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House prices are set to fall further next year, two major lenders claim. The house prices indices of Halifax and Nationwide have...

More than 70 local authority areas have seen average house prices rise over the last year, bucking the national trend, Halifax...

House prices are falling at their fastest rate in 12 years, dropping £7,500 on average over the past 12 months, according...

The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT) has deemed that the use of POA or “price on application”...

In this week’s Natter, I carry out a Q&A with Lisa Knight, who has taken the impressive journey from barmaid to...

Agents are being advised to wear face masks at work - even if no member of the public is present.  Paul Offley,...

Face masks are legally required in estate and letting agents from today according to new government guidance released overnight. The guidance makes...

An agent is warning the government it must manage Covid and not simply react ‘too late and too little’. He’s suggesting some...

In this piece, Tom Davis, press officer at Propertymark, explores the debate surrounding a locked or open-door policy, and whether the...

A new survey suggests the majority of vendors remain wary of allowing too many unknown people into their home during viewings. Some...

Remember the early days of lockdown when there was a general panic? Perhaps the hot demand for toilet rolls was a sign...

It may be ‘Freedom Day’ but it looks certain that many estate agents will still wear masks in offices today and...

New guidance has been issued to agents as the government confirms that most remaining Coronavirus restrictions are to be lifted from...

Agents are to be told this week that employees can drop face masks, social distancing and other workplace measures put in...

From July 19 it is likely that business owners, including agencies and industry suppliers, will no longer have to ask staff...

Propertymark has produced a new guide for estate agents in the wake of the latest step on the roadmap out of Covid...

Older homeowners gifted an average of £42,500 to younger relatives to help them buy in the past year, according to new...

London mayor Sadiq Khan is reported to be asking the Prime Minister to review the status of ‘essential retail’ which can...

Rightmove has issued a lengthy guidance note to prospective buyers, including a suggestion they ask estate agents whether PPE will be...

The housing market in England and Wales is stabilising, according to analysis of web traffic from a property advice site.  Valuation requests...

They’ve got it covered - the charitable arm of Propertymark is offering free face coverings to member agents. The Arbon Trust is...

The latest government rules combined with the Prime Minister’s recent address to the nation is clear – tougher measures are required...

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

Estate agents’ offices have been explicitly mentioned by the Scottish Government as locations where face masks must now be worn by...

With stamp duty cuts and 90% mortgages on their way back, anyone could think the housing market was about to go...

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

Wearing a face covering in shops and supermarkets is to be made mandatory in England.  Anyone failing to comply with the order...

The managing director of a Winkworth branch is threatening to report a senior member of a nearby Countrywide office to the...

** This Bank Holiday Monday both Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today look at how agencies have modified offices and...

** This Bank Holiday Monday both Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today look at how agencies have modified offices and protocols...

** This Bank Holiday Monday both Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today look at how agencies have modified offices and protocols...

The Bank of Ireland UK is the latest mortgage lender to resume physical valuations of properties in England, subject of course...

It’s back to work today for England’s estate agents and the housing market - but it’s the start of a new...

The chief executive of NAEA Propertymark says he expects specific government guidance later this week for estate agents to return to...

Domestic cleaners can now re-enter private homes under new Coronavirus return-to-work guidelines - the very guidelines which appear to stop estate...

There has been much speculation about when agents will be allowed back to work, and what the new office working environment...

Housing minister Chris Pincher is drawing up guidelines which could allow agents to return to something like normal working in the near...

A six-point guide is to be issued today to agents reopening offices when the government gives the go ahead, possibly in...

Hello - yes it’s Friday in case you lost track, and that means it’s Agents Do Charity day: and once again...

We live in uncertain times. That I do not need to say to anybody. I am writing this piece aboard my...

Both major portals have this morning revealed more evidence of a gently slowing housing market. The average time to sell a property...

As the sales market across much of Britain appears to be mired in political and economic uncertainty, figures from Scotland appear...

The chief executive of online agency HouseSimple says “sellers need to be prepared and willing to lower their expectations” in the current...

There’s more gloomy reading for vendors from a new report by website Home, which says the volume of properties slashing their...

High-end housebuilder Berkeley Homes says “macro and political uncertainty, including Brexit” is leading to some developers previously building in London to...

Fears raised over the UK housing market in the wake of the Brexit vote have so far proved to be ‘wide...

The huge rush to acquire buy-to-let property in the first quarter of the year ahead of the stamp duty change deadline...

Richard Donnell, one of Britain’s foremost housing market analysts, says there are signs that the underlying rate of growth in house...