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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...

The recent rise in consumer complaints against sales and letting agents suggests that there is a general lack of trust and...

Since we last spoke, the ESTAS – the biggest and best property awards ceremony in the UK – has been and...

As Dataloft’s home town and having been declared the best place to live, we needed no further excuse to have a...

Customers really dislike leaving voicemail messages. This may not be surprising, there may be many times when you have been faced...

Conveyancers have backed a call by the Conservatives for reform of the house buying process - and says more up-front information...

The UK Independence Party’s housing policy for the General Election hinges around a huge expansion in modular factory-built housing - but...

A conveyancing expert is calling for sellers to complete and return their property information questionnaire to their conveyancer before there have...

An estate agency group operating from two offices close to Heathrow airport has announced it is to open a third, ultimately...

The Green Party, one of the final political groups to launch their manifesto for the June 8 General Election, wants an end...

The Conservative Party says it wants greater competition and more digitisation to cut the costs and reduce the amount of time...

Asking prices of homes coming to the market have now been rising for five consecutive months says Rightmove.  Asking prices rose 2.0...

The best estate and letting agents in the UK were recognised at the prestigious ESTAS luncheon and ceremony, which was held...

A ‘disrupter’ estate agent says the English housing market operates in a way that is far less efficient than Scotland’s -...

This might just be one of the busiest Agents Do Charity columns we’ve ever had with many firms having a mixture...

A respected City analyst has pointedly dissed Purplebricks over its allegedly modest inventory of homes for sale and rent. Antony Codling of...

Hybrid estate agency YOPA has announced a successful Series B round of funding in which it raised a total of £15...

Official figures from the latest UK House Price Index show that average house prices fell by 0.6% between February and March. The...

London estate agency Marsh & Parsons has announced that its sales director Liza-Jane Kelly has taken the decision to leave after...

Analysis of over 500,000 transactions shows that completions are slowest in London and the South East. The average progress from an offer...

Given that around 95% of property searches now start online, it is more important than ever that an agent has an...

Since the seventies, housing starts and completions across England and Wales have been on a downward trajectory. The long run average...

Cash is becoming an increasingly large proportion of the funding used to buy homes according to a new analysis of transactions...

Four Proptech experts have listed the top 10 start up companies they believe are the ones to watch for agents and...

The next few weeks leading to the General Election on June 8 are likely to have “a short term adverse impact...

Countrywide has announced an extensive reorganisation of senior management at its Hamptons International brand - with a pledge to "reach into...

Network Auctions has added 19 additional estate agency offices to its network so far this year.  They include three offices of Chaffers...

Auctions are a great way to sell property competitively, with a wide range of homes often selling under the hammer, and...

Residents in two parts of Cornwall will vote tomorrow on whether to join the holiday resort of St Ives in banning...

Belvoir is continuing with its strategy of selling off its corporate offices, with a new franchisee just completing on the purchase...

Speculation has grown that the Conservatives may make a manifesto pledge to remove some family homes’ long-established exemption from Capital Gains...

HMRC says there has been a five per cent drop on the number of transactions attracting stamp duty in the first...

The Property Franchise Group says it has seen 13 consecutive years of growth for the five High Street brands within its...

House prices recorded their second consecutive monthly fall in April, while the annual rate of growth slowed to 2.6 per cent,...

Even some of the most successful professionals from other professions fail to grasp the most important point when it comes to...

The number of properties available to buy on agents’ books decreased to 39 last month - the lowest amount recorded for...

Countrywide’s Bairstow Eves brand has launched a series of video guides for customers using their £995 online agency service and for...

A London estate agency’s analysis of the latest Land Registry data suggests transactions in the capital are the lowest ever recorded.  Land...

I was recently contributing to whitepaper by a major bank about the future of the property industry and, as I was...

The HomeOwners' Alliance says it has identified what it describes as "the UK's best performing agent" based on how much it...

Lomond Capital has secured up to £37.5m for new acquisitions of sales and lettings agencies across the south of England -...

The price of property coming to the market has hit anoher record high, up 1.1 per cent over the past month...

Property transactions rose marginally in March this year, up 0.5 per cent on February’s total according to figures from HM Revenue...

Estate agents have been broadly supportive of the decision by Prime Minister Theresa May to push for a snap General Election...

The new chief marketing officer of online estate agency YOPA is a figure with over 20 years experience with brands such as...

More former Countrywide figures have emerged in new roles at rival organisations. Darren Bowles, former regional sales manager at Countrywide’s Bridgfords brand,...

This actually happened - the names of the guilty have been withheld to protect the innocent. I live in Spain, Marbella actually,...

Sohail Rashid discusses data driven sales progression in this video below. View My Chain allows agents and home movers to view automated...

The website Home, which monitors asking prices, says prices have rallied strongly in the last month but thanks to growing inflation...

A series of strong sales performances at recent auctions has led one firm to claim the sector is leading the residential industry’s...

More than three quarters of developers want to see the government go into reverse on its stamp duty and mortgage interest...

A building society claims that in the past three years alone no fewer than 1.2m buyers have given up on house...

Land Registry data shows that homes across the UK have risen in price by an average 5.8 per cent in the...

The seven branch independent sales and lettings agency Andrew's Estates has acquired a single office firm, Huyton Roberts, in the Wirral. Originally...

The number of new homes built in London will reach record levels in 2017, according to high-end agency Savills - but...

Purplebricks’ advertising is very negative and critical of the competition. They talk about 'commisery', trying to make potential sellers feel ripped...

It’s peak business season for many agents right now and yet they still have time to do good work for charities...

More than one in three house sales across England and Wales fell through before completion in the first quarter of 2017,...

It’s been revealed that next month’s Future: PropTech conference will feature a debate between ‘technologists’ and ‘traditionalists’ over the future of...

HomeXperts, the network of franchise agents operating from their homes and covering sales and lettings, has announced three new franchisees. They are...

Property Franchise Group - formerly known as Martin & Co - has announced that 12 EweMove franchises have been sold in...

Countrywide’s share price, which just over three years ago was riding high at just above 685p, has hit a new low...