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Foxtons has revealed that the chair of the troubled agency’s remuneration committee has stood down with immediate effect. This are also unconfirmed...

The listings website Home, which conducts a monthly survey of asking prices and wider market monitors, is reporting a show 10...

A sales agency based in Warrington and set up originally to market new homes in Manchester is now expanding into Shanghai...

Troubled London estate agency Foxtons says it has rewritten its remuneration policy for its senior management following a shareholder revolt at...

Technology forms the backbone of the Relocation Agent Network National Conference and Exhibition in London on November 22.  The event will include...

Rightmove has been given the green light to continue using the claim that “every second someone contacts an estate agent about a...

Mark Bentley, the immediate past president of the National Association of Estate Agents, has become the highest profile agent yet to...

OnTheMarket’s share price slumped to an all-time low just before the end of trading last week. The price fell to 69.0p during trading on...

The controversial former Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, is to be the keynote speaker at a property industry...

The latest market snapshot of prime central London suggests that homes there are now 15.2 per cent cheaper than five years...

House prices dipped a tiny 0.1 per cent in October - but this led to the annual rate coming in at...

A London estate agency says a new scheme of apartments being launched for sale this weekend will be the first ever...

A stridently anti-Labour estate agent has launched a stinging attack on the Opposition’s policies and has issued a stark warning of...

Reapit has launched a platform, cloud infrastructure and marketplace called Foundations which aims to provide “all the PropTech solutions” for agencies’...

One of London’s leading estate and lettings agents has criticised the government over what he calls its “pitiful” record on affordable...

A London council wants government backing for a borough-wide Section 7 direction - effectively banning all agents’ boards being erected without...

A new study by the London School of Economics suggests that a high profile ban on the sale of new homes...

OnTheMarket will on Wednesday of this week issue over a million shares to agents who have signed new long-term listing agreements...

Zoopla is continuing its aggressive expansion of listings and services to agents with news this morning that it has added a...

Hello there and welcome along to the latest PJT, your weekly catch-up on who’s moving where in agency, amongst suppliers and...

This week’s Natter is dedicated to three contrasting agencies doing things differently, from a recently established hybrid to a design-led, Insta-friendly...

The phrase ‘death of the high street’ can be found in nearly any publication in any given week. And for fair...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Milton Rodosthenous, Director of Equity and Capital & LetsBid Property.  What...

It’s on - although judging by the early lack of enthusiasm amongst the British public, you might be forgiven for thinking...

Two very different views on Brexit have come forward in the past 24 hours from different players in the industry. First off,...

A London estate agency is attempting to help leaseholders with short leases who may be finding it hard to raise funds...

Foxtons' latest trading statement shows another fall in sales revenue - but this time lettings income is down too. In an announcement...

The big day is here and thanks so much to all the agents who have this year sent in their Halloween...

London Central Portfolio, the investment consultancy which  saw signs of an upturn in the prime market in the capital this autumn,...

Agents have interpreted the latest house price figures as evidence that the market is in limbo waiting for the Brexit -...

Thanks a lot - or should that be fangs so much? - for sending in photographs of your brilliantly decorated offices...

Another estate agency has come out in favour of reservation agreements. High-end agency Chestertons says transactions currently fall through too frequently and the...

A new league table of High Street agents’ charges published over the weekend reveals the locations where agents charge an average...

The number of prime residential housing transactions has increased rapidly in the past two decades and even in the past five...

Hello and welcome to a new week - one with darker evenings and colder days. But there is still plenty of activity...

There are many adjectives that can be applied to Boris Johnson, probably very few of them complimentary, but there’s one that...

OnTheMarket is being accused by an agent of charging a monthly fee for a branch it knows to be shut. Ian King...

One of the most high profile estate agencies in the Republic of Ireland says it may re-enter the UK market after...

The number of new mortgages approved by banks fell to a six-month low in September - but the annual figure shows...

It’s that time again, with the clocks going back an hour to mark the start of slightly brighter mornings and significantly...

One of the earliest British estate agencies to adopt the model of using self-employed or freelance agents operating under the same...

A London agency has told Estate Agent Today that it makes some of its buyers pay upwards of £5,000 in Reservation...

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

Hunters has announced a new branch being opened in Ickenham, part of Hillingdon in north London.  It’s to be the third branch...

There’s been an encouraging increase in property transaction volumes according to new figures from HM Revenue & Customs. The total number of...

One of the country’s most prominent estate agents has given renewed backing to a pilot project on reservation agreements, being tested...

Independent family-run agency Kalmars, which currently has just one office in the capital, has revealed the first of four new branches...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has given more details of the trial of reservation agreements likely to take...

Hello, welcome to another Monday and the latest PJT. As ever, a brief reminder to please let us know your appointments new...

A London estate agency chain says It’s seen a 59 per cent surge in the number of its clients who have...

Since I started working with Zero Deposit for me the market leader in deposit replacement alternatives, the most common question I am...

Controversy and Purplebricks have gone hand in hand since the agency was first launched in 2012, through its float on the...

The latest housing market snapshot from the listings website Home suggests more regional markets are heading for price corrections. Home says that...

Agents have expressed quiet optimism that the market may be over the worst as it continues to show resilience in the...

Data from an agency comparison website reveals that in the current market it takes well over a year for a home...

Stories with good news about the prime central London market seem few and far between but the latest figures from B2B...

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

A new franchisee says she will combine 20 years of property knowledge with state-of-the-art PropTech to provide customers with what she...

There has been a surprise, but small, increase in the market share of online estate agents according to the latest survey. Business...

OnTheMarket is delivering agents “a higher marketing yield than Rightmove” according to an investment consultancy which works with OTM. Investors appear to...

There are fewer ‘accidental landlords’ - vendors who resort to letting out their homes because the sales market is difficult. That’s the...

A London agent is urging rivals to provide realistic valuations, even if vendors want more and despite temptations to over-value to...

When renting a property out, letting agents and landlords recognise that it is important to take a deposit from the tenant...

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

England rugby fans will have been disappointed to find out that Saturday's planned World Cup group stage clash with France in...

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

Of all the UK properties for sale over the last year, 59% would have been exempt from any type of transaction...

The property market in prime central London showed some impressive signs of recovery during the summer months, according to Knight Frank. The...

In a revival of the Natter’s day in the life of series, I catch up with Rajeev Nayyar, managing director of...

Estate agents are being encouraged to consider providing increased flexible working options for their staff, including increased opportunities to work from...

A former sales agent with a historic property name and heritage has launched his own buying agency after becoming 'frustrated' with...

It never rains but it pours. And that’s certainly been the case for the online estate agency sector in the last...

We know that the tenant fee ban has cost letting agents dearly, with an estimated loss of £300 million paid to...

A new estate agency, which claims to only hire property experts, has announced a new investment as well as the recruitment...

House price growth in the UK 'ground to a halt' last month, according to the latest Nationwide figures. The lender's house price...

A growing free-to-list property portal says there's never been a better time for estate agents to target foreign investors. Residential People, which,...

Countrywide says London agency Greene & Co, acquired back in May 2015, will become ‘fully immersed’ into its Hamptons International brand...

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

London-focussed business-to-business deal data service LonRes has acquired an anti-money laundering compliance consultancy specialising in residential and commercial property. Financial Crime Services,...

The reform of the buying process is to take centre stage at a special conference called Bold Legal LIVE! taking place...

It’s Monday so that can mean only one thing - a chance to catch up on the key moves in and...

Purplebricks is reported to be facing a shareholder revolt this coming week at its annual general meeting because of bonuses paid...

There’s a clear change of mood music in the country now regarding environmental issues. You don’t need to be old to remember...

In recent years, governments and local councils have sought to change the private rented sector (PRS) to make it more appealing...

London agency Foxtons has announced some management changes - the first since a shareholder revolt at the firm’s annual general meeting...

When Jasmine Fakir moved from her home in Brent, north London, to look after her ill mother she certainly did not...

One of the first so-called ‘hub’ hybrid estate agencies using self-employed freelances instead of staff says it’s moving to bigger premises...

The price premium paid by purchasers for a freehold property rather than a leasehold is at its highest for eight years. An...

Two prominent estate agency chiefs, both members of the Conservative Party, have both tweeted their opposition to some of the policies...

Tim Hyatt, currently in charge of Knight Frank’s London residential operation, is to take over as the firm’s residential work across...

The annual number of property transactions edged down slightly according to the figures released applying to August. However, buyers and sellers email...

The niche agency Singer Veille has set up its own PropTech consultancy and application development service for the property industry. Singer Veille...

Labour will this week discuss plans to allow councils to compulsorily purchase homes left empty for six months. Young Labour - a...

Last week we covered a story, broken by The Times, about a new website allowing users to discover the air quality...

Hello and welcome to your regular Monday PJT, the essential guide to who’s moving where in our industry. Everyone mentioned here got...

In a previous Natter, I promised to talk more about CRMs – and here I stick to that promise. Following on from...

The first speakers have been announced for the 2020 conference of the National Association of Estate Agents, to be held on...

An estate agent is linking a drop in transactions of as much as 20 per cent with the stamp duty increases...

The annual rate of growth of UK house prices has slowed to its lowest level since September 2012. Official government data from...

It’s bizarre but true (apparently). London’s golf courses could provide the land for homes that could house a million people. An interesting...

‘Workers of the world, unite. You have nothing to lose but your chains’. So is written on the tombstone of the father...

Earlier this year, the Regulation of Property Agents (RoPA) working group announced the initial details of plans for mandatory qualifications and...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Simon Trippett – Partner at The Property Centre. What services...

There's good news for the market in at least one sector - mortgages offered to first time buyers. Latest figures from the...

It’s been revealed this morning that the organisation behind a new clean-air website is encouraging buyers to seek reductions of as...

New research shows that three bedroom homes are the quickest selling property type this autumn. After a series of sluggish house price...

Former Purplebricks chief executive Lee Wainwright says the problem for estate agents maintaining a strong level of fees isn’t competition from...

A pessimistic set of figures on asking prices, transaction volumes and stock levels culminates in Rightmove urging vendors to be willing...

Hello: the weekend is over and that means it’s time for another PJT, catching up with who’s moving where in our...

A rock bottom supply of homes on sale is helping to reinvigorate London sales according to a market monitor. The website Home...

If you thought - perhaps hoped - that five weeks of prorogued Parliament meant a break from politics, think again: the...

A banking company used by OnTheMarket has issued a note to its investor clients claiming the portal “arguably beats its peers...

The typical estate agency fee paid by a seller has actually fallen one per cent in the past year according to...

A former Foxtons estate agent has set up a property finding service which is exclusively for first time buyers - believed...

Our first wonderful fund-raising agents this week are walking over hot coals - now that’s a dare for you. But you don’t...

A comprehensive report into the changing complexion of the High Street suggests that some 143 estate agents’ offices closed in the...

Who knows how long any housing minister will last, especially with a General Election widely expected in the coming months. So Esther...

Cluttons has downgraded its forecasts for the housing markets in London and the rest of the UK for the remainder of...

Winkworth’s trading statement for the first half of 2019 show the company’s revenue and pre-tax profit both dipping slightly - but...

One of the biggest changes seen in the property market over the last decade is technology growth. With the likes of Rightmove...

Barratt Developments’ three consumer brands - Barratt Homes, David Wilson Homes and Barratt London - are the first developers to list...

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

Three former online estate agency founders - including the controversial Russell Quirk - are going into mainstream full fee agency. They are...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your weekly opportunity to catch up on key moves within the industry. Everyone mentioned here...

Another house price index has suggested the housing market continuing to show great resilience despite the continuing economic and political uncertainty. The...

First time buyers will constitute the largest single group of purchasers in 2019, despite the apparent difficulties of deposits and securing...

The number of new property listings in the UK fell by a whopping 13.2 per cent in August according to online...

High end agency Knight Frank says prices in prime central London have fallen again - although the 4.4 per cent drop...

One of the country’s largest regional estate and lettings agencies has now fully rejoined Zoopla. Yorkshire-based Dacre, Son & Hartley brings its...

Knight Frank has expanded its residential London network with the addition of a new South Bank office. While many agencies have shut...

A housing market monitor that for some months has been pessimistic about London and the rest of the England and Wales...

A leading London estate agent has written to The Times dismissing MPs who have been squabbling over Brexit and a possible...

The chief executive of the Suzy Lamplugh Trust, set up to commemorate the murdered estate agency, has died at the age...

A London estate agency says one of its buyers wants to delay completion until November 1 “just in case stamp duty...

It’s been two weeks since our last PJT, thanks to the Bank Holiday, so there’s plenty of news in today’s edition. If...

A senior estate agency director is warning that house price growth could continue to stall “with Boris loose at the wheel”. Benham...

The number of new homes registered to be built in the UK during July was nine per cent lower than a...

I think I speak for most people when I say that we are not currently where we thought we would be...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Tony Strover. On my business card it says...

A veteran estate agent has got hot under the collar about a London firm which has ordered its negotiators and other...

An independent estate agency says a No Deal Brexit will prompt a “feeding frenzy” of foreign buyers who are already “piling...

There has been a sceptical response by agents and others in the property industry to the government’s latest headline-grabbing tweaks to...

A new analysis of privately owned homes with mortgages outstanding shows repossessions have risen in London - but they’re down in...

A well-respected agent who was president of the NAEA just five years ago has written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson asking...

Purplebricks has revealed it is considering changes to its pricing structure to correct “mistakes” of the past. Chief executive Vic Darvey has...

The London market has “plummeted” because almost a third of vendors have cut their asking prices in anticipation of Brexit. Using data...

They will be the doctors, lawyers, teachers, thinkers, leaders and captains of industry of the not too distant future, but is...

In the run up to his appointment as Prime Minister, Boris Johnson suggested that he might cut Stamp Duty Land Tax...

Recently a number of politicians and charities have been calling for the introduction of rent controls or rent freezes in the...

New figures produced by Zoopla’s research team shows for the first time the huge scale of regional variations in terms of...

We daren’t mention it but this is the final Bank Holiday before…well, Christmas.  Let’s hope agents and suppliers have an opportunity to...

The international estate agency Engel & Volkers is closing its single prime central London office - despite past claims that sales...

Residential property transactions totalled 86,630 in July, representing a monthly drop of 8.5 per cent and an annual fall of 12.4...

Innovate or Die. But What is Innovation? It Isn’t just PropTech A certain Mr Dick Whittington Esquire was once convinced that the...

One of the country’s leading estate agents is leading the calls on Chancellor Sajid Javid to sort out the government’s stamp...

A few details of a possible takeover or acquisition of Countrywide have started to emerge. The possibility was first floated in yesterday’s...

Some agents have probably already done this, but ties are a thing of the past at London estate agency James Pendleton. Founder...

A dramatic slump in the supply of homes being put on sale in London means that parts of the capital now...

If anyone thought a Boris Johnson government would be more decisive than Theresa May's when it came to housing policies, the last...

Brexit is not deterring first time buyers this year according to an analysis by the Yorkshire Building Society. It says that despite...

The typical new real estate agency forms when an entrepreneurial high performer quits their job at a leading chain and sets...

A former Local Property Expert and manager at Purplebricks has gone on record to reveal what it was really like to work...

The property website Home has identified the four regions of the UK where it says the current market slowdown is at...

What a credit to the industry so many agents, surveyors and suppliers are: this week’s ADC shows the diverse range of...

Average house prices in the UK increased by a mere 0.9 per cent in the year to June - the lowest...

Prime Central London’s average prices remain 20 per cent below their 2014 peak according to high end estate agency Strutt &...

Prime London subscription-based property platform LonRes has launched an off-market service for its subscribers. It says that as transactions across prime London...

Countrywide’s branch closure programme, shrouded in secrecy even to shareholders, may have involved shutting 250 offices according to an insider. The individual...

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

A London council admits that it typically takes 50 working days for a search - which means a Local Land Charge...

Estate agents have collectively been fiercely criticised for allegedly exaggerating valuations to win instructions, doing a disservice to vendors and not...

Savills says it’s not commenting on whether it will list on Zoopla in the future. Last week Knight Frank - which in...

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...

Savills, once a safe bet for year-on-year growth, has seen its underlying UK residential profits plunge 44 per cent with economic...

One of the agencies most active in the creation of OnTheMarket is trialling a return to listing on Zoopla after an...

A Northern Irish woman with suspected links to serious organised crime has been ordered to explain how she financed the purchase...

House prices fell unexpectedly for the second month in a row in July according to the Halifax - but the mortgage...

A leading figure in urban design is urging new Prime Minister Boris Johnson to stand up for the pioneering space standards...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been urged to go further with property tax reform and not just stop at reducing stamp...

Despite optimistic reports on prime London’s housing performance from some sources in recent weeks, figures from subscription service LonRes paint a...

An agent working at the buying arm of Knight Frank, The Buying Solution, is striking out to set up her own...

Rising house prices and the gender pay gap means that there is no English region where a single woman on median...

A PropTech start up says its new free tool allows prospective sellers and buyers to get an automated valuation of their...

Hello and welcome to PJT, breaking you in to the working week every Monday with news of the movers and shakers...

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

Seemingly-endless uncertainty over Brexit and now speculation over whether there will be an easing of stamp duty on transactions is making...

Sellers across England and Wales achieve an average 95.94 per cent of their asking price according to research from estate agency...

OnTheMarket has applied to the London Stock Exchange for the release of over a million new shares to agents who have...

There may be signs that the gloomy housing market which has hit Prime Central London for some years may finally be...

A note sent out by OnTheMarket chief executive Ian Springett has suggested that the way estate agents work may directly lead...

LSL Property Services, parent firm of Your Move and Reeds Rains, says the company’s branch closure programme was a success with profits...

Housing experts have expressed their concerns that speculation about a radical stamp duty reduction to be introduced by Boris Johnson’s government...

The average house price growth across southern cities is running at the lowest level recorded since January 2012, according to Zoopla.  Prices...

1. Win More Listings For estate agency in the UK, the number one task is to get new properties to market. However,...

Those who bought and sold the same property in 2018 made an average of £30,150 - but the number who do...

Hello and welcome to the start of a new week and a new Property Jobs Today column, bringing you the industry’s...

British homes have increased in value by an average of £11 per day since the beginning of the year, but with...

Nicky Stevenson has had a very varied and interesting career in property. She started out as a lettings negotiator for Nicholas...

We now have a new Leader of the Conservative Party and, rather more importantly, a new Prime Minister. That individual is Boris...

Foxtons’ sales slumped another 10 per cent and its total revenue dropped another 3.5 per cent according to figures released this...

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

Welcome to this week’s ADC…and what a week it’s been. Politics? No, hot air of a different kind - the weather.  Yet...

Data from UK Finance, which represents most of the country’s lenders, shows that gross mortgage lending across the residential market in...

Transactions in the troubled prime London market have actually increased year on year according to Knight Frank’s latest market snapshot. The agency...

Sometimes having prior knowledge of a stressful event can be more stressful than the event itself, just look at Brexit for...

One of the country’s most respected agents has advised the agency industry to treat Boris Johnson’s pledges with real caution. Black Brick buying...

London and South East England are to see house price falls this year and only “very modest” growth in 2020 -...

Our own industry’s upheaval over recent years has been no less dramatic than the turmoil at Westminster. The political earthquake has seen...

An online agency which last autumn said it wanted to have as much as a three per cent market share of...

This may be the final full day in office for Kit Malthouse, the latest politician to occupy the short-term position of housing...

High end London estate agency Aston Chase says there’s already been a surge in interest in property in the UK capital...

Hello and welcome to this latest edition of PJT, your regular weekly column giving all the key appointments news in the...

Belvoir, the UK's largest property franchise, has changed its name - at least slightly - from Belvoir Lettings to Belvoir Group.  In...

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

The Information Commissioner’s Office has fined a London estate agency £80,000 for leaving 18,610 customers' personal data exposed for almost two years. The security...

Trade bodies and property firms have strongly welcomed the recommendations for root and branch reform of the agency industry - and...

One of the country’s leading estate agents says shifting the burden of stamp duty away from the buyer - which is...

Agents have put a brave face on official government figures which have shown a shock fall in London house prices and...

A leading London estate agency with US connections says there has been a surge in high net worth American buyers in...

There’s more bad news for online estate agencies this morning as a survey reveals that they have only a seven per cent...

The recent announcement of a clicktopurchase partnership demonstrates some much-needed progression from Rightmove. In doing so, however, it could be said it...

Online estate agency Yopa is warning of price falls ahead in London and south east England - although price rises elsewhere...

Conservative Party leadership contender Boris Johnson has expressed an interest in switching the stamp duty burden from buyers to sellers. Until now Johnson’s comments on...

Home, the property platform that often produces downbeat market forecasts, now says there are signs of improvement in London at least.  It...

Winkworth has a new office in its network, in the fashionable Suffolk town of Southwold. Independent agency Halford Wetmore has been acquired...

A leading agent has suggested that some parts of the UK would face “a property exodus” if Boris Johnson’s proposals for...

Hello and welcome to this latest edition of PJT, your Monday catch-up on all the key appointments news in the industry. Please...

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

Now could be the time to buy shares in Purplebricks and Foxtons if one stock market pundit turns out to be...

Auction companies have issued statements boasting of their own performance as old school companies and new entrants vie for market share. Firstly...

Once a year you might be perfectly justified in putting your feet up for a weekend and enjoying some great sport...

A more stable trend is now emerging in the UK housing market, according to the latest results for the RICS UK...

If agents ran their databases more efficiently, the property portals might find themselves redundant. Controversial opening statement aside, the reality is that...

Two Countrywide brands have joined forces to launch Airspace Exchange – a service to push the idea of constructing homes and...

A new website devoted solely to prime off-market properties is looking for agents who will use it to find buyers seeking...

Jamie Lester, the London estate agent who starred in The Apprentice almost a decade ago, has set up a property industry...

Conservative leadership frontrunner Boris Johnson's plans to reverse stamp duty changes could help to kickstart the prime property market, according to...

Property portal Rightmove has confirmed that it is trialling an option which allows buyers of commercial properties to submit offers online...

Welcome to the latest edition of Property Jobs Today. It's the time of the week when you can catch up with...

Theresa May arrived in Downing Street some three years ago - but her premiership has not been a smooth ride. As she...

With this summer marking forty years since Margaret Thatcher came to power, her legacy continues to invoke both celebration and consternation...

It’s been a busy year for Giraffe360. Following its £1 million successful funding round in January and moving its headquarters from...

The practices of competitive bidding and sealed bids have made a 'surprise return' to the Prime Central London (PCL) property market,...

The summer market momentum building thanks to warmer weather and reduced Brexit uncertainty took a hit in June, according to new...

Friday is Agents Do Charity day and as the country enjoys the delights of Wimbledon and rues the Lionesses' departure from...

The average British homeowner stays in their property for 20.8 years, according to new research by Zoopla. The property portal analysed the...

This week, I want to take a look at the Israeli startup, Venn, an urban revitalisation firm which has recently received...

Estate Agent Today has been contacted by an individual who says he is one of three former Emoov customers intending to...

It’s unlikely to bring out the violins but the number of properties sold for £1m or more in Britain rose only...

In the second part of my exploration of startups, I talk to a number of people with lived experience of creating...

Hello there - if it’s Friday it’s Agents Do Charity, and as we prepare for a hot weekend for Glastonbury revellers...

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

The number of cash buyers in London has recently plummeted by very nearly a fifth - and every other part of...

I want to take the time this week to look at an area of PropTech and real estate which is seeing...

London Central Portfolio, a respected property consultancy that has been pessimistic about the market in prime areas of the capital, says...

The number of residential property transactions in May was a thumping 11.3 per cent lower than the same month last year,...

Britain lives in fundamentalist black-and-white times - all the more surprising when the country's most divisive point of contention sits on...

Homes in central parts of London sold for a typical 11.5 per cent below asking price in the first three months...

A property in London’s Mayfair has a price tag of £23m and is being sold via a system allowing interested parties...

If it’s Friday it’s Agents Do Charity day - and we’ve got another bundle of good work for you this week,...

Purplebricks is the “Official Estate Agent Of Team GB” for the build-up to and completion of next summer’s Olympics in Tokyo. It is going...

Too many sellers are wedded to the idea that prices will rise after a Brexit deal is resolved, says one of the...

Research from OnTheMarket shows that 40 per cent of London homes costing around £1m have only two bedrooms or fewer. And only...

OnTheMarket chief executive Ian Springett says rival portals may want to “interfere” with his aim of converting agency members from free...

Over a third of homes across Southern England are at risk of suffering price falls as the housing market slowdown extends...

A high-end estate agency is reporting a dramatic rise in the number of US buyers in London as they have taken...

An analyst on shares website Motley Fool says Purplebricks is not only in surprisingly strong financial health, but is actually outperforming...

The latest asking prices data from Rightmove suggests that the national housing market is being dragged down by poor performance in...

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of Property Jobs Today - the Monday slot where you can catch up with...

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

It's becoming increasingly difficult to sell a property, especially in those regions undergoing a price correction. That’s the verdict from Home, a...

The National Audit Office says many users of Help To Buy would have been able to purchase a home anyway, without...

Knight Frank says Brexit-related uncertainty has curbed trading activity across all UK residential markets over the last 12 months - and...

It’s London Tech Week, everybody! The sprawling city-wide event taking in dozens of conferences, events, workshops, panel debates and so on,...

Sellers are back with a vengeance according to figures from online agency HouseSimple.  It claims the Brexit date extension has given sellers...

Over 80 per cent of home owners say they expect house prices to rise in their area before the end of...

A PropTech firm has repeated claims it first made in March about allegedly inaccurate floorpan measurement and says a new initiative...

There seems no end in sight for the share turmoil going on at Purplebricks, with several new developments on Friday before...

Average UK house prices rose 0.5 per cent in May according to the latest Halifax house price index as the long...

Theresa May’s ‘hostile environment’ policy that was implemented in 2012 was designed to make staying and residing in the UK as...

It's been another busy 24 hours for publicly-quoted estate agencies. Swiss investment bank UBS has increased its stake in the troubled London...

Subscription-based business-to-business prime London platform LonRes has launched a new service for retained agents.   The Retained Agent Buyer Alert enables buying agents...

A review website set up by a former estate agent says £1m of new funding will allow it to roll out...

Beleaguered fund manager Neil Woodford, one of the first champions of Purplebricks, has reduced his stake in the troubled agency for...

Beleaguered fund manager Neil Woodford, one of the early champions of Purplebricks, has slashed his stake in the company from 28.9...

A portal specialising in prime and super-prime London property has turned perceptions of the capital’s housing market on their head -...

FirstHomeCoach, the brainchild of a former HSBC banker, has launched with the aim of providing “every service” a first time buyer...

Two of Britain’s largest and best known estate agencies have endured a day of turmoil at the hands of investors -...

Properties sold off market by a London agency found buyers more quickly, and for nearer the asking price, than those on the...