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Two companies that persuaded property investors to pay as much as £25,000 for a parking space have been wound up in...

In the second of a series of articles, Emma Vigus, Managing Director of mio, the Estate Agents Sales Progression platform, explores...

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

A survey of 2,000 prospective movers by Zoopla shows the vast majority still intent on buying - but younger purchasers’ plans...

Hello and welcome to our latest ADC, with more evidence that fund-raising goes on even with communal activity at a premium...

Propertymark is calling in the government for agents to be trained in the use of software operating the Unique Property Reference...

With the UK housing market now largely open - there are still restrictions in some areas on home moves to occupied properties...

A former City analyst best known for his scathing criticisms of Purplebricks has launched a PropTech platform that he describes as...

It may be that by the time you read this it’s all over for Robert Jenrick, the Secretary of State for...

Buyer registrations and sales enquiries are reportedly back to pre-Covid levels. Completions, however, are lagging behind. This is probably down to...

Estate agents facing crippling running costs as the wider impacts of the Coronavirus crisis hit home may benefit, at least in...

Controversial Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick is the subject of a harshly critical cartoon in The Times which depicts “pigs in the...

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick - currently at the centre of a planning controversy - could be sacked in a September Cabinet reshuffle. The...

The property market is used to change, and I’m confident it will bounce back from any lockdown effects. Despite being acutely aware...

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

Housing minister Chris Pincher has now been named in media investigations into allegations concerning his political boss, Robert Jenrick, and the...

Beleaguered Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick is under growing pressure to explain his part in a planning decision - now deemed illegal...

The Metropolitan Police says it’s “assessing” the controversial surrounding the Housing Secretary, Robert Jenrick, and a planning decision over which he...

I was asked a question by a German journalist yesterday. What is the biggest lesson German and European PropTech founders can...

Rightmove has enjoyed over six million visits to its portal in one day, for the first time ever. Three days ago -...

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick - accused by some of breaking the lockdown some weeks ago - is now in more hot...

A digital ‘members-only club’ for property professionals around the world has slashed its prices nine months after launching. The Eighth Door is...

Research from Zoopla suggests that demand from buyers across England surged 88 per cent shortly after the housing market reopened -...

Letting agents up and down the country have undoubtedly felt the financial strain added by the outbreak of COVID19. Whilst this will continue,...

Who are you? I’m Craig Fenner, a Customer Success Director at Feefo.  I work directly with Feefo’s Enterprise clients to ensure they...

“A lot of people have learned that they can work at home, or that there’s other methods of conducting their business......

A Labour council in London has come out against the government’s plan to offer 30 per cent discounts to first time...

Countrywide has added its weight to the campaign asking the government to allow agents to get back to work - and...

A study by Rightmove suggests that 94 per cent of buyers and sellers currently in the market are determined to go...

The online agency network love2move has won a new agency client despite the Coronavirus lockdown. Pinkerton - which covers the North Down,...

Another body is calling for a stamp duty holiday to help resuscitate the housing market following the Coronavirus standstill. The Royal Institute...

On April 4, EAT published a piece titled: ‘It’s 2024: what will the industry look like, post corona-virus’. To me, this...

What is thought to be the first survey of sellers since the start of the Coronavirus outbreak suggests that they anticipate...

Over the last two weeks we’ve seen the country come to a standstill and the property market effectively put on ice...

Beleaguered estate agency group Countrywide has asked the government to give agents a business rates holiday. Measures announced in last week’s Budget...

We all know how stressful buying a home is, whether it’s your very first step onto the ladder or your final...

There will be a two per cent stamp duty surcharge on the purchase of UK investment properties by non-resident overseas buyers...

Housing minister Christopher Pincher, who has been in the role for less than a month, has revealed that his home is...

The agency behind a poll showing one in six buyers putting plans on hold because of Coronavirus is warning that if...

A survey shows over a sixth of buyers and sellers have already been deterred because of Coronavirus - and that figure...

By now, most letting agents and landlords will have heard about the draft legislation laid in Parliament concerning a mandatory minimum...

The Atlantic Ocean is a vast space – some 4,000 miles eastwards across from the USA until land is met again....

Sky News claims that Countrywide and LSL Property Services are discussing a merger to become a £500m super-agency.  In an exclusive it...

Earlier this month, Boris Johnson carried out a reshuffle of his cabinet, telling ministers they must 'repay the trust of those...

A high profile and widely-respected estate agent is predicting a huge demographic change to one of the country’s wealthiest enclaves -...

New research shows that 77 per cent of consumers use portals to conduct property searches - meaning, surprisingly, that almost a...

An online valuation service says the number of leads it generated for agents in January was over double the figure in...

Zoopla has published a startling set of statistics to demonstrate what it calls “a record January with significant growth in delivery...

At Agents Giving, we work with estate and letting agents and suppliers across the UK to encourage, support and promote your...

Not for the first time, a government policy on housing ends up begging more questions than it provides answers - but...

  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...

Hello and welcome to a new week, and a new edition of PJT. If you’re on the move or your firm has...

I don’t want this to be a long piece. I want this to be short and sharp. I want it to...

2020, the start of a new decade. Looking back, 2010 feels like such a long time ago, and looking forward to...

After a year dogged by Brexit deadlock, political turmoil, and slow growth, estate agents’ confidence in the property market hit a...

A warning has been issued by a prominent industry figure that more bricks-and-mortar High Street agents will go under in 2020,...

“There won’t be a single home but millions of different homes”, is one quote.  “There will be an end to gadgets”, is...

It’s a substantial Tory government for the next five years: what does this mean for estate agents, property and the market? We have...

With Brexit still unresolved, the domestic agenda has been pushed from the headlines by the seemingly overwhelming public and political discord...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your weekly opportunity to catch up on who’s moving where and why across our...

In the latest part of the Natter’s ‘day in the life of’ series, I catch up with Chris Osmond, sales director...

A new portal has been launched aiming to take on Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket in the retirement property sector - and...

A new digital ‘members-only club’ is being launched for property professionals around the world.  The Eighth Door is a web and app-based...

Data from HM Revenue & Customs has revealed that residential property transactions have increased by 4.3 per cent year-on-year. In October 2019...

The head of a new property portal is urging agents to forget about spending money on For Sale and To Let...

A London council wants government backing for a borough-wide Section 7 direction - effectively banning all agents’ boards being erected without...

Housing Minister Esther McVey has launched an expert advisory council that the government says is “dedicated to the digital transformation of...

Until now General Election pledges of stamp duty reforms were restricted to the Conservatives - but now a tax consultancy says...

It was in this very column, back in July, when I wrote about how the British government was starting to take...

An estate agency says it has produced technology allowing clients to track the precise whereabouts of their estate agent when he...

Yopa – launched in 2015 as part of the new breed of hybrid operators seeking to shake up the industry –...

A trade body has sharply criticised HM Land Registry for its slow progress on digitising local searches after a promising start...

An estate agency service in the Lake District has rolled out a new benefit to all its staff - and in...

A high-end estate agency which describes itself as 'the world's only global lifestyle real estate company' is recruiting new partner agents. Quintessentially...

Raise more money for your charity with help from the industry charity – Agents Giving. At Agents Giving we work with estate and...

The share price of the UK's largest estate agency remained steady yesterday following its appointment of a new chief operating officer. Countrywide...

Consumer demand for new build homes has dropped to a six-year low, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB). The organisation's House...

In a revival of the Natter’s day in the life of series, I catch up with Rajeev Nayyar, managing director of...

There’s no doubt that we live in politically charged times and every day appears to bring something new to the ‘party’. For...

Briefings from the Conservative Party to The Sun newspaper suggest that the party will this week announce further relaxation in planning...

Earlier this year, the Regulation of Property Agents (RoPA) working group announced the initial details of plans for mandatory qualifications and...

If you thought - perhaps hoped - that five weeks of prorogued Parliament meant a break from politics, think again: the...

Our first wonderful fund-raising agents this week are walking over hot coals - now that’s a dare for you. But you don’t...

Two PropTech advocates have launched a podcast series telling agents how to improve their businesses. One of the couple is Mark Worrall,...

A new online estate agency has attacked the industry for being “largely cloaked and ambiguous” - and says that of all...

It’s been two weeks since our last PJT, thanks to the Bank Holiday, so there’s plenty of news in today’s edition. If...

As real estate firms begin to execute their Q3 strategies and think more closely about Q4, there is one major question...

A new service which launched in June and pledged to provide estate and letting agents with “game changing” access to property...

They will be the doctors, lawyers, teachers, thinkers, leaders and captains of industry of the not too distant future, but is...

A new digital platform has been set up in a bid to provide a one-stop-shop for self-build enthusiasts - and it...

If anyone thought a Boris Johnson government would be more decisive than Theresa May's when it came to housing policies, the last...

A London council admits that it typically takes 50 working days for a search - which means a Local Land Charge...

A leading figure in urban design is urging new Prime Minister Boris Johnson to stand up for the pioneering space standards...

A local authority that last week warned that it could not provide any local searches for over six weeks has now...

I missed the biggest property story of the week and it’s only scant consolation that almost everyone else seemed to miss it...

With Boris Johnson winning the Conservative leadership election and becoming Prime Minister, he has spent his first few days in office...

A local authority in the Home Counties says it will not be possible to accept search queries for six weeks starting...

We now have a new Leader of the Conservative Party and, rather more importantly, a new Prime Minister. That individual is Boris...

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

The recent announcement of a clicktopurchase partnership demonstrates some much-needed progression from Rightmove. In doing so, however, it could be said it...

The Nationwide building society is to go into house building. It has received planning permission to build 239 new homes for sale...

If agents ran their databases more efficiently, the property portals might find themselves redundant. Controversial opening statement aside, the reality is that...

Theresa May arrived in Downing Street some three years ago - but her premiership has not been a smooth ride. As she...

Petty Estate Agents has acquired the real estate division of Cheshire-based Wright Marshall out of administration. The deal safeguards the company after...

Britain lives in fundamentalist black-and-white times - all the more surprising when the country's most divisive point of contention sits on...

Facebook is set to enter the cryptocurrency business with the big reveal of its formal plans scheduled for some point this...

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of Property Jobs Today - the Monday slot where you can catch up with...

Property developing is an incredibly diverse and exciting career choice, and something that many people aspire to do in the UK.  I...

Theresa May’s ‘hostile environment’ policy that was implemented in 2012 was designed to make staying and residing in the UK as...

A new service which aims to provide estate and letting agents with what it calls “game changing” access to property data...

Sharp-witted marketing advisers for Marsh & Parsons have done it again with a clever poster and social media campaign to mark...

NAEA and ARLA Propertymark have launched an initiative called Propertymark Inspire to promote training and compliance awareness amongst agents.  A statement says the...

There’s been a mixed response to the government’s surprise announcement that it would make permanent the right of home owners to...

Homeowners will be able to extend properties more easily instead of moving home. In a surprise announcement this morning - less than...

1989 was a significant time for the property industry: it marked the beginning of the end of a period of unprecedented...

Hello and welcome to Property Jobs Today - because of the flurry of Bank Holidays at this time of year, it’s...

An estate agency accused of “taking the mickey” over the number of boards it has erected has fought back. The mayor of...

Humberts, the agency which was one of the first to ditch High Street offices in favour of fewer larger hubs, has...

With Easter now upon us (happy Easter, by the way, and hope you’re enjoying the long weekend, the Easter eggs and...

Q: What does it say on your business card? Charlie Lancaster,  Managing Director, m: 07976 507107 e:charlie.lancaster@mybid4it.com,  Blake House, 18 Blake...

No, this isn’t about Brexit. But as the saga of leaving the EU is likely to bring about the downfall of...

Hello, it’s that time of the week again when we look at the latest recruitment and appointment news in the industry. Just...

A mortgage firm claims that around a third of all those who have moved homes since 2016 have done so -...

One in eight people buying or selling in the next six months say they will delay their plans because of Brexit...

Extended Permitted Development Rights unveiled in the Chancellor’s recent Spring Statement could create issues concerning Right To Light for homes near...

Savills has this morning talked up its investment in onliner Yopa, which it claims is the sixth largest estate agency in...

Estate agents have responded cynically to the small-fry property sector announcements made by Chancellor Phillip Hammond in yesterday’s spring statement mini-Budget. Overshadowed...

It’s time, surely, for government to crackdown not just on rogue agents and landlords but on rogue councils that confuse the...

The proliferation of big data is paving the way to improving our economy on almost every front as entrepreneurial digital companies...

Competition for landlords will be fiercer than ever this year. Landlords are facing a raft of changes and will likely be...

In these tougher times, we recognise that helping agents win new inventory is the key to their businesses.  There were more than...

Hello and welcome to this half-term week’s PJT, your regular Monday opportunity to catch up with the key personnel changes in...

A London council is considering a borough-wide ban on agents’ boards of all kinds. Labour-controlled Camden already has a ban for a...

Who are you? I’m the Director of Sales for both the well-known industry leading Today publications and The ValPal Network. Leading publications: Estate...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, your regular catch-up on key appointments news in our industry. It’s been a difficult seven...

There’s no end to the PropTech and photography solutions available to estate agents these days to help them sell good, old-fashioned...

The seemingly-endless debate surrounding Brexit may be punishing for estate agents in London in particular but one, at least, is making...

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

Every day thousands of estate agency boards are erected across the UK. Even in the digital age the board remains one...

A think tank is suggesting that micro-homes could be the answer to London’s shortage of available homes for first time buyers. The...

It’s time to think about planning the 2019 events calendar. This year, there are more PropTech conferences scheduled than ever before,...

We’re back with the first edition of Agents Do Charity for 2019 - and despite the uncertainty everywhere else, one thing...

Over the past year I've had so many conversations with agents telling me how they feel that offering a premium customer...

There is a perfect storm brewing in the lettings market, and as the saying goes, “you can’t change the direction of...

In his keynote speech at the recent Negotiator Conference, Professor Andrew Baum sparked debate throughout the property industry. Baum’s speech, which began...

Communities have missed out on more than 10,000 affordable homes in the past three years as a result of government rules...

To say legendary ZPG founder and CEO Alex Chesterman left big boots to fill when he stepped back from day-to-day operations...

Estate and letting agents are being warned not to slow down too early in the run up to Christmas as it...

Given that online property portals, dominated by a handful of websites, are by far the most popular home search method, it...

Conveyancing regularly adds unnecessary and costly delays to the home buying process and improvement could be far quicker than any efforts...

An online auction platform which works with estate agents says this method of selling homes works, with four sales in one...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? It just says “Agent” for, at the end of the...

Rather like doctors, estate agents are present at critical points in our lives – moving in together, bidding farewell to a...

Countrywide is to give each of its 10,000 staff a strategy document setting out where the company is planning to be...

It’s the most obvious visual medium high street agents have at their disposal, and for many decades has been absolutely pivotal...

For any business, regardless of size, age or industry, operating efficiently is fundamental to your success. When faced with challenges like we...

The last couple of weeks’ articles were penned very much for a specific agent readership, something I am trying to be...

A new survey claims to have found the five issues that prospective buyers wish they had checked out ahead of purchase...

Having delivered over 1,800 websites for estate agents over the last 15 years, I have come to recognise one major common...

Any day now we’ll hear the date for the Autumn Budget: it may be delayed to wait for a Brexit deal...

An estate agency claims that it’s gone from start-up to local market leader within 12 months - and now says it’s...

Today sees the first of a series of important deadlines which will determine the success of otherwise of Countrywide’s controversial rescue...

As our minds turn to autumn, here’s a reminder that Estate Agent Today is on hand to help with your agency’s...

Sky News is reporting that Countrywide faces a new crisis - this time over senior management remuneration, particularly for its executive...

The buy-to-let sector, which has been under sustained pressure for a number of years now thanks to tax changes designed to...

With all the recent change and upheaval in the rental sector it may be time to consider how letting agencies will...

The new owner of Humberts is to ultimately close many of the traditional branches and move to what he is calling...

Countrywide has not made any official statement about speculation over the weekend that it was about to seek an additional £100m investment. Estate...

It’s being reported this morning that Countrywide will seek new investment of over £100m, probably in the next few days.  The Sunday...

The dream may be over but the return to reality can at least be staged in the spirit of an England...

Former housing minister Dominic Raab, who yesterday left his post after just six months in office, may have had a lucky...

Part of the South Hams area, a popular tourist hotspot in south Devon, has voted overwhelmingly in favour of a ban...

By now we’ve all seen news about the long-term decline in property sales and competition from online alternatives leading to ‘more...

Wary buyers reluctant to risk buying a premium-priced property in the volatile prime central London market are adopting a perhaps-surprising tactic...

The head of London’s largest estate agency brand has hit back at a council in the capital which wants enhanced powers...

A London council is seeking widespread powers to ban For Sale and To Let boards which it claims are seen by...

Savills has suggested that it may be time for a fundamental review of what’s left of the flagship policy of Margaret...

As the world becomes ever more digital and people increasingly look to technology to provide convenient solutions to sometimes complex problems,...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Ben Robinson, Director of Agency Services at Landmark What is Landmark...

I have sold hundreds of lettings businesses over the last twenty-five years. Based on this experience, these are the mistakes that you...

Theresa May has appointed a controversial former Shelter executive as her new housing policy adviser working in Whitehall. Toby Lloyd was until...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, our regular Monday round-up of moves around our industry. Please let us know what’s happening...

If you want to know whether buy to let, landlords and letting agents will be in the firing line for more...

Several newspapers are carrying allegations that the diary secretary working for housing minister Dominic Raab has been selling sex via a...

A new study reveals precisely how little first time buyers apparently understand about the buying process.  In a survey of 500 people...

Floor plans are an essential marketing tool, which play an important part in helping an estate agent sell a home.  A floor...

You don’t have to look far to see an abundance of photo failures, just head to any property portal and they’ll pop...

Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...

One day, I’ll sit down to write for Estate Agent Today and I won’t express my dismay at the lack of...

An estate agent and former chairman of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says the government’s latest drive to build new...

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

At the start of February, Nationwide suggested that the housing market was picking up. Last week, RICS reported on its continued...

Hello and welcome to Property Jobs Today; this is the latest of our weekly round-ups of key job moves within estate...

Connells Group - which includes Connells, Sequence and other brands - says it recorded over 9,000 new homes sales in 2017. This...

A range of factors - including fierce competition under the supplied housing market, rising property prices and political uncertainty – have...

It’s probably unwise to write too much about politics these days. The most fanciful predictions turn out to be less wild...

Andrews & Robertson, one of the UK’s highest profile auction houses, has been taken over by Ireland’s BidX1 and is set...

Hunters is partnering with a PropTech firm to allow homes on the market and still awaiting buyers to be short-let for...

A new national housing agency – Homes England – has been launched by the newly-rebadged Ministry of Housing Communities and Local...

It’s no surprise that figures don’t always show the results or consequences we expect - even if they are entirely accurate. Look...

Welcome to 2018 and if your charitable activities are an indicator, it’s going to be a busy year with plenty happening...

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

A major industry supplier has reminded estate and letting agents that they have to check their responsibilities and systems ahead of...

Andy Martin, the popular and respected senior partner at Strutt & Parker from 2009 to earlier this year, has been appointed...

This week, news broke of the ‘first bitcoin homes’ being sold in the UK by Go Move, an estate agency in...

Chris Philp, a Conservative MP and Parliamentary Private Secretary to Chancellor Phillip Hammond, says 50 per cent of new homes in...

Here we are again: another much anticipated Budget has been and gone and, yet, still nothing much has changed! Yes, of course,...

As we hurtle towards the end of 2017, it’s time to reflect on the year that’s just been.   Even better, this property-based...

Earlier this week, Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered the Autumn Budget with a strong focus on housing.  The decision to cut stamp duty...

A survey suggests that over 10 per cent of existing homeowners have been deterred from selling thanks to the recent interest rate...

Housing may have taken centre stage in the Budget but most of the industry appears to remain sceptical of whether the...

Another Budget, another pledge of new house building: it appears from statements made over the weekend by Chancellor Phillip Hammond that...

The housing industry has set out a list of demands in advance of the government’s hotly anticipated Autumn Budget on Wednesday.  Despite...

The fact is that most house hunters simply do not have the time, let alone the inclination, to trawl around properties...

Conveyancers and the speed of local council searches have come in for criticism as details have emerged of the government’s consultation...

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

It has been revealed that the beleaguered government of Theresa May is to hold a summit at 10 Downing Street tomorrow...

A new firm has launched in Surrey describing itself as “the premium hybrid estate agency” with an innovative presence on the...

Jon Hunt, the billionaire founder of Foxtons, has come out on top in his bid to dig down -  he has...

Carter Jonas has launched a new website which it says ”reflects and enhances the business’ role in delivering a highly personalised...

Regional property portal MoviNorth says it plans to secure additional investment to expand its coverage by the end of 2017. The portal...

We’re always happy to publicise the fund-raising work of agents and others in our industry - even when, as this week,...

I’ve been in France for the past few days and depending on your viewpoint, I made a spectacularly good or singularly...

An estate agent who is campaigning for boards to be banned in his local area says they should be 'confined to...

The chief executive of online estate agency eMoov - which has raised £9m in its latest investment round - says “more...

Stamp duty has become the latest weapon in the ongoing war of words between different wings of the Conservative party, as...

There’s a distinct sense of déjà vu over the debacle of OnTheMarket. I avoided joining two years ago because I couldn’t see...

The highly-popular FUTURE:PropTech conference, regarded as the leading event for showcasing and debating industry technology, has been confirmed again for next...

Some 1.8m UK adults have stayed or would stay in a relationship chiefly in order to get on the housing ladder,...

LSL Property Services - owners of Your Move, Reeds Rains and Marsh & Parsons amongst estate agency brands - has enjoyed...

With several agent partner programmes available across the country, estate agents can often increase business by offering sales by auction, with...

The government has published the findings of research which suggest that very few local opponents to new homes will be bought...

Local councils say there must be an immediate and fast-moving review of building regulations in the light of the Grenfell Tower...

For those of us working within the property sector, we’re in the very midst of what, for generations, has been one...

Living next to inconsiderate neighbours can be a nightmare, but letting to bad tenants can prove costly, especially when issues, which...

Whether it is a small or large business you run, one of the most important tasks a business can undertake is...

Our recent roundtable on the government’s proposed ban on tenant fees generated 10 tips for growing your business. Since then, we’ve been...

“Housing policy should be in independent hands.” That was the conclusion of a panel debate that Andrews held, not recently, but two...

In their election rhetoric all the political parties informed us that the UK is experiencing a ‘housing crisis’, with all promising...

A regional estate agency has urged the Government and the new housing minister to implement the policies outlined in the housing...

Berkshire estate agents Braxton partnered with MPL Interiors to increase the size of its Maidenhead High Street office and refit its...

Theresa May’s call for a snap general election on June 8 took many by surprise. But estate agents have been broadly...

Our recent roundtable on the government’s proposed ban on tenant fees generated a selection of tips for growing your business. We’re now...

It has been announced that Uber, the taxi company, has teamed up with build to rent firm, Moda Living, to ‘revolutionise renting’.    This...

Google, under the command of parent company, Alphabet, has set its sights on building the world’s first digital city, in Toronto,...

Our recent roundtable on the proposed ban on tenant fees generated ten tips for growing a lettings business. We’re exploring each tip in more...

The Conservatives now say they are not resuscitating Home Information Packs, despite a suggestion by a prominent former minister that they "had...

It has emerged that global property firm Savills won a case in the Court of Appeal, entitling them to claim an...

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

I wrote last month about how the Government, in introducing a 3% stamp duty surcharge on second homes, had scored an...

More than three quarters of developers want to see the government go into reverse on its stamp duty and mortgage interest...

New research by business information firm Bloomberg suggests many thousands of London’s financial services jobs are under threat thanks to Brexit...

In this Natter we have an exclusive interview with David Cox, CEO of ARLA Propertymark and one of the best-known figures...

A London council has issued 49 fines to estate and letting agents in the first two months of a crackdown that...

Concern is growing over the stagnation in transactions in London generally and in prime central areas in particular. Consultancy JLL says there...

Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered his first Budget this week pledging extra funding for the NHS, transport in the Midlands and the...

I had a very interesting chat with the man behind a new portal the other day. He was John Dixon, the portal...

Over the past two decades, investing in buy-to-let has been a relatively easy way to make money, which is why so...

Harry Hill - former chief executive of Countrywide and the founder of Rightmove, and one of the most respected figures in the...

A new regional property portal aiming to sign up 80 per cent of agencies in Yorkshire says it is unconcerned about...

Let’s not be distressed that we’re already over 10 per cent of the way through the year - yes, really -...

The chronic shortage of housing supply in the UK relative to demand has been a national issue for decades. The Government...

What does it say on your business card? Christopher Merriman, Land and Planning Director at Intro Crowd Who are Intro Crowd? Intro...

Housing minister Gavin Barwell has told the NAEA conference that there is no quick fix for the country’s housing shortage -...

The National Association of Estate Agents is rebranding to Propertymark NAEA and the Association of Residential Letting Agents is to be...

The government’s attitude of “Nanny knows best” has “squandered another opportunity” to make a real difference to the housing crisis, according...

The government has set out 29 key points in its Housing White Paper.   Introducing it in the Commons this afternoon, Communities Secretery Sajid...

First details of the long-awaited Housing White Paper have emerged in stories in newspapers frequently used by government to float ideas. The...

Lots of people buy new-build due to the perceived lack of hassle with maintenance, as they are built to the latest...

Over 168,000 new homes were completed in the year to March 2016, according to data released by the government, over 15,500...

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

A number of local authorities are now serving £100 or £120 fixed penalty notices on estate agents who display For Sale...

No longer just a domain for investors, developers and property traders, the auction room is now the preferred option of buying...

Countrywide has amended the website of one of its estate agency brands after an intervention by the Advertising Standards Authority. The ASA...

There is no doubt that 2016 managed to catch the world by surprise on more than one occassion.  But will 2017 be...

The extension of Inheritance Tax from April is likely to hinder the recovery of the battered prime central London market according...

The founder of one of the largest independent agencies in the East Midlands is to step down, over 27 years after...

Savills has acquired Guernsey-based company Montagu Evans Channel Islands Limited to create the company’s first presence on the island, and to...

Now I’m not one to lose sleep over politicians, but it strikes me that Communities Secretary Sajid Javid and Housing Minister...

2017 is set to be the first year since 2008 that the UK constructs 200,000 new homes, suggests Redrow, one of...

The Adam Smith Institute, a right-wing think-tank, has blasted the campaigning charity Shelter over its allegations of land-banking by house builders in...

Next year is likely to be a challenging time for letting agents, following a raft of changes introduced by the government...

Just a couple of weeks ago, we waited with anticipation to see what the new Chancellor, Philip Hammond, would say in...

Forget a machine injury, a nasty fall or even being stabbed in the back by a jealous colleague, a death in...

In case you missed it yesterday, here’s a summary of everything relating to property that was in Chancellor Phillip Hammond’s Autumn...

Phillip Hammond has delivered his first Autumn Statement, tackling amongst other things, what he called “the housing challenge.” The speech made no...

It may still be too early to start compiling a Christmas wish list, but it is the right time to provide...

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