From the uptick in house sales in January to a house price rise the first time in over a year in February,...
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A variety of charities have received support from the property industry this week. If there are charitable endeavours you think the rest...
28 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Estate and letting agents are being urged to take data protection rules more seriously. It comes as the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)...
04 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Keller Williams UK (KWUK) is set to hold its largest ever UK event. The KWUK Megacamp will take place at the VUE cinema in...
02 October 2023
From: Breaking News
The National Association of Property Buyers’ Jonathan Rolande gives his latest take on the property market. Having just got back from holiday, I am...
31 July 2023
From: Breaking News
CRMs can be superheroes for your business, but not all of them possess the necessary powers to save the day. As...
11 July 2023
From: Sponsored Content
Whether at home or abroad, here are some top tips to prevent homeowners from breaking common garden laws and rules this...
01 July 2023
From: Features
Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...
02 June 2023
From: Breaking News
The property industry's self-destructive, point-scoring way of working just doesn’t cut it. When low stock means low cash flow low, agents and...
01 March 2023
From: Sponsored Content
The festive season may be a time to slowdown and reflect on the past year but estate agents are planning to...
07 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak yesterday repeated previously debunked claims that the Government is building record numbers of homes. Housebuilding have returned to...
01 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Over the last two years, the property industry has experienced unprecedented change through shifting market conditions and new regulations around compliance. To...
28 September 2022
From: Features
Record numbers of buyers have taken out fixed rate mortgages to lock-in lower priced home loans before rates rise further, analysis...
14 September 2022
From: Breaking News
High profile agents and industry executives are due to appear in a new video series to share best practice ideas online. The...
19 July 2022
From: Breaking News
A recent study revealed that as many as 4.6 million homes in England overheat. With highs of 40°C this week and warnings...
18 July 2022
From: PropTech & Innovation
Agency trade body Propertymark has called for the government’s housing market reforms to go further and has even suggested targeted stamp...
13 June 2022
From: Breaking News
Housing Secretary Michael Gove and minister Stuart Andrew are set to be grilled by MPs on their property market plans today. The...
13 June 2022
From: Breaking News
With this week being Mental Health Awareness Week, Sam Hunter - COO at Homesearch and a keen mental health advocate -...
14 May 2022
From: Features
The Queen’s Speech has unveiled proposed overhauls on planning, consumer and economic crime laws that could all have an effect on...
10 May 2022
From: Breaking News
Spring may be struggling to break through the clouds but agents are continuing to step up for good causes. The humanitarian crisis...
08 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Earlier this month, the government’s energy regulator Ofgem announced a record 54 percent increase to the energy bill price cap. Combined...
23 March 2022
From: Features
We know that agents rely heavily on property software solutions to run their agency, particularly to ease the burden of administrative...
01 March 2022
From: Sponsored Content
In the first few months of 2022, agents have experienced some of the lowest stock levels in several years. The number...
23 February 2022
From: Breaking News
A massive multi-million pound marketing blitz by Zoopla starts on Monday. The portal says the campaign will capitalise on what it says...
15 December 2021
From: Breaking News
Auction House London says the Coronavirus pandemic has proved that the power of livestream sales far outweighs the impact of earlier online...
09 November 2021
From: Breaking News
I’m going to declare upfront that, as an investor, I have a financial interest in the success of MovePal but I also need...
23 October 2021
From: Features
There are plenty in the estate agency and lettings world who don’t like the concept of Airbnb and similar enterprises. But they...
16 October 2021
From: Features
It’s a truism that most property enquiries from buyers these days come through portals but there are several reasons why agents...
06 October 2021
From: Breaking News
Boy it’s been hot out there - yet even 30 degrees or more have failed to stifle the enthusiasm of our...
23 July 2021
From: Breaking News
The growth of the internet and technology has transformed virtually every aspect of our lives, including how we approach the property...
05 June 2021
From: Features
We recently conducted a survey and discussion session with estate and lettings agencies called Agency panel - Cut through the noise...
22 May 2021
From: Features
With property transactions taking longer than ever and many people operating at capacity, it is easy to overlook the progress made,...
28 April 2021
From: Features
Estate agents play a key role in identifying tax savings that can benefit all parties. If a purchaser can benefit from...
03 April 2021
From: Features
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Mark Meyer, CEO, Meyers Franchising What is Meyers and what...
01 March 2021
From: 60 Second Interview
Start-up letting agents looking to enter the market are finding it increasingly difficult to set up in business as banks point...
19 December 2020
From: Features
A relaunched home buying service says it wants to partner with agents to unlock sales if the housing market deteriorates. The service...
10 November 2020
From: Breaking News
2020 has been a testing year right from the start. With Storms Ciara and Dennis causing £184m+ worth of damage to...
27 October 2020
From: PropTech & Innovation
Figures drawn up by a property industry recruitment guru show that estate agents work only two thirds of the hours they...
23 September 2020
From: Breaking News
Let’s face it sales progression is difficult and frustrating: 1)The process has never been properly joined up - the average chain has...
07 July 2020
From: Sponsored Content
If it’s really the case that estate agents’ offices could be in the category of High Street premises first allowed to...
18 April 2020
From: Features
Property voyeurism and the festive season have long been bedfellows for many Brits. The heady combination of over-indulgence and regret, close proximity...
30 November 2019
From: Features
Reservation agreements locking in buyers and sellers could be trailed with some agencies and conveyancers early in 2020, a government official...
15 October 2019
From: Breaking News
Property developing is an incredibly diverse and exciting career choice, and something that many people aspire to do in the UK. I...
15 June 2019
From: Features
The proliferation of big data is paving the way to improving our economy on almost every front as entrepreneurial digital companies...
09 March 2019
From: Features
After several days of gloomy market news, here's something more optimistic - there were 370,000 new first time buyer mortgages completed in...
20 February 2019
From: Breaking News
PropTech has been mainstream for a few years now, and as more agents are familiar with the range of products and...
01 December 2018
From: Features
The massive wealth of owners over 55 has been revealed by a new survey. They own £938 billion of UK housing, a figure...
02 May 2018
From: Breaking News
Greetings from Cannes, where the sun is finally shining over MIPIM. I’m sure many of you are out here, too, and...
14 March 2018
From: Breaking News
Another Budget, another pledge of new house building: it appears from statements made over the weekend by Chancellor Phillip Hammond that...
20 November 2017
From: Breaking News
Housing minister Alok Sharma has blocked some of his Twitter followers, accusing them of “abusive language”. Sharma has a relatively modest 9,169 followers...
17 July 2017
From: Breaking News
The first week of February has seen some extraordinary goings on in the property sector, from which two stories particularly stand out...
08 February 2017
From: Breaking News
2017 is set to be the first year since 2008 that the UK constructs 200,000 new homes, suggests Redrow, one of...
29 December 2016
From: Breaking News
A media firm says estate agents are increasingly using Facebook as a way of improving their local marketing. “While other media such...
13 October 2016
From: Breaking News
With the number of new homes being built across the UK still significantly below the level needed to meet demand, housebuilders...
16 September 2016
From: Features
Haart has apologised over what it calls the “completely unacceptable” parking of one of its cars which blocked in a care worker’s...
05 September 2016
From: Breaking News
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the free market Centre for Policy Studies think tank says the proposals put forward by Labour’s London Mayor candidate...
15 April 2016
From: Breaking News
One of the UK's largest property franchises has reported strong figures in an interim trading statement to the City - with group...
21 January 2016
From: Breaking News
Readers of Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today were given an exclusive opportunity to pose questions to Zoopla Property Group...
16 September 2015
From: Features
So, has everyone been enjoying the fine summer weather we’ve been experiencing? Oh, wait…fear not, I will attempt to inject a...
07 August 2015
From: Features
There is yet more opposition to proposals for the reform of land and estate ownership in Scotland, put forward by the...
25 June 2015
From: Breaking News
There has been a strong reaction against proposals to reform the ownership of estates and other substantial land holdings in Scotland. The...
24 June 2015
From: Breaking News
One million people will need to be recruited by 2020 if the housebuilding industry is to build the number of homes...