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Christmas - time for a much-needed rest for our industry after getting through a workload which reached almost unprecedented levels in...

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

Record numbers of properties sold above asking price in August, agents claim. Data from NAEA Propertymark shows that despite the summer lull,...

Propertymark says confusion over new stamp duty rules has led to a surge in fall-throughs. Since April 1 homes bought in England...

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

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...

Last weekend we spoke with Liana Loporto, NAEA Propertymark’s president, in an exclusive interview. Here we follow that up with an...

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

In the first of a two-part special with the presidents of the UK’s largest property trade organisation, we carry out an...

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...

In an industry which is faced with constant changes in day-to-day practices and even more so given the Covid terrain which agents...

The new Mayor of London, to be decided in an election tomorrow, has just received a six point set of demands...

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

The last property event I attended in person – and I think the last physical property event held all told –...

Propertymark has chosen YoungMinds as its charity partner of the year.  YoungMinds is dedicated to ensuring every young person gets the mental...

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

The Guild of Property Professionals is to offer a formal agency qualification as it goes increasingly on the offensive in a...

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...

Mystery over the unusual nature of the resignation of the NAEA President, announced last weekend, has deepened in the past 24...

NAEA Propertymark President Kirsty Finney has quit just six months into her year in office. An email was sent to the association's members...

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...

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

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...

Propertymark, combining both the National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting Agents, claims to speak for the...

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

Following a turbulent 2020 in which the property market and the professionals working within it excelled in the face of unprecedented...

Propertymark has told the government that it needs to introduce overarching regulation of agents now, because existing piecemeal provisions are unmanageable...

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

NAEA Propertymark has written to the Scottish Government demanding it extend the current Land and Buildings Transaction Tax holiday - the...

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...

So, we’re back to where we were in the spring, more or less. England is in a national lockdown again to...

The agency industry’s new leaders for the coming year have expressed strong support for reform recommendations promoted by the Regulation of...

With a new President elected and the old one reluctant to move out, this is a good time to see how...

A leading firm of conveyancers will this week tell new clients that their property purchases are likely to miss the stamp...

A leading board member of NAEA Propertymark warns a small number of rogue agents continue to flout anti-money laundering regulations - and...

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...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has been told to avoid a stamp duty holiday cliff-edge next March at any price - because it...

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 wants the government to initiate a mortgage guarantee scheme to encourage more 95 per cent...

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...

The cross-sector group looking at reforming the sales process has agreed a new pledge which it says introduces greater transparency for...

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

As many in the industry will know, Ian Westerling passed away last week at the age of 51: he was a...

The National Association of Estate Agents is inviting members to join a panel reviewing new PropTech produced as a result of...

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

The new president of NAEA Propertymark says one of her key objectives for the year ahead is to prepare the industry...

If yet more proof were needed of the housing boom this summer, NAEA Propertymark says its sales agreed data suggests a...

Following the easing of lockdown restrictions on England’s property market in May, NAEA Propertymark reported a sharp increase in business for...

Earlier this month, it was revealed that property industry bodies have joined a new Code of Practice Steering Group to enact...

New guidance on face coverings for agents working in branches, and for those dealing directly with visitors, was issued last evening. A statement...

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...

The latest guidance from the government on the next phase of the HS2 high-speed railway confirms the previous demand that vendors...

The Black Lives Matter debate has reached the property industry with some agents dropping the term ‘Master bedroom’ from descriptions. The Times...

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...

A new estate agency Code of Practice is to be written by a group set up by the Royal Institution of Chartered...

Few figures for the housing market can be truly representative in the current circumstances but NAEA Propertymark’s latest snapshot is showing...

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

NAEA Propertymark is advising agents to continue measures to allow them to operate if a second wave of Coronavirus hits later...

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

There’s been a surge in buyers wanting to view properties - but agents must sit on their hands and wait for...

Details being presented to Parliament today may include information on how agents can return to work in some sort of ‘new normal.’ A 50...

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

NAEA Propertymark has made a series of demands on the government in the light of the Coronavirus crisis.  In a formal written...

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

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

NAEA Propertymark has today launched a campaign for the government to introduce what it calls a Property Sector Support Package. This would...

The National Association of Estate Agents is urging its members to use the lockdown as an opportunity to train on its...

If it’s really the case that estate agents’ offices could be in the category of High Street premises first allowed to...

Hello - we hope you had as good an Easter as possible in these unusual circumstances, and welcome back to work. Now...

Working from home is something of a leveller right now, applying to people in the capital and in the sticks, but...

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...

Training operator The Able Agent is to include a module on the Modern Method of Auction in its future programme.  Charlotte Jeffry-Campbell,...

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

The government has been told that raising the stamp duty threshold would both trigger more house moves, and bring the tax...

'It's a recipe, not a menu' is a mantra championed by a host of Keller Williams' millionaire estate agents. But what are...

The annual conference of the National Association of Estate Agents takes place on February 27 - the date when the future...

There are reasons to be optimistic that a majority government will improve the housing market, simply by ending political and economic...

With Brexit still unresolved, the domestic agenda has been pushed from the headlines by the seemingly overwhelming public and political discord...

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

There’s been a new warning to estate agents to check they are fully compliant with GDPR regulations following a European case...

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

It’s beginning to look a lot like…we’re running a very popular service for agents, as we’ve been inundated with more fund-raising...

Mark Bentley, the immediate past president of the National Association of Estate Agents, has become the highest profile agent yet to...

It’s that time again, with the clocks going back an hour to mark the start of slightly brighter mornings and significantly...

Three key industry organisations have endorsed a best practice guide for the controversial Modern Method of Auction. The iamsold guide is aimed at...

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

The National Association of Estate Agents has told the government that it wants one single Ombudsman to provide redress across all...

With Boris Johnson winning the Conservative leadership election and becoming Prime Minister, he has spent his first few days in office...

When an industry disruptor enters a marketplace the impact on existing operators can be significant. It has been seen most notably...

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

You may be right in thinking that Brexit has dominated the thinking of the government in the last three years. However,...

Nomination for the Propertymark Qualifications Awards 2019 are now open - and they present a chance to celebrate colleagues or employers...

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

It may well seem that the government is pre-occupied with one issue, and one issue alone. While preparations for Brexit take up a...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) has launched its long-awaited ‘How to sell a home’ and ‘How to...

When it comes to major issues confronting housing, and in particular the direction that the government would like to take the...

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

OnTheMarket has stepped up its attack on Rightmove with a stridently-worded email to agents explaining how a drop in leads from...

A working party of NAEA Propertymark is to conduct a pilot of a new Property Information Questionnaire - part of a...

Data from NAEA Propertymark suggests there were 20 per cent fewer buyers in January this year than in the same month...

The head of an online agency has accused the National Association of Estate Agents’ conference of being “a sea of old...

As 2018 draws to a close, it is fair to say that stretched affordability and uncertainty over the Brexit negotiations has...

It is something of an understatement to say that we are in challenging times. BREXIT is unresolved and we wait with...

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

Last week, the first of a new kind of industry event took place; an open debate between agents and PropTech suppliers. Strong...

Today’s long-awaited debate staged by fledgling PropTech platform Best Agent will address the issue of how the agency industry can most...

The Property Ombudsman has urged the government to bring the new homes build sector under consumer redress. New builds are not currently...

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

An upcoming event will see a panel of well-known agents and suppliers appeal for better collaboration between industry stakeholders, particularly CRM...

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

Next week ludlowthompson celebrates its 25th anniversary. Here, I catch up with Stephen Ludlow, co-founder and now executive director of the...

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

A recent holiday in the US gave me an opportunity to catch up with property news over there - and surprisingly,...

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 Property Ombudsman has launched an online training module which it describes as the first of its kind.  The interactive module -...

NAEA Propertymark is to introduce bursaries designed to support novice staff deemed to be showing exceptional potential to attend the association’s...

What a year it’s been! Back in 2016 we had Brexit, a new prime minister, Donald Trump’s election, and so when...

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

The latest market snapshot from the National Association of Estate Agents suggests that the proportion of sales made to first time...

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...

A survey conducted by the National Association of Estate Agents reveals that 79 per cent of agents regard the current home-buying...

There has been a wide range of views from trade bodies and individual agents on the government’s surprise ‘call for evidence’...

The National Association of Estate Agents is telling members to delete a spam email purporting to have been sent by the...

Stamp duty reform lies at the heart of the submission by the National Association of Estate Agents ahead of next month’s...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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 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...

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