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Property market conditions in the new-build sector are likely to remain subdued this year. Persimmon has claimed. An outlook in the house...

A new upfront information provider has launched, promising to shorten the homebuying and conveyancing process. Home Sale Pack has said it will...

Property visits remain one of the greatest time intensive activities for the letting agent. From prospecting visits, show rounds, inventories and...

The long-awaited Leasehold and Freehold Bill is set to be unveiled in Parliament today. The Bill aims to make it cheaper and...

The number of lenders offering sub-5% mortgage deals has doubled in the past month in a sign that the cost of...

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

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

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...

AVRillo is seeking agents to help test a new product that aims to provide upfront material information to buyers at the...

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

A well known critic of stamp duty has returned to his long-standing theme of querying whether buyers have paid too much...

Vendors are cutting asking prices by as much as 20% on average to secure a sale, new research claims. Quick-buy firm House...

The number of home sellers looking to sell their home quickly in the current market has increased by 12%, new research...

Usually, I enter January with a spring in my step - optimistic about what the future holds.  Two years ago, after the...

Now that the industry has had the weekend to digest Kwasi Kwarteng’s short and dramatic mini-Budget, more reaction has been filtering...

The stamp duty cut announced by the government in last week’s mini-Budget could save homebuyers across England more than £1 billion...

Double-think, for those who have not read George Orwell, is when people are expected to accept two conflicting beliefs as truth,...

There’s talk of 50-year mortgages being introduced, loans that, along with the property they finance, could be passed to the next...

Agents are being urged to make better use of technology to balance calls for a shorter working week and consumer demand...

In June, the biggest pilot scheme of a four-day working week anywhere in the world will begin in Britain, with more...

A shift is occurring in the rental market across the UK. The Government is planning to reform the sector with increased...

A new PropTech platform set up by a major figure in the conveyancing industry claims to slash the typical time for...

The Experts in Property trade group has cut its subscription and rolled out marketing initiatives in a bid to woo new...

The PropTech network Coadjute, which says it will ultimately slash the time it takes to move house by as much as...

The objective of estate agents in 2022 must be to cut their business costs and employ technology to replace - and...

There’s lots of talk of people moving over within estate agency to be self-employed so they can chase the dream of...

Coadjute, the PropTech platform that aims to slash the length of property transactions, has announced a further £6m investment. Coadjute is a blockchain...

The Good Estate Agent, set up in 2010, is slashing its franchise fee - it claims the reductions are for Black...

Media reports from the US state of Virginia say an 84-year-old man killed his estate agent after buying a property ‘sight...

Labour is to reveal a raft of new housing policies at its party conference this weekend - and it claims it’s...

Coadjute, the long-awaited real-time network which uses Blockchain technology to sell a property, is launched today with its first property deal...

A new home buying platform being set up by a challenger portal has revealed details of its mortgage offer to users. OneDome...

A report by the Office of Tax Simplification on Capital Gains Tax has called for a series of changes. They include extending...

A new home buying platform set up by a challenger portal will donate £100 to charity for every transaction it fails...

New Land Registry rules mean conveyancers and solicitors must have written evidence to show they have tried to resolve a request...

Some 100 new apprentice estate agents are to be recruited in London. Dexters, which has 70 offices across the capital including 12...

It is the end of my column for another year, my 4th if I am not mistaken.  This year has seen a...

A London estate agency chief executive says agents "have become good at pretending that they are qualified and regulated when the...

A new survey of prime London property shows 21 per cent of homes on sale have had their asking prices cut...

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

Residential People, one of many free-to-list platforms in the hectic portal marketplace, is set to launch which it calls its “AI...

An estate agent in Liverpool has adopted the unusual technique of urging vendors to sell now “before prices crash.” Clearly unworried about...

Swiss bank UBS has upgraded its investment rating on Purplebricks, raising its price target and urging investors to buy. In a note...

Propertymark is calling in the government for agents to be trained in the use of software operating the Unique Property Reference...

A digital ‘members-only club’ for property professionals around the world has slashed its prices nine months after launching. The Eighth Door is...

We are all operating in peculiar times. Times of great upheaval. Our lives are both in a complete state of flux...

Foxtons says it’s furloughed 750 staff and asked high paid staff earning over £40,000 to take a 20 per cent pay...

Sellers are being warned to make strict checks before responding to advertisements apparently from prospective buyers.  The National Association of Property Buyers...

Staff and senior management at a large franchise company running a string of major High Street agency brands are taking voluntary...

Where else to start? Since my last Natter two weeks ago, all our lives have changed more than we could ever...

An international comparison of how major portals have discounted their charges to agents show Rightmove and Zoopla making “deeper and longer...

The two major portals have unveiled their discounts and deals for agents facing a dramatic loss of business because of the...

A second prominent agent has broken cover to say Coronavirus is slowing the market. Jess Simpson - an ex-Savills and ex-Strutt and...

The National Association of Estate Agents has launched its Sales Protocol Toolkit, in a bid to reduce fall-throughs and dramatically improve...

A digital platform claims its taken “a massive step” towards speeding up property sales with what it says is the first...

It normally costs estate or lettings agents £10,000 to buy a franchise for the online company called The Good Estate Agent...

A survey undertaken for estate agency Jackson-Stops reveals that 55 per cent of people do not believe housing is a priority...

A Labour proposal to dramatically improve energy efficiency in almost every British home would cost an estimated £60 billion. The upgrades would...

A former 10 Downing Street adviser says stamp duty on house sales should be scrapped or at least slashed in order...

A London estate agency chain says It’s seen a 59 per cent surge in the number of its clients who have...

The latest housing market snapshot from the listings website Home suggests more regional markets are heading for price corrections. Home says that...

The troubled ‘star fund manager’ Neil Woodford has drastically reduced his stake in Purplebricks: he now owns less than five per...

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

There are those who say that PropTech is at risk of becoming a bubble market, and others who say bubbles don’t...

The London market has “plummeted” because almost a third of vendors have cut their asking prices in anticipation of Brexit. Using data...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Eric Woodhams F.N.A.E.A. mio Account Manager What is mio and what...

Our own industry’s upheaval over recent years has been no less dramatic than the turmoil at Westminster. The political earthquake has seen...

Now could be the time to buy shares in Purplebricks and Foxtons if one stock market pundit turns out to be...

Beleaguered fund manager Neil Woodford, one of the early champions of Purplebricks, has slashed his stake in the company from 28.9...

Whether you love or hate it, Purplebricks has undoubtedly left its mark since arriving on the scene in 2015 – much...

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

Following yesterday's surprise news that founder Michael Bruce is leaving the business and its Australian operation is closing down, Purplebricks encountered...

Another bank has slashed its forecast for Purplebricks, citing concerns over its the long-term viability of its international activities in particular. As...

An ex-housing minister and ex-Brexit secretary says he wants to radically change taxes on buy to let capital appreciation to help...

Countrywide’s share price dipped to its lowest ever level yesterday, below 8p before recovering a little ground later in the day. The...

No doubt we’ve all seen the recent Purplebricks news - shares have, according to the BBC, ‘plunged after it slashed its...

Politicians and officials are studying a ‘model’ two page reservation agreement drawn up by a law firm as a possible way...

Another year is nearly done – and what an eventful year it’s been. We’ve had more than our fair share of breaking...

Estate and letting agents are being warned not to slow down too early in the run up to Christmas as it...

Online agency Doorsteps is slashing its flat fee to just £1 with no commission charge - but for only 48 hours. The...

Zoopla says 38 per cent of properties on sale have had their asking prices slashed. That’s a five per cent rise since...

The Swiss investment bank Credit Suisse has slashed its target share price for the company from 77p to only 17.2p.  The reason...

There’s more gloomy reading for vendors from a new report by website Home, which says the volume of properties slashing their...

Century 21 UK is slashing the cost of becoming a franchisee for a six week period, cutting the price from £23,500...

High-profile buying agency Black Brick has highlighted the scale of reductions now being made by sellers of some trophy properties in...

Asking prices are being cut more heavily than at any time in the past six years says Zoopla.  It says just over...

Sellers have launched "their own sale" in response to the stagnating market by slashing asking prices according to Rightmove - but...

If the government slashed stamp duty for the country’s most expensive properties the entire housing market would benefit, an estate agency...

Jackson-Stops & Staff, a critic of the stamp duty system since its reform in 2014, now says the government should slash...

As an agency business, how much are you spending on professional body memberships? Perhaps it’s time to question how much you...

First time buyers who were supposed to be helped by the high-profile Help To Buy ISA have in fact found it...

Estate agents are angry that Chancellor Phillip Hammond made no attempt in his first Spring Budget to reform stamp duty -...

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

EweMove - the hybrid agency now part of Martin & Co’s Property Franchise Group - is slashing its up-front franchise fee...

The managing partner of a property investment firm says London residential property values have fallen by 15 to 25 per cent...

Following a strong start to 2016, particularly in the lower to middle range of the UK housing market, that lasted up...

The industry has reacted angrily to the Chancellor declining to change stamp duty despite pleas from agents and suppliers ahead of the Autumn...

Barratt Homes, the UK’s largest housebuilder, is slashing the asking prices of some of its most expensive London homes by 10 per cent. In...

Agents selling homes at the high end of the market have generally welcomed the Daily Telegraph campaign to persuade the Chancellor...