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By the end of 2021, one in 16 homes will have changed hands, making it the busiest property market since 2007...

Boomin has revealed an upgrade to its SmartVal feature, which tries to blend real-time online valuations with local expertise from member...

Trust has always been vital for building and nurturing good relations between an agent and their customer. Maintaining trust will keep...

The market may be soaring in most of the country but there are still locations where significant numbers of properties sell...

A few weeks ago the ESTAS took place at the Grosvenor House hotel in London - the first chance for many...

The average price of a house in the UK has hit £250,000 for the first time as the  market shows no...

An online test that allows agents to immediately get a clear picture around three key areas of their business, and start to...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget did not ignore Capital Gains Tax after all.   For those selling UK residential property the deadline to file...

PropTech is booming, and its rise was only accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic, which forced the real estate industry – as...

A new service has been launched claiming to offer ‘a new supportive partnership opportunity’ for agents to earn referral fees. Cox &...

Foxtons has written to the ‘legal owner’ of part of the Tower of London, offering to value the property for a...

There is no denying that managing properties is labour intensive. As real estate agents you are responsible for administering and addressing...

If there is one thing that modern consumers have come to expect, it’s convenience. As a nation, we’re driven by on-demand...

2021 redefined what it meant to offer exceptional customer experiences for consumers across multiple industries, but particularly for the residential property...

One of the country’s leading buying agents has set out what’s hot and what’s not in London’s housing market as it...

The  housing market is not immune from the supply shortage hitting the economy, according to Knight Frank - with London the...

Many agents working in the industry, whether for large corporates or smaller independents, might one day have ambitions to branch out...

Best and Final Offers should be scrapped - and a property expert claims that would be good because they do a massive...

A property company is offering its employees in the UK and overseas a day’s leave later this month to mark World...

Estate agents, even before Covid-19 reared its ugly head, were flexible, hybrid workers. It is a job that requires a significant...

A leading agency says the new normal likely to establish itself in the housing market after the end of the stamp...

The recent stamp duty holiday and the subsequent conveyancing logjam this triggered has acted as a wakeup call for the industry....

In this guest editorial, experienced property solicitor Lorraine Richardson argues that reservation agreements - designed to reduce the number of fall-throughs in...

The latest easyProperty franchise has landed in Luton, the spiritual home of the easy brand as it’s the place where budget...

It’s certainly the case that awareness of part exchange isn’t very high in the property and agency world, despite the potential...

Jonny Dyson, a leading London estate agent and the former regional director of John D Wood & Co., has joined Winkworth...

Industry-wide adoption of Unique Property Reference Numbers could be one step closer after an announcement by a major trade body. The Conveyancing...

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

Demand from buyers is set to be strong for the rest of 2021 as the stamp duty holiday unwinds but uncertainty...

A Midlands estate agency has come up with a solution to avoid confusion over property offers. Forget poor connections or bad handwriting that...

A London agency has launched a Wellbeing At Work initiative to help agents and other staff as they return to the...

Exchanges of properties in prime central London, following the end of the largest part of the stamp duty holiday, suggest the...

Business intelligence is paramount to companies looking to gain a competitive edge, particularly in saturated markets like estate agency. Each client...

Estate agents are being urged to future-proof and diversify by linking with retirement developers via part-exchange services. Property investment service HBB Solutions...

Jackson-Stops, which currently has 42 branches across the UK, has revealed it’s going to have another 20 by the end of...

Tech, as has been shown more than ever during the pandemic, can be a wonderful thing – bringing people closer together,...

Chestertons, the London high-end estate agency chain, is reported to be looking for a buyer. Sky News says it’s hired Deloitte, the...

360 tour technology company Made Snappy has grown rapidly over the past 18 months and whilst many agents have grasped the...

House sales slumped nearly two thirds last month as the main deadline for the stamp duty holiday passed.  HM Revenue and Customs...

Auction service Iamsold says a small-sample survey it conducted of agents suggests that increasing numbers are looking favourably on auctions as...

I’m sorry to break this to you but in 10 days’ time it will be autumn - and we will have...

Every so often it comes around – the argument that stamp duty should be reformed/removed/replaced (delete as appropriate). But why? Where’s the...

A housing expert says the psychology of a population coping with the pandemic lies behind the house moving frenzy of recent...

Representatives of Rightmove, Zoopla, OnTheMarket, Boomin and OneDome portals are to be quizzed in an industry Question Time session next month. Russell...

Transaction volumes in prime London fell in July according to data from LonRes. Transactions were down 22 per cent compared with July...

Trust the process: subscribe your landlords and tenants to Task Plans and receive automated prompts when it’s the right time to...

Thirty-five years after London estate agent Suzy Lamplugh disappeared, the trust that bears her name is calling for action to address...

Well, we’re technically more than halfway through the year already, but we’ll let that slide. And what a year it’s been...

Some 18 months on, we’re only just beginning to understand the impact of Covid-19 and how it’ll shape the future economy...

Available residential property listings across the country are at historic lows according to property data firm Homesearch. The company, which focuses its...

Knight Frank’s network of residential sales offices in London had a record month in June as the end of the main...

Let it never be said that this column isn’t here to help out agents directly. In this week’s Natter, I speak...

The reviews element of the ESTAS Group has signed a two year deal with Hunters. The agreement means Hunters - now part...

A former England international is an early graduate of a new estate agency academy in Yorkshire. Rebecca Rayner, a former England under-18...

A leading agency in the capital says it’s seen its strongest ever half year of trading. According to Chestertons’ latest market analysis,...

Purplebricks has addressed its critics on house sales by pledging to return vendors’ upfront fees if the agency fails to find...

Several estate agencies have reported record months of business thanks to the rush of transactions ahead of the main stamp duty...

The race to complete home sales before the stamp duty holiday came to an end on June 30 has created what...

All eyes on Rome this weekend as England face Ukraine on their way - we hope - to winning Euro 2020. Some...

The property market was expected to struggle to recover after the first lockdown, but, thanks to the stamp duty holiday and...

So, who would have thought it? England finally beat Germany in a knockout game at a major competition - and it...

Data from Rightmove shows that no less than 37 per cent of homes early this year sold for the asking price...

There may well have been times in recent weeks when any agent would have been forgiven for wanting a break -...

In an unusual move, HM Land Registry has issued guidance to agents to help them reassure jittery buyers and sellers ahead...

In the first of a two-part special with the presidents of the UK’s largest property trade organisation, we carry out an...

easyJet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou has given his personal backing to the newest recruit of online agency easyProperty - even though...

The Stamp Duty holiday has been very beneficial for hundreds of thousands of buyers looking to take advantage of savings, even...

“A hybrid offering, which serves customers of all needs and capabilities, is what we should all be working towards.” Following Aconveyancing opening...

Boomin says it’s added over 600 new agency branches during May, with the latest signing being the large Pattinson independent with...

The Law Society has published new guidance for what it calls “under-pressure conveyancing solicitors” as the stamp duty deadline of June...

The editor of the legal publication the Law Gazette has taken an estate agent to task for daring to suggest that...

The growth of the internet and technology has transformed virtually every aspect of our lives, including how we approach the property...

Tech is a fantastic enabler but should never be a complete replacement for the human interactions that add real value to...

Telephone and chat support service Moneypenny has outlined a strategy to help agents avoid burn out. The service argues that working throughout...

OnTheMarket has signed a new deal with a PropTech partner - the second in successive weeks. This latest one is a 12...

With property fraud on the rise and an ever-increasing number of transactions taking place in the lettings sector, having strict anti-money laundering...

Nationwide Building Society is to become the largest mortgage provider to reintroduce 95 per cent Loan-to-Value home loans without government support.  These...

One of the men behind the defunct Emoov online estate agency has re-emerged as the head of a marketing service. The service...

A first-time-buyer couple in a part of the country renowned for its second homes and shortage of stock has praised a...

In the first of our revamped PropTech Today series - which will see six industry experts discussing a range of issues...

A series offering “insight and advice” to agents is being launched by Zoopla’s cloud-based software brand, Alto, which was acquired by...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Ben Ridgway, Group Managing Director at iamproperty. What is iamproperty...

Zoopla says house builders “are at the heart of everything we do” and it is revamping its New Homes marketing offer...

A leading agency says the stamp duty holiday is not a big influence on the current housing market frenzy - and...

Century 21 UK is the first agency in the country to white label an app which covers transaction components from property...

As an estate agent, you should of course be performing robust Know Your Customer (KYC) checks as part of your Anti-Money...

Agents are being advised on what course of action they should take to safeguard their right to fees should they be dis-instructed...

The estate agency industry is besotted with digital canvassing to try to win business - but that’s the wrong approach to take...

If you’re worried the stamp duty holiday is denying the Treasury of much-needed income, think again. Stamp duty receipts soared to £1,196...

Two leading agencies and an agent network have signed up to the UK’s first dedicated portal for those finding, researching, buying...

A major agency is reporting a “frenzy” with branches inundated with enquiries as soon as homes are listed. Nicky Stevenson, managing director of...

Some 80 per cent of the property market will remain free of stamp duty for first-time buyers, even after the current...

We’re officially transitioning to summer – marked by the clocks going forward and warmer weather – just as restrictions start to...

An agent in part of the UK with the strongest seller’s market claims the stock shortage is the worst he’s seen...

Our recent state of the property nation survey, which yielded nearly 350 responses from directors to junior negotiators, and many others...

Chancellors today opens its 56th and newest branch with what it calls its most generous ever offer to potential customers. The office...

Purplebricks is this summer starting a £7m campaign in a bid to to increase market share, using a new media partner. The...

Data from agency Knight Frank suggests the number of UK exchanges last month was the highest in 10 years - well above...

Propertymark has chosen YoungMinds as its charity partner of the year.  YoungMinds is dedicated to ensuring every young person gets the mental...

The Bruce brothers' new portal Boomin has launched a day early - and no, this isn't an April Fool. The site went live...

Agents who use cheap PropTech could end up spending a lot more than they expect, according to an industry expert. Anton Babkov,...

As an indication of the frenzied property market, this may take some beating - an agent has had 18 viewings on...

With just days before the launch of new portal Boomin, Rightmove says it’s hit a record 9.1m visits in a 24...

As you’ll know by now, I like to use the Natter to shine a light on independent agents doing things a...

Emoov’s new 'guaranteed offer' service means fall-thoughs and chain-related delays are effectively eliminated, the agency claims. Emoov - now owned by a firm...

The original stamp duty freeze, which started in July 2020, has already helped push house prices to a record high and...

Connells Group has adopted e-Signatures from Yoti for its sales and lettings business across a number of brands. This follows a successful...

With much attention on those at risk of repossession or running up rent arrears, it's emerged that many others have actually used...

One of the biggest trends in recent times, as a direct result of the pandemic, is the concept of working from...

Following the fluctuation of the property market during the UK’s first national lockdown, the industry was given a lifeline by the...

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

Boomin has revealed its launch date after months of high-profile publicity. It’s to be three and a half weeks from now on...

A panel of estate agents recently participated in a webinar to discuss the benefits of livestream open house viewings. The webinar, part...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Dan Muir, Area Sales Manager, LetsBid Property What is LetsBid and...

Connells Group, which is of course acquiring Countrywide, has announced it's snapped up another agency - albeit a much smaller one. It...

epropservices, parent company of The Guild of Property Professionals and Fine & Country, has acquired estate agency website supplier Starberry. The firm is...

A surge in demand from buyers, even those unlikely to benefit from the stamp duty holiday, offers hope for the market...

No fewer than 79 per cent of people want the stamp duty holiday extended according to a survey conducted by an...

With just two days to go, it's fair to say the property industry is eagerly awaiting Chancellor Rishi Sunak's Budget statement...

A leading agent says the worst thing that could happen with Wednesday’s Budget is if the Chancellor does not deliver on...

Honesty is a concept that journalists will tell their readers is non-existent for estate agents. Yeah, right! But as the end...

Hello, welcome to our latest charity roundup, and as the weather improves and the vaccine roll-out lifts the spirits, so we...

When it comes to communications, Propertymark could do with a lot fewer confidentiality agreements and a lot more transparency. And I...

On March 23rd 2021, Dezrez and its partners are hosting EAvolution21 the event that showcases the latest in PropTech using an...

First time buyers with just a 10 per cent deposit - for long almost excluded from the mortgage market - now...

Two mothers have launched a new estate agency using a virtual office - and they have overcome personal challenges to achieve their...

A leading bank says as many as one in three buyers pay too much for a property because they are afraid...

Scams are rife in the quick house buying sector with many companies seeking to take advantage of sellers in desperate situations. That’s...

This time out, I’m in conversation with one of the big three established portals. Since it was founded in 2007, Zoopla...

As part of our third PayProp Special Report on COVID-19 rental arrears in the UK, we surveyed over 600 agents, tenants...

The stamp duty holiday should be extended to include properties that have exchanged but have yet to complete, a leading accountancy...

The last few months have seen property agents work hard to continue delivering quality client communications and maintain an increasingly digital...

By any available metric, Belvoir had a good 2020. Already a well-known and well-established name, it was highly praised for its...

A new estate agency listing historic houses is to have “a select group of creatives and thinkers” that will assist in the...

The property market became somewhat fractious during 2020. After receiving a much-needed boost with the promise of stamp duty relief, things...

The government may be stopping MPs debating an extension to the stamp duty holiday - despite a pledge they would do...

Both Rightmove and Zoopla have issued new data showing how the market is changing as buyers’ aspirations alter. Zoopla has looked at where...

The ‘future of residential’ is a huge term to contend with but one that was addressed last week through our RE:Connect...

Hello and welcome to the first Property Jobs Today of 2021 - we’re less than a fortnight into the New Year...

Over the last 20 years, the growth of online property portals – including Zoopla, Rightmove and PrimeLocation – has transformed the...

Countrywide’s former management seriously damaged the company’s share value and status by adopting a flawed business plan - and then executing...

Firstly, Happy New Year – here’s to 2021 being less chaotic than the last! In the final part of our series on...

The importance of marketing properties is something that is often undervalued. Big budgets are dedicated to selling everyday items such as...

This is a time of year when many people consider buying a pet as a present but for the millions of...

Christmas is creeping up on us and, for some agents at least, a short seasonal closedown beckons. To get us in the...

If you fear the market will slow after Christmas, think again - Rightmove is expecting several months of frenzied transactions to...

Solicitors’ leaders say members of their industry are suffering mental health problems as a result of the workload to meet the...

The Homes Act requires landlords to consider whether their tenants' indoor air is safe. Five key air contaminants are listed in...

A study of 2,000 home owners shows that over a third have felt pressured by an agent into use its in-house mortgage...

Who are you? Hi, I’m Richard Price, Managing Director at Dezrez. Who are Dezrez and what EACRM do you provide? At Dezrez we’re on...

The saga over the future of Countrywide continues with the company urging its shareholders to take “no action” over the latest...

As we approach the most unusual of festive periods, many property professionals will already be thinking about the January market and...

Welcome to part three of our ongoing series on local independent agents, as we seek to give this all-important part of...

Here at Giraffe360, the PropTech startup, we have raised a £3.5 million funding round to further accelerate our product development and...

The private equity company which wants to take control of Countrywide has issued a statement saying it now has the support...

A leading conveyancing sector spokesmen says some mortgage lenders are making the current delays in the house buying process worse. Rob Hailstone,...

An alarming story has appeared in the mortgage trade press, highlighting an apparent pitfall in the house buying process that has...

Over 100 Zoopla member branches have signed up to the Modern Method of Auction system offered via the portal. Over the summer Zoopla...

Rezi’s integration with Zapier has transformed the way in which estate agents can now save time, money and resource. Agents are...

Two prominent suppliers have teamed up to offer customers instant visibility of chain lengths, details of agents connected to properties being...

Searches that are bound by the Search Code, protecting the seller, buyer and lender, are property and not client specific. As...

Just when you thought the housing market was beginning to calm down... along comes a likely vaccine for Coronavirus. One of the country’s...

A law firm wants the government to agree that properties that have exchanged but not yet completed can definitely benefit from the...

The London sales market is slowing as Christmas nears but no significant impact has been caused by the second wave of...

House prices by the end of October were running 7.5 per cent above their level a year ago - but the...

Firstly, let’s get the obvious out of the way. Lockdown 2, as it’s being known, is now with us, but fortunately...

What are the best ways for a letting agency to generate additional revenue and stay ahead of the competition? Management fees are...

Letting agents and landlords have faced huge change and uncertainty this year, with Covid-19 the major driver. But even before the...

An online agency says its virtual auction service can be used even by its rivals between now and the end of...

A leading market analyst says the widespread belief that we are ‘safe’ in our homes may indirectly lead to the recent...

Recent figures emanating from the mortgage and housing market suggest that – since lockdown was ended in mid-May – transaction levels...

The housing market boom looks set to continue for some months yet as mortgage approvals for home purchases hit their highest...

OnTheMarket has handed out more shares to agencies signing long-term agreements with the portal. It was almost three years ago that OTM, then...

The proliferation of free and accessible digital services has - at face value - brought us many great things: same-day deliveries,...

Agents spend their whole careers telling vendors and landlords why they will be able to achieve a better sale price or...

The property market, and therefore, estate agents have been accused of being the 'weak link' in the UK’s money laundering defences. This...

A new property portal that operates a Tinder-style ‘swipe’ app is offering agents 12 months free listings. MoveStreets operates like the dating...

The outgoing chief executive of the National Association of Estate Agents is warning that the sales system continues to struggle with...

Hello and welcome to a new week - and evenings that get darker earlier.  As winter approaches we’re continuing to bring you...

They’ve got it covered - the charitable arm of Propertymark is offering free face coverings to member agents. The Arbon Trust is...

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

The senior management from four of the agencies announced as founding members of Boomin have spoken out in favour of the...

When letting agents are preparing to migrate from one piece of client accounting software to another, it can sometimes seem like...

Zoopla has linked with a PropTech company led by the former boss of Purplebricks to offer agents free virtual viewings services. The...

The government has issued new guidance to estate and lettings agencies on their obligations regarding money laundering issues - and online...

New instructions almost doubled across prime areas of London in September compared to the same period a year ago, while the...

I wanted to take this opportunity to write an advice piece on what we here at Angels Media have found important...

In July, here at Environet UK, we transferred 100% ownership of the company to our employees, in the form of an...

OnTheMarket says it’s going to issue its next trading statement one week today on October 13. This will cover the first six...

Propertymark has teamed up with an employment and health and safety specialist to establish a service for member agents with Coronavirus-related...

A new online platform claims to be the first of its kind to speed up the private treaty sales process for...

A veteran agent with 38 years experience of the industry - much of it at Countrywide - has become the head...

A new PropTech product claims to help agents generate and nurture leads - even while they sleep. MovePal generates leads through Facebook...

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

The frenzied housing market and the uncertain wider economic outlook during the pandemic have combined to lead to a surge in...

Seller and landlord leads are what makes estate agency tick. Without them, new business is nowhere to be seen and you...

Logjams in the mortgage, conveyancing and removal stages of house moving mean sales are taking much longer than usual, according to...

A quick buy firm boasting it has ‘sold’ a home within six days also says it now takes 140 days on...

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

A buying agency targeting what it calls the “prime and super-prime” London market is offering clients not only a sourcing service, but also...

The National Association of Estate Agents is inviting members to join a panel reviewing new PropTech produced as a result of...

Knight Frank says its analysis of the whole housing market across the UK shows that transactions in the final full week...

Two City consultancies instructed by OnTheMarket have talked up the company’s fortunes after the appointment of its new chief executive.  Shore Capital, which in...

It’s fair to say that UK estate agents don’t have the best of reputations, often featuring in the lists of the...

An insurance firm claims estate agents are taught not to quote VAT in fees until the final bill. A statement from Admiral...

Fine & Country has revealed its latest branch - a West Wales office opening for business on Tuesday. It will initially cover...

An agency that has now closed down has been expelled by The Property Ombudsman for failing to pay an award of...

A PropTech platform that claims to halve the time a transaction takes has received a huge cash injection from investors for...

An online agency says it’s offering its customers a kind of ‘fall-through insurance’ after over 100 deals collapsed between mid-March and...

A digital resource hub for estate agents claims to shorten transaction times. Sort Move, which has been operating since late 2019,...

It has been three months since the property market was given the green light to reopen. During this time, we have...

Knight Frank says the stamp duty holiday for properties at £500,000 and below should be made permanent. The holiday is due to...

It’s hotting up out there as a beautiful summer’s weekend beckons - an ideal time for some fund-raising in the sun,...

    Purplebricks says changes to its fees structure - possibly becoming less reliant on controversial upfront charges - has been delayed until...

A statement by OnTheMarket this morning reveals that as of the end of last month it had a record 14,000 advertisers...

Can technology bring about the lasting change needed to the property industry? The industry has felt the effect of lockdown and...

In a video interview for Estate Agent Today, property professional Chris Buckler speaks to Matt Nicol, managing director of Nicol &...

Emma Vigus, managing director of sales progression platform mio, in discussion with key suppliers in the residential property industry on operating...

Knight Frank has reported a remarkable set of figures for June showing how the housing market has bounced back with a...

At a recent Conveyancing Association webinar focused on the provision of upfront information in the property sale process, there was a...

There are high hopes that the new stamp duty holiday will make an already busy market even busier - but not...

The latest guidance from the government on the next phase of the HS2 high-speed railway confirms the previous demand that vendors...

The number of offers agreed on homes priced below £1m since mid-May is a healthy 41 per cent higher than the...

One of the many free-to-list portals now vying for attention is offering agents six months free access to a platform boasting...

The property market has been reopen for almost eight weeks now and during that time demand from prospective buyers has soared. Rightmove...

Homesearch, the long-awaited new free-to-list portal, launches today with a string of testimonials from supportive estate agents. The new portal announced at...

The post-lockdown surge in housing market activity has continued into its sixth week, as at least one agency’s indicators hit record...

The chief executive of a property information platform says now is a “dangerous time” to buy or sell homes because of...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I'm Darren Loftus and it says Commercial Director on...

One of the leading ‘new breed’ of hybrids relying on self-employed agents is opening a share offer to investors in a...

Price discounts are diminishing as the housing market strengthens, according to data from Knight Frank. The average discount to the asking price...

Data released this morning by Rightmove suggests that agents in England have agreed no fewer than 40,000 sales since the market...

The new YOUhome Property Gurus agency has announced another key hire to strengthen its central London activities.  The agency, set up by...

A start-up estate agency in London says it’s going to market only refurbished homes that will then be given a warranty...

OnTheMarket says in a trading statement this morning that as of May 31 only some 9,000 branches were on paying contracts...

It’s official – the property market is back open for business. Estate agents have started to unfurlough staff and many are...

A new high end agency called The Country House Department is launching with an initial focus on Oxfordshire, Berkshire and The...

The only story that has come remotely close to pushing coronavirus – and its various knock-on effects – off the top...

Lets Bid works in partnership with a variety of Estate Agents across the Uk from big franchise brands like Winkworth /...

Arguments over the alleged gaming of reviews by and for some estate agencies have waged ferociously in recent years, and now...

Although the shake-out in the industry is ongoing - online agency Settled and established new-build agency Cushman & Wakefield have both...

The fast-growing trade group for independent estate agents has launched a partnership with the soon-to-launch Homesearch portal. Of the various free-to-list portals...

The founder of OnTheMarket has revealed why the portal floated on the stock market and why Ian Springett was the right...

NetAnAgent, a website which offers consumers instant quotes from a selection of traditional and online agents, has changed some of its...

The popular and well respected ex-Knight Frank partner Tom Tangney has joined Rose & Partners, a boutique property firm serving prime...

The online estate agency Settled appears to have ceased trading with its customers refunded. It was launched in 2014 by former Google...

A respected estate agency has revised downwards its price forecast for the housing market for the second time since the start...

There has been much speculation about when agents will be allowed back to work, and what the new office working environment...

There’s been a furious response to the agent who appears to have breached government rules by opening his branch to the...

Three of the highest profile industry suppliers and house moving services have given government a four-step plan to restart the housing...

The Property Ombudsman is advising agents to use virtual viewings only as a filtering process with offers being agreed only ‘subject...

A six-point guide is to be issued today to agents reopening offices when the government gives the go ahead, possibly in...

A property law firm is the latest to back a call for a stamp duty holiday to help kick-start the housing...

The last five years have seen unprecedented changes to the property market and agents and their clients have never faced such...

Only half of the branches signed up to Zoopla have taken advantage of one or other of the discount offers made...

As the impact of coronavirus unfolds, we are in constant conversations with customers to understand the challenges they’re facing and to...

Zoopla has confirmed that it’s to extend its ‘three months free’ plan to five months of free portal usage for agents...

Hello and welcome to Wednesday’s update on what offers and advice are available to agents at this most difficult and challenging...

Good morning and welcome to today’s edition, helping agents find a way through the Coronavirus crisis by sharing information with the...

Week three of the lockdown begins - we hope you’re faring well with these temporary restrictions. We’re here to help where...

Hello and here’s the latest daily update to help the industry through these unprecedented times.  If you have any appropriate advice you...

Hello and welcome to our latest update… we’re probably not yet getting used to these unusual times but we hope this...

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of Conquering Corona, our daily update helping the industry cope with the current crisis. If...

One of London’s most experienced estate agents says there has been a very significant surge in foreclosure sales in part of...

Hello, and we trust you had as good a weekend as possible in these difficult circumstances.  As we start a new week...

Two financial trade bodies say most mortgage providers will give customers who have exchanged contracts the option to extend their mortgage...

It’s been reported that the government is talking with banks and building societies about putting the housing market ‘on ice’ during the...

The government has at last issued extensive advice on home moving and the activities of estate agents during the continuing Coronavirus crisis. This...

Hello and welcome to a special Agents Do Charity, given over entirely to a wonderful effort to coordinate the industry’s response...

New research of the buying habits of first-time buyers in the UK we’ve undertaken here at reallymoving.com shows that Shared Ownership...

Hello: so much has happened since the last Conquering Corona column . Before we get on with it, a reminder to...

The two major portals have unveiled their discounts and deals for agents facing a dramatic loss of business because of the...

There’s been widespread outrage amongst agents at Rightmove’s offer to allow some agents a deferred payment scheme operating for just three...

The lightbulb moment for LonRes was born out of sheer frustration. I’d just missed out on a deal and the postman...

Nested is the latest online agency to base a marketing campaign around criticism of established estate agents.  In three 30-second TV ads...

The stamp duty surcharge for non-resident investment buyers announced in yesterday’s Budget is dwarfed by discounts they receive thanks to the...

Keller Williams has announced another new market centre, and this time its operating principal is a former Purplebricks territory owner.  JP Downes...

When Wolverhampton estate agency Thomas Harvey opened its doors more than 50 years ago, mortgages weren’t really part of the equation...

A PropTech website has broken down the sales recorded by HM Land Registry in 2019 into property types - and apartments...

Boydens, a seven branch family-owned business that dates back to 1852, has become the latest agency to join Zoopla. It will list...

A new national agency concept - eXp UK - has revealed that it has recruited over 50 agents in its first...

Annual house price growth increased to 4.1 per cent in January, up slightly from the end of 2019, according to Halifax...

A new renovation start-up is operating across eight cities and claims to be able to transform properties - including ones that...

Well-known outsourced communications service Moneypenny has become an official industry partner to Propertymark, and its NAEA, ARLA and NAVA trade bodies.  Combined...

A state-of-the-housing-market survey by Zoopla has led the portal to tell agents they have an opportunity to educate sellers about prices. “We...

For a very long time, it was one of the best ways – if not the best way – of generating...

An estate agent has set up his own buying operation because he claims the quality of service for high-end buyers has...

London-focussed high end agency Chestertons says it’s on the hunt for acquisitions after posting what it describes as a “record performance”...

Quite a few years ago, I spoke at a conference for auctioneers. It was a traditional affair. Rural location. Nice hotel....

Hello - if it’s Monday it’s PJT day, so welcome to the latest update on key moves within our industry. Let us...