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An online estate agency with a website claiming “a saving of 50 per cent” on local agents, is seeking £100,000 to £250,000...

Shelter, the campaigning charity that has been hugely critical of private landlords and letting agents in recent years, has now launched...

Regional agency Manning Stainton has completed its second acquisition in the last four months with the purchase of independent agency Clear...

The price of houses in the UK will remain high because a “structural decline” means fewer homes are being sold and...

Humberts, which yesterday launched an online-only option for landlord clients, says it is “not closing the door” on expanding the idea...

Humberts, a member of Agents’ Mutual, is today launching an online-only option and claims it can list online-only properties on OnTheMarket. Such...

The Sunday Times made uncomfortable reading for Purplebricks yesterday as the newspaper raised more questions about the number of homes the...

Savills has reported strong figures for the first half of 2017 across its worldwide activities, but its UK residential divisions have...

Facebook appears to be interested in entering the sales and lettings world with its first advertising product geared solely towards industry professionals. The...

Record low stock numbers, political uncertainty and the aftermath of tax changes are the obstacles hindering the housing market, according to...

Marsh & Parsons will be opening a new office in Islington on September 4 - defying many analysts who say the...

As the mainstream mortgage market braces itself for yet another clampdown on buy-to-let lending, a growing number of property investors are...

After a roller-coaster day on the Stock Exchange yesterday, Purplebricks has sought to defend itself against further possible share price losses...

You saw it, right? This article from Monday’s Guardian? It says that one in five estate agents are at risk of...

LSL Property Services - owners of Your Move, Reeds Rains and Marsh & Parsons amongst estate agency brands - has enjoyed...

The accounts for Agents’ Mutual, parent company of the OnTheMarket portal, show that revenue for the year ending January 31 was...

Adam Day, the founder of Connells-owned online estate agency Hatched, has been announced as head of operations at easyProperty.    In a statement...

  You’ll see a lot of 10th anniversary stories in the property industry and consumer media in the coming days: early August...

Three agencies have been expelled from membership of The Property Ombudsman for two or more years, after failing to pay awards...

Countrywide says the roll out of its online sales and lettings service is on schedule to reach 50 per cent of...

Countrywide has revealed a massive plunge in its profits for the first six months of 2017.   Pre-tax profit for the six months...

Foxtons has reported its half-year figures for the six months to the end of June and, as expected, they show how...

Hunters is opening a new branch in the fashionable area of Shoreditch in east London, despite a slump in sales across...

Purplebricks’ well-publicised attempt to break into the Australian market with a similar model to the one being used here has come...

The latest figures from NAEA Propertymark suggest that the market is bouncing back after its hiatus during the General Election and...

The Competition and Markets Authority has released the full wording on its decision to give the go-ahead to ZPG’s acquisition of Expert...

Reapit has launched a new digital product following agents’ demands to handle an increasing volume of out of hours dealings with...

With several agent partner programmes available across the country, estate agents can often increase business by offering sales by auction, with...

As discussed in our previous article, it’s all about the first impression. Once your team have handled that initial phone call...

Given the shift change in the estate agent world at the moment, with online models becoming more prevalent (think easyProperty’s £60...

The controversial website Houser, which made waves when it launched in 2014, has been ordered by the Advertising Standards Authority to...

  A hybrid agency called 99Home Ltd, which made its debut back in April, appears to have relaunched with what it calls...

The buying agency Black Brick says 38 per cent of its transactions the first half of the year were off market...

The housing market is approaching something of a standstill as the summer holiday season begins according to a downbeat report from...

A new report reveals how clients’ reviews and star ratings - used by many online estate agents in particular - are...

Your Move says the surprise General Election and the creation of a weaker minority government has exacerbated the slowdown in the...

We’re already more than halfway through 2017 and, against all the odds, it’s pushing 2016 close in terms of eventfulness and...

It’s not happening here (yet) but several articles on US websites have started talking up the possibility of Amazon going into...

A father and son duo have taken over ownership of the franchise of one of the two Hunters offices in York.   Gary and John...

The latest market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows price growth dipping further, struggling transaction volumes and the...

Winkworth Franchising has created an in-house recruitment department to enhance the company’s tailored offering to franchisees. The team will be led by head...

Gently rising house values in the mainstream market and problems facing the prime market in the capital mean that over half...

Estate and letting agents are being urged to prepare for new data protection legislation coming into effect next year - but...

An organisation that calls itself the Cornish Republican Army - and which has claimed responsibility for starting a fire in one...

An expert analysis of the Purplebricks trading statement for 2016 reveals that the agency’s Local Property Experts each earn an average...

A traditional estate agency has launched a new online package to give vendors the opportunity “to save thousands.” FranKeys in Lincoln has...

Foxtons - a company seen by many as a barometer of the London housing market - is likely to face a...

Living next to inconsiderate neighbours can be a nightmare, but letting to bad tenants can prove costly, especially when issues, which...

Over a quarter of prospective house sales completed in the past three months had fallen through at some stage according to...

Sales in prime central London in the year to the end of March are a huge 41 per cent below the...

The Guild of Property Professionals and Fine & Country have launched a new referral system app which allows its members to...

The chief executive of Purplebricks, often criticised by detractors for failing to reveal completion rates as opposed to listings, says his...

A nine-branch agency in Manchester claims a new app is behind a 20 per cent improvement in its Rightmove statistics. Thornley Groves...

Dear Sales Doctor, The biggest challenge I’m facing right now is winning more instructions. What advice do you have for my listers...

Haus Properties - the estate agency set up by former Apprentice finalist Jamie Lester, who quit the company suddenly last year...

The start of Wimbledon means we’re reaching peak summer - even if the weather suggests otherwise. But distractions like sporting events...

New figures released this morning from Purplebricks shows the onward march of the hybrid agency and its Local Property Experts. For the...

Estate agents are angry over delays in processing land searches by a local authority in the south west. The average land search time...

The National Association of Estate Agents says the General Election led to a drop in the number of registered house hunters...

LonRes has launched a new product which it says helps developers and agents ensure maximum exposure to previously untapped buyers. A new...

Whether it is a small or large business you run, one of the most important tasks a business can undertake is...

The Queen’s speech to the British parliament this week was a scaled-back affair, which was unsurprising given the Grenfell Tower fire,...

Two leading property analysts have written a fiercely critical assessment of the merger between easyProperty and the Guild of Property Professionals.   The...

Today we’re publishing what we think is our longest-ever list of charitable activities being conducted by agents and their supporters -...

The Property Ombudsman’s annual report reveals a significant increase in the number of formal complaints resolved by the scheme and a...

A consumer group says it is giving what it calls “the top 1,000 estate agents in England and Wales” badges to...

The detailed paperwork accompanying the Queen’s Speech includes the Conservative party manifesto pledge to streamline house buying - but gives no...

Online estate agency Housesimple says it is aiming to sell the first home in the UK via a viewing on Facebook...

The Guild of Property Professionals, which earlier this month merged with easyProperty, has now announced a new link up, this time...

The managing director of lettings at Foxtons says Brexit and domestic political uncertainty have become ‘the new norm’ in the London...

The latest Rightmove figures show that the number of sales agreed by agents over the last month is up 7% when...

Industry trade bodies NAEA and ARLA Propertymark have announced the appointment of their new presidents. At an AGM on Friday, Katie Griffin...

An estate agent claims that chain management tool View My Chain has helped his firm to deal with chains involving online...

The popularity of property auctions in the UK has increased enormously in recent years, supported by popular TV shows such as...

Any good estate agent knows that they have to be available for customers when they need them. But many forget that...

Just 27% of property valuations in May were requested by prospective home sellers, according to the latest data from Connells Survey...

A network of almost 80 independent estate agency offices has launched what it calls a hard-hitting campaign against 'internet-based call centre...

The share price of hybrid estate agency Purplebricks dipped yesterday after it announced its US expansion will begin in California. Purplebricks' share...

A new online estate agency is offering vendors a sales package for just £24.99. MoveSelf, which is based in Manchester, allows vendors to...

Knight Frank has recruited an estate agent from Foxtons to run its Tower Bridge branch.  Daniel Woods joins from the firm’s London...

A one branch independent estate agency has this week launched a fixed-fee sales option alongside its traditional commission-based service. WH Breading, which...

Independent estate agency network The Guild of Property Professionals has announced that its training scheme has been given formal approval. The Associate...

Analysis of over 120,000 sales valuations has revealed some of the UK's most expensive and cheapest property regions. Central London's 'W' postcode...

The housing industry has responded with shock, joy, and jitters, after Theresa May’s snap general election went catastrophically wrong, leaving her...

There’s barely a week that goes by when you don’t read about an estate or letting agency business that’s been acquired...

We take a break from the relentless election coverage to look at the great fundraising work being carried out by our industry. Once...

GPEA Ltd - the parent company of the Guild of Property Professionals and Fine & Country - has announced it has...

Not in vain the distance beacons. Forward, forward let us range, Let the great world spin forever down the ringing grooves of...

As we approach Thursday's General Election, more property professionals have criticised stamp duty and called for the Government to make changes...

MPL Interiors was brought in to execute an office fit-out in a former paint shop in Wantage, Oxfordshire, for estate agent...

A distinctive boutique estate agency that describes itself as a hybrid between traditional and online operators, and which set up a...

London Central Portfolio, a property investment consultancy, has set out a five point plan for the next government elected this week...

An estate agent who was offered a sex act by his boss if he hit sales targets has won a sex...

Two leading voices in the PropTech sector suggest a radical overhaul of agents’ fee structures, saying that neither traditional full service nor online...

A sales progression tool claims to have analysed how long it takes to expedite sales chains of different lengths, and to...

Any good estate agent knows that they have to be available for customers when they need them. But many forget that...

An estate agency is offering to radically extend its marketing approach for each of its vendors’ properties to include a high...

Hybrid estate agency YOPA has launched a recruitment campaign suggesting that agents have “the chance to make between £6k and £12k per...

The number of house hunters registered per estate agency branch fell last month to 381 - well down on its figure...

The latest measure of house price rises in key UK cities by the property consultancy Hometrack shows house price in many...