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Southwark, Barnet, Camden, Croydon and Newham are the top five London boroughs with the highest number of vacant properties amid a...
13 April 2024
From: Features
One of the most heart-warming parts of my job is having the privilege to be the patron of Agents Giving, the...
11 December 2023
From: Breaking News
I'll start with a confession. I am not an estate agent - I'm a marketer. But since I joined the industry...
09 September 2023
From: Features
Over recent years, as successive governments have tightened lettings legislation and increased the tax burden on landlords, some with investment properties...
05 August 2023
From: Features
A major auctioneering service is gearing up for its 10th anniversary and 75th in-room property sale later this week. Auction House...
18 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Social media has moved on from being a “nice to have” to a necessity for most businesses, but how do you...
14 July 2023
From: Marketing & Social Media
Every year, those thinking about investing in property for the first time and even current landlords ask themselves whether it’s the...
04 February 2023
From: Features
The Property Redress Scheme (PRS) has formed a new member panel that will be chaired by senior industry figure Eric Walker. The...
12 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Aside from all the news surrounding the Autumn Statement this week, which will have a significant bearing on the property market...
19 November 2022
From: Features
The property industry often gets a bad rep, despite all the work that agents and others in the sector do for...
12 November 2022
From: Features
Property professionals are hoping for calmer markets after Rishi Sunak was confirmed as the new UK Prime Minister yesterday. Sunak won the...
25 October 2022
From: Breaking News
The National Association of Professional Sourcing Agents (NAPSA) has partnered with The Property Ombudsman (TPO) to boost compliance and working practices in...
04 October 2022
From: Breaking News
The government’s Stamp Duty reforms could provide a boost to homebuilding in the UK, a property investor claims. Real estate investor Alliance...
29 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Fewer than 20% of Scots homeowners paid more than 83% of all house purchase tax north of the border, according to...
22 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Renewed calls are being made for an “urgent review” of stamp duty as research shows rising house prices mean first-time buyers...
22 June 2022
From: Breaking News
Online agent Strike is preparing to name a home seller who will be reimbursed the equivalent of an estate agent fee...
19 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Property events and functions are now back in full swing, with 2022 likely to be the first ‘normal’ year for this...
12 February 2022
From: Features
Propertymark’s chief executive - officially still in post on just an interim basis - is to face questions from a past...
14 October 2021
From: Breaking News
It’s been revealed that HM Revenue & Customs scours the listings on both Rightmove and Zoopla to assess whether property investors...
12 October 2021
From: Breaking News
Few political policies have such a ring of the past as rent controls - they were last seen in this country...
04 September 2021
From: Features
21 August 2021
From: Features
A company says it will fund first time buyers’ bids to get on the property ladder by matching them with property...
10 August 2021
From: Breaking News
Today sees the government’s Spending Review, with Chancellor Rishi Sunak taking centre stage as he presents a 12 month spending plan to...
25 November 2020
From: Breaking News
Just when you thought the housing market was beginning to calm down... along comes a likely vaccine for Coronavirus. One of the country’s...
16 November 2020
From: Breaking News
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...
04 November 2020
From: Breaking News
The property market has bounced back with all of the expected resilience and flexibility that is its hallmark since it reopened...
24 October 2020
From: Features
Tenant enquiries and property viewings unsurprisingly slowed this spring, due to the necessary government restrictions brought in to manage the pandemic....
24 October 2020
From: Features
With no clear end in sight and conflicting Government advice as to whether we should work from home or go to...
24 September 2020
From: Sponsored Content
When it comes to the future of the property market in the wake of Covid-19, there are two main schools of...
19 September 2020
From: Features
A new portal launches today with 100,000 listings and a pledge to target buyers largely ignored by established websites - investors. It’s...
24 August 2020
From: Breaking News
As expected within the property industry, the Chancellor announced a stamp duty holiday in his Summer Statement. This now means that...
25 July 2020
From: Features
Large scale increases in and changes to the Capital Gains Tax regime could seriously hurt the housing market, a senior figure...
21 July 2020
From: Breaking News
Two companies that persuaded property investors to pay as much as £25,000 for a parking space have been wound up in...
14 July 2020
From: Breaking News
A tax and legal specialist says there’s been a huge rise in stamp duty refund cases between March and June -...
19 June 2020
From: Breaking News
In a video interview for his Move iQ service, Phil Spencer speaks to Mark Hayward, managing director of NAEA Propertymark about...
10 June 2020
From: Sponsored Content
In a wide-ranging video interview for his Move iQ service, Phil Spencer speaks to former agent and founder of Viewber, Ed...
06 June 2020
From: Features
There has been much speculation about when agents will be allowed back to work, and what the new office working environment...
09 May 2020
From: Features
We are still living in highly extraordinary times, perhaps evidenced best by the fact that the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, was...
11 April 2020
From: Features
After a challenging period for the UK property market, recovery is very much on the cards and the end to uncertainty...
01 February 2020
From: Features
Insolvency firm Begbies Traynor says the estate agency and property industry sector of the UK economy has seen a big rise...
28 January 2020
From: Breaking News
In the latest part of the Natter’s ‘day in the life of’ series, I catch up with Chris Osmond, sales director...
30 November 2019
From: Features
In just over two weeks, the UK population will head to the polls for the fourth general election since 2010. Of course,...
27 November 2019
From: Features
A tax expert is urging owners of second homes, as well as property investors and existing landlords, to seek independent financial...
31 October 2019
From: Breaking News
Enhanced customer care strategies, relationship-building schemes, cost-cutting measures and new revenue streams can’t help the lettings industry if the fundamental underlying...
23 October 2019
From: Features
We know that the tenant fee ban has cost letting agents dearly, with an estimated loss of £300 million paid to...
02 October 2019
From: Features
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Tony Strover. On my business card it says...
30 August 2019
From: 60 Second Interview
A leading agent has suggested that some parts of the UK would face “a property exodus” if Boris Johnson’s proposals for...
15 July 2019
From: Breaking News
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...
08 May 2019
From: 60 Second Interview
The leasehold scandal has received plenty of press coverage, with horror stories of people living in homes that are impossible to...
06 April 2019
From: Features
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...
12 February 2019
From: 60 Second Interview
An accountancy trade body has revealed that last year it briefed MPs - including the Prime Minister and Housing Minister of...
04 October 2018
From: Breaking News
If you’re an estate agent and have a property that is difficult to sell or the homeowner simply needs a fast...
20 July 2018
From: Sponsored Content
Cast your mind back to July 2008 – Gordon Brown was Prime Minister, the Euros were in full swing in Austria/Switzerland...
30 June 2018
From: Features
A survey of owner-occupiers, landlords, property investors and insolvency practitioners has revealed that Brexit is the single biggest concern when it...
19 June 2018
From: Breaking News
London estate agency Kay & Co says it is targeting Chinese buyers following research data produced by a portal. The China property...
07 June 2018
From: Breaking News
A new online platform claims agents can now offer people a chance to buy a property with, literally, just one click...
31 May 2018
From: Breaking News
Today is the day. 1,600 people will gather in London for FUTURE: PropTech, an event I have supported when there were...
02 May 2018
From: Breaking News
A Cotswolds-based agency has expanded to a second office and says it has plans to develop further in the region. Move was...
08 March 2018
From: Breaking News
A Hampshire property investor who failed to declare Capital Gains Tax from the sale of properties evading £157,725, has been jailed...
14 August 2017
From: Breaking News
As the mainstream mortgage market braces itself for yet another clampdown on buy-to-let lending, a growing number of property investors are...
04 August 2017
From: Features
Historically, short-term rentals have been an unattractive business for the majority of estate agents and property managers. Scarcity of demand from tenants...
04 August 2017
From: Features
It’s that time of year again – peak conference/event season. And, while Brexit and a shock snap general election are dominating...
06 May 2017
From: Features
Peter Robinson, CEO of AIPP – Association of International Property Professionals – shines a light onto the international property market. Some UK...
01 April 2017
From: Features
Estate Agent Today and its sister publications published by Angels Media feature strongly on the long-list for the 2017 Property Press...
30 March 2017
From: Breaking News
The property market in northern England, supported in part by the Northern Powerhouse concept, has attracted a lot of media attention,...
24 March 2017
From: Features
Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered his first Budget this week pledging extra funding for the NHS, transport in the Midlands and the...
11 March 2017
From: Features
Residential property has performed far better than any other property-type in terms of appreciation over the last year, according to new...
27 February 2017
From: Breaking News
Not many of us have a multi-million property portfolio, so the results of the MSCI / IPD UK property index for...
25 February 2017
From: Features
A data portal called REalyse and aimed at professional property investors is launching today after raising £500,000 in seed capital. The site...
23 February 2017
From: Breaking News
Organisers of the Future:PropTech2017 conference on May 4 have revealed new sponsors involved with the event - including Angels Media, publisher...
23 February 2017
From: Breaking News
The rapid growth in popularity of buy-to-let in recent years, fuelled in part by the failings of the pensions industry, has...
17 February 2017
From: Features
Property4Media , an online service for journalists, has acquired the annual Property Press Awards. This year’s event will take place in late...
02 February 2017
From: Breaking News
No longer just a domain for investors, developers and property traders, the auction room is now the preferred option of buying...
21 January 2017
From: Features
The rental market has had to face a raft of changes over the past year, including the introduction of the 3% stamp...
14 January 2017
From: Features
If you provide a service, you expect to be paid for it. Sound fair? But with the forthcoming ban on tenant...
07 January 2017
From: Features
Following a strong start to 2016, particularly in the lower to middle range of the UK housing market, that lasted up...
17 December 2016
From: Features
It’s all been kicking off in recent weeks, hasn’t it? Marmite wars, the endless Trump v Clinton debate, Samsung phones blowing...
28 October 2016
From: Features
Agents don’t need reminding that Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today are invaluable sources of daily industry news - but...
11 October 2016
From: Breaking News
Fears raised over the UK housing market in the wake of the Brexit vote have so far proved to be ‘wide...
30 September 2016
From: Features
The huge rush to acquire buy-to-let property in the first quarter of the year ahead of the stamp duty change deadline...
09 September 2016
From: Features
Marsh & Parsons is the latest agency to show a price drop in prime central London - homes there were down...
23 August 2016
From: Breaking News
Plans for the Northern Powerhouse scheme, designed to rival London and the South East as the main driver of economic growth...
29 July 2016
From: Features
With a number of agent partner programmes available nationwide, estate agents can often increase business by offering sales by auction, especially...
15 July 2016
From: Features
With the new Formula One season now well underway, we delve into the fast lane to take you on a whirlwind...
08 July 2016
From: Features
Angels Media, publisher of Estate Agent Today, is delighted to welcome on board one of Britain’s top property industry journalists, Marc...
22 June 2016
From: Breaking News
In today's budget, the Chancellor, George Osborne, has announced a number of measures which will impact the property industry. The Chancellor confirmed...
16 March 2016
From: Breaking News
There has been a surge of new crowdfunding platforms aimed at people who either cannot afford to purchase their own buy...
07 March 2016
From: Breaking News
The controversial UK property portal Houser is shortly launching an internet site marketing homes for sale across the United Arab Emirates,...
13 October 2015
From: Breaking News
A web portal which radically changes the way investors search for their next investment property has signed up 5,000 agents, less...
07 October 2015
From: Sponsored Content
Public relations is big business these days. Whole companies are set up purely to provide this service. Major corporations have in-house...
21 August 2015
From: Features
A new website has been launched to fight back against the attack George Osborne made in the Summer Budget on the...
21 August 2015
From: Features
Housing minister has Brandon Lewis has thrown his weight behind the right of foreign investors to purchase buy to let properties,...
18 August 2015
From: Breaking News
A new campaign says it’s not just the buy to let sector that will be penalised by changes to landlord tax...
13 August 2015
From: Breaking News
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...
05 August 2015
From: Sponsored Content
When Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, recently announced that interest rates would have to start to rise sooner...
24 July 2015
From: Features
There’s been a remarkably positive welcome from across the industry for the new Today websites unveiled this week for Estate Agent...
07 May 2015
From: Breaking News
The Today property sites - Estate Agent Today, Letting Agent Today, Landlord Today, Property Investor Today and Introducer Today - have...
05 May 2015
From: Breaking News
With pension reform, council licensing changes and a General Election on the horizon, many are anticipating a boom in the buy-to-let...