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A variety of charities have received support from the property industry this week. If there are charitable endeavours you think the rest...

When the Chancellor stood up to deliver the Spring Budget on Wednesday, those of us in the property business could be...

The Good Estate Agent has attracted 16 franchisees to its new travel brand, with almost half even combining it with their existing...

A few weeks ago I asked an estate agent friend how the market was treating him. "I feel like I’ve had a...

In his latest column Jonathan Rolande looks at the future of estate agnts on the high street.   You only need to walk down...

In his latest column Jonathan Rolande explains why estate agents shouldn’t be distracted by the latest house price index figures. Nobody reading...

A group of Hunters’ franchisees have taken on the brand’s Medway business. Andrew Barker, Rob Stewart, Richard Watts, Andrew Scott and Duncan...

Keller Williams UK has launched a training academy as it looks to nurture the next generation of agents. The self-employed network brand...

With no ease up on the cost of living crisis, understandably many agents’ primary concern is whether or not their tenants...

According to Women Count 2022, an Insights report from The Pipeline, women still face entrenched systemic barriers on their route to...

A new instant messaging platform has been launched that aims to change the way estate agents manage communications with customers and...

Purplebricks has seen its status as a so-called ‘superbrand’ decline while Savills remains the most highly-rated agency brand. The Superbrands listings are...

A property business acquisition expert has highlighted the challenges Dexters could face in its recent takeover of Marsh & Parsons. Dexters acquired...

Only 11% of property businesses including estate agencies increased staff pay last year, a new report officially launched next week claims. Property...

The number of property businesses in the UK has increased over the past five years despite economic challenges. Business owners have had...

It used to be that you couldn’t leave home without two things. Your wallet and your keys. Time has moved on a...

It used to be that you couldn’t leave home without two things. Your wallet and your keys. Time has moved on a...

The UK Sotheby’s property business has been acquired by the brand’s Dubai arm. Its former owner Robin Paterson has sold UK Sotheby’s...

HMRC fined 24 estate agency and property businesses for anti-money laundering (AML) breaches between April and June 2022, new figures show. The...

Estate agents are receiving a deluge of cold sales calls – more than pre-pandemic levels - according to new figures from...

Foxtons had become ‘flabby’ and lost its sense of business, its interim chief executive Peter Rollings claims. Speaking on The Guild of...

Anti-money laundering (AML) software provider SmartSearch is warning of a rise in financial crime, particularly targeting smaller property firms. A survey of...

Stanley Michael Brecker, an iconic and revered figure on the London commercial property scene for more than 60 years has died...

A new Deputy Ombudsman, Lesley Horton, has been appointed by The Property Ombudsman Scheme. She will work alongside Property Ombudsman, Rebecca Marsh,...

Lomond Group, which says it is the UK’s fastest-growing estate agency network, has appointed Ed Phillips as its new Group Chief...

Estate agents and other property businesses need to ensure their customer screening processes are robust and up to date following extensive...

OnTheMarket’s transformation into a “tech-enables property business across the broader property eco-system” is gathering pace according to the portal’s chief executive. In...

If the UK and its allies have been played by Russia over the Ukraine ‘invasion’, and it’s beginning to look that...

Our Agents Do Charity column each Friday does a fantastic job of highlighting the amazing charitable work of agents up and...

OnTheMarket has this morning told shareholders that its performance is ahead of expectations and it's on course to make improved profits...

OnTheMarket has revamped its website in a bid to shed the final connections with the portal’s failed leadership and strategy of...

Despite the roaring housing market, a new report says that no fewer than 70,500 real estate and property businesses are showing...

A recruitment expert says the estate agency industry has joined those sectors suffering from a shortage of staff. And in the case...

A service that sells properties and elements of joint venture schemes to investors says it’s seeking to expand after completing on...

There are a huge array of products and services covering the entire journey of lettings, from prospecting all the way through to...

Regulators are warning the UK’s property, finance and legal sectors to be aware of the possible impacts of the exit from...

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

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

OnTheMarket’s new chief executive has posted his first full year’s trading figures - and they suggest the portal is making progress...

Over the next few years, the property sector is set to change for the better – all thanks to PropTech. While the...

Potential house buyers may be fine with virtual tours during lockdown periods, but as the country opens up, people are going...

Welsh independent agency Nuttall Parker has been snapped up by Cardiff-based property business Seraph Group. Newport-centred Nuttall Parker is Seraph Group's second...

Last year saw a monumental shift in almost every aspect of our lives: not least the way we work, socialise and...

Since the outbreak of the pandemic, we have all seen a dramatic change in that way that we live and work,...

Despite the booming housing market the whole property sector - a key indicator of the economy's performance - has seen 11,000...

There’s no doubt that the property market underwent a tumultuous year in 2020, where efficiency was required more than ever. Since the...

According to the annual Property Week PropTech survey, almost 48% of property businesses had tested new technology because of the COVID-19...

A PropTech platform that says it halves the time taken for transactions has just completed a multi-million pound investment round. Coadjute - which...

A former London estate agency owner and finalist on The Apprentice says he’s now returning to the sector to sell new-builds. Jamie...

As lockdown – Season 2, the sequel no one asked for – gets underway in England, landlords, tenants and agents will...

Recent Natters have explored the differences between the UK and American models of agency, and why Purplebricks failed to make a...

When it comes to the future of the property market in the wake of Covid-19, there are two main schools of...

There will not be a single business within the property sector that did not start the year in vastly different circumstances...

There’s a record number of property industry companies, including agencies, in financial distress according to the latest Red Flag alert monitor. The...

How businesses can list properties on Facebook Marketplace   What is Facebook Marketplace? Marketplace is a discovery and search experience on Facebook designed to...

One of the highest profile and most widely respected figures in the British property industry has died suddenly. He was 72. Tony...

If you are an established UK estate agent, the status quo dictates that you will most likely work for ‘the man.’ Corporate...

Over the past few weeks, estate agents have been forced to close high street branches and adapt to working from home,...

With a lengthy lockdown already behind us one might think that fund-raising was a step too far - but not for...

It’s time to draw a line in the sand and condemn our rival portals for their current charging structure. Little will...

Hello and another Monday means PJT Day, your regular update on movers in the industry. You know the drill by now: if...

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

It's been two years since the SDL Group launched its franchise block management business, SDL Property Partners, the first of its...

Hello and welcome to PJT: even with little more than a fortnight before Christmas it seems there are still plenty of...

The niche agency Singer Veille has set up its own PropTech consultancy and application development service for the property industry. Singer Veille...

A portal which describes itself as a social network and which has been operating on a soft launch basis for many...

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...

New compulsory qualifications for estate agents will not only offer more transparency for customers but will help recruit better staff into...

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...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? That depends on which business card. One says ‘Properganda PR,...

It’s an eye-catching combination - former professional rugby players turn estate agents, set up in converted shipping containers, and promise in time-honoured fashion...

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

The Daily Telegraph has gone public with City speculation that Chicago-based real estate consultancy JLL may be interested in buying Savills. Both...

Hello and welcome to yet another Agents Do Charity - our tribute to the great work done by our industry in...

A slew of property experts and commentators have put the blame on Brexit for a surprise drop in house price growth...

One of the country’s major property auction companies has a new base. The 233,000 square foot site in Chesterfield has been acquired...

What may just be the UK’s ultimate property domain names have come up for sale - property.co.uk and realestate.co.uk. Both domains, which...

The independent Sutton-based property business Centro PLC has acquired Cheam and Mayfair based Christies Estate Agents Limited.   The new combined agency is...

  Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT - a thinner than usual edition as the industry enjoys the last of the...

Running an effective property business in today’s market relies on the clever use of technology.  The right technology will make your agency...

A report out today shows a 19 per cent rise in the number of property businesses classified as being in “significant...

The World Cup may be entertaining us for the next few weeks but whatever England’s fate may be, one thing is...

Franchise giant Winkworth, which opened seven new branches in 2017, has announced two new office openings this month.  They are at Banstead...

The BBC says it is to broadcast a special one-hour radio documentary this weekend investigating online estate agencies. The show will go...

Giving clients reliable advice when they are buying, selling or letting a home lies at the core of every successful estate...

How many property professionals are truly happy with their revenue? High levels of competition from new market entrants is a significant...

Our recent roundtable on the government’s proposed ban on letting agent fees charged to tenants generated ten tips for growing your...

Savills has revealed relatively strong figures for 2016 in its report to the City this morning, with group revenue up 13...

Some of the industry’s leading technical experts are this morning launching a new group, the UK PropTech Association, which has already...

The head of a new ‘disruptive’ online mortgage service says 2017 will see more major estate agency and other property businesses...

‘Digital technology in the property industry is here to stay’ was very much the opinion drawn from the recent FUTURE: PropTech...

Countrywide chief executive Alison Platt is one of 10 property industry entries in the ‘Power 100 Women’ list compiled by business...

As property ‘experts’, sector know-how and experience sits centrally to everything we do, right? Of course, but it’s certainly not the only...

Public relations used to be a minor part of estate agency, something only ‘the big boys’ paid for and with little...

Do you remember Martha Lane-Fox? She was the poster girl for lastminute.com and an icon of the dot.com bubble that ended...

Online estate agent Purplebricks has now completed its pre-Christmas IPO with shares initially valued at £240m. It’s the latest news that...

Jon Hunt, the property billionaire who founded, ran and then sold Foxtons, is worth a cool £1.186 billion - yet is...

High-end property business Savills has launched a new service called Retirement Living, aimed at securing business from retirement scheme developers. The team...

A web portal which radically changes the way investors search for their next investment property has signed up 5,000 agents, less...