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There was a long-awaited return to the House of Commons this week when the Renters (Reform) Bill finally rose to the...

The latest Voice of the Agent industry survey is set for release on 15 April. Marketing firm We Are Unchained surveyed 841...

Following the disappointment of his Autmn statement, many property professionals were hoping for a kick-start to property sales in Jeremy Hunt’s...

On the 24th of January, Adam Walker wrote a very interesting piece about the consolidation of the lettings industry where he...

Savills has announced the launch of a residential business in Barcelona covering the sales and lettings markets in the city and...

John D Wood & Co has expanded with a new office in Winchester, Hampshire. The Winchester office occupies a stone-built corner premises...

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has highlighted land banks and planning blockages as potential areas for investigation. It comes as the...

I recently wrote that the long-gestating Renters Reform Bill, finally introduced in Parliament back in May, could be poorly timed, both...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Adam Pigott, CEO of OpenBrix What is ‘company name’ and what...

OnTheMarket has admitted to shareholders that the cancellation of agent contracts has been “higher than expected”. In results from the company issued...

The long-awaited Renters Reform Bill was finally introduced in Parliament in May, but is it really good news for tenants? Several...

Two major agency brands used their annual general meetings (AGM) yesterday to outline a positive view of the property market, with...

Rightmove’s Level 3 Certificate for Estate and Lettings Agents (CELA) has been officially recognised by trade body Propertymark, alongside Propertymark Qualifications. The...

Buyer demand, new instructions and agreed sales all continued falling in November, according to a downbeat update from the Royal Institution...

Agents are invited to a webinar with Zoopla next week to discuss the portal’s 2023 outlook. Hosted by Zoopla’s executive director of...

High-end global property firm Savills has unveiled a major new multi-channel creative platform for its residential business. The agency says it will...

In July 2020, two leading lettings technology disruptors - Vouch and Goodlord - announced that they were going into partnership. Now,...

Foxtons has told shareholders that it has enjoyed "a good year of progress with revenues, profits and cash flow significantly ahead of...

Timothy Douglas, Head of Policy and Campaigns at Propertymark, analyses the impact that the lack of available data is having on...

MRI Software explores the use of PropTech to enhance the performance of the sales and lettings processes and how to select...

Hunters has tweaked its earlier version of hybrid franchising in a bid to attract self-employed agents. Hunters Personal was launched with a...

The Lomond Group, reported over the weekend to be in talks to buy high-end London agency Chestertons, has this morning announced it’s...

Sky News reports that the little-known Lomond Group - backed by private equity money - is in exclusive talks to buy one...

Propertymark has criticised the government over poor house building figures. New figures from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities show...

Let’s begin with total transparency from this author: I believe there’s a place for Build To Rent in the wider portfolio...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? David Ruddock – Partner and Head of Residential Sales Operations...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your chance to catch up with who’s moving where in our industry. If you have...

The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) – the umbrella property brand which incorporates well-known names such as EweMove, Ellis & Co, Martin...

Business intelligence is paramount to companies looking to gain a competitive edge, particularly in saturated markets like estate agency. Each client...

Trust the process: subscribe your landlords and tenants to Task Plans and receive automated prompts when it’s the right time to...

The stamp duty holiday came and went with much fanfare. For many buyers it represented a rare opportunity to make some...

Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, technology has proven to be the answer for many problems faced by sectors across...

Our long-awaited ‘Freedom Day’ approaches. From Monday all of the restrictions, introduced since the Covid-19 pandemic made an impact across the...

The Stamp Duty holiday has been very beneficial for hundreds of thousands of buyers looking to take advantage of savings, even...

An agency says two thirds of its sales valuations in London in the first quarter of the year have been conducted...

With March marking one year since the beginning of the first national lockdown across all four nations of Britain in response...

Unsurprisingly it’s been a busy few months in the property market so far this year, and a busy few months in...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, I speak with Anthony Payne, Managing Director and co-founder of LonRes, a data and network...

We’re now well into the third national lockdown and as the nation’s thoughts start to focus on how and when we’ll...

There is little doubt that the last year was one which none of us will easily forget both personally and professionally....

Well, what a start to 2021! None of us thought things would change as the clock struck midnight on New Year’s...

The mixture of the stamp duty holiday and generally fast-rising house prices has led to a resurgence of flipping. Data released this...

The UK lettings market is no stranger to technology. But only a few of the early initiatives have remained, and landlords...

What are the best ways for a letting agency to generate additional revenue and stay ahead of the competition? Management fees are...

Housing Minister Christopher Pincher announced that the introduction of the Renters' Reform Bill will be delayed for an indefinite period due...

It’s no surprise to hear that the property market has seen a lot of change across 2020, with ups and downs...

There is no doubting that 2020 has been a challenging year for all industries, with the lettings market being no exception. Following...

Tenant enquiries and property viewings unsurprisingly slowed this spring, due to the necessary government restrictions brought in to manage the pandemic....

I’m sure I speak for most in the property industry when I say that back in March and April I had...

Life as we know it has changed – for everybody – and what tenants want, need and expect in this post-pandemic...

Zoopla's Research and Insight Director Richard Donnell writes: Just over a fortnight on since the Chancellor announced the Stamp Duty holiday and...

They are the names we hear about often, pushing for this or seeking clarifications on that. They are the representatives of...

The property market is used to change, and I’m confident it will bounce back from any lockdown effects. Despite being acutely aware...

There’s been a very significant increase in the number of listings carrying virtual viewings, accelerating during the period of the Coronavirus crisis and...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign has launched a countdown clock on its website to galvanise agents into remembering only 85...

Foxtons's trading statement this morning reveals another huge slump in sales - but no new announcement about future branch closures after a spate...

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

At the end of a strong week for housing market indicators, the latest survey from the website Home suggests a major...

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

In the firmest sign yet that PropTech has entered the mainstream, Housing Minister Esther McVey recently launched an expert advisory council...

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

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

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

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

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

Nicky Stevenson has had a very varied and interesting career in property. She started out as a lettings negotiator for Nicholas...

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

Earlier this month we celebrated the 16th annual ESTAS Awards, once again hosted by TV property expert Phil Spencer.  The glittering ceremony...

Savills has declined to comment on whether it will follow in the footsteps of LSL Property Services and write down its...

LSL Property Services, the parent company of Your Move and Reeds Rains, has substantially 'written down' its investment in online estate...

A major restructuring of LSL Property Services has just been announced to shareholders, with substantial numbers of branch closures. The statement says...

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

The UK renting demographic is diversifying at a rapid pace. While the current market poses many challenges for traditional letting agents,...

I’m spending a lot of time in airport terminals waiting for flights. They’re not the most comfortable of surroundings, but at...

Winkworth’s Bath franchise has been acquired by new franchisees Lucy McIlroy and Matthew Leonard - the latter having been a partner...

For too long the private rented sector has been complacent towards customer satisfaction. In the changing rental landscape, the smartest letting...

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

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

Coutts bank has issued a starkly pessimistic snapshot of prime London’s housing landscape, reporting price falls, valuation mark-downs and slower sales...

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

Industry and financial analysts are preparing for what may well be another round of difficult trading figures from London agency Foxtons. Tomorrow...

Rightmove has reported another very large leap in revenue in 2017 and a modest rise in agency and new home customers...

Why I won’t buy Purplebricks shares and why if I had any, I’d sell fast… In its latest adverts, Purplebricks attempts to...

The London-focussed estate agency Cluttons says chains in central London are becoming increasingly fragile thanks to general uncertainty in the wider...

The spread and sophistication of financial crime in the UK in recent years has been unprecedented.  Figures from UK Finance show that...

Research from the Centre for Economics and Business Research has shown that the cost of the average rental deposit is expected...

With several agent partner programmes available across the country, estate agents can often increase business by offering sales by auction, with...

The managing director of lettings at Foxtons says Brexit and domestic political uncertainty have become ‘the new norm’ in the London...

Concern is growing over the stagnation in transactions in London generally and in prime central areas in particular. Consultancy JLL says there...

Countrywide’s long-term share price decline and turbulent branch closure programme have not prevented a relatively positive endorsement of the group’s strategy and...

Given the uncertainty that shrouded the immediate build up to, and aftermath of, the EU referendum, the current lettings market in...

Estate Agent Today has received a list of around 60 Countrywide Group estate agency offices expected to close in the next...

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

Estate agency Cluttons has this month opened its first office in Barcelona, which it says has been prompted by strengthening residential...

Q: What does it say on your business card? Director of Business Development Q: Who are PayProp? PayProp is an automated payment and reconciliation...

We’re all talking about second home stamp duty, changes to tax relief and the Prudential Regulation Authority’s suggestion that banks should...

George Osborne has been busy over the last year. First came the General Election which had everyone on tenterhooks until the...

With less than a month to go before the new rate of stamp duty kicks in for second property purchasers, we’re...

These days we have a wealth of information at our fingertips, the mere touch of a button or two provides more...

Headlines across the lettings industry often focus on the behaviour of ‘rogue’ landlords – those that are slow to become compliant...