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Belvoir Group PLC has expanded its financial services network with the acquisition of MAB (South West) Ltd for £1m.   This follows...

It has been a busy first quarter of the year for property industry job moves. If you want your jobs or appointments news...

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...

haart, part of the Spicerhaart estate agency group, has accused rival agencies of copying its hybrid working model. Spicerhaart group managing director...

As regular readers will know, I like to use this column to shout out about the independent agents who are the...

No matter how dark the news, there’s light in our industry thanks to so many agents and suppliers doing good deeds....

A company that sold a record 465 homes in 2021 has invested in a new office which it claims will “redefine...

Plymouth independent estate agency Alan Cummings & Co has been acquired by Julian Marks Estate Agents. With more than 16 staff and...

A long-standing estate agency with three major branches has shut after 27 years of trading - blaming online competition and ‘race...

Former BBC Director General Greg Dyke has been revealed as the man behind a £35m project to developer a historic part...

Homebuyers are suffering huge delays in receiving responses to their search requests to council according to a study of local authorities. Consumer...

The Fine & Country network has added another agency to its network - this one in the west country city of...

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

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

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

The stamp duty holiday has backfired and buyers almost everywhere are paying more for homes, rather than less. StripeHomes analysed house price...

What’s the happiest place in Britain? Rightmove has the answer. In a new ‘Happy At Home’ index calculated by the portal and...

A former healthcare executive is the latest convert to become an online agent with easyProperty, the company has announced. Richard Ayres has...

Online agency easyProperty has announced four new areas to its portfolio to build on its existing 41 locations - and it’s seeking...

A new league table shows how many listings exist per agency in 23 different cities across the UK.  The analysis looks at the...

Purplebricks has changed the wording of an advertisement on its website after a watchdog stepped in following a complaint. According to the...

There has been a huge surge in demand in some regions of the UK according to new data from Rightmove.  The portal...

Details being presented to Parliament today may include information on how agents can return to work in some sort of ‘new normal.’ A 50...

Local media in the south west are reporting that a Torquay estate agent took his own life after telling his partner...

An independent estate agency has committed its future to the high street by moving one of its offices to a more...

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

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

One of the west country’s best known estate agencies is about to enter a new era – led by a managing...

Purplebricks has been the subject of another complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority - and the issue has again been categorised...

A maverick Cornish estate agent who falsely gave the impression to customers that his business was highly successful has been hit...

An estate agent branded as "thoroughly dishonest" following a Gumtree scam has been jailed for 20 months, suspended for two years....

Complaints about a Purplebricks claim concerning its Local Property Experts have been rejected by the Advertising Standards Authority. Complaints came from PDQ...

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

Manchester-based sister firms Sequre Property Investment and Sequre International have extended their office space thanks rising demand for UK buy to...

A former estate agent is reported to have won £1,000 ‘commission’ from a seller - simply because she shared a sale-by-owner...

The chief financial officer of Foxtons is expected to resign this week - but is reported to be remaining with the...

Haart has apologised over what it calls the “completely unacceptable” parking of one of its cars which blocked in a care worker’s...

Rentplus, a business providing Rent To Buy homes, has announced that it has new funding of £20m - on top of...

I’m indebted to one of the most enthusiastic estate agents I’ve had the pleasure of meeting for suggesting the subject of...

Estate agents from around the country are reporting only limited damage to business or prices caused by the Brexit result of...

A Plymouth estate agency owner who suffered a ski accident which left him unable to walk or talk is to run...

It’s been nearly a year since all lettings and property management agents have been legally required to join a redress scheme...

We’re all familiar with 'gazumping' – most us have been 'gazumped' or indeed been the perpetrators of this practice, for it...

The number of buyers being gazumped has fallen by 40% since October 2014, according to online estate agent eMoov. The agency surveyed...

The Countrywide group of estate agents has come out fighting after relatively poor figures revealed at the end of last week,...

A pressure group says cities across England and Wales - including mid-size cities as well as the big urban conurbations -...

Thanks to everyone for keeping our readers updated on what’s happening in the world of estate agency charity fund-raising. This week’s updates...