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Zoopla has revealed details of its biggest ever marketing campaign in a bid to cash in on agents’ growing dissatisfaction with...

The UK residential activities of high-end agency Savills suffered a 54 per cent reduction in profits and an eight per cent...

The proportion of the asking price achieved on average in the past year is 95.8 per cent according to a new survey. Comparison...

Wholesale reform of leasehold issues is still some years away, despite recent proposals by the Law Commission and pledges by the...

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

The chairman of LSL Property Services - Simon Embley - says he is “increasingly optimistic” about the outlook for the market,...

Rightmove and OnTheMarket have revealed their latest bids to keep agent support. Rightmove is launching an extensive redesign of property details pages, after...

The Guild of Property Professionals is relaunching its online auction brand - Guild Auctions - even though it has already successfully...

A new PropTech platform says its central feature will be the launch of a Multiple Listings Service.  This will allow agents “to...

A BBC presenter has used her local newspaper column to mock an estate agency for suggesting fridge magnets be removed to improve...

    Purplebricks says changes to its fees structure - possibly becoming less reliant on controversial upfront charges - has been delayed until...

Agents have long been the victim of a poor public reputation, from scoring highly in most disliked profession polls to being...

OnTheMarket has confirmed it is “considering” making redundancies - the second of the large portals to be in this position. Rumours have been...

We have had a special relationship for many years and are bonded as countries in many ways – historically, politically and...

“Many hands make light work” – Does John Heywood’s old English proverb from the 1300s apply to modern approaches on how...

The debate over whether For Sale boards remain a valuable source of publicity has been in the headlines of late -...

A housing market snapshot for prime London shows a fall of over half in the number of £1m-plus properties sold so...

Government leaks to mainstream and building trade media suggest the controversial Help To Buy scheme will be extended beyond its end-of-2020 deadline. An...

Purplebricks has revealed that its new board member is one of the world’s leading digital executives.  Dr Stephanie Caspar is the new...

There’s been a very large rise in the number of complaints submitted by consumers to the Property Redress Scheme. This is partly...

A trading statement from Foxtons this morning reveals that 85 per cent of staff are now off furlough, and that the...

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

The housing market is still booming according to data released by the National Association of Estate Agents Propertymark - although the...

A vendor who suffered a fall-through on the sale of his five bedroom home in West Yorkshire is now trying to...

Zoopla says its sale and vendor leads have reached a 2020 high, beating volumes delivered even during the strong start to the...

Earlier this month, it was revealed that property industry bodies have joined a new Code of Practice Steering Group to enact...

As expected within the property industry, the Chancellor announced a stamp duty holiday in his Summer Statement. This now means that...

A new property website relying heavily on Artificial Intelligence allows sellers to by-pass estate agents and instead list directly for £14.99...

The EweMove hybrid agency has been singled out for special praise in a trading statement from its parent company, which also...

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

A branch of London agency Foxtons has been targeted by a group of political agitators called Beyond Politics, which says it’s...

Purplebricks founders Michael and Kenny Bruce have revealed the name of their new property venture.  It’s to be called Boomin. There are still few specific...

The hunt is on for a new boss of Countrywide according to news reports. Sky News says the company has recruited professional...

Agents have almost unanimously been reporting a big surge in business since the reopening of the housing market, but new figures...

One of the industry’s leading trainers and consultants has launched a range of 15 new online training modules covering sales skills,...

Speculation is mounting that Capital Gains Tax could for the first time be applied to gains made when owners sell first...

Hello and welcome to another week. We’re more than aware that it’s a challenging time for our industry as for most...

Rightmove is reporting a mini-boom that was existing even before the stamp duty holiday - enough to propel average asking prices...

Conferences, events and awards dinners are a hugely important part of the property calendar, bringing the great and the good of...

Emma Vigus, managing director of sales progression platform mio, in discussion with key suppliers in the residential property industry on operating...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Jon Horton, Product director of sales progression platform, mio What does...

A London Labour council has won draconian powers to effectively ban For Sale and To Let boards in several parts of...

Purplebricks’ sale of its Canadian operation for some £35m begs the question - where can it now recoup some of its losses...

Tuesday of this week was the busiest day of the year so far for searches for mortgages - widely seen as...

The latest monthly index suggests that the average asking price in England and Wales has jumped 1.5 per cent in the...

A think tank says the stamp duty holiday introduced a week ago is understandable and may be helpful to the housing...

Purplebricks is selling its Canadian business. The sale comes little over a year after the troubled agency closed both its failed Australian and...

Zoopla has entered into a partnership with an online platform to promote the so-called Modern Method of Auction option to estate...

The new thresholds for the Scottish equivalent of stamp duty come into effect today - a week after the SDLT holiday...

Two companies that persuaded property investors to pay as much as £25,000 for a parking space have been wound up in...

An investment manager who has a 7.8 per cent stake in Countrywide, is warning that the agency group may not survive...

At a recent Conveyancing Association webinar focused on the provision of upfront information in the property sale process, there was a...

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

There’s no doubt that Covid-19 has had a huge impact on the UK’s property market, after hundreds of thousands of house...

Evidence is pouring in that the stamp duty holiday introduced 48 hours ago has already produced huge levels of interest from...

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

An estate agency is warning that the likely rush of transactions when the new stamp duty holiday ends next spring will...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak - and the agency industry - will no doubt be delighted to know that visits to Rightmove soared...

It looks like the stamp duty holiday for England and Northern Ireland, already in effect following yesterday’s announcement, is unlikely to...

There’s more confirmation this morning that the housing market is enjoying a short-term bounce - and that’s before the effect of...

The latest guidance from the government on the next phase of the HS2 high-speed railway confirms the previous demand that vendors...

The number of offers agreed on homes priced below £1m since mid-May is a healthy 41 per cent higher than the...

One of the many free-to-list portals now vying for attention is offering agents six months free access to a platform boasting...

Have you ever wondered how industry-specific software and property portals have influenced the typical estate agency of today? A new book, which...

A PropTech supplier claims that an agency has secured the first ever transaction where the complete chain used Reservation Agreements.  Harrison Residential,...

Mortgage enquiries in June surged to double the rate of the previous month according to the latest halifax house price index. Although...

Let’s face it sales progression is difficult and frustrating: 1)The process has never been properly joined up - the average chain has...

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

The chief executive of a hybrid agency in London has revealed why he deserted big corporates to create his own company. Rollo...

The Andrew Grant regional estate agency brand is “very much alive” despite the firm which bore the name losing 54 jobs...

Hunters has launched two additional franchise branches in Tower Bridge, London and Middleton, North Manchester, taking the company total to over...

How businesses can list properties on Facebook Marketplace   What is Facebook Marketplace? Marketplace is a discovery and search experience on Facebook designed to...

The property market has been reopen for almost eight weeks now and during that time demand from prospective buyers has soared. Rightmove...

There are various reports of estate agencies closing branches - or not reopening them after lockdown - as they reduce the...

It’s a tough time for agents and our stories show a disturbingly high number of  branches closing - but there are...

The industry’s first virtual awards event has taken place with hundreds of agents participating courtesy of YouTube. Winners of the prestigious ESTAS...

In the first of a series of articles, Emma Vigus, managing director of mio, the estate agent sales progression platform, explores the...

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

Purplebricks is starting a new wave of TV advertisements today, continuing its theme from earlier this year as a sponsor of...

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

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

Agents have remained calm in the light of Nationwide’s house price index which shows the first annual fall for eight years...

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

A new estate agency Code of Practice is to be written by a group set up by the Royal Institution of Chartered...

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

Collaboration creates a bigger market Iain White, of the Innovation Collaboration Group “the Estate Agency industry must recognise that collaboration will...

A former City analyst best known for his scathing criticisms of Purplebricks has launched a PropTech platform that he describes as...

There appears to have been a small shareholder rebellion at Countrywide’s annual general meeting over the company’s remuneration of senior management. No...

Government figures show the 218,975 properties within Greater London have Chinese owners - and two agents say there will be more...

Over 50 jobs have been lost as a result of a Midlands regional estate agency falling into administration. The Shropshire Star reports...

An estate agent has been awarded over £41,000 by an employment tribunal - after her offer to settle for £10,000 was...

A brand and marketing strategic who also ran one of the country’s most successful lettings agencies for a decade has said...

With three months of lockdown behind us, commission income is vital, and sales progression is more important than ever. Emma Vigus, Managing...

Buyer registrations and sales enquiries are reportedly back to pre-Covid levels. Completions, however, are lagging behind. This is probably down to...

Revenue for The Property Franchise Group was hit by 20 per cent cent thanks for the lockdown - but sales listings...

Few figures for the housing market can be truly representative in the current circumstances but NAEA Propertymark’s latest snapshot is showing...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Emma Vigus, Managing Director of sales progression platform mio You’ve never...

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

Some weeks later than usual for understandable reasons, the ESTAS Awards 2020 are almost here - and for the first time...

A raft of changes in the senior management of Strutt & Parker is being heralded as part of a “shift towards...

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...

A regional agency says the Coronavirus crisis was the opportunity for it to complete a takeover of a rival company in...

The latest branch of Fine & Country says it intends to expand both its premises and its workforce by the end...

There’s been a big rise in demand for new-builds since the lockdown according to figures from Knight Frank - but the...

There was a big spike in the use of live chat across all agency sectors during lockdown - no doubt spurred...

The chief executive of a property information platform says now is a “dangerous time” to buy or sell homes because of...

The Welsh housing market is back in business today - at least in part. Letting and estate agents can reopen their offices...

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

The phrase ‘game-changer’ has been hugely overused. But when applied to how Covid-19 is changing the way estate agents will work...

Most letting agents don’t set up a business to become accountants but losing control of client money poses serious risks for...

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

A successful property newspaper has collapsed after one of its former directors turned computer hacker and deliberately deleted over 5,000 files...

It’s been confirmed by the Scottish Government that the housing market north of the border resumes for business - and house...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I'm Darren Loftus and it says Commercial Director on...

Rightmove has given a regional breakdown in where  buyer demand is strongest in the past two weeks. It’s perhaps no surprise that...

A market commentator says it will take up to three months before the housing market stabilises into the ‘new normal’ after...

A company promoting a Blockchain platform with promises to speed up the buying and selling process claims the pandemic has proved...

Imagine a Zoom call where ten people are discussing the same topic, but everyone speaks a different language and has a...

A former chief executive of Countrywide has issued a string of extravagant claims about the lockdown success of the online agency...

Tuesday mornings at 6am is usually my time to review all the latest PropTech news. This fires off ideas for my...

A hybrid agency which set a target of rivalling Purplebricks when it launched has announced a recruitment drive and expansion in...

Price discounts are diminishing as the housing market strengthens, according to data from Knight Frank. The average discount to the asking price...

Purplebricks has instructed a new legal firm to support its sales and lettings activities. Business Insider reports that the commercial team at...

As we emerge from lockdown, quickly progressing sales to completion is vital to replace lost commission income.  What role can mio...

Two estate agency directors have been disqualified by the Competition and Markets Authority after taking part in an illegal price fixing...

Data released this morning by Rightmove suggests that agents in England have agreed no fewer than 40,000 sales since the market...

The new YOUhome Property Gurus agency has announced another key hire to strengthen its central London activities.  The agency, set up by...

To most people, purchasing a home is the single most significant financial commitment made across a lifetime. Given the impact and...

The housing market in Northern Ireland is resuming on Monday after its lockdown because of the Coronavirus crisis. Arlene Foster, first minister...

The latest sentiment snapshot produced by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors confirms the trend that the market is still improving...

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

A 27 year old agent with a background working in London’s Canary Wharf has headed north to set up his own...

A new high end agency called The Country House Department is launching with an initial focus on Oxfordshire, Berkshire and The...

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

If you are an established UK estate agent, the status quo dictates that you will most likely work for ‘the man.’ Corporate...

The brothers who founded Purplebricks - Michael and Kenny Bruce - have returned to the agency industry for the first time...

Russell Jervis, who spent 33 years at Spicerhaart rising to managing director before quitting late last year, has re-emerged this morning...

The housing market is set for long-term recovery, despite dips in the road on the way.  That's the message from the latest house...

The death has been announced of Colin Lowman, a veteran south London estate agent who had a 64 year career in...

National property auctioneer Pugh & Co is launching an initiative to partner with estate agents across the UK. Via a new network...

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

There’s no doubt we’re in a less-than-rosy phase of the property cycle. This, however, is not another doom and gloom piece:...

How prime London has changed. In 2002 work began on The Knightsbridge. Located within a stone’s throw of Harrods and a near-neighbour...

LSL Property Services has this morning released details of its response to the Coronavirus crisis. All members of its board have taken...

The Property Franchise Group - parent company of six agency brands including EweMove and Martin & Co - says all of...

Lets Bid works in partnership with a variety of Estate Agents across the Uk from big franchise brands like Winkworth /...

An overwhelming 98 per cent of vendors questioned by Zoopla say they remain anxious about the Coronavirus and would prefer to...

The Covid-19 crisis has forced the UK property industry to rethink the way it operates. With little warning, the pandemic disrupted the...

PropTech supplier mio says it now has over 1,000 agency branches using its sales progression platform - and it’s recruited Countrywide...

A senior property lawyer is to set up a franchise agency which he describes as embracing the best of the High...

Troubled estate agency group Countrywide has invited shareholders to submit questions to the company ahead of its AGM later this month. Countrywide...

Although the shake-out in the industry is ongoing - online agency Settled and established new-build agency Cushman & Wakefield have both...

Dominic Cummings has been at worst a cause of huge anger to a nation that’s already extremely anxious. At best, he’s been...

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...

Cushman & Wakefield has pulled out of direct sales of homes in the UK. The firm has closed its UK new homes department...

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

A group representing 600 tax experts working in UK legal and accounting firms is warning buyers not to purchase a new...

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

High-end agency Beauchamp Estates is claiming to have bagged the capital’s biggest deal during the lockdown period - a mansion which...

New figures released by Foxtons this morning show a collapse in commission income to the agency during the Coronavirus period. Sales commissions...

** This Bank Holiday Monday both Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today look at how agencies have modified offices and protocols...

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

Rightmove says it enjoyed 5.3m visits on Tuesday of this week - up four per cent on the comparable day of...

Countrywide says it is pursuing the businessman who failed to complete on the purchase of the troubled agency’s commercial arm, Lambert...

The industry should continue to prepare for large-scale reforms such as mandatory agency training, the licensing of agents and a new...

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

The number of full property details viewed on Rightmove - a key indicator of market health - is already stronger than...

The popular and well respected ex-Knight Frank partner Tom Tangney has joined Rose & Partners, a boutique property firm serving prime...

It’s been revealed that the home moving advice service set up by Phil Spencer is entering a collaboration with awards and...

As you know, having professional images of your properties is the best (only?) way to get people wanting to step through...

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

There’s been a very significant increase in the number of listings carrying virtual viewings, accelerating during the period of the Coronavirus crisis and...

As last Friday was the VE Day Anniversary bank holiday we have a bumper bundle of fund-raising activities to report on...

Over the past few weeks, estate agents have been forced to close high street branches and adapt to working from home,...

A large majority of property professionals polled by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors say a stamp duty holiday would be...

Guidance issued by the government explicitly advises agents, buyers and sellers that more activity should be done online if possible. “The process...

Although few expect virtual viewings to continue their popularity now that lockdown restrictions have been eased, there’s news this morning that...

House builder Taylor Wimpey says its reopening show homes and sales centres next week, but for pre-booked appointments only. In a message...

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

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

The announcement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer that he was extending the furlough scheme until the end of October appears...

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

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick is expected to announce tomorrow that the housing market in England can resume with estate and letting...

There's widespread expectation that Foxtons’ senior management will face sharp criticism at the company’s Annual General Meeting today. The hottest issue at...

There’s been an explosion of anger about Rightmove’s pledge to undertake its biggest-ever marketing campaign - while at the same time...

There’s been a substantial 20 per cent rise in formal complaints about agents taken up by The Property Ombudsman.  The figures refer...

There has been much speculation about when agents will be allowed back to work, and what the new office working environment...

  On Estate Agent Today this Bank Holiday weekend we’re celebrating the great work agents are doing to keep morale high and...

In normal times, the Winkworth team based at their Notting Hill office in west London would head to the fashionable Walmer...

Rightmove says it’s to launch its biggest ever national marketing campaign in a bid to kick-start the market once lockdown eases. The...

There’s been a furious response to the agent who appears to have breached government rules by opening his branch to the...

In these unprecedented times, Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS) aims to reassure letting agents, landlords and tenants on any legislative changes, relating...

An estate agent has reopened his High Street office to the public with social distancing and other safety measures in place. It’s...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign has launched a countdown clock on its website to galvanise agents into remembering only 85...

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

Three of the highest profile industry suppliers and house moving services have given government a four-step plan to restart the housing...

Countrywide has added its weight to the campaign asking the government to allow agents to get back to work - and...

Listings from an agent who ended his contract with Rightmove were not removed as he expected - instead, he is accusing...

The Property Ombudsman has announced the expulsion of eight agencies, all for contravening TPO codes of practice. Most of the expulsions were...

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...

Buying and selling a house is often referenced as being one of the most stressful life experiences that we can go...

The scandal over Business Interruption Insurance policies is hotting up, with class actions being discussed against insurance firms and the Financial Conduct Authority announcing...

The online agency network love2move has won a new agency client despite the Coronavirus lockdown. Pinkerton - which covers the North Down,...

We all know the world has gone digital—nothing new there. Every time you jump online, you’re one of 4.5 billion internet...

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

A property tax specialist is warning that sellers of buy to lets or holiday homes may have to estimate their own...

Business consultancy TwentyCi is the latest to try to put a value on the potential losses to the property industry and...

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...

An online auction platform is offering agents full legal packs with no upfront cost in a bid to keep the housing...

Hello and welcome to Property Jobs Today - our first for some weeks as the coverage has previously been dominated by...

Lockdown measures are still in place for another two weeks, at least, with the possibility of them being extended beyond that....

At the moment, it somehow seems like tempting fate to think too far into the future, especially in terms of the...

Estate agents in one small part of the British Isles are reopening their offices this weekend. Agents on the Channel Island of...

It may seem a long time since normal trading took place but many agencies are now finding they are picking up...

PropTech big names Reapit and ViewMyChain are joining up to try to accelerate transactions when the lockdown finally ends and the...

The Property Ombudsman’s office is still receiving 40 to 50 calls a day from the public, even though most transactions with...

One of prime central London’s most respected estate agencies is warning that it could take until spring 2021 for the luxury...

An industry stalwart has urged critics of Rightmove to fight for the portal to offer agents a fairer pricing system, not...

House sales edged down only slightly in March compared with February according to HM revenue & Customs, despite the lockdown in...

The peak of the 2020 sales market is likely to be September instead of the usual early summer - but that...

The National Association of Estate Agents is urging its members to use the lockdown as an opportunity to train on its...

Another west country tourist hotspot looks set to ban any future new-build home being sold as a holiday or additional property. Bigbury...

Rightmove and Knight Frank are today both calling for a series of government incentives to kick-start the market after the Coronavirus...

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

Let me start by wishing everyone well in these uncertain and precarious times. I truly hope you, your families, friends and...

This month saw the introduction of the final stages of the Section 24 tax changes, first introduced in April 2017. Whereas buy-to-let...

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...

An estate agency that runs its own TV shows via YouTube has launched a second season featuring local companies, amenities and...

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

Hunters has expanded its online offering to improve its service to both the sales and lettings sectors - and it’s even...

The controversial Help To Buy scheme looks likely to be expanded in breadth and extended in duration to help kick-start the...

Some estate agents are now receiving small business grants from the government, according to the Guild of Property Professionals. Guild chief executive...

Hello, and welcome to Wednesday’s guidance and advice for agents and suppliers trying to find a way through the current crisis. If...

Allsop has staged its first principal residential auction entirely online, and has raised £28m. Some 76 per cent of all lots offered...

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

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

Another body is calling for a stamp duty holiday to help resuscitate the housing market following the Coronavirus standstill. The Royal Institute...

Hello - we hope you had as good an Easter as possible in these unusual circumstances, and welcome back to work. Now...

In this time of economic uncertainty, more and more people are becoming unwilling to leave their homes, yet you and your...

The government has been called upon by one of the industry’s most respected bodies to announce a stamp duty holiday to...

New temporary rules have thrown a lifeline to troubled agencies like Countrywide and Purplebricks which may need to raise additional funds...

One of the first analyses of portal listings since the start of the Coronavirus crisis shows that new listings have plummeted...

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

Two agents have quit Rightmove and taken to social media to give their reasons. One is the 12-branch Andrew Craig agency which...

One of Britain’s leading agents says online viewing and interest in videos for homes on sale continues to be relatively strong...

What is thought to be the first survey of sellers since the start of the Coronavirus outbreak suggests that they anticipate...

The NAEA and ARLA have jointly written to the government asking it to include agents’ commission in its plans to help those financially...

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

There’s a sense that we really are on the verge of a huge change in the industry. It’s too early to be...

Based on our historical data over twenty years of nationwide operation and a survey conducted in partnership with YouGov, we estimate...

Purplebricks Local Property Experts are asking sellers who are not allowing agents into their homes during the virus crisis to draw...

One of the biggest issues for agencies at the moment is furloughing - a safety net being offered by the government...

An estate agency in Portsmouth has sold a house subject to contract after nothing more than a video tour filmed by...

Hello and welcome to our latest update… we’re probably not yet getting used to these unusual times but we hope this...

Over the last two weeks we’ve seen the country come to a standstill and the property market effectively put on ice...

The Competitions and Markets Authority has started court proceedings seeking the disqualification of two estate agency directors over a price fixing...

Yet another one of the giants of our industry, Hunters, says it’s taking “appropriate measures” to safeguard the firm in the...

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of Conquering Corona, our daily update helping the industry cope with the current crisis. If...

One of the country’s best known high-end independent estate agencies is marketing a home for £22.5m and hopes it finds a...

It seems an eternity ago but the housing market in February - that’s only last month - was in rude health...

One of London’s most experienced estate agents says there has been a very significant surge in foreclosure sales in part of...

Hello, and we trust you had as good a weekend as possible in these difficult circumstances.  As we start a new week...

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

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

A hybrid agency says the Coronavirus is a “disrupter and game changer” for the industry and is wanting agents keen to...

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

We'd hoped it was good news but in fact it's just good-news-yet-to-come. The Savills office in Wuhan, the epicentre of the Coronavirus crisis in...

Hello and welcome to today’s Conquering Corona, our guide to the latest information to help agents and the rest of the...

Hello: so much has happened since the last Conquering Corona column . Before we get on with it, a reminder to...

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

A video interview released this morning features the experiences of eight agents who have quit Rightmove in the past two years,...

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

Rightmove is offering some of its agents a deferred payment option. An announcement this morning says: "While sales agreed pipelines have strengthened following...

In these uncertain times it’s good to report positive news - ESTAS, the customer review and awards platform, has announced its...

A surveyors’ firm has been wound up after courts declared that it had misled clients over the success of its core...

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

A key figure behind the setting up of Foxtons has been named as the new chief executive of one of the...

OnTheMarket has signed auto another new homes builder, Miller Homes. "Miller Homes is the latest large homebuilder to join OnTheMarket and we look forward to introducing the...

We all need some good news right now and thanks to Beresfords Property Group, we have one! The firm’s Witham branch manager, Jordan...

Another index shows how strong the market was in the build-up to the escalation in Coronavirus across the country.  The website Home...

Countrywide’s share price has dived over 50 per cent during the course of the day, following news of LSL pulling out...

Estate Agent Today understands that the Knight Frank agency has been hit by a large number of branch office heads quitting...

Hello and as it’s Monday it’s PJT Day - and there are plenty of people moving jobs in our industry even...

Rightmove’s latest market snapshot, released this morning, appears starkly at odds with the situation described by some agents in recent days. “The...

There’s been a huge change in the way estate agencies operate in recent years, with far more focus on marketing properties...

The lightbulb moment for LonRes was born out of sheer frustration. I’d just missed out on a deal and the postman...