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Figures released this morning by data firm LonRes provide the latest evidence of a so-called Boris Bounce with the market improving...

Another hub-based agency has launched in the capital, following in the footsteps of operations like Harding Green, Orchards and Keller Williams. Mariel...

Estate Agent Today understands that the fast-growing Federation of Independent Agents’ trade group has announced a new partnership - this time...

Hello and welcome to a new week, and a new edition of PJT. If you’re on the move or your firm has...

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

A new analysis from a financial services trade body shows that gross mortgage lending is expected to rise significantly in the...

At the end of a strong week for housing market indicators, the latest survey from the website Home suggests a major...

The  number of mortgage approvals rose 1.9 per cent in the final month of last year according to e.surv’s mortgage data...

Whisper it quietly but the housing market could be significantly stronger in 2020 than in recent years. Two key indicators in the...

New build homes cost 19 per cent more than comparable pre-owned properties according to a new survey - and sometimes 50...

Winkworth says it’s achieved a big jump in London sales market share despite “an uncertain and difficult year that was dominated...

He’s a young and very wealthy up-and-coming MP in his 30s, a Cambridge graduate who also studied in the US and...

The total value of the UK’s housing stock hit £7.39 trillion in 2019, a new record high. The claim, in an analysis...

A survey of readers of Estate Agent Today suggest that the majority believe the Chancellor will fail to honour a pledge...

A new buying agency has launched, aimed at well-heeled purchasers and sellers.  Called Xander Prime it says it is “acting on behalf...

Three signs emerged over the weekend suggesting that the market may be shaping up well for 2020. Firstly a new survey by...

There’s been a long-term trend of growing numbers of Londoners quitting the capital to afford a home elsewhere - and typically...

In six years of editing Estate Agent Today, some of my most dramatic moments have been covering the troubles - some...

Yesterday (January 10 2020), the Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (5AMLD) became law. It forms part of ongoing international efforts to tackle...

The tussle for New Build listings between Zoopla and OnTheMarket has swung in favour of the former this morning with the...

House prices rose 4.0 per cent in 2019 according to Britain’s biggest mortgage lender Halifax, as a December bounce - some...

Government figures suggest that the number of second homes in the UK has dropped two per cent in the eight year...

We are facing a new world in the lettings industry, with the proportion of households in the private rented sector (PRS)...

The typical house move in 2019 turned out to be just nine miles - and large numbers of buyers moved within...

House price growth in the past decade was at its weakest for 30 years - and despite that it remains though...

Nicky Stevenson, formerly the managing director of the Property Academy, has quit hybrid agency Keller Williams UK after just eight months. Stevenson’s...

Purplebricks is not revealing details of the different pricing strategies it is testing “in the field” early this year. Last month the...

A veteran agent says the new government’s Budget, expected in the next few weeks, should not provide too much help to...

Hello and welcome to the first Property Jobs Today of 2020 - and we’ve plenty to report even with the New...

Annual UK house price growth exceeded one per cent for the first time in 12 months in December according to the...

After a year dogged by Brexit deadlock, political turmoil, and slow growth, estate agents’ confidence in the property market hit a...

First time buyers reached an estimated 353,436 in 2019, the highest level since 2007. This is the fifth time in six years...

Rightmove has announced the start of a two-month share repurchase programme - a way of buying its own stock back from...

The scores are in….and it looks like house prices are going to rise gently in 2020 according to forecasts from almost...

Analysts are putting a surprise surge in mortgage approvals from banks down to a spike in applications ahead of the General...

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

Here it is - the start of a new decade, a moment for resolutions and remembrance, and the last Bank Holiday...

The year just ending was when the North-South divide in house prices and capital appreciation slammed into reverse gear according to...

For the stock market generally, 2019 has been a positive year - but a few high profile agencies and associated companies...

A high end estate agency says prices in Prime Central London are poised to rise 18 per cent by 2024 despite...

It's been two years since the SDL Group launched its franchise block management business, SDL Property Partners, the first of its...

The number of residential sales rose 1.9 per cent to 102,050  in November compared to the same month last year, the...

Prices in Prime Central London dipped again in November according to the property investment consultancy London Central Portfolio. Monthly average prices fell...

Century 21 UK, the British arm of the US-based franchising agency, is to open three new offices in the New Year.  The...

The next 12 months will be an opportunity to reassess the housing market according to property consultancy JLL. It says price growth...

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

There are reasons to be optimistic that a majority government will improve the housing market, simply by ending political and economic...

A former residential chairman of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has posed key questions for the government to answer over...

We’re nearing the end of another year in which many agents have faced challenging times and a frustrating market hit by...

Government figures from the Office for National Statistics show that house prices across the UK rose by a mere 0.7 per...

The ESTAS, the national customer service awards recognising the best agents, brokers and suppliers, closes for entry at the end of...

“There won’t be a single home but millions of different homes”, is one quote.  “There will be an end to gadgets”, is...

The troubled London agency Foxtons says its fleet of branded Minis will go electric - but it has generously set itself...

An estate agent in London claims he did £53m of property deals within hours of the Conservative victory in the General...

Rightmove predicts that the price of property coming to market in Britain will rise by two per cent next year. The portal...

Hello and welcome to the final Property Jobs Today before Christmas - and yes, there are still plenty of people moving...

Yes, believe it or not, we’ve nearly reached the end of a whole decade. And what an eventful decade it’s been. We’ve...

In the firmest sign yet that PropTech has entered the mainstream, Housing Minister Esther McVey recently launched an expert advisory council...

It’s a substantial Tory government for the next five years: what does this mean for estate agents, property and the market? We have...

House prices in England and Wales are set to fall over the next three months according to a price index produced...

Zoopla has this afternoon announced a massive growth programme for 2020 with 120 new staff and expansion in most of its...

The election is over and there’s nothing on the agenda except the run-up to Christmas - although there’s still time for...

Foxtons is reported to have closed four more branches across London, backing up widespread industry speculation that the agency is retrenching further in...

Century 21 UK has made what it claims to be the largest acquisition in its history, snapping up an independent agency...

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

OnTheMarket has this morning announced that as of December 2, over 3,000 more offices had been signed under new paying contracts...

Christmas gets ever closer and we’re delighted that you’re sending in those splendid festive videos and still photographs. Everyone today got in...

We recently asked readers for their questions to the portals - the questions they couldn’t really ask their local reps, but...

Agents have welcomed the surprise news from the Halifax that house prices last month saw their largest rise since the start...

Hello and welcome to PJT: even with little more than a fortnight before Christmas it seems there are still plenty of...

We have two more terrific agents’ offices today in the latest of our gallery of Christmas decorations. You can be here too...

Data scientists have released a study into the characteristics of homes and how they give away the likely voting intentions of...

With Brexit still unresolved, the domestic agenda has been pushed from the headlines by the seemingly overwhelming public and political discord...

There used to be a consolation for some estate agents at this time of year - while it was wintry and...

The Australian agent is a very different beast to his or her British counterpart - and it’s not just because we...

[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...

[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...

[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...

Sotheby’s International Realty says two recent sales it achieved 115 miles away from its closest office prove that local agents are...

The legendary Mayfair estate agency Wetherell is linking with London’s Dexters chain in a new partnership. Wetherell, run by high profile chief...

Another estate agency has provided evidence of the problems that continue to hurt the prime central London housing market. Strutt & Parker,...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Mark Hinkins and I’m a Sales Consultant...

A trading statement this morning by LSL Property Services - owners of Reeds Rains, Your Move and Marsh & Parsons -...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your weekly opportunity to catch up on who’s moving where and why across our...

We’re now into December and many offices are already decorated for the festive season - and we have our first pictures...

In the latest part of the Natter’s ‘day in the life of’ series, I catch up with Chris Osmond, sales director...

It’s been clear for a while that the additional regulation landlords and agents are facing has helped professionalise the private rental...

Cash-strapped Countrywide has this morning announced that it is selling its commercial business, Lambert Smith Hampton, for £38m. In a surprise statement...

House prices increased 0.5 per cent in November, which was the strongest monthly rise since April according to the Nationwide.  However, annual...

He portrays himself as a scourge of the Remoaner elite and a champion of the people, but when it comes to...

It’s beginning to look a lot like…we’re running a very popular service for agents, as we’ve been inundated with more fund-raising...

A Georgian mansion described as an oasis of seclusion and including a lake with 2,000 fish is being raffled by its...

The latest figures from investment consultancy London Central Portfolio suggests new build sales have plummeted in prime areas of the capital...

In just over two weeks, the UK population will head to the polls for the fourth general election since 2010. Of course,...

The latest market snapshot from the National Association of Estate Agents continues to show how political uncertainty is dampening sentiment and...

The chief of an online auction service says the Conservatives’ controversial proposal for a three per cent stamp duty surcharge on...

London’s specialist mews estate agency, Lurot Brand, is opening a new office in the capital.  Established in 1971 and widely regarded as...

Congratulations from everyone at Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today to all those who triumphed at the Relocation Agent Network...

Agents have reacted angrily to General Election proposals by all three main political parties to hike stamp duty for foreign buyers. The...

A report from Countrywide says the proportion of homes in Great Britain bought with cash fell to a mere 28 per...

Winkworth says the central London market has picked up from its lows of a year or more ago, but warns that...

Data from HM Revenue & Customs has revealed that residential property transactions have increased by 4.3 per cent year-on-year. In October 2019...

The head of a new property portal is urging agents to forget about spending money on For Sale and To Let...

The Property Franchise Group has issued a trading statement that is upbeat on lettings but warns that the sales market has...

Last week, it was announced that Plentific, the London-based tenant experience, has raised $32 million in Series B funding. Plentific’s model sees...

There was an increase in the number of first time buyers getting on the property ladder in September compared to the...

The prospective buyers of a home in Oxfordshire who paid a deposit of £108,000 before withdrawing are suing the sellers in...

Lord Sebastian Coe is to be the keynote speaker at the Fine & Country annual conference in February. Known most recently for...

As we know, the world’s moving very fast and how we communicate now is drastically different to even 10 years ago....

Last winter, Agents Giving had a fantastic response to our Winter Coat Drive, which saw the collection of more than 1,500...

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...