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![Labour and Tories may be hiding property taxes and more - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Taxes-400x310.png)
The manifestos of all major parties tell us little about their true tax and public service plans, a respected financial think...
25 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour faces barriers to 'getting Britain building'](/upload/images/5%20--%20PROOFED%20--%20Labour%20faces%20barriers%20to%20getting%20Britain%20building%20By%20Michelle%20Quan%2C%20director%20of%20Boyer%20.png)
After much anticipation, the Labour Manifesto for ‘Change’ was launched this week. Held in Manchester the launch event included personal reflections...
15 June 2024
From: Features
![PropTech Today: Hospitals cyber-attack is a warning to property sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Special%20Logo's/PropTech%20.jpg)
THE news that an NHS trust was hit by a cyber-attack earlier this month naturally attracted a lot of headlines. Even though...
12 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Developer extends deposit contribution scheme](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
Barratt London is extending its deposit contribution scheme to thousands more key workers. The Key Worker Deposit Contribution Scheme has been extended...
30 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - positive charitable developments](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Special%20Logo's/AgentsDoCharity.png)
A variety of charities have received support from the property industry this week. If there are charitable endeavours you think the rest...
17 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Housing concerns growing among the public – ONS](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BTR%20and%20affordable%20housing%20-%20By%20Andy%20Jones%20Property%20Investor%20Today%20BuildToRent-400x310.png)
Increasing numbers of people are citing housing as their main concern, official data suggests. The latest public opinions and social trends survey...
13 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Housing costs still a major concern for majority of UK adults](/upload/images/shutterstock_2271512647(1).jpg)
The cost of housing continues to be a major concern to the majority of adults in the UK, according to the...
29 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![How Much Will Mortgage Rate Hikes Affect the UK Housing Market?](/upload/images/2%20How%20much%20will%20mortgage%20rate%20hikes%20-%20weekend%20features%20By%20Tom%20Bill%20Head%20of%20UK%20residential%20research%20at%20Knight%20Frank.jpg)
Borrowers are currently rolling off relatively favourable two-year fixed-rate deals agreed at the start of 2022, but the pain from higher...
30 March 2024
From: Features
![Agents Do Charity - breaking the budget for good causes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Special%20Logo's/AgentsDoCharity.png)
Much of the focus may have been on the Spring Budget this week but a variety of charities have received support from...
08 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today - Balancing AI innovation with the human touch](/upload/images/PropTech%20.jpg)
Large language models, machine learning, artificial intelligence, artificial general intelligence, and 'the singularity' change everything, but there again, they change literally...
29 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Join the future of estate agency, today.](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/Moveli/360x.png)
Estate agency has changed. No longer is it required to sit in a high street office working the old way. Provide a...
12 September 2023
From: Sponsored Content
![What is ‘mixed tenure’ and why are mixed tenure developments built?](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/Sava/EAT%20image%20(5).png)
The term mixed-tenure development usually refers to residential developments where different residential tenures are provided on the same site. Typically, tenure was...
30 August 2023
From: Sponsored Content
![Levelling up: how a quality CRM provider helps your agency grow](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/ReapIT/RPT%20SC%204%20360x280.png)
Success with your chosen CRM solution should not be a one-and-done package. Once you team up with a stellar CRM provider,...
17 July 2023
From: Sponsored Content
![Unlocking success: capabilities an ideal CRM toolbox should offer](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/ReapIT/RPT%20SC%203%20360x280.png)
CRMs can be superheroes for your business, but not all of them possess the necessary powers to save the day. As...
11 July 2023
From: Sponsored Content
![Agents Do Charity - the industry’s good news page](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Special%20Logo's/AgentsDoCharity.png)
Here’s the news you don’t normally get to hear about - the agency industry in full swing doing good work. If you’ve...
07 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Accelerating growth: the key advantages of implementing a CRM](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/ReapIT/RPT%20SC%202%20360x280.png)
By adopting a top-notch Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution, you're not only opening doors to acquiring new customers and nurturing existing...
05 July 2023
From: Sponsored Content
![Agents Do Charity - community causes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Special%20Logo's/AgentsDoCharity.png)
Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...
30 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Condensation mould – a black mark for property](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/Sava/360x280%20heading%20image%20-%20black%20mould.png)
Black mould associated with condensation is becoming an increasing problem for homes in the UK and following the tragic death of...
24 February 2023
From: Sponsored Content
![Property Natter - Incoming! It’s hard work to figure out the housing market](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Special%20Logo's/Property%20Natter.jpg)
Lies, damned lies, and statistics this week. I don’t know about you, but sometimes I feel as though I’m being bombarded...
11 February 2023
From: Features
![Ex Boris Johnson adviser unveils housing-focused London Mayor campaign](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Franchise-400x310.png)
A former adviser to Boris Johnson who is running to be the Tory candidate for London Mayor has promised to put...
13 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agent recognised for armed forces support](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/DanielCobbArmedForces400x310.jpg)
Daniel Cobb Estate Agents has been awarded the Ministry of Defence prestigious Silver award as part of the Armed Forces Defence...
25 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![The Conveyancing Crisis - how can we fix it?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/EvictionNotice-400x310-min.jpeg)
There has been so much coverage recently over how painfully slow conveyancing is at the moment - 18-20 weeks is now...
23 July 2022
From: Features
![2022 - agents can benefit from planning ahead and having a plan B in mind](/upload/images/Seasonal%20%26%20Holidays/2022Notes-400x310.png)
Without doubt, 2021 was an exceptional year in the property market, with the stamp duty holiday and favourable market conditions helping...
05 February 2022
From: Features
![Covid-19 – Can you create property management visits safely?](/upload/images/library/Visit-400x310.png)
When we all thought that the Covid-19 pandemic was coming to an end, the virus decided to throw another curveball and...
12 January 2022
From: Features
![Build To Rent - why is it so cold and unfriendly?](/upload/images/BTR%2C%20PBSA%2C%20Co-living/BTR-Block-400x310.jpg)
Let’s begin with total transparency from this author: I believe there’s a place for Build To Rent in the wider portfolio...
27 November 2021
From: Features
![Agents Do Charity… on the weekend we remember…](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AgentsDoCharity-1-18-400x310.png)
It’s Remembrance weekend, and on Sunday at least we fall silent to honour those who gave so much for many generations. When...
12 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Budget 2021 aftermath - did the chancellor target property for tax revenue?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Tax-400x310.png)
In the Autumn Budget on Wednesday 27 October, very few impending tax hikes were revealed by the Chancellor Rishi Sunak –...
06 November 2021
From: Features
![Most agents have faced unsafe incidents, according to survey](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Millennial-Agent-Training-400x310.jpg)
Some two thirds of agents and other property professionals who have worked alone have suffered an incident endangering their safety, according to...
13 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![We Salute You! - industry tribute after the stamp duty holiday frenzy](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MillennialAgents-2020-400x310.jpg)
The stamp duty holiday concluded at midnight, marking the end of the busiest period for the industry - all parts of...
01 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - and it’s not just the London Marathon this weekend…](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AgentsDoCharity-18-400x310.png)
Hello and welcome to the end of the week - another opportunity to see how our industry is doing great work...
01 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![How to minimise pandemic disruption in your estate agency](/img/default/eat.png)
Last month it was reported that up to 500,000 people had been ‘pinged’ by the NHS in a week. While the...
18 August 2021
From: Features
![Agents Do Charity - we’re free to go inside (and fundraise outside)](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s great to enjoy hospitality inside now...but it’s even better to fundraise, perhaps outside in the spring and summer weather. It’ll...
21 May 2021
From: Breaking News
30 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Should agents track the Covid testing and vaccination status of staff?](/img/default/eat.png)
Potential house buyers may be fine with virtual tours during lockdown periods, but as the country opens up, people are going...
24 April 2021
From: Features
![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
![Portal pride as Zoopla zips to a grand in memory of Captain Tom](/img/default/eat.png)
Zoopla employees have held a 'March for March' challenge to raise funds for The Captain Tom Foundation. This is a fine cause...
02 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - there’s a hard drive on for laptops…](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to Agents Do Charity, the regular round-up of industry good work. Whatever the cause, it’s great to publicise agents’...
29 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - we’re back in business with a vengeance…](/img/default/eat.png)
The New Year lull is well and truly over and this week’s Agents Do Charity show fundraising is back in business despite...
22 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![2021 will not hold back Agents who are prepared to adapt](/img/default/eat.png)
With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...
08 January 2021
From: Sponsored Content
![Heartwarming response to agents’ Yuletide NHS appeal](/img/default/eat.png)
Community spirit is definitely alive and well in the Midlands where people have gone above and beyond to support a local...
24 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Corona kindness - the best of agency in 2020](/img/default/eat.png)
The industry seems almost back to normal. Not the ‘new normal’ we spoke so much of a few weeks and months ago,...
12 December 2020
From: Features
![Agents can do more to speed up transactions by adopting technology](/img/default/eat.png)
Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...
04 December 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![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
![Corona Update: Agents seeking urgent guidance from government](/img/default/eat.png)
Propertymark is in touch with the government to see how the new Tier structure being introduced on December 3 will affect...
24 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter - backbone of our industry: Golders Green to South Coast](/img/default/eat.png)
As regular readers will know, the Natter kickstarted a series last time out zoning in on local independent agents – the...
21 November 2020
From: Features
![Agents Do Charity … on Children In Need day…](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to your regular Friday charity round-up from the industry - appropriately enough on the day of the latest...
13 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Keeping the property market moving](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...
27 October 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![Lockdown Announced - agency branches in Wales to shut for two weeks](/img/default/eat.png)
Most agents' branches in Wales are expected to close for just over two weeks from 6pm this Friday, October 23 - moving...
19 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – five ways to enable your agency to thrive this winter](/img/default/eat.png)
The only certainty at the moment is ongoing uncertainty. It’s something we’ve got used to in 2020, but it’s still not...
10 October 2020
From: Features
![Desk Shields & Social Distancing Signage from Kremer Signs](/img/default/eat.png)
Social distancing will be part of our daily routine moving forward for the foreseeable future and if you run an estate...
04 June 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![Agents Do Charity - the latest long weekend version…](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s another Bank Holiday weekend and the first since lockdown was eased and the housing market returns - so perhaps a...
22 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - a bumper out-of-lockdown edition…](/img/default/eat.png)
As last Friday was the VE Day Anniversary bank holiday we have a bumper bundle of fund-raising activities to report on...
15 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Savills makes huge donation to regional charities fighting Coronavirus](/img/default/eat.png)
Savills is donating over £800,000 to nominated charities across the UK. Following a commitment to Land Aid’s Covid-19 campaign for youth homelessness,...
07 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - fantastic help for communities during lockdown](/img/default/eat.png)
If anyone told us six weeks ago that agents would still be doing such amazing work for their communities during lockdown...
01 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: a week in the life of…agents in lockdown!](/img/default/eat.png)
Lockdown measures are still in place for another two weeks, at least, with the possibility of them being extended beyond that....
25 April 2020
From: Features
![Agents Do Charity - lockdown love for fund-raising knows no bounds…](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello - yes it’s Friday in case you lost track, and that means it’s Agents Do Charity day: and once again...
24 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![A close shave for Viewber chief as he raises £1,600 for the NHS](/img/default/eat.png)
Ed Mead, co-founder of outsourced viewing service Viewber and a high profile agent for over 30 years, has had his closest...
20 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity: lockdown fund-raising continues apace…](/img/default/eat.png)
With a lengthy lockdown already behind us one might think that fund-raising was a step too far - but not for...
17 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Searches: councils slammed as dangerous over face-to-face visits](/img/default/eat.png)
A trade body has reported some council search departments to the government for refusing to provide email details and forcing search...
16 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Hair today, gone tomorrow - close shave in a good cause for a familiar face](/img/default/eat.png)
To many less fortunate on the follicle front, high profile industry supplier Ed Mead has enjoyed an infuriatingly good head of...
15 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![NHS Heroes told: Use our agency car to get to work or do shopping](/img/default/eat.png)
A branch of Northwood is offering its pool car to any NHS workers who need it during the Coronavirus crisis. The Fiat...
13 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Independent agency giving the NHS £100 for each instruction](/img/default/eat.png)
Independent agency Nicol & Co is donating £100 to the NHS for every new instruction signed up by April 21. The agency...
13 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – doing our bit to help the industry through this crisis](/img/default/eat.png)
We are still living in highly extraordinary times, perhaps evidenced best by the fact that the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, was...
11 April 2020
From: Features
![Tory police chief wants holiday homes opened to key workers](/img/default/eat.png)
The Police and Crime Commissioner for an area with thousands of holiday homes wants their owners to make them available to...
07 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![New EPC assessment guidance issued - Conquering Corona](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and here’s the latest daily update to help the industry through these unprecedented times. If you have any appropriate advice you...
03 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - more great work by the industry](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to this week’s list of good work - yes, despite the virus lockdown. Earlier this week we featured many...
03 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![NHS frontline heroes told by agency: “We’ll sell your homes for free”](/img/default/eat.png)
An online agency has offered to sell the homes of NHS frontline staff for free. Doorsteps, set up by high profile young...
01 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Volunteering, free parking, vulnerable shopping - one agency’s brilliant work](/img/default/eat.png)
Can any agency beat Knight Frank for a brilliant collection of selfless work? We doubt it, as the agency has provided...
01 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – how is the industry coming together during self-isolation?](/img/default/eat.png)
Where else to start? Since my last Natter two weeks ago, all our lives have changed more than we could ever...
28 March 2020
From: Features
![Agents Do Charity - how the property industry can help fight the virus](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to a special Agents Do Charity, given over entirely to a wonderful effort to coordinate the industry’s response...
27 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Amazing Agents Do Charity - even at this most difficult of times…](/img/default/eat.png)
Industry…we salute you. We thought we may have no good deeds to pass on to readers this week because of the...
20 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![How will the coronavirus affect estate agents?](/img/default/eat.png)
The coronavirus outbreak has highlighted once again how fragile and interconnected our societies have become. We don’t know yet how dangerous Covid-19...
07 March 2020
From: Features
![Landlords forced to conduct more background checks in post-Brexit Britain](/img/default/eat.png)
Theresa May’s ‘hostile environment’ policy that was implemented in 2012 was designed to make staying and residing in the UK as...
08 June 2019
From: Features
![Property Jobs Today - all the key moves in the industry…](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to Property Jobs Today - because of the flurry of Bank Holidays at this time of year, it’s...
29 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - and no indicative votes required...](/img/default/eat.png)
One thing’s clear in the ongoing mess surrounding Brexit - a lot of people are simply putting their head down and...
29 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Don't rely on politicians to solve housing crisis, says Phil Spencer](/img/default/eat.png)
Phil Spencer is on the warpath against “constant tinkering” by government in housing matters - and instead, he wants the problems...
02 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![John Lewis guru to tell estate agents how customer service is done](/img/default/eat.png)
The man responsible for defining John Lewis’ legendary customer service, and preserving its Never Knowingly Undersold pledge, is to address the...
13 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Owning a home 'a pipe dream for public sector workers' claims union](/img/default/eat.png)
Owning a home has become almost impossible for many public sector workers across Britain, according to research from the union UNISON. Getting...
13 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty - should downsizing pensioners be exempt?](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s been another call for the government to reform stamp duty - and this time the request is that the duty...
15 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Corbyn's 'Healthy Homes Zones' will aim to save money for NHS](/img/default/eat.png)
Labour says it wants ‘Healthy Homes Zones’ in a bid to reduce housing-related health inequalities which are estimated to cost the NHS £1.4...
03 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity (and sorry, we mention Donald Trump this week...)](/img/default/eat.png)
We have the presidential seal of approval for our Agents Do Charity this week - well, sort of, but we don’t mean...
08 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - from front doors to wild gardens...](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity - and just because it’s half term, don’t think the industry has...
01 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Keep promise over leasehold reform, new Housing Secretary is urged](/img/default/eat.png)
A leasehold reform campaigner has called on the government to ensure it publishes its report on leasehold reform before the summer recess at...
04 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Election preview: Could we be heading for a ‘black swan moment’?](/img/default/eat.png)
In years to come, students of political history might come to look at the 2017 General Election campaign with some interest....
03 June 2017
From: Features
![4 Reasons Why Virtual Furnishing Really Is The Future](/img/default/eat.png)
It seems prop-tech is exploding at a scary rate, and the latest brands are all trying to grab our attention by...
17 March 2017
From: Sponsored Content
![Budget 2017: Pleas for reform fall on deaf ears](/img/default/eat.png)
Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered his first Budget this week pledging extra funding for the NHS, transport in the Midlands and the...
11 March 2017
From: Features
![Guarantee blue skies! Bad weather doesn’t mean bad photos when you use Doctor Photo](/img/default/eat.png)
Annoying isn’t it. You take on a stunning property, agree a compelling asking price and your Vendor is desperate to get the...
02 February 2017
From: Sponsored Content
![Marketing director of leading estate agency group dies suddenly](/img/default/eat.png)
Andrews Property Group has announced that Ronda Green, the group’s marketing director, died suddenly in hospital on January 3. Having previously worked...
10 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![Let’s take the higher ground on foreign workers and buyers](/img/default/eat.png)
Some of this week’s headlines - ‘Firms must list foreign workers’ and ‘NHS to no longer rely on foreign doctors’ -...
07 October 2016
From: Features
![Housing must remain top of the government’s agenda](/img/default/eat.png)
With the number of new homes being built across the UK still significantly below the level needed to meet demand, housebuilders...
16 September 2016
From: Features
![How can Agents survive in an increasingly competitive market?](/img/default/eat.png)
The key lies in improving your customer experience through technology For Agents, the tremendous growth in online estate agents highlights a strong...
13 September 2016
From: Sponsored Content
![Win new vendors by advertising internationally](/img/default/eat.png)
What is Properstar? Properstar helps UK estate agents cross the chasm from local to global in respect of advertising their properties. Using...
16 August 2016
From: Sponsored Content
![Halve your website costs](/img/default/eat.png)
Paying too much every month for your website? Move your website to us and we guarantee to halve your monthly bill I want...
16 August 2016
From: Sponsored Content
![Brexit-focussed May eventually names Gavin Barwell as housing minister](/img/default/eat.png)
Housing appears to have a disappointingly low priority in the new Theresa May-led Cabinet - at least judging from the time...
18 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![Hospital listed for sale on estate agency's website 'was a hoax'](/img/default/eat.png)
An NHS foundation trust has had to issue a statement to defuse fears that a local hospital was up for sale...