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The housing market is on track to record its strongest year since 2007 for transactions and house price inflation says Zoopla.  The...

Foxtons has written to the ‘legal owner’ of part of the Tower of London, offering to value the property for a...

House price inflation accelerated to 10.6 per cent in August, up from 8.5 per cent in July as buyers rushed to...

Some 1,100 guests are expected to attend the ESTAS awards tomorrow - the first time agents, conveyancers and brokers will gather...

Adorning homes with a Halloween-inspired look is becoming increasingly popular giving people an opportunity to show off their creativity. Really? Well that’s...

A business once called “the UK’s poshest estate agent” has revealed that it’s under new management. Bective - formerly called Bective Leslie...

A small property portal has accused Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket of listing properties with asking prices far in excess of market...

Over-65s saw their property wealth increase by £800 a month recently thanks to frenzied demand during the stamp duty holiday, an equity release...

A family-run agency has reinvented the For Sale board by removing all of the usual visual cues and traditional words -...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your chance to catch up with who’s moving where in our industry. If you have...

Despite increasing public debate and media spotlight on energy efficiency, the issue appears relatively unimportant to seven out of eight buyers according to...

Howl you doing? Yes, it’s just a fortnight until Halloween and time to wheel out unspeakably awful puns and the occasional...

The convicted murderer and rapist John Cannan, who is the prime suspect in the still-unsolved murder of estate agent Suzy Lamplugh,...

We’re building up towards both Christmas and the Awards season right now, and that gives plenty of opportunities for fund raising,...

The total value of homes in Britain has risen 20 per cent - that’s £1.6 trillion – in the past five...

One of the country’s leading buying agents has set out what’s hot and what’s not in London’s housing market as it...

The Women In Property group claims talented females are being lost to the industry due to the menopause.  It says panic attacks,...

The  housing market is not immune from the supply shortage hitting the economy, according to Knight Frank - with London the...

The ESTAS Forum scheduled for the morning of the annual awards ceremony on October 22 has been postponed - but the...

Agent wages have been in the news this week, with boastful claims from a number of self-employed businesses about the sums...

Many agents working in the industry, whether for large corporates or smaller independents, might one day have ambitions to branch out...

An estate agent claims he may be the highest paid in the industry this year - and he puts it down to...

A property company is offering its employees in the UK and overseas a day’s leave later this month to mark World...

House prices rose by the most in almost 15 years in September ahead of the end of the stamp duty holiday.  The...

Fund-raising takes all sorts of shapes and sizes and this week we have a splendid selection proving that point. Don’t miss out...

An agency says individual agents operating as self-employed can earn up to £64,000 more per year than fully-employed counterparts. Nested says the average UK...

The latest market snapshot of prime London by estate agency Benham and Reeves shows demand up 5.8 per cent annually for...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak says HM Revenue & Customs will probe any alleged wrongdoing in property purchases included in the so-called Pandora...

Propertymark has spoken out over the Pandora Papers leak scandal, which reveals many elite and super-rich buyers of properties in London...

Prices in prime central London have risen for the past two quarters, prompting a tentative claim that the market may be...

A new Rich List of the most expensive streets has been revealed by Zoopla.  Kensington Palace Gardens in London holds the title...

Foxtons has launched a new high-end department called Foxtons Private Office in a bid to woo the richest domestic and international...

Hamptons is to expand the provision of New Homes and residential development services across all of its 90 branches, after a...

The Portico agency - set up in 1818 - has become part of the Leaders Romans Group, which has bought it...

House prices rose by just 0.1 per cent in September - but they are still increasing by 10 per cent a...

Hello and welcome to the end of the week - another opportunity to see how our industry is doing great work...

An online operator called Nested is to spend £5m to promote the self-employed estate agency concept in 100 parts of the...

Controversial London agency Foxtons is to review its policy on top management bonuses. This follows a shareholder revolt at the agency's AGM...

Foxtons has given details of the PropTech it uses to help improve leads and business decisions.  The agency, which has some 50 offices...

West London agency RiverHomes is rebranding in what it describes as a bid to more closely reflect its unique expertise on...

Zoopla has calculated how much the average house price has risen every single day since the start of the pandemic in...

A leading agency says the new normal likely to establish itself in the housing market after the end of the stamp...

The first agency to give its market forecast for 2022 and beyond has suggested an upbeat performance next year.  Hamptons says the...

Agents from Purplebricks and Leaders are the latest recruits to sign up as area partners for Spicerhaart. Tyrone Matthews has been named...

We may be getting an extended summer but agents haven’t just been basking in the heatwave. There has been plenty of goodwill...

A leading planning consultancy has claimed that ‘the myth’ that housing developers are hoarding land after gaining planning consent in order...

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

Our story yesterday on whether agents should continue to dress formally post-pandemic seemed to relight the fire on a long-time debate...

The government has been warned that its much-talked about levelling up agenda is ‘doomed to fail’ without major reform of the...

Jonny Dyson, a leading London estate agent and the former regional director of John D Wood & Co., has joined Winkworth...

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

Every agent likes to have their phones ringing off the hook. So London agent Robert Irving Burns must have been excited when...

Following speculation overnight, Foxtons - one of London's leading and most high-profile agencies - has this morning announced the appointment of Nigel Rich CBE...

One of the property market's leading names has welcomed young people into its company for work experience through a partnership with...

The property market over the last 18 months has seen unprecedented activity - as a result of changed priorities, the stamp...

First-time buyers are £25,000 worse off thanks to the stamp duty holiday, according to estate agent comparison site GetAgent. The website revealed...

Robert Jenrick has been sacked from his post as Housing, Communities and Local Government Secretary. He was the third major name to...

The worst of the Covid-19 pandemic appears to be firmly in the rear-view mirror as we move into the last quarter...

Buyers are getting less square foot for their money when buying a property. Research by insurer Churchill has found that the average...

Rightmove claims to have identified the dream home for buyers. A survey of more than 2,000 visitors to the portal’s website has...

Scotland and the south west of England have been identified as cash buyer hotspots. Analysis by Barrows and Forrester, found 27 per...

Forget London, Scotland is now the fastest-moving market for million-pound properties. Analysis by Rightmove has found that million-pound homes are selling 25...

Good property marketing photos have arguably never been more important in an increasingly visual and tech-led world. We saw just the...

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

A London agency has launched a Wellbeing At Work initiative to help agents and other staff as they return to the...

Franchise giant Winkworth says it has backed the start up of a commercial company advising on investment in retail or business...

Exchanges of properties in prime central London, following the end of the largest part of the stamp duty holiday, suggest the...

The lifestyle changes triggered by the pandemic are likely to have a lasting effect on the housing market, pushing property prices permanently...

In this article, the team at Iceberg Digital outline why agents should consider attending the Estate Agency X event as well...

A prominent prime London estate agent has been awarded £180,000 by a compensation panel following her victory earlier this year in...

More buyers in prime central London are choosing larger properties - a function of the pandemic and the race for space. That’s...

Day in, day out, I see how good estate agents really are.  Whether it’s in my day job on Location, Location, Location...

A new forecasting model from a consumer website is predicting that house prices will rise by an average 30 per cent...

Chestertons, the London high-end estate agency chain, is reported to be looking for a buyer. Sky News says it’s hired Deloitte, the...

The man who admits he was “the acceptable face of Foxtons” in its golden period says he finally left because it...

Mortgage approvals declined over the last month as the tapering stamp duty holiday deterred home purchases, according to data from the...

A prominent London-focussed buying agent says she is seeing more foreign buyers returning to the UK capital - with more expected...

A long-standing agency says it’s proud that some of its most successful recent recruits have absolutely no industry experience. Felicity J Lord...

An agency claims that across the UK there have been very nearly 400,000 property transactions down valued in the last year...

There are some parts of the world, including in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, where estate agent isn’t seen as...

An estate agency is to launch its third branch, this time in a seaside location. Stoneridge Estate Agents’ new Brightlingsea town centre...

House sales slumped nearly two thirds last month as the main deadline for the stamp duty holiday passed.  HM Revenue and Customs...

A new survey of online and hybrid agents claims that they are now taking a 13 per cent share of the...

There are 19 new distinct £1m-plus property markets in the UK thanks to the soaring house prices of the past 15...

Politicians in one of the most exclusive property enclaves are complaining after average house prices have risen around £100,000 in just...

A  mortgage expert says surveyors should improve their standard services to cover the threat of climate change.  This comes after a summer...

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

Awful isn’t it? Where was that sunshine? Well, the clouds have parted when it comes to fund-raising as the industry continues...

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

Estate agents have gone on the record to say the flow of purchasers from London to country and market town locations...

Agents and developers are creating full-size show home-style properties overseas in a bid to woo wealthy foreigners who cannot travel to...

Three property agents feature on the latest list of businesses in trouble for failing to comply with money laundering regulations. The list...

High end agency Strutt & Parker is doubling its prediction for this year’s house price growth. For the UK-wide mainstream market the...

Almost £730 billion of equity is available in British homes - a record figure. The sum, assessed during the second quarter of...

One of the biggest trends since Covid, in the property world and elsewhere, has been a shift towards more hybrid, flexible...

Two prominent estate agencies are amongst those piloting a new financial product that allows aspiring buyers to purchase property with just...

Yet another housing market snapshot is reporting the stock of property for sale plummeting further downwards.  Property website Home says that while...

The market slowdown continues with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors reporting that new buyer enquiries have reduced for the first...

Rightmove data released this morning shows that the average asking price of a detached house has risen literally 10 times the...

Savills has revised its price forecasts for prime property market across the UK, but when it coms to prime central London...

Purplebricks has this morning confirmed that it’s ending its self-employed Local Property Experts operation and is moving to “a fully employed model...

Propertymark says confusion over new stamp duty rules has led to a surge in fall-throughs. Since April 1 homes bought in England...

Transaction volumes in prime London fell in July according to data from LonRes. Transactions were down 22 per cent compared with July...

House prices in July rose after falling in June, according to the Halifax. They were 0.4 per cent higher than in June,...

It’s a great sign of our slow but reassuring return to normality when much-missed fundraising events make a welcome comeback -...

Thirty-five years after London estate agent Suzy Lamplugh disappeared, the trust that bears her name is calling for action to address...

As the Tokyo Olympics draws to a close this weekend, the Nationwide Building Society has analysed long-term capital appreciation in locations regenerated...

Since 2017, The DPS has used the data we collect to track the rental values of properties across all regions of...

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

An estate agency has calculated precisely how much residential property has been sold so far this year, fuelled by the stamp...

A much higher than usual proportion of homes on sale in the current market have successfully found a buyer, according to...

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

A recent news story will have set alarm bells ringing for agencies up and down the country, when it was revealed...

We’re about to enter August and second half of the Olympic Games - and fund-raising is happening at a Gold medal...

Boomin has announced the appointment of six agents, described as independent representatives, who are now on the new portal’s strategic board. The...

Annual house price growth remains above 10 per cent despite a small monthly dip in July according to the Nationwide. A 0.5...

One of the leading housing market analysts says some of the extreme house price rises seen this year could unwind during...

Demand for all types of houses, from terraced to detached, has more than doubled in the current housing market - creating...

One of the country’s longest-standing independent buying agencies has rebranded. Haringtons, established in 2004 and covering both London and the country, has...

A new service launched over the weekend, proposing to charge buyers £30 for a “guaranteed” viewing, has split opinions amongst estate...

Hello and welcome to another Property Jobs Today, your chance to see the latest moves in our industry. Why not be a...

London’s super prime residential market has recorded its strongest half year in volume and value terms since the rush to beat...

Knight Frank’s network of residential sales offices in London had a record month in June as the end of the main...

New research from Zoopla appears to show that buyers typically move further away for larger homes rather than smaller or same-size...

An announcement by Foxtons this morning says it is considering future options for its mortgage business, Alexander Hall. The announcement - made...

An agent support service set up in the early days of the pandemic has closed down with its architect saying “If...

New research suggests that the number of owners enquiring to sell across Greater London has increased by 68 per cent since...

Property consultancy LonRes says June was a record-breaking month for property sales in the capital, with exchanges up 140 per cent...

Former Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond and strategist Sir Lynton Crosby - the architect of many Conservative election campaigns -...

A new analysis off the housing market suggests that the current frenzy is down partly to activity in the most expensive...

Over a fifth of properties have risen in value by more than the average salary according to a calculation made by...

The housing market across the country shows little or no sign of cooling despite the end of the main stamp duty...

London agency Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward is opening four new branches this year. KFH recently opened new lettings offices in Brook Green...

A prominent London estate agency owner wants an industry anti-racism campaign to counter what she describes as the “discrimination and prejudice...

A commercial property agency in London says it will open a residential sales and lettings operation this year. Bermondsey-based Henshall & Partners...

A property that used to house one of London’s best known prostitutes - and which carries a blue plaque celebrating her...

An estate agency is opening a large new office in London which it claims will be “very different” to the traditional...

Agents should use a mixture of next-generation 3D style technology and traditional, old-school estate agency to allow them to thrive. That's...

There are currently 341,419 homes across England, Scotland and Wales that have been vacant for at least six months.  Collectively, these homes...

A leading agent says the supply of homes coming to the market is still insufficient to match demand. London estate agent Jeremy...

Foxtons’ chairman and longest-serving board member is to stand down at the end of this year at the latest, after a...

The Halifax is reporting a 0.5 per cent monthly drop in house prices, plus a fall in the annual rate from...

Veteran agent and property consultant Dominic Grace, who recently left Savills after 37 years, is to take up a new role...

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

The second man to appear in a notorious video showing an estate agent accosting Professor Chris Whitty has now been charged...

A leading agency in the capital says it’s seen its strongest ever half year of trading. According to Chestertons’ latest market analysis,...

Purplebricks has addressed its critics on house sales by pledging to return vendors’ upfront fees if the agency fails to find...

A north London new homes agency is to rebrand as Connells-owned Hamptons. Lanes New Homes has been owned by Hamptons for some...

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

It may be the height of summer but the industry is still super-busy and new appointments continue to come thick and...

The industry’s two leading trade bodies have spoken out about the incident in which an agent accosted England’s chief medical officer,...

Several estate agencies have reported record months of business thanks to the rush of transactions ahead of the main stamp duty...

Labour says the stamp duty holiday is an example of the government’s “failed approach” to home ownership and housing affordability. Labour’s Shadow...

Knight Frank claims that the number of UK property transactions in June is on track to be the highest on record.  Although...

All eyes on Rome this weekend as England face Ukraine on their way - we hope - to winning Euro 2020. Some...

An estate agent has been sacked after being identified as one of two people accosting England's chief medical officer, Professor Chris Whitty. A...

The founder and managing director of FCS Compliance, Jerry Walters, has died suddenly. A statement from the company says he died during...

New NAEA Propertymark president Liana Loporto-Brown has assumed office, hoping to reset the organisation after a tumultuous year. In February chief executive...

Back in April, leading portal Zoopla launched a new multi-million-pound marketing campaign, its biggest ever, to help agents capitalise on the...

No fewer than seven estate and lettings agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme today. Most of them are now...

High end agency Savills says prime central London remains “relatively subdued” ahead of the return of foreign travel and overseas buyers. PCL...

A new analysis claims Help To Buy has improved building volumes and has not been a drain on taxpayers. The scheme which...

Estate agency comparison website GetAgent has calculated the typical fees charged to vendors in different parts of the country. It says agents...

The Competititon and Markets Authority says it’s to look into reviews on Google and Amazon, and see whether the online giants...

The self-employed agency model will not be successful in the UK because the commission in this country is so low. That’s the...

Price renegotiations are underway between buyers and sellers in danger of missing Wednesday’s stamp duty holiday deadline, says Knight Frank. The agency...

Property auctions have boomed during the pandemic, despite auction houses having to quickly move away from their traditional in-room events since...

Peter Everett - a veteran High Street estate agent with a quarter of a century at LSL and a decade at...

Phil Spencer has interviewed five key regional estate agents in the latest of his Move iQ industry videos. It’s a fascinating insight...

London-focussed agency Winkworth - which has around 60 of its 100 franchise branches in the capital - has now opened another...

Iain McKenzie, chief executive of the Guild of Property Professionals, has given Estate Agent Today readers four exclusive marketing tips. In a...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, we have one of the most familiar names in agency on board for a Q&A....

New research has thrown light on how much buyers must pay on average to trade up to a property with one...

Franchise giant Winkworth has launched a new property podcast to boost its marketing. The Property Exchange podcast will air monthly, with the...

London property is still a draw for the wealthiest in the world according to Knight Frank. Despite international travel restrictions, the number...

In the first of a two-part special with the presidents of the UK’s largest property trade organisation, we carry out an...

The row over whether agents should be allowed to vet people who view properties on the basis of their wealth has...

Fine & Country has a new prime London licensee covering Notting Hill and Chelsea - but there will be no High...

London’s housing market may be distinctly lacklustre compared to much of the rest of the UK right now but one development...

Kerfuffle founder Simon Whale has given Estate Agent Today readers three top tips for improving their performance. The trio of suggestions -...

Average house prices in the year to the end of April increased by 8.9 per cent according to the government’s Office...

A traditional problem for agents has been ‘tyre kickers’ who come to view a home out of curiosity with little or...

A leading agent has been in touch with EAT to vent his frustration at the government for extending most of the...

The cost of the average mortgage deposit has climbed £11,000 in some areas thanks to the stamp duty holiday fuelling the...

A home within 500 metres of a tube or railway station in London will carry a massive premium compared to a...

A senior estate agent says even if the restrictions easing lockdown, still formally scheduled for June 21, are delayed by several...

An estate agent has been accused of charging prospective clients to view a property. The claim has been made on Twitter by...

There are an estimated 2.7 million landlords in the private rented sector (PRS) providing rental accommodation to multiple generations of tenant,...

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

Annual house price inflation is now at its strongest level in nearly seven years, says the Halifax House Price Index. The average...

Foxtons shareholders will today give their verdict on the company’s plans to ‘go national’, revealed at the start of the weekend. On...

Prices in prime central London grew by 0.3 per cent in the year to May - tiny rise but a significant...

Leaders Romans Group is to bolster its finance services with the expansion and rebranding of its mortgage arm. Leaders and Romans Mortgage Services...

Independent agents come in all shapes, sizes and looks, many with their own USPs and little quirks. It is this variety...

The Grenfell Tower disaster in June 2017 exposed the dangers of inflammable cladding on residential tower blocks, and what has come...

It’s been reported that Foxtons is to create ‘virtual branches’ in as many as 15 UK cities outside London, plus commuter...

A council cracking down on the increase of illegally positioned estate agent boards. Agents are required, under Planning and Highways legislation to...

The MP who chairs one of the most important committees in the House of Commons has urged the government to increase...

In a trading statement this morning Foxtons has revealed that following a 49 per cent increase in sales revenue in the...

A senior figure in the UK activities of the Keller Williams estate agency has died at the shockingly young age of...

Books about property are, relatively speaking, commonplace - books by estate agents are far less so, hence the interest in The...

An agency says two thirds of its sales valuations in London in the first quarter of the year have been conducted...

An anonymous conveyancer has admitted increasing fees to deter buyers and sellers in the frenzied housing market during the stamp duty...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, I am delighted to chat with Lucy Morton, Head of Residential Agency at JLL, about...

A global financial software and analytics firm says it’s launching a new PropTech tool which promises in the near future to...

Propertymark has thrown its weight behind the government’s First Homes initiative, describing it as “creative” and saying it’s a sign of...

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

The apparent plight of first time buyers hits the headlines frequently but new research shows that second steppers face a wide...

An assessment by a risk solutions firm shows that estate agents are on average just 53 per cent of the way...

One of the country’s leading estate agents claims some solicitors are charging exorbitant fees on transactions as they near the latest...

With property fraud on the rise and an ever-increasing number of transactions taking place in the lettings sector, having strict anti-money laundering...

An analysis of over 1.6m listings by Rightmove shows a big return to normality - demand for smaller city centre properties...

London agency Benham and Reeves says a new analysis it’s conducted of the capital’s property market since last summer shows a...

Data consultancy LonRes has given a typically upbeat assessment of the Prime London sales market - despite the effects of Coronavirus...

A new four part TV series is to lift the lid on some of the agency activities that go on to...

A family-run agency has launched a campaign to back the High Street following the reopening of most shops and businesses. London agency...

An agency says sellers should improve the attractiveness of their properties for sellers - so it's linked with a florist to offer...

A London agency is rejecting the suggestion that sellers are heading to the countryside - instead, it says they’re likely to move...

eXp UK - an agency brand with roots in the US and led by Adam Day, a veteran of three online firms -...

Welcome to another working week and with it, our regular update on appointments and moves within our industry. Please let us know...

The asking price of a typical home in the UK has hit a third of a million pounds for the first...

A new boutique estate agency is to open in London, run by a former director of both Dexters and Hanover Residential. Jeremy...

It’s been quite a week for the rental sector. Lettings agents and landlords have had such a torrid time in recent years...

Over the next few years, the property sector is set to change for the better – all thanks to PropTech. While the...

The number of properties coming on the market is still not meeting the huge demand from buyers, but the level of...

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

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Bal Arora – Managing Director In your experience, what is the...

Two former directors of the prestigious Beauchamp Estates agency in central London have set up their own new company. They say their...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, I speak to someone who has made an excellent impression on the property industry in...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Jack Reid Founding Director of Orlando Reid  In your experience,...

London’s super prime residential market shows signs of recovery with more £5m-plus sales recorded in the first four months of 2021 than...

A row has blown up over a house raffle where the property prize was withdrawn and a cash alternative offered because...

The latest Coutts Prime Property Index has revealed that activity in this sector of the market - based mostly in London...

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

The group chief executive of south east England’s largest independent agency is retiring. David Lench of Arun Estates has revealed that he is...

The ESTAS Awards ceremony is traditionally held each May but no prizes for guessing why this year, as with 2020, things...

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

London-based estate agency Orlando Reid is opening an additional office in Manchester - the start of a long-term growth programme for...

The Prime Central London pain throughout the pandemic can be seen by new figures just released by an investment consultancy, showing...

The so-called race for space as the pandemic drives buyers to reconsider their lifestyle options has led to prices for prime...

Mortgage lending has shown the biggest net increase on record according to the Bank of England.  Mortgage borrowing in March rose by...

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

The new Mayor of London, to be decided in an election tomorrow, has just received a six point set of demands...

House prices are 7.1 per cent above their level a year ago as the boom continues. The latest house price index, from...

Local elections rarely set the pulse racing and this year’s poll on Thursday faces a similar problem. But this time, it’s a...

Keller Williams now boasts 377 estate agency partners across the UK - agents that have set up and run their own...

This time last year the industry was awaiting the launch of a new portal - the free to list public site...

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

Britain’s second largest estate agency has outlined radical new plans to shift direction, making financial services and not sales or rentals...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, I chat with Fine & Country UK’s managing director Nicky Stevenson, one of the most...

The UK affiliated agency of Warren Buffett’s global real estate company has acquired a historic independent company operating in prime central...

One of the earliest London agencies to adopt a hub-style operation with self-employed agents working on a high commission basis, has...

A former senior Foxtons and Douglas & Gordon agent has hit out at “the relentless key performance indicator culture” of some agencies. Matthew...

The estate agency industry is besotted with digital canvassing to try to win business - but that’s the wrong approach to take...

A prime London estate agency is going global - not only with a new office in the UK capital but with...

As London plays catch-up with the buoyant housing market seen in the rest of the country, two agencies have announced new...

The UK affiliated agency of Warren Buffett’s global real estate company has unveiled its new website. Berkshire Hathaway Homes Services (Kay &...

The biggest news story in town this last week – which has brought people who don’t usually like or watch football...

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

Hello and welcome to a sunny Friday and this week’s round-up of the industry’s good works. We’re keen to feature agents and...

The Nationwide Building Society has launched a product which, controversially, allows some first time buyers to borrow 5.5 times their income. From...

The average UK house price has risen 8.6 per cent - that’s typically £20,000 - in the past year. This is the...

The veteran estate agent who led criticism of Countrywide’s former management is turning his glare on Foxtons. The London estate agency has...

A hybrid agency which until now has been active only in London is launching new hubs in Manchester and Brighton. Agent &...

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

Some 80 per cent of the property market will remain free of stamp duty for first-time buyers, even after the current...

A leading agent says that for every house he puts on the market, he has over 40 requests for viewings -...

Hello and welcome to another working week, and the latest on jobs and staff movement across our industry. You can be part...

There’s been a surge in activity in London’s prime housing market according to LonRes. The property data company says that new instructions in March...

For many, the funeral of HRH Prince Philip will be a solemn affair, while for some it will also be a...

New research shared with Estate Agent Today suggest that in areas of the country almost four in 10 homes for sale...

This time out, I speak to one of the industry’s biggest-hitters. Adrian Gill may have retired from frontline agency, having had...

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

Foxtons has reassured investors that 2021 has started well and the agency is on the road to recovery after the Coronavirus...

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

Purplebricks is this summer starting a £7m campaign in a bid to to increase market share, using a new media partner. The...

Winkworth says Covid and its aftermath will not derail plans to open five offices a year.  In a trading statement to shareholders...

Boutique estate agency D S Churchill is to open a countryside office serving the Cotwolds, Oxfordshire and surrounding counties. D S Churchill...

A new name is to appear at the top of Knight Frank from next spring - and he is charged with bringing...

The sizes and numbers of gardens in London are reducing because stamp duty is encouraging more extensions as an alternative to moving. That’s...

The MP leading a new parliamentary committee on the housing market says a radical reform of tax would help more people move...

First time buyers are now saving more than £800 a year in comparison with tenants, new analysis suggests.  The Halifax says the...

Licensing of the short-term lets sector in Scotland was due to be introduced next month. However, it was recently announced that...

Annual house price growth remains strong but it has slowed significantly according to the Nationwide. Prices dropped 0.2 per cent on average...

A prominent London agency says today’s new two per cent stamp duty surcharge imposed on most overseas buyers will not dampen...

A company in the German Axel Springer publishing empire - which also invested in Purplebricks in the past - has put...

Bank of England figures reveal that in February there were 87,700 mortgage approvals - down from a peak of 103,700 in...

Fine & Country is opening a new branch in the Welsh capital, Cardiff. It covers the city and surrounding areas, the Vale...

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

Hello, and as we near the first Bank Holiday of the year (and a little light at the end of the...