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A survey among home movers has revealed support for making first-time buyers fully exempt from stamp duty and replacing the stamp...

Next month will see new rules around upfront Material Information for property sales and lettings come into force in the UK...

The property sector has continuously been showing its generosity Ukrainian refugees amid the ongoing Russian invasion. Support ranges from financial donations to...

The average cost of buying and selling a home in England this year has soared from £6,877 before the end of...

Research by price comparison service MoneySuperMarket has itemised the additional fees incurred by people moving home. This year’s 12 per cent rise...

Strike chief executive Sam Mitchell has hailed the online agent’s no-fee model after reaching £5 billion worth of sales. The agency, previously...

Veteran retail chief executive John Browett is joining home setup service Just Move In as chairman. Browett has been chief executive of...

The race to complete home sales before the stamp duty holiday came to an end on June 30 has created what...

A rush to beat next week’s stamp duty holiday deadline has caused a 200 per cent increase in demand for removal...

Home set up and utility management service Just Move In is the latest partner on Reapit’s CRM. The 5,000-plus agents who use Reapit’s...

Agents are being urged to push through their pipelines before the upcoming stamp duty deadlines. The plea comes from Simply Conveyancing, which...

Estate agency offices in Wales, closed for many weeks as part of that country’s lockdown, will reopen from next Monday, April 12. The...

We are now over four weeks in to our third national lockdown in the UK. Although the property market remains open,...

Property portals remain an essential marketing tool for estate agents and their value is clearly appreciated by consumers. However, with a...

Just a week ago, I thought it was all over. Christmas and New Year had gone, as had the passionate calls...

There’s growing optimism that an extension to the stamp duty holiday - thought to be off the agenda just days ago...

Agents have been outlining how they have beefed up their measures to combat the risk of Coronavirus, especially during property viewings. “We...

Agents and the housing market in England are still in business even during the third national lockdown which begins on Wednesday and...

The government is considering stricter tier structures for the coming weeks as the number of Coronavirus infections continues to rise. There is...

An agency operating in the new Tier 4 area has abandoned viewings and visits to homes until New Year, even though the...

The Westminster government has published extensive guidance on the operation of the new Tier 4 Coronavirus restrictions in England. This includes a...

The housing market is to stay open across the UK, including in the new Tier 4 areas of England. An announcement from Housing Secretary...

As you may have seen over the weekend, the long-running Property Natter column – penned by Angels Media chief executive, Nat...

Most agents' branches in Wales are expected to close for just over two weeks from 6pm this Friday, October 23 - moving...

A survey says many people under-estimate the costs of moving with conveyancing and mortgage fees often higher than expected. Some 54 per cent of...

A leading agency says so-called Covid Clauses are being inserted into contracts as buyers become increasingly cautious ahead of a possible...

Vendors spend an average £41 a day for 144 days when selling their home - but some spend a remarkable £140 a...

For a number of years now, predictions have been made that one of the major tech giants will eventually enter the...

A new agency called Eazy Agent has launched - it’s another online operation, this time with a starting price of £249. For...

Knight Frank has merged two of its existing divisions to form a new Private Residence Consultancy team - and the new...

A series of polls taken by Estate Agent Today suggest substantial numbers of agents remain uncomfortable about returning to trading even...

It’s back to work today for England’s estate agents and the housing market - but it’s the start of a new...

The coming week’s stories in the mainstream media - inevitably focused on Coronavirus - will be dominated by two things. Firstly there...

The government of one part of the British Isles has produced guidelines for removal firms. Until now, house moving in an era...

An estate agency says it’s using so-called Covid Clauses in contracts to keep transactions on course. Knight Frank says it’s writing ‘Coronavirus...

The government has at last issued extensive advice on home moving and the activities of estate agents during the continuing Coronavirus crisis. This...

Hello and welcome to today’s Conquering Corona, a service we’re running to share official guidance and agents’ advice in a bid...

The group charged with pioneering Reservation Agreements in the house buying process admits both the industry and the public are split...

2020, the start of a new decade. Looking back, 2010 feels like such a long time ago, and looking forward to...

An agency in Leeds is next month launching a service which it claims is unique in the area, partnering with a...

Today, with the festive break around the corner, we have another video from an agent - but this one is distinctly...

The typical estate agency fee paid by a seller has actually fallen one per cent in the past year according to...

Home movers from the European Union have become less interested in moving to the UK, according to new research. Analysis of over...

Humberts, the agency which was one of the first to ditch High Street offices in favour of fewer larger hubs, has...

Half of first time buyers say they made expensive mistakes during their process of purchasing their home, with mortgage brokers, removal...

An annual study of transaction charges shows that house moving costs are now at a record average high of almost £10,000...

A new website is offering to contact owners of homes that are not for sale, on behalf of people who would...

As the property market gears up for a busy autumn period, agents and property firms have been equally busy bolstering their...

The big story to break this week in the property world was the announcement by the new owner of Humberts that...

Industry suppliers Landmark Information and The ValPal Network have entered what they call “a strategic relationship” to provide the firms’ respective...

Three weeks has flown by (I missed an early deadline last week - apologies) and I find myself writing the next...

Excuse the puntastic (or not) title, but as you’ve no doubt already deciphered I took a trip northwards a couple of...

It may still be too early to start compiling a Christmas wish list, but it is the right time to provide...

A survey of 1,200 people buying and selling shows that 13 per cent of those questioned “have now cancelled their move...

Operating hours for CHAPS - the payment system used to trasfer funds for property transactions - will be extended by one...

A new survey suggests that it is the other fees associated with moving house - not estate agents’ charges - that...

A removals firm is warning that changes to the CHAPS system could see home movers paying more to relocate.   This summer...

A survey of 1,000 people shows that a significant number in each region of the UK are putting their sales plans...

Estate agents with a difference, a twist, a unique selling point, whatever you want to call it, seem to be becoming...

In a surprise move, The Property Ombudsman is to allow all 420 registered firms in the British Association of Removers to...

The British Association of Removers has entered the dispute over changes to the CHAPS arrangements for the transfer of monies on...

We know so many agents do good fund-raising during the festive season - here are just a few who made contact...

The little-publicised extension of the CHAPS settlement day - taking the closure up to 6pm from next summer - has received...