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Agents are set to discover who has won the Best in Postcode accolades next week as part of a rejig of...

Any estate agency will have noticed the rise of the “personal agent” in the industry, with interesting propositions from eXp, The...

TV presenter and property expert Laura Hamilton is set to host this year’s Guild Awards. The presentation will take place at the...

The complexities of the government’s leasehold reform proposals affecting millions of homeowners came under the spotlight at a seminar organised by...

Rightmove has joined growing calls for Stamp Duty reform ahead of the Spring Budget next week. The property portal has outlined three...

The Government’s proposal to introduce a new 1% deposit mortgage scheme to help young people onto the property ladder is unworkable...

London based presenter and property expert Elizabeth Warburton has partnered with Fine & Country as one of the hosts of the...

Record number of sellers came to market on Boxing Day, according to Rightmove. The portal said it recorded a 26% increase in...

The factor most likely to influence the housing market next year is entirely outside the industry’s control: the General Election. Knight Frank...

The 20th annual ESTAS Awards are set to take place a week from today. Backed by headline sponsor Coadjute, the event will...

Fine & Country has launched a new Masterclass Series focused on the art of maximising fees and boosting additional revenue. Set to...

Buyers are now calling the shots and can expect lower bids to secure the house of their dreams, a property expert...

Former England footballer turned TV pundit and property expert, Dion Dublin, is to headline the South East Property Expo.   The centre...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Mark Bevan and I am the Sales...

Uncertainty over interest rates continues to dominate the thoughts of many working in the property sector.  Here in his latest column property...

Homebuyers and borrowers could be set to benefit from a mortgage price war, a property expert claims. Jonathan Rolande, from the National...

The team behind regional agency brands Simpson & Partners and Simpson and Weekley is developing a hybrid franchise model. Andrew Simpson and...

Whether at home or abroad, here are some top tips to prevent homeowners from breaking common garden laws and rules this...

Rightmove has revealed details of a series of webinars throughout July for agents that are focused on legislation and compliance. A number...

Homebuyers are entering bidding wars for bungalows, a property expert claims. The Daily Telegraph recently reported that young professionals in their 20s and...

Higher energy costs and rising interest rates are leading to a surge in the number of homeowners looking to downsize, a...

Taking a proactive approach with viewing generation can increase foot flow through properties and generate more offers, and ultimately close more...

Purplebricks’ share price has continued falling after it informed the markets that it is up for sale last week. The beleaguered agency’s...

A well known critic of stamp duty has returned to his long-standing theme of querying whether buyers have paid too much...

The cost of living crisis in the UK has majorly impacted thousands of peoples’ plans to move home, with mortgage lending...

When Winter stabs its icy fingers at us Brits our thoughts tend to turn to sun-kissed beaches, the lapping Mediterranean and...

High-profile agency self-employed agency owner Sean Newman has unveiled a rebrand of his offering. He has changed the name of his self-employed...

Tracking mortgage rates may be more fruitful for buyers than following house price data, a property expert claims. Tom Bill, head of...

New year, old worries: what’s happening in the housing market? We’ve asked experts and collated forecasts, 15 in total. On the one...

Homeowners must accept that 2023 will become “the year of the price drop”, a property expert claims.  As Nationwide and Halifax data...

The property sector braced itself for the chill wind of Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement this week. His pre-Budget comment that he...

Representatives from homebuilder Barratt and Rightmove are to share tips on how first-time buyers can get on the property ladder in...

Property professionals heralded the end of the low interest era yesterday after the latest Bank of England base rate hike. The Bank...

The Government’s mini budget on September 23 was anything but ‘mini’ with several major announcements one of the most significant of...

You've finally found the perfect house. It's within your budget, has the desired number of bedrooms and bathrooms, and even comes...

House prices in some regions of the UK could continue increasing, despite concerns over the economic downturn and forecasts of house...

The fallout from Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-Budget, which has spooked the markets and caused the pound to fall to record lows,...

Now that the industry has had the weekend to digest Kwasi Kwarteng’s short and dramatic mini-Budget, more reaction has been filtering...

Agents and other property professionals have, perhaps unsurprisingly, reacted positively to rumours of a Stamp Duty cut. Prime Minister Liz Truss and...

Property expert Kate Faulkner has been announced as the host of this year’s Society of Licensed Conveyancers’ annual conference. The event is...

In this latest Day in the Life of...Natter, I get an insight into one of the most vital cogs of the...

Propertymark’s partnership with MoveIQ has already attracted attention from more than 250,000 consumers and potential property buyers and sellers. The agency trade...

A property expert has claimed that it remains to be seen where housing will feature in the upcoming political agenda. Nicky Stevenson,...

A property expert has warned that the Bank of England’s gloomy economic forecasts and last week’s rise in interest rates could...

Hidden amongst the annual results released by Purplebricks on Tuesday – which saw revenue and profits down, as well as a...

One of the North East’s leading property experts has claimed that Newcastle’s diverse property market is still seeing record levels of...

Recent months have seen interest rates rise from historic lows back closer to pre-financial crisis levels as the Bank of England...

For some time, LinkedIn was seen – fairly or unfairly – as stodgy, dull, corporate and formal. The uncool uncle to...

The current challenges facing the conveyancing sector have put the industry in the spotlight. Here, property expert Colum Smith, Chief Vision...

Propertymark has announced an extension of its working relationship with property expert and TV presenter Phil Spencer. The agency trade body will...

New rules on leasehold homes came in this week, banning ground rents on new leases but a property expert warns this...

National estate agency and advisory company Fisher German has merged with commercial property consultancy Matthews & Goodman. The merger creates one of...

Images can have the ability to paint a vivid image, but video content can take this to the next level if...

A property expert has warned against bans on second home sales and has suggested giving local buyers first refusal instead. It comes after...

Next month will see new rules around upfront Material Information for property sales and lettings come into force in the UK...

In this guest piece, Colum Smith, a property expert at law firm Taylor Rose MW, sets out why speedier transactions could...

The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...

April looks set to go down as the busiest month for house sales of the year.  And with record numbers of properties predicted...

Yesterday afternoon, Helena Marston was finally confirmed as Purplebricks new CEO after all the due diligence checks that are required for...

A property expert has predicted that mortgage applicants are likely to find it 'much harder' to be approved for loans as...

Hundreds of former Purplebricks agents have now signed up to a potential legal claim against the firm. Contractors For Justice, known as...

Lawyers working on a class action against online agents including Purplebricks have said they will be ready to send a letter...

Trading Standards has advised agents to update listings once they reach the "sold subject to contract" (SSTC) stage. It comes after legal...

A former UK national sales director at Purplebricks has been reunited with the online agent’s founder Michael Bruce at Boomin. Paul Vickerstaff,...

For the record, this isn’t my last Industry Views for Estate Agent Today, although by the time you read this I'll be...

Purplebricks say it’s going to complete its transformation from an agency using self-employed local operatives in the field, to having fully...

In this exclusive for Estate Agent Today readers, video supremo and property expert Chris Watkin conducts an interview with the Bruce...

The path from agent to developer is not easy, but it is a relatively straightforward one, if you are willing to...

Purplebricks chief executive Vic Darvey has quit, citing “personal circumstances”.  He leaves at the end of this month with chief operating officer Helena...

Well-known property expert and video interviewer Chris Watkin independently investigates how one piece of software is having such a big effect...

Until a few years ago, you would have been forgiven for not knowing who or what Coadjute was. But the company, founded...

Outspoken TV property expert Kirstie Allsopp has told first time buyers they may have to sacrifice lattes, Netflix and gym membership...

As debate rages over levelling up and a north/south property divide, in the first of a new monthly column, property expert...

Purplebricks has this morning said that a newspaper report over the weekend, claiming part of the business is to be sold...

Property experts have joined forces to call for faster and more secure transactions.  The PropTech and conveyancing voices have united in warning...

The leader of the organisation proposing a class action against Purplebricks says there’s been a “phenomenal” response to his request for...

There’s been some cynicism amongst the industry in response to new homes promises made by Chancellor Rishi Sunak in yesterday’s Budget. Sunak...

The largest live event in the property industry for two years took place last Friday - the ESTAS awards.  TV property expert...

The class action taken by former self-employed workers against two online agencies should be a warning to other firms breaking the...

A claims firm wants to commence proceedings against online estate agency companies such as Purplebricks and Yopa. It's on behalf of thousands...

Purplebricks has this morning announced that chief financial officer Andy Botha is quitting at the end of the month. In a terse...

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

I recently took part in a webinar hosted by ICG (The Innovation Collaboration Group) – titled ‘New estate agency revenue streams...

Rightmove has estimated how many people benefitted from the holiday and the estimated total saving in England. It says some one million...

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

Purplebricks says its aim to move 650 staff from self-employed status to employed has had a 95 per cent success rate. It...

A date has been set for Purplebricks’ shareholders to give their verdict on a controversial remuneration package given to the agency’s...

Two former Local Property Experts at Purplebricks have set up their own hybrid agency, offering an upfront fee or a no-sale-no-fee...

One of the most effervescent figures in the industry has given his five top tips to becoming a great estate agent...

One of the biggest trends since Covid, in the property world and elsewhere, has been a shift towards more hybrid, flexible...

Self-employed agents working for Purplebricks who want to resist the instruction to become fully employed are being wooed by a Midlands...

Purplebricks’ chief executive says a £4m marketing blitz scheduled for the autumn will go ahead despite the upheaval caused by the...

The chief executive of Purplebricks says he wants to move his agency’s 600 Local Property Experts from self-employed to employed status...

Purplebricks has this morning confirmed that it’s ending its self-employed Local Property Experts operation and is moving to “a fully employed model...

House prices in July rose after falling in June, according to the Halifax. They were 0.4 per cent higher than in June,...

One of the best known faces in estate agency has launched his own podcast - and is giving Estate Agent Today...

Purplebricks is to launch an extensive marketing campaign after this summer’s Olympics to emphasise the local knowledge of its 600 agents...

The government and property industry have been talking about it for a long time, and there have been numerous initiatives introduced...

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

Purplebricks will this week reveal the result of almost two years of trials into a new pricing structure.  The details will come...