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Much of the agency industry has reacted with delight at the extension of the stamp duty holiday deadline until June. Rightmove estimates...

In this week's Natter, I focus on the inspiring story of Clare Hughes, who has bounced back in the last 12 months...

As we move towards the one-year anniversary of the beginning of the first lockdown, it is a good time to reflect...

As the official advice over holidays descends into farce - can we go this year? if so at home or away?...

Let’s address the elephant in the room first - the property sector and how we market properties is changing. Gone are the...

A leading agency chief suggests there will have to be substantial bargaining between buyers and sellers as the stamp duty holiday cliff...

New government figures show that stamp duty transactions in the final quarter of last year were 43 per cent higher than in...

The UK outlet of Warren Buffett's estate agency empire is launching its first TV advert in this country.  Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Kay &...

A young estate agent - who by the age of 20 has already had a year working with Purplebricks - has...

Many agents will be closed on New Year’s Day - the last Bank Holiday for some months and at the start...

The pandemic has reignited the flagging country house market and boosted demand for larger homes with gardens, claims Savills. Larger country houses...

Many independents will be based in the capital, but given its size and breadth they may get drowned out even more...

The importance of marketing properties is something that is often undervalued. Big budgets are dedicated to selling everyday items such as...

Welcome to part three of our ongoing series on local independent agents, as we seek to give this all-important part of...

Over 100 Zoopla member branches have signed up to the Modern Method of Auction system offered via the portal. Over the summer Zoopla...

The secure Conservative victory in the 2019 General Election meant the property market in the sunlit uplands was set for a...

Zoopla is the first UK property company to launch advertising on Pinterest, the lifestyle picture-centric social media platform. A statement from Zoopla...

The six brands that make up The Property Franchise Group are the latest signings for yet-to-launch portal Boomin. TPFG’s brands are national...

Fledgling portal Boomin - launching later this month - has announced another 10 independent regional agencies as founder members. This includes its...

Advanced information released today about Boomin suggests it will seek a much closer relationship with agents than existing portals, with lifetime...

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

Sales of £1m-plus homes have surged since lockdown as affluent buyers seek more space and lifestyle changes.  An average of 868 £1m-plus...

The government has issued new guidance to estate and lettings agencies on their obligations regarding money laundering issues - and online...

Savills has boosted its forecast for housing transactions this year because the stamp duty holiday has been such a success at...

A developer working in collaboration with Silverstone race circuit is creating homes inside the track, near one of the motor racing...

A leading buying agency is warning sellers and buyers not to jump the gun and abandon London in the belief that...

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

It’s probably not a surprise but new research has revealed where people want to move to - as well as where...

Strutt & Parker is warning that in a worst-case scenario house prices in some locations could drop 10 per cent this...

Difference should be celebrated. But in our industry it rarely is. I was on the board of a large corporate where...

Rightmove is reporting a mini-boom that was existing even before the stamp duty holiday - enough to propel average asking prices...

A survey of 2,000 prospective movers by Zoopla shows the vast majority still intent on buying - but younger purchasers’ plans...

A new high end agency called The Country House Department is launching with an initial focus on Oxfordshire, Berkshire and The...

How prime London has changed. In 2002 work began on The Knightsbridge. Located within a stone’s throw of Harrods and a near-neighbour...

This month saw the introduction of the final stages of the Section 24 tax changes, first introduced in April 2017. Whereas buy-to-let...

An estate agency that runs its own TV shows via YouTube has launched a second season featuring local companies, amenities and...

Industry…we salute you. We thought we may have no good deeds to pass on to readers this week because of the...

We all use postcodes in our daily life but we rarely pay attention to them. It has become a regular part...

The founder of an online agency has spoken publicly for the first time about how his near-death experience led him to...

A leading estate agent has urged others in the industry to follow his example and make local TV programmes to build...

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

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

London agency Benjamin Stevens has made a lifestyle-focused viral ‘TV show’ for YouTube viewers. The agency has called it North London TV...

News broke last weekend of a further online estate agency casualty as letting agent Upad announced on its website that it...

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

A high-end estate agency which describes itself as 'the world's only global lifestyle real estate company' is recruiting new partner agents. Quintessentially...

Prospective property buyers have been provided with several reasons why they should stop delaying purchasing decisions due to Brexit uncertainty. Buying agency...

Two former directors of Savills in Cornwall have set up their own agency based near the county capital, Truro. Shore Partnership has been...

Rightmove’s blog suggests that pro-standard photos can increase enquiries by up to four times, but how do you make great photos? You...

The number of UK residential mortgages approved with a term of 40-years or more jumped over 20-fold in 2018. London estate agency...

There’s more ammunition today for those agents who argue that equity release stops people moving and thus cuts the number of...

Property developing is an incredibly diverse and exciting career choice, and something that many people aspire to do in the UK.  I...

In today’s crowded property marketplace, the needs of tenants have changed. With a greater emphasis on quality of living, tenants are increasingly...

An agent with over 29 years of experience has taken over as  chief executive officer at Humberts - just as the...

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

Humberts, the agency which was one of the first to ditch High Street offices in favour of fewer larger hubs, has...

A survey by the Centre for Ageing Better recently showed that 72% of people want to see every new home built...

The radically-restructured Humberts estate agency claims the risks it took last year in scrapping branches and moving to ‘hubs’ has paid...

BAD PHOTOS – 6 BIG MISTAKES YOU MIGHT BE MAKING! In our last article, we highlighted some really important and shocking stats...

A review website has launched that describes itself as “a new and powerful research and marketing tool in the residential property...

The National Association of Estate Agents has met with other members of a high-level government board to look at ways of...

Humberts’ revolution continues apace as it opens its first controversial hub in Dorset and accompanies it with a brand new vocabulary...

The estate agency group Humberts, which narrowly avoided collapse early this year, now claims to have turned around its fortunes thanks...

A new internet and DAB radio station specialising on the subject of property will launch from purpose built studios next month. Property...

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

With all the recent change and upheaval in the rental sector it may be time to consider how letting agencies will...

The new owner of Humberts says he would consider acquiring or working alongside existing agencies who want to be part of...

The pace of change is extraordinary. As we reach the middle of one conversation, rumblings of the next already begin. I think...

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

The online agency HouseSimple is to use a video blogger to stay in a property on sale and promote it via...

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

When it comes to growing your business sustainably, maintaining a brand that is eye-catching and identifiable with your audience is vital...

The printing industry is in the midst of a decline as digital products and services displace printed materials, which is why...

PropTech start up OneDome, which supplies online booking and mapping tools, has teamed up with live chat service provider Yomdel in...

A Countrywide agency is launching a publicity campaign involving well-known social media bloggers and YouTube ‘stars’ known as vloggers.  The publicity campaign,...

Jackson-Stops & Staff, a critic of the stamp duty system since its reform in 2014, now says the government should slash...

OneDome has launched a new online tool that allows users to scour Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket by setting up lifestyle criteria,...

Historically, short-term rentals have been an unattractive business for the majority of estate agents and property managers. Scarcity of demand from tenants...

Given the shift change in the estate agent world at the moment, with online models becoming more prevalent (think easyProperty’s £60...

You may have heard that Airbnb and property management company, Lavanda has closed a £1 million angel investment round.  Backers include Purplebricks...

In their election rhetoric all the political parties informed us that the UK is experiencing a ‘housing crisis’, with all promising...

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

I was recently contributing to whitepaper by a major bank about the future of the property industry and, as I was...

News was released this week of a new PropTech partnership: banking disrupter Revolut has joined up with mortgage brokerage, Trussle, to offer...

As Trussle and Placester add to 2017s bonkers tally of PropTech investment, isn’t it time we end the conflict between Tech...

Each of Hunters’ 180 branches will soon be able to create their own online branded monthly property lifestyle magazine or newspaper.   The...

It seems prop-tech is exploding at a scary rate, and the latest brands are all trying to grab our attention by...

The East Midlands, which consists of several areas including Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, and much of Lincolnshire, has an ancient...

Forget a machine injury, a nasty fall or even being stabbed in the back by a jealous colleague, a death in...

The mobile apps for Zoopla and Primelocation passed the 8.5m milestone this week, with the former moving into number two spot...

All estate and letting agents now have a website – but just how effective is yours? Your 'virtual shop window' is now...

In the capital, people will pay a premium to live near great transport links, and as we’ve seen from Crossrail and...

A high-end estate agent who was one of the founding directors of Agents' Mutual says a British exit from the EU may not...

Fine & Country is launching a series of TV advertisements on Channel 4 next month in what it believes is the...

An impressive piece of research by London agency Kay & Co chronicles a huge surge in the volume and price of...

Public relations used to be a minor part of estate agency, something only ‘the big boys’ paid for and with little...

Surely people will start moving again soon. The employment rate for the last quarter of 2015 is likely to be the...

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an advertisement from a property company selling new homes in East London, after it was...

The possibility of agents having to keep offices open until 7pm from next summer to accommodate late key releases has put...

Zoopla Property Group says it has achieved over seven million downloads for its mobile apps, a milestone it reached during October when...

So housing made itself top of the list of questions by the new Leader of the Opposition’s first PMQs on Wednesday...

You can't help but notice that it's back to school time – the shops are full of school uniforms and pencil...

A London mortgage broker who lied about his company profits to evade almost £115,000 in corporation tax has been found guilty...

Moving abroad is a dream for many Britons. There are thousands of us who sit in our offices, day after dreary...

With pension reform, council licensing changes and a General Election on the horizon, many are anticipating a boom in the buy-to-let...

The UK property industry has spent 4 years in an economic maelstrom. We came to this before anyone else in the...