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The government is jeopardising the success of the housing market relaunch through the inflexibility of the furlough scheme, claims a group...

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick is expected to announce tomorrow that the housing market in England can resume with estate and letting...

Since my last column in April, one could argue that very little has changed for agents in terms of the market...

It may seem a long time since normal trading took place but many agencies are now finding they are picking up...

I won't be the first or last person to say that society and the property industry in which we operate is...

It’s been reported that the government is talking with banks and building societies about putting the housing market ‘on ice’ during the...

The government has at last issued extensive advice on home moving and the activities of estate agents during the continuing Coronavirus crisis. This...

The Law Society says there is still some possibility that those home movers scheduled to complete in the near future might...

The extraordinary past week of anger over portals’ fees plus early-warning statements like that from Foxtons indicate the anxiety in the...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Emily Hawthorne, mio Account Manager for the South West of...

Zoopla is launching a new eight week marketing campaign on Boxing Day - and Estate Agent Today has an exclusive look at...

Here at sales progression and communication tool mio, we recently caught up with Sarah Edmundson, co-director of The AllStars Group, the...

A new app is being launched which allows agents to gauge possible interest in a property before it is formally put...

In just over two weeks, the UK population will head to the polls for the fourth general election since 2010. Of course,...

An online agent claims to have the answer to why fewer people are buying and selling these days. It’s not Brexit, stamp...

Purplebricks - which is at the centre of a string of controversies - has joined the growing campaign for stamp duty...

Although property transactions have, unsurprisingly, recently seen a decline which is almost certainly in part due to the ‘B-word’, this doesn’t...

What a credit to the industry so many agents, surveyors and suppliers are: this week’s ADC shows the diverse range of...

A recent study has revealed what the biggest moving home fails are in the UK, including damaged furniture, scratched walls and...

With somewhere in the region of 1.2 million property sales transactions being completed each year, and 16,500 estate agents actively vying...

The average British homeowner stays in their property for 20.8 years, according to new research by Zoopla. The property portal analysed the...

In the second part of my exploration of startups, I talk to a number of people with lived experience of creating...

Homeowners will be able to extend properties more easily instead of moving home. In a surprise announcement this morning - less than...

With the UK population spending longer in rental accommodation, due to the upfront expense of buying a home, their time and...

It has been a long time coming, but the tenant fees ban, which forbids landlords and letting agents in England from...

I don’t believe it’s unfair to state that our government, indeed, the entire political establishment is in some turmoil at the...

Another For Sale By Owner website has been launched - this one, apparently, because the founder was “frustrated” with estate agents’...

When renting a property out, letting agents and landlords recognise that it is important to take a deposit from the tenant...

When was the last time you looked at your business and really thought about what you could do to improve? Yesterday? Last...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Marco Ferrara, Director of Tili What is Tili and what does...

Tili does all the work to deliver a smooth home move for customers and income for agents. An innovative and easy to...

New rules set out by the Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC), which aim to support consumer choice, have been approved by...

Purplebricks has returned to the fray after recent controversies with a claim that home owners saved themselves over £140m in commission...

Purplebricks has issued a provocative response to the government’s new measures to promote a more professional and transparent house buying process.  The...

The comparison site Reallymoving, which allows users to get online quotes for conveyancers, surveyors and removal firms, has acquired the property...

A critic of the conveyancing process has accused a law firm’s charge of £95 for “exchange and completion within five working...

Oh we do love a busy Agents Do Charity page, and this week’s is busy indeed - thanks to everyone for...

The number of owners selling up and moving home is at its highest level since 2007 with one exception - London.  The...

The fact is that most house hunters simply do not have the time, let alone the inclination, to trawl around properties...

A survey of over 1,700 people has revealed that over a quarter who have purchased their home in the last 12 months...

The average cost of moving home in the UK has increased by £628 over the past year from £10,966 to £11,624...

One of the country’s leading buying agents says over six million people are living in the wrong property because they are...

The Queen’s speech to the British parliament this week was a scaled-back affair, which was unsurprising given the Grenfell Tower fire,...

New research gives an insight into the difficulties that older home owners have coping with their properties - and highlights the...

The best estate and letting agents in the UK were recognised at the prestigious ESTAS luncheon and ceremony, which was held...

In November 2016 when the Autumn Statement was delivered by Chancellor Philip Hammond, the announcement was made to ban letting agent...

The average cost of moving home in the UK was £9,472 in 2016 according to a survey by the Centre for...

Walk in your customers’ shoes Experiencing your business as your customers do would be our number one rule. How often do you...

In recent years the mortgage industry has gone through some testing times. Recession and regulation have led to more stringent lending...

The Conveyancing Association wants the creation of a ‘log book’ and ‘Home Reports’ for each home on sale - reminiscent in...

Some big news in the agency world last week won’t have escaped the attention of many in the industry. Last Thursday news...

The Competition and Markets Authority has now fined agents over £1m in two landmark cases concerning price-fixing - and it says...

The number of home buyers in London dropped to a four-year low in 2016 while the number of loans taken out...

The Halifax says house prices across the UK will rise between 1.0 and 4.0 per cent in the next 12 months...

Hybrid estate agency YOPA is today launching a nationwide TV advertising campaign starring The Village People, the band best-known for the...

The HomeOwners’ Alliance claims that over the past two years alone over 500,000 owners aged 55-plus have had to ditch plans...

Winners’ reactions and views from a fantastic day of celebration! The Kings Group scooped the gold award for Best Estate Agent in...

The complete list of this year’s ESTAS award winners has now been released after a hugely successful ceremony in London hosted...

Having urged agents to think about the full marketing mix and not just price, we must look at our business relationships...

As any marketer will tell you, the marketing mix in its most basic form is made up of 4 P’s: Price,...

The internet has changed the way that most businesses operate. In many cases, the opportunities opened up by the emergence of...

Figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders show that lending to first time buyers bounced back in the second quarter of...

June has witnessed a surge in residential valuations according to Connells.  It says there were 23 per cent more property valuations conducted...

Typical estate agency fees have risen 61 per cent in the past decade although average house prices have increased by a...