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North Berwick in East Lothian, has been named the best place to live in the annual Sunday Times Best Places to Live...

Estate agents in Liverpool and Portsmouth have had the busiest start to the year, new analysis suggests. Self-employed agency brand eXp UK...

London based presenter and property expert Elizabeth Warburton has partnered with Fine & Country as one of the hosts of the...

Forget the King’s Speech, Zoopla is hoping for a Christmas Day boost with the launch of its new marketing campaign. The portal...

Welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity, our chance to salute those who do so much to help others. If your agency...

An opinion piece by Sam Reynolds, CEO of Zero Deposit Just weeks ago, the Bank of England brought a halt to its...

The Labour Party has committed to introducing the Regulation of Property Agents (ROPA) rules if it wins next year’s General Election. Shadow...

Home ownership has become a “luxury for the few rather than a privilege for the many”, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer...

Propertymark is extending its political engagement and reach by exhibiting at the party conferences this week. The agency trade body will be...

And suddenly it’s autumn. It’s just six weeks before the clocks change, days are getting shorter and - the real sign...

The cities of Liverpool, Nottingham and Manchester have enjoyed the biggest house price rises since pre-Covid. Despite interest rates at a 13-year...

The National Association of Property Buyers (NAPB) and Gumtree have teamed up to help fightback against fraudsters, particularly when it comes...

It was a genuine pleasure to read this week about Yorkshire estate agent Ian Bradbury who clocked up 40 years selling...

Rightmove and Propertymark have unveiled a two-year partnership to provide agents with the latest local market data and easier access to...

Football legend Kevin Keegan has been named as the latest guest speaker for eXp UK’s 2023 roadshow. Keegan had 321 appearances for...

An award-winning charity will cut the cost of homeownership in Wigan by up to £10,000, by offering buyers the chance to...

The Agency UK’s (TAUK) nationwide team of self-employed estate agents has now reached 89 partners operating across 32 countries, with the...

New 2023 research from Open Property Group found that just 41% of homes in England meet the recommended Energy Performance Certificate...

I’ve found myself in contemplative mode this week, looking forward to the future and remembering times past. In the immediate future –...

Homes in Birmingham and East London are among the slowest in the UK to sell from listing to completion, analysis suggests. Property...

The level of new housing sale stock has almost halved when compared to the closing stages of 2022, research suggests. Estate agent...

Inside this short article, my goal is to simply highlight the four most common mistakes l see from reviewing agents' Google Ad...

The level of homes being snapped up within two weeks of being listed has fallen to 6.8% across the UK market...

Agents have been getting into the Christmas spirit and recognising the colder weather when it comes to charity this week. Whatever the...

In this guest piece, Andy Jones, Corporate & Build To Rent Director at LRG, looks at whether commercial property can help solve...

New research from GetAgent has outlined where the UK’s best-performing estate agents are currently located when it comes to the price secured...

Sir Kier Starmer has used his speech at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool to set out plans of getting home...

Properties that are slow to sell are typically commanding a discount of up to 17% off England’s average house price, research...

A regional independent agent has shifted its focus to sales after offloading its lettings business to The Lomond Group. Warwickshire and Worcestershire-based...

In this guest piece, Kevin Shaw, National Sales Managing Director at Leaders Romans Group, looks at whether house prices will start to cool...

Two senior estate agency figures have given their views on the prospects for the property market as commentators warn that longer-term...

Estate agents have listed an average of 7.3 homes for sale per branch during 2022, research suggests- down 12.5% annually. Agency comparison...

More than 100,000 property transactions have benefitted from access to digitised local land charges (LLCs) data. Conveyancing software provider Search Acumen has...

Adoption of virtual tours among estate agents remain low but new data suggests they could boost sales. Industry analysis shows just 4%...

Agents helped vendors sell homes at 97.9% of asking price on average last year, research claims. Analysis of portal and Land Registry...

A leading figure in the Say No To Rightmove (STNR) campaign says the attempts to get agents to ditch Rightmove have...

All regions of the UK remain in a seller’s market as the traditional spring selling season begins for agents. Housing market consultancy...

The self-employed model, after years of not really catching on fully, was given a major boost by the pandemic and the...

A new analysis has revealed those areas of England and Wales with the largest numbers of Russian-owned homes. Credas Technologies analysed Land...

Properties selling without a chain not only sell more quickly, as one might expect, but also appear to attract a substantial...

It may be blowing a gale outside but we’re safe and warm here reading about our industry’s great work for good...

As debate rages over levelling up and a north/south property divide, in the first of a new monthly column, property expert...

Buyers typically pay 10.8 per cent extra for chain-free properties than for similar homes with chains, according to new research. Website GetAgent...

The Bruce brothers’ new portal Boomin has given its first statistics regarding usage following the launch of a new marketing campaign...

Rightmove has revealed the UK’s property hotspot of 2021 - where prices have risen 31 per cent in just a year. The...

Surprise figures released through Freedom of Information requests show that the number of homes in England and Wales with owners registered...

Rightmove will launch its latest outdoor campaign on Monday, with advertisements in over 1,000 roadside and rail locations remaining in place...

A comparison website dealing with estate agency charges says commission varies hugely across 20 major cities of the UK.  GetAgent looked at...

An analysis of estate agencies in 21 major cities suggests a big rise in competing companies, prompting risks of fee wars between...

The self-employed partnership known as The Agency UK - founded by three refugees from Purplebricks - has announced a major expansion. The...

Despite the vast amount of publicity given to the concept of virtual viewing, a survey suggests relatively few properties on sale...

The NEXA agency, which already has branches in Bristol, Portsmouth, Chichester, Manchester and Cardiff, has now opened an office in Liverpool...

The number of transactions is scheduled to reach 1.52 million this year - way above the norm of between 1.0 and...

OnTheMarket is to release its full year performance figures to shareholders on June 8. This will be for its trading year to January...

An agent in part of the UK with the strongest seller’s market claims the stock shortage is the worst he’s seen...

Another property company has announced its participation in the Kickstart scheme. The initiative is aimed at young people aged 16 to 24...

The stamp duty holiday has backfired and buyers almost everywhere are paying more for homes, rather than less. StripeHomes analysed house price...

The Bruce brothers' new portal Boomin has launched a day early - and no, this isn't an April Fool. The site went live...

OnTheMarket has signed a big media deal with the UK’s largest news publisher. The deal is with Reach, which owns nine national...

Liverpool - where commissioners have been ordered by Whitehall to run part of the council following corruption allegations - is the...

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

We are on the threshold in December with the pandemic still dominating but we’re delighted there is still positive jobs news...

One of the country's largest group of independent agencies has named its new chief executive officer - and says it’s a...

A former healthcare executive is the latest convert to become an online agent with easyProperty, the company has announced. Richard Ayres has...

An estate agent in Liverpool has adopted the unusual technique of urging vendors to sell now “before prices crash.” Clearly unworried about...

Online agency easyProperty has announced four new areas to its portfolio to build on its existing 41 locations - and it’s seeking...

A new league table shows how many listings exist per agency in 23 different cities across the UK.  The analysis looks at the...

Hello, and if it’s the start of a new week it’s time for Property Jobs Today, giving you the inside track...

The online agency Housesimple has rebranded to become 'Strike' with immediate effect. The news comes as a surprise given the apparent success...

A 27 year old agent with a background working in London’s Canary Wharf has headed north to set up his own...

A study by Rightmove suggests that 94 per cent of buyers and sellers currently in the market are determined to go...

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

HM Land Registry appears to be making painfully slow progress on digitising land charge search data - contrary to its earlier...

Bristol is the location outside London most searched for on Rightmove this year, by both buyers and renters. The average asking price...

Major UK cities have seen average house price rises of 54 per cent in the past decade - an increase of...

Online estate agency Housesimple is extending its offer to sell homes for free to some postcodes in the Midlands.  The offer is...

The average age of a first-time buyer in the UK is 27, according to research from Nested.com. The online estate agency says...

Savills, Knight Frank, Cushman & Wakefield and JLL are the main estate agencies now working with a review website allowing buyers...

Cash buyers have fallen in 90 per cent of major UK cities over the past three years according to a Zoopla...

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

A hybrid estate and lettings agency operating currently in Manchester, Liverpool and others parts of the north of England has told...

A fraudster who claimed to be an estate agent has been jailed for four years after conning vulnerable women into giving...

The Liverpool Echo says housing minister Esther McVey, who was born in the city, is now ”reviled” there following comments about poor families. According...

Some homes in the UK are now worth 44 per cent less than they were a decade ago, claims the estate...

Yes it’s Monday, so it’s another edition of PJT, your guide to the key moves and changes in the agency and...

With the often negative portrayal of agents in the media and popular culture, you might ask yourself why anyone would want...

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

Some estate agents are charging as much as 2.9 per cent commission according to a survey by comparison website GetAgent. While the...

The city of Norwich has become the sixth part of the UK to switch from council Local Land Charges to digital...

The income required for first time buyers to purchase in the three most expensive UK cities has fallen slightly according to...

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

The gap between average asking prices and average selling prices has increased in recent months according to Zoopla. Its latest study of...

For the industry's football lovers, the notable achievements and never-say-die attitude of both Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur on the European stage...

House prices in 20 UK cities analysed by Zoopla show an average 1.7 per cent increase over the 12 months to...

Research  by HouseSimple suggests that over 31 per cent of homes currently on sale in major UK towns and cities have...

A solicitor handling cases involving Japanese Knotweed say the problem could devalue the prices of affected houses by as much as...

Police are continuing to appeal for information on a horrific hammer attack on the owner and chairman of Bridges Estate Agents...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, your regular catch-up on key appointments news in our industry. It’s been a difficult seven...

There may be a cloud over the economy right now but growth of 2.7 per cent in house prices last year...

Six directors have been banned from office after misleading over 300 people who bought new build homes in the north of...