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Buyer demand has continued to climb during the first quarter (Q1) of the year, research suggests. Analysis by agency comparison website GetAgent...

An independent agency brand has become the latest firm to sign a listings agreement with CoStar-backed OnTheMarket. Edward Mellor, one of the...

Propertymark has welcomed a move by the Government to lift restrictions on development along the abandoned HS2 route. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak...

Manchester-based premium agency Settio Property Experience has unveiled expansion plans including appointing its first managing director as well as launching an...

This year has seen an ongoing cost-of-living crisis, fluctuating mortgage rates, rising rents, and the threat of falling property prices. Although average...

Forget the King’s Speech, Zoopla is hoping for a Christmas Day boost with the launch of its new marketing campaign. The portal...

Welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity, our chance to salute those who do so much to help others. If your agency...

By Kevin Shaw, National Sales, Managing Director, Leaders Romans Group This year has seen an ongoing cost-of-living crisis, fluctuating mortgage rates, rising...

A new analysis of the housing market has assessed 50 cities in the UK to establish which is best for first...

The final tickets are on sale for next month’s Agency Excellence Summit. The event takes place at the Manchester Piccadilly Hotel on...

Housing supply rather than the private rented sector (PRS) made the headlines during the Conservative and Labour Party conferences this year...

Landowners who had their land compulsorily purchased by the government for HS2 are being urged to seek expert advice if they...

Agents have slammed the scrapping of the northern leg of HS2. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak scrapped the Birmingham to Manchester portion of...

More families need a home they can call their own, the Housing Secretary Michael Gove has claimed. Speaking at the Tory Party...

Propertymark is extending its political engagement and reach by exhibiting at the party conferences this week. The agency trade body will be...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

And suddenly it’s autumn. It’s just six weeks before the clocks change, days are getting shorter and - the real sign...

Fine & Country has launched a new Masterclass Series focused on the art of maximising fees and boosting additional revenue. Set to...

The cities of Liverpool, Nottingham and Manchester have enjoyed the biggest house price rises since pre-Covid. Despite interest rates at a 13-year...

Former England footballer turned TV pundit and property expert, Dion Dublin, is to headline the South East Property Expo.   The centre...

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has announced Post Partner as its latest affiliate member. Post Partner offers a range of document management tools...

Cluttons has moved its London office headquarters to a new prime trophy building in the City as it looks to accelerate...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

Prominent industry figure Sean Newman has renewed his licence agreement with Fine & Country for five more years.  Newman has licenses in...

Law firm Shoosmiths has rebranded its conveyancing arm. Its 110-strong national conveyancing team will now operate as Swiitch. Operating nationally from its bases...

Self-employed agency brand eXp UK has unveiled details of a new nationwide roadshow including an as yet unnamed ex-footballer. Its ‘Growing into...

Self-employed agency network eXp UK has passed the 400 agent mark and beyond. The brand has announced that it now has 401...

The RICS Residential Survey Report for March caused a bit of a stir this week – despite the fact that it...

Blockchain property network Coadjute has secured £4m of funding as it looks to continue efforts to transform the ease and speed...

New 2023 research from Open Property Group found that just 41% of homes in England meet the recommended Energy Performance Certificate...

Do you have lots of hipsters on your books looking for a home? New analysis aims to identify the hotspots for hipster...

Agents in the North East recorded the largest increase in asking prices on listings last year, Rightmove has revealed. It comes as...

The winners of the 2022 allAgents Customer Experience Awards were announced last week. The agency customer feedback website held its second ever...

England beat Wales at the World Cup in Qatar this week, confirming the team’s progression to the next round while their...

The World Cup is set to kick off in Qatar this weekend and Estate Agent Today has compiled a team of...

Making predictions for the year ahead is notoriously difficult and leaves me open to having egg on my face, but I’m...

Agents have managed to secure a buyer two weeks faster for their vendors so far this year compared with in 2021,...

There have been plenty of new jobs being started outside of Wesminster this month. Here are some of the latest moves that...

Property demand has dropped while price reductions have increased in recent weeks, data shows. Two separate pieces of industry data give new...

A regional independent agent has shifted its focus to sales after offloading its lettings business to The Lomond Group. Warwickshire and Worcestershire-based...

In this guest piece, Kevin Shaw, National Sales Managing Director at Leaders Romans Group, looks at whether house prices will start to cool...

Two senior estate agency figures have given their views on the prospects for the property market as commentators warn that longer-term...

Street Group is celebrating reaching 100 employees. The agency software and marketing provider said it is still looking to fill 15 more...

The last week has been dramatic even by the standards of UK politics, with a Cabinet and junior minister rebellion bringing...

Adoption of virtual tours among estate agents remain low but new data suggests they could boost sales. Industry analysis shows just 4%...

Referral fees, lack of trust and too much email have been identified as barriers to greater collaboration between conveyancers and estate...

Hybrid agent eXp UK is embarking on a national roadshow this month to showcase its US-inspired business model. It will visit London,...

The trend for remote working could continue to influence the property market into next year, Rightmove claims. The portal’s data shows there...

In June, the biggest pilot scheme of a four-day working week anywhere in the world will begin in Britain, with more...

A leading figure in the Say No To Rightmove (STNR) campaign says the attempts to get agents to ditch Rightmove have...

The Lomond Group has continued on the agency acquisition trail after backing its Thornley Groves brand to snap up Manchester-based Julian...

Rightmove has created a league table to identify where new buyer competition is hottest across the UK housing market. Across the country...

The humanitarian crisis in Ukraine continues to dominate the thoughts of our industry as this week’s ADC shows - a wonderful...

At least 18 MPs have come out in favour of a new annual Proportional Property Tax which would be levied on...

Lomond Group, which says it is the UK’s fastest-growing estate agency network, has appointed Ed Phillips as its new Group Chief...

As debate rages over levelling up and a north/south property divide, in the first of a new monthly column, property expert...

Coadjute, the blockchain network for the UK property market that claims it can radically simplify home purchasing, has revealed that PropTech...

Coadjute, the PropTech platform that aims to slash the length of property transactions, has announced a further £6m investment. Coadjute is a blockchain...

Just as city centre traffic is reminiscent of life before the pandemic, the rental market in central zones of UK’s largest...

Surprise figures released through Freedom of Information requests show that the number of homes in England and Wales with owners registered...

The clocks have fallen back, the nights are longer and the temperature has definitely dropped - winter is here and with...

An online intelligence platform has started ranking agencies in terms of their SEO and Google searches. The platform - Industry Alerts, which...

At first glance, Rishi Sunak’s Budget speech earlier this week didn’t offer much from a property perspective. But digging down a little...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has given a ringing endorsement to home ownership as a central part of the government’s levelling up...

The latest easyProperty franchise has landed in Luton, the spiritual home of the easy brand as it’s the place where budget...

A soap star has swapped scripts for property sales. Actor Marc Silcock was involved in one of ITV soap Emmerdale’s biggest storylines,...

The police investigation into the Savills agents who allegedly racially abused England players on Twitter after the Euros 2020 final is...

The Savills member of staff who allegedly racially abused England players online after the Euros 2020 final has been sacked. The Metro...

Homebuyers are suffering huge delays in receiving responses to their search requests to council according to a study of local authorities. Consumer...

One of the country's largest independent regional agency groups has been formed through an acquisition announced today. Yorkshire estate agent, Manning Stainton,...

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

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 young estate agent is being praised because of his heroic actions to save a woman from drowning.  Austin Mellor - just...

Boy it’s been hot out there - yet even 30 degrees or more have failed to stifle the enthusiasm of our...

Greater Manchester Police have arrested the Savills estate agent who allegedly posted a racist tweet about black England football stars after...

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

There is growing criticism of Savills on social media following the controversy over a racist tweet apparently sent from the personal...

The police have now received complaints about the tweet believed to have been sent from a personal account of a Savills...

The son of an Oscar winner has been named as the latest estate agent working under the easyProperty banner. Damian Wanstall is...

In the world of football – very topical at the moment, as we all enjoy the Euros – there is an...

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

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

Despite the vast amount of publicity given to the concept of virtual viewing, a survey suggests relatively few properties on sale...

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

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

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

The NEXA agency, which already has branches in Bristol, Portsmouth, Chichester, Manchester and Cardiff, has now opened an office in Liverpool...

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

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

It’s now over a year since the property market officially reopened after an unprecedented two-month shutdown at the height of the...

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

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

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

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

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

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

OnTheMarket is to release its full year performance figures to shareholders on June 8. This will be for its trading year to January...

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

An online agency that already operates in the lettings field is spreading into sales - and pledges to give most of...