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With Earth Day in April and Environment Day looming in June, all businesses and individuals are becoming more aware of their...

Data reforms announced in the Queen’s Speech earlier this month could speed-up property sales, an anti-money laundering (AML) expert claims. While property...

Property sales slumped in April but are still above the pre-pandemic average, HMRC data shows. Provisional UK property transaction figures from the...

Adoption of virtual tours among estate agents remain low but new data suggests they could boost sales. Industry analysis shows just 4%...

Agency listings appear to be on the rise with major brands seeing a spike in valuations and instructions. Data from national agent Jackson-Stops...

A survey among home movers has revealed support for making first-time buyers fully exempt from stamp duty and replacing the stamp...

Century 21 UK, the British arm of the US-based franchising agency, has been sold. Nicholas Faulkner, the owner of leasehold property management...

Average asking prices have hit new highs but there are signs of the market easing, Rightmove claims. The portal’s latest listings data...

An anonymous ex-estate agent has revealed how poor pay and high pressure forced them to quit the profession. The mystery agent said...

Many agents will remember the nerves and jubilation of their first property sale. Estate Agent Today has launched a new video series...

Proptech firm Gazeal is working on buyer-focused product that can be used to show a seller they are serious about a...

Auction house iamproperty is marking a record start to the year with landmark sales and fees raised for partner agents. The brand...

Technology can be utilised to grow and advance a company's income. That’s not a new or controversial statement, but here I...

Estate agents are being urged to reassess their fee structure and not be afraid to reflect the time and level of...

Agents have been getting active in recent weeks to raise money for Ukrainian refugees. Fundraising activities range from office-based collections and referencing challenges...

Scottish estate and lettings agent Stonehouse has sealed a new partnership deal with Aberdeen Football Club. Stonehouse, an Aberdeen-based sister brand to...

Sussex-based estate agent Mishon Mackay is celebrating 25 years of sevice each for three of its staff members. Sarah Fitzgerald, Sarah McCarthy,...

Next month will see new rules around upfront Material Information for property sales and lettings come into force in the UK...

Property industry veteran Mal McCallion is among two new high-profile recruits for GetAgent. McCallion, who helped launch Primelocation in 2000 and was...

Supply is slowly increasing but there are signs that buyers are now biding their time. Analysis by property data company TwentyCi shows...

Independent Kent agent Miles & Barr took a musical approach to an office relocation last weekend. Miles & Barr, which has 12...

There are signs that properties are starting to take longer to sell. A lack of stock in recent months has meant agents...

The number of areas where the average house sale price exceeded £500,000 has surpassed 15% of Great Britain for the first...

Just this month, the Government Property Agency kicked off its search for a digital chief to lead its 10-year technology journey,...

A senior industry figure has called for upfront information changes to move faster to boost market confidence amid the cost of...

A County Down-based estate agent has acquired a local rival and launched a new “stop-gap” accommodation service for buyers and sellers...

New research has revealed the regional hotspots where Japanese knotweed has been identified. The data could be of interest to estate agents...

The limited amount of property stock continues to push up house prices despite cost of living concerns, surveyors claim. The latest RICS...

Prime property purchasers are typically paying a 122% premium to be in the top 10% of buyers, research suggests. London agent Benham...

Millions of people use online property portals every year to conduct their property search, whether it be for sales or for...

Agents have pledged to keep a close eye on planning reforms amid a proposed overhaul announced in the Queen’s Speech yesterday. Prince...

The outgoing chief executive of Rightmove has claimed he has a good relationship with the portal’s customers. It was announced this week...

Speedy property sales may not be as good as they seem, an industry figure has warned. Recent figures released by Rightmove indicate...

London accounted for almost half of million-pound plus property sales over the past 12 months but the most active borough at...

Former Hamptons and Countrywide executive Phil Tennant has joined US-style fast buy firm UPSTIX. Tennant has been recruited as chief operating officer...

Houses continued to be the preferred property type for prime London buyers last month as flat sales continue to struggle amid...

There seems a consensus amongst agents, analysts and amateur pundits alike that the market will stay relatively strong for some months,...

Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) has long been the bugbear of many property transactions. Even the very wealthy will lose interest...

Hunters has signed a six-year agreement to use Zoopla-backed Alto’s agency software. All of Hunters 200-plus branches and any additional offices added...

The property supply shortage may be easing but Zoopla has warned it will still take some time for stock to be...

Surveyors have revealed the key issues coming up in reports that could stifle sales or reduce offers. The most common issues over...

A new estate agency has been launched in the west of Scotland by property services firm Bowman Rebecchi. The new business, named...

Agents lost out on £600,000 worth of owed commission from withdrawn listings last year, industry data suggests. Withdrawn sales are an occupational hazard...

Mortgage brokers have warned that an increase in downvaluations is starting to hit the property market. Lenders and their valuers are cutting...

A third of first-time buyers have had to reduce their budgets as a result of recent interest rate hikes and the...

The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...

I attended a forum in London a couple of weeks ago, which for the first time brought estate agents and conveyancers...

April looks set to go down as the busiest month for house sales of the year.  And with record numbers of properties predicted...

The debate within estate agency on upfront information rumbles on and now there are calls for greater levels of transparency from...

Savills has opened its 10th office in south west London. It takes its London presence to 42 residential branches and 132 across the country...

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has informally resolved a complaint regarding claims made by Purplebricks about home sales. The advertising watchdog revealed...

Buyers are happy and ready to pay for more upfront material information when it comes to purchasing a property. It comes as...

A legal expert has suggested that Metaverse sales could eventually become part of a property chain. The Metaverse is the latest trend...

A ‘quick buy’ service launched by veteran proptech innovator Giles Mackay is now looking to help fix broken chains. UPSTIX, which launched...

EweMove managing director Nick Neill has set out plans to double the size of the franchise network by 2025 as the brand’s...

Record numbers of buyers are now purchasing homes chain-free research suggests. Analysis by Hamptons has found that an increase in the share...

Off-market property platform Invisible Homes is planning to expand throughout London over the next year and to cover the whole of...

A well-known Yorkshire estate agency has expanded into another of its prime locations after striking a major acquisition deal. Linley & Simpson...

A new ‘local and independent’ boutique estate agency has been founded in the heart of Wimbledon Village, with a vision of...

The latest trading update from Foxtons has revealed that sales revenue in the first quarter of this year was down 9%...

Yesterday afternoon, Helena Marston was finally confirmed as Purplebricks new CEO after all the due diligence checks that are required for...

A former agency apprentice has worked her way up to a qualified accounts technician in under a decade. Carrie Howcroft joined Preston...

London’s prime sales market is set to underperform compared with 2021 but is still looking to be better than the pre-pandemic...

The supply shortage may be coming to an end. That is the view from the latest RICS Residential Market Survey. The research among...

House price growth hit a five-month high in February, according to Land Registry data but there are warnings that this will...

The creator of a local social network app acquired by US company Nextdoor is marking a year in prime estate agency...

Knight Frank has issued a stark warning that house price growth is set to slow. House price indices from lenders such as...

A leading conveyancing network that works closely with estate agents has signed up to property blockchain platform Coadjute. The blockchain technology provided...

Winkworth agents posted record sales income last year, attributed to the stamp duty holiday. The London-listed agent franchise group revealed in its...

Increasingly cautious mortgage lending could dampen the property market and cause more sales to fall-through, it has been warned. Recent house price...

Estate agents are being urged to ensure clients have instructed a solicitor from “day dot.” Speaking in an exclusive video interview with...

The proportion of homes sold to landlords has hit a five-year high but buyers are paying above asking price due to...

It was a quiet first quarter this year for sanctions at The Property Ombudsman (TPO). The redress scheme has revealed that just...

You’re probably up to your neck at the start of a busy spring market but I’d hope there’s one thing most...

The Lomond Group has continued on the agency acquisition trail after backing its Thornley Groves brand to snap up Manchester-based Julian...

An industry group is predicting that record numbers of homes sold this year will be off-plan. The National Association of Property Buyers...

The typical time taken to sell a property has got so long that people could learn a language before a transaction...

Technology developed for the estate agency industry has advanced and expanded seismically over the past decade as software vendors develop their...

The pandemic may have helped first-time buyers get on the property ladder sooner but are they paying too high a price? Research...

Zoopla has unveiled a Sales Advisory Board in an attempt to give agents a greater say in how the portal is...

In this piece, the team at Iceberg Digital look at whether the first cracks are appearing in the portals. For the last...

The Property Franchise Group has reported record like-for-like revenue for 2021. The umbrella property brand, which incorporates well-known names such as EweMove,...

A former UK national sales director at Purplebricks has been reunited with the online agent’s founder Michael Bruce at Boomin. Paul Vickerstaff,...

Estate agents and conveyancers have agreed on better working relationships at the first collaborative event between the two professions. There has been...

Agents and conveyancers have signed up to a new buyers’s and seller’s property information form that is described as having been...

Visual images are key for securing the quickest sales at the best prices, according to a formal estate agency chief who...

They say that in fashion, if you wait for long enough, clothes that are hanging at the back of your wardrobe...

An estate agency is shutting for good today following the shock death of its young owner. Last week we reported that Ciaran...

One of the country’s leading estate agents has played down the significance of the latest house price index which at first...

Purplebricks say it’s going to complete its transformation from an agency using self-employed local operatives in the field, to having fully...

John D Wood - which along with Hamptons is regarded as the prime end of the suite of agency brands now...

More vendors are wanting to use property logbooks in a bid to speed their sales and reduce the risk of fall-throughs. That’s...

A rewards and recognition programme has been launched at an agency chain, with claims that it will enhance staff careers and...

A three-branch agency in the south west has launched a franchise model which it says should appeal “to those wanting a...

Foxtons has given details of what some believe is market-leading use of technology to drive its sales and lettings effort. In a...

The extreme shortage of properties for sale has fuelled the first rise in new homes sold off-plan since 2016.   In 2021 some...

Zoopla’s cloud based software service Alto has launched a video series giving a behind the scenes look at estate agencies around...

The self-employed model, after years of not really catching on fully, was given a major boost by the pandemic and the...

An estate agency which previously operated only through a remote working model has established a headquarters and expanded its team. Chosen Home,...

Agents are being advised to revise their processes now to accommodate changes to the information required on property details, which begin...

The JLL property consultancy is opening a branch handling sales and lettings in an area of London often by-passed by rival...

A prominent independent production company is looking for property professionals for a new television programme idea to be filmed in the...

House sales in February were around a fifth lower than the same month in 2021, according to HM Revenue and Customs...

A prominent industry supplier has produced startling statistics about the numbers of fall throughs in just the first 10 weeks or...

A high profile London estate agency has appointed two so-called Wellness Ambassadors to look after the mental health and wellbeing of...

An estate agency says London’s sales market is now at its busiest since the Brexit referendum in mid-2016. Douglas & Gordon, sold by...

The Skipton Building Society, which owns Connells estate agency, says the house-selling arm helped it reach a record profit pre-tax profit...

The jury is still out on whether the Ukraine crisis will damage public confidence in the UK housing market. Rightmove’s property data...

When was the time you actively learned something new from your clients or competitors? If it’s a difficult question to answer quickly,...

haart, part of the Spicerhaart estate agency group, has accused rival agencies of copying its hybrid working model. Spicerhaart group managing director...

Sales agreed per Propertymark member branch are now running at eight per month - the highest figure since last October according...

A popular and respected estate agent in Essex, who also campaigned nationally against homelessness, has died just days after bing diagnosed...

PropTech solutions have continued to ingratiate themselves in both the forefront of an agency within advertising mediums and in the backend...

Some 86 Bronze, Silver, Gold and Special Awards have been presented to agents in the Guild off Property Professionals at its...

The long-standing commitment of London-focussed agency Dexters to expand through acquisitions is continuing apace. Over the weekend it was announced that the...

Propertymark is urging agents to respond to a consultation exercise being conducted by the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agents...

The path from agent to developer is not easy, but it is a relatively straightforward one, if you are willing to...

Franchise giant Belvoir has snapped up one of the earliest British estate agencies to adopt the model of using self-employed or...

The online agency brand eXp UK claims it’s growing at an industry leading pace - and it puts it all down...

The chief executive of Boomin says agents have asked him to do something about rival portals “pocketing income from mortgage referral...

High end estate agency Savills says the imposition of sanctions on Russians, amid new measures obliging overseas buyers to be more...

A new ‘quick buy’ service has been announced which would mean that sales could be completed in a week, providing a...

Of the many industry buzzwords, I suspect “upfront information” was up there as one of the most widely used in 2021....

The market’s likely to slow this year as the rising cost of living saps some buyer confidence, so agents are understandably...

The founder of fledgling portal Boomin says the latest Nationwide house price index findings demonstrate that there’s no sign yet of...

For all sales and letting agents, accelerating your business to new heights is a number one priority. You can’t be losing time...

Foxtons has told shareholders that it has enjoyed "a good year of progress with revenues, profits and cash flow significantly ahead of...

Properties selling without a chain not only sell more quickly, as one might expect, but also appear to attract a substantial...

We know that agents rely heavily on property software solutions to run their agency, particularly to ease the burden of administrative...

A webinar this week is set to see the release of more details of changes to property listings being demanded by...

In the last two years digital Property Logbooks for our homes have moved from concept to reality with almost a quarter...

A bid to regulate second home ownership in part of the UK through changes to planning policy will add complexity and...

A PropTech supplier has been quick off the mark to launch a tool which it says will help agents satisfy new...

The industry big hitter who joined Connells on a temporary basis to support its acquisition of Countrywide has now become its commercial director and a...

The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agent Team has released background information on how it came to make changes to...

A leading property lawyer says some agents will struggle to meet the demand for more ‘material information’ put forward by Trading...

OnTheMarket has inked a deal with Kremer Signs to supply agents with Smartboards to be added to For Sale signs -...

In the first few months of 2022, agents have experienced some of the lowest stock levels in several years. The number...

The overwhelming majority of vendors do not choose their estate agent based on fees, but on wider market expertise. That’s the finding...

Agents are being offered a free review of their compliance status between now and the end of March by a PropTech...

A lead generation platform that boasts Leaders, EweMove and Northwood amongst its clients says it’s expanding into mortgages. Rentround, now in its...

One of the country’s leading agencies says the recent and expected interest rate rises, and the surging inflation, will not blow...

Industry figures have come out in favour of the long-term programme of new compulsory information to be contained on property listings. From...

Trading Standards and the government have jointly announced compulsory new data which must appear on property listings. A property's council tax band or...

It’s feared one of the country’s oldest estate agencies may have entered receivership. The Drew Pearce company of agents and chartered surveyors...

Research by new homes sales service Unlatch has revealed how much cheaper energy bills are for new-builds, saving as much as...

The number one portal is making a big marketing and research push to get reluctant owners to put up the For...

With the new year in full swing, agents around the UK are likely to be making changes to the way they...

The head of one of Britain’s most successful agency groups says he is a big fan of PropTech - but it...

Savills has welcomed its first intake of residential apprentices with seven individuals hired by the business to study and work within...

MRI Software explores the use of PropTech to enhance the performance of the sales and lettings processes and how to select...

The estate agent known to his thousands of followers on Twitter as Mayfair Guru is predicting a ‘Roaring 2020s’ for the...

The government’s call for a pack of property information to be made available upfront during the sales process has been welcomed...

Without doubt, 2021 was an exceptional year in the property market, with the stamp duty holiday and favourable market conditions helping...

Midlands-based property firm Sheldon Bosley Knight - also known as SBK - has snapped up north Warwickshire estate agency Hawkins. As well as...

The Property Ombudsman should ban agents from using so-called exclusivity agreements on sales, claims a law firm.  Donal Blaney, founder of Griffin...

Coadjute, the blockchain network for the UK property market that claims it can radically simplify home purchasing, has revealed that PropTech...

The average home sale in England and Wales in 2021 achieved 98 per cent of the asking price - slightly improved...

An estate agency in the Home Counties has made two more acquisitions, taking the total number to seven independents it has...

Purplebricks is claiming that literally thousands of High Street agents from conventional bricks-and-mortar firms are applying to the agency. It says this...

Purplebricks says there’s an uncertain period ahead following a sharp loss of revenue in the first half of its trading year. In...

The sales arm of independent Leicester agency Fothergill Wyatt has been sold to fast-growing local business Hortons. Fothergill Wyatt was established in...

Our Agents Do Charity column each Friday does a fantastic job of highlighting the amazing charitable work of agents up and...

Historic estate agency group Humberts - which was at risk of disappearing entirely just over two years ago - has opened...

A new PropTech platform has an ultimate aim of allowing house buyers to select and order their interior decorations and modifications...

Foxtons has confirmed its intention to sell the sales side of Douglas & Gordon, the London agency chain it acquired only...

A trading statement this morning confirms a large revenue rise for LSL Property Services. Group revenue increased by around 23 per cent last...

A leading buying agency says that while prime central London’s property market shows clear signs of recovery, a weak area remains...

The London agency that was at the forefront of introducing the ‘serviced office hub’ concept of working for self-employed agents has...

An agency has re-opened its head office after a two-year break because of Covid. Davidsons Estates has kept open a city centre...

A stamp duty loophole in one part of the UK is likely to be closed later this year. Until now buying a...

Hunters has tweaked its earlier version of hybrid franchising in a bid to attract self-employed agents. Hunters Personal was launched with a...

A fast-growing land and property consultancy has snapped up a respected independent to bolster its presence in the North of England. George...

There’s been huge sale price inflation in the rarified high-end country estate market according to a buying agent. Jess Simpson, who runs...

The UK’s largest property auctioneer says that there is now clear evidence of the impact the pandemic has had on the...

An hour-long webinar this week aims to inform agents how to deter property fraud by greater emphasis on compliance, due diligence...

Bowmark Capital is selling its Leaders Romans Group, one of the UK’s largest property services groups, to another private equity operator, Platinum...

This is our first Property Jobs Today column of 2022 and it’s testimony to how busy our industry is right now...

The lettings sector looks set to steam ahead in 2022 after a record-breaking 2021, despite the financial and mobility challenges of...

With the drastic changes enacted on the industry over the past two years thanks to the pandemic and political events such...

Propertymark has appointed an insider to the key role of policy adviser - effectively the position vacated last month by industry...

Barely three weeks into the new year and we’re already talking about plans to raise tens, perhaps hundreds, of thousands of...

An estate agency has revealed which London boroughs have been the busiest in terms of the number of homes sold as...

If agents wonder why more older home owners don’t sell and downsize, it may be because they’re taking equity out of...

Agents finding it difficult to persuade potential vendors to come to the market this early in the year have new ammunition...

London’s super-prime residential market has recorded its strongest year since 2013, according to high end agency Savills. In total, there were 522...

A franchise for two agency offices in west London has been acquired by property professionals Faith Cook and Georgia Everton-Wallach –...

From first-time buyers to serial investors, no two days are ever the same for a Sales and Investment Consultant at Walton...

Foxtons has this morning announced that it’s selling off the sales wing of a rival London agency that it bought just...

Plymouth independent estate agency Alan Cummings & Co has been acquired by Julian Marks Estate Agents. With more than 16 staff and...

Vote? Well, whether we have a change of Prime Minister or not, there’s an important vote today - for great charitable...

A warning has gone out to estate agents that “more and more” reports are being filed about cyber attacks on agencies...

Winkworth has told its shareholders that it expects approaches from prospective franchisees to open new branches this year. In a trading statement...

The objective of estate agents in 2022 must be to cut their business costs and employ technology to replace - and...

Mortgage lenders serving the housing market are set for a quieter 2022 after the unprecedented levels of activity seen in 2021,...

It’s often said that agency is a people business, and I can see no reason to disagree - agents dealing face-to-face...

A leading accountant is warning of a possible stamp duty change affecting residential property this year. HMRC is currently consulting on a...

The last two years have been dramatic and decisive for many people and many businesses. Both have reassessed their work approaches...

A hybrid agency that charges no fees to vendors but instead relies on referral fees for income has officially rolled out...

The housing market boom of 2021 has given rise to an increasing number of £1m-plus deals.  Government statistics analysed by mortgage firm...

A survey of agents suggests the majority believe the process of buying and selling residential properties will be fully digital or...

A leading PropTech entrepreneur with a lengthy pedigree as an estate agent says agents should use more technology in a bid...

The number of locations where average house prices still stand at below £150,000 has shrunk by 28 per cent in recent...

Mark Newton, founder of the Newton Fallowell agency, is retiring. The news came from a statement from the Belvoir franchise giant which...

High-value properties were the top-performers in the country house market in 2021, according to an agency that majors in this sector.  In...

Hybrid agency eXp UK is the latest to include the Modern Method of Auction as a sales possibility for its remote...

Prime Central London’s attraction to multi-millionaire and billionaire buyers appears to have soared during the pandemic. High end agency Beauchamp Estates says...

A regional agency has this week opened a new 8,500 square feet office with a pledge to expand and employ 100...

The online agency Strike - which has a business model selling homes for free and relying on referral fees for revenue...

House and apartment sales are still being hit by confusion and worry over ground rents on existing second-hand leasehold properties. This is...

As we slide into Christmas, with the busiest levels of house buying since 2006 and activity still buoyant, I don’t think...

The last Propertymark housing market snapshot for 2021, based on date from the end of November, finds that there is an...

Top Scottish agency Galbraith says key parts of the country saw some buyers snapping up properties this year without even visiting...

UK house prices have reached an all time high - but 2022 will see a more normalised housing market thanks to...

The Lomond Group, reported over the weekend to be in talks to buy high-end London agency Chestertons, has this morning announced it’s...

Rightmove has revealed the UK’s property hotspot of 2021 - where prices have risen 31 per cent in just a year. The...

Sky News reports that the little-known Lomond Group - backed by private equity money - is in exclusive talks to buy one...

The Bank of England has raised interest rates for the first time in more than three years, in response to surging...

A big thank you for today’s fun entry goes to Madi Kerridge, sales and lettings negotiator at the Matthew Anthony agency...

Hello and welcome to our latest fantastic festive display from an agency - this time, Dawsons. The agency’s senior partner Chris Hope...

MRI Software’s newest Agency Solutions expert, Michael Connolly, made the leap from working on the front line of an estate agent...

Phil Spencer’s new series of Move iQ podcasts is to be sponsored by Propertymark. During the nine part series, Spencer will talk...

One of the country’s leading estate agents has shared his top tips for using PropTech. Simon Bradbury is managing director at Thomas...

A good website is no longer optional for estate agents, as no single aspect of marketing to new customers is more...

Data out today from Rightmove shows the predictable seasonal effect of around 0.7 per cent knocked off the typical asking price. The...

As the UK housing market faces an ongoing boom, there’s one profession that’s certainly rushed off its feet — estate agents....

You’ve heard me bang on about the wonder of reservation agreements for some time now, but it’s definitely the case that...

One of the country’s leading experts in estate agency reviews has given advice to agents on how they can best use...

The company selling new homes in a London development has added a new twist to our celebration of Christmas 2021 -...

Hello again and with just two weeks to go before the festivities begin, there’s a definite ramping up of fund-raising for...

There’s been yet another month of declining property listings according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors market snapshot. Those responding...

Property fraud is on the rise and early in 2022 agents will have an opportunity to attend a webinar featuring a...

Knight Frank has appointed David Lewis as head of rural sales for Devon and West Somerset. Lewis’s career in residential property began...

Online auction specialist Iamsold has opened its training programme for applications for its January 2022 intake.  Jamie Cooke, managing director at iamsold,...

Prominent industry trainer Adam Walker, who has seen around 150,000 people attend his courses over the past 33 years, is suspending...

Angels Media was the official media sponsor of the highly successful Relocation Agent Network’s conference on Friday, with Angels chief executive...

Welcome to the new week - and we’re just 19 days from Christmas Day!  We continue our parade of photos and videos...

The last 18 months have been full of ups and downs, but the property market has coped remarkably well during the...

With 2022 swiftly approaching, businesses in the property industry are likely to be reflecting on the trials and tribulations that have...

Mark Meyer, CEO, Meyers Estate Agents: “We’re on a mission to revolutionise the traditional concept of estate agency.   We don’t have...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I can’t remember the last time I had a business...

Estate agents are being urged to ensure their compliance procedures are up to scratch after fraudsters stole a man’s identity and...

Propertymark has criticised the government over poor house building figures. New figures from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities show...

The chief executive of Propertymark says the number of homes on sale has fallen to an average of just 21 per branch. “Figures from...

Foxtons has this morning announced that former managing director Peter Rollings is rejoining the agency 16 years after his departure. Rollings was...

Despite the progress made in so many areas, particularly in terms of leasehold reform – although we are calling upon the...

The Good Estate Agent, set up in 2010, is slashing its franchise fee - it claims the reductions are for Black...

A long-standing estate agency with three major branches has shut after 27 years of trading - blaming online competition and ‘race...

Data released by Zoopla suggests that demand for new builds outside London remains above the five year average, but has failed...

There’s been a dramatic 48.4 per cent fall in the number of property sales between September and October, reflecting the end...

Chestertons, which is itself currently on sale, has snapped up independent London Residential, a firm operating in the north west of...

In this latest Natter piece zoning in on independent agents doing things differently, following on from the one I did with...

The Relocation Agent Network has unveiled its speakers for its national conference and exhibition early next month. Called RAN Live! 2021 it...

As we all know, the sector is constantly evolving and as we start to get to grips with the changes, another...

Cluttons has given its market snapshot for the sales market in central London - and it’s echoing the familiar story of...

The average asking price across the UK is now £43,000 higher than it was in late 2019 according to data and...

TV property celebrity Amanda Lamb has revealed the winners of the 2021 allAgents customer experience awards. They were announced at the awards’...

The Propertymark Qualifications Awards annual ceremony taking place early next month have revealed their shortlist. There is a total of nine Awards...

The latest LonRes market snapshot for prime London carries mixed messages in terms of transaction volumes.  Overall, for the month of October,...

Hello and welcome to a new week - and even as Christmas approaches there remains plenty to report about people moving...

I’ve never written the three letters ‘EPC’ more often than I have in the past week. Law changes for the private rental...

PropTech has seen a surge in uptake over the last few years for several reasons – be it the Covid-19 pandemic...

Franchise giant Winkworth says at least eight new offices will open next year, following an upbeat performance in 2021. In a trading...

The market may be soaring in most of the country but there are still locations where significant numbers of properties sell...

There’s been a significant rise in buyer interest in the energy efficiency of properties - but so far it’s making no...

We have been speaking with many agents over the past months and the story appears the same with them all. There...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? David Ruddock – Partner and Head of Residential Sales Operations...

Property experts have joined forces to call for faster and more secure transactions.  The PropTech and conveyancing voices have united in warning...

Auction House London says the Coronavirus pandemic has proved that the power of livestream sales far outweighs the impact of earlier online...

A stamp duty surcharge which has been labelled ‘forgotten’ because of its low profile has nonetheless bagged £45m for HM Treasury in...

A few weeks ago the ESTAS took place at the Grosvenor House hotel in London - the first chance for many...

In this article, the team at The Lettings Hub - which aims to offer tech-driven solutions for the rental market - outline...

Reservation Agreements provide agents with absolute certainty that both sellers and buyers are being honest. “If they’re lying or… shall we say,...

The Property Franchise Group, the agency industry’s largest franchise operation, has reported strong performance in recent months. Chief executive Gareth Samples has...

Purplebricks' share price tumbled a remarkable 34 per cent this morning when trading opened on the London Stock Exchange. The price crashed...

There’s been a huge rise in references to electric car charging within property listings submitted to Rightmove. The number of homes listed...

The average price of a house in the UK has hit £250,000 for the first time as the  market shows no...

New research suggests estate agents earn some of the lowest basic salaries of all sales professions.  Nested, an online agency promoting the...

Tech stack is a term often used nowadays to describe all the software tools within a business. Calling it a stack...

A PropTech chief says agents are now competing with each other for substantially less stock on the market - meaning their...

The average time for home-movers to get through the conveyancing process has dropped by 27 days since the summer, according to Rightmove.  The...

New figures from the Iamproperty group, parent of the Iamsold specialist in the Modern Method of Auction, show that the service...

In this op-ed, Warwick Haycock, accounting software specialist at The Access Group, looks at how the use of tech can empower...

We have all heard the terrible forecasts and listened to Sir David Attenborough’s speeches on the environment and the “we still...

The proportion of properties selling above asking price has dipped according to Propertymark - a likely sign the market is softening at...

Foxtons has given an upbeat trading update to shareholders this morning. It says so far this year sales revenue is a huge...

As you are no doubt aware, building mutually beneficial relationships with conveyancers in your local area can not only make your...

There’s been another step to make house sales more secure and speedier, with a pilot scheme starting next month. Five major identity...

PropTech is booming, and its rise was only accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic, which forced the real estate industry – as...

The housing market is on track to record its strongest year since 2007 for transactions and house price inflation says Zoopla.  The...