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Epsom and Ewell, Epping Forest and Dartford have been named as the top London leaver hotspots as buyers continue to move...
25 March 2024
From: Breaking News
With the exception of lockdown, new home registrations have bumped along consistently for the last 15 years. But things are changing...
09 February 2024
From: Breaking News
There are several pros to cohabitation, and it’s always a wonderful experience when you’re handed your set of keys as a...
03 February 2024
From: Features
In assessing the outlook for property auctions in 2024, it's crucial to look beyond interest rates. The real driving force behind...
23 December 2023
From: Features
Achieved prime London sale prices fell by their largest levels since May 2021 last month, research suggests. Analysis by property data firm...
14 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Falling Stamp Duty and survey fees have pushed down the cost of moving. Comparison website reallymoving analyses the cost of moving home...
04 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Energy performance certificates (EPC) make little difference to property sales and the Government should consider replacing them with more effective green...
18 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Transactions for the first half of 2023 are at their lowest level since the financial crisis of 2007-09 as a result...
14 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Propertymark says that sellers who strive to find a “middle ground” in today’s difficult market can still turn a healthy profit...
08 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Cooling house prices are providing an opportunity for buyers even with higher borrowing costs, Propertymark claims. The agency trade body said it...
31 July 2023
From: Breaking News
The National Association of Property Buyers’ Jonathan Rolande gives his take on another manic week for the property market. Like many working in the...
14 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Borrowers have been dealt a new blow after five-year fixed rates passed the 6% barrier yesterday. Moneyfacts data showed the average five-year...
05 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Sellers and their agents have become more confident about pricing but there are still some signs of “over-optimism” for higher priced...
22 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Property Webmasters has launched an overseas property opportunity for its estate agency clients to earn ‘passive income.’ The website and marketing tools...
27 April 2023
From: Breaking News
A former estate agent-turned-online auctioneer has launched a new service that aims to speed up and secure sales. Stuart Collar-Brown, co-founder and...
23 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Award-winning sales progression platform mio has uncovered the home moving experiences of nearly 200 movers and evaluated what this means for...
01 March 2023
From: Features
Estate agency sales revenue could have dropped by as much as 27% by the end of this year, research suggests. Analysis of...
19 December 2022
From: Breaking News
HMRC has fined estate agents over £500,000 for anti-money laundering (AML) breaches in the past two months. Yet despite property managers...
26 November 2022
From: Features
The property sector braced itself for the chill wind of Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement this week. His pre-Budget comment that he...
19 November 2022
From: Features
There have been plenty of new jobs being started outside of Wesminster this month. Here are some of the latest moves that...
31 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Estate agents are charging movers fees of 1.4% on average to sell their homes, new research claims. An article by consumer watchdog...
17 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Interest rate rises are driving an increase in homes for sale, research claims. National estate agency Jackson-Stops has analysed Rightmove data and...
29 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Good estate agents are always busy, we get that, but the constant juggling of tasks that could be outsourced to others...
27 September 2022
From: Sponsored Content
The Government yesterday unveiled its long-awaited package of energy bill support for businesses. It will help firms including high street estate agents...
22 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Forget the ‘race for space’ or room for an extension, should agents start highlighting the green features of a vendor’s property...
15 September 2022
From: Breaking News
01 September 2022
From: Breaking News
A property developer has hit out at corporate agents for “artificially inflating house prices” as she reveals the poor practices she...
30 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Increasing numbers of buyers are gazundering or ‘price chipping’ on their offers to force property sellers and agents into last minute...
24 August 2022
From: Breaking News
With so many benefits including lower fall-through rates and quicker sales, it is no surprise that selling a property via auction...
23 July 2022
From: Features
Estate agents in Scotland are bucking the sales slowdown trend, Homesearch claims. The property data and prospecting platform, which recently launched north...
22 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Anti-money laundering (AML) software provider SmartSearch is warning of a rise in financial crime, particularly targeting smaller property firms. A survey of...
15 July 2022
From: Breaking News
There’s one message that’s come home to me loud and clear from my dealings with agents so far this year -...
10 June 2022
From: Breaking News
The number of areas where the average house sale price exceeded £500,000 has surpassed 15% of Great Britain for the first...
16 May 2022
From: Breaking News
London accounted for almost half of million-pound plus property sales over the past 12 months but the most active borough at...
11 May 2022
From: Breaking News
It’s not an easy time for many renters (and homeowners). The cost of living is going up across the board for...
26 March 2022
From: Features
Without doubt, 2021 was an exceptional year in the property market, with the stamp duty holiday and favourable market conditions helping...
05 February 2022
From: Features
There’s been huge sale price inflation in the rarified high-end country estate market according to a buying agent. Jess Simpson, who runs...
26 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Buyers typically pay 10.8 per cent extra for chain-free properties than for similar homes with chains, according to new research. Website GetAgent...
20 January 2022
From: Breaking News
The number of locations where average house prices still stand at below £150,000 has shrunk by 28 per cent in recent...
06 January 2022
From: Breaking News
A housing market forecast based on conveyancing instructions says average prices will dip this month. Average prices will fall by 1.1 per...
23 December 2021
From: Breaking News
Top Scottish agency Galbraith says key parts of the country saw some buyers snapping up properties this year without even visiting...
21 December 2021
From: Breaking News
A regional estate agency that markets homes without charging the vendor is set to expand next year. Midlands-based Chosen Home explains its...
16 December 2021
From: Breaking News
The latest update on the prime central London market from agency Knight Frank warns that it’s still not business as usual,...
15 November 2021
From: Breaking News
There’s been a significant rise in buyer interest in the energy efficiency of properties - but so far it’s making no...
11 November 2021
From: Breaking News
Agents are being offered a theoretical £300,000 if they introduce a buyer willing to pay £30m for a mansion on sale in...
02 November 2021
From: Breaking News
The proportion of properties selling above asking price has dipped according to Propertymark - a likely sign the market is softening at...
29 October 2021
From: Breaking News
Rightmove says sellers who have upgraded their Energy Performance Certificate rating to a C - from a D, E or F -...
25 October 2021
From: Breaking News
A small property portal has accused Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket of listing properties with asking prices far in excess of market...
20 October 2021
From: Breaking News
Implementing measures recommended in an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) could boost the sales price of a property for a vendor, the...
13 September 2021
From: Breaking News
The work of the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team is “vital” it claims - and the case of the...
27 August 2021
From: Breaking News
By any measure, the housing market has been unprecedently busy in recent months, fuelled not just by the stamp duty holiday...
03 July 2021
From: Features
New research shows that UK estate agents are amongst the best value in the world. Using data from the Global Property Guide...
09 June 2021
From: Breaking News
A Channel 4 property TV presenter is to become an estate agent. Kerr Drummond, who hosts Coast vs Country, has joined the...
25 May 2021
From: Breaking News
A league table of the most important issues facing vendors places the scale of estate agents’ charges at the bottom - and this...
11 May 2021
From: Breaking News
Research by an estate agency comparison service has revealed which type of road address produces the highest average price. GetAgent has analysed...
21 April 2021
From: Breaking News
Estate agents play a key role in identifying tax savings that can benefit all parties. If a purchaser can benefit from...
03 April 2021
From: Features
Agents who use cheap PropTech could end up spending a lot more than they expect, according to an industry expert. Anton Babkov,...
30 March 2021
From: Breaking News
As an indication of the frenzied property market, this may take some beating - an agent has had 18 viewings on...
29 March 2021
From: Breaking News
The stamp duty holiday frenzy has reduced the gap between asking and sale prices according to new research. Before the start of...
26 March 2021
From: Breaking News
An estate agency is this month launching packs of up-front information for buyers in a bid to speed sales and reduce fall-throughs. Miles...
01 March 2021
From: Breaking News
The mixture of the stamp duty holiday and generally fast-rising house prices has led to a resurgence of flipping. Data released this...
23 November 2020
From: Breaking News
Agents spend their whole careers telling vendors and landlords why they will be able to achieve a better sale price or...
27 October 2020
From: Recruitment & Business Matters
Online auction service Iamsold secured £52.7m in total for vendors in September, an increase of 16 per cent on the same period last...
21 October 2020
From: Breaking News
Many agents, certainly those in London, will have faced the difficult task of selling a flat with a shorter lease. A...
09 October 2020
From: Sponsored Content
A league table drawn up by a quick buy property firm claims that some estate agents' average commission has hit 2.32 per...
30 September 2020
From: Breaking News
Almost a third of property sellers (29%) say they won't accept a lower offer for their property, according to new research. Online...
18 September 2020
From: Breaking News
The strong performance of the auction market in recent months has been reinforced by the latest figures from iamsold, the UK's...
17 September 2020
From: Breaking News
With estate agents increasingly offering auction options to vendors, new research makes interesting reading - and suggests that homes sold via...
04 September 2020
From: Breaking News
The proportion of the asking price achieved on average in the past year is 95.8 per cent according to a new survey. Comparison...
06 August 2020
From: Breaking News
Price discounts are diminishing as the housing market strengthens, according to data from Knight Frank. The average discount to the asking price...
17 June 2020
From: Breaking News
A new high end agency called The Country House Department is launching with an initial focus on Oxfordshire, Berkshire and The...
10 June 2020
From: Breaking News
Sellers in the past 12 months accepted an average of 96 per cent of their asking price according to new research. Comparison...
11 March 2020
From: Breaking News
Buyers and sellers using online estate agencies could inadvertently sign contracts if they carelessly use email signature blocks. Blocks are the ‘auto-signatures’...
26 February 2020
From: Breaking News
A new study suggests cash buyers secure lower sale prices than mortgaged purchasers - but is that really the case? The survey by...
19 February 2020
From: Breaking News
A prominent consumer group says homes sold precisely 14 days after first being listed typically achieve the best price - closest...
18 February 2020
From: Breaking News
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Catherine Shinerock - ARO Account Manager What is your ‘company name’...
06 February 2020
From: 60 Second Interview
A new renovation start-up is operating across eight cities and claims to be able to transform properties - including ones that...
04 February 2020
From: Breaking News
A website has slammed the idea that there is a surge of interest in buying homes on Boxing Day, describing the...
23 December 2019
From: Breaking News
A London estate agency is attempting to help leaseholders with short leases who may be finding it hard to raise funds...
01 November 2019
From: Breaking News
A London agent is urging rivals to provide realistic valuations, even if vendors want more and despite temptations to over-value to...
14 October 2019
From: Breaking News
Stamp duty won’t take centre stage at the Conservative Party conference - that’ll be Brexit, quelle surprise. But if the government...
27 September 2019
From: Breaking News
A company operating the controversial Modern Method of Auction says it is trying to improve the sector’s image after a series...
30 August 2019
From: Breaking News
A property industry trade body claims 85 per cent of agents believes a ‘staged’ property sells three times faster than a...
13 August 2019
From: Breaking News
Sellers across England and Wales achieve an average 95.94 per cent of their asking price according to research from estate agency...
01 August 2019
From: Breaking News
Auction companies have issued statements boasting of their own performance as old school companies and new entrants vie for market share. Firstly...
12 July 2019
From: Breaking News
If agents ran their databases more efficiently, the property portals might find themselves redundant. Controversial opening statement aside, the reality is that...
10 July 2019
From: Features
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a complaint made against a listing on property website Houser.co.uk. In January, the complainant notified...
03 July 2019
From: Breaking News
The modern method of auction is proving to revolutionise the way properties are bought and sold across the UK. By putting the...
26 June 2019
From: Features
MyBid4It is an online auction platform which has been developed to partner with Estate Agents and revolutionise the way properties are...
26 June 2019
From: Sponsored Content
Research from OnTheMarket shows that 40 per cent of London homes costing around £1m have only two bedrooms or fewer. And only...
19 June 2019
From: Breaking News
The gap between average asking prices and average selling prices has increased in recent months according to Zoopla. Its latest study of...
29 May 2019
From: Breaking News
Data produced by the government showed that some 211,000 homes have been bought using the Help to Buy: Equity Loan. The scheme...
01 May 2019
From: Breaking News
It’s a new index but it tells an old story - how prime central London prices have dropped significantly since their...
25 April 2019
From: Breaking News
Q: What does it say on your business card? Charlie Lancaster, Managing Director, m: 07976 507107 e:charlie.lancaster@mybid4it.com, Blake House, 18 Blake...
16 April 2019
From: 60 Second Interview
Spicerhaart claims that it achieved an average of 104.29 per cent against the market value on properties that were taken into...
11 April 2019
From: Breaking News
There’s anger in the industry over an article in The Times which accused agents of overvaluing properties - although why this was happening...
08 April 2019
From: Breaking News
An analysis of thousands of transactions shows that homes with ‘street’ in their address produce sale prices which are almost exactly...
14 March 2019
From: Breaking News
As the sales market across much of Britain appears to be mired in political and economic uncertainty, figures from Scotland appear...