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Most agents may argue that every month is the best time to list but Rightmove has identified February as the optimum...
25 January 2024
From: Breaking News
OneDome has launched a new service tailored to benefit prospective buyers and sellers. The homebuying platform has launched Premier Agent, an invitation...
09 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Rising numbers of property owners are dropping the asking price of their homes in a bid to secure a quick sale. Latest...
29 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Agents in some parts of the UK are still struggling to sell properties that they first listed more than a decade...
22 March 2023
From: Breaking News
The number of home sellers looking to sell their home quickly in the current market has increased by 12%, new research...
25 January 2023
From: Breaking News
An estate agency firm is urging sellers to resist cutting asking prices. Tom Cranenburgh, of GetanOffer, which describes itself as a quick...
14 November 2022
From: Breaking News
The fast-moving property sales market is increasing the risk of fraud, an anti-money laundering expert claims. Olly Thornton-Berry, co-founder of risk management...
08 June 2022
From: Breaking News
A new survey by interior experts Hammonds Furniture has outlined how important interior style is to potential buyers, with 40% of...
21 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Challenger portal group OneDome has linked with a chain repair service to provide what it calls an end-to-end property offering. The OneDome...
29 March 2022
From: Breaking News
A survey suggests that an overwhelming proportion of estate agents believe the government should make the provision of upfront property information...
20 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Propertymark says more buyers are now looking at online auctions, making this a more viable route to sale than before. The latest...
04 November 2021
From: Breaking News
The average asking price, as recorded by Rightmove, has fallen for the first time this year. In another sign that the market...
16 August 2021
From: Breaking News
Two former directors of the prestigious Beauchamp Estates agency in central London have set up their own new company. They say their...
13 May 2021
From: Breaking News
A league table of the most important issues facing vendors places the scale of estate agents’ charges at the bottom - and this...
11 May 2021
From: Breaking News
The latest Coutts Prime Property Index has revealed that activity in this sector of the market - based mostly in London...
10 May 2021
From: Breaking News
Whilst it was once seen as a way to sell niche or run-down properties, auction is now a mainstream method of...
05 May 2021
From: Features
Keller Williams now boasts 377 estate agency partners across the UK - agents that have set up and run their own...
01 May 2021
From: Features
One in three property sales in England and Wales fell through before completion in the first quarter of 2021. The 32 per...
13 April 2021
From: Breaking News
The importance of marketing properties is something that is often undervalued. Big budgets are dedicated to selling everyday items such as...
19 December 2020
From: Features
Asking prices are down for the first time in many months. It’s a small drop - an average of 0.5 per cent...
16 November 2020
From: Breaking News
As we embark on another nationwide lockdown, the team at SDL Auctions are keen to help agents ride the storm, beat...
11 November 2020
From: Sponsored Content
A relaunched home buying service says it wants to partner with agents to unlock sales if the housing market deteriorates. The service...
10 November 2020
From: Breaking News
Recently, when giving speeches, I have discussed investment trends and industry trends that the built environment is experiencing. They are quite...
07 October 2020
From: Breaking News
A quick buy firm boasting it has ‘sold’ a home within six days also says it now takes 140 days on...
21 September 2020
From: Breaking News
One of the victims of a notorious estate agency price fixing cartel has spoken out against one of the offenders. Christina Davis...
01 September 2020
From: Breaking News
It’s official – the property market is back open for business. Estate agents have started to unfurlough staff and many are...
10 June 2020
From: Features
Hello and welcome to our latest update… we’re probably not yet getting used to these unusual times but we hope this...
02 April 2020
From: Breaking News
There’s been a surge in UK enquiries to global free-to-list portal Residential People, and a comparable rise in interest from Chinese...
05 March 2020
From: Breaking News
As an agent, it’s part of your role to protect and advise your clients throughout the buying and selling process. Mortgages are...
26 September 2019
From: Sponsored Content
Earlier this year, the Regulation of Property Agents (RoPA) working group announced the initial details of plans for mandatory qualifications and...
18 September 2019
From: Features
The UK property market can be seen by criminals as an effective vehicle to conceal the proceeds of economic crime. Criminally...
18 May 2019
From: Features
Reforms to the house buying process in England and Wales to bring it more into line with Scotland could slash the...
16 May 2019
From: Breaking News
The trade body representing so-called quick sale companies is marking five years in business with two feathers in its cap. Firstly the...
16 May 2019
From: Breaking News
The Money Laundering Regulations require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation to...
25 February 2019
From: Sponsored Content
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
Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today - a slim edition given how quiet the industry is at the...
16 July 2018
From: Breaking News
Q. How did you get in to the property industry? My career in the property industry actually started out as a holiday...
01 February 2018
From: 60 Second Interview
A poll of over 2,500 first time buyers suggests that on average they pay £5,300 less than the asking price -...
18 January 2018
From: Breaking News
Hunters is partnering with a PropTech firm to allow homes on the market and still awaiting buyers to be short-let for...
17 January 2018
From: Breaking News
It used to be so easy. Around 20 years ago there were what we now call full-service estate and letting agencies, and...
23 September 2017
From: Features
The police are investigating a quick sale company after a claim by an individual that he received less than half of...
11 August 2017
From: Breaking News
A third of ‘quick sale’ companies - those that buy homes in bulk at discounted prices - say the rise of...
20 July 2017
From: Breaking News
Over a quarter of prospective house sales completed in the past three months had fallen through at some stage according to...
05 July 2017
From: Breaking News
There were only 14 complaints to The Property Ombudsman about so-called 'quick sale' firms - the professional buying companies that purchase...
10 March 2017
From: Breaking News
A new London-based online estate agency called Nested says it has had a “superb start” to trading, using its unusual business...
06 March 2017
From: Breaking News
The Advertising Standards Authority has stepped in following a complaint about a TV ad for a Quick Sale company, National Homebuyers. The...
08 February 2017
From: Breaking News
The managing partner of a property investment firm says London residential property values have fallen by 15 to 25 per cent...
04 January 2017
From: Breaking News
Mid West Displays has established a reputation as a leading manufacturer of window & interior display solutions and products. The LEDMAG...
02 November 2016
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Humberts is introducing what it calls a ‘personal assistant’ for retirees in a bid to woo the growing market of elderly...
24 June 2016
From: Breaking News
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has decided not to uphold a complaint made against a quick property sale firm's radio advert. The...
01 June 2016
From: Breaking News
A survey of over 2,000 people suggests that online estate agents lose out to their traditional counterparts in terms of public...
03 May 2016
From: Breaking News
The number of house sales failing to successfully complete fell in the first quarter of 2016, with just one in five...
07 April 2016
From: Breaking News
Connect branch networks, automate sales and marketing and highlight business opportunities with Rezi’s agile cloud platform Rezi Premium is more than a...
19 August 2015
From: Sponsored Content
The National Association of Estate Agents says HMRC have been making unscheduled visits to individual agency offices to check on their...