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With several agent partner programmes available across the country, estate agents can often increase business by offering sales by auction, with...

It’s been an undeniably tough year for agents so far and no one can say the industry doesn’t deserve a summer...

PwC says the drop in the number of property transactions is the economic indicator where the uncertainty over Brexit is most...

Humberts has announced new overseas investment as it continues to shift emphasis away from its past rural-only outlook. The investment news came...

The first ever home to have a viewing staged over Facebook Live has sold after it received three offers as a...

  A hybrid agency called 99Home Ltd, which made its debut back in April, appears to have relaunched with what it calls...

LSL Property Services does not report its figures for the first half of 2017 until August 1, but even so it...

A London agency says it’s angry that out of 200,000 homes officially classified as long term empty across the UK, just...

The buying agency Black Brick says 38 per cent of its transactions the first half of the year were off market...

A London independent says it has doubled its valuations so far this year and is opening a new office, despite the...

Your Move says the surprise General Election and the creation of a weaker minority government has exacerbated the slowdown in the...

Being a leading world-class city comes at a price – they are the most expensive for occupiers and the most lucrative...

That the private rental sector has become the government’s whipping boy for housing problems - landlords in particular, letting agents almost...

The UK property market has entered a period of stagflation where house price growth is consistently lower than the rate of...

Wimbledon finals and the British Grand Prix await us this weekend and The Open begins a few days later, completing what...

The latest market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows price growth dipping further, struggling transaction volumes and the...

A survey of just over 2,000 candidates and 1,000 employers across London’s residential property market suggests over half of them believe...

Purplebricks has released more details of expansion plans to recruit hundreds of additional Local Property Experts. The recruitment drive was launched yesterday...

Facebook has finally released more details about its previously announced plans to build 1,500 homes, 30 miles south of San Francisco,...

Winkworth Franchising has created an in-house recruitment department to enhance the company’s tailored offering to franchisees. The team will be led by head...

Gently rising house values in the mainstream market and problems facing the prime market in the capital mean that over half...

Foxtons - a company seen by many as a barometer of the London housing market - is likely to face a...

Former RICS residential chief Jeremy Leaf says he is not downcast by the latest Halifax house price index which shows prices...

One of the industry’s leading analysts says Countrywide’s figures for the first half of 2017 are likely to be tough -...

High end London agency Chestertons has opened a new office in West Putney, bringing its network across the capital to 33. The branch...

The chief economist of Price Waterhouse Coopers says that although by some measures the London housing market looks ripe for a...

The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld a complaint over a Purplebricks website statement featuring testimonials from clients; the complaint was made...

The first agent to open a franchised Winkworth branch has returned to the business as a consultant. Michael Stoop began his career...

Sales in prime central London in the year to the end of March are a huge 41 per cent below the...

Government schemes like Help To Buy, supposedly assisting more people get on the ladder, have little impact on improving social mobility...

**The free photography course for estate agents (part one) offer has now expired. It is still available in special circumstances so...

The chief executive of Purplebricks, often criticised by detractors for failing to reveal completion rates as opposed to listings, says his...

When it comes to provoking anger in property professionals, taxation takes some beating. Press releases are still arriving berating the December...

The controversial raffle of a home reportedly purchased in 2014 under the Right To Buy scheme for just £360,000 is back...

Haus Properties - the estate agency set up by former Apprentice finalist Jamie Lester, who quit the company suddenly last year...

The start of Wimbledon means we’re reaching peak summer - even if the weather suggests otherwise. But distractions like sporting events...

The Nationwide is warning that a slowdown in household spending is likely in the near future, leading to a ‘drag’ on...

Prime London house prices are now 5.3 per cent lower than at the time of the EU referendum admits Savills, following...

Entries for the new ESTAS Conveyancing Awards are now open and you have just over a month to get nominations in...

LonRes has launched a new product which it says helps developers and agents ensure maximum exposure to previously untapped buyers. A new...

The new anti-money laundering regulations introduced this week will delay the routine buying and selling of homes, a lawyer warns -...

The Queen’s speech to the British parliament this week was a scaled-back affair, which was unsurprising given the Grenfell Tower fire,...

Figures released by the government suggest that over 285,000 people, including 240,000 first time buyers, have used one or more of...

The steep drop in price growth for homes across London is beginning to bottom out according to Hometrack, which says values...

Today we’re publishing what we think is our longest-ever list of charitable activities being conducted by agents and their supporters -...

The Property Ombudsman’s annual report reveals a significant increase in the number of formal complaints resolved by the scheme and a...

Average prices in prime central London remained flat in May but are down 6.6 per cent on the year according to...

Online estate agency Housesimple says it is aiming to sell the first home in the UK via a viewing on Facebook...

The managing director of lettings at Foxtons says Brexit and domestic political uncertainty have become ‘the new norm’ in the London...

Industry trade bodies NAEA and ARLA Propertymark have announced the appointment of their new presidents. At an AGM on Friday, Katie Griffin...

In their election rhetoric all the political parties informed us that the UK is experiencing a ‘housing crisis’, with all promising...

As the UK is gearing up for a weekend of BBQs, beach visits and sunburn, property professionals have continued to do...

Knight Frank has recruited an estate agent from Foxtons to run its Tower Bridge branch.  Daniel Woods joins from the firm’s London...

High profile estate agency Cluttons has returned to marketing with Zoopla Property Group (ZPG).  The firm rejoined the portal at the end...

National average house price growth bounced back in April after a slow March, according to official figures. The latest UK House Price...

One of the biggest choices you can make in regards to the logistics of your estate agency can be picking a...

Analysis of over 120,000 sales valuations has revealed some of the UK's most expensive and cheapest property regions. Central London's 'W' postcode...

The introduction of a 3% stamp duty surcharge on the purchase of additional properties has 'shattered' the property market, according to...

We take a break from the relentless election coverage to look at the great fundraising work being carried out by our industry. Once...

As the nation goes to the polls today, industry boards supplier Agency Express reports that the property market picked up in...

London Central Portfolio, a property investment consultancy, has set out a five point plan for the next government elected this week...

If a political party wants to run a country, it’s probably a good idea that it shows it can at least...

Theresa May’s call for a snap general election on June 8 took many by surprise. But estate agents have been broadly...

An estate agent who was offered a sex act by his boss if he hit sales targets has won a sex...

A consumer group which has consistently promoted online agencies says they achieve closer to sellers’ original asking price than the national...

Carter Jonas has promoted one of the best known figures in lettings, Lisa Simon, to equity partner level, together with six...

The latest measure of house price rises in key UK cities by the property consultancy Hometrack shows house price in many...

Barclays Bank has given an optimistic view of the housing market over the next five years, with a prediction that across...

The recent rise in consumer complaints against sales and letting agents suggests that there is a general lack of trust and...

Since we last spoke, the ESTAS – the biggest and best property awards ceremony in the UK – has been and...

Student accommodation is positively luxurious compared with the drafty digs of my student days. En-suites, studio flats, even cinemas in halls...

A prominent agent admits to being “disappointed” at what appears to be slowing mortgage figures at a time of year when...

Franchise agency Hunters has launched another London office. Hunters has already opened six new branches across the country this year, and acquired...

Estate Agent Today understands that the fledgling trade group CIELA - the Charter for Independent Estate and Letting Agents - has...

Home ownership has halved for young families across some parts of the UK according to a charity.  The Resolution Foundation says its...

A respected City analyst has pointedly dissed Purplebricks over its allegedly modest inventory of homes for sale and rent. Antony Codling of...

Almost half the agents in London surveyed by LonRes say that 10 per cent or more of their vendor clients intend...

Home buyers borrowed £11.2 billion in March - down on the ‘stamp duty bonanza‘ period at the same time last year...

Official figures from the latest UK House Price Index show that average house prices fell by 0.6% between February and March. The...

London estate agency Marsh & Parsons has announced that its sales director Liza-Jane Kelly has taken the decision to leave after...

Estate agents' listings may soon include compulsory information on a location's air quality, the chief executive of NAEA Propertymark, Mark Hayward,...

Theresa May's decision to call a snap election in June has so far had 'little effect' on the property market, according...

Analysis of over 500,000 transactions shows that completions are slowest in London and the South East. The average progress from an offer...

Property portal Rightmove has appointed easyJet's chief financial officer to its board. Andrew Findlay will join Rightmove as a non-executive director...

Transaction levels in Prime Central London (PCL) increased for the third consecutive quarter during Q1 2017, according to Strutt & Parker. However,...

Given that around 95% of property searches now start online, it is more important than ever that an agent has an...

Since the seventies, housing starts and completions across England and Wales have been on a downward trajectory. The long run average...

Average asking prices in London have fallen, while the majority of regional markets are performing strongly, according to the latest index...

East London estate agency Spencers is today being rebranded as Portico. The seven-branch network - which also trades as Phillip Leigh -...

Is it the Brexit triggering of Article 50, the snap General Election or the cold weather we have had until recently?...

An attempt to raffle a property - like the much-publicised case of an owner in south east London, which reached some...

One of the industry’s best known training operators, TM training & development, is giving away free places on its next five...

Countrywide has announced an extensive reorganisation of senior management at its Hamptons International brand - with a pledge to "reach into...

Last week’s acquisition of high-end agency Cluttons from pre-pack administration is to be investigated by the Pension Protection Fund. We reported on...

Network Auctions has added 19 additional estate agency offices to its network so far this year.  They include three offices of Chaffers...

Reports in the commercial property industry publication Property Week suggest there may be difficulties concerning the sale of Countrywide’s commercial operation,...

Badger Holdings, owner of 26 agency branches operating under the Townends and Regents Estate Agent brands, has signed a multi-year deal...

There are only a few days to go before The ESTAS - the biggest event in the awards calendar for agents,...

The three-office RH & RW Clutton agency has issued a statement to say it’s alive and well - and unaffected by...

Auctions are a great way to sell property competitively, with a wide range of homes often selling under the hammer, and...