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Propertymark has urged the UK Government to consider other ways of boosting the supply of homes for purchase.  The Government has two...

Many agents may perceive that the need to negotiate only comes into play at the point of offer if a property...

Two of national sales and lettings agency Martin & Co’s Oxfordshire branches are under new ownership. Experienced international property professional David Rebe...

North Berwick in East Lothian, has been named the best place to live in the annual Sunday Times Best Places to Live...

Agents are hopeful of support for the property market in today’s Spring Budget. It could be the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s final fiscal...

A variety of charities have received support from the property industry over the past week. If there are charitable endeavours you think...

Back in 2013 the posh head of PR of a posh estate agency took me to a London restaurant (yes, posh)...

The benefits for letting agents to outsource their client accounting is well documented, however with an increasing number of options available,...

Heat pumps are become more prevalent across the UK to power our homes’ heating requirements and they are only likely to...

Purplebricks has shifted to a free pricing model and will replace the Strike brand. It follows Strike’s acquisition of Purplebricks earlier this...

The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill passed its second reading in Parliament last night. Housing minister Lee Rowley pledged that the legislation...

A new product has launched that protects homeowners from the growing threat of property-related frauds. Title Guardian is an app that monitors...

Rightmove is expecting more money from agents this year and is also looking to grab a slice of the mortgage market. A...

The United Kingdom stands on the precipice of a historic overhaul in property ownership. With the King's speech unveiling the anticipated...

When Chancellor Jeremy Hunt gets to his feet on Wednesday to deliver his Autumn Statement, he should consider offering support to...

Three members of the Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners take a brief look at some of the trials and tribulations awaiting...

As we enter the winter months and a traditionally quieter time for the property industry - agents are still contending with...

By Jashoda Pindoria, Head of Self Assessment Operations, HMRC Self Assessment need not be daunting with HMRC’s simple steps on getting started....

An opinion piece by Sam Reynolds, CEO of Zero Deposit Just weeks ago, the Bank of England brought a halt to its...

To help or not to help: that is the question the government is facing with regard to under-pressure private rented sector...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

Mortgage searches on behalf of borrowers using gifted equity or making a concessionary purchase from a family member rose by 75%...

Agents have backed shining a light on pressure selling tactics within the industry. Speaking on the latest Agents MVMT Pass The Syrup...

Landlords considering selling up are being urged to lease their homes to a trust catering for homeless people instead. With fears that...

Like most parts of the UK, the one I live in has a bit of a beef about parking. More precisely,...

According to research, the average cost of home insurance was £300 in 2022 – a record low. However, this could increase...

There’s a warning today that confusion over plans to transition rural properties to greener heating systems may be deterring buyers. Trade association...

By adopting a top-notch Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution, you're not only opening doors to acquiring new customers and nurturing existing...

With the Bank of England’s rate rise to five per cent, soaring rents, and the cost-of-living crisis, now is the time...

Purplebricks ended its life on the stock market with a share price of 0.30p. It comes as the controversial online brand officially...

Leaders has launched its latest sustainable branch. Following the opening of its first sustainable branch in Aylesbury earlier this year, Leaders has...

Market analysis by estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk, reveals that Homebuyers can buy a fort for the same price as a...

As a property market expert, I have been closely monitoring the challenges faced by the housing market, particularly the issue of...

It has certainly been a very busy week for news in the housing sector.  Here, the first of a new series of...

Despite most businesses across industry now adopting some form of digital alternative to traditional work methods, many in the private rental...

Leaders Romans Group (LRG) has extended its sustainability partnership with conservation company Green the UK.  In July 2021, LRG announced a partnership...

The liquidator for Doorsteps is seeking a buyer for the collapsed online agent’s intellectual property. Prospective buyers have been messaged by restructuring...

For just over a decade, the Government has operated ‘Help to Buy’ schemes in England. The first of these, ‘NewBuy’, which...

THE grounding of foreign travel during successive lockdowns meant many employers were saved from the stress of dealing with holiday requests...

A home linked to Douglas & Gordon chief executive James Evans is currently listed for sale at £3.5m. The property has been...

Increasing numbers of young buyers are looking abroad to boost their chances of getting on the property ladder. New data from international...

OnTheMarket Software has launched a new website builder and marketing tool to help boost an agent’s digital presence. The service is called...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

The important issue of hard-to-sell inherited properties has been raised in Parliament. Labour MP Zarah Sultana issued a written question asking what...

Purplebricks’ share price hit a new low last week after it announced a strategic review that could lead to the sale...

Agents may like to market properties as “unique” and “exclusive” but an agency and auction brand may have a decent excuse...

Purplebricks is considering an alternative ownership structure to ‘better realise the potential of the group.’ The beleaguered online agent launched a strategic...

A family business within the Fine & Country network has taken on the master licence for Spain. Chris Hara, managing director of...

Crest Nicholson has become the first UK housebuilder to have its science-based net-zero aim checked and validated by the Science Based...

Consumer demand for auction can no longer be ignored. Month after month this alternative method of sale sees increased uptake as...

An interest rate drop is top of the new year wish list among property professionals, a survey claims. A webinar poll among...

As we get ever closer to 2023, this final Natter of the year is dedicated to the five biggest property moments of...

When the weather turns like it has, we use more energy to keep our homes cosy. However, this places increasing strain...

Agents haven't let the festive season get in the way of supporting good causes, and there is a big focus on...

Rightmove has launched a new product that enables an agent’s brand to be seen by more prospective local sellers who are...

In this guest feature, Dillon Darbar, counter fraud manager at Network Homes, sets out why estate agents need to be aware...

Making predictions for the year ahead is notoriously difficult and leaves me open to having egg on my face, but I’m...

Agents are being urged to consider apprenticeships for both younger and older recruits as a way of tackling staff attrition problems...

Given their leading role in the recent upfront information revolution, interest in the work of the National Trading Standards Estate &...

In this guest feature, Ben Bailey, CCO at Even, a mortgage lender for first-time buyers launched this year, provides commentary on the end...

Auctioneers claim they are benefiting from a sales market slowdown as buyers rush to make use of mortgage offers and sellers...

How did the housing market transform from incredibly strong - almost too strong - early in the year, to a situation...

A recent study conducted by the Technical University of Denmark reported that the attention span of people around the world is...

Over the last two years, the property industry has experienced unprecedented change through shifting market conditions and new regulations around compliance. To...

Good estate agents are always busy, we get that, but the constant juggling of tasks that could be outsourced to others...

The worst cost-of-living crisis in generations is everywhere we look and agents – and the property industry more widely – are...

Many experts are predicting that house price growth will slow for the remainder of the year as the cost of living...

It was a relatively quiet week for fundraising by agents and property professionals but no less important and inspirational. If there are...

The Conveyancing Association (CA) is seeking views about the industry beyond its membership. The trade body has launched a new survey asking...

Some people will say: What problem? But they are getting fewer as the detrimental effect of increasing numbers of short lets on...

More than 1,000 estate agency branches are to join iamproperty’s partner network from SDL Auctions after a trade deal between the...

New data from Moneypenny has revealed that eco features are falling off the wish-list of potential house buyers as a result...

A few weeks ago, we saw widespread disruption due to record breaking 40°C heat in the UK. The extreme temperatures caused...

For years now estate agents have been on a journey from digital infancy to digital maturity. But what does the future...

Smart conveyancers are making themselves indispensable to estate agents by doing their due diligence for them. Until now, estate agents and conveyancers...

For some time, LinkedIn was seen – fairly or unfairly – as stodgy, dull, corporate and formal. The uncool uncle to...

New calls have emerged to give pensioners stamp duty tax breaks to downsize their homes. The National Association of Property Buyers (NAPB)...

In this Guides & Tips piece, the team at Together set out what Right to Buy is and who is eligible. If...

Temperatures are soaring and it’s only going to get hotter this week. Electric fans will be on full blast and cold...

There’s talk of 50-year mortgages being introduced, loans that, along with the property they finance, could be passed to the next...

A client called asking for advice on their social media marketing strategy. They’d thrown a lot of budget at it, but...

A group of mortgage advisers has proposed a range of reforms to reduce barriers to home ownership for first time buyers. The...

It’s the fifth anniversary of the Grenfell fire tragedy, but are high rises any safer today than they were then? On 14th...

Rising property prices in the UK mean that occupiers are renting long past their forties. According to the government’s last English...

This question is not as flippant as it sounds because over recent years the status of the private landlord has taken...

Estate agents use property technology each and every day for residential property transactions, but is there more they can do with...

Agents have been getting active in recent weeks to raise money for Ukrainian refugees. Fundraising activities range from office-based collections and referencing challenges...

Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) has long been the bugbear of many property transactions. Even the very wealthy will lose interest...

A legal expert has suggested that Metaverse sales could eventually become part of a property chain. The Metaverse is the latest trend...

Yesterday afternoon, Helena Marston was finally confirmed as Purplebricks new CEO after all the due diligence checks that are required for...

Following a series of unexplained delays, Helena Marston has now finally been confirmed as the new chief executive of beleaguered agency...

A leading figure in the Say No To Rightmove (STNR) campaign says the attempts to get agents to ditch Rightmove have...

One of the most valuable assets to any company is the data it stores. According to a recent study completed by...

Propertymark is urging restraint on the part of the Welsh Government as it moves to tackle what it sees as the...

At least 18 MPs have come out in favour of a new annual Proportional Property Tax which would be levied on...

The self-employed model, after years of not really catching on fully, was given a major boost by the pandemic and the...

Earlier this month, the government’s energy regulator Ofgem announced a record 54 percent increase to the energy bill price cap. Combined...

A prominent industry supplier has produced startling statistics about the numbers of fall throughs in just the first 10 weeks or...

In this guest feature, Chris Mason, Operations Director at The Letting Partnership, outlines why agents might want to consider outsourcing client accounting. The...

Franchise giant Belvoir has snapped up one of the earliest British estate agencies to adopt the model of using self-employed or...