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![Propertymark partners with Belvoir to boost agent standards](/upload/images/shutterstock_1746444971(1).jpg)
Propertymark has launched a new working relationship with the Belvoir Group to help further improve standards and enhance financial protection for...
19 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Should agents be held responsible for overvaluations?](/upload/images/shutterstock_159264155.jpg)
Former NAEA Propertymark President Stephen McCarron has questioned if agents should be held responsible for clients losing out from overvalued properties. Speaking...
23 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Propertmark unveils new chairman and board members](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessChain-400x310.png)
Propertymark has named its new chairperson and board members during its annual general meeting. Succeeding Propertymark’s, Nicky Heathcote, Bill Butler has been...
30 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark unveils heavyweight panel for industry conference](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_192595709.jpg)
Propertymark has released details of a panel featuring several industry heavyweights at its much anticipated conference in June. Founder of emoov-turned-property-pundit and...
11 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents still positive as Nationwide warns housing market has lost momentum](/upload/images/library/Nationwide-logo400x310.png)
House price growth slowed in August but remains in double digits, Nationwide figures have revealed. The lender’s August House Price Index shows...
02 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark Qualifications names new board members](/upload/images/Back-link-images/hand%20shaking.jpg)
Propertymark Qualifications has added two industry veterans to its board. Jan Hytch, residential and operations partner for Arnold Keys and Katie Griffin,...
27 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark rebrands charitable arm](/upload/images/Today%20Site%20Images/ThePropertymarkTrust-400x310.png)
Propertymark has rebranded its charitable arm. Its members charity Arbon Trust unveiled a new identity and vision at the trade body’s national...
07 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter - why conveyancers should charge more for a better service](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
The ongoing debate about how to boost agent and conveyancer relations, and improve the homebuying system for all, continues to rage,...
02 July 2022
From: Features
![New NAEA president plans to attract more school leavers to estate agency](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Millennial-Tenant-Kitchen-400x310.jpg)
NAEA Propertymark’s new president Stephen McCarron has said he intends to focus on making agency an attractive option for school leavers...
20 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Outgoing NAEA Propertymark president reveals ROPA regrets](/upload/images/Logos/NAEA-PropertyMark-400x310.jpg)
Outgoing NAEA Propertymark president Liana Loporto has shared her regrets that she didn’t see the Regulation of Property Agents (ROPA) rules...
17 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark unveils headliners for national conference](/upload/images/Logos/NAEA-PropertyMark-400x310.jpg)
A best-selling author and ex-military wellness culture revolutionary have been named as headliners for this year’s NAEA Propertymark conference. Dr Andy Cope...
25 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![‘Long way to go’ for equality in estate agency - claim](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MillennialAgents-Meeting-400x310.jpg)
Two senior agency figures have suggested there is more work needed to level the playing field for women in the sector. The...
10 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – the who’s who of the industry](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...
30 April 2022
From: Features
![Agency content experts to share tricks of the trade at industry conference](/upload/images/library/MillennialAgent-400x310.jpg)
Three of the leading industry content specialists are set to gather on stage together for what is believe to be the...
27 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - light to get through the darkest days](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AgentsDoCharity-1-18-400x310.png)
No matter how dark the news, there’s light in our industry thanks to so many agents and suppliers doing good deeds....
25 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – events for agents to look out for in the first half of 2022](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
Property events and functions are now back in full swing, with 2022 likely to be the first ‘normal’ year for this...
12 February 2022
From: Features
![It’s back - NAEA Propertymark annual conference returns](/upload/images/library/NAEA-ARLA-Propertymark-400x310.jpg)
The annual NAEA Propertymark national conference is back in 2022. “The NAEA Propertymark National Conference is such an exciting event where property...
10 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Phil Spencer - Now is the perfect time to reassess your agency](/upload/images/library/PhilSpencer-MoveIQ-EATLAT-400x310.jpg)
Christmas - time for a much-needed rest for our industry after getting through a workload which reached almost unprecedented levels in...
20 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Locked or open-door policy - has Covid changed the way offices operate forever?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/AgencyBoards-Lettings-400x310.png)
In this piece, Tom Davis, press officer at Propertymark, explores the debate surrounding a locked or open-door policy, and whether the...
02 October 2021
From: Features
![Agents report record August for above asking price sales](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UK-Houses-Row-2-400x310.jpg)
Record numbers of properties sold above asking price in August, agents claim. Data from NAEA Propertymark shows that despite the summer lull,...
20 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Deals collapse because of confusion over stamp duty changes](/upload/images/library/StampDuty1-400x310.jpg)
Propertymark says confusion over new stamp duty rules has led to a surge in fall-throughs. Since April 1 homes bought in England...
10 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![No appetite amongst agents for charging for viewings - Propertymark](/upload/images/Logos/NAEA-PropertyMark-400x310.jpg)
NAEA Propertymark says there’s no appetite that it can see amongst its representatives across the UK for charging people £30 for...
02 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![New NAEA President aims to champion professionalism](/img/default/eat.png)
New NAEA Propertymark president Liana Loporto-Brown has assumed office, hoping to reset the organisation after a tumultuous year. In February chief executive...
01 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Ever-more buyers paying over the asking price for properties](/img/default/eat.png)
For the second time in two working days, a report suggests that ever-higher numbers of buying are paying over the asking...
28 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Exclusive: interview with Angela Davey, ARLA Propertymark's President](/img/default/eat.png)
Last weekend we spoke with Liana Loporto, NAEA Propertymark’s president, in an exclusive interview. Here we follow that up with an...
26 June 2021
From: Features
![Ground Rent refunds: Agents demand rest of industry must follow suit](/img/default/eat.png)
NAEA Propertymark says the news that two major players in the leasehold sector have reformed their activities must be just the...
24 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Exclusive: interview with Liana Loporto, NAEA Propertymark President](/img/default/eat.png)
In the first of a two-part special with the presidents of the UK’s largest property trade organisation, we carry out an...
19 June 2021
From: Features
![Agents back First Homes - but should government do more to boost supply?](/img/default/eat.png)
Agents have given their backing to the government’s First Homes initiative, offering discounted houses for local people and key workers and...
07 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Record number of homes sell above asking price](/img/default/eat.png)
An all-time record high of one in three properties sold for more than the original asking price last month. This is according...
25 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark: your voice matters, make sure it’s heard](/img/default/eat.png)
In an industry which is faced with constant changes in day-to-day practices and even more so given the Covid terrain which agents...
22 May 2021
From: Features
![Politicians told: Do your bit for homes, owners, buyers, renters](/img/default/eat.png)
The new Mayor of London, to be decided in an election tomorrow, has just received a six point set of demands...
05 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Records tumble as agents see soaring demand hit reduced stock](/img/default/eat.png)
One in six properties sold for over the original asking price last month, higher than the proportion in February and another sign...
28 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter - will there be live property events this year?](/img/default/eat.png)
The last property event I attended in person – and I think the last physical property event held all told –...
10 April 2021
From: Features
![Mental Health is key for young people, as Propertymark reminds us](/img/default/eat.png)
Propertymark has chosen YoungMinds as its charity partner of the year. YoungMinds is dedicated to ensuring every young person gets the mental...
02 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Many transactions ‘taking four months from offer to exchange’](/img/default/eat.png)
NAEA Propertymark says a record number of transactions are taking four months to move from offer to exchange. The organisation says this...
30 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Who runs the estate agent industry? Battle hots up](/img/default/eat.png)
The Guild of Property Professionals is to offer a formal agency qualification as it goes increasingly on the offensive in a...
19 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Game Over for Propertymark? What future after shock resignations?](/img/default/eat.png)
Members of Propertymark are left wondering today what if any future there is for the industry’s trade body. The shock resignation yesterday...
18 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![New Propertymark CEO Balcon stays silent on leadership resignation](/img/default/eat.png)
The new chief executive of Propertymark has declined to answer questions relating to the resignation of the NAEA president only half...
17 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Mystery deepens over resignation of NAEA Propertymark president](/img/default/eat.png)
Mystery over the unusual nature of the resignation of the NAEA President, announced last weekend, has deepened in the past 24...
16 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Shock resignation of NAEA President after bout of ill health](/img/default/eat.png)
NAEA Propertymark President Kirsty Finney has quit just six months into her year in office. An email was sent to the association's members...
15 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Extending Stamp Duty Holiday is top demand for Budget 2021](/img/default/eat.png)
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...
04 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![PropTech start-ups get boost in Propertymark development programme](/img/default/eat.png)
REACH, a programme encouraging start-ups in the property world, has released a list of UK companies that will feature in its...
04 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Failed Sales fear as Stamp Duty Holiday cliff edge approaches](/img/default/eat.png)
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...
27 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Why are only 25% of estate agents in NAEA Propertymark?](/img/default/eat.png)
Propertymark, combining both the National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting Agents, claims to speak for the...
25 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: exclusive Q&A with Tim Balcon, Propertymark’s new CEO](/img/default/eat.png)
Propertymark, the overarching body aiming to bring five different associations (ARLA, NAEA, NAVA, ICBA and APIP) into a single brand, was...
16 January 2021
From: Features
![Phil Spencer: What challenges lie ahead as 2021 gets underway?](/img/default/eat.png)
Following a turbulent 2020 in which the property market and the professionals working within it excelled in the face of unprecedented...
04 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Current regulation of estate agents unenforceable admits Propertymark](/img/default/eat.png)
Propertymark has told the government that it needs to introduce overarching regulation of agents now, because existing piecemeal provisions are unmanageable...
24 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Madness! Government refusal to extend SDLT holiday provokes anger](/img/default/eat.png)
Agents and property experts have reacted angrily to the government's refusal to extend the stamp duty holiday. The government has told campaigners that...
17 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents demand immediate tax action to help market](/img/default/eat.png)
NAEA Propertymark has written to the Scottish Government demanding it extend the current Land and Buildings Transaction Tax holiday - the...
17 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![If you want a stamp duty holiday extension, sign here…](/img/default/eat.png)
A petition has been launched demanding a stamp duty holiday extension. The online petition is the idea of Jonathan Steel - a layperson...
07 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![New industry regulator could use versions of TPO codes of practice](/img/default/eat.png)
The industry regulator who comes into force when the Regulation of Property Agents’ recommendations are adopted may take over versions of...
04 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![NAEA chief delays retirement to help restructure Propertymark](/img/default/eat.png)
Mark Hayward, who was scheduled to retire at the end of this month, is to stay on at NAEA Propertymark as...
02 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents still worried about cliff-edge threat to stamp duty holiday](/img/default/eat.png)
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...
30 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents – how can you provide the best service for consumers during lockdown?](/img/default/eat.png)
So, we’re back to where we were in the spring, more or less. England is in a national lockdown again to...
25 November 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![Bring on agency regulation and training, say new industry chiefs](/img/default/eat.png)
The agency industry’s new leaders for the coming year have expressed strong support for reform recommendations promoted by the Regulation of...
24 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Joe Biden’s housing market - well, it’s just like over here…](/img/default/eat.png)
With a new President elected and the old one reluctant to move out, this is a good time to see how...
14 November 2020
From: Features
![Conveyancing firm to tell buyers they will miss stamp duty holiday](/img/default/eat.png)
A leading firm of conveyancers will this week tell new clients that their property purchases are likely to miss the stamp...
09 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Rogue agents flouting AML rules ‘will be prosecuted’ says NAEA chief](/img/default/eat.png)
A leading board member of NAEA Propertymark warns a small number of rogue agents continue to flout anti-money laundering regulations - and...
04 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage holiday set to be extended as housing market stays open](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s one key takeaway for agents from the weekend’s announcements on the next England-wide lockdown - the housing market is staying...
02 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Does experience still count in estate agency?](/img/default/eat.png)
“I’ve got 47 years of experience as an agent. Do I still have to get a qualification?” asked one attendee at...
31 October 2020
From: Features
![Drastic consequences if stamp duty holiday ends in March - agents’ chief](/img/default/eat.png)
The housing market’s recovery will be threatened with drastic consequences for buyers and sellers if the stamp duty holiday isn’t extended beyond...
30 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Mandatory qualifications for agents “within two or three years”](/img/default/eat.png)
The mandatory qualifications expected of agents have not been forgotten and will come into effect in two or three years. That’s the...
29 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty Holiday Mayhem - Sunak urged to avoid 'cliff-edge'](/img/default/eat.png)
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has been told to avoid a stamp duty holiday cliff-edge next March at any price - because it...
29 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Regulation of Property Agents - update for industry expected today](/img/default/eat.png)
A progress report on the Regulation of Property Agents recommendations will be made today by a key RoPA committee member, Mark...
28 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Chaos” ahead when stamp duty holiday ends, warns NAEA chief](/img/default/eat.png)
The outgoing chief executive of the National Association of Estate Agents is warning that the sales system continues to struggle with...
26 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Call for mortgage guarantee scheme plus longer stamp duty holiday](/img/default/eat.png)
The National Association of Estate Agents wants the government to initiate a mortgage guarantee scheme to encourage more 95 per cent...
20 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Reveal referral fees now and don’t wait for law change, says NAEA](/img/default/eat.png)
The National Association of Estate Agents has thrown its weight behind the recommendation of Trading Standards that agents must by law be...
05 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![One in eight sales in late summer achieved above asking price](/img/default/eat.png)
Data from NAEA Propertymark shows that in August, some 13 per cent of properties sold for more than the original asking...
29 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents, conveyancers and movers pledge greater sales transparency](/img/default/eat.png)
The cross-sector group looking at reforming the sales process has agreed a new pledge which it says introduces greater transparency for...
25 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents tell Housing Minister to 'get empty homes back in use'](/img/default/eat.png)
NAEA Propertymark has written a letter to Housing Minister Christopher Pincher, asking what measures the government is taking to get more...
16 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Ian Westerling - a legacy of Humberts, NAEA, PropTech and more](/img/default/eat.png)
As many in the industry will know, Ian Westerling passed away last week at the age of 51: he was a...
09 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![PropTech offer for NAEA agents to work with start-ups](/img/default/eat.png)
The National Association of Estate Agents is inviting members to join a panel reviewing new PropTech produced as a result of...
09 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents back investigation into “unfair sales tactics” over leasehold](/img/default/eat.png)
NAEA Propertymark has thrown its weight behind a Competitions and Markets Authority investigation into whether consumer protection law has been broken...
07 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Preparing for regulation of agents is key goal of new NAEA president](/img/default/eat.png)
The new president of NAEA Propertymark says one of her key objectives for the year ahead is to prepare the industry...
03 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Boom! 13-year high for number of sales agreed per agency branch](/img/default/eat.png)
If yet more proof were needed of the housing boom this summer, NAEA Propertymark says its sales agreed data suggests a...
27 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Why diversifying into auctions can boost post-lockdown cashflow](/img/default/eat.png)
Following the easing of lockdown restrictions on England’s property market in May, NAEA Propertymark reported a sharp increase in business for...
05 August 2020
From: Features
![Code of Practice marks welcome progress for RoPA recommendations](/img/default/eat.png)
Earlier this month, it was revealed that property industry bodies have joined a new Code of Practice Steering Group to enact...
25 July 2020
From: Features
![Face Coverings in Branches - agents given new guidance](/img/default/eat.png)
New guidance on face coverings for agents working in branches, and for those dealing directly with visitors, was issued last evening. A statement...
24 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents must show “greater diligence” dealing with Russian buyers](/img/default/eat.png)
NAEA Propertymark is calling on agents to show “greater diligence” when dealing with Russian buyers, in the light of the report...
23 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Facemasks: Propertymark hints that agents may have to wear them](/img/default/eat.png)
More than 24 hours after the government's announcement about the compulsory wearing of facemasks by shoppers in England, and there is...
15 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![NAEA Propertymark in PropTech deal to promote start-ups](/img/default/eat.png)
NAEA Propertymark is partnering with a service called REACH UK, to promote selected PropTech start ups to agents who may need...
10 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Vendors on HS2 route must accept offers at 85% of asking price](/img/default/eat.png)
The latest guidance from the government on the next phase of the HS2 high-speed railway confirms the previous demand that vendors...
09 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Should ‘Master' bedroom be dropped from property descriptions?](/img/default/eat.png)
The Black Lives Matter debate has reached the property industry with some agents dropping the term ‘Master bedroom’ from descriptions. The Times...
06 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – who are the industry’s major trade bodies?](/img/default/eat.png)
They are the names we hear about often, pushing for this or seeking clarifications on that. They are the representatives of...
04 July 2020
From: Features
![NAEA Propertymark chief executive to quit at the end of 2020](/img/default/eat.png)
The chief executive of the National Association of Estate Agents, Mark Hayward, is to retire at the end of this year. The...
03 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Code of Practice for Estate Agents set to change industry forever](/img/default/eat.png)
A new estate agency Code of Practice is to be written by a group set up by the Royal Institution of Chartered...
01 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Boost as first time buyer sales rise rapidly after lockdown](/img/default/eat.png)
Few figures for the housing market can be truly representative in the current circumstances but NAEA Propertymark’s latest snapshot is showing...
26 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Video – Phil Spencer: What makes a good estate agent?](/img/default/eat.png)
In a video interview for his Move iQ service, Phil Spencer speaks to Mark Hayward, managing director of NAEA Propertymark about...
10 June 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![Second Corona wave - agents given seven steps to prepare](/img/default/eat.png)
NAEA Propertymark is advising agents to continue measures to allow them to operate if a second wave of Coronavirus hits later...
27 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Back-To-Work guidance for agents expected this week](/img/default/eat.png)
The chief executive of NAEA Propertymark says he expects specific government guidance later this week for estate agents to return to...
12 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Don't give in to buyers wanting viewings, agents told](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s been a surge in buyers wanting to view properties - but agents must sit on their hands and wait for...
12 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents accused of breaking lockdown before new rules announced](/img/default/eat.png)
Details being presented to Parliament today may include information on how agents can return to work in some sort of ‘new normal.’ A 50...
11 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Fury over agent breaching government rules on opening to public](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s been a furious response to the agent who appears to have breached government rules by opening his branch to the...
07 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![New plea to help self-employed agents missed by Corona schemes](/img/default/eat.png)
NAEA Propertymark has made a series of demands on the government in the light of the Coronavirus crisis. In a formal written...
07 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: 75% of agency branches will close within five years](/img/default/eat.png)
“A lot of people have learned that they can work at home, or that there’s other methods of conducting their business......
06 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Housing minister drawing up plans for agents to resume work](/img/default/eat.png)
Housing minister Chris Pincher is drawing up guidelines which could allow agents to return to something like normal working in the near...
03 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![New campaign wants controlled viewings, loans for buyers and SDLT holiday](/img/default/eat.png)
NAEA Propertymark has today launched a campaign for the government to introduce what it calls a Property Sector Support Package. This would...
01 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents urged to use lockdown to train on new sales toolkit](/img/default/eat.png)
The National Association of Estate Agents is urging its members to use the lockdown as an opportunity to train on its...