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Borrowers are currently rolling off relatively favourable two-year fixed-rate deals agreed at the start of 2022, but the pain from higher...

The average household in England and Wales who purchased in the past 20 years and sold last year achieved profits of...

Heat pumps are become more prevalent across the UK to power our homes’ heating requirements and they are only likely to...

Twenty-minute neighbourhoods, 15-minute cities, low traffic neighbourhoods, walkable neighbourhoods: these concepts are suddenly everywhere. They boil down to a simple idea:...

Estate agency has changed. No longer is it required to sit in a high street office working the old way. Provide a...

Despite a 15-year peak in interest rates, one of Glasgow’s leading estate agents, Corum, has reported a 10% surge in viewings...

The term mixed-tenure development usually refers to residential developments where different residential tenures are provided on the same site. Typically, tenure was...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

Success with your chosen CRM solution should not be a one-and-done package. Once you team up with a stellar CRM provider,...

CRMs can be superheroes for your business, but not all of them possess the necessary powers to save the day. As...

By adopting a top-notch Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution, you're not only opening doors to acquiring new customers and nurturing existing...

Agency brands including Hamptons and Savills as well as property developer London Square have sponsored gardens at this week’s Chelsea Flower...

Black mould associated with condensation is becoming an increasing problem for homes in the UK and following the tragic death of...

Lies, damned lies, and statistics this week. I don’t know about you, but sometimes I feel as though I’m being bombarded...

Hamptons is returning to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in 2023 following last year’s Gold win. The agency brand is sponsoring a...

The property jobs market hasn't taken a summer holiday this month. Here are some of the latest moves that took place during...

Last weekend, Nat Daniels' latest Property Natter column focused on the average day in the life of a conveyancer. In this feature,...

A former chairman of challenger bank Monzo has joined OneDome’s board. Tim Brooke Thom has been appointed as non-executive director of the challenger...

The property recruitment market seems to be moving as fast as house prices. Here are some of the latest moves that took...

A well-known Yorkshire estate agency has expanded into another of its prime locations after striking a major acquisition deal. Linley & Simpson...

Savills suggests that London is returning to its role as the dominant element in the high end housing market in the...

A bid to regulate second home ownership in part of the UK through changes to planning policy will add complexity and...

The total value of all UK homes broke the £8 trillion barrier in 2021 according to Savills - and London is...

Plymouth independent estate agency Alan Cummings & Co has been acquired by Julian Marks Estate Agents. With more than 16 staff and...

Areas with the biggest house price growth of 2021 have seen the value of homes rise by three times the national...

As the UK housing market faces an ongoing boom, there’s one profession that’s certainly rushed off its feet — estate agents....

One of the country’s leading buying agents has set out what’s hot and what’s not in London’s housing market as it...

A sentiment survey amongst wealthy international buyers suggests the affluent sector of the western world is seeing similar house buying frenzy...

HM Revenue & Customs has warned of what it calls the “negative impacts” of the pandemic on the latest property transactions...

Knight Frank claims that the number of UK property transactions in June is on track to be the highest on record.  Although...

A home within 500 metres of a tube or railway station in London will carry a massive premium compared to a...

A London agency is rejecting the suggestion that sellers are heading to the countryside - instead, it says they’re likely to move...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Bal Arora – Managing Director In your experience, what is the...

For many, the funeral of HRH Prince Philip will be a solemn affair, while for some it will also be a...

Rightmove has so far this year recorded 20 of its busiest ever days for visits to the site as the current...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Dan Muir, Area Sales Manager, LetsBid Property What is LetsBid and...

One of the country’s most popular tourist destinations may ban the sale of new builds to second home buyers. The council in Padstow -...

Government guidance on how agents can continue working during the lockdown has given a new importance to virtual viewings, says an...

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...

A young estate agent - who by the age of 20 has already had a year working with Purplebricks - has...

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...

The UK lettings market is no stranger to technology. But only a few of the early initiatives have remained, and landlords...

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

Figures from Zoopla quantify how Coronavirus is changing the market, with houses selling significantly faster than flats. The latest market report from...

Zoopla says while there may be speculation about people fleeing London and big urban areas for the countryside, the evidence suggests...

London estate agency Benham & Reeves says there’s been a sharp fall-off in demand for ultra-expensive homes in prime suburbs of...

“A lot of people have learned that they can work at home, or that there’s other methods of conducting their business......

A new renovation start-up is operating across eight cities and claims to be able to transform properties - including ones that...

A new tie-up between Coadjute, a network for decentralised workflow and data sharing within the property industry, and banks including NatWest...

A few weeks ago, I came across a couple of really interesting articles which I immediately thought worth writing a piece...

Hello and welcome to this latest edition of PJT, your Monday catch-up on all the key appointments news in the industry. Please...

Estate agents have responded cynically to the small-fry property sector announcements made by Chancellor Phillip Hammond in yesterday’s spring statement mini-Budget. Overshadowed...

Figures from Savills suggest that there’s currently an average 1.14 price adjustments per sale across the prime regional markets of the...

The boss of an electrical company has set up a new estate and letting agency with the help of six-figure funding...

The Conservative and Labour party manifestos do not go far enough to tackle problems with the leasehold system. That’s the view of...

It seems prop-tech is exploding at a scary rate, and the latest brands are all trying to grab our attention by...

The East Midlands, which consists of several areas including Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, and much of Lincolnshire, has an ancient...

Annoying isn’t it. You take on a stunning property, agree a compelling asking price and your Vendor is desperate to get the...

Over 168,000 new homes were completed in the year to March 2016, according to data released by the government, over 15,500...

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

As many northern cities struggled to recover from the 2008 global financial crisis, the north-south divide returned to plague the British...

What is Properstar? Properstar helps UK estate agents cross the chasm from local to global in respect of advertising their properties. Using...

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Referendum uncertainty - even before the shock Brexit vote itself - led prime central London prices to drop 1.4 per cent...

House prices across the UK increased by 9.0 per cent in the year to March, showing a significant rise from the 7.6...

We talk about the unstoppable rise of buy-to-let and forget that it was only as recently as the early 1970’s that...

Countrywide's chief information officer Oliver Skagerlind this morning joins online agency easyProperty as de facto number two to chief executive Rob...

Respected westcountry estate agent Chris Wood is to offer consultancy and training courses through new industry training group Agency Mentors. Wood, who...

Surely people will start moving again soon. The employment rate for the last quarter of 2015 is likely to be the...

Estate Agent Today understands that Countrywide's Chief Information Officer is the latest high-profile manager to leave the organisation. Oliver Skagerlind joined Countrywide,...

Let Mid West Displays get your window in shape! Never underestimate the power of high street presence. Image is everything, and what...

There’s been plenty of forecasting in recent weeks - banks, consultancies and high-end estate agents have predicted house prices in the...

Foxtons has started a buy-back of shares from its investors - a way of rewarding shareholders after what has been a...

Knight Frank has issued housing market predictions for 2016 roughly in line with all those issued by rival high end agents...

Foxtons says affordability issues and increased stamp duty charges for some of the most expensive properties mean London’s sales market is...

The latest blow to the prime central London market has come from Knight Frank, the high end agency, which has slashed...

Consider the scene. It is July 8th and new Chancellor, Ed Balls, stands at the Dispatch Box giving his first Budget...

The number of legal actions against estate agents and chartered surveyors has significantly fallen according to figures from a City legal...

London house prices rose year-on-year at a figure of more than 18% in 2014, with the Metropolitan area experiencing similarly huge...

Mike Poole was keen to update the window display of his Middlesbrough branch and decided that LED Light Pockets™ were the...