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Borrowers are currently rolling off relatively favourable two-year fixed-rate deals agreed at the start of 2022, but the pain from higher...

The UK’s housing stock offers the worst value for money of any advanced economy, new research suggests. Analysis by the Resolution Foundation...

The number of Londoners leaving the capital to move elsewhere in Great Britain has fallen back this year but first-time buyers...

Large language models, machine learning, artificial intelligence, artificial general intelligence, and 'the singularity' change everything, but there again, they change literally...

Estate agency has changed. No longer is it required to sit in a high street office working the old way. Provide a...

The term mixed-tenure development usually refers to residential developments where different residential tenures are provided on the same site. Typically, tenure was...

There is much debate about energy efficiency right now and about expected changes to minimum EPCs for private rental properties and...

Higher mortgage rates have replaced the 'race for space' as the primary reason for buying outside of London this year, research...

Success with your chosen CRM solution should not be a one-and-done package. Once you team up with a stellar CRM provider,...

CRMs can be superheroes for your business, but not all of them possess the necessary powers to save the day. As...

By adopting a top-notch Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution, you're not only opening doors to acquiring new customers and nurturing existing...

Black mould associated with condensation is becoming an increasing problem for homes in the UK and following the tragic death of...

Lies, damned lies, and statistics this week. I don’t know about you, but sometimes I feel as though I’m being bombarded...

New-build buyers will save on average around £2,600 a year in energy bills, research claims. Analysis based on Government’s Energy Performance Certificate...

In a recent McKinsey poll* 85 per cent of people said that fear of criticism, fear of uncertainty and fear of...

To be fair, there aren't a lot of things that scare me. That's not because I think I'm particularly brave, it's...

Facebook has been a platform which has opened the door to those looking to advertise their services in exceptional ways. Digital...

Hertfordshire estate agency Ashtons has continued on the acquisition trail by snapping up Harpenden-based Home County Sales & Lettings (HCSL). It is...

Hello and welcome to another Agents Do Charity, the weekly round up of fund-raising in our industry. Once more our thoughts are...

Letting agency growth experts are set to take to the virtual stage and use the latest tech to share their insights...

Halifax has revealed the UK’s most expensive streets in 2021 - and it’s no surprise that the very dearest examples are...

Well it’s about time isn’t it? We mean winter - it’s here at last, with white, wintry weather that gets us...

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...

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

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

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

We know the industry-wide statistic that more than 50% of all vendors end up selling with the second (or sometimes third)...

We know the industry-wide statistic that more than 50% of all vendors end up selling with the second (or sometimes third)...

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...

Property sales take a seriously long time to complete. There are a number of reasons for this, although often delays are...

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

Hello again - the good news is it’s Friday and even better news is it’s Agents Do Charity, celebrating the industry’s great...

The Property Ombudsman has announced the expulsion of eight agencies, all for contravening TPO codes of practice. Most of the expulsions were...

The landscape of the estate agency market in the UK is evolving to reflect changes in the way we live our...

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

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

The head of a website that contrasts the performances of rival estate agents is urging buyers to ‘drill down’ and find...

Countrywide’s shares took another battering yesterday as they plummeted below the psychologically-painful 5p mark - reflecting a 95 per cent loss of...

99home is the latest online agency to launch a no sale, no fee option for its vendors. The firm, which was launched...

The leasehold scandal has received plenty of press coverage, with horror stories of people living in homes that are impossible to...

An estate agency which was set up in south Wales late last year is opening a new branch that it describes...

Purplebricks’ global chief executive Michael Bruce has taken a swipe at the property and mainstream media for being too London-centric in...

The troubled Emoov hybrid estate agency, currently up for sale, has removed an advertisement after a complaint to a watchdog over...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, the place where you find all the key agency industry moves over recent days. Please...

One of the property industry’s best known figures, Richard Berridge, has teamed up with estate agency My London Home to lead...

Highly regarded industry figure Simon Whale, who quit his role as head of sales at Reapit on Friday, took to the...

Foxtons says its long-term branch expansion programme is now “largely complete” and it is shifting its attention to using technology to...

In the first of an ongoing series exploring the people who make the property industry tick, I catch up with James...

New research appears to show that Purplebricks, HouseSimple, Yopa and other prominent online agencies are most popular with vendors selling in...

When it comes to property, ‘Japanese knotweed’ are the two words most homeowners and prospective buyers do not want to hear.  With...

The property market in northern England, supported in part by the Northern Powerhouse concept, has attracted a lot of media attention,...

It seems prop-tech is exploding at a scary rate, and the latest brands are all trying to grab our attention by...

Annoying isn’t it. You take on a stunning property, agree a compelling asking price and your Vendor is desperate to get the...

When I read about the possible formation of yet another ‘mutual’ with the aim of furthering and protecting the interests of...

Despite dire warnings from some estate agents that stamp duty receipts for the government would plummet in London, it now appears...

An agency specialising in land and planning claims that campaigners in favour of maintaining the green belt must accept that some...

The key lies in improving your customer experience through technology For Agents, the tremendous growth in online estate agents highlights a strong...

A property analytics company has devised a method of calculating the ‘best’ locations in which to work as an estate agent,...

In the capital, people will pay a premium to live near great transport links, and as we’ve seen from Crossrail and...

What is Properstar? Properstar helps UK estate agents cross the chasm from local to global in respect of advertising their properties. Using...

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With a number of agent partner programmes available nationwide, estate agents can often increase business by offering sales by auction, especially...

The sense of gathering momentum for the Leave campaign ahead of the upcoming EU referendum is causing high levels of uncertainty...

Let Mid West Displays get your window in shape! Never underestimate the power of high street presence. Image is everything, and what...

Countrywide says it has Foxtons as its target to beat in a bid to be the number one agency for sales...

It was interesting to see the report on Estate Agent Today about the meeting between London estate agents, NAEA, and HMRC. No,...

Let’s face it: the work of an estate agent can be a thankless task. With clients on both sides of the...

A new analysis of rising property values measured in price per square metre, suggests one location has risen 773 per cent...