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The jargon and complicated house moving process is deterring as many as 2.2m owners from entering the market, claims Zoopla. The portal...
18 April 2024
From: Breaking News
A variety of charities have received support from the property industry this week. If there are charitable endeavours you think the rest...
22 March 2024
From: Breaking News
A variety of charities have received support from the property industry this week. If there are charitable endeavours you think the rest...
15 March 2024
From: Breaking News
As the Group HR Director of LRG – an organisation of over 3,000 employees – and perhaps more importantly, as a...
09 March 2024
From: Features
Female agents have shared their view on representation and opportunities in the sector to mark International Women’s Day. Industry data shows while...
08 March 2024
From: Breaking News
When the Chancellor stood up to deliver the Spring Budget on Wednesday, those of us in the property business could be...
08 March 2024
From: Breaking News
A variety of charities have received support from the property industry over the past week. If there are charitable endeavours you think...
01 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Almost 2m aspiring homeowners do not think they will be able to follow in the footsteps of their parents by owning...
26 February 2024
From: Breaking News
A variety of charities have received support from the property industry over the past week. If there are charitable endeavours you think...
16 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Compared with a decade ago, today's first-time buyers are older, more likely to buy with a partner and more likely to...
03 February 2024
From: Features
It usually takes a scandal or a reshuffle to remove a Government minister so it came as a bit of a...
31 January 2024
From: Breaking News
After months of negative messaging and anti-development sentiment, espoused both nationally by the Government, and locally during May’s local election campaigning,...
13 January 2024
From: Features
Welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity, our chance to salute those who do so much to help others. If your agency...
12 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Only a tenth of first-time buyers have managed to get on the property ladder without additional support, a survey has revealed. Comparison...
11 January 2024
From: Breaking News
One of the most heart-warming parts of my job is having the privilege to be the patron of Agents Giving, the...
11 December 2023
From: Breaking News
There’s growing evidence that wider family members - not just Mum and Dad - are stumping up cash to help younger...
03 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...
22 September 2023
From: Breaking News
OneDome has added new functionality to its portal to let users search for properties by their proximity to selected schools. Buyers can now...
13 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Savills has launched a new multi-media advertising campaign focusing on the role of emotion in moving home whatever the life stage. The...
11 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Forget the Bank of Mum & Dad, now even siblings are chipping in to help brothers and sisters onto the property...
29 August 2023
From: Breaking News
The managing editor of The Good Schools Guide has outlined the measures that some families take to secure a place at...
24 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Property guru and TV presenter Phil Spencer has paid tribute to his parents after they died in a car crash at...
21 August 2023
From: Breaking News
After months of negative messaging and anti-development sentiment, espoused both nationally by the Government, and locally during recent local election campaigning,...
19 August 2023
From: Features
Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...
30 June 2023
From: Breaking News
Parents are compromising their own financial situation to help their children cope with the cost of living crisis, research shows. The latest...
27 June 2023
From: Breaking News
It’s a tough old road for today’s first-time buyers, with house prices and mortgage interest rates much higher than they were...
03 June 2023
From: Features
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s first Budget yesterday failed to include any specific measures to boost the housing market but a mortgage broker...
16 March 2023
From: Breaking News
It was a busy 2022 for the so-called Bank of Mum and Dad and 2023 could be more manic for parents,...
15 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...
03 March 2023
From: Breaking News
The growth of the short term rentals sector has helped to create an economy featuring several new types of jobs that...
11 February 2023
From: Features
Zoopla has launched a property inheritance calculator to help children work out what support they could get from the Bank of...
10 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Plenty of inspirational examples of fundraising activities by agents and property professionals have been coming in from the end of 2022. Whatever...
06 January 2023
From: Breaking News
There may be plenty of debate about going live with listings on Boxing Day but Hamptons has chosen the national holiday...
16 December 2022
From: Breaking News
The other day I read a story here on Estate Agent Today, which was both depressing and inspiring. It reported a study...
15 July 2022
From: Breaking News
There’s talk of 50-year mortgages being introduced, loans that, along with the property they finance, could be passed to the next...
09 July 2022
From: Features
Long-term 50-year mortgages that can be passed on by parents to their children appear to be the latest idea from the...
04 July 2022
From: Breaking News
A group of mortgage advisers has proposed a range of reforms to reduce barriers to home ownership for first time buyers. The...
20 June 2022
From: Breaking News
Between you and me, dear reader, I had little to no idea about what the metaverse was before researching it for...
18 June 2022
From: Features
First-time buyers are now facing up to a nine-year wait to save enough of a deposit to get on the property...
07 June 2022
From: Breaking News
In this exclusive for Estate Agent Today readers, video supremo and property expert Chris Watkin conducts an interview with the Bruce...
19 March 2022
From: Features
Peta Milne, founder of Instagram growth and PR service Monimo, and a content writer at Choices Estate Agents, recently sat down...
05 March 2022
From: Features
Outspoken TV property expert Kirstie Allsopp has told first time buyers they may have to sacrifice lattes, Netflix and gym membership...
07 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Almost exactly two thirds of buyers questioned by Savills say their choice of home to purchase was a case of ‘love...
31 December 2021
From: Breaking News
As agents return to work after the Christmas break, here’s an insight into possible new instructions. A quarter of owners apparently think...
31 December 2021
From: Breaking News
An estate agency owner who is also a qualified independent mortgage adviser has hit out against the suggestion that lenders may...
09 December 2021
From: Breaking News
A London agency has undergone what it calls a ‘genteel’ rebrand with a subtle change of name - but a major...
26 November 2021
From: Breaking News
The head of a small hybrid firm that describes traditional agencies with offices as “antiquated” says property professionals working for corporates...
24 November 2021
From: Breaking News
A website called The Changing Face of Property has been launched to encourage young people planning their careers to consider our...
17 November 2021
From: Breaking News
Propertymark says more buyers are now looking at online auctions, making this a more viable route to sale than before. The latest...
04 November 2021
From: Breaking News
The Women In Property group claims talented females are being lost to the industry due to the menopause. It says panic attacks,...
13 October 2021
From: Breaking News
It’s a truism that most property enquiries from buyers these days come through portals but there are several reasons why agents...
06 October 2021
From: Breaking News
In this piece, Tom Davis, press officer at Propertymark, explores the debate surrounding a locked or open-door policy, and whether the...
02 October 2021
From: Features
Our long-awaited ‘Freedom Day’ approaches. From Monday all of the restrictions, introduced since the Covid-19 pandemic made an impact across the...
17 July 2021
From: Features
An authoritative study on the housing market has shown that the big losers from the pandemic have been first time buyers. The...
23 June 2021
From: Breaking News
Zoopla says just over half of current home owners say they are stuck in a property that’s unsuitable for their needs...
03 June 2021
From: Breaking News
In this week’s In Conversation Today, I am delighted to chat with Lucy Morton, Head of Residential Agency at JLL, about...
27 May 2021
From: Breaking News
Parts of the UK property market face a supply shortage with a quarter fewer properties listed for sale in England and...
05 May 2021
From: Breaking News
As you’ll know by now, I like to use the Natter to shine a light on independent agents doing things a...
27 March 2021
From: Features
Sir Kier Starmer has told the government it should look again at whether estate agents’ viewings of properties for sale and...
11 January 2021
From: Breaking News
A TV advert for Rightmove first screened in 2018 has been cleared of gender stereotyping. A complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority...
18 November 2020
From: Breaking News
For many agents it’s been a big week…not because of the surge of buyers, but because their children have returned to...
04 September 2020
From: Breaking News
From December, the new RICS Home Survey Standard will become mandatory for all RICS professionals undertaking home surveys. The below article explains...
02 September 2020
From: Features
Recent speculation that the so-called Bank of Mum and Dad would be playing a reduced role in the housing market has...
02 September 2020
From: Breaking News
One of the country’s highest-profile mortgage lenders, HSBC, is restricting loans on apartments from today. Only buyers of flats who have a...
17 August 2020
From: Breaking News
Agents Do Charity - as the summer heat is on… It’s hotting up outside and while this is set to be a...
24 July 2020
From: Breaking News
In the second of a series of articles, Emma Vigus, Managing Director of mio, the Estate Agents Sales Progression platform, explores...
11 July 2020
From: Features
Housing Minister Chris Pincher and Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick stayed well clear of the Dominic Cummings row over the weekend -...
26 May 2020
From: Breaking News
There’s been a huge change in the way estate agencies operate in recent years, with far more focus on marketing properties...
14 March 2020
From: Features
A survey suggests that 77 per cent of first time buyers do not purchase their initial property in the same town...
04 March 2020
From: Breaking News
The Atlantic Ocean is a vast space – some 4,000 miles eastwards across from the USA until land is met again....
29 February 2020
From: Features
Another weekend, another storm: it’s hard to put a smile on your face when winter goes on this long but the...
14 February 2020
From: Breaking News
There are reasons to be optimistic that a majority government will improve the housing market, simply by ending political and economic...
21 December 2019
From: Features
Recent Zoopla reports stating that first-time buyers are deciding against purchasing one-bedroom flats came as no surprise to me, or I’m...
23 November 2019
From: Features
There has been a real wind of change in estate agency and over the last 18 months we have seen the...
16 October 2019
From: Features
The latest figures from Halifax show annual house price growth has dipped to a six-year low. Average property price growth in...
08 October 2019
From: Breaking News
Around one person in seven in England are living in unaffordable, insecure or unsuitable accommodation. The claim comes from the research produced...
24 September 2019
From: Breaking News
First time buyers will constitute the largest single group of purchasers in 2019, despite the apparent difficulties of deposits and securing...
09 September 2019
From: Breaking News
There’s plenty of action in and around Westminster these days, but while the political temperature rises, the marvellous work of agents,...
06 September 2019
From: Breaking News
The chief executive of the Suzy Lamplugh Trust, set up to commemorate the murdered estate agency, has died at the age...
03 September 2019
From: Breaking News
The Bank of Mum and Dad is now officially one of the 10 biggest mortgage lenders according to data from Legal...
28 August 2019
From: Breaking News
They will be the doctors, lawyers, teachers, thinkers, leaders and captains of industry of the not too distant future, but is...
24 August 2019
From: Features
In the run up to his appointment as Prime Minister, Boris Johnson suggested that he might cut Stamp Duty Land Tax...
24 August 2019
From: Features
The Liverpool Echo says housing minister Esther McVey, who was born in the city, is now ”reviled” there following comments about poor families. According...
23 August 2019
From: Breaking News
An estate agent has been jailed for 19 months and will have to be on the sex offenders’ register for the...
21 August 2019
From: Breaking News
Akshay Ruparelia, the 21 year old who founded the online agency Doorsteps while he was still in sixth form, has called for...
15 August 2019
From: Breaking News
An online agency has struck out against the conventional wisdom that it’s tougher than ever before for first time buyers to...
13 August 2019
From: Breaking News
1. Win More Listings For estate agency in the UK, the number one task is to get new properties to market. However,...
29 July 2019
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Nicky Stevenson has had a very varied and interesting career in property. She started out as a lettings negotiator for Nicholas...
27 July 2019
From: Features
Welcome to this week’s ADC…and what a week it’s been. Politics? No, hot air of a different kind - the weather. Yet...
26 July 2019
From: Breaking News
If it’s Friday it’s Agents Do Charity day - and we’ve got another bundle of good work for you this week,...
21 June 2019
From: Breaking News
A set of historic property details unearthed by a local resident have created a buzz on social media and in the...
09 May 2019
From: Breaking News
The end of the snow has given way to warmer weather, and while it’s a little early to speak of spring...
08 February 2019
From: Breaking News
The 100 per cent mortgage for first time buyers, which many people thought had disappeared for good, is now back in...
29 January 2019
From: Breaking News
If you want an engaging page-turner novel for cold winter evenings, my recommendation is Our House by Louise Candlish, a bestseller...
26 January 2019
From: Features
The controversial crowdfunding site Crowdcube has listed the founder of online estate agency Doorsteps as one of its five ‘entrepreneurs of...
25 January 2019
From: Breaking News
Are you a real Doctor? Not in the conventional sense no, sorry to disappoint! I’m Tom Durrant and I’m the Creative Director...
09 January 2019
From: 60 Second Interview
The world may be going crazy outside but we’re delighted to tell you that in the estate agency industry it’s still...
13 December 2018
From: Breaking News
Young people whose parents have property wealth are now almost three times as likely to be homeowners by the age of...