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Artificial Intelligence is now a part of all our lives, but my attention was grabbed recently by an AI critique of...

Southwark, Barnet, Camden, Croydon and Newham are the top five London boroughs with the highest number of vacant properties amid a...

One of the most heart-warming parts of my job is having the privilege to be the patron of Agents Giving, the...

I'll start with a confession. I am not an estate agent - I'm a marketer. But since I joined the industry...

Over recent years, as successive governments have tightened lettings legislation and increased the tax burden on landlords, some with investment properties...

A major auctioneering service is gearing up for its 10th anniversary and 75th in-room property sale later this week.   Auction House...

Social media has moved on from being a “nice to have” to a necessity for most businesses, but how do you...

Every year, those thinking about investing in property for the first time and even current landlords ask themselves whether it’s the...

The Property Redress Scheme (PRS) has formed a new member panel that will be chaired by senior industry figure Eric Walker. The...

Aside from all the news surrounding the Autumn Statement this week, which will have a significant bearing on the property market...

The property industry often gets a bad rep, despite all the work that agents and others in the sector do for...

Property professionals are hoping for calmer markets after Rishi Sunak was confirmed as the new UK Prime Minister yesterday. Sunak won the...

The National Association of Professional Sourcing Agents (NAPSA) has partnered with The Property Ombudsman (TPO) to boost compliance and working practices in...

The government’s Stamp Duty reforms could provide a boost to homebuilding in the UK, a property investor claims. Real estate investor Alliance...

Fewer than 20% of Scots homeowners paid more than 83% of all house purchase tax north of the border, according to...

Renewed calls are being made for an “urgent review” of stamp duty as research shows rising house prices mean first-time buyers...

Online agent Strike is preparing to name a home seller who will be reimbursed the equivalent of an estate agent fee...

Property events and functions are now back in full swing, with 2022 likely to be the first ‘normal’ year for this...

Propertymark’s chief executive - officially still in post on just an interim basis - is to face questions from a past...

It’s been revealed that HM Revenue & Customs scours the listings on both Rightmove and Zoopla to assess whether property investors...

Few political policies have such a ring of the past as rent controls - they were last seen in this country...

I’m sorry to break this to you but in 10 days’ time it will be autumn - and we will have...

A company says it will fund first time buyers’ bids to get on the property ladder by matching them with property...

Today sees the government’s Spending Review, with Chancellor Rishi Sunak taking centre stage as he presents a 12 month spending plan to...

Just when you thought the housing market was beginning to calm down... along comes a likely vaccine for Coronavirus. One of the country’s...

A London property investment consultancy says 22 per cent of properties it’s advised overseas purchasers on this year have been bought sight-unseen. London...

The property market has bounced back with all of the expected resilience and flexibility that is its hallmark since it reopened...

Tenant enquiries and property viewings unsurprisingly slowed this spring, due to the necessary government restrictions brought in to manage the pandemic....

With no clear end in sight and conflicting Government advice as to whether we should work from home or go to...

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

A new portal launches today with 100,000 listings and a pledge to target buyers largely ignored by established websites - investors. It’s...

As expected within the property industry, the Chancellor announced a stamp duty holiday in his Summer Statement. This now means that...

Large scale increases in and changes to the Capital Gains Tax regime could seriously hurt the housing market, a senior figure...

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

A tax and legal specialist says there’s been a huge rise in stamp duty refund cases between March and June -...

In a video interview for his Move iQ service, Phil Spencer speaks to Mark Hayward, managing director of NAEA Propertymark about...

In a wide-ranging video interview for his Move iQ service, Phil Spencer speaks to former agent and founder of Viewber, Ed...

There has been much speculation about when agents will be allowed back to work, and what the new office working environment...

We are still living in highly extraordinary times, perhaps evidenced best by the fact that the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, was...

After a challenging period for the UK property market, recovery is very much on the cards and the end to uncertainty...

Insolvency firm Begbies Traynor says the estate agency and property industry sector of the UK economy has seen a big rise...

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

In just over two weeks, the UK population will head to the polls for the fourth general election since 2010. Of course,...

A tax expert is urging owners of second homes, as well as property investors and existing landlords, to seek independent financial...

Enhanced customer care strategies, relationship-building schemes, cost-cutting measures and new revenue streams can’t help the lettings industry if the fundamental underlying...

We know that the tenant fee ban has cost letting agents dearly, with an estimated loss of £300 million paid to...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Tony Strover. On my business card it says...

A leading agent has suggested that some parts of the UK would face “a property exodus” if Boris Johnson’s proposals for...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Jake Gready Managing Director NEXA Bristol What services do you provide? buying - selling...

The leasehold scandal has received plenty of press coverage, with horror stories of people living in homes that are impossible to...

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...

An accountancy trade body has revealed that last year it briefed MPs - including the Prime Minister and Housing Minister of...

If you’re an estate agent and have a property that is difficult to sell or the homeowner simply needs a fast...

Cast your mind back to July 2008 – Gordon Brown was Prime Minister, the Euros were in full swing in Austria/Switzerland...

A survey of owner-occupiers, landlords, property investors and insolvency practitioners has revealed that Brexit is the single biggest concern when it...

London estate agency Kay & Co says it is targeting Chinese buyers following research data produced by a portal. The China property...

A new online platform claims agents can now offer people a chance to buy a property with, literally, just one click...

Today is the day. 1,600 people will gather in London for FUTURE: PropTech, an event I have supported when there were...

A Cotswolds-based agency has expanded to a second office and says it has plans to develop further in the region. Move was...

A Hampshire property investor who failed to declare Capital Gains Tax from the sale of properties evading £157,725, has been jailed...

As the mainstream mortgage market braces itself for yet another clampdown on buy-to-let lending, a growing number of property investors are...

Historically, short-term rentals have been an unattractive business for the majority of estate agents and property managers. Scarcity of demand from tenants...

It’s that time of year again – peak conference/event season. And, while Brexit and a shock snap general election are dominating...

Peter Robinson, CEO of AIPP – Association of International Property Professionals – shines a light onto the international property market. Some UK...

Estate Agent Today and its sister publications published by Angels Media feature strongly on the long-list for the 2017 Property Press...

The property market in northern England, supported in part by the Northern Powerhouse concept, has attracted a lot of media attention,...

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

Residential property has performed far better than any other property-type in terms of appreciation over the last year, according to new...

Not many of us have a multi-million property portfolio, so the results of the MSCI / IPD UK property index for...

A data portal called REalyse and aimed at professional property investors is launching today after raising £500,000 in seed capital.  The site...

Organisers of the Future:PropTech2017 conference on May 4 have revealed new sponsors involved with the event - including Angels Media, publisher...

The rapid growth in popularity of buy-to-let in recent years, fuelled in part by the failings of the pensions industry, has...

Property4Media , an online service for journalists, has acquired the annual Property Press Awards. This year’s event will take place in late...

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

The rental market has had to face a raft of changes over the past year, including the introduction of the 3% stamp...

If you provide a service, you expect to be paid for it. Sound fair? But with the forthcoming ban on tenant...

Following a strong start to 2016, particularly in the lower to middle range of the UK housing market, that lasted up...

It’s all been kicking off in recent weeks, hasn’t it? Marmite wars, the endless Trump v Clinton debate, Samsung phones blowing...

Agents don’t need reminding that Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today are invaluable sources of daily industry news - but...

Fears raised over the UK housing market in the wake of the Brexit vote have so far proved to be ‘wide...

The huge rush to acquire buy-to-let property in the first quarter of the year ahead of the stamp duty change deadline...

Marsh & Parsons is the latest agency to show a price drop in prime central London - homes there were down...

Plans for the Northern Powerhouse scheme, designed to rival London and the South East as the main driver of economic growth...

With a number of agent partner programmes available nationwide, estate agents can often increase business by offering sales by auction, especially...

With the new Formula One season now well underway, we delve into the fast lane to take you on a whirlwind...

Angels Media, publisher of Estate Agent Today, is delighted to welcome on board one of Britain’s top property industry journalists, Marc...

In today's budget, the Chancellor, George Osborne, has announced a number of measures which will impact the property industry.  The Chancellor confirmed...

There has been a surge of new crowdfunding platforms aimed at people who either cannot afford to purchase their own buy...

The controversial UK property portal Houser is shortly launching an internet site marketing homes for sale across the United Arab Emirates,...

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

Public relations is big business these days. Whole companies are set up purely to provide this service. Major corporations have in-house...

A new website has been launched to fight back against the attack George Osborne made in the Summer Budget on the...

Housing minister has Brandon Lewis has thrown his weight behind the right of foreign investors to purchase buy to let properties,...

A new campaign says it’s not just the buy to let sector that will be penalised by changes to landlord tax...

Introduce your properties to over 500,000 investors, increase sales and management stock... WHAT IS PRING Pring.co.uk is the largest investment property portal...

When Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, recently announced that interest rates would have to start to rise sooner...

There’s been a remarkably positive welcome from across the industry for the new Today websites unveiled this week for Estate Agent...

The Today property sites - Estate Agent Today, Letting Agent Today, Landlord Today, Property Investor Today and Introducer Today - have...

With pension reform, council licensing changes and a General Election on the horizon, many are anticipating a boom in the buy-to-let...

The Independent Network of Estate Agents says it is worried that the so-called ‘pension freedom’ created by relaxations in over-55s accessing...