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13 February 2021
From: Features

The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has changed the way we evaluate our lives and, looking more specifically at the property market, it...
30 January 2021
From: Features

Covid-19 has caused the number of new homes registered by UK house builders to fall 23 per cent in 2020. The NHBC...
29 January 2021
From: Breaking News

It’s been some time since online agencies have ventured into crowdfunding to raise investment, but easyProperty has now done so -...
28 January 2021
From: Breaking News

An estate agency has issued an abject apology for calling the Covid pandemic “a blessing in disguise.” There was a huge social...
26 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Two mysterious online agencies have had their advertisements for the same property banned by the Advertising Standards Authority. The agencies - Manchestersalerent and...
20 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to the first Property Jobs Today of 2021 - we’re less than a fortnight into the New Year...
11 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A young estate agent - who by the age of 20 has already had a year working with Purplebricks - has...
05 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A new estate agency in one of the country’s most widely-mocked towns has opened its doors - and is not afraid...
26 November 2020
From: Breaking News

New research attempts for the first time to identify the most lucrative property markets in the country - with surprising results...
19 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your opportunity to catch up on who’s moving where in the agency and supplier...
16 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A conveyancing firm is blaming councils for delays in transactions. Conveyancers have themselves been sharply criticised in recent weeks as the sharp...
28 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A new property portal that operates a Tinder-style ‘swipe’ app is offering agents 12 months free listings. MoveStreets operates like the dating...
27 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Agents in some parts of the country may be able to make use of data from utilities comparison service uSwitch, which...
21 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A former healthcare executive is the latest convert to become an online agent with easyProperty, the company has announced. Richard Ayres has...
06 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Online agency easyProperty has announced four new areas to its portfolio to build on its existing 41 locations - and it’s seeking...
29 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Another US real estate agency wants to follow Keller Williams, Berkshire Hathaway and others by opening in the United Kingdom. Nest Seekers International...
08 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Hunters chairman Kevin Hollinrake - who is also a backbench Conservative MP - has been criticised on Twitter by Manchester United...
07 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A south coast estate agency which has been operating since the 1980s has opened its seventh office. Jacobs Steel’s latest branch is...
03 September 2020
From: Breaking News

One of Countrywide’s biggest shareholders has written a second letter to the company to demand bold action to save the agency...
19 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The proportion of the asking price achieved on average in the past year is 95.8 per cent according to a new survey. Comparison...
06 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The online agency Housesimple has rebranded to become 'Strike' with immediate effect. The news comes as a surprise given the apparent success...
20 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Two companies that persuaded property investors to pay as much as £25,000 for a parking space have been wound up in...
14 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Hunters has launched two additional franchise branches in Tower Bridge, London and Middleton, North Manchester, taking the company total to over...
07 July 2020
From: Breaking News

We recently issued our Zoopla House Price Index, which analyses the latest real-time trends from the sales market. In our analysis, we...
04 July 2020
From: Features

Zoopla predicts that the price strength that has been seen since the reopening of the housing market is likely to continue...
24 June 2020
From: Breaking News

National property auctioneer Pugh & Co is launching an initiative to partner with estate agents across the UK. Via a new network...
08 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Details being presented to Parliament today may include information on how agents can return to work in some sort of ‘new normal.’ A 50...
11 May 2020
From: Breaking News

A surveyors’ firm has been wound up after courts declared that it had misled clients over the success of its core...
18 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Nested is the latest online agency to base a marketing campaign around criticism of established estate agents. In three 30-second TV ads...
12 March 2020
From: Breaking News

It may be that we’re facing another year - make that yet another year - of disruption in the housing market. Coronavirus...
07 March 2020
From: Features
17 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT - your regular Monday fix of who’s moving where in our industry. As ever, a...
10 February 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s been reported that two founders of an estate agency at Leigh in Greater Manchester have been banned until 2025 after...
28 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello - if it’s Monday it’s PJT day, so welcome to the latest update on key moves within our industry. Let us...
27 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to a new week, and a new edition of PJT. If you’re on the move or your firm has...
20 January 2020
From: Breaking News

The typical house move in 2019 turned out to be just nine miles - and large numbers of buyers moved within...
08 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Bristol is the location outside London most searched for on Rightmove this year, by both buyers and renters. The average asking price...
31 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Hello, and with exactly one week before Christmas Day we’re delighted to bring you yet more agents’ festivities. We have two for...
18 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to the final Property Jobs Today before Christmas - and yes, there are still plenty of people moving...
16 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Online estate agency Housesimple is extending its offer to sell homes for free to some postcodes in the Midlands. The offer is...
11 December 2019
From: Breaking News

A sales agency based in Warrington and set up originally to market new homes in Manchester is now expanding into Shanghai...
15 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A PropTech company that monitors search times for transactions says only just over two thirds of them are now completed in...
14 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to a new week - one with darker evenings and colder days. But there is still plenty of activity...
28 October 2019
From: Breaking News

The average age of a first-time buyer in the UK is 27, according to research from Nested.com. The online estate agency says...
11 October 2019
From: Breaking News

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,...
02 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Leaders Romans says it has won new funding to acquire more agencies. “We have made no secret of the group’s intention to...
01 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Savills, Knight Frank, Cushman & Wakefield and JLL are the main estate agencies now working with a review website allowing buyers...
01 October 2019
From: Breaking News

In recent years, governments and local councils have sought to change the private rented sector (PRS) to make it more appealing...
28 September 2019
From: Features

The Conservative Party conference agenda, now published, gives the housing issue several bites of the cherry in Manchester next week. Housing minister...
24 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A hybrid estate and lettings agency operating currently in Manchester, Liverpool and others parts of the north of England has told...
18 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A PropTech start-up says its service allows investors from anywhere in the world to buy property in the UK which can...
17 September 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s that time again. Each year I take a look at newspaper readership - not from the angle of journalists, but...
17 August 2019
From: Features

Yes it’s Monday, so it’s another edition of PJT, your guide to the key moves and changes in the agency and...
12 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to PJT, breaking you in to the working week every Monday with news of the movers and shakers...
05 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Have you asked yourself why technology is so important in letting agency today? Just look around and you will know why. Almost...
03 August 2019
From: Features

I missed the biggest property story of the week and it’s only scant consolation that almost everyone else seemed to miss it...
03 August 2019
From: Features

The recent announcement of a clicktopurchase partnership demonstrates some much-needed progression from Rightmove. In doing so, however, it could be said it...
17 July 2019
From: Breaking News

With this summer marking forty years since Margaret Thatcher came to power, her legacy continues to invoke both celebration and consternation...
06 July 2019
From: Features

The head of a website that contrasts the performances of rival estate agents is urging buyers to ‘drill down’ and find...
02 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Hello there - if it’s Friday it’s Agents Do Charity, and as we prepare for a hot weekend for Glastonbury revellers...
28 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Online agency Housesimple has become the first in the UK to sell houses for free. It says that based on the average...
27 June 2019
From: Breaking News

The income required for first time buyers to purchase in the three most expensive UK cities has fallen slightly according to...
27 June 2019
From: Breaking News

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...
30 May 2019
From: Breaking News

The UK property market can be seen by criminals as an effective vehicle to conceal the proceeds of economic crime. Criminally...
18 May 2019
From: Features

A lawyer appears to be suggesting that ‘clean and tidy’ clauses be inserted into house purchase deals, allowing buyers to retain...
29 April 2019
From: Breaking News

House prices in 20 UK cities analysed by Zoopla show an average 1.7 per cent increase over the 12 months to...
26 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Research by HouseSimple suggests that over 31 per cent of homes currently on sale in major UK towns and cities have...
25 April 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s no secret that the UK’s housing sector is in crisis. Headlines scream about the shortage of new-build homes. TV pundits...
30 March 2019
From: Features

Zoopla’s Hometrack index of 20 major UK cities shows that London property prices are starting to stabilise after a three year...
27 March 2019
From: Breaking News

For many years, the majority of agents have stuck to the tried-and-tested 9am-6pm opening hours framework. But is this now changing,...
16 March 2019
From: Features

Competition for landlords will be fiercer than ever this year. Landlords are facing a raft of changes and will likely be...
06 March 2019
From: Features

It’s been revealed that Countrywide has been hit with a £215,000 fine as part of a swoop by HMRC cracking down...
04 March 2019
From: Breaking News

The chief executive and founder of a developer and property investment group says Purplebricks is “an excellent business” but its recent...
27 February 2019
From: Breaking News

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...
11 February 2019
From: Breaking News

The regional agency MoveSelf, which set up in 2017 as an online estate agent, is shifting emphasis towards For Sale By...
05 February 2019
From: Breaking News

The industry has long been critical of reports claiming house price movements are in some way uniform across the country, but...
22 January 2019
From: Breaking News

There may be a cloud over the economy right now but growth of 2.7 per cent in house prices last year...
14 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Rightmove has revealed which day was its busiest in 2018 in terms of page views. It says February 19 was the date,...
02 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Six directors have been banned from office after misleading over 300 people who bought new build homes in the north of...
28 December 2018
From: Breaking News

House price inflation across the UK has slowed to a six-year low of 2.6 per cent thanks to falls in London...
28 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Today we finally bring the curtain down on our terrific gallery of Christmas photos that agents and suppliers have kindly sent...
24 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Another year is nearly done – and what an eventful year it’s been. We’ve had more than our fair share of breaking...
22 December 2018
From: Features

A leading property consultancy has called out Manchester as the location which has seen the highest urban price growth of anywhere...
14 November 2018
From: Breaking News

A first-time agent who has previously owned a retail franchise and some buy to let units, has bought the Century 21 franchise...
08 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Agents may sometimes have a tense relationship with conveyancers but admit it - when our legal colleagues are good, they are...
01 November 2018
From: Breaking News

It’s now almost a month since the government introduced new rules on Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO), as part of its...
27 October 2018
From: Features

Traditional estate agent fees average just 1.1 per cent across the UK according to research from an agency comparison website -...
26 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Not so long ago, the best estate agents were those who did the best work for their clients and therefore built...
24 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A new online agency says it is currently focussing on one large city but will expand to cover the whole of...
23 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to PJT, our weekly round up of key moves within the industry. Let us know what’s going on with...
15 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A series of leasehold roadshows beginning next month in Manchester aims to throw a spotlight on problems associated with the tenure,...
08 October 2018
From: Breaking News

The income first-time buyers need to purchase a home in the UK’s largest cities has shot up by 18 per cent...
27 September 2018
From: Breaking News

A former star of Emmerdale and I’m A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here has switched career for the (more glamorous?) world...
12 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today - and as ever we have a breakdown of key moves within our industry. To...
13 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Hometrack says other cities are now closing the gap on London in terms of house prices and market value. The latest Hometrack UK...
29 June 2018
From: Breaking News

In what is regarded as his most important speech since becoming housing minister, Dominic Raab has told a conference that it...
29 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Just as some estate agents are reported to be making plans to retrench if the housing market continues to be sluggish,...
27 June 2018
From: Breaking News

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

Hello - if it’s Monday, it must be Property Jobs Today, your chance to see a snapshot of the key moves...
18 June 2018
From: Breaking News

London estate agency Kay & Co says it is targeting Chinese buyers following research data produced by a portal. The China property...
07 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Property sellers in the South of England are having to accept asking reductions in order to achieve a sale. Data from Hometrack...
30 May 2018
From: Breaking News

A study of house price affordability has revealed that train drivers can afford a greater proportion of homes in the UK's...
25 May 2018
From: Breaking News

New figures from Hometrack show that a typical home in Greater London now takes 17 weeks to find a buyer -...
25 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Four estate agencies have opened new branches, either as a result of expansion or because of acquisitions. Homes4u has opened a futuristic...
25 April 2018
From: Breaking News

The boss of an electrical company has set up a new estate and letting agency with the help of six-figure funding...
28 March 2018
From: Breaking News

House price growth in London has hit a seven year low according to Hometrack, with prices actually down across 42 per...
27 March 2018
From: Breaking News

A Manchester-based property investment firm is claiming to be the first company in Britain to record an online exchange of a...
19 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Rightmove’s latest assessment of the housing market suggests that Newport in Gwent is the fastest moving area in Britain for vendors. A...
15 March 2018
From: Breaking News

New analysis by Hometrack shows that large regional cities like Edinburgh, Birmingham and Manchester look set for a 20 per cent...
27 February 2018
From: Breaking News

The number of first-time buyers has increased 16 per cent in the past month and 10 per cent year on year...
15 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Q. How did you get in to the property industry? My career in the property industry actually started out as a holiday...
01 February 2018
From: 60 Second Interview

I have high expectations for this year’s PropTech events and property conferences. Those that I attended in 2017 demonstrated a real step...
31 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Homes for sale in some parts of inner London are seeing price discounts of up to 10 per cent says Hometrack...
30 January 2018
From: Breaking News

The housing market has returned to stability with exchanges up one per cent year on year and the average house price...
30 January 2018
From: Breaking News

In recent years January has become the month of detoxes, fad diets, health kicks such as Dry January and Veganuary, and...
27 January 2018
From: Features

Japanese knotweed, the invasive plant brought over to Britain in the Victorian era, threatens millions of pounds worth of property transactions...
20 January 2018
From: Features

A new league table showing how long it takes homes to sell on average in different postcodes across England and Wales...
19 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Hunters is partnering with a PropTech firm to allow homes on the market and still awaiting buyers to be short-let for...
17 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Leaders has appointed Debra McHale as its new area sales manager for the north west of England. McHale has worked in the...
15 January 2018
From: Breaking News

What a year it’s been! Back in 2016 we had Brexit, a new prime minister, Donald Trump’s election, and so when...
30 December 2017
From: Features

So there’s under a week to go to Christmas and it’s clear from your photos that festive jumper time has well...
19 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Thanks once more to all those agents sending in their office pics to get us in the mood for Christmas…especially as there...
18 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Data from Hometrack shows that the gap between average earnings and house prices has reached an all-time high in London. The price...
28 November 2017
From: Breaking News

A firm that sells homes but also creates operating platforms for other agencies to break into the industry is seeking £450,000 through...
08 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Three hundred of the UK’s top conveyancers have celebrated the success of the industry at the first ever ESTAS Conveyancer Awards. The...
26 October 2017
From: Breaking News

London house prices are stuck in neutral according to the latest figures from property consultancy Hometrack, which says values in the...
25 October 2017
From: Breaking News

And so concludes another party conference season. We’ve followed the great and the good (both terms are debatable) around Torbay, Bournemouth,...
07 October 2017
From: Features

UBS says London's housing market still faces the risk of becoming a bubble - although that risk has marginally eased over...
29 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Nested, the chain-breaking estate agency that offers vendors a guaranteed sale of their property within 90 days, is to expand beyond...
21 September 2017
From: Breaking News

It’s been quite a week, much of it concerning the technology that increasingly underpins our industry. A glut of fund-raising and relaunching...
08 September 2017
From: Breaking News

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...
02 September 2017
From: Features

Property consultancy Hometrack says London’s 12 month market slowdown has bottomed out with the annual growth rate rising to 2.8 per...
25 August 2017
From: Breaking News

The latest figures from business consultancy Hometrack shows that house price inflation in the UK’s major cities is likely to reach...
24 July 2017
From: Breaking News

With several agent partner programmes available across the country, estate agents can often increase business by offering sales by auction, with...
22 July 2017
From: Features

Purplebricks has landed a deal to sell new-build homes, an activity previously done usually directly by developers or traditional high street estate...
20 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks has released more details of expansion plans to recruit hundreds of additional Local Property Experts. The recruitment drive was launched yesterday...
12 July 2017
From: Breaking News

A nine-branch agency in Manchester claims a new app is behind a 20 per cent improvement in its Rightmove statistics. Thornley Groves...
03 July 2017
From: Breaking News

New housing minister Alok Sharma is set to make his first key speech this week, at the Housing 2017 conference in...
27 June 2017
From: Breaking News

The steep drop in price growth for homes across London is beginning to bottom out according to Hometrack, which says values...
23 June 2017
From: Breaking News

A new online estate agency is offering vendors a sales package for just £24.99. MoveSelf, which is based in Manchester, allows vendors to...
15 June 2017
From: Breaking News

A telephone number is more than just a number. To consumers, it gives useful information about the company it belongs to....
12 June 2017
From: Sponsored Content

It has been announced that Uber, the taxi company, has teamed up with build to rent firm, Moda Living, to ‘revolutionise renting’. This...
31 May 2017
From: Breaking News

The latest measure of house price rises in key UK cities by the property consultancy Hometrack shows house price in many...
30 May 2017
From: Breaking News

The recent rise in consumer complaints against sales and letting agents suggests that there is a general lack of trust and...
27 May 2017
From: Features

The UK Independence Party’s housing policy for the General Election hinges around a huge expansion in modular factory-built housing - but...
26 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Home ownership has halved for young families across some parts of the UK according to a charity. The Resolution Foundation says its...
22 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Trinity Mirror is aiming to secure more of agents' marketing spend after launching what it is describing as a 'fightback' against...
17 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Since the seventies, housing starts and completions across England and Wales have been on a downward trajectory. The long run average...
12 May 2017
From: Features

One of the industry’s best known training operators, TM training & development, is giving away free places on its next five...
11 May 2017
From: Breaking News

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...
28 April 2017
From: Breaking News

The Guild of Property Professionals is holding its annual regional meetings next month at 10 sporting venues across the UK under...
28 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Lomond Capital has secured up to £37.5m for new acquisitions of sales and lettings agencies across the south of England -...
25 April 2017
From: Breaking News

There’s no sign yet that the snap General Election is distracting our industry from continuing its fine record of doing good...
21 April 2017
From: Breaking News

HomeXperts, the network of franchise agents operating from their homes and covering sales and lettings, has announced three new franchisees. They are...
06 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Peter Robinson, CEO of AIPP – Association of International Property Professionals – shines a light onto the international property market. Some UK...
01 April 2017
From: Features

It’s been another busy week of fund-raising for agents across the industry, sparing time to do good works despite the market...
31 March 2017
From: Breaking News

The property market in northern England, supported in part by the Northern Powerhouse concept, has attracted a lot of media attention,...
24 March 2017
From: Features

Contrary to some reports suggesting London’s housing market may be recovering, new data from Hometrack reveals the capital’s performance is still...
24 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Manchester-based sister firms Sequre Property Investment and Sequre International have extended their office space thanks rising demand for UK buy to...
13 March 2017
From: Breaking News

I had a very interesting chat with the man behind a new portal the other day. He was John Dixon, the portal...
04 March 2017
From: Features

The East Midlands, which consists of several areas including Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, and much of Lincolnshire, has an ancient...
11 February 2017
From: Features

The latest assessment of major UK cities’ housing markets by property consultancy Hometrack shows more locations overhauling London in terms of...
20 January 2017
From: Breaking News

If you provide a service, you expect to be paid for it. Sound fair? But with the forthcoming ban on tenant...
07 January 2017
From: Features

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

House prices in London are now rising at 7.6 per cent per year - the lowest figure for 39 months according...
16 December 2016
From: Breaking News

A commercial and industrial property agency in Manchester has launched a residential sales and lettings business. Founded in 1999 and based in...
12 December 2016
From: Breaking News

An estate agency described as operating a ‘pay as you go’ business model says it wants to “disrupt the disruptors” operating...
25 November 2016
From: Breaking News

As many northern cities struggled to recover from the 2008 global financial crisis, the north-south divide returned to plague the British...
28 October 2016
From: Features

An online agency called DoorStepAgents.com claims to have set up a service which is both the cheapest and ‘best value’ sales...
28 October 2016
From: Breaking News

With Halloween fast approaching it appears by happy coincidence that the number of homes sold on the UK’s various Elm Streets...
28 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Zoopla Property Group claims that in the past two weeks, over 40 agency branches have returned to listing on Zoopla and...
18 October 2016
From: Breaking News

A 24-unit block of apartments designed by the company behind the Yo! Sushi chain has been given consent to be constructed...
07 October 2016
From: Breaking News

The UK's largest independent estate agency chain – Spicerhaart – has a fund of £26 million to be spent on acquisitions. The...
26 September 2016
From: Breaking News

An estate agency with four offices across Greater Manchester has been bought out of administration, with all of its 21 staff...
09 September 2016
From: Breaking News

YOPA, the online agency which now has financial investment from Savills, says its instructions have risen five-fold since February. It also says...
30 August 2016
From: Breaking News

There has been a marked slowdown in house price growth in major UK cities in the past three months - led...
26 August 2016
From: Breaking News

What is Properstar? Properstar helps UK estate agents cross the chasm from local to global in respect of advertising their properties. Using...
16 August 2016
From: Sponsored Content

Summer finally arrived, the transport system (as always) went into meltdown, everyone complained that it was too hot and the sun...
05 August 2016
From: Features

Plans for the Northern Powerhouse scheme, designed to rival London and the South East as the main driver of economic growth...
29 July 2016
From: Features

It’s the height of holiday season but despite the rival attractions of traffic jams and airport delays, many agents are still...
29 July 2016
From: Breaking News

Sheffield in South Yorkshire, which was once one of the leading industrial cities in Britain and is still recognised for its...
22 July 2016
From: Features

London’s rising supply of homes on sale and relatively low level of transactions are “pointing to slower house price growth in...
22 July 2016
From: Breaking News

Solicitors’ company Tollers says more than 50 estate agents have now formally instructed it in relation to claims against Agents’ Mutual,...
13 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Last few seats in Manchester. Use “June50” to get £50 off. “Social media is like exercise. We know that we should do it...
12 May 2016
From: Sponsored Content

Vandals are reported to have smashed the windows of an estate agency with sledgehammers before destroying computers and stealing cash. The Manchester Evening...
06 May 2016
From: Breaking News

Research by The Guardian has revealed that the Blair family’s property empire has expanded - secured just ahead of the stamp...
14 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Manchester estate agency Ascend Properties has appointed a former agency chief to spearhead sales in the city. Ged McPartlin, the new sales...
23 March 2016
From: Breaking News

Lomond Capital has acquired John Shepherd Estate Agent in Birmingham as it continues to 'expand south.' The deal, which includes Marwood Homes...
01 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Miller Metcalfe Surveyors is a centre of excellence, with accreditation from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors for residential surveys and...
28 January 2016
From: Sponsored Content

There’s been plenty of forecasting in recent weeks - banks, consultancies and high-end estate agents have predicted house prices in the...
31 December 2015
From: Features

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

Hometrack says its index of house price growth in major cities is already 9.4 per cent per annum and looks set...
20 November 2015
From: Breaking News

Estate agent Butters John Bee based at Nantwich in Cheshire has won the latest ESTAS Agent of the Month title. The...
13 November 2015
From: Breaking News

Zoopla says it will later this week give an update on the number of agents it now has as members -...
19 October 2015
From: Breaking News

Property journalists, and more than a few estate agents, are beginning their annual autumn ritual – forecasting what’s going to happen...
16 October 2015
From: Features

Two more agencies have set up new home divisions - a barometer of how they anticipate residential development becoming a bigger...
15 October 2015
From: Breaking News

The Connells Group has acquired independent agency chain Gascoigne Halman, an 18-branch company operating in south Manchester. Gascoigne Halman, founded in 1990,...
15 October 2015
From: Breaking News

There has been a mixed response from the agency world to David Cameron's pledge to reform planning, promise that 200,000 new...
08 October 2015
From: Breaking News

A new online agency launched on Monday is already in hot water. It used photographs of a Manchester property on sale through...
10 September 2015
From: Breaking News

Online agents may soon sell and let across national boundaries as company websites and property portals operate on an increasingly global...
02 September 2015
From: Breaking News

There were over 131,000 housebuilding completions in the past year, according to the latest government data. The figure represents a 15% increase...
24 August 2015
From: Breaking News

Watch the latest weekly video roundup of news from Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today, featuring stories on Zoopla’s fightback...
14 August 2015
From: Video Articles

Watch the latest weekly video roundup of news from Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today, featuring stories on Zoopla’s fightback...
14 August 2015
From: Breaking News

Hunters is reported to be confirming its intention to float on the stock exchange today, after a series of high-profile expansions...
16 June 2015
From: Breaking News

As the summer holidays near, we’re continuing to publicise the side of estate agency that rarely presents itself to the public...
12 June 2015
From: Breaking News

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