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Regional agency Mundys has snapped up a sales business, taking its branch total to five. It currently has two offices in Lincoln...

Lomond has announced its latest acquisition within the East Midlands, bolstering its John Shepherd brand following two recent acquisitions within the...

Nottinghamshire estate agency Gascoines is marking 70 years of serving the property market in Southwell and surrounding areas. Founded by Doug Gascoine...

Lomond has strengthened its foothold in the Midlands with its 50th acquisition since launching just three years ago. Through its John Shepherd...

Redrow has today launched a nationwide quest to find the longest standing owner of one of its homes. As it celebrates its...

The news in September that Birmingham City Council (‘Europe’s largest local authority’) had been forced to issue a Section 114 notice...

The annual ESTAS Awards have seen 1,000 people from across the industry witness a string of winners, including new categories celebrating...

The cities of Liverpool, Nottingham and Manchester have enjoyed the biggest house price rises since pre-Covid. Despite interest rates at a 13-year...

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

Sale stock levels have surged by 15% since the start of the year due to the ‘stagnant market,’ research claims. Quick-buy firm...

Leaders Romans Group (LRG) has acquired Liberty Gate, a Nottingham-based residential lettings and sales business which operates one branch in Nottingham...

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

Next week may not be the best time for agents to chase conveyancers waiting for Land Registry information. The Public and Commercial...

Do you have lots of hipsters on your books looking for a home? New analysis aims to identify the hotspots for hipster...

Strike chief executive Sam Mitchell has blamed uncertainty since the September mini-Budget and rising mortgage rates for making the market more...

Agents in the North East recorded the largest increase in asking prices on listings last year, Rightmove has revealed. It comes as...

Rising stars in the property world gathered with seasoned professionals at the British Museum this week for the Propertymark Qualifications’ annual...

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

Properties that are slow to sell are typically commanding a discount of up to 17% off England’s average house price, research...

A regional independent agent has shifted its focus to sales after offloading its lettings business to The Lomond Group. Warwickshire and Worcestershire-based...

Recent months have seen interest rates rise from historic lows back closer to pre-financial crisis levels as the Bank of England...

More than 70 girls and boys who represent Ben Rhydding Hockey Club in Ilkley, west Yorkshire have benefited from a smart...

NB Estate Agents has added a royal touch to its branch window display.  The Loughborough-based independent agent, which covers Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire,...

Adoption of virtual tours among estate agents remain low but new data suggests they could boost sales. Industry analysis shows just 4%...

A lack of mortgage knowledge could be holding buyers back, research claims. A survey of more than 1,000 consumers by Nottingham Building...

Agents helped vendors sell homes at 97.9% of asking price on average last year, research claims. Analysis of portal and Land Registry...

The property supply shortage may be easing but Zoopla has warned it will still take some time for stock to be...

The pandemic may have helped first-time buyers get on the property ladder sooner but are they paying too high a price? Research...

More acquisitions are being predicted at agency franchise group Belvoir. It comes as the listed brand yesterday reported record group revenue of...

Properties selling without a chain not only sell more quickly, as one might expect, but also appear to attract a substantial...

Strike, formerly known as Housesimple, is the latest online agency to claim it’s going to secure a 10 per cent market...

Buyers typically pay 10.8 per cent extra for chain-free properties than for similar homes with chains, according to new research. Website GetAgent...

The online agency Strike - which has a business model selling homes for free and relying on referral fees for revenue...

A comparison website dealing with estate agency charges says commission varies hugely across 20 major cities of the UK.  GetAgent looked at...

Hello and welcome to the first PJT of autumn - an update on who’s moving where right now. Please let us know...

Strike, the digital-first estate agent previously known as Housesimple, has been selected to join Tech Nation’s Future Fifty programme. The online agent, which...

Belvoir’s chief executive haas taken to Twitter to hail his company’s latest results as “superb” - with sales for the franchise agency...

Students at a high school have been given an insight into the career opportunities in the property sector. The sixth formers from...

Boots is the latest company to dip its toe into the water of the property sector.  Modular housing company ilke Homes has...

Online estate agency Strike - which used to be HouseSimple - is expanding its sell-for-free service out across the Midlands and...

Price renegotiations are underway between buyers and sellers in danger of missing Wednesday’s stamp duty holiday deadline, says Knight Frank. The agency...

Franchise agency giant Belvoir has acquired share capital in a small mortgage company. Nottingham Mortgage Services Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of...

eXp UK - an agency brand with roots in the US and led by Adam Day, a veteran of three online firms -...

Thousands of sales are at risk because slow searches by councils may prevent deals completing by the next stamp duty deadline. With just under...

New figures from Zoopla today emphasise just how frenzied the housing market remains. Here are the figures: - so far in the first...

While lengthy lockdowns have caused many to re-evaluate their homes, the apartment lifestyle remains an ambition for many. That’s the view of...

Another week and another frenzy of news, culminating in the Budget and the extension of the stamp duty holiday. A cliff edge...

An agent has told a court she was 'heartbroken' to discover her accountant had stolen cash from her business, which then...

Members of staff at an estate agency branch in the Midlands tested positive for Coronavirus in consecutive weeks, triggering a temporary...

A conveyancing firm is blaming councils for delays in transactions. Conveyancers have themselves been sharply criticised in recent weeks as the sharp...

The irrationality of Britain’s council tax system has been laid bare in a new league table drawn up by estate agency...

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of PJT - we know some agencies are reshaping their structures and downsizing but this...

The proportion of the asking price achieved on average in the past year is 95.8 per cent according to a new survey. Comparison...

Hello and welcome to another week. We’re more than aware that it’s a challenging time for our industry as for most...

Six agency branches are being closed as a result of a partnership between franchise giant Belvoir and the Nottingham Building Society. Under...

Zoopla predicts that the price strength that has been seen since the reopening of the housing market is likely to continue...

A hybrid agency which set a target of rivalling Purplebricks when it launched has announced a recruitment drive and expansion in...

The managing director of a Winkworth branch is threatening to report a senior member of a nearby Countrywide office to the...

All my recent Natters have been focused on one particular topic, the coronavirus crisis, for obvious reasons. But there has been...

Countrywide has strongly denied claims made to Estate Agent Today that some people have felt obliged to work at an admin...

It’s been revealed that the branch closure programme by Your Move and Reeds Rains last year resulted in 460 lost jobs...

The 2010s were a good decade for disrupters. Early on, Airbnb and Uber shook up the holiday lettings/hospitality and traditional black...

  Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Catherine Shinerock - ARO Account Manager What is your ‘company name’...

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

Is that a headline appropriate for Brexit Day? Surely not. No, instead it’s a description of the results of a survey...

Zoopla’s Hometrack data research arm says the start of 2020 has seen buyer demand up 26 per cent compared to the...

Online estate agency Housesimple is extending its offer to sell homes for free to some postcodes in the Midlands.  The offer is...

As we know, the world’s moving very fast and how we communicate now is drastically different to even 10 years ago....

Hello, we hope you had a good weekend, and welcome to Monday - as ever, Property Jobs Today time, bringing you...

Yes it’s Monday, so it’s another edition of PJT, your guide to the key moves and changes in the agency and...

Hello and welcome to this latest edition of PJT, your regular weekly column giving all the key appointments news in the...

The weekend is over all-too-quickly but at least if it’s Monday, it’s Property Jobs Today - your weekly catch up with...

Welcome to the latest Property Jobs Today - because last week there was a Bank Holiday, we have a bumper edition...

Local media in the east Midlands report that four estate agency offices operated by the Nottingham building society are to close...

The industry is back to full-strength on its fund-raising judging from our virtual postbag this week with many new reports of...

The industry has long been critical of reports claiming house price movements are in some way uniform across the country, but...

Still recovering from Christmas and New Year? There’s no shame in that - the agents’ fund-raising season resumes in earnest in...

A branch of the Haart estate agency is reported to have apologised to Purplebricks for claiming that the hybrid agency was...

Your terrific festive photographs keep on rolling in and we’re delighted to share them with the industry - and we’d like...

Zoopla claims a new Property Valuation Report being trialled in nine areas will win more leads for agents.  The PVR will use...

People now expect a streamlined, digital-first experience from every single service they interact with - and the lettings industry is no...

A hybrid estate agency with ambitions to rival Purplebricks has revealed that it has significantly expanded its current footprint, with ambitions...

The income first-time buyers need to purchase a home in the UK’s largest cities has shot up by 18 per cent...

House prices in a quarter of the UK’s largest cities are struggling to recover to the level they were at during...

A major hybrid agency says there is a huge ‘reality gap’ between the typical asking price of homes on sale and the...

New figures from Hometrack show that a typical home in Greater London now takes 17 weeks to find a buyer -...

The scores are in and the results announced for the 2018 ESTAS Awards - and the winner of the coveted Grand...

Royston & Lund, the Nottinghamshire estate agency set up by former Notts County player Gary Lund, is expanding with a second...

What a year it’s been! Back in 2016 we had Brexit, a new prime minister, Donald Trump’s election, and so when...

Six more High Street estate agencies have signed up to an online platform that allows them to offer customers a fixed-fee...

It used to be so easy. Around 20 years ago there were what we now call full-service estate and letting agencies, and...

Horton Estate Agents - a hybrid agency which nonetheless claims to have ‘offices’ - says it will expand into 15 new...

Property consultancy Hometrack says London’s 12 month market slowdown has bottomed out with the annual growth rate rising to 2.8 per...

Three agencies have been expelled from membership of The Property Ombudsman for two or more years, after failing to pay awards...

The steep drop in price growth for homes across London is beginning to bottom out according to Hometrack, which says values...

The latest measure of house price rises in key UK cities by the property consultancy Hometrack shows house price in many...

As we end an especially tragic week, it is heart-warming to remember how our industry - along with so many other...

More than one in three first time buyers have missed out on potential home deals because their deposit was too small...

Pole-axed by politics? Bored of ballots? Well, this is where you can escape from pledges, promises and politicians and instead read...

A building society claims that in the past three years alone no fewer than 1.2m buyers have given up on house...