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Some 713 estate agency branches have failed to reopen following the spring lockdown according to a business consultancy. TwentyCi says that is the...

The country producing the largest number of buyers of prime London properties is not China, nor from north America or the...

Sales of £1m-plus homes have surged since lockdown as affluent buyers seek more space and lifestyle changes.  An average of 868 £1m-plus...

Hello and welcome to the start of a new week and a new edition of Property Jobs Today, your chance to...

The latest Rightmove asking price index shows the extraordinary market and amazing times we are living through. The average price of property coming...

An estate agency in Lancashire has been taken over by a hotel group, which pledges to expand and create more jobs. Mikhail...

Let’s be honest: things are getting just a little tougher aren’t they?  We’re delighted to say that the spirit of the industry...

New instructions almost doubled across prime areas of London in September compared to the same period a year ago, while the...

I wanted to take this opportunity to write an advice piece on what we here at Angels Media have found important...

A prominent housing market analyst is warning that in 14 years of studying prices and transactions he has never seen the...

There’s to be a new Marsh & Parsons office in London as the LSL-owned brand expands its network to Acton in...

The south of England is not the only region to benefit as city-dwellers search for more greenery and outdoor space, says...

A platform which signs up vendors and allocates their sale to a high-performing local agent says it sells property two months...

A new Proptech platform is launching next month with claims it will “up-end the way agents do business” and that it will...

It’s not a big rise, but price growth has returned to the Prime Central London sales market for the first time...

Countrywide’s high-end brand John D Wood and Co has launched a new country house department, to take advantage of growing demand...

The only certainty at the moment is ongoing uncertainty. It’s something we’ve got used to in 2020, but it’s still not...

Many agents, certainly those in London, will have faced the difficult task of selling a flat with a shorter lease. A...

The total Sales Agreed in 2020 so far has overtaken Sales Agreed up to this point in 2019, despite the Coronavirus...

Gary Keller is stepping down from his post as chief executive of the global Keller Williams estate agency empire. Although operating chiefly...

How to stay on top of arrears during a global pandemic Many have speculated, though much of it is anecdotal – how...

Recently, when giving speeches, I have discussed investment trends and industry trends that the built environment is experiencing. They are quite...

A North of England estate agency has been acquired in a management buyout. Dowen Estate Agents has eight branches across the North...

It’s about this time of year, pandemic or not, that agents may be asked one particularly awkward question by a vendor...

The National Association of Estate Agents has thrown its weight behind the recommendation of Trading Standards that agents must by law be...

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

As the review of the recommendations of the Regulation of Property Agents Working Group continues, Emily Hawthorne, mio Account Manager and...

Agents have universally welcomed new Nationwide data showing annual price growth picked up to 5.0 per cent last month - the highest rate...

A new online platform claims to be the first of its kind to speed up the private treaty sales process for...

Savills has boosted its forecast for housing transactions this year because the stamp duty holiday has been such a success at...

Franchise network Hunters has recorded strong figures for the first half of 2020 but a trading statement reveals the measures it...

One of the country’s major regional agencies has unveiled a ‘super hub’ structure which began life as a lockdown measure but...

Online agency easyProperty has announced four new areas to its portfolio to build on its existing 41 locations - and it’s seeking...

A veteran agent with 38 years experience of the industry - much of it at Countrywide - has become the head...

Data from NAEA Propertymark shows that in August, some 13 per cent of properties sold for more than the original asking...

A quick buy firm which typically purchases homes from sellers at below market levels has accused estate agents and the private...

Recent Natters have explored the differences between the UK and American models of agency, and why Purplebricks failed to make a...

The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, better known as the furlough scheme, was introduced by the chancellor Rishi Sunak in March to...

The cross-sector group looking at reforming the sales process has agreed a new pledge which it says introduces greater transparency for...

Two reports this morning suggest that activity in the most expensive sectors of the housing market is doing as well as...

With no clear end in sight and conflicting Government advice as to whether we should work from home or go to...

One of the many new portals recently launched has made a pitch for agents to join because of its referral fees...

New PropTech products continue to appear, many aimed at enhancing transparency in buying and selling, or helping agents adopt new ways of...

Vendors spend an average £41 a day for 144 days when selling their home - but some spend a remarkable £140 a...

Seller and landlord leads are what makes estate agency tick. Without them, new business is nowhere to be seen and you...

One of the growing number of free to list property portals, Residential People, claims a record-breaking number of sales and letting...

The government claims its stamp duty holiday has supported nearly 750,000 jobs thanks to the ripple effect in the economy. A statement from HM...

Two agencies have entered the debate on whether the current frenzied housing market is seeing delays in completions. Yesterday EAT reported that...

Logjams in the mortgage, conveyancing and removal stages of house moving mean sales are taking much longer than usual, according to...

The Property Franchise Group has named high-profile industry veteran Eric Walker as managing director of Martin & Co (South and Scotland).  Walker...

A family-run agency which last year asked people to “make an offer” to buy a franchise is now claiming it will...

Despite the recent effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, there is still much opportunity in the market for letting agents to grow...

I’m sure I speak for most in the property industry when I say that back in March and April I had...

When it comes to the future of the property market in the wake of Covid-19, there are two main schools of...

Property sellers are twice as likely to find a buyer for their property if the original asking price does not change,...

The strong performance of the auction market in recent months has been reinforced by the latest figures from iamsold, the UK's...

Estate agents and small businesses are being warned to take greater care over passwords to stop hackers breaking into their systems. David...

For a number of years now, predictions have been made that one of the major tech giants will eventually enter the...

If you’re in any way connected to estate agency all it takes is a quick glance at Facebook or LinkedIn to...

An estate agency founded in 1995 has undergone a management buyout from two existing director. Westcoast Properties is a north Somerset firm,...

A leading agent says the government’s new Coronavirus clampdown from Monday will push more home owners to sell. Caspar Harvard-Wills, a partner at...

Franchise giant Winkworth has reported an 11 per cent drop in gross revenue and profit plummeting 20.2 per cent in the...

Be proactive, have a plan, and keep prospecting.  After the easing of lockdown measures, it’s safe to say the property market picked...

At mio, we often have conversations with Estate Agency firms who have a dedicated sales progresser in their team. Whilst there...

The portal  set up by Purplebricks founders Michael and Kenny Bruce has revealed it's recruited Rightmove and Zoopla personnel and intends...

Hybrid agency EweMove has outperformed its traditional sister companies within The Property Franchise Group over the past six months. That’s the clear...

The ESTAS, which is fast establishing itself as a review platform as well as an awards network, has signed up the...

Hello, and if it’s the start of a new week it’s time for Property Jobs Today, giving you the inside track...

Knight Frank says its analysis of the whole housing market across the UK shows that transactions in the final full week...

NAEA Propertymark has thrown its weight behind a Competitions and Markets Authority investigation into whether consumer protection law has been broken...

The Competition and Markets Authority is today opening enforcement cases focusing on the sale of leasehold homes by four leading housebuilders. They...

Rightmove is warning of a conveyancing log-jam that may delay sales, despite the ongoing frenzy of activity and faster transactions for...

Whilst Estate and Letting Agents have adapted their operations during COVID-19, to ensure safer working practices under Government guidance, ‘virtual property...

The battle between portals is hotting up again with Zoopla repeating its offer of free listings until January for agents committing...

Recent speculation that the so-called Bank of Mum and Dad would be playing a reduced role in the housing market has...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Stewart McRae, Sales Director at CoreLogic UK What is ‘company name’...

One of the victims of a notorious estate agency price fixing cartel has spoken out against one of the offenders.  Christina Davis...

An American realtor who once predicted his company would have 5,000 UK estate agents working under its banner is now saying...

It’s fair to say that UK estate agents don’t have the best of reputations, often featuring in the lists of the...

The ban on evictions was due to end earlier this month, but following a last-minute U-turn from the government, it has...

With access to finance being such a hot topic at the moment, more and more estate agents are turning to commercial...

An insurance firm claims estate agents are taught not to quote VAT in fees until the final bill. A statement from Admiral...

If yet more proof were needed of the housing boom this summer, NAEA Propertymark says its sales agreed data suggests a...

OneDome, which operates two free-to-list property listing sites, says it’s had a record month as it strives to build an alternative...

Letting agents are struggling to open new bank accounts and even large established letting agents with a long history of trading...

It was officially announced last week that the UK is in recession for the first time since 2009, and although this...

A PropTech platform that claims to halve the time a transaction takes has received a huge cash injection from investors for...

One of Countrywide’s biggest shareholders has written a second letter to the company to demand bold action to save the agency...

An online agency says it’s offering its customers a kind of ‘fall-through insurance’ after over 100 deals collapsed between mid-March and...

One of the most prominent companies involved in identifying and treating Japanese Knotweed has recruited a new member of the team...

An unusual property sales concept, which signs up vendors and then effectively sub-contracts their sales to strongly-performing local estate agents, has...

Rightmove’s latest house price index shows the highest number of sales agreed in a month for over a decade. It’s 20 per...

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of PJT - we know some agencies are reshaping their structures and downsizing but this...

In my last Natter, I explored the differences between estate agency in the UK and the US with the help of...

Life as we know it has changed – for everybody – and what tenants want, need and expect in this post-pandemic...

Zoopla says it wants to know what agents think of its new TV advert which airs from tomorrow but can be...

A leading expert on estate agency and the housing market in Australia has lifted the lid on how Purplebricks failed down...

Hello and welcome to Agents Do Charity, a weekly round-up of news as the industry continues fund-raising even in these challenging...

The latest market snapshot by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors warns the current boom may not continue as government support measures...

It has been three months since the property market was given the green light to reopen. During this time, we have...

Connells Group has announced its trading statement for the first half of 2020 - and its support for its staff is...

I want to talk to you about new ways to sell homes. Let's not encourage people to sell but just swap...

A property developer has set up an estate agency that charges no commission to sellers but instead levies a non-refundable reservation...

Hunters has announced the launch of an additional franchise office at Torquay in Devon. The branch is a conversion of local independent...

An investment adviser says Purplebricks remains “far too risky” for investors even though it now has “a fighting chance of survival”. Rodney...

The Federation of Independent Agents has announced its latest partnership - this time with a live-streaming viewing service called Gavl. The platform...

The Sequence Group is to be the sole selling agent for RoyaleLife, the country’s largest builder of bungalows, exclusively aimed at...

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...

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,...

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...

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 -...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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:...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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 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 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...

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...

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....

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...

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...