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Simon Gerrard, a past president of the National Association of Estate Agents, has called on the government to switch the burden...

Chris Wood - the Cornish estate agent who unsuccessfully attempted to get on the ballot paper as a candidate for NAEA...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has launched a comprehensive guide to what it calls “the responsibilities of residential property agents...

Today sees the launch of ARLA and NAEA Propertymark's first national television advertisement. The ad is intended to highlight the importance of...

Giving clients reliable advice when they are buying, selling or letting a home lies at the core of every successful estate...

Stock levels for estate agents at the height of summer were their lowest for at least 15 years according to the...

The share price of beleaguered hybrid agency Purplebricks has recovered some of the ground it lost earlier in the week after...

Installing solar panels on your home makes no difference to how much it’s worth, according to two thirds of estate agents.     Research...

The latest figures from NAEA Propertymark suggest that the market is bouncing back after its hiatus during the General Election and...

The National Association of Estate Agents is rolling out a series of masterclasses to prepare members for the European Fourth Anti-Money...

The National Association of Estate Agents says the General Election led to a drop in the number of registered house hunters...

Estate agents complying with new anti-money laundering regulations introduced this week are unlikely to avoid falling foul of terrorists and criminal...

Industry trade bodies NAEA and ARLA Propertymark have announced the appointment of their new presidents. At an AGM on Friday, Katie Griffin...

A network of almost 80 independent estate agency offices has launched what it calls a hard-hitting campaign against 'internet-based call centre...

To give you a nice distraction from the post-election madness, here’s an interview with Charlie Wright, founder of CIELA (or The...

The National Association of Estate Agents says its election for a new vice president is to go ahead as scheduled despite...

Theresa May’s call for a snap general election on June 8 took many by surprise. But estate agents have been broadly...

The number of house hunters registered per estate agency branch fell last month to 381 - well down on its figure...

The founder of the trade group seeking to represent independent agencies says he hopes the National Association of Estate Agents considers...

The Conservatives now say they are not resuscitating Home Information Packs, despite a suggestion by a prominent former minister that they "had...

Estate agents' listings may soon include compulsory information on a location's air quality, the chief executive of NAEA Propertymark, Mark Hayward,...

The number of properties available to buy on agents’ books decreased to 39 last month - the lowest amount recorded for...

The aftermath of Easter and shock announcement of a snap General Election have done little to stop the industry making plenty...

Estate agents have been broadly supportive of the decision by Prime Minister Theresa May to push for a snap General Election...

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

In this Natter we have an exclusive interview with David Cox, CEO of ARLA Propertymark and one of the best-known figures...

The National Association of Estate Agents has thrown its weight behind a government move to create a register of overseas companies...

A London council has issued 49 fines to estate and letting agents in the first two months of a crackdown that...

The National Association of Estate Agents says the number of sales agreed rose to a 10 year high in February. The NAEA...

It seems prop-tech is exploding at a scary rate, and the latest brands are all trying to grab our attention by...

Propertymark, the new brand umbrella for the National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting Agents, is to...

Looking ahead to the Spring Budget this week, the Chancellor Philip Hammond will be obliged to face up to the implications...

The average number of prospective buyers registered in each branch in January was 425, a 10 per cent rise from December...

Housing minister Gavin Barwell has told the NAEA conference that there is no quick fix for the country’s housing shortage -...

The National Association of Estate Agents is rebranding to Propertymark NAEA and the Association of Residential Letting Agents is to be...

Rightmove is teaming up with the National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting Agents to offer what...

A controversial scheme in a London borough, limiting the size and duration of letting and estate agents’ boards on display, comes...

Lots of people buy new-build due to the perceived lack of hassle with maintenance, as they are built to the latest...

The housing market ended 2016 on a positive note, according to the latest report from the National Association of Estate Agents...

A number of local authorities are now serving £100 or £120 fixed penalty notices on estate agents who display For Sale...

The National Association of Estate Agents has lured housing minister Gavin Barwell to speak at its conference next month.  Barwell will outline...

1.For those who are not familiar with Properstar yet, how would you summarise your services? Properstar is an online portal that helps...

A new body set up to forge links between developers and estate agents has spoken up in favour of the government’s...

The government’s blizzard of New Year announcements about new homes has received a distinctly frosty welcome from many within the property...

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

No fewer than 84 per cent of homes sold for less than their asking prices last month - the highest number...

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

Forecasts are so last year: who anticipated Bowie, Brexit or Balls for example? Quotes, on the other hand, really ARE last year...

House prices will stall in 2017 and there won’t by any significant improvement in affordability for many hard-pressed buyers - but...

Rightmove’s commercial director Miles Shipside, who makes relatively few appearances at industry events, is to be a speaker at the NAEA...

Almost a third of total sales in October were to first time buyers according to the National Association of Estate Agents...

Agency review website RaterAgent has listed its top 50 agents for 2016 based on customer reviews posted in the year to...

As circus performers, most estate agents would fail. Some of you might find that difficult to comprehend. After all, many uninformed members...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is the latest body within the industry to warn its members against portal juggling. Following statements...

Hunters has developed a formally recognised estate agency qualification for its own network of branches.  The qualification - which Hunters claims is...

The average number of house hunters registered at each branch of the National Association of Estate Agents rose to 333 from 287...

One of Britain’s most respected veteran estate agents, Hugh Dunsmore-Hardy, is urging new recruits to the industry to join what he...

The Apprentice returns this evening on BBC1 at 9pm and, as usual, there’s a property person amongst the 18 hopefuls seeking...

There has been widespread scepticism from many within the industry that the government will miss its latest house building targets, despite...

The National Association of Estate Agents report has batted away an idea which has been resuscitated by the insurance industry, suggesting...

Three quarters of properties sold by National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) member branches in August were for less than the...

The Property Ombudsman scheme (TPO) has announced that it will be issuing updated versions of all its Codes of Practice on...

With the number of new homes being built across the UK still significantly below the level needed to meet demand, housebuilders...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is to expel an estate agent for breaking several of its membership rules.  Dion Beard,...

Schools going back, final Bank Holiday over until Christmas, and agents returning from their summer breaks. It can only mean September. But...

With an anticipated “Call for Evidence” from the Dept of Business Innovation & Skills looking into the home-buying experience ETSOS is...

A National Association of Estate Agents report has been roundly dismissed as being “out of date and unhelpful” in blaming a...

The National Association of Estate Agents says a huge shortage of bricks and the possible consequences of Brexit are two reasons...

An influential backbench Conservative MP is the latest to speak out, urging the government to resolve the growing argument over the...

The National Association of Estate Agents has waded into the row created by the revelation that the government’s Help To Buy...

Against the trend of some recent market snapshots, the National Association of Estate Agents says there has been a sharp drop...

An estate agency has been fined after a trading standards team accused it of making misleading statements on its website. Warwickshire county...

An agent at the centre of the campaign to expose and stop portal juggling wants to know whether the National Trading...

With ever increasing obligations, estate agents know that compliance matters now more than ever.  However, being able to obtain access to the...

The National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team is warning agents not to engage in portal juggling - an activity it describes...

How do you want your agency to be perceived? Do your processes reflect both the quality and speed of service you...

The National Association of Estate Agents has warned an agency that it is misleading the public by using the association logo...

The National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting Agents have asked new housing minister Gavin Barwell to...

The possibility of short-term falling house prices caused by Brexit may be good news for the UK’s four million leasehold flat...

The plummetting pound following the UK’s shock vote to leave the European Union risks creating more money-laundering operations through this country’s...

The National Association of Estate Agents says it is unlikely that there will be price drops for homes in the very...

It’s over. A win is a win, whichever side you backed. It’s true that everyone seems a lot less happy than...

Uncertainty - even that which existed before the EU referendum just a week ago today - means demand for property has...

Members of the property industry join the rest of the country in going to the polls today to decide whether the...

Property software supplier VTUK is the latest to warn that a Brexit could have a damaging effect on the supply of...

The National Association of Estate Agents has formally welcomed its new presidential team for the next year.  David Mackie succeeds Martyn Baum...

Rightmove says fewer new sellers are coming to market, with this month’s total some 5.3 per cent below the monthly average...

The sense of gathering momentum for the Leave campaign ahead of the upcoming EU referendum is causing high levels of uncertainty...

Home loans activity has fallen to a 12 month low as market torpor sets in ahead of the EU referendum.  According to...

During April demand for housing dropped to the lowest level recorded since March 2014, according to the National Association of Estate...

The National Association of Estate Agents and Association of Residential Letting Agents say that although there are no conclusive ‘leave’ or...

The National Association of Estate Agents says it welcomes the government’s commitment to establish a public register of beneficial ownership information...

Property sales slowed dramatically in April as the market readjusted following the frenzy of buying before the stamp duty surcharge deadline...

The government is staying tight-lipped about it for the moment but there may be a major shake-up in house buying on...

A few years ago one of our property receptionists took a call from a vendor whose husband had passed away.  The client,...

A Conservative MP is to raise the portal juggling controversy in the House of Commons. Derek Thomas, MP for St Ives in...

The National Association of Estate Agents says there is light at the end of the tunnel for first time buyers seemingly...

The Independent Network of Estate Agents has written to the Competition and Markets Authority, raising the issue of the NAEA’s managing...

By accident or design, the PR machine at OnTheMarket was beefed up last week.  Just as well. With the portal still reeling...

In 2014 there were 19,000 estate agent branches in the UK. Of which 18,000 were registered to list properties on the...