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In this week's Natter, I focus on the inspiring story of Clare Hughes, who has bounced back in the last 12 months...

The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has changed the way we evaluate our lives and, looking more specifically at the property market, it...

Covid-19 has caused the number of new homes registered by UK house builders to fall 23 per cent in 2020. The NHBC...

It’s been some time since online agencies have ventured into crowdfunding to raise investment, but easyProperty has now done so -...

An estate agency has issued an abject apology for calling the Covid pandemic “a blessing in disguise.” There was a huge social...

Two mysterious online agencies have had their advertisements for the same property banned by the Advertising Standards Authority. The agencies - Manchestersalerent and...

Hello and welcome to the first Property Jobs Today of 2021 - we’re less than a fortnight into the New Year...

A young estate agent - who by the age of 20 has already had a year working with Purplebricks - has...

A new estate agency in one of the country’s most widely-mocked towns has opened its doors - and is not afraid...

New research attempts for the first time to identify the most lucrative property markets in the country - with surprising results...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your opportunity to catch up on who’s moving where in the agency and supplier...

A conveyancing firm is blaming councils for delays in transactions. Conveyancers have themselves been sharply criticised in recent weeks as the sharp...

A new property portal that operates a Tinder-style ‘swipe’ app is offering agents 12 months free listings. MoveStreets operates like the dating...

Agents in some parts of the country may be able to make use of data from utilities comparison service uSwitch, which...

A former healthcare executive is the latest convert to become an online agent with easyProperty, the company has announced. Richard Ayres has...

Online agency easyProperty has announced four new areas to its portfolio to build on its existing 41 locations - and it’s seeking...

Another US real estate agency wants to follow Keller Williams, Berkshire Hathaway and others by opening in the United Kingdom. Nest Seekers International...

Hunters chairman Kevin Hollinrake - who is also a backbench Conservative MP - has been criticised on Twitter by Manchester United...

A south coast estate agency which has been operating since the 1980s has opened its seventh office.  Jacobs Steel’s latest branch is...

One of Countrywide’s biggest shareholders has written a second letter to the company to demand bold action to save the agency...

The proportion of the asking price achieved on average in the past year is 95.8 per cent according to a new survey. Comparison...

The online agency Housesimple has rebranded to become 'Strike' with immediate effect. The news comes as a surprise given the apparent success...

Two companies that persuaded property investors to pay as much as £25,000 for a parking space have been wound up in...

Hunters has launched two additional franchise branches in Tower Bridge, London and Middleton, North Manchester, taking the company total to over...

We recently issued our Zoopla House Price Index, which analyses the latest real-time trends from the sales market. In our analysis, we...

Zoopla predicts that the price strength that has been seen since the reopening of the housing market is likely to continue...

National property auctioneer Pugh & Co is launching an initiative to partner with estate agents across the UK. Via a new network...

Details being presented to Parliament today may include information on how agents can return to work in some sort of ‘new normal.’ A 50...

A surveyors’ firm has been wound up after courts declared that it had misled clients over the success of its core...

Nested is the latest online agency to base a marketing campaign around criticism of established estate agents.  In three 30-second TV ads...

It may be that we’re facing another year - make that yet another year - of disruption in the housing market. Coronavirus...

Hello and welcome to the start of a new week - and it’s been a frantic seven days since the last...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT - your regular Monday fix of who’s moving where in our industry. As ever, a...

It’s been reported that two founders of an estate agency at Leigh in Greater Manchester have been banned until 2025 after...

Hello - if it’s Monday it’s PJT day, so welcome to the latest update on key moves within our industry. Let us...

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

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

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

Hello, and with exactly one week before Christmas Day we’re delighted to bring you yet more agents’ festivities. We have two for...

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

Online estate agency Housesimple is extending its offer to sell homes for free to some postcodes in the Midlands.  The offer is...

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

A PropTech company that monitors search times for transactions says only just over two thirds of them are now completed in...

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

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

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,...

Leaders Romans says it has won new funding to acquire more agencies.  “We have made no secret of the group’s intention to...

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

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

The Conservative Party conference agenda, now published, gives the housing issue several bites of the cherry in Manchester next week. Housing minister...

A hybrid estate and lettings agency operating currently in Manchester, Liverpool and others parts of the north of England has told...

A PropTech start-up says its service allows investors from anywhere in the world to buy property in the UK which can...

It’s that time again. Each year I take a look at newspaper readership - not from the angle of journalists, but...

Yes it’s Monday, so it’s another edition of PJT, your guide to the key moves and changes in the agency and...

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

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

I missed the biggest property story of the week and it’s only scant consolation that almost everyone else seemed to miss it...

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

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

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

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

Online agency Housesimple has become the first in the UK to sell houses for free. It says that based on the average...

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

A recently-launched free-to-list portal says it’s uniquely positioned to attract overseas buyers and investors interested in purchasing in major UK cities. Residential...

The UK property market can be seen by criminals as an effective vehicle to conceal the proceeds of economic crime. Criminally...

A lawyer appears to be suggesting that ‘clean and tidy’ clauses be inserted into house purchase deals, allowing buyers to retain...

House prices in 20 UK cities analysed by Zoopla show an average 1.7 per cent increase over the 12 months to...

Research  by HouseSimple suggests that over 31 per cent of homes currently on sale in major UK towns and cities have...

It’s no secret that the UK’s housing sector is in crisis. Headlines scream about the shortage of new-build homes. TV pundits...

Zoopla’s Hometrack index of 20 major UK cities shows that London property prices are starting to stabilise after a three year...

For many years, the majority of agents have stuck to the tried-and-tested 9am-6pm opening hours framework. But is this now changing,...

Competition for landlords will be fiercer than ever this year. Landlords are facing a raft of changes and will likely be...

It’s been revealed that Countrywide has been hit with a £215,000 fine as part of a swoop by HMRC cracking down...

The chief executive and founder of a developer and property investment group says Purplebricks is “an excellent business” but its recent...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, your regular catch-up on key appointments news in our industry. It’s been a difficult seven...

The regional agency MoveSelf, which set up in 2017 as an online estate agent, is shifting emphasis towards For Sale By...

The industry has long been critical of reports claiming house price movements are in some way uniform across the country, but...

There may be a cloud over the economy right now but growth of 2.7 per cent in house prices last year...

Rightmove has revealed which day was its busiest in 2018 in terms of page views. It says February 19 was the date,...

Six directors have been banned from office after misleading over 300 people who bought new build homes in the north of...

House price inflation across the UK has slowed to a six-year low of 2.6 per cent thanks to falls in London...

Today we finally bring the curtain down on our terrific gallery of Christmas photos that agents and suppliers have kindly sent...

Another year is nearly done – and what an eventful year it’s been. We’ve had more than our fair share of breaking...

A leading property consultancy has called out Manchester as the location which has seen the highest urban price growth of anywhere...

A first-time agent who has previously owned a retail franchise and some buy to let units, has bought the Century 21 franchise...

Agents may sometimes have a tense relationship with conveyancers but admit it - when our legal colleagues are good, they are...

It’s now almost a month since the government introduced new rules on Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO), as part of its...

Traditional estate agent fees average just 1.1 per cent across the UK according to research from an agency comparison website -...

Not so long ago, the best estate agents were those who did the best work for their clients and therefore built...

A new online agency says it is currently focussing on one large city but will expand to cover the whole of...

Hello and welcome to PJT, our weekly round up of key moves within the industry. Let us know what’s going on with...

A series of leasehold roadshows beginning next month in Manchester aims to throw a spotlight on problems associated with the tenure,...

The income first-time buyers need to purchase a home in the UK’s largest cities has shot up by 18 per cent...

A former star of Emmerdale and I’m A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here has switched career for the (more glamorous?) world...

Welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today - and as ever we have a breakdown of key moves within our industry. To...

Hometrack says other cities are now closing the gap on London in terms of house prices and market value. The latest Hometrack UK...

In what is regarded as his most important speech since becoming housing minister, Dominic Raab has told a conference that it...

Just as some estate agents are reported to be making plans to retrench if the housing market continues to be sluggish,...

If World Cup 2018 appeared to be low profile at the start, it didn’t last long. Following this week’s Harry Kane goals...

Hello - if it’s Monday, it must be Property Jobs Today, your chance to see a snapshot of the key moves...

London estate agency Kay & Co says it is targeting Chinese buyers following research data produced by a portal. The China property...

Property sellers in the South of England are having to accept asking reductions in order to achieve a sale.  Data from Hometrack...

A study of house price affordability has revealed that train drivers can afford a greater proportion of homes in the UK's...

New figures from Hometrack show that a typical home in Greater London now takes 17 weeks to find a buyer -...

Four estate agencies have opened new branches, either as a result of expansion or because of acquisitions. Homes4u has opened a futuristic...

The boss of an electrical company has set up a new estate and letting agency with the help of six-figure funding...

House price growth in London has hit a seven year low according to Hometrack, with prices actually down across 42 per...

A Manchester-based property investment firm is claiming to be the first company in Britain to record an online exchange of a...

Rightmove’s latest assessment of the housing market suggests that Newport in Gwent is the fastest moving area in Britain for vendors. A...

New analysis by Hometrack shows that large regional cities like Edinburgh, Birmingham and Manchester look set for a 20 per cent...

The number of first-time buyers has increased 16 per cent in the past month and 10 per cent year on year...

Q. How did you get in to the property industry? My career in the property industry actually started out as a holiday...

I have high expectations for this year’s PropTech events and property conferences.  Those that I attended in 2017 demonstrated a real step...

Homes for sale in some parts of inner London are seeing price discounts of up to 10 per cent says Hometrack...

The housing market has returned to stability with exchanges up one per cent year on year and the average house price...

In recent years January has become the month of detoxes, fad diets, health kicks such as Dry January and Veganuary, and...

Japanese knotweed, the invasive plant brought over to Britain in the Victorian era, threatens millions of pounds worth of property transactions...

  A new league table showing how long it takes homes to sell on average in different postcodes across England and Wales...

Hunters is partnering with a PropTech firm to allow homes on the market and still awaiting buyers to be short-let for...

Leaders has appointed Debra McHale as its new area sales manager for the north west of England. McHale has worked in the...

What a year it’s been! Back in 2016 we had Brexit, a new prime minister, Donald Trump’s election, and so when...

So there’s under a week to go to Christmas and it’s clear from your photos that festive jumper time has well...

Thanks once more to all those agents sending in their office pics to get us in the mood for Christmas…especially as there...

Data from Hometrack shows that the gap between average earnings and house prices has reached an all-time high in London.  The price...

A firm that sells homes but also creates operating platforms for other agencies to break into the industry is seeking £450,000 through...

Three hundred of the UK’s top conveyancers have celebrated the success of the industry at the first ever ESTAS Conveyancer Awards. The...

London house prices are stuck in neutral according to the latest figures from property consultancy Hometrack, which says values in the...

And so concludes another party conference season.  We’ve followed the great and the good (both terms are debatable) around Torbay, Bournemouth,...

UBS says London's housing market still faces the risk of becoming a bubble - although that risk has marginally eased over...

Nested, the chain-breaking estate agency that offers vendors a guaranteed sale of their property within 90 days, is to expand beyond...

It’s been quite a week, much of it concerning the technology that increasingly underpins our industry.  A glut of fund-raising and relaunching...

In this week’s Natter I’m going to get all political. Don’t worry, I won’t be giving my opinions on Brexit, Trump...

Property consultancy Hometrack says London’s 12 month market slowdown has bottomed out with the annual growth rate rising to 2.8 per...

The latest figures from business consultancy Hometrack shows that house price inflation in the UK’s major cities is likely to reach...

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

Purplebricks has landed a deal to sell new-build homes, an activity previously done usually directly by developers or traditional high street estate...

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

A nine-branch agency in Manchester claims a new app is behind a 20 per cent improvement in its Rightmove statistics. Thornley Groves...

New housing minister Alok Sharma is set to make his first key speech this week, at the Housing 2017 conference in...

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

A new online estate agency is offering vendors a sales package for just £24.99. MoveSelf, which is based in Manchester, allows vendors to...

A telephone number is more than just a number. To consumers, it gives useful information about the company it belongs to....

It has been announced that Uber, the taxi company, has teamed up with build to rent firm, Moda Living, to ‘revolutionise renting’.    This...

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

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

The UK Independence Party’s housing policy for the General Election hinges around a huge expansion in modular factory-built housing - but...

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

Trinity Mirror is aiming to secure more of agents' marketing spend after launching what it is describing as a 'fightback' against...

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

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

House price inflation in London continues to slow and has now reached 4.9 per cent year-on-year according to Hometrack. London is now among...

The Guild of Property Professionals is holding its annual regional meetings next month at 10 sporting venues across the UK under...

Lomond Capital has secured up to £37.5m for new acquisitions of sales and lettings agencies across the south of England -...

There’s no sign yet that the snap General Election is distracting our industry from continuing its fine record of doing good...

HomeXperts, the network of franchise agents operating from their homes and covering sales and lettings, has announced three new franchisees. They are...

Peter Robinson, CEO of AIPP – Association of International Property Professionals – shines a light onto the international property market. Some UK...

It’s been another busy week of fund-raising for agents across the industry, sparing time to do good works despite the market...

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

Contrary to some reports suggesting London’s housing market may be recovering, new data from Hometrack reveals the capital’s performance is still...

Manchester-based sister firms Sequre Property Investment and Sequre International have extended their office space thanks rising demand for UK buy to...

I had a very interesting chat with the man behind a new portal the other day. He was John Dixon, the portal...

The East Midlands, which consists of several areas including Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, and much of Lincolnshire, has an ancient...

The latest assessment of major UK cities’ housing markets by property consultancy Hometrack shows more locations overhauling London in terms of...

If you provide a service, you expect to be paid for it. Sound fair? But with the forthcoming ban on tenant...

Following a strong start to 2016, particularly in the lower to middle range of the UK housing market, that lasted up...

House prices in London are now rising at 7.6 per cent per year - the lowest figure for 39 months according...

A commercial and industrial property agency in Manchester has launched a residential sales and lettings business.   Founded in 1999 and based in...

An estate agency described as operating a ‘pay as you go’ business model says it wants to “disrupt the disruptors” operating...

As many northern cities struggled to recover from the 2008 global financial crisis, the north-south divide returned to plague the British...

An online agency called DoorStepAgents.com claims to have set up a service which is both the cheapest and ‘best value’ sales...

With Halloween fast approaching it appears by happy coincidence that the number of homes sold on the UK’s various Elm Streets...

Zoopla Property Group claims that in the past two weeks, over 40 agency branches have returned to listing on Zoopla and...

A 24-unit block of apartments designed by the company behind the Yo! Sushi chain has been given consent to be constructed...

The UK's largest independent estate agency chain – Spicerhaart – has a fund of £26 million to be spent on acquisitions. The...

An estate agency with four offices across Greater Manchester has been bought out of administration, with all of its 21 staff...

YOPA, the online agency which now has financial investment from Savills, says its instructions have risen five-fold since February. It also says...

There has been a marked slowdown in house price growth in major UK cities in the past three months - led...

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

Summer finally arrived, the transport system (as always) went into meltdown, everyone complained that it was too hot and the sun...

Plans for the Northern Powerhouse scheme, designed to rival London and the South East as the main driver of economic growth...

It’s the height of holiday season but despite the rival attractions of traffic jams and airport delays, many agents are still...

Sheffield in South Yorkshire, which was once one of the leading industrial cities in Britain and is still recognised for its...

London’s rising supply of homes on sale and relatively low level of transactions are “pointing to slower house price growth in...

Solicitors’ company Tollers says more than 50 estate agents have now formally instructed it in relation to claims against Agents’ Mutual,...

Last few seats in Manchester. Use “June50” to get £50 off. “Social media is like exercise. We know that we should do it...

Vandals are reported to have smashed the windows of an estate agency with sledgehammers before destroying computers and stealing cash. The Manchester Evening...

Research by The Guardian has revealed that the Blair family’s property empire has expanded - secured just ahead of the stamp...

Manchester estate agency Ascend Properties has appointed a former agency chief to spearhead sales in the city.  Ged McPartlin, the new sales...

Lomond Capital has acquired John Shepherd Estate Agent in Birmingham as it continues to 'expand south.' The deal, which includes Marwood Homes...

Miller Metcalfe Surveyors is a centre of excellence, with accreditation from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors for residential surveys and...

There’s been plenty of forecasting in recent weeks - banks, consultancies and high-end estate agents have predicted house prices in the...

There were 110 million visits to Rightmove on average every month in 2015. Results for the site, which measured hits from January 1...

Hometrack says its index of house price growth in major cities is already 9.4 per cent per annum and looks set...

Estate agent Butters John Bee based at Nantwich in Cheshire has won the latest ESTAS Agent of the Month title.   The...

Zoopla says it will later this week give an update on the number of agents it now has as members -...

Property journalists, and more than a few estate agents, are beginning their annual autumn ritual – forecasting what’s going to happen...

Two more agencies have set up new home divisions - a barometer of how they anticipate residential development becoming a bigger...

The Connells Group has acquired independent agency chain Gascoigne Halman, an 18-branch company operating in south Manchester.  Gascoigne Halman, founded in 1990,...

There has been a mixed response from the agency world to David Cameron's pledge to reform planning, promise that 200,000 new...

A new online agency launched on Monday is already in hot water. It used photographs of a Manchester property on sale through...

Online agents may soon sell and let across national boundaries as company websites and property portals operate on an increasingly global...

There were over 131,000 housebuilding completions in the past year, according to the latest government data. The figure represents a 15% increase...

Watch the latest weekly video roundup of news from Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today, featuring stories on Zoopla’s fightback...

Watch the latest weekly video roundup of news from Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today, featuring stories on Zoopla’s fightback...

Hunters is reported to be confirming its intention to float on the stock exchange today, after a series of high-profile expansions...

As the summer holidays near, we’re continuing to publicise the side of estate agency that rarely presents itself to the public...

Environmental group Greenpeace claims that a survey of 60 estate agents operating close to potential fracking sites suggests tens of thousands...

Twelve of the UK’s largest regional cities are now seeing higher price rises than central London as the capital’s performance continues...