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A new service launched over the weekend, proposing to charge buyers £30 for a “guaranteed” viewing, has split opinions amongst estate...

Hello and welcome to another Property Jobs Today, your chance to see the latest moves in our industry. Why not be a...

London’s super prime residential market has recorded its strongest half year in volume and value terms since the rush to beat...

There’s gathering momentum to do ‘something’ about the unfairness of council tax and stamp duty. This isn’t new in principle. Agents have...

Zoopla data has confirmed that buyer demand started to moderate in the months prior to the initial stamp duty holiday tapering...

The first stamp duty holiday deadline has now passed, and we can all sigh a slight relief after the sheer numbers...

The post-lockdown housing market boom is showing signs of a significant slowdown according to a new forecast. The prediction, from the quote...

Knight Frank’s network of residential sales offices in London had a record month in June as the end of the main...

HM Revenue & Customs has warned of what it calls the “negative impacts” of the pandemic on the latest property transactions...

Ben Ridgway gives his views on the current market, material information and PropTech for agents. What is your current view of the...

The biggest challenge facing many agents in the current climate is the general shortage of stock, both for sales & lettings. Let’s...

An agent support service set up in the early days of the pandemic has closed down with its architect saying “If...

Fledgling portal Boomin is launching what it claims to be the most interactive and accurate online valuation tool on the market.  It...

Property consultancy LonRes says June was a record-breaking month for property sales in the capital, with exchanges up 140 per cent...

It may be ‘Freedom Day’ but it looks certain that many estate agents will still wear masks in offices today and...

The busiest first half of a year ever recorded by Rightmove has led to a raft of new records for the...

A new analysis off the housing market suggests that the current frenzy is down partly to activity in the most expensive...

Let it never be said that this column isn’t here to help out agents directly. In this week’s Natter, I speak...

Our long-awaited ‘Freedom Day’ approaches. From Monday all of the restrictions, introduced since the Covid-19 pandemic made an impact across the...

The housing market across the country shows little or no sign of cooling despite the end of the main stamp duty...

Property auctioneer Auction House has recorded its best first half results in its 14-year history, and says it’s going to continue...

London agency Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward is opening four new branches this year. KFH recently opened new lettings offices in Brook Green...

A commercial property agency in London says it will open a residential sales and lettings operation this year. Bermondsey-based Henshall & Partners...

A new team of managers at one of the country’s best known franchise brands hopes to promote the concept amongst agents. Hunters...

Anyone working in residential property knows it is taking longer and longer to get from SSTC (sold subject to contract) to...

The chief executive of Purplebricks says research into pricing strategies has suggested around a third of sellers at least consider using...

The government and property industry have been talking about it for a long time, and there have been numerous initiatives introduced...

A leading agency in the capital says it’s seen its strongest ever half year of trading. According to Chestertons’ latest market analysis,...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Jamie Cooke, Co-Founder and Managing Director of iamsold, part...

Purplebricks has addressed its critics on house sales by pledging to return vendors’ upfront fees if the agency fails to find...

A north London new homes agency is to rebrand as Connells-owned Hamptons. Lanes New Homes has been owned by Hamptons for some...

It may be the height of summer but the industry is still super-busy and new appointments continue to come thick and...

Several estate agencies have reported record months of business thanks to the rush of transactions ahead of the main stamp duty...

The race to complete home sales before the stamp duty holiday came to an end on June 30 has created what...

By any measure, the housing market has been unprecedently busy in recent months, fuelled not just by the stamp duty holiday...

Online estate agency Strike - which used to be HouseSimple - is expanding its sell-for-free service out across the Midlands and...

Knight Frank claims that the number of UK property transactions in June is on track to be the highest on record.  Although...

All eyes on Rome this weekend as England face Ukraine on their way - we hope - to winning Euro 2020. Some...

It doesn’t seem that long ago that 2D floorplans were considered cutting edge – but it’s safe to say they’re now...

The leading reason for property sales falling through is gazumping, according to new research from Comparethemarket. Over the past year, nearly two-fifths of...

The property market was expected to struggle to recover after the first lockdown, but, thanks to the stamp duty holiday and...

No fewer than seven estate and lettings agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme today. Most of them are now...

One of the highest profile supporters of the online estate agency concept has quit the company he founded. Akshay Ruparelia, who is...

The frenzy of activity in the housing market thanks to the stamp duty holiday shows the need for automated processes to...

A company supplying data to conveyancers and other property professionals warns that Japanese Knotweed is a bigger headache than usual this summer. A wet and frosty spring,...

The Competititon and Markets Authority says it’s to look into reviews on Google and Amazon, and see whether the online giants...

For the second time in two working days, a report suggests that ever-higher numbers of buying are paying over the asking...

Peter Everett - a veteran High Street estate agent with a quarter of a century at LSL and a decade at...

Phil Spencer has interviewed five key regional estate agents in the latest of his Move iQ industry videos. It’s a fascinating insight...

London-focussed agency Winkworth - which has around 60 of its 100 franchise branches in the capital - has now opened another...

Data from Rightmove shows that no less than 37 per cent of homes early this year sold for the asking price...

It’s been another terrific week for good deeds by our industry - so often under-reported but so important for agents and...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, we have one of the most familiar names in agency on board for a Q&A....

A rush to beat next week’s stamp duty holiday deadline has caused a 200 per cent increase in demand for removal...

Franchise giant Winkworth has launched a new property podcast to boost its marketing. The Property Exchange podcast will air monthly, with the...

A consultation into the draft New Homes Quality Code has been published with a consultation period for the industry ending on...

There may well have been times in recent weeks when any agent would have been forgiven for wanting a break -...

The frantic growth in house prices is showing its first sign of slowing down, says Rightmove. In its latest monthly market snapshot,...

Welcome to the start of another week and as the housing market continues at full pelt, so does the movement of...

In an unusual move, HM Land Registry has issued guidance to agents to help them reassure jittery buyers and sellers ahead...

Around 18 months ago, just a few months before the pandemic hit, I did a Natter with the team at software...

The property market is currently in a unique position where the number of house hunters looking for their next home is...

easyJet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou has given his personal backing to the newest recruit of online agency easyProperty - even though...

Fine & Country has a new prime London licensee covering Notting Hill and Chelsea - but there will be no High...

London’s housing market may be distinctly lacklustre compared to much of the rest of the UK right now but one development...

Agents should prepare for a surge in fall throughs and collapsed sales thanks to the first stamp duty holiday period expiring...

The finance arm of a leading estate agency has taken the unusual step of warning about delays in the conveyancing process. “The...

Average house prices in the year to the end of April increased by 8.9 per cent according to the government’s Office...

Auction House has announced its highest-ever monthly sales total, with its sales in May just topping £70m.  The firm sold 397 properties...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Well I rarely use them now! Chris Hodgkinson, Managing Director What...

A traditional problem for agents has been ‘tyre kickers’ who come to view a home out of curiosity with little or...

EweMove, the high profile hybrid estate agency owned by The Property Franchise Group, says it has recruited a record 30 new...

Amro Partners, the Build to Rent and student accommodation operator, has launched a venture capital arm investing in PropTech and FinTech. Amro...

Buyers are not told the true scale of flood risk in many properties - and the rush to beat the stamp...

Michael Jones & Company celebrates its 30-year anniversary this year and, in an effort to both celebrate the work of local...

A senior estate agent says even if the restrictions easing lockdown, still formally scheduled for June 21, are delayed by several...

An industry supplier is urging agents to dust off old prospects to build their pipeline and keep the market boom going...

An estate agent has been accused of charging prospective clients to view a property. The claim has been made on Twitter by...

There are an estimated 2.7 million landlords in the private rented sector (PRS) providing rental accommodation to multiple generations of tenant,...

In the third part of this series, Neil Cobbold – Chief Sales Officer at rental payment automation provider PayProp – explores...

There are over 700,000 homes marked Sold Subject to Contract and going through conveyancing right now, according to a new Rightmove...

A delighted couple sent “thank you” gifts of jewellery to three staff at an agency after moving into their dream home. The...

As the high-street sees a dramatic increase in footfall1, a trend that is set to continue, agents are elevating their window...

Foxtons shareholders will today give their verdict on the company’s plans to ‘go national’, revealed at the start of the weekend. On...

Independent agents come in all shapes, sizes and looks, many with their own USPs and little quirks. It is this variety...

The Grenfell Tower disaster in June 2017 exposed the dangers of inflammable cladding on residential tower blocks, and what has come...

The growth of the internet and technology has transformed virtually every aspect of our lives, including how we approach the property...

In a trading statement this morning Foxtons has revealed that following a 49 per cent increase in sales revenue in the...

Franchise agency giant Belvoir has acquired share capital in a small mortgage company. Nottingham Mortgage Services Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of...

One of the country’s leading politicians says a yet-to-be-revealed way of taxing property sales could be one way of helping homes...

Books about property are, relatively speaking, commonplace - books by estate agents are far less so, hence the interest in The...

Tech is a fantastic enabler but should never be a complete replacement for the human interactions that add real value to...

An agency says two thirds of its sales valuations in London in the first quarter of the year have been conducted...

Movebutler, the digital onboarding platform from online auction specialist iamproperty, says it has some 900 agency branches signed up. These include Martin...

An anonymous conveyancer has admitted increasing fees to deter buyers and sellers in the frenzied housing market during the stamp duty...

Rightmove is to review the processes of an online platform which directly uploads sellers' property details via an app. Two years ago...

A firm has agreed to amend its claim that it was the number one selling agent in its town in 2020,...

In the previous edition of PropTech Today, Nathan Emerson highlighted the importance of effective implementation, linking poor staff engagement to the...

The number of transactions is scheduled to reach 1.52 million this year - way above the norm of between 1.0 and...

After a recent incident involving an Estate Agent based in Devon in which a property virtual tour they published revealed a...

An all-time record high of one in three properties sold for more than the original asking price last month. This is according...

Digital marketing agency Angels Media and digital platform Gazeal have announced an exclusive strategic partnership to help improve and speed up...

A Channel 4 property TV presenter is to become an estate agent. Kerr Drummond, who hosts Coast vs Country, has joined the...

One of the country’s leading estate agents claims some solicitors are charging exorbitant fees on transactions as they near the latest...

In an industry which is faced with constant changes in day-to-day practices and even more so given the Covid terrain which agents...

The Planning Bill, which will introduce changes to the planning system in England, was announced last week in the Queen’s Speech....

We recently conducted a survey and discussion session with estate and lettings agencies called Agency panel - Cut through the noise...

A report by the Office of Tax Simplification on Capital Gains Tax has called for a series of changes. They include extending...

EweMove says it’s has just recorded its best-ever month for new enquiries from sellers. In April the hybrid - which is part...

Data consultancy LonRes has given a typically upbeat assessment of the Prime London sales market - despite the effects of Coronavirus...

In recent years, the property market has been taking steps to become more digital – with HM Land Registry leading the...

One of the men behind the defunct Emoov online estate agency has re-emerged as the head of a marketing service. The service...

An agency says sellers should improve the attractiveness of their properties for sellers - so it's linked with a florist to offer...

An industry provider has created a free e-book for agents explaining the latest must-have - a Tech Stack. Tech provider Rex has created...

A London agency is rejecting the suggestion that sellers are heading to the countryside - instead, it says they’re likely to move...

eXp UK - an agency brand with roots in the US and led by Adam Day, a veteran of three online firms -...

Welcome to another working week and with it, our regular update on appointments and moves within our industry. Please let us know...

Keller Williams UK has announced that Paul Sloan - who quit as operations director of Spicerhaart just weeks ago - is...

Gathering and analysing feedback at all stages in the customer journey is highly important. So, where do we begin? For many estate...

Some sellers are suffering cash flow issues as a result of glitches in the Capital Gains Tax reporting system, according to...

We know the industry-wide statistic that more than 50% of all vendors end up selling with the second (or sometimes third)...

Thousands of sales are at risk because slow searches by councils may prevent deals completing by the next stamp duty deadline. With just under...

Two former directors of the prestigious Beauchamp Estates agency in central London have set up their own new company. They say their...

TM Group and sales progression solution mio have signed up as partners for the 2021 ESTAS Forum & Awards, sponsored by...

London’s super prime residential market shows signs of recovery with more £5m-plus sales recorded in the first four months of 2021 than...

A league table of the most important issues facing vendors places the scale of estate agents’ charges at the bottom - and this...

A row has blown up over a house raffle where the property prize was withdrawn and a cash alternative offered because...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Ben Ridgway, Group Managing Director at iamproperty. What is iamproperty...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I am Mark Armstrong, and my business card says...

Changes to the way the property market operates over the last year - with increased flexibility and remote interactions - has...

A market analysis by Fine & Country suggests that annual house price inflation could hit 10 per cent next month. Nicky Stevenson,...

In a video interview for Letting Agent Today, Neil Cobbold, Chief Sales Officer of PayProp, speaks to property professional Chris Buckler...

Zoopla says house builders “are at the heart of everything we do” and it is revamping its New Homes marketing offer...

The current crisis has led to many of us to re-evaluate our lives to ensure that we put ourselves in the...

An agent has contacted Estate Agent Today to issue what he calls “an urgent alert” about the risk of Capital Gains...

Purplebricks has revealed how it’s going to fill in following the departure of chief sales office Chris Beckwith last week for...

The Prime Central London pain throughout the pandemic can be seen by new figures just released by an investment consultancy, showing...

Whilst it was once seen as a way to sell niche or run-down properties, auction is now a mainstream method of...

A leading agency says the stamp duty holiday is not a big influence on the current housing market frenzy - and...

Century 21 UK is the first agency in the country to white label an app which covers transaction components from property...

We have more regulations controlling the sector than ever before and we have more ‘regulators’ involved in controlling the sector than...

You could make about 65 more cold calls, or hold 13 more viewings, or you could take a power-nap every day...

Keller Williams now boasts 377 estate agency partners across the UK - agents that have set up and run their own...

Hello and welcome to Agents Do Charity as we are on the threshold of May why not get on to the...

Britain’s second largest estate agency has outlined radical new plans to shift direction, making financial services and not sales or rentals...

One of the earliest London agencies to adopt a hub-style operation with self-employed agents working on a high commission basis, has...

The Property Franchise Group’s hybrid agency EweMove more than doubled its income in 2020 to £5m, according to a statement to...

One in six properties sold for over the original asking price last month, higher than the proportion in February and another sign...

Software provider Rex has launched three new live dashboards for agencies, one of which covers agent performance. Rex says the dashboards -...

New figures from Zoopla today emphasise just how frenzied the housing market remains. Here are the figures: - so far in the first...

If you’re worried the stamp duty holiday is denying the Treasury of much-needed income, think again. Stamp duty receipts soared to £1,196...

The biggest news story in town this last week – which has brought people who don’t usually like or watch football...

I was not surprised when I came across an industry article recently citing that over half of home buyers never visit...

In my previous Estate Agent Today feature, I endeavoured to explain the key differences between APIs and Apps, to help improve...

Hello and welcome to a sunny Friday and this week’s round-up of the industry’s good works. We’re keen to feature agents and...

International investment bank UBS has double-downgraded Purplebricks from ‘buy’ to ‘sell’ - and that could be good for independent agents, a...

Free-to-list portal OneDome has signed up the 55 branch agency network Chancellors. The agency will consequently list all of its residential sales...

The average UK house price has risen 8.6 per cent - that’s typically £20,000 - in the past year. This is the...

Momentum is building for agents to provide more information on property details and portals - not wait until a prospective buyer...

Iamsold, the company best known for its Modern Method of Auction online platform, has won top spot in an auction league...

A major agency is reporting a “frenzy” with branches inundated with enquiries as soon as homes are listed. Nicky Stevenson, managing director of...

Research by an estate agency comparison service has revealed which type of road address produces the highest average price.  GetAgent has analysed...

Agents are being urged to push through their pipelines before the upcoming stamp duty deadlines. The plea comes from Simply Conveyancing, which...

Hello and welcome to another working week, and the latest on jobs and staff movement across our industry. You can be part...

There’s been a surge in activity in London’s prime housing market according to LonRes. The property data company says that new instructions in March...

For many, the funeral of HRH Prince Philip will be a solemn affair, while for some it will also be a...

New research shared with Estate Agent Today suggest that in areas of the country almost four in 10 homes for sale...

We’re officially transitioning to summer – marked by the clocks going forward and warmer weather – just as restrictions start to...

Zoopla has unveiled a subtle rebranding plus new features and functionality - and says it wants to be number one, not...

This time out, I speak to one of the industry’s biggest-hitters. Adrian Gill may have retired from frontline agency, having had...

An online agency that already operates in the lettings field is spreading into sales - and pledges to give most of...

Foxtons has reassured investors that 2021 has started well and the agency is on the road to recovery after the Coronavirus...

Another property company has announced its participation in the Kickstart scheme. The initiative is aimed at young people aged 16 to 24...

One in three property sales in England and Wales fell through before completion in the first quarter of 2021. The 32 per...

The ESTAS Group has named a new headline sponsor for its 2021 Forum and Awards, taking over from Zoopla with immediate effect. It’s...

Chancellors today opens its 56th and newest branch with what it calls its most generous ever offer to potential customers. The office...

The last property event I attended in person – and I think the last physical property event held all told –...

Purplebricks is this summer starting a £7m campaign in a bid to to increase market share, using a new media partner. The...

Agents have contacted Estate Agent Today to say they fear the new MatchMaker service on the Boomin portal could be used...

The MP leading a new parliamentary committee on the housing market says a radical reform of tax would help more people move...

We are just over one year on from the day our lives truly changed, when the UK went into its first...

Licensing of the short-term lets sector in Scotland was due to be introduced next month. However, it was recently announced that...

Estate agents play a key role in identifying tax savings that can benefit all parties. If a purchaser can benefit from...

It’s 12 years since we opened our doors with the Fine and Country estate agency in Drayton on April 1 2009. The...

Late last year Hamptons launched ‘Relay around the World’… a fundraising initiative to raise money for Cancer Research’s Stand Up To...

The Bruce brothers' new portal Boomin has launched a day early - and no, this isn't an April Fool. The site went live...

Welsh independent agency Nuttall Parker has been snapped up by Cardiff-based property business Seraph Group. Newport-centred Nuttall Parker is Seraph Group's second...

With March marking one year since the beginning of the first national lockdown across all four nations of Britain in response...

Earlier this month, Fixflo held a webinar with David Cox, legal and compliance director of Rightmove, to discuss key government policies...

A company in the German Axel Springer publishing empire - which also invested in Purplebricks in the past - has put...

A new survey says 80 per cent of homeowners believe the process of buying a house has remained largely the same or...

Buyer behaviour has changed over the past year of the pandemic and it’s up to estate agents to calculate how to...

NAEA Propertymark says a record number of transactions are taking four months to move from offer to exchange. The organisation says this...

Hello, and as we near the first Bank Holiday of the year (and a little light at the end of the...

With just days before the launch of new portal Boomin, Rightmove says it’s hit a record 9.1m visits in a 24...

As you’ll know by now, I like to use the Natter to shine a light on independent agents doing things a...

The Chancellor’s recent announcement that the stamp duty holiday would be extended for another three months was undoubtedly great news for...

Another house price index shows a super-charged housing market with prices rising 7.5 per cent in the year to January according...

New data from The ValPal Network suggests 57 per cent of leads are generated outside office hours, putting the emphasis on...

A new licensee at Fine & Country is taking the brand into a new territory with a sales patch 170 miles wide...

The Guild of Property Professionals says it’s had a strong response to the launch of its Ofqual-accredited Level Three Agency Qualification. It...

The original stamp duty freeze, which started in July 2020, has already helped push house prices to a record high and...

Purplebricks has removed advertising claims which suggested it sold homes for a higher sum, on average, than rival agencies. The Advertising Standards...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Hi, I’m Kersteen McConnell and I am a Business Development...

Zoopla has crunched the numbers for the continuing stamp duty holiday in England and Northern Ireland, calculating 500,000 buyers will have...

Will Rightmove still be the dominant portal by 2030? Will Boomin really shake up the industry as Purplebricks did before it?...

OnTheMarket has completed its purchase of PropTech firm Glanty - a deal which began 15 months ago.   OTM took an initial 20...

One year on from the UK’s first stay-at-home order, London has been overtaken as the most searched-for location on Rightmove, according...

Purplebricks is now part of the mainstream landscape of British estate agency. There - I said it. An agency whose whispered name...

From 4 May 2021, your agency could be blocked from charging late fees, compounding interest on missing rent and taking any...

The Guild of Property Professionals is to offer a formal agency qualification as it goes increasingly on the offensive in a...

A new estate agency says it aims to sell homes within 30 days - and dismisses the idea of a traditional...

This week’s interviewee in the ‘In Conversation Today’ hotseat is a man better placed than most to shed some light on...

Connells Group has adopted e-Signatures from Yoti for its sales and lettings business across a number of brands. This follows a successful...

Later this year, on October 22, the ESTAS 2021 will take place in London. The glittering ceremony will welcome property professionals...

The findings of the new ‘Thriving in a Pandemic’ report, recently published by tmgroup and mio, have highlighted that the market...

A London agency has opened its second office in the south of the capital. Kalmars’ new branch is on the historic Old...

Online agency Yopa says it will change a claim on its website that appears to suggest no fee will be charged...

One of the companies at the heart of the campaign to provide more upfront information to prospective buyers has struck a...

An industry group charged with trying to make house buying simpler and quicker says it’s made a breakthrough on ‘upfront’ information...

A former Countrywide agent who is now a leading figure in a PropTech company has signed up two local agencies which...

Rightmove says the excess of demand over supply right now is bigger than at any time over the past decade -...

If it’s Monday, it’s jobs news day on EAT - welcome to the latest update. Want to be featured in our next...

Following the fluctuation of the property market during the UK’s first national lockdown, the industry was given a lifeline by the...

You could be forgiven for overlooking International Women’s Day on Monday. Well, almost. Focus was instead turned to the first day back...

Last year saw a monumental shift in almost every aspect of our lives: not least the way we work, socialise and...

Pressure is building on London agency Foxtons to repay its furlough funding. The company issued an upbeat trading statement on Wednesday; while...

High end purchasers of homes in London paid 15 per cent of the stamp duty in 2020, yet the value of...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says the market should prepare itself for a glut of new supply thanks to the...

The latest breakdown of the stamp duty holiday extension has given a first estimate of the total number of deals to...

The property sector is in the middle of a boom and demand is high. Last week’s announcement that the stamp duty...

Foxtons says it's set for radical new investment and further takeovers following the acquisition of rival London agency Douglas and Gordon. In...

Propertymark has set out a four point strategy for the future of the organisation. The body - which encompasses the National Association...

Savills has upgraded its house price and transaction forecasts following the Budget - and prime London, especially the centre, is tipped to...

Hello and welcome to this edition of Property Jobs Today, a chance to catch up with who’s moving where in the...

The extraordinary consolidation in the estate agency industry continues apace today with two of the biggest deals reaching critical points. Firstly Hunters’...

As a property agent, fancy marketing terminology such as ‘omnichannel’ might not hold too much interest for you right now. We’re in...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Dan Muir, Area Sales Manager, LetsBid Property What is LetsBid and...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Jake Field - Area Sales Manager What is lets bid Property...

epropservices - parent company of The Guild and Fine & Country - has made another significant PropTech acquisition, its second in three...

Leaders Romans Group is to use only fully recycled material to create its sales and lettings boards across all of its...

Connells Group, which is of course acquiring Countrywide, has announced it's snapped up another agency - albeit a much smaller one. It...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, I speak with Anthony Payne, Managing Director and co-founder of LonRes, a data and network...

Rarely do Budgets produce positive sentiments from the agency industry but Chancellor Rishi Sunak appears to have won widespread support for...

The firm behind iamsold, the leading operator in the controversial Modern Method of Auction arena, is entering the private treaty sales...

An independent agency has announced the opening of another office in what it calls a vote of confidence for the local housing...

No fewer than 79 per cent of people want the stamp duty holiday extended according to a survey conducted by an...

Dexters, which last week secured a reported £130m in new investment for the coming years, has snapped up the historic Roy...

Challenger portal OneDome has signed up one of the larger UK agencies, the Leaders Romans Group. LRG will list all its residential sales...

  Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Mark Meyer, CEO, Meyers Franchising What is Meyers and what...

An estate agency is this month launching packs of up-front information for buyers in a bid to speed sales and reduce fall-throughs.  Miles...

Pre-pandemic, virtual and video viewings were a nice little add-on for some agents, but they were far from universally used and...

Honesty is a concept that journalists will tell their readers is non-existent for estate agents. Yeah, right! But as the end...

In a video interview for Letting Agent Today, property professional Chris Buckler speaks to Mike Dawson, Group Head of Sales at...

An open letter from Boomin chief executive Michael Bruce shows how fierce the competition is going to be in the portal field...

New research from Propertymark suggests a typical fall through costs an agent £4,123.  The association says that if the stamp duty holiday...

Much of the agency industry has reacted with delight at the extension of the stamp duty holiday deadline until June. Rightmove estimates...

We know the industry-wide statistic that more than 50% of all vendors end up selling with the second (or sometimes third)...

Propertymark has named a veteran industry figure as interim chief executive - and says it has a "new strategy." Nathan Emerson has some...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak will extend the stamp duty holiday deadline until the end of June - a three month extension. The lead...

Connells Group says it is the UK's largest estate agency group by market share - and that's before the Countrywide acquisition...

Transaction totals took a tumble last month for the first time since last summer as HMRC figures suggest the stamp duty...

Zoopla says it has so far delivered almost £80,000 in agent fees through its access to the Modern Method of Auction. MMA...

A new study suggests that the end of the stamp duty holiday should not significantly dent the purchasing pattens of buy...

A report drawn up by a software firm analyses sales, lettings and valuation leads from agents listing on Rightmove, Zoopla and...

An agency says it now sells more prime London properties than any of its rivals. Chestertons makes the claim based on figures...

On March 23rd 2021, Dezrez and its partners are hosting EAvolution21 the event that showcases the latest in PropTech using an...

London still dominated the league table of locations with the highest volumes of sales by value in 2020, despite the apparent...

The Chancellor’s rumoured six week extension to the stamp duty holiday has been backed by Rightmove. Over last weekend the Daily Telegraph,...

A huge number of additional transactions completing in the next few weeks due to the stamp duty holiday provides estate agents...

A new forecast suggests 70,000 buyers will miss the March 31 stamp duty holiday deadline. Zoopla has undertaken a new analysis to...

The deadline to complete the purchase of a home under the current Help to Buy scheme in England has been extended...

Agents and conveyancers are expressing doubt over whether a possible six week extension to the stamp duty holiday will be enough...

Hello - another Monday dawns but the good news is that we can update you on the industry’s latest appointments. Everyone here...

eXp UK - an agency brand with roots in the US and led by Adam Day, a veteran of three online agencies -...

As we move towards the one-year anniversary of the beginning of the first lockdown, it is a good time to reflect...

Estate agents might be expert at advising on buying and selling properties on their books but when it comes to buying...

It’s now more than a year since the government offered an additional £4 million to councils to combat rogue landlords. At the...

The rise and rise of portal listings and changing consumer habits during the pandemic may mean the death of the High...

Agents should put as much emphasis on ensuring a house move actually happens as on winning the instruction to begin with,...

Agents will soon have a chance to hear a US motivational speaker described as one of the world’s most influential sales...

One auctioneer Iamsold, which operates the Modern Method of Auction, says it’s enjoyed its strongest January on record.  It’s seen a 26...

Agents are invited to a webinar at lunchtime today to discuss how home staging can improve sales prospects for properties. Lemon and...

Let’s address the elephant in the room first - the property sector and how we market properties is changing. Gone are the...

A leading agency chief suggests there will have to be substantial bargaining between buyers and sellers as the stamp duty holiday cliff...

A housing market analyst says stamp duty, for all its unpopularity within the property industry, may not be so bad after...

House price growth is running out of steam ahead of the stamp duty holiday cliff-edge. That’s the suggestion from the Halifax; its latest...

An estate agency says 10 per cent of its sellers have already dropped their asking prices to keep buyers on board,...

After high levels of publicity for Zoopla and Boomin in recent weeks, Rightmove has struck back with figures suggesting it’s enjoyed...

This time out, I’m in conversation with one of the big three established portals. Since it was founded in 2007, Zoopla...