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Inflation has eased to 3.2% down from 3.4%, official figures from the Office for National Statistics show, the lowest level since...

Zoopla’s property announcement last week was welcome reading for many of us feeling a bit beleaguered by seller over-expectation, buyer lethargy...

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

A variety of charities have received support from the property industry this week. If there are charitable endeavours you think the rest...

The gap between the price a seller wants and what a buyer is willing to pay is at risk of widening,...

Estate agency stock has hit the highest level since February 2021, new figures from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)...

The property market is awash with data. A quick Google search and any prospective buyer can find property prices, listing history,...

Much of the focus may have been on the Spring Budget this week but a variety of charities have received support from...

The Keller Williams UK (KWUK) brand is facing yet another restructure with its leadership in the country effectively removed. KWUK spent much...

Reading the news on Estate & Letting Agent Today every day (as I’m sure you all do, too), there appears to...

Britain is in the midst of a senior living housing crisis – according to CBRE, an undersupply of 614,000 mid-market senior...

A local estate agent is spreading the love this Valentine’s Day with a video aiming to get people “on board.” Surrey and...

Homebuyer and seller activity has finally started to turn positive, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) suggests. The latest...

Mortgage lenders are “treading a fine line” between offering attractive rates for homebuyers and getting caught out by rising swap rates,...

Welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity, our chance to salute those who do so much to help others. If your agency...

Negative outlooks appear to be reducing amid property professionals as falling mortgage rates filter through to the housing market, according to...

Parliamentary news may have been dominated by the fallout from the Rwanda Bill yesterday but another important piece of legislation also...

The level of mortgage approvals hit a four-month high in November, Bank of England data reveals. There were 50,067 mortgage approvals in...

As the world marches relentlessly forward to 2024, the government’s flagship legislation for the private rented sector (PRS) remains in limbo. This...

The debate over the Green Belt, and the newly branded ‘grey belt’, has made the headlines a lot recently and will...

Agents and surveyors are at their most positive about the housing market for the first time since January 2022. The November 2023...

The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill is falling short of its own objectives, an industry executive has claimed. Linz Darlington, founder of...

The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill passed its second reading in Parliament last night. Housing minister Lee Rowley pledged that the legislation...

Welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity, our chance to salute those who do so much to help others. If your agency...

If you’ve paid even scant attention to Landlord Today or other trade titles, you’ll be familiar with the headlines about rogue...

Hands-up who likes doing check-in reports? These start-of-tenancy reports may not be the most popular of activities for the letting agent...

Keller Williams UK’s (KWUK) new chief executive Mark Readings has outlined a new strategy for the self-employed agency brand. Speaking at KWUK’s...

Housing supply rather than the private rented sector (PRS) made the headlines during the Conservative and Labour Party conferences this year...

Property professionals remain negative about the prospects for the housing market over the coming months amid low buyer demand and fewer...

Keller Williams UK (KWUK) is set to hold its largest ever UK event.  The KWUK Megacamp will take place at the VUE cinema in...

As an Estate Agent it’s important to be able to interpret and understand the information that a Title Deed document presents...

Introduced to Parliament in May, the Renters (Reform) Bill seeks to improve the private rental sector for both tenants and landlords....

The net housing supply in England could be set to fall to decade lows, builders have warned. New analysis by the Home...

And suddenly it’s autumn. It’s just six weeks before the clocks change, days are getting shorter and - the real sign...

Cluttons has moved its London office headquarters to a new prime trophy building in the City as it looks to accelerate...

I recently wrote that the long-gestating Renters Reform Bill, finally introduced in Parliament back in May, could be poorly timed, both...

For most people, buying a house or flat is the largest financial commitment they will ever make. Which is why many...

Andrews Lettings Director Angharad Trueman has identified two priorities for her forthcoming term as President of the Association of Lettings Agents. Known...

In his latest column Jonathan Rolande looks at the future of estate agnts on the high street.   You only need to walk down...

In his latest column Jonathan Rolande explains why estate agents shouldn’t be distracted by the latest house price index figures. Nobody reading...

A cost-of-living crisis, higher interest rates and an increase in bureaucratic regulation might point to a bleak future for the lettings...

The latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors housing market snapshot shows the increasing damage being wrought by high interest rates. The RICS...

Keller Williams UK (KWUK) is set to change its chief executive in the latest restructure of the self-employed agency brand. Ben Taylor...

House prices dipped at their fastest rate since 2009 last month, new data shows. The latest Nationwide House Price Index revealed average...

Housing Minister Rachel Maclean MP is probably looking forward to her summer break this year. But wherever she's going and whatever she's...

‘Schools out for Summer’ as the Alice Cooper song goes and the kids are not the only ones looking forward to...

Have you heard of the Pareto Principle…? Named after economist Vilfredo Pareto, it describes the imbalance of most work-related events -...

The publication of inflation figures by the government tomorrow will be a Do-Or-Die moment for the housing market, it’s been claimed. At...

Property market activity has returned to levels last seen in the aftermath of last October’s mini Budget, data from the Royal...

Winkworth has expanded further in the South East of England with a new office opening in Wokingham – its fourth office...

When it comes to the usage, and benefits of, providing upfront material information to all those involved in the home buying...

Homeowners are unaware of the risks posed by encroachment of bamboo from adjoining properties and the costs of repairing the serious...

High borrowing costs and an uncertain economic outlook remaining the main challenges for homebuyers, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)...

Industry veteran Michael Day is marking 20 years since setting up his Integra Property Services consultancy and training business. The brand now...

All landlords need to have an Energy Performance Certificate (EPG), with few exemptions. As a property writer, landlord and Domestic Energy...

Purplebricks was the top brand for new listings and sales agreed during March, new data shows. A new quarterly market report launched...

The property market remains weak but there are long-term signs of stability, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) claims. The latest...

A more stable picture of the housing market may be emerging, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has suggested. It comes...

Politicians are to take estate agents to task over what they call “a forest” of For Sale and To Let boards. Local...

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

Property professionals have started the year in a relatively less despondent mood compared with the end of 2022 but the market...

Reapit has launched a new client app that can be branded by agency users for their buyers, sellers, landlords and tenants...

Falling mortgage rates are a “false positive” for the health of the property market, analyst Davy Research has warned.  A housing research...

Agents and property professionals are spreading plenty of charitable love ahead of Valentine's Day. See some of the inspirational examples below. Whatever the...

A former minister has questioned whether the Government has a long-term commitment to reform Stamp Duty to boost transactions and has...

The level of new listings coming to market is at its weakest since the end of the 2021 Stamp Duty holiday,...

Agents have been spreading plenty of festive cheer as the year comes to an end, supporting foodbanks and a variety of...

Is it really just a year ago that we were nervously wondering whether yet another Christmas would be Covid-affected? Little did we...

From singing to dressing as superheroes, there are plenty of inspirational examples of agents raising money for good causes this week. Whatever...

Buyer demand, new instructions and agreed sales all continued falling in November, according to a downbeat update from the Royal Institution...

The EWS1 bottleneck familiar to the new-build market has started spilling into the secondhand homes market, an agent claims. New-build homeowners have...

Property sales are being put at risk by failure to tackle infestations of bamboo, according to new warnings. Invasive plant removal firm...

In this guest piece, Andy Jones, Corporate & Build To Rent Director at LRG, looks at whether commercial property can help solve...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has warned of a further weakening of the property market as buyer caution increases. The...

Given their leading role in the recent upfront information revolution, interest in the work of the National Trading Standards Estate &...

What’s the difference between Centralised Ledger Technology and Decentralised Ledger Technology? Repeat after me; centralised and decentralised ledgers and Distributed Ledger Technology...

A Bill to bring the Government’s Stamp Duty reductions into legislation reached its second reading in the Houses of Parliament this...

New research from the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has highlighted further lost further momentum in the housing market during...

It’s fair to say that ours is an industry which has a language of its own, and often revels in the...

Good estate agents are always busy, we get that, but the constant juggling of tasks that could be outsourced to others...

Agency stock has hit a new low as surveyors report falling instructions and a drop in demand. The latest RICS Residential Market...

As the summer draws to a close, and we begin to move towards the final few months of the year, I’m...

The check-out report is a critical point in the tenancy and has the power to make the moving-out process run smoothly...

For years now estate agents have been on a journey from digital infancy to digital maturity. But what does the future...

Yesterday’s publication of Purplebricks’ annual results – which made for very difficult reading for the troubled brand – came as part...

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

It may be cliche to say, but technology is advancing at such a fast pace. So fast, in fact, that according...

The last week has been dramatic even by the standards of UK politics, with a Cabinet and junior minister rebellion bringing...

A new calculator has been launched to let homeowners compare how much their property has earned compared in a year and...

A housing analyst has urged buyers to look beyond average prices. Kate Faulkner, founder of Propertychecklists.co.uk, said she is on a mission...

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has launched its 2022 Lender Survey to identify where the industry can collaborate to improve the mortgage...

Agency branch windows are being transformed this week to mark the Queen’s 70 years on the throne. High streets across the country...

In this guest piece, the team at Iceberg Digital set out the benefits of Lifesycle 3, which is to appear this autumn. Perfect...

An online auctioneer has hit out at exclusive partner agreements between agents and traditional auction houses.  Stuart Collar-Brown, co-founder and director of...

It’s easy to overestimate the importance of something in one’s own industry or work, but there seems good reason for believing...

From the beginning of April, long-awaited rules from the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT) came into effect....

First off, here at EAT we hope everyone enjoyed the Easter celebrations and didn’t eat too much chocolate! Despite the Easter break,...

The government has failed to take the opportunity of the Spring Statement to provide clarity on its business rates reform agenda,...

The owner of an estate agency has died suddenly, plunging the local community into shock. Ciaran McGurgan founded Maison Real Estate in...

A new service has been set up by Agents Giving to highlight how the industry can help the humanitarian effort in...