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Twenty-minute neighbourhoods, 15-minute cities, low traffic neighbourhoods, walkable neighbourhoods: these concepts are suddenly everywhere. They boil down to a simple idea:...

THE grounding of foreign travel during successive lockdowns meant many employers were saved from the stress of dealing with holiday requests...

Agents may have been slightly put out by Rightmove reporting a boom in user fees despite a drop in members, but...

The latest measures for property the Chancellor included in his Autumn Statement may not have been dramatic, but has it given...

A green premium based on energy efficiency is emerging in the UK’s property market, according to a new report by high-street...

Time is up for Boris Johnson's tenure as Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party, serving 3 years and 44...

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) recently published a list of firms that have received penalty notices for failure to meet their...

Thanks to a relentless market, the property market has enjoyed a purple patch over the past few years. But now that...

If there’s one thing that received a boost as a result of Covid and lockdowns, it’s podcasts – which reached whole...

A survey earlier this week may have shown the older generation feel younger people’s spending habits are destroying their chances of...

Today’s consumers judge a business not just on the quality of its products, but also on their experience in using them....

Buyer demand has rebounded in prime areas of the capital and there is also talk of a return to competitive bidding. The...

The UK’s largest property auctioneer says that there is now clear evidence of the impact the pandemic has had on the...

For the first time since before the global financial crisis of 2008, the number of first-time buyers is estimated to have...

Mortgage lenders have announced a voluntary moratorium on possessions from today, December 13, until Tuesday January 4.  A statement from the umbrella...

The last 18 months have been full of ups and downs, but the property market has coped remarkably well during the...

A record number of conveyancers have been trained in the last 18 months, despite the challenges of the pandemic and extended...

By the end of 2021, one in 16 homes will have changed hands, making it the busiest property market since 2007...

Data released by Zoopla suggests that demand for new builds outside London remains above the five year average, but has failed...

The latest update on the prime central London market from agency Knight Frank warns that it’s still not business as usual,...

Purplebricks' share price tumbled a remarkable 34 per cent this morning when trading opened on the London Stock Exchange. The price crashed...

At first glance, Rishi Sunak’s Budget speech earlier this week didn’t offer much from a property perspective. But digging down a little...

The ESTAS – often known as the property world’s version of the Oscars – returns as an in-person event this Friday...

In this thought leadership article, Videosign CEO Steven Tallant looks at electronic signatures and conveyancing and whether the time is nigh for the...

The property industry and its many stakeholders are key participants in a global digital transformation that has been underway for quite...

Like most industries, estate agency is changing. A general trend to a more hybrid model, accelerated by the pandemic has resulted...

Living close to family and friends is a top priority for nearly four in 10 people according to a survey of...

Affordability has always been a hot topic when it comes to the property market, and this is doubly true for first-time...

The pandemic has led to many people ditching more formal wear as they work from home on a more regular basis,...

2020 gave rise to an exodus from the city as work from home became the mandated norm for large swaths of...

Like most aspects of life since the pandemic hit, the employment arena has been hit hard. But not just with uncertainty...

Average house prices increased by 13.2 per cent over the year to June - the highest annual growth rate since November...

The chief executive of Purplebricks says he wants to move his agency’s 600 Local Property Experts from self-employed to employed status...

Londoners purchased over 60,000 homes outside of the capital in the first half of 2021 - and many of those buyers...

Well, we’re technically more than halfway through the year already, but we’ll let that slide. And what a year it’s been...

Regional hybrid agency Hortons says its repaid its £50,000 bounce back loan at the earliest opportunity - because the industry has...

The chief executive of Purplebricks says research into pricing strategies has suggested around a third of sellers at least consider using...

Purplebricks will this week reveal the result of almost two years of trials into a new pricing structure.  The details will come...

Data from Rightmove shows that no less than 37 per cent of homes early this year sold for the asking price...

The pandemic and lockdowns have made over a third of those aged 18 to 34 want to move house according to...

The growth of the internet and technology has transformed virtually every aspect of our lives, including how we approach the property...

Shock price rises in materials are set to make new build homes more expensive if a warning from leading industry figures...

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

The end of the week is always charity day here on EAT, and this week we have a typical cross section...

In a return to a favourite series of mine, as it gives an excellent insight into the very many facets of...

An agent has contacted Estate Agent Today to issue what he calls “an urgent alert” about the risk of Capital Gains...

Parts of the UK property market face a supply shortage with a quarter fewer properties listed for sale in England and...

There’s a new warning that the estate agency industry may be in a more fragile financial condition than before the pandemic,...

Hello and welcome to Agents Do Charity as we are on the threshold of May why not get on to the...

The private treaty process has been in need of modernisation for a long time. When we open an account with a...

An insolvency specialist is warning that the real estate sector of the UK is seeing more firms in financial distress despite...

The market share of hybrid and online agents has remained at eight per cent, according to property industry consultancy TwentyCi. This figure...

One housing market index suggests that average house prices in England and Wales have risen by 9.8 per cent in the...

The last property event I attended in person – and I think the last physical property event held all told –...

While lengthy lockdowns have caused many to re-evaluate their homes, the apartment lifestyle remains an ambition for many. That’s the view of...

As an indication of the frenzied property market, this may take some beating - an agent has had 18 viewings on...

Rightmove says the excess of demand over supply right now is bigger than at any time over the past decade -...

With much attention on those at risk of repossession or running up rent arrears, it's emerged that many others have actually used...

Pressure is building on London agency Foxtons to repay its furlough funding. The company issued an upbeat trading statement on Wednesday; while...

The property sector is in the middle of a boom and demand is high. Last week’s announcement that the stamp duty...

Rarely do Budgets produce positive sentiments from the agency industry but Chancellor Rishi Sunak appears to have won widespread support for...

Pre-pandemic, virtual and video viewings were a nice little add-on for some agents, but they were far from universally used and...

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

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

We are now over four weeks in to our third national lockdown in the UK. Although the property market remains open,...

Labour and Conservative MPs have expressed a unanimous view on their desire to see an extension of the stamp duty holiday...

As part of our third PayProp Special Report on COVID-19 rental arrears in the UK, we surveyed over 600 agents, tenants...

Hello and welcome to Agents Do Charity, the regular round-up of industry good work. Whatever the cause, it’s great to publicise agents’...

Despite the booming housing market the whole property sector - a key indicator of the economy's performance - has seen 11,000...

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

An online petition wants all agents’ offices to close during the pandemic. Keeping them open means agents feel "forced and pressured" to conduct...

A leading business consultancy says the level of working-from-home in the UK by 2025 will be five times that before the pandemic. Estate...

There’s a call this morning for estate and letting agents to regard the physical viewing of any property on sale or...

As we approach the end of the year, there is no doubt that it has been a turbulent 12 months for...

Zoopla has revealed precisely how much house prices have risen over the course of 2020. Across the UK as a whole prices...

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

Figures from Zoopla suggest there’s a Christmas present being unwrapped by agents across the country - a far busier housing market tha this...

Well, what a year it has been for everyone, including the property market. I don’t think there’s anyone out there who...

A leading conveyancing sector spokesmen says some mortgage lenders are making the current delays in the house buying process worse. Rob Hailstone,...

It’s that time of year again. Black Friday has been and gone and the run-up to Christmas is well and truly...

Average house prices in Wales have risen three per cent in the past year, despite multiple difficult lockdowns considered more severe...

A mortgage technology platform has released figures suggesting the housing market remains strong, with high numbers of searches by buyers for...

Transactions appear to be edging higher than in 2019 for the first time this year - despite lockdowns and concerns caused...

Hunters chairman and Conservative MP Kevin Hollinrake has hit out at allegedly false claims made by Donald Trump and Nigel Farage. Trump’s...

We can all agree that the recovery of the property market since May has been outstanding. The latest data from Zoopla...

A leading market analyst says the widespread belief that we are ‘safe’ in our homes may indirectly lead to the recent...

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

Agents Together, the wellbeing and mentorship service which came into existence earlier this year, is launching what it calls a Redundancy...

The only certainty at the moment is ongoing uncertainty. It’s something we’ve got used to in 2020, but it’s still not...

It’s about this time of year, pandemic or not, that agents may be asked one particularly awkward question by a vendor...

There’s no stopping our industry - whether it’s local lockdowns or early autumn storms, agents and suppliers continue doing great work for...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Lee Rix - Head of Business Development What is ‘company name’...

Seller and landlord leads are what makes estate agency tick. Without them, new business is nowhere to be seen and you...

One of Countrywide’s biggest shareholders has written a second letter to the company to demand bold action to save the agency...

It has been three months since the property market was given the green light to reopen. During this time, we have...

Government guidelines regarding future Leicester-style local lockdowns suggest that branches can remain open and viewings can continue. However auction houses must shut. So...

Data released this morning by Rightmove suggests that agents in England have agreed no fewer than 40,000 sales since the market...

An analysis of seven countries which underwent different forms of lockdown during the pandemic suggests the British and Italian housing markets...

We are still living in highly extraordinary times, perhaps evidenced best by the fact that the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, was...

A free-to-list property portal is warning the estate agency industry that it’s facing “dark days” thanks to the Coronavirus crisis and...