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London buyers have been by far the biggest winners from the stamp duty holiday according to new research. The Keller Williams UK...

The Northern Research Group, which has the backing of over 50 Conservative MPs in the north of England, wants the Chancellor...

In the not-too-distant future, it will be possible to order a driverless car to collect you and then drive you to...

The average UK house price is now a record £253,374 according to the Halifax - but the rate of growth is...

Over the last 20 years, the growth of online property portals – including Zoopla, Rightmove and PrimeLocation – has transformed the...

Firstly, Happy New Year – here’s to 2021 being less chaotic than the last! In the final part of our series on...

House prices surged in December to post their fastest growth in six years, according to the Nationwide.  Prices rose 7.3 per cent...

The Brexit deal agreed in dramatic form on Christmas Eve is one part of a cocktail eventually boosting the London market...

The pandemic has reignited the flagging country house market and boosted demand for larger homes with gardens, claims Savills. Larger country houses...

99Home, the agency that describes itself as the country’s fifth largest hybrid, has teamed up with the Mortgage Advice Bureau. MAB will...

The importance of marketing properties is something that is often undervalued. Big budgets are dedicated to selling everyday items such as...

A 10 week marketing campaign is being launched by Zoopla - and the portal urges agents to stay open as much...

Here we are, on the brink of a festive season like never before, and approaching the end of 2020. Although a dreadful...

A survey conducted by charity Agents Together suggests a large majority of industry people would like to see more focus on...

Hello - and here we are nearing the end of the strangest of years.  With agents and industry suppliers rushed off their...

In the six months to November there’s been a 79 per cent increase in sales of homes priced £5m to £10m says Knight...

The design quality of new homes and neighbourhoods across the UK remains stubbornly low, according to a new report by academics.  The...

Delays with the return of property searches is one key factor for sales taking longer to complete. As conveyancers start to warn...

It now takes an average 12 days longer to complete a sale in Britain compared to a year ago - but...

It’s that time of year again. Black Friday has been and gone and the run-up to Christmas is well and truly...

The Federation of Independent Agents trade group has unveiled a new automated nurture product available exclusively to members - and it claims...

The secure Conservative victory in the 2019 General Election meant the property market in the sunlit uplands was set for a...

We’re just a few days from December so why not get into the festive spirit a little early and get some...

So, we’re back to where we were in the spring, more or less. England is in a national lockdown again to...

Zoopla’s research team is anticipating the first quarter of next year will see the current boom continue as 100,000 additional sales...

New research attempts for the first time to identify the most lucrative property markets in the country - with surprising results...

The soon-to-launch portal Boomin - set up by the people who founded Purplebricks- has signed another 10 independent agents. They are all...

Just when you thought the housing market was beginning to calm down... along comes a likely vaccine for Coronavirus. One of the country’s...

According to the annual Property Week PropTech survey, almost 48% of property businesses had tested new technology because of the COVID-19...

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

A relaunched home buying service says it wants to partner with agents to unlock sales if the housing market deteriorates. The service...

The trend of buyers apparently fleeing the city to get more for their money in the country has hit the buffers...

I remember so clearly in my Foxtons days, working as a lettings manager in Putney, that lettings, though less sexy than...

The ESTAS awards service and the Agents Together foundation are entering into a partnership. That means all ESTAS customer agents will be...

Clear communication and common-sense actions by landlords, letting agents and students at the start of a tenancy can drastically improve the...

The rise and rise of £1m-plus homes continues apace with new research from Rightmove showing the biggest growth areas. Data released this...

There are 140,000 more buyers waiting to complete on their properties right now than there were this time last year. The claim, by...

It’s a given these days that your business needs to be on social media. Consumers spend a large portion of their...

Staying on top of the numbers and figures in a constantly changing industry can be stressful. Changing property prices can be...

The property market has bounced back with all of the expected resilience and flexibility that is its hallmark since it reopened...

Shorter days and darker nights deflate the spirits, especially in today’s challenging circumstances, but there’s some bright news - a large...

Savills says the shape and size of the housing market in the coming months will be determined by the capacity of conveyancers...

A tax expert says his research suggests some buyers of homes with annexes may have paid too much stamp duty on...

The country producing the largest number of buyers of prime London properties is not China, nor from north America or the...

Sales of £1m-plus homes have surged since lockdown as affluent buyers seek more space and lifestyle changes.  An average of 868 £1m-plus...

The new Boomin portal being launched shortly has named 10 high profile agency chains as founding members. The 10 give the new portal...

A health business is offering a free support package to estate agencies with between three and 100 employees, to help staff...

New instructions almost doubled across prime areas of London in September compared to the same period a year ago, while the...

We all know that people can’t move to a new house without going through the Conveyancing process. However, with that said,...

I wanted to take this opportunity to write an advice piece on what we here at Angels Media have found important...

New figures released this morning give weight to calls for the complete scrapping of stamp duty.  The dats shows there have been...

In July, here at Environet UK, we transferred 100% ownership of the company to our employees, in the form of an...

It’s about this time of year, pandemic or not, that agents may be asked one particularly awkward question by a vendor...

Agents have universally welcomed new Nationwide data showing annual price growth picked up to 5.0 per cent last month - the highest rate...

Savills has boosted its forecast for housing transactions this year because the stamp duty holiday has been such a success at...

A new PropTech product claims to help agents generate and nurture leads - even while they sleep. MovePal generates leads through Facebook...

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

Two agencies have entered the debate on whether the current frenzied housing market is seeing delays in completions. Yesterday EAT reported that...

The irrationality of Britain’s council tax system has been laid bare in a new league table drawn up by estate agency...

Almost a third of property sellers (29%) say they won't accept a lower offer for their property, according to new research. Online...

Almost two fifths of property buyers don't know what conveyancers and solicitors do, according to new research. My Home Move Conveyancing's survey...

The scale of the problems facing many prospective buyers has been set out in a survey showing as many as one-third...

Be proactive, have a plan, and keep prospecting.  After the easing of lockdown measures, it’s safe to say the property market picked...

Research by Zoopla has revealed the scale of the mistakes by and regrets for disillusioned home buyers. For large numbers of people...

With estate agents increasingly offering auction options to vendors, new research makes interesting reading - and suggests that homes sold via...

In the week the Nationwide recorded the UK’s highest ever average house price, high-end agency Savills has forecast that prime markets...

Whilst Estate and Letting Agents have adapted their operations during COVID-19, to ensure safer working practices under Government guidance, ‘virtual property...

Record house prices recorded this week by the Nationwide index are set to go higher still according to a leading agent. Nationwide...

Recent speculation that the so-called Bank of Mum and Dad would be playing a reduced role in the housing market has...

It’s fair to say that UK estate agents don’t have the best of reputations, often featuring in the lists of the...

New research suggests that British estate agents charge some of the lowest fees in the world. Based on an apparent British average...

A new portal launches today with 100,000 listings and a pledge to target buyers largely ignored by established websites - investors. It’s...

Controversial Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick, tipped by some for sacking when the Cabinet is reshuffled next month, appears to be confident...

The last few months have been tough for the property sector, and the pressure will continue as estate agents across the...

One of Countrywide’s biggest shareholders has written a second letter to the company to demand bold action to save the agency...

A leading buying agency is warning sellers and buyers not to jump the gun and abandon London in the belief that...

It has been three months since the property market was given the green light to reopen. During this time, we have...

A home office set up in a dedicated room apparently adds £17,500 to the value of a property. Direct Line Insurance has...

The share of owners putting their homes on the market within five years of buying is rising again according to an...

The Zoopla Rental Market Report, published this week, mentioned a two-speed rental market, but what does that mean? We are seeing two...

It’s probably not a surprise but new research has revealed where people want to move to - as well as where...

Following the easing of lockdown restrictions on England’s property market in May, NAEA Propertymark reported a sharp increase in business for...

A PropTech firm that regularly claims London homes are mis-measured in property descriptions has taken a swipe at Purplebricks. Pupil, a spatial...

The Nationwide says annual house price growth has recovered to 1.5 per cent. Its July house price index says the fall in...

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

There’s a record number of property industry companies, including agencies, in financial distress according to the latest Red Flag alert monitor. The...

Zoopla's Research and Insight Director Richard Donnell writes: Just over a fortnight on since the Chancellor announced the Stamp Duty holiday and...

Knight Frank has reported a remarkable set of figures for June showing how the housing market has bounced back with a...

The estate agency industry has been sharply criticised for its record on protecting staff and customers during the Coronavirus crisis. The compliance...

A major agency is warning that the current stamp duty holiday could leave the housing market in a state of lethargy...

In the second of a series of articles, Emma Vigus, Managing Director of mio, the Estate Agents Sales Progression platform, explores...

Savills has revised its market forecast for the enclaves of prime central London and now says prices will fall by 2.0...

There are high hopes that the new stamp duty holiday will make an already busy market even busier - but not...

A new study of British agents suggests that buyers with accents from most of the rest of the world receive less...

Agents have spoken out angrily against any uncertainty in the market caused by government leaks about future stamp duty changes. In recent...

One of the possible stamp duty options floated by Chancellor Rishi Sunak could mean 89 per cent of sales would be...

They are the names we hear about often, pushing for this or seeking clarifications on that. They are the representatives of...

We recently issued our Zoopla House Price Index, which analyses the latest real-time trends from the sales market. In our analysis, we...

With the UK housing market now largely open - there are still restrictions in some areas on home moves to occupied properties...

Businesses across all sectors have struggled to adapt to the changes brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic. One group that have bucked...

Buyer demand for new-build property has bounced back 66 per cent in the six weeks since the resumption of the housing...

The challenger portal scheduled to launch in less than a week’s time on July 1 has secured the support of 10,000...

The post-lockdown surge in housing market activity has continued into its sixth week, as at least one agency’s indicators hit record...

An analysis of Countrywide branch data outside London has revealed that one in 10 applicants who registered to buy were from...

Zoopla predicts that the price strength that has been seen since the reopening of the housing market is likely to continue...

In the latest of a recent flurry of consumer-facing research exercises by Rightmove, a league table of the most popular seaside...

“Let’s Zoom later”, “are we Zooming in the morning or afternoon?” “Yeah, I zoomed the client earlier” – variations on these...

The property market is used to change, and I’m confident it will bounce back from any lockdown effects. Despite being acutely aware...

Back in the day, party politics and the private rental sector used to be straightforward. Conservatives were pro-landlord, Labour were pro-tenant, while...

It’s official – the property market is back open for business. Estate agents have started to unfurlough staff and many are...

There’s been a strong rebound in demand for homes and an “unprecedented” bounce in new sales agreed according to Zoopla. The portal...

The only story that has come remotely close to pushing coronavirus – and its various knock-on effects – off the top...

Consumers are not as worried as they should be about conveyancing fraud, putting them at risk of losing life-changing sums of...

The outlook for the housing market is still taking shape, but here I take a look at three market indicators to...

Over the last few years, there have been a number of high-profile court cases in which renters took action against letting...

The financial services industry’s much-hyped mortgage holiday scheme, heavily endorsed by the government, could cost home owners hundreds of pounds in...

Zoopla’s head of research says a stamp duty holiday could encourage more home owners to move which in turn could help...

Research from Zoopla suggests that demand from buyers across England surged 88 per cent shortly after the housing market reopened -...

All my recent Natters have been focused on one particular topic, the coronavirus crisis, for obvious reasons. But there has been...

During March, the coronavirus pandemic put the brakes on the property market with an enforced period of shutdown. However, almost two...

The fallout from Covid-19 has hit everyone hard. With breaking news today that agents are able to look at how to...

A respected estate agency has revised downwards its price forecast for the housing market for the second time since the start...

First details of the government’s programme to allow businesses to reopen have begun to emerge - with little comfort for estate...

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

The market share for all online agents fell sharply in the period up to the start of the pandemic according to new...

A study by Rightmove suggests that 94 per cent of buyers and sellers currently in the market are determined to go...

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

A major consumer survey of existing home owners and potential movers has resulted in a plea to government to allow house...

Industry supplier epropservices has created a new virtual valuation platform to help the industry operate during the lockdown and social distancing...

Savills has kept in touch with almost 2,000 of its vendors and prospective buyers through two mass webinars. Entitled ‘What COVID-19 means...

Property and construction are amongst the worst hit sectors for businesses in so-called ‘critical distress’ according to figures taken before the worst...

Winkworth is now offering free video valuations to clients who are considering a future house move. It’s created a bespoke virtual service...

If it’s really the case that estate agents’ offices could be in the category of High Street premises first allowed to...

Hello and welcome to Conquering Corona, our bid to help agents through the crisis. If you have appropriate advice to share with...

The impact of the Coronavirus crisis is going to reduce agents' revenue into the third quarter finishing in late September warns a leading...

Just a month ago our homes felt, for many of us, to be a mere pitstop on a centrifuge of work,...

As the impact of coronavirus unfolds, we are in constant conversations with customers to understand the challenges they’re facing and to...

I won't be the first or last person to say that society and the property industry in which we operate is...

The latest market forecast comes from Knight Frank which says that by the end of the year there will have been...

New sales agreed have already plummeted by 15 per cent and over the next three months there’s going to be a...

New research of the buying habits of first-time buyers in the UK we’ve undertaken here at reallymoving.com shows that Shared Ownership...

A PropTech start-up led by a prominent commentator has become the latest part of the industry to take a pop at...

The extraordinary past week of anger over portals’ fees plus early-warning statements like that from Foxtons indicate the anxiety in the...

We all know how stressful buying a home is, whether it’s your very first step onto the ladder or your final...

The stamp duty surcharge for non-resident investment buyers announced in yesterday’s Budget is dwarfed by discounts they receive thanks to the...

Sellers in the past 12 months accepted an average of 96 per cent of their asking price according to new research. Comparison...

Almost eight in 10 sellers have instructed High Street agents in the past year - a significantly higher figure than 12...

There’s been a broad welcome from agents and other industry organisations for the latest report from the Competition and Markets Authority...

Trials of reservation agreements for buyers and sellers have been delayed until the late spring. Statements last year from the Ministry of Housing, Communities...

An estate agent who has himself made the move from the High Street to a hybrid operation has urged anyone in...

Why should agencies leave voicemail in the last decade and make 2020 the year to invest in a more modern solution? Voicemail...

In another positive sign for the housing market, every region of the UK has seen a price rise according to the...

A new study suggests cash buyers secure lower sale prices than mortgaged purchasers - but is that really the case? The survey by...

New research shows that 77 per cent of consumers use portals to conduct property searches - meaning, surprisingly, that almost a...

The 2010s were a good decade for disrupters. Early on, Airbnb and Uber shook up the holiday lettings/hospitality and traditional black...

As residential sales and lettings professionals we are conditioned to adapt to change, it’s the nature of the profession. However, developments...

Another weekend, another storm: it’s hard to put a smile on your face when winter goes on this long but the...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT - your regular Monday fix of who’s moving where in our industry. As ever, a...

Now we’re well into the second month of the year, we have reached a crucial point in the ongoing plans to...

One of the country’s leading housing market research experts has been poached from Knight Frank to join Zoopla. Gráinne Gilmore - a...

New research suggests the internet and broadband coverage have become even more important to buyers and tenants. The study - involving 228...

“It appears conveyancers either aren’t too concerned with PropTech right now, or they don’t yet have all the information needed to...

The estate agency review site allAgents claims some of Trustpilot’s reviews “could be dubious.”  A statement from allAgents repeats an allegation made last...

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

After a challenging period for the UK property market, recovery is very much on the cards and the end to uncertainty...

Zoopla’s Hometrack data research arm says the start of 2020 has seen buyer demand up 26 per cent compared to the...

Insolvency firm Begbies Traynor says the estate agency and property industry sector of the UK economy has seen a big rise...

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

Data from HM Revenue & Customs shows tax receipts from stamp duty fell a further 5.2 per cent between 2018 and...

A new website called Silver Sharers says it’s chief objective is to help older home owners remain in their properties without...

“Give me 100 leads and I will make five-times more good appointments than any AI you put me up against,” stated...

Figures released this morning by data firm LonRes provide the latest evidence of a so-called Boris Bounce with the market improving...

Estate Agent Today understands that the fast-growing Federation of Independent Agents’ trade group has announced a new partnership - this time...

Following on from the second half of the last decade, the first few weeks of 2020 have been a bit mad...

At the end of a strong week for housing market indicators, the latest survey from the website Home suggests a major...

The total value of the UK’s housing stock hit £7.39 trillion in 2019, a new record high. The claim, in an analysis...

A survey of readers of Estate Agent Today suggest that the majority believe the Chancellor will fail to honour a pledge...

We are facing a new world in the lettings industry, with the proportion of households in the private rented sector (PRS)...

A veteran agent says the new government’s Budget, expected in the next few weeks, should not provide too much help to...

After a year dogged by Brexit deadlock, political turmoil, and slow growth, estate agents’ confidence in the property market hit a...

Hello - HNY and all that from the team at Agents Do Charity. We’re delighted to be back with three great stories...

The next 12 months will be an opportunity to reassess the housing market according to property consultancy JLL. It says price growth...

Major UK cities have seen average house price rises of 54 per cent in the past decade - an increase of...

It’s one of the most crucial aspects of the homebuying and selling process but is too often bogged down by frustrating...

Outsourcing important business functions such as marketing, HR and IT to attract cost savings, leverage expertise and gain greater competitive advantage is...

When we launched Reapit’s Foundations Platform as a Service (PaaS) in November, it may have seemed like a recent development in...

Data scientists have released a study into the characteristics of homes and how they give away the likely voting intentions of...

The Fifth Money Laundering Directive becomes law in the UK on January 10 2020, strengthening the responsibilities placed on private companies...

[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...

Everyone thought John Bercow was short. It probably didn’t help that I was on stage just before him. 5ft 6 versus...

It’s been clear for a while that the additional regulation landlords and agents are facing has helped professionalise the private rental...

Here at sales progression and communication tool mio, we recently caught up with Sarah Edmundson, co-director of The AllStars Group, the...

A report from Countrywide says the proportion of homes in Great Britain bought with cash fell to a mere 28 per...

A conveyancing company has thrown its weight behind reforms to surveys outlined by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. As Estate Agent Today...

The head of a new property portal is urging agents to forget about spending money on For Sale and To Let...

Reservation Agreements are the subject of the moment in the agency industry. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is to...

Buyers and sellers changing their minds lie behind almost a third of fall-throughs - the single biggest reason why transactions collapse,...

This week’s Natter is dedicated to three contrasting agencies doing things differently, from a recently established hybrid to a design-led, Insta-friendly...

It’s on - although judging by the early lack of enthusiasm amongst the British public, you might be forgiven for thinking...

The founder of Rightmove and former Countrywide chief executive Harry Hill is one of a number of investors behind a new...

The number of prime residential housing transactions has increased rapidly in the past two decades and even in the past five...

Hello and welcome to a new week - one with darker evenings and colder days. But there is still plenty of activity...

A London agency has told Estate Agent Today that it makes some of its buyers pay upwards of £5,000 in Reservation...

Young homebuyers want tech-savvy, astute and attentive estate agents who are able to handle their complex requirements via a range of...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has given more details of the trial of reservation agreements likely to take...

Controversy and Purplebricks have gone hand in hand since the agency was first launched in 2012, through its float on the...

As the country nears a Brexit deal (maybe… perhaps… possibly) there’s time to reflect on a quite contrasting process - the no-nonsense...

Stories with good news about the prime central London market seem few and far between but the latest figures from B2B...

An equity release specialist says the scrapping of stamp duty for so-called last time buyers would lead to more downsizing, freeing...

There are fewer ‘accidental landlords’ - vendors who resort to letting out their homes because the sales market is difficult. That’s the...

One of the legends of property journalism, Anne Ashworth, has left her position as editor of The Times’ highly regarded Bricks...

When renting a property out, letting agents and landlords recognise that it is important to take a deposit from the tenant...

The average age of a first-time buyer in the UK is 27, according to research from Nested.com. The online estate agency says...

Of all the UK properties for sale over the last year, 59% would have been exempt from any type of transaction...

A high proportion of over-65s would consider moving to a bungalow and believe more properties should be designed exclusively for older...

The property market in prime central London showed some impressive signs of recovery during the summer months, according to Knight Frank. The...

The ValPal Network, which consists of over 800 agency brands with more than 4,000 offices, has launched a new product which...

Property professionals are increasingly worried about the threat of cyber attacks, according to new research. Some 41% of 'real estate professionals from...

We know that the tenant fee ban has cost letting agents dearly, with an estimated loss of £300 million paid to...

Purplebricks - which is at the centre of a string of controversies - has joined the growing campaign for stamp duty...

The reform of the buying process is to take centre stage at a special conference called Bold Legal LIVE! taking place...

Cash buyers have fallen in 90 per cent of major UK cities over the past three years according to a Zoopla...

In recent years, governments and local councils have sought to change the private rented sector (PRS) to make it more appealing...

As an agent, it’s part of your role to protect and advise your clients throughout the buying and selling process. Mortgages are...

Picture this: You have finally pushed that sale or purchase through, which means your client is over the moon and happy...

Around one person in seven in England are living in unaffordable, insecure or unsuitable accommodation. The claim comes from the research produced...

A well known regional agent has closed one of its offices saying “the old shop window of an estate agency is...

Hello and welcome to your regular Monday PJT, the essential guide to who’s moving where in our industry. Everyone mentioned here got...

The annual rate of growth of UK house prices has slowed to its lowest level since September 2012. Official government data from...

A study from Santander Mortgages has blown the cover on first time buyers, suggesting they know almost nothing and research very...

Continuing political uncertainty over Brexit and now a significant chance of an autumn or winter General Election makes the case for...

New research shows that three bedroom homes are the quickest selling property type this autumn. After a series of sluggish house price...

Our first wonderful fund-raising agents this week are walking over hot coals - now that’s a dare for you. But you don’t...

First time buyers will constitute the largest single group of purchasers in 2019, despite the apparent difficulties of deposits and securing...

There’s plenty of action in and around Westminster these days, but while the political temperature rises, the marvellous work of agents,...

No less than 56 per cent of properties across the UK are in areas that are affordable for first time buyers...

A new analysis of privately owned homes with mortgages outstanding shows repossessions have risen in London - but they’re down in...

The Bank of Mum and Dad is now officially one of the 10 biggest mortgage lenders according to data from Legal...

They will be the doctors, lawyers, teachers, thinkers, leaders and captains of industry of the not too distant future, but is...

New figures produced by Zoopla’s research team shows for the first time the huge scale of regional variations in terms of...

We daren’t mention it but this is the final Bank Holiday before…well, Christmas.  Let’s hope agents and suppliers have an opportunity to...

News this week tells of Zehomes, the German property management company, raising €13 million in Series-A funding, bringing its all-time total...

A free-to-list property portal says that contrary to opinion within parts of the agency industry, the more portals there are the...

This week, you find me in Italy. Now that we’ve entered that languid month of August, where all of real estate...

A property industry trade body claims 85 per cent of agents believes a ‘staged’ property sells three times faster than a...

An online agency has struck out against the conventional wisdom that it’s tougher than ever before for first time buyers to...

A leading figure in urban design is urging new Prime Minister Boris Johnson to stand up for the pioneering space standards...

A report by Santander says stamp duty cuts should be used as incentives for older home owners to downsize and allow...

New research has identified those local housing market potentially worst hit by the planned changes to Help To Buy in 2021,...

Sellers across England and Wales achieve an average 95.94 per cent of their asking price according to research from estate agency...

The average house price growth across southern cities is running at the lowest level recorded since January 2012, according to Zoopla.  Prices...

Some 115,000 house moves are delayed annually because of funds not being cleared on time or because sellers have not vacated...

Welcome to this week’s ADC…and what a week it’s been. Politics? No, hot air of a different kind - the weather.  Yet...

Seven in 10 agents fail to use video or YouTube to assist in their marketing according to an analysis by free-to-list...

Transactions in the troubled prime London market have actually increased year on year according to Knight Frank’s latest market snapshot. The agency...

I feel I am in a fortunate position. I have been central to the PropTech movement for a number of years,...

A recent study has revealed what the biggest moving home fails are in the UK, including damaged furniture, scratched walls and...

The PropTech era is changing the way in which employees decide where they are going to work. As CBRE has discovered in...

Theresa May arrived in Downing Street some three years ago - but her premiership has not been a smooth ride. As she...

With this summer marking forty years since Margaret Thatcher came to power, her legacy continues to invoke both celebration and consternation...

The practices of competitive bidding and sealed bids have made a 'surprise return' to the Prime Central London (PCL) property market,...

The summer market momentum building thanks to warmer weather and reduced Brexit uncertainty took a hit in June, according to new...

The average British homeowner stays in their property for 20.8 years, according to new research by Zoopla. The property portal analysed the...

The head of a website that contrasts the performances of rival estate agents is urging buyers to ‘drill down’ and find...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? That depends on which business card. One says ‘Properganda PR,...

Gazumping is alive and well in much of the country, despite the slowdown in the property market, according to new research...

A PropTech firm which claims its products offer “industry-leading” response times says agents lose a majority of their leads due to slow...

The income required for first time buyers to purchase in the three most expensive UK cities has fallen slightly according to...

I want to take the time this week to look at an area of PropTech and real estate which is seeing...

When employing a new member of staff there are a lot of checks and balances put in place by any business...

Research from OnTheMarket shows that 40 per cent of London homes costing around £1m have only two bedrooms or fewer. And only...

Over a third of homes across Southern England are at risk of suffering price falls as the housing market slowdown extends...

Some 10 per cent of Britons now own a second home, a buy to let or an overseas property according to...

All the most successful startups of recent years – from Airbnb and Uber to Just Eat and Deliveroo – have melded...

The founder of Zoopla has explained how the portal got its name and branding, and the philosophy behind it when it...

The National Audit Office says many users of Help To Buy would have been able to purchase a home anyway, without...

New research by comparison website GoCompare suggests almost a million house sales have been lost because of Brexit.  The study claims that...

Hello and here’s another PJT to start the week: we hope it’s your first port of call when you want to...

A review website set up by a former estate agent says £1m of new funding will allow it to roll out...

A recent survey conducted by comparison website GetAgent found that traditional high street agents have been given a firm thumbs up...

Demand for shared ownership properties will rise by over 15,000 units a year when Help To Buy comes to an end...

A TV production company is looking for family-run estate agencies to be considered for a possible reality TV show. Curve Media -...

In today’s crowded property marketplace, the needs of tenants have changed. With a greater emphasis on quality of living, tenants are increasingly...

New research suggests it takes, on average, six months and 24 days to buy a home. The study, for PropTech virtual tours...

While media attention has been on Theresa May, Brexit and the Tories, chatter in the agency industry has been about what...

Ultra slow broadband speeds could knock a quarter off the value of a property according to research undertaken by online agency...

Zoopla is today unveiling what it calls “a new direction” for its software division and the creation of “market-leading agency CRM...

We’ve reached the final instalment of my market transformation do’s and don’ts.  In previous articles, we’ve looked at: Do encourage, don’t deter;...

An IT firm says small and medium-sized estate agencies without the infrastructure of large corporates are putting themselves and their customers...

Reforms to the house buying process in England and Wales to bring it more into line with Scotland could slash the...