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

By Alan Siggins, indoor ventilation expert and Managing Director of Airflow. Whilst the UK’s focus on Net Zero and green efforts may...

What a waste. Islington council announced in recent days that it will buy back 310 ex-council houses this winter, to add to...

Foxtons has regained its position as London’s number one agent in Guy Gittins’ first year as chief executive. Former Chestertons boss Gittins...

Tangible, tactile, and tested. Those are the three words that Royal Mail used to describe direct mail marketing campaigns. Despite living in...

The term mixed-tenure development usually refers to residential developments where different residential tenures are provided on the same site. Typically, tenure was...

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

According to the latest English Housing Survey, there were 495,000 second homes in the UK in 2018/19 – a figure said...

At present, the space heating of homes accounts for roughly 14% of the UK’s annual emissions. If we are to meet...

New 2023 research from Open Property Group found that just 41% of homes in England meet the recommended Energy Performance Certificate...

Happy New Year! I hope you’ve recharged the batteries and have a shiny list of resolutions to make 2023 as successful...

Over the later part of 2022, we have experienced unprecedented economic and political turmoil, which will remain as we head into...

Why is it that some agents report seeing little impact/improvement from adopting a PropTech solution when another (similar) agent reports transformational...

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

As uncertainty continues to prevail across the industry, aided by a government in crisis, the challenges in the months ahead feel...

As Britain’s housing boom continues,  SDL Property Auctions has warned of ten ways new homeowners could be fined up to £5,000...

For years, the issue of phone etiquette created tension between estate agents and the legal profession, the former claiming lawyers won’t...

An estate agent has hit back at the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) after the watchdog banned a poster advertising the firm’s...

Those aficionados of the Sound of Music will recognise the tag line above. It came to my mind when thinking about...

Imagine a world where you, as an agent, could focus on what you do best. Building and managing relationships, showing properties,...

Purplebricks has this morning said that a newspaper report over the weekend, claiming part of the business is to be sold...

New research shows that despite media attention and new government policies, better energy efficiency is not a key issue for the...

Lost in the noise of yesterday’s social care announcements, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has named October 27 as his next Budget Day...

Few political policies have such a ring of the past as rent controls - they were last seen in this country...

We are living in the age of information. Our working and personal lives are underpinned by software, data and technology to...

The chief executive of Purplebricks says he wants to move his agency’s 600 Local Property Experts from self-employed to employed status...

A survey suggests that almost half of first time buyers have at some time pulled out of deals because of environmental...

It’s a big ask to expect anyone to suddenly change what they have always done, particularly if their results have proven...

We recently conducted a survey and discussion session with estate and lettings agencies called Agency panel - Cut through the noise...

Purplebricks is now part of the mainstream landscape of British estate agency. There - I said it. An agency whose whispered name...

Digital channels are essential for agents’ promotion of properties but there is still a key place for print and direct mail...

As a property agent, fancy marketing terminology such as ‘omnichannel’ might not hold too much interest for you right now. We’re in...

You can always tell when Budget day is approaching. There’s lots of comment from every imaginable quarter about what the Chancellor of...

Technology has advanced in leaps and bounds in recent years, undoubtedly improving many parts of the moving process for both estate...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I am the General Manager of Ravensworth, which is what...

I have written this column for over four years. I started writing it at a time when no-one really knew anything...

Here’s hoping you managed to have as good a Christmas and New Year as Covid rules allowed. Journalism in early January is...

The Brexit deal agreed in dramatic form on Christmas Eve is one part of a cocktail eventually boosting the London market...

Many independents will be based in the capital, but given its size and breadth they may get drowned out even more...

A London agency says it's discovered the five key priorities that buyers want, following a survey of its own database. “Lockdown and...

I was asked recently, how can an agent generate more landlord leads? Well that got me thinking, firstly, we have to...

Integration, collaboration and connected platforms – some great buzzwords, but what do they actually mean and do they really help agents? One...

The country producing the largest number of buyers of prime London properties is not China, nor from north America or the...

For a number of years now, predictions have been made that one of the major tech giants will eventually enter the...

Whilst Estate and Letting Agents have adapted their operations during COVID-19, to ensure safer working practices under Government guidance, ‘virtual property...

Buying agents are making waves about the hit on asking prices suffered by properties that have been flooded or are at...

After a challenging period for the UK property market, recovery is very much on the cards and the end to uncertainty...

The Australian agent is a very different beast to his or her British counterpart - and it’s not just because we...

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

The Australian agent is a very different beast to his or her British counterpart - no surprises there. And it’s not...

The annual rate of growth of UK house prices has slowed to its lowest level since September 2012. Official government data from...

It’s been quite a week for news so you might have missed this story - there is yet another boost for...

Technology will drive the lettings and property management industry in the future. There is already a plethora of various software and other...

One of the country’s leading estate agents is leading the calls on Chancellor Sajid Javid to sort out the government’s stamp...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Lino Goncalves – Area Sales Manager What is Lets bid property...

In the second part of my exploration of startups, I talk to a number of people with lived experience of creating...

Our latest case study come from a recent news item to have hit the industry and national press. A disgruntled tenant is claiming...

Another year is nearly done – and what an eventful year it’s been. We’ve had more than our fair share of breaking...

Whatever one thinks about online estate agencies, it’s a cause of genuine sadness when people lose their jobs - close proximity...

Emoov has this afternoon appointed administrators as a result of not being able to secure a buyer - the move had...

You know the shiver you get when the portal reps call you out of the blue? That cold sweat in the...

I am currently in the back of a taxi. The deadline for this piece is looming and I am desperate to...

Reapit’s popular former sales manager Peter Fenwick is today formally launching as an independent PropTech consultant. Fenwick, whose departure from Reapit was...

Estate agents say the continuing gentle slowdown reflected in the latest government house price figures will be the story of the...

DISCLAIMER: The author of this article retains no responsibility for any reader discomfort experienced when recalling the seemingly endless horrors of...

A specialist leasehold enfranchisement firm has branded government leasehold reforms as "incredibly weak". In an announcement lost in the noise following Damian Green’s sacking,...

PropTech start up OneDome, which supplies online booking and mapping tools, has teamed up with live chat service provider Yomdel in...

Another week, yet more consultations - the agency industry can’t complain about not being asked for its views recently. The latest were on...

The Advertising Standards Authority has ruled that two TV advertisements for Purplebricks cannot be shown again in their current form because...

A tech magazine has raised speculation, circulating in the industry for some months, that some online agencies have considered joining forces...

Jackson-Stops & Staff has revealed what it believes to be the main noise problems that deter buyers and distress existing owners. A...

  You’ll see a lot of 10th anniversary stories in the property industry and consumer media in the coming days: early August...

Ten years ago this month (April 2007) tenancy deposit schemes were first introduced in England and Wales.  You need to go a...

This week, it would be very easy for me to focus on the startling figures that easyProperty logged with Companies House...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s aim of creating a 24-hour city is one step closer with the appointment of London’s first Night...

Forecasts are a tricky business. And as I wrote in a recent Industry Views opinion piece, any prediction in the current...

We are now only days away from one of the most-anticipated events in UK politics; one which has a considerable impact...

Although Brexit, portal juggling and portal wars have stolen property industry headlines in recent months, there's been one story almost constantly...

In recent weeks I have been carrying out question and answer sessions with some of the key figures in the property...

An estate agency in Kent is having to replace its shopfront for the second time in a year. Last week, the shopfront...

Anarchist activists are organising what they call “the decisive battle against gentrification” - and it appears Foxtons is in the firing...

A London council is seeking to impose an average £8,000 fee for securing planning consent on a below-ground extension - already...

A client recently told me how much their estate agency spends on advertising and marketing every year.  It wasn’t pennies, and even...

The head of Oasis estate agency in Staines has become a hero after saving a man from drowning after a pair...

What does it say on your business card? Just ‘Director’ – I’m involved in every area of the business at the moment. What...

The glorious thing about the referendum on our EU membership is that four weeks today it will all be over –...

Despite being round the block quite a few times in the property world, it was only in 2008 that the importance...

What are we going to do about Generation Rent? Only as recently as February 2016 did tenants steal the headline away...

On Wednesday 21st October future and reality will collide. Back to the Future’s Marty McFly will arrive in the DeLorean to...

This month analysis by the Office for National Statistics revealed that the average home in England and Wales cost a record...

The rising phenomenon of agent-rating and review websites is a topic that seems to have caused considerable division and controversy among...

I don't think there is one person in lettings and property management who isn't alarmed at the scenes just over the...

Fracking could reduce house prices by as much as seven per cent and make homes harder to sell because of traffic...

Everywhere we look there’s talk of the high numbers of agents clambering for our attention on the crowded high street. So...

Search the internet and you will find a multitude of articles claiming that upgrading a property with green improvements can add...