their customers...

Whether you love or hate it, Purplebricks has undoubtedly left its mark since arriving on the scene in 2015 – much...

With the Tenant Fee Ban obliterating a key income stream, letting agents should be looking at ways they can increase the...

Consumer habits have changed massively over the past few years, and regardless of which market you operate in, being able to...

New free-to-list portals Residential People and Commercial People are aiming to secure one million property listings by Q4 2019. The portals -...

The scores have been counted and the results are in for the 2019 ESTAS Awards, sponsored by Zoopla. On Friday, over 1,000...

With a mere matter of weeks until the Tenant Fees Act comes in to effect, I can’t help but wonder just...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Jake Gready Managing Director NEXA Bristol What services do you provide? buying - selling...

In recent weeks our campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold has continued to gather momentum both in the press and across...

New figures from HM Revenue and Customs suggest that stamp duty receipts have fallen by no less than £1 billion. The drop...

A top London estate agent says the humble For Sale board remains the cheapest and most effective marketing tool - even...

With Easter now upon us (happy Easter, by the way, and hope you’re enjoying the long weekend, the Easter eggs and...

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....

Low risk letting is everyone’s aim, but unless legitimate guidelines are followed it’s difficult to know if a tenant will prove...

An ex-housing minister and ex-Brexit secretary says he wants to radically change taxes on buy to let capital appreciation to help...

Hello and welcome to Property Jobs Today - your final chance before the Easter break to catch up with the key...

It has been a long time coming, but the tenant fees ban, which forbids landlords and letting agents in England from...

No, this isn’t about Brexit. But as the saga of leaving the EU is likely to bring about the downfall of...

The recent ARLA Propertymark conference featured a hugely interesting line-up of speaks and session during a watershed time for the lettings...

The first hour of a property’s listing on a portal is the most crucial for sellers or landlords according to research...

The leasehold scandal has received plenty of press coverage, with horror stories of people living in homes that are impossible to...

The chairman of franchise giant Hunters says his company’s purchasing power is such that it secures 60 per cent discounts from...

Two new free-to-list portals say they have now attracted 100,000 listings from 1,600 agents. The portals - Residential People and Commercial People...

Campaigning groups like Generation Rent and Shelter like to think they are simultaneously edgy and radical; likewise some think tanks believe...

Four high-profile industry figures have sent an open letter urging agents to think about what they call “smarter marketing” in a...

This article was originally written for City AM in response to an article it published attacking letting agents. See more here.  A...

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....

I don’t believe it’s unfair to state that our government, indeed, the entire political establishment is in some turmoil at the...

The topic of introducing rent controls in London crops up time and time again in our industry. But it’s been hitting...

Estate agents have responded cynically to the small-fry property sector announcements made by Chancellor Phillip Hammond in yesterday’s spring statement mini-Budget. Overshadowed...

Two free-to-list portals launched last month in the UK say they have 1,200 agents and 50,000 listed properties on board in...

Figures released this morning show a surge in first time buyers securing mortgages in recent months, despite the market showing continued signs...

It’s time, surely, for government to crackdown not just on rogue agents and landlords but on rogue councils that confuse the...

Last week, the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government announced a number of measures aimed at further tackling homelessness, including...

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

Instagram (or, as the younger generation would have it, Insta) is, by any measure, massive.  Only launched in October 2010, it’s a...

Chancellors says it has over 10,000 reviews on Trustpilot, making it the most reviewed High Street agency on the platform.  In a statement...

Nobody likes change. It makes people feel threatened, undermines their confidence, and makes them worry about the future. But regardless of...

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....

In these tougher times, we recognise that helping agents win new inventory is the key to their businesses.  There were more than...

After several days of gloomy market news, here's something more optimistic - there were 370,000 new first time buyer mortgages completed in...

Interesting news this week from South Africa where the PropTech startup, Flow, has raised R20m in the country’s 'biggest PropTech seed...

Barely a day goes by when we don’t read a new report on the unscrupulous practices of landlords; of the sub-standard...

A new free-to-list property portal is launching in the UK, and has a pledge to serve over 20 counties by the...

Who are you? I’m the Director of Sales for both the well-known industry leading Today publications and The ValPal Network. Leading publications: Estate...

The dust may have settled on the government’s recent announcement regarding housing and property complaints, but opinion is still split on...

Customer experience (CX) will largely determine the future of estate agency in the UK. This is now a key battleground for...

The regional agency MoveSelf, which set up in 2017 as an online estate agent, is shifting emphasis towards For Sale By...

Kit Malthouse has been making headlines this week, but – in keeping with his tenure as Housing Minister so far -...

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....

Outsourcing. Everyone has an opinion on it and there’s a stigma surrounding it in the lettings industry. But get this…letting agents ARE...

ARPM  Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Simon Duce, Managing Director. What is ARPM and what does it...

If you want an engaging page-turner novel for cold winter evenings, my recommendation is Our House by Louise Candlish, a bestseller...

When it comes to letting a property, it is important that landlords and renters have faith in their agent. The more...

Alongside hundreds of agents and suppliers, I recently attended the Guild of Property Professionals’ annual conference. As ever, it was a great...

A review of the housing market at present, particularly when it comes to purchase transactions, might not necessarily feel overly positive.  The...

  The National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Lettings Agents have thrown their weight behind the government’s latest...

The government has this morning set out wide-ranging changes to redress systems for agents, the sales and lettings sectors, and other...

Our latest case study come from a recent news item to have hit the industry and national press. A disgruntled tenant is claiming...

Part of the Arun Estates Group has rebranded - by dropping the ‘& Partners’ element of its name. The agency formerly known...

Even with 2019 well underway, letting agents need to keep refining their long-term goals and business targets. For agencies with a...

‘I need more power’ - it’s a common request experienced by landlords, letting agents and commercial estate agents across the country. Be...

Recent years have seen tighter regulation and new legislation hit the lettings industry. Combined with the fee ban, there is no...

It’s safe to say that the majority of agents will be glad to see the end of the past two years....

The government says it will be releasing details of its ideas to revamp redress systems concerning agents and new homes “in...

As 2018 draws to a close, it is fair to say that stretched affordability and uncertainty over the Brexit negotiations has...

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....

With a new year nearly upon us, it’s always a good idea to be aware of the major events that are...

A new analysis of the online estate agency business model claims that it ‘could be described as a Ponzi scheme’. The accusation...

When renting a property out, letting agents and landlords recognise that it is important to take a deposit from the tenant...

So this is (almost) it. Next week may be a quiet one for business as vendors and landlords alike begin to...

There is a perfect storm brewing in the lettings market, and as the saying goes, “you can’t change the direction of...

Vesta, which describes itself as “the new online marketplace for buying and selling rental property” has launched a bid to raise...

Two weeks to Christmas but no sign of our industry slowing down with more job moves announced in recent days.  Please let...

Every other advert on the TV is featuring Santa Claus, snowmen or reindeer, the tinsel, trees and decorations are out in...

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....

A platform that allows individual private sellers and landlords to list their properties alongside those from professional agents says it’s not...

The title may be unfamiliar but most agents know by now that in the corridors of Whitehall a working party exists...

A no-deal Brexit The biggest impact of a no-deal Brexit in relation to housing is a potential fall in house prices -...

Yorkshire agency Linley & Simpson is on the acquisition trail yet again - and it’s revealed its eighth deal of the...

Estate and letting agents are being warned not to slow down too early in the run up to Christmas as it...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is playing an increasingly important role in our lives – from virtual assistants such as Amazon’s Alexa and...

People now expect a streamlined, digital-first experience from every single service they interact with - and the lettings industry is no...

The market is now over-supplied with homes to sell while at the same time demand is dipping and there are widespread...

1.             Who are you and what do you do? HeyJuno Property is a business dedicated to empowering estate and letting agents throughout...

On the face of it, this year’s Budget was not what you could describe as ‘housing heavy’ in terms of the...

For any business, regardless of size, age or industry, operating efficiently is fundamental to your success. When faced with challenges like we...

It’s Budget day and the government is once again on the receiving end of a blast from one of the country’s...

Perhaps it’s been our pre-occupation with Brexit, or on the other hand maybe we’re bored with politics, but this year’s Budget...

It’s now almost a month since the government introduced new rules on Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO), as part of its...

An open rental market, where neither landlord nor tenant is in a dominant position, enables rents to rise and fall, which...

Given that ‘UK buyers are the most digitally active home hunters’, with HSBC’s Beyond the Bricks report stating that 90% of...

The National Association of Estate Agents has welcomed the government’s move to ensure most future new-build houses are sold as freehold...

The vast majority of new-build houses are to be sold as freehold with ground rents for new leases capped at £10...

The government has unveiled a new body which, it claims, will raise agency standards. There is a long-standing commitment from the government...

Transactions in prime central London have dropped nine per cent in the year to the end of August according to Knight...

A website has officially launched this morning, aiming to push the concept of US-style For Sale By Owner online property marketing...

From where I’m standing there’s a lot in common between the debate between online and traditional agents, and the argument over...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Marco Ferrara, Director of Tili What is Tili and what does...

Today’s long-awaited debate staged by fledgling PropTech platform Best Agent will address the issue of how the agency industry can most...

I am a patient man; a pacifist. Yet there is little in life right now that would satisfy me more than...

Landlords and letting agents might feel they’ve taken a bit of a battering from the government in recent years – and...

The National Association of Estate Agents has given broad support for radical proposals from the Law Commission to end leasehold abuse...

OnTheMarket has signed up an estate and lettings agency firm run by a family and with 11 offices across west Devon...

Out and about recently, I got to thinking: how often do I actually have the call for cash anymore? Or, for...

Data from the buying agency Black Brick reveals just how big an impact has been made by the additional homes stamp...

Were it not for climate change, I would be very close to predicting that the summer is close to being over,...

The buy-to-let sector, which has been under sustained pressure for a number of years now thanks to tax changes designed to...

When Oakland A’s, a small-market team, stunned the baseball world 16 years ago by transforming itself into world-beaters on a shoestring-budget,...

Next week ludlowthompson celebrates its 25th anniversary. Here, I catch up with Stephen Ludlow, co-founder and now executive director of the...

Research by Estate Agent Today reveals that there have been 12 different stamp duty regimes in the UK since the Millennium. What’s...

Does your company apply adequate customer due diligence measures when carrying out estate agency work?  Does it establish and maintain appropriate policies...

With the continued indecision surrounding Brexit and the final divorce settlement still months away, it seems property buyers are choosing to...

It’s a highly competitive environment out there, where there's a constant and never-ending struggle that every agency manager, director or owner...

Hello and welcome to the regular Monday feature, Property Jobs Today. There’s plenty going on despite the summer holidays beginning for many...

Agents are being offered a new way to capture details of prospective clients thanks to a partnership between The ValPal Network...

A report in the Financial Times lays bare the scale of the housing market downturn in central London - it suggests...

Amid the headline-grabbing political manoeuvring over Brexit, a policy proposal which could have serious ramifications for private landlords, and those who...

A property software guru says he wants PropTech firms to join with him in an ‘open platform’ which would allow smaller...

An agent who is only 20 - and who set up his own firm when he was still a teenager -...

The battered prime central London market is now suffering from the UK’s wider political volatility, the lack of stability of the...

A leading agency chief says the frequent churn of housing ministers means there is only one answer if our industry wants...

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...

We’re lucky enough to interact with thousands of landlords and tenants every month. As a result, we get the chance to...

The Money editor of The Mirror newspaper has finally sold a home he first put on the market in late 2016...

Prime London’s transactions are now the preserve of so-called ‘needs-based buyers’ and not investors according to high-end agency Knight Frank -...

A survey of owner-occupiers, landlords, property investors and insolvency practitioners has revealed that Brexit is the single biggest concern when it...

Letting agents are being advised to think seriously about how they can recoup costs to help compensate for the introduction of...

Having recently attended FUTURE: PropTech in London, it struck me just how far the integration of property and technology has progressed...

We have the presidential seal of approval for our Agents Do Charity this week - well, sort of, but we don’t mean...

Any letting agent appreciates the effort, dedication, and sometimes heartache, that comes with running a business yet equally knows that when...

Firstly, my sincere apologies - it has now been over a month since my last PropTech blog, doesn’t time fly!  In the...

Two online agents and a number of PropTech companies have been named in startups.co.uk's Startups 100 index. Coming in at number 64...

There is a common misconception that the private rented sector (PRS) is entirely made up of young professionals and students. While...

Estate agents don’t necessarily have the most eco-friendly image as an industry - but here’s one who’s really making a statement...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today, our weekly feature on who’s moving where throughout our industry. And it’s...

New data from Haart estate agency suggests that despite many homes sticking on the market, apparently would be buyers are locked...

The rise and fall - and perhaps rise again - of Countrywide has been of enduring interest to the agency industry...

The housing market may have seen some depressing figures of late but there’s good news about mortgage arrears - they’re at...

Recent void statistics have had me wondering how agents can juggle client and consumer demands in the face of the impending...

Several agencies operating under different brand names in south east England have been retitled under just one, called Alexander & Co.  This...

One of the three official redress bodies serving the estate and lettings agency industry has conducted a survey of complaints across...

Theresa May has appointed a controversial former Shelter executive as her new housing policy adviser working in Whitehall. Toby Lloyd was until...

If you want to know whether buy to let, landlords and letting agents will be in the firing line for more...

In recent months, there’s been a notable move in the rental market towards deposit replacement products in place of traditional security...

The Guild of Property Professionals has given details of a strong field of potential winners in this week’s ESTAS awards.  This year...

‘Respect’ is the new mantra for politicians: whether it’s about street gang leaders, social media trolls or those on either side...

A proposal by HMRC to speed up HMRC Capital Gains Tax payments for residential property sales could create a “compliance nightmare.” The...

The outsourced viewing service Viewber says it has now conducted over 20,000 viewings on behalf of agents and has secured another...

The Property Ombudsman, Katrine Sporle, is to hold a briefing on the government’s redress reform on Wednesday - five days before...

Just like that, the Easter Bank Holiday has come and gone and I find myself now looking ahead to the Summer.  The...

In the modern marketplace – where people live their lives on their smartphones and tablets, social media has a bigger influence...

Hybrid agency EweMove says it has seen four portfolio acquisitions and 29 new areas ‘purchased’ by franchisees since June 2017, taking...

As always seems to be the case with Purplebricks, the hybrid agency has had a good week...and a bad one. Undeniably impressive...

One of the most important aspects of running a successful estate or letting agency is being able to generate new business...

Have you noticed a new turf war going on on the fringes of the agency world? It’s not a high-profile battle like...

Welcome once again to Property Jobs Today, the notice-board for agents, suppliers and other property professionals moving within, out or in...

The troubled Countrywide group has this morning revealed its recovery plan to get - in its words - ‘back to basics’...

Your buy-to-let investment is an extremely valuable asset and you need to know the income generated from it will be safely...