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![Renters Reform? What about the tax bill?](/upload/images/2%20--%20Proofed%20--%20Nolettinggo%20April%20PR1%20-%20Renters%20Reform%20what%20about%20the%20tax%20bill%20By%20Nick%20Lyons%2C%20CEO%20and%20co-founder%2C%20NoLettingGo.jpg)
There was a long-awaited return to the House of Commons this week when the Renters (Reform) Bill finally rose to the...
27 April 2024
From: Features
![Voice of the Agent survey set for release](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
The latest Voice of the Agent industry survey is set for release on 15 April. Marketing firm We Are Unchained surveyed 841...
04 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Economy brightens Budget gloom for property professionals](/upload/images/2%20Economy%20brightens%20Budget%20gloom%20by%20EAT%20Writer.jpg)
Following the disappointment of his Autmn statement, many property professionals were hoping for a kick-start to property sales in Jeremy Hunt’s...
09 March 2024
From: Features
![If lettings are to be dominated by mega-business, what about us hard working independents and our customers?](/upload/images/3%20Proofed%20--%20If%20lettings%20are%20to%20be%20dominated%20by%20mega-business%20weekend%20feature%20By%20Jon%20Byers.jpg)
On the 24th of January, Adam Walker wrote a very interesting piece about the consolidation of the lettings industry where he...
10 February 2024
From: Features
![Ole! High end UK agency opens residential branch in Barcelona](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Franchise-400x310.png)
Savills has announced the launch of a residential business in Barcelona covering the sales and lettings markets in the city and...
30 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Prime agent unveils new office location](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/AgentHouseInHand_400x310.png)
John D Wood & Co has expanded with a new office in Winchester, Hampshire. The Winchester office occupies a stone-built corner premises...
31 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Competition watchdog highlights areas for housing investigation](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HouseInspection_400x310.png)
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has highlighted land banks and planning blockages as potential areas for investigation. It comes as the...
29 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Is the government changing its tune on landlords?](/upload/images/RPT%20Feature%202608.png)
I recently wrote that the long-gestating Renters Reform Bill, finally introduced in Parliament back in May, could be poorly timed, both...
26 August 2023
From: Features
![Adam Pigott, CEO of OpenBrix](/upload/images/adv-2021/60-second-interview/OpenBrix/AP%20tlyef%20logo.jpg)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Adam Pigott, CEO of OpenBrix What is ‘company name’ and what...
09 August 2023
From: 60 Second Interview
![OnTheMarket admits agent cancellations running higher than expected](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
OnTheMarket has admitted to shareholders that the cancellation of agent contracts has been “higher than expected”. In results from the company issued...
10 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform: a mistiming in regulatory direction?](/upload/images/RPT%20Feature%200507.png)
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
![Agency AGMs: Lettings market helps TPFG and Winkworth remain confident](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageCalculated.png)
Two major agency brands used their annual general meetings (AGM) yesterday to outline a positive view of the property market, with...
07 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove agent qualification now Propertymark approved](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
Rightmove’s Level 3 Certificate for Estate and Lettings Agents (CELA) has been officially recognised by trade body Propertymark, alongside Propertymark Qualifications. The...
09 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![RICS: National property market has turned ‘consistently negative’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/DemandDown-400x310.jpg)
Buyer demand, new instructions and agreed sales all continued falling in November, according to a downbeat update from the Royal Institution...
08 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla launches agent webinar to reveal 2023 housing market outlook](/upload/images/Logos/ZooplaLogo2021-400x310.jpg)
Agents are invited to a webinar with Zoopla next week to discuss the portal’s 2023 outlook. Hosted by Zoopla’s executive director of...
25 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Savills launches major ad campaign with Doctor Foster star on board](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/Suranne%20Jones_400x310.png)
High-end global property firm Savills has unveiled a major new multi-channel creative platform for its residential business. The agency says it will...
27 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![A smart acquisition: Vouch and Goodlord 18 months on](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyTransaction-400x310.jpg)
In July 2020, two leading lettings technology disruptors - Vouch and Goodlord - announced that they were going into partnership. Now,...
02 April 2022
From: Features
![Foxtons says it’s delivered first phase of growth plan](/upload/images/library/Foxtons-logo400x310.png)
Foxtons has told shareholders that it has enjoyed "a good year of progress with revenues, profits and cash flow significantly ahead of...
02 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Short term lets - what’s the extent of the problem?](/upload/images/Logos/Airbnb-Alt-400x310.jpg)
Timothy Douglas, Head of Policy and Campaigns at Propertymark, analyses the impact that the lack of available data is having on...
19 February 2022
From: Features
![Achieve excellent sales and lettings performance with PropTech](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/PropTech-Agent-Hands-400x310.jpg)
MRI Software explores the use of PropTech to enhance the performance of the sales and lettings processes and how to select...
09 February 2022
From: Features
![Revamped ‘Personal’ agency hopes to win self-employed agents](/upload/images/Logos/Hunters400x310.png)
Hunters has tweaked its earlier version of hybrid franchising in a bid to attract self-employed agents. Hunters Personal was launched with a...
26 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Group in talks to buy London agency snaps up ANOTHER top firm](/upload/images/library/MergerAcquisition-1-400x310.jpg)
The Lomond Group, reported over the weekend to be in talks to buy high-end London agency Chestertons, has this morning announced it’s...
20 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![£100m deal for famous London agency - 'talks underway'](/upload/images/library/Chestertons-logo400x310.png)
Sky News reports that the little-known Lomond Group - backed by private equity money - is in exclusive talks to buy one...
17 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark blasts government as house building figures plummet](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/BorisJohnson-4-400x310.jpg)
Propertymark has criticised the government over poor house building figures. New figures from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities show...
01 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Build To Rent - why is it so cold and unfriendly?](/upload/images/BTR%2C%20PBSA%2C%20Co-living/BTR-Block-400x310.jpg)
Let’s begin with total transparency from this author: I believe there’s a place for Build To Rent in the wider portfolio...
27 November 2021
From: Features
![Interview with David Ruddock, Partner at Carter Jonas](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/Interview-Speaker-400x310.jpg)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? David Ruddock – Partner and Head of Residential Sales Operations...
10 November 2021
From: 60 Second Interview
![Property Jobs Today - the latest autumn leavers and movers](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyJobsToday-400x310.png)
Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your chance to catch up with who’s moving where in our industry. If you have...
18 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![TPFG announces record interim results, boosted by Hunters acquisition](/upload/images/Logos/PropertyFranch-2018-Logo-400x310.jpg)
The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) – the umbrella property brand which incorporates well-known names such as EweMove, Ellis & Co, Martin...
14 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Work Smarter with Reapit AgencyCloud’s MI Analysis Suite](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/ReapIT/MI%20Suite%20360x280.jpg)
Business intelligence is paramount to companies looking to gain a competitive edge, particularly in saturated markets like estate agency. Each client...
08 September 2021
From: Sponsored Content
![Manage your lettings activity with Task Plans in Reapit’s AgencyCloud](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/ReapIT/Lettings%20Task%20Plans%20360x280.jpg)
Trust the process: subscribe your landlords and tenants to Task Plans and receive automated prompts when it’s the right time to...
05 August 2021
From: Sponsored Content
![Market tectonics: will activity shift from sales to lettings?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HouseSearch-400x310-min.jpg)
The stamp duty holiday came and went with much fanfare. For many buyers it represented a rare opportunity to make some...
31 July 2021
From: Features
![Does the rental sector need a smart tech overhaul?](/upload/Montana_360x280_Nov20.png)
Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, technology has proven to be the answer for many problems faced by sectors across...
30 July 2021
From: Sponsored Content
![The post-Covid outlook: what next for the lettings market?](/img/default/eat.png)
Our long-awaited ‘Freedom Day’ approaches. From Monday all of the restrictions, introduced since the Covid-19 pandemic made an impact across the...
17 July 2021
From: Features
![Could an adjustment to BTL Stamp Duty improve the lettings market?](/img/default/eat.png)
The Stamp Duty holiday has been very beneficial for hundreds of thousands of buyers looking to take advantage of savings, even...
16 June 2021
From: Features
![Two thirds of sales valuations conducted virtually, says agency](/img/default/eat.png)
An agency says two thirds of its sales valuations in London in the first quarter of the year have been conducted...
28 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![One year of Covid-19 – How have estate agents coped?](/img/default/eat.png)
With March marking one year since the beginning of the first national lockdown across all four nations of Britain in response...
31 March 2021
From: Features
![Spring lettings market update – Pets, eviction ban and landlords selling up](/img/default/eat.png)
Unsurprisingly it’s been a busy few months in the property market so far this year, and a busy few months in...
27 March 2021
From: Features
![In Conversation – Data Sharing with LonRes chief Anthony Payne](/img/default/eat.png)
In this week’s In Conversation Today, I speak with Anthony Payne, Managing Director and co-founder of LonRes, a data and network...
04 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![How is the property market coping with the third lockdown?](/img/default/eat.png)
We’re now well into the third national lockdown and as the nation’s thoughts start to focus on how and when we’ll...
20 February 2021
From: Features
![Better communication will be key for agents now and in the future](/img/default/eat.png)
There is little doubt that the last year was one which none of us will easily forget both personally and professionally....
27 January 2021
From: Features
![Here we go again! What does lockdown 3 mean for the market?](/img/default/eat.png)
Well, what a start to 2021! None of us thought things would change as the clock struck midnight on New Year’s...
23 January 2021
From: Features
![Flipping makes a comeback with big profits made by investors](/img/default/eat.png)
The mixture of the stamp duty holiday and generally fast-rising house prices has led to a resurgence of flipping. Data released this...
23 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Lettings 2.0 - technology alone isn’t the answer](/img/default/eat.png)
The UK lettings market is no stranger to technology. But only a few of the early initiatives have remained, and landlords...
07 November 2020
From: Features
![Four revenue generation tips for letting agents](/img/default/eat.png)
What are the best ways for a letting agency to generate additional revenue and stay ahead of the competition? Management fees are...
07 November 2020
From: Features
![Renters' Reform Bill delay - what does it mean for the lettings market?](/img/default/eat.png)
Housing Minister Christopher Pincher announced that the introduction of the Renters' Reform Bill will be delayed for an indefinite period due...
31 October 2020
From: Features
![Market analysis – why it’s all change in the rental sector](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s no surprise to hear that the property market has seen a lot of change across 2020, with ups and downs...
26 October 2020
From: Features
![Lettings in 2020 needs a gamechanger - could this be it?](/img/default/eat.png)
There is no doubting that 2020 has been a challenging year for all industries, with the lettings market being no exception. Following...
24 October 2020
From: Features
![Six ways innovation is transforming the lettings sector](/img/default/eat.png)
Tenant enquiries and property viewings unsurprisingly slowed this spring, due to the necessary government restrictions brought in to manage the pandemic....
24 October 2020
From: Features
19 September 2020
From: Features
![Revealed: What today's renters want, need and expect](/img/default/eat.png)
Life as we know it has changed – for everybody – and what tenants want, need and expect in this post-pandemic...
15 August 2020
From: Features
![Stamp Duty Holiday giving southern England biggest boost - Zoopla](/img/default/eat.png)
Zoopla's Research and Insight Director Richard Donnell writes: Just over a fortnight on since the Chancellor announced the Stamp Duty holiday and...
23 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – who are the industry’s major trade bodies?](/img/default/eat.png)
They are the names we hear about often, pushing for this or seeking clarifications on that. They are the representatives of...
04 July 2020
From: Features
![Agents continue to adapt as property market bounces back from lockdown](/img/default/eat.png)
The property market is used to change, and I’m confident it will bounce back from any lockdown effects. Despite being acutely aware...
20 June 2020
From: Features
![Volume of portal listings carrying virtual viewings surges during pandemic](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s been a very significant increase in the number of listings carrying virtual viewings, accelerating during the period of the Coronavirus crisis and...
15 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Say No To Rightmove hits new milestone and counts down to ‘D-Day’](/img/default/eat.png)
The Say No To Rightmove campaign has launched a countdown clock on its website to galvanise agents into remembering only 85...
06 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Foxtons: another big sales slump revealed in trading statement](/img/default/eat.png)
Foxtons's trading statement this morning reveals another huge slump in sales - but no new announcement about future branch closures after a spate...
30 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Why pent-up demand will drive the property market this year](/img/default/eat.png)
As I look towards this year, I am sure that my thoughts are the same as many within the industry. I am...
18 January 2020
From: Features
![Buyer confidence soars but stock for sale down 10% says latest index](/img/default/eat.png)
At the end of a strong week for housing market indicators, the latest survey from the website Home suggests a major...
17 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Market analysis – what did we learn in 2019?](/img/default/eat.png)
When looking back on the property market this year, the main message we can take is that it has remained extremely...
21 December 2019
From: Features
![The government’s PropTech plans have the potential to be good news for agents](/img/default/eat.png)
In the firmest sign yet that PropTech has entered the mainstream, Housing Minister Esther McVey recently launched an expert advisory council...
14 December 2019
From: Features
![The next generation of renters - are you ready to find them a home?](/img/default/eat.png)
You don’t need to go far to find news about the UK lettings market. From the banning of tenant fees to...
13 November 2019
From: Features
![Why regulation is good for the deposit replacement sector](/img/default/eat.png)
Since I started working with Zero Deposit for me the market leader in deposit replacement alternatives, the most common question I am...
19 October 2019
From: Features
![When will confidence return to the property market?](/img/default/eat.png)
I think I speak for most people when I say that we are not currently where we thought we would be...
31 August 2019
From: Features
![The importance of high quality referencing](/img/default/eat.png)
It is now over two months since the introduction of the ban on fees charged to tenants, leaving letting agents with...
07 August 2019
From: Features
![MHCLG gets a makeover – three key tasks for the new ministers to consider](/img/default/eat.png)
With Boris Johnson winning the Conservative leadership election and becoming Prime Minister, he has spent his first few days in office...
03 August 2019
From: Features
![Property Natter - what’s it like to work for the world’s biggest agency?](/img/default/eat.png)
Nicky Stevenson has had a very varied and interesting career in property. She started out as a lettings negotiator for Nicholas...
27 July 2019
From: Features
![Following Scotland’s lead – what next for England’s PRS regulation?](/img/default/eat.png)
Increasing legislation and regulation has arguably been the biggest talking point in the private rented sector (PRS) over the last few...
29 June 2019
From: Features
![Why celebrating the achievements of the industry is so valuable](/img/default/eat.png)
Earlier this month we celebrated the 16th annual ESTAS Awards, once again hosted by TV property expert Phil Spencer. The glittering ceremony...
25 May 2019
From: Features
![Savills silent on Yopa after massive write-down by LSL](/img/default/eat.png)
Savills has declined to comment on whether it will follow in the footsteps of LSL Property Services and write down its...
07 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![LSL writes down value of Yopa stake as it pins faith in High Street branches](/img/default/eat.png)
LSL Property Services, the parent company of Your Move and Reeds Rains, has substantially 'written down' its investment in online estate...
05 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Huge branch closures announced for YourMove and Reeds Rains](/img/default/eat.png)
A major restructuring of LSL Property Services has just been announced to shareholders, with substantial numbers of branch closures. The statement says...
05 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![What are the biggest challenges facing letting agents in 2019?](/img/default/eat.png)
There is a perfect storm brewing in the lettings market, and as the saying goes, “you can’t change the direction of...
12 December 2018
From: Features
![What do modern renters want from letting agents?](/img/default/eat.png)
The UK renting demographic is diversifying at a rapid pace. While the current market poses many challenges for traditional letting agents,...
05 December 2018
From: Features
![PropTech Today: New tech offerings require action from the high street](/img/default/eat.png)
I’m spending a lot of time in airport terminals waiting for flights. They’re not the most comfortable of surroundings, but at...
28 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Former Knight Frank duo buy agency franchise in key city market](/img/default/eat.png)
Winkworth’s Bath franchise has been acquired by new franchisees Lucy McIlroy and Matthew Leonard - the latter having been a partner...
15 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Five simple ways to improve renter satisfaction](/img/default/eat.png)
For too long the private rented sector has been complacent towards customer satisfaction. In the changing rental landscape, the smartest letting...
25 August 2018
From: Features
![Brexit and political fears now key drivers of prime London says agency](/img/default/eat.png)
The battered prime central London market is now suffering from the UK’s wider political volatility, the lack of stability of the...
13 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Locked out: agent says stock shortage stops buyers buying](/img/default/eat.png)
New data from Haart estate agency suggests that despite many homes sticking on the market, apparently would be buyers are locked...
14 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Prime London woe: price falls, slow sales and valuation mark-downs](/img/default/eat.png)
Coutts bank has issued a starkly pessimistic snapshot of prime London’s housing landscape, reporting price falls, valuation mark-downs and slower sales...
27 April 2018
From: Breaking News
![It’s not what you say, it’s the way that you say it](/img/default/eat.png)
‘Respect’ is the new mantra for politicians: whether it’s about street gang leaders, social media trolls or those on either side...
14 April 2018
From: Features
![Analysts anticipate disappointing figures from Foxtons tomorrow](/img/default/eat.png)
Industry and financial analysts are preparing for what may well be another round of difficult trading figures from London agency Foxtons. Tomorrow...
27 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove: another massive leap in revenue thanks to agents' fees](/img/default/eat.png)
Rightmove has reported another very large leap in revenue in 2017 and a modest rise in agency and new home customers...
23 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks: boards up, shares down?](/img/default/eat.png)
Why I won’t buy Purplebricks shares and why if I had any, I’d sell fast… In its latest adverts, Purplebricks attempts to...
13 February 2018
From: Features
![Chains getting more fragile as market weakens, warns estate agency](/img/default/eat.png)
The London-focussed estate agency Cluttons says chains in central London are becoming increasingly fragile thanks to general uncertainty in the wider...
28 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![Financial crime – are estate agents at risk?](/img/default/eat.png)
The spread and sophistication of financial crime in the UK in recent years has been unprecedented. Figures from UK Finance show that...
04 November 2017
From: Features
![Nil deposit schemes – a new era for the rental market?](/img/default/eat.png)
Research from the Centre for Economics and Business Research has shown that the cost of the average rental deposit is expected...
19 August 2017
From: Features
![Property auctions market round-up Q2 2017](/img/default/eat.png)
With several agent partner programmes available across the country, estate agents can often increase business by offering sales by auction, with...
22 July 2017
From: Features
![Foxtons says Brexit destabilising sales but allowing lettings to thrive](/img/default/eat.png)
The managing director of lettings at Foxtons says Brexit and domestic political uncertainty have become ‘the new norm’ in the London...
20 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Concern growing over transactions slump in London](/img/default/eat.png)
Concern is growing over the stagnation in transactions in London generally and in prime central areas in particular. Consultancy JLL says there...
30 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Countrywide: City analyst less gloomy about group's prospects](/img/default/eat.png)
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...
16 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![Agents that find balance for their clients are going from strength to strength](/img/default/eat.png)
Given the uncertainty that shrouded the immediate build up to, and aftermath of, the EU referendum, the current lettings market in...
16 September 2016
From: Features
![Revealed - list of Countrywide branches to close in the near future](/img/default/eat.png)
Estate Agent Today has received a list of around 60 Countrywide Group estate agency offices expected to close in the next...
02 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Countrywide starts merging and rebranding its agencies](/img/default/eat.png)
Countrywide has started the formal process of merging and rebranding some of its existing local chains, beginning with London. John D Wood...
31 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![Agency opens office in Barcelona thanks to recovering Spanish market](/img/default/eat.png)
Estate agency Cluttons has this month opened its first office in Barcelona, which it says has been prompted by strengthening residential...
24 May 2016
From: Breaking News
![Shawn Brown, PayProp Business Development Director](/img/default/eat.png)
Q: What does it say on your business card? Director of Business Development Q: Who are PayProp? PayProp is an automated payment and reconciliation...
12 May 2016
From: 60 Second Interview
![A short, sharp shock from short lets?](/img/default/eat.png)
We’re all talking about second home stamp duty, changes to tax relief and the Prudential Regulation Authority’s suggestion that banks should...
15 April 2016
From: Features
![An underwhelming Budget – perhaps that isn’t a bad thing?](/img/default/eat.png)
George Osborne has been busy over the last year. First came the General Election which had everyone on tenterhooks until the...
25 March 2016
From: Features
![Have we reached tipping point for many private landlords?](/img/default/eat.png)
With less than a month to go before the new rate of stamp duty kicks in for second property purchasers, we’re...