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If there’s one thing that received a boost as a result of Covid and lockdowns, it’s podcasts – which reached whole...

Propertymark has appointed an insider to the key role of policy adviser - effectively the position vacated last month by industry...

If UK agents were paid higher fees they could perform a better service to the public. That’s the view of Mark Hayward,...

One part of the UK is to get a taste of the mandatory estate agent regulation that many want to see...

Propertymark has spoken out over the Pandora Papers leak scandal, which reveals many elite and super-rich buyers of properties in London...

One of the leading figures in trade body Propertymark wants stamp duty to be reformed, and claims that the success of...

Mark Hayward has set a new retirement date for the end of this year. Hayward, previously chief executive of Propertymark, was due...

NAEA Propertymark says there’s no appetite that it can see amongst its representatives across the UK for charging people £30 for...

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

New NAEA Propertymark president Liana Loporto-Brown has assumed office, hoping to reset the organisation after a tumultuous year. In February chief executive...

For the second time in two working days, a report suggests that ever-higher numbers of buying are paying over the asking...

NAEA Propertymark says the news that two major players in the leasehold sector have reformed their activities must be just the...

The policy and campaigns team at Propertymark, headed by Mark Hayward, has been expanded after what it calls “a number of...

Agents have given their backing to the government’s First Homes initiative, offering discounted houses for local people and key workers and...

An all-time record high of one in three properties sold for more than the original asking price last month. This is according...

One in six properties sold for over the original asking price last month, higher than the proportion in February and another sign...

Propertymark has shortlisted five of the 700 or so PropTech suppliers in the UK, as part of the trade body’s REACH...

The MP leading a new parliamentary committee on the housing market says a radical reform of tax would help more people move...

NAEA Propertymark says a record number of transactions are taking four months to move from offer to exchange. The organisation says this...

The head of finance at Propertymark has quit - another high profile departure for the troubled organisation. Estate Agent Today broke the news...

Propertymark has set out a four point strategy for the future of the organisation. The body - which encompasses the National Association...

New research from Propertymark suggests a typical fall through costs an agent £4,123.  The association says that if the stamp duty holiday...

Propertymark - still reeling over two senior resignations in less than a week - says its lobbying sessions with politicians are...

Members of Propertymark are left wondering today what if any future there is for the industry’s trade body. The shock resignation yesterday...

The new chief executive of Propertymark has declined to answer questions relating to the resignation of the NAEA president only half...

Agents and a wide range of property experts have demanded yet more government funds to end the cladding crisis that is...

A 10-point ’must have’ list of demands for Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget on March 3 has been issued by NAEA Propertymark. It’s...

The government is keeping everyone guessing about the stamp duty holiday but one comment by a senior minister suggests movement towards a...

A large majority of estate agents fear a surge in 'failed sales’ as the stamp duty holiday cliff edge gets ever-closer. The latest National...

A PropTech company has won a grant for a project to improve ID verification in the buying and selling process, via...

Propertymark, the overarching body aiming to bring five different associations (ARLA, NAEA, NAVA, ICBA and APIP) into a single brand, was...

Propertymark is the only agency trade body with sufficient influence on, and links with, government to achieve major gains for the...

Agents and the housing market in England are still in business even during the third national lockdown which begins on Wednesday and...

Around half of all estate agencies selling homes for £5m or more have not even registered for anti-money laundering processes, and/or...

Agents and property experts have reacted angrily to the government's refusal to extend the stamp duty holiday. The government has told campaigners that...

A petition has been launched demanding a stamp duty holiday extension. The online petition is the idea of Jonathan Steel - a layperson...

The industry regulator who comes into force when the Regulation of Property Agents’ recommendations are adopted may take over versions of...

Mark Hayward, who was scheduled to retire at the end of this month, is to stay on at NAEA Propertymark as...

NAEA Propertymark has renewed its warning that a cliff-edge threatens housing market stability as the stamp duty holiday ends. The organisation’s outgoing chief...

There’s one key takeaway for agents from the weekend’s announcements on the next England-wide lockdown - the housing market is staying...

“I’ve got 47 years of experience as an agent. Do I still have to get a qualification?” asked one attendee at...

The housing market’s recovery will be threatened with drastic consequences for buyers and sellers if the stamp duty holiday isn’t extended beyond...

The mandatory qualifications expected of agents have not been forgotten and will come into effect in two or three years. That’s the...

A progress report on the Regulation of Property Agents recommendations will be made today by a key RoPA committee member, Mark...

The outgoing chief executive of the National Association of Estate Agents is warning that the sales system continues to struggle with...

The National Association of Estate Agents has thrown its weight behind the recommendation of Trading Standards that agents must by law be...

Data from NAEA Propertymark shows that in August, some 13 per cent of properties sold for more than the original asking...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that all retail staff will be obliged to wear masks when working - and it's now...

NAEA Propertymark has written a letter to Housing Minister Christopher Pincher, asking what measures the government is taking to get more...

NAEA Propertymark has thrown its weight behind a Competitions and Markets Authority investigation into whether consumer protection law has been broken...

NAEA Propertymark is calling on agents to show “greater diligence” when dealing with Russian buyers, in the light of the report...

More than 24 hours after the government's announcement about the compulsory wearing of facemasks by shoppers in England, and there is...

NAEA Propertymark is partnering with a service called REACH UK, to promote selected PropTech start ups to agents who may need...

They are the names we hear about often, pushing for this or seeking clarifications on that. They are the representatives of...

The chief executive of the National Association of Estate Agents, Mark Hayward, is to retire at the end of this year.  The...

In a video interview for his Move iQ service, Phil Spencer speaks to Mark Hayward, managing director of NAEA Propertymark about...

There’s been a furious response to the agent who appears to have breached government rules by opening his branch to the...

“A lot of people have learned that they can work at home, or that there’s other methods of conducting their business......

The NAEA and ARLA have jointly written to the government asking it to include agents’ commission in its plans to help those financially...

Estate and lettings agencies that have closed temporarily as a result of the Coronavirus lockdown are to be to exempted from...

Hello and welcome to today’s Conquering Corona, a service we’re running to share official guidance and agents’ advice in a bid...

The National Association of Estate Agents has announced that it’s to offer US PropTech solutions to UK agents. The REACH programme has...

There’s been a broad welcome from agents and other industry organisations for the latest report from the Competition and Markets Authority...

The new housing minister is Christopher Pincher, who for the past decade has been Conservative MP for Tamworth having had a...

NAEA member agents have delivered a relatively downbeat forecast for 2020 - but the organisation says an injection of digital technology...

Everyone thought John Bercow was short. It probably didn’t help that I was on stage just before him. 5ft 6 versus...

The latest market snapshot from the National Association of Estate Agents continues to show how political uncertainty is dampening sentiment and...

Agents and property industry figures have given a clear message to the government six weeks ahead of the General Election -...

Last week we covered a story, broken by The Times, about a new website allowing users to discover the air quality...

There has been a sceptical response by agents and others in the property industry to the government’s latest headline-grabbing tweaks to...

The National Association of Estate Agents says that  both demand and particularly supply have dipped in the past month - but...

New figures from the National Association of Estate Agents suggest that supply is at last creeping back up to seasonal norms...

ARLA and NAEA Propertymark have announced their top teams for the year ahead - and on the estate agency side, the...

The National Association of Estate Agents has welcomed the commitment by the Competition and Markets Authority to investigate the mis-selling of...

Estate agents have been warned that if new guidance over referral fees is not taken seriously, they could be faced with...

The National Association of Estate Agents has led the support for stricter new guidelines on transparency for referral fees. The clampdown means agents...

  The National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Lettings Agents have thrown their weight behind the government’s latest...

The National Association of Estate Agents has met with other members of a high-level government board to look at ways of...

Data from the National Association of Estate Agents suggests that the number of registered buyers per member branch has slumped to...

The title may be unfamiliar but most agents know by now that in the corridors of Whitehall a working party exists...

The introduction of the Propertymark brand as a ‘consumer friendly’ umbrella name for a series of trade bodies has been a...

A consumer group says agents are securing increasing income from online auctions, but it warns that for buyers there are pitfalls...

The agency industry has reacted in a broadly downbeat way at the relatively few housing-related proposals that were announced in yesterday’s...

A new junior estate agent apprenticeship standard has been launched with skills being offered for residential, commercial and auction sectors. Created by...

The National Association of Estate Agents has welcomed the government’s move to ensure most future new-build houses are sold as freehold...

Sales of properties to first time buyers have hit their lowest level for three years according to data from the National...

The National Association of Estate Agents has given broad support for radical proposals from the Law Commission to end leasehold abuse...

Almost all buyers of new build houses who purchased a leasehold regret doing so, and the vast majority say they definitely wouldn't...

Property sellers have been on the back foot over the slow summer period, according to the latest report from NAEA Propertymark....

Does your company apply adequate customer due diligence measures when carrying out estate agency work?  Does it establish and maintain appropriate policies...

Industry groups have welcomed Kit Malthouse as housing minister - but make little effort to hide their frustrations, disappointment and disillusionment. Malthouse was announced...

The housing market has swung back in favour of property sellers, according to the latest data from estate agents. NAEA Propertymark's Housing...

To demonstrate the lengths some buyers will go to make sure their offer is accepted, NAEA Propertymark has asked its agent...

Agents and representatives from other property sectors have reacted enthusiastically to proposals to professionalise the industry. As we reported yesterday, the government...

The National Association of Estate Agents says the government’s first time buyer stamp duty incentive “seems to be having the desired...

An estate agent and former chairman of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says the government’s latest drive to build new...

Estate agents have been hit with six- and seven-figure fines under new anti-money laundering and anti-tax evasion regulations according to the...

No fewer than 85 per cent of properties sold for less than the asking price in November, the highest seen since...

Earlier this week, Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered the Autumn Budget with a strong focus on housing.  The decision to cut stamp duty...

The housing industry has set out a list of demands in advance of the government’s hotly anticipated Autumn Budget on Wednesday.  Despite...