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Forget the Oscars, the biggest even in town last week was the Fine & Country International Annual Conference and Awards Gala. The...

Spicerhaart has boosted its senior team with the appointment of a new managing director within its estate agency division.  Tommy Taylor is...

Almost a third of homes sold across Britain have been purchased by a cash buyer, new research shows. Analysis of the latest...

Self-employed estate partnership brand The Agency UK (TAUK) has launched a series of roadshows to attract agents to its offering. The company...

Property demand has dropped while price reductions have increased in recent weeks, data shows. Two separate pieces of industry data give new...

There is a big walking theme to this week's charity exploits, showing you don't have to break too much of a...

Earlier this year, we ran a story asking whether agency would ever embrace a four-day week. This came ahead of the...

When it comes to housing policy, the Conservative MPs have given their party a choice between Tweedle Dum and Tweedle DumDum. Rishi...

The government has launched a new equity loan scheme for the self-build market. The Help to Build scheme aims to help thousands...

In June, the biggest pilot scheme of a four-day working week anywhere in the world will begin in Britain, with more...

A coroner says there is insufficient evidence to determine the cause of death of a 23-year-old estate agent found on a...

Franchise giant Winkworth says at least eight new offices will open next year, following an upbeat performance in 2021. In a trading...

Strutt & Parker has revealed where it believes the housing market will see the largest demand in 2022, outside of London. The...

First-time buyers are £25,000 worse off thanks to the stamp duty holiday, according to estate agent comparison site GetAgent. The website revealed...

Scotland and the south west of England have been identified as cash buyer hotspots. Analysis by Barrows and Forrester, found 27 per...

Hello and welcome to our final Property Jobs Today before the start of autumn - and it’s good to see people...

New research shows that the surge in house prices this year has taken homes in at least 25 areas of England...

It may be the height of summer but the industry is still super-busy and new appointments continue to come thick and...

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...

A company which was once an early adopter of using a central resource for self-employed agents working under its name, says...

Hello and welcome to another working week, and the latest on jobs and staff movement across our industry. You can be part...

The Competition and Markets Authority says it has pushed Facebook into taking new action to combat fake reviews - an issue...

Winkworth says Covid and its aftermath will not derail plans to open five offices a year.  In a trading statement to shareholders...

If it’s Monday, it’s jobs news day on EAT - welcome to the latest update. Want to be featured in our next...

Savills has upgraded its house price and transaction forecasts following the Budget - and prime London, especially the centre, is tipped to...

An estate agent has shut both branches of his business for safety reasons and wants tighter Coronavirus restrictions on the industry.  ITV...

Hello and welcome to the start of a new week and a new edition of Property Jobs Today, your chance to...

Two reports this morning suggest that activity in the most expensive sectors of the housing market is doing as well as...

The Sequence Group is to be the sole selling agent for RoyaleLife, the country’s largest builder of bungalows, exclusively aimed at...

It’s a tough time for agents and our stories show a disturbingly high number of  branches closing - but there are...

A regional agency in the east of England says the Coronavirus lockdown working environment has made it rethink its structure -...

In the latest of a recent flurry of consumer-facing research exercises by Rightmove, a league table of the most popular seaside...

An estate agency has been targeted by scammers who leave fake reviews if they haven’t been given a pay-off. Minors & Brady...

Today, with the festive break around the corner, we have another video from an agent - but this one is distinctly...

Welcome to this week’s ADC…and what a week it’s been. Politics? No, hot air of a different kind - the weather.  Yet...

Hello - here we are once again with the weekly round-up of key moves in the agency and related industries. We’re letting...

Every staff member at a branch of the Connells-owned William H Brown agency has been promoted, after it was voted one...

Sales of holiday homes could be hit as a result of a new £560m tax proposal put forward by Labour.  Under the...

For many estate agents seeking to become entrepreneurs, the idea of starting their own business is undoubtedly daunting, especially when going...

National franchise giant Hunters has delivered a strong trading update, despite what it describes as 'challenging conditions'. Earlier this week, it was...

Administrators have confirmed that 21 jobs have been lost due to the collapse of Hunters' franchise in East Anglia. At a creditors'...

Franchise giant Winkworth, which opened seven new branches in 2017, has announced two new office openings this month.  They are at Banstead...

Auction House says it has maintained its number one industry ranking, selling 3,485 lots last year – four per cent up...

An inquest has been opened into the death of a regional manager of an estate agency, The Eastern Daily Press reports that...

The recent rise in consumer complaints against sales and letting agents suggests that there is a general lack of trust and...

The East of England, which takes in areas from Hertfordshire to Norfolk, has recorded the biggest hike in property prices over...

With a number of agent partner programmes available nationwide, estate agents can often increase business by offering sales by auction, especially...

Watsons, a six branch firm with offices in Norfolk, is joining OnTheMarket; it’s the second chain in the county to join...

Franchise giant Hunters says 2015 was its most successful year to date.  The firm opened in 32 new locations during the past...

Kudos Residential, a Norfolk sales and lettings agency, today becomes part of the Hunters empire, bringing the number of Hunters-branded franchise...

Property portal Zoopla is offering member agents the opportunity to publicise nominated properties across a range of media, and across the...