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A property industry group has called for a reduction in the discounts available for council tenants buying their own home, after...

It’s tempting to think that Michael Gove’s proposed clampdown on Airbnb-style short lets is a uniquely British form of small-mindedness, part...

Borrowers are currently rolling off relatively favourable two-year fixed-rate deals agreed at the start of 2022, but the pain from higher...

Much of the focus may have been on the Spring Budget this week but a variety of charities have received support from...

There are often very grim snapshots of the current property crisis.  But one of the most shocking I’ve read in a long...

The Good Estate Agent has attracted 16 franchisees to its new travel brand, with almost half even combining it with their existing...

There will be many of us working in the property sector who will have raised a glass and toasted seeing the...

As the world marches relentlessly forward to 2024, the government’s flagship legislation for the private rented sector (PRS) remains in limbo. This...

The debate over the Green Belt, and the newly branded ‘grey belt’, has made the headlines a lot recently and will...

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

Swimming pools, both indoor and outdoor, his and her bathrooms, accommodation for staff, and endless tech-powered gadgets are just some of...

There has been much barn conversion activity in recent years perhaps as a result of the change in farming methods making...

When Chancellor Jeremy Hunt gets to his feet on Wednesday to deliver his Autumn Statement, he should consider offering support to...

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

As electric vehicles increasingly populate our roads and the necessity for accessible charging grows, enquiries about electric vehicle chargepoints when buying...

Build to Rent (BTR) is the UK’s fastest-growing sector and this trend looks set to continue throughout 2023 and beyond. The...

Estate agency has changed. No longer is it required to sit in a high street office working the old way. Provide a...

The National Association of Property Buyers (NAPB) and Gumtree have teamed up to help fightback against fraudsters, particularly when it comes...

The term mixed-tenure development usually refers to residential developments where different residential tenures are provided on the same site. Typically, tenure was...

Knight Frank has spoken out over what it claims is a severe lack of appropriate accommodation being marketed exclusively to the...

Whether you realise it or not, APIs have helped make your day possible.  Reflect on everything you’ve done today online. On your...

Andrew Jones, Group Director, Corporate Lettings & Build to Rent, Leaders Romans Group (LRG) In the past 10 years, the Build to...

The Government has set out yet another attempt to meet it manifesto commitment to build 1m homes over this Parliament. Prime Minister...

Fortune favours the brave, as the saying goes. So, when you consider how upfront material information can and does make the...

In an exclusive interview with Estate Agent Today, Simon Coaker, Sales & Marketing Director of Desert Springs Resort, shared captivating insights into...

Two former housing ministers have criticised the Government for scrapping housebuilding targets. The Government officially watered-down proposals for mandatory local housebuilding targets...

Property recruitment firm the deverellsmith group has acquired the entire issued share capital of Daisy Chain. The transaction will see Louse Deverell-Smith’s...

An award-winning charity will cut the cost of homeownership in Wigan by up to £10,000, by offering buyers the chance to...

THE grounding of foreign travel during successive lockdowns meant many employers were saved from the stress of dealing with holiday requests...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. Thomas Morris Sales & Lettings: Last week...

In November, research conducted by The Housing Forum's Futures Network unearthed concern with the potential to meet the requirements set out...

Black mould associated with condensation is becoming an increasing problem for homes in the UK and following the tragic death of...

The growth of the short term rentals sector has helped to create an economy featuring several new types of jobs that...

Every year, those thinking about investing in property for the first time and even current landlords ask themselves whether it’s the...

Should commercial properties be converted into homes? I think so. I don’t mean the upscale barns becoming large houses, or the fashionable...

It turns out even estate agents have to go off-market when finding their own homes. Paul Clarke, of Belvoir-owned self-employed agency brand...

Zoopla’s homepage may look a little different from today. The portal is supporting homeless charity Crisis’s Christmas fundraising campaign with a homepage...

In this guest feature, Dillon Darbar, counter fraud manager at Network Homes, sets out why estate agents need to be aware...

Agents have been getting into the Christmas spirit and recognising the colder weather when it comes to charity this week. Whatever the...

In this guest piece, Andy Jones, Corporate & Build To Rent Director at LRG, looks at whether commercial property can help solve...

The end of the Help to Buy Equity Loan scheme coupled with rising mortgage rates and affordability requirements will mean fewer...

Property professionals have been pondering the impact of the sudden Bank Holiday scheduled next Monday for the Queen’s state funeral. It creates...

Some people will say: What problem? But they are getting fewer as the detrimental effect of increasing numbers of short lets on...

Zoopla has teamed up with homelessness charity Crisis to help campaign for reform of housing benefits and to tackle the affordable...

A fundraising page setup to encourage donations for a sales negotiator who suffered a life threatening accident while on a family...

The managing director of an Essex-based estate agency has set up a GoFundMe page to encourage donations for a stricken colleague...

A typical comment accompanying news of the UK heatwave is that our homes are not built for 40-degree heat. Many residential homes...

Agents and property professionals have been in boats, on bikes and even used football stars to help raise funds for charity...

As the mass student exodus from rented accommodation begins throughout the UK, Richard Abbots of Inventory Hive offers advice on how...

The government is being urged to tailor its housing market reforms beyond solely focusing on first-time buyers. It comes as new analysis...

Rising property prices in the UK mean that occupiers are renting long past their forties. According to the government’s last English...

This question is not as flippant as it sounds because over recent years the status of the private landlord has taken...

A County Down-based estate agent has acquired a local rival and launched a new “stop-gap” accommodation service for buyers and sellers...

What a difference two months and some local elections make. Cast your minds back to March 9 and the annual report of...

You can tell that spring is in the air as this week's Agents Do Charity is full of outdoor fundraising pursuits...

From the beginning of April, long-awaited rules from the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT) came into effect....

Spring may be struggling to break through the clouds but agents are continuing to step up for good causes. The humanitarian crisis...

Propertymark is urging restraint on the part of the Welsh Government as it moves to tackle what it sees as the...

Agents are being advised to revise their processes now to accommodate changes to the information required on property details, which begin...

Hello and welcome to another Agents Do Charity, the weekly round up of fund-raising in our industry. Once more our thoughts are...

A rural body in Wales has hit out at the Welsh Government’s proposals for draconian new taxes on second homes.  Earlier this...

Hello and welcome to this week’s ADC, an opportunity for see how selfless our industry can be at times of hardship...

A prominent estate agency figure is urging the industry to dig deep to help the Ukrainian humanitarian effort. Arun Group managing director...

A well known UK estate agency has pledged £50,000 to help the growing Ukrainian refugee crisis. Brown & Co - the 13-branch...

Momentum is building up in support of the government’s probe into whether the London homes of oligarchs on the sanctions list...

The Welsh Government has announced an increase to the maximum level of council tax premiums for second homes, as well as...

The rental market is recalibrating after Covid, and this is evident in the latest data from Zoopla’s rental index. For 18 months...

A lead generation platform that boasts Leaders, EweMove and Northwood amongst its clients says it’s expanding into mortgages. Rentround, now in its...

Timothy Douglas, Head of Policy and Campaigns at Propertymark, analyses the impact that the lack of available data is having on...

Our Agents Do Charity column each Friday does a fantastic job of highlighting the amazing charitable work of agents up and...

Do you have an 'open API'? We use 'X' who have an 'open API' so we would need you to integrate with...

Prime Central London’s attraction to multi-millionaire and billionaire buyers appears to have soared during the pandemic. High end agency Beauchamp Estates says...

As agents return to work after the Christmas break, here’s an insight into possible new instructions. A quarter of owners apparently think...

Hertfordshire agency Sewell & Gardner has cut the ribbon on a refurbished and extended office, which will incorporate two previously-separate branches...

In the UK, 3.5 million households — which is over one-third of UK households — are either privately or socially rented,...

The Modern Method of Auction (MMoA), also known as Conditional auction, can sometimes get a bad rap. However, much of the...

Almost a million tenants have built up rent arrears since March 2020, according to research by National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA)....

Franchise giant Winkworth says it has backed the start up of a commercial company advising on investment in retail or business...

A prominent prime London estate agent has been awarded £180,000 by a compensation panel following her victory earlier this year in...

An estate agent says the housing market now has a hidden characteristic - an absence of homes that are friendly for...

Media reports suggest the government is considering offering grants to local authorities to purchase private family houses which are larger than...

Hello and welcome to our final Property Jobs Today before the start of autumn - and it’s good to see people...

The controversial ViewRabbit service, which proposes to charge prospective buyers and tenants for viewing properties, may seek international investment. The site has...

Amro Partners, the Build to Rent and student accommodation operator, has launched a venture capital arm investing in PropTech and FinTech. Amro...

There are an estimated 2.7 million landlords in the private rented sector (PRS) providing rental accommodation to multiple generations of tenant,...

OnTheMarket has announced new functionality in a direct bid to take on Rightmove and Zoopla. The functionality, to go live within the...

The last 12 months have heralded significant change across the property market and indeed we could argue across all markets in...

Licensing of the short-term lets sector in Scotland was due to be introduced next month. However, it was recently announced that...

Estate agents play a key role in identifying tax savings that can benefit all parties. If a purchaser can benefit from...

A prominent London agency says today’s new two per cent stamp duty surcharge imposed on most overseas buyers will not dampen...

Two property directors have been banned from holding company office for a total of 25 years after abusing £7.7m taken from...

Some 30 tax documents have been released by HM Treasury this afternoon - a mix of responses to past consultations, proposals...

Boomin co-founder Kenny Bruce says the UK economy should now be opening up thanks to the success of the Coronavirus vaccines. In...

The total value of the UK’s housing stock has hit a record £7.56 trillion despite the pandemic. The calculation - by Savills,...

An agency has changed a property listing on its website following an intervention by the Advertising Standards Authority. The agency was Campbell...

Labour has accused the government of promoting “sky high mortgages” instead of providing stable accommodation for younger households. A new mortgage guarantee...

It’s now more than a year since the government offered an additional £4 million to councils to combat rogue landlords. At the...

This time out, I’m in conversation with one of the big three established portals. Since it was founded in 2007, Zoopla...

REACH, a programme encouraging start-ups in the property world, has released a list of UK companies that will feature in its...

The property market became somewhat fractious during 2020. After receiving a much-needed boost with the promise of stamp duty relief, things...