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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...

A 10-point ’must have’ list of demands for Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget on March 3 has been issued by NAEA Propertymark. It’s...

Agents can win more instructions by using text messages to prospective sellers as part of a short term ‘nurture’ campaign, according...

We’re now in Lockdown 3.0 and most of us have become used to juggling home-working, home schooling and a million and...

We are now over four weeks in to our third national lockdown in the UK. Although the property market remains open,...

Estate agents have kept up the pressure on the Westminster government to consider some kind of tapered ending to the stamp...

Labour and Conservative MPs have expressed a unanimous view on their desire to see an extension of the stamp duty holiday...

Property portals remain an essential marketing tool for estate agents and their value is clearly appreciated by consumers. However, with a...

Welcome to the start of another week and this catch up on the latest moves within the agency world. Everyone featured here...

At the back-end of last year and the start of this, the biggest news stories in town – besides debates over...

Technology has advanced in leaps and bounds in recent years, undoubtedly improving many parts of the moving process for both estate...

As part of our third PayProp Special Report on COVID-19 rental arrears in the UK, we surveyed over 600 agents, tenants...

The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has changed the way we evaluate our lives and, looking more specifically at the property market, it...

Boomin has denied that it will ever allow direct property sales, cutting out estate agents. Founder Michael Bruce says the new service...

A leading mortgage broker is warning that over half the lenders in a key segment of the market are already unable...

Properties are currently taking 29 per cent longer than average to sell once under offer, according to research by a home...

Property commentator Phil Spencer says lockdown - which we know will now last for another six weeks at least, and possibly...

Homeowners staying at home during another lockdown are doing more than sharing memes of groundhog day or doing family quizzes on...

A large majority of estate agents fear a surge in 'failed sales’ as the stamp duty holiday cliff edge gets ever-closer. The latest National...

Zoopla's latest figures suggest 70,000 transactions are likely to miss the stamp duty holiday deadline of March 31.  And the portal says: “The...

A PropTech supplier says the conveyancing process is “antiquated” and buyers and sellers would be better served if they were ’shadowed’...

One of the country’s top auctioneers is not going to stage any ballroom auctions this year - and it’s keeping its 2022...

High profile agency owner Sean Newman is offering his entire self-employed team of 100 agents and mortgage advisors a chance for...

If your house is anything like mine, the postman has a path beaten to your door over the last nine months. In...

Well, what a start to 2021! None of us thought things would change as the clock struck midnight on New Year’s...

By any available metric, Belvoir had a good 2020. Already a well-known and well-established name, it was highly praised for its...

The property market became somewhat fractious during 2020. After receiving a much-needed boost with the promise of stamp duty relief, things...

An estate agent has shut both branches of his business for safety reasons and wants tighter Coronavirus restrictions on the industry.  ITV...

A firm calling itself the UK’s first 24/7 home-based agency says it wants to roll out nationally with a network of franchisees...

The latest Rightmove analysis shows it now takes 126 days from the time an offer is accepted until legal completion -...

Revenues for LSL Property Services - owner of Your Move and Reeds Rains - dropped last year by 15 per cent. Although...

One of the housing market’s senior analysts says the end of the stamp duty holiday on March 31 would not be...

The speed and success of the Coronavirus vaccine programme holds the key to the housing market rebounding in the second half...

Countrywide and Foxtons have thrown their weight behind an idea to identify every single UK residential property with a unique number. The...

The ‘future of residential’ is a huge term to contend with but one that was addressed last week through our RE:Connect...

Estate agencies have been named by HM Revenue & Customs for breaching anti-money laundering regulations. The list of those breaching the rules...

Hello and welcome to the first Property Jobs Today of 2021 - we’re less than a fortnight into the New Year...

The average UK house price is now a record £253,374 according to the Halifax - but the rate of growth is...

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...

Independent agents inspired by the Say No To Rightmove campaign are to launch a rival portal next month. Wearethemarket is a portal...

Countrywide’s former management seriously damaged the company’s share value and status by adopting a flawed business plan - and then executing...

Following a turbulent 2020 in which the property market and the professionals working within it excelled in the face of unprecedented...

An estate agency group has launched new franchise business models to help those in the industry impacted by Covid-19. Century 21 UK...

Here’s hoping you managed to have as good a Christmas and New Year as Covid rules allowed. Journalism in early January is...

Firstly, Happy New Year – here’s to 2021 being less chaotic than the last! In the final part of our series on...

As we approach the end of the year, there is no doubt that it has been a turbulent 12 months for...

House prices surged in December to post their fastest growth in six years, according to the Nationwide.  Prices rose 7.3 per cent...

Many agents have been operating under Tier 4 Coronavirus restrictions for some days, but today sees another 20 million residents in...

The pandemic has reignited the flagging country house market and boosted demand for larger homes with gardens, claims Savills. Larger country houses...

He’s gone from Downing Street but the legacy of Dominic Cummings lives on in Rightmove’s top searches of 2020. Barnard Castle -...

High end agency Hamptons has quantified the trend of Londoners quitting the capital in the light of the pandemic. It says that...

Zoopla saw a record 70.5 per cent increase in traffic on Boxing Day as signs suggest the pre-Christmas boom is set...

Propertymark has told the government that it needs to introduce overarching regulation of agents now, because existing piecemeal provisions are unmanageable...

The largest company involved in the controversial Modern Method of Auction says it’s producing a “disruptive digital market campaign to address...

The proportion of sales that fell through at the worst point of this year was 52 per cent it’s been claimed. However...

Pressure is building on the government to agree a tapered end to the stamp duty holiday, even if a full-blown extension now...

Figures from Zoopla suggest there’s a Christmas present being unwrapped by agents across the country - a far busier housing market tha this...

The housing market is to stay open across the UK, including in the new Tier 4 areas of England. An announcement from Housing Secretary...

A 10 week marketing campaign is being launched by Zoopla - and the portal urges agents to stay open as much...

Agents and property experts have reacted angrily to the government's refusal to extend the stamp duty holiday. The government has told campaigners that...

Fall throughs which could be avoided by Reservation Agreements have cost agency branches an average £10,000 per month. That’s the claim from digital...

NAEA Propertymark has written to the Scottish Government demanding it extend the current Land and Buildings Transaction Tax holiday - the...

Described on this site as a ‘powerful disruptor’ in March 2020, few would deny that the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted on...

Mystery still surrounds the number of homes actually sold by Purplebricks, despite upbeat statements regarding the number of instructions it wins. The...

It is the end of my column for another year, my 4th if I am not mistaken.  This year has seen a...

OnTheMarket is to undergo a revamp under its new chief executive, former Foxtons agent Jason Tebb - who has been given...

If you fear the market will slow after Christmas, think again - Rightmove is expecting several months of frenzied transactions to...

Hello - and here we are nearing the end of the strangest of years.  With agents and industry suppliers rushed off their...

Revenues have slumped by 18 per cent at LSL Property Services, the corporate which boasts Your Move and Reeds Rains and...

The coronavirus pandemic has somewhat eclipsed Brexit this year – which is no mean feat. Cast your mind back to pre-Covid...

Foxtons has this morning reported to shareholders that its sales revenue has improved - although both mortgage and lettings revenue have...

In the six months to November there’s been a 79 per cent increase in sales of homes priced £5m to £10m says Knight...

The sales market is currently strong but the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has issued a warning about a slowdown next...

Who are you? Hi, I’m Richard Price, Managing Director at Dezrez. Who are Dezrez and what EACRM do you provide? At Dezrez we’re on...

Another day, another house price record as the bull market continues. The latest Halifax index shows prices surging 7.6 per cent to...

A petition has been launched demanding a stamp duty holiday extension. The online petition is the idea of Jonathan Steel - a layperson...

Zoopla has added over 1,000 branches since lockdown began in March, taking total membership of offices and new homes to a...

Delays with the return of property searches is one key factor for sales taking longer to complete. As conveyancers start to warn...

Welcome to part three of our ongoing series on local independent agents, as we seek to give this all-important part of...

‘Many are in complete denial about the time it takes and still think it’s eight to 10 weeks.’ I won’t tell you...

If this year has taught us anything, it's that estate agents need their software provider and specifically their CRM, to help...

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...

A leading conveyancing sector spokesmen says some mortgage lenders are making the current delays in the house buying process worse. Rob Hailstone,...

A digital resource hub for estate agents launches a new product today, claiming to shorten transaction times.  Sort Move, which has been...

The industry regulator who comes into force when the Regulation of Property Agents’ recommendations are adopted may take over versions of...

Over 100 Zoopla member branches have signed up to the Modern Method of Auction system offered via the portal. Over the summer Zoopla...

It’s that time of year again. Black Friday has been and gone and the run-up to Christmas is well and truly...

Annual house price inflation is now running at 6.5 per cent according to the latest Nationwide index after a 0.9 per...

The housing market may be slowing as we enter December but the latest snapshot suggests there’s still momentum with mortgage approvals...

The Federation of Independent Agents trade group has unveiled a new automated nurture product available exclusively to members - and it claims...

We are on the threshold in December with the pandemic still dominating but we’re delighted there is still positive jobs news...

NAEA Propertymark has renewed its warning that a cliff-edge threatens housing market stability as the stamp duty holiday ends. The organisation’s outgoing chief...

Property sales take a seriously long time to complete. There are a number of reasons for this, although often delays are...

Back in September, Westminster Council launched a new strategy to help 'protect tenants' and 'ensure they live in good-quality and well-managed...

As what now seems like a common occurrence everything has changed again since I last sat down to write about the...

Rezi’s integration with Zapier has transformed the way in which estate agents can now save time, money and resource. Agents are...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Vicky Quinn-Campbell – Sales and Marketing Director What is ‘company name’...

The high profile Yorkshire agency chain Dacre, Son & Hartley has been appointed by the largest charity care provider for older...

Property tax rises and falling house prices look as if they are on the way according to the small print accompanying...

Average house prices in Wales have risen three per cent in the past year, despite multiple difficult lockdowns considered more severe...

Online network love2move - which gives partner High Street agents an option to offer vendors an online sales service - is...

So, we’re back to where we were in the spring, more or less. England is in a national lockdown again to...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has resisted changing any property taxes in the short term, but has used his Spending Review statement to...

The Guild of Property Professionals is urging the industry - all agents, not just its own members - to lobby MPs...

Zoopla’s research team is anticipating the first quarter of next year will see the current boom continue as 100,000 additional sales...

Propertymark is in touch with the government to see how the new Tier structure being introduced on December 3 will affect...

The agency industry’s new leaders for the coming year have expressed strong support for reform recommendations promoted by the Regulation of...

Two prominent suppliers have teamed up to offer customers instant visibility of chain lengths, details of agents connected to properties being...

A survey of completion times for house sales over the past four years suggests that the worst performing local authority area...

Agents should know in the next 36 hours how new Coronavirus restrictions will affect how they work. The Prime Minister is announcing...

One of Countrywide’s two up-market brands, Hamptons International, has unveiled a new look which it describes as part of “a transformational...

The mixture of the stamp duty holiday and generally fast-rising house prices has led to a resurgence of flipping. Data released this...

As regular readers will know, the Natter kickstarted a series last time out zoning in on local independent agents – the...

Searches that are bound by the Search Code, protecting the seller, buyer and lender, are property and not client specific. As...

Newspapers are pushed through the door, whereas websites have to pull in visitors - it’s a simple but fundamental difference with vast implications...

Tenants, landlords, agents, and house buyers all breathed a sigh of relief on Halloween when the government announced that home moves...

High profile franchise hybrid agency EweMove has announced ambitious plans to double agent numbers within two years. The firm - which has...

Transactions appear to be edging higher than in 2019 for the first time this year - despite lockdowns and concerns caused...

The new property portal Boomin has revealed its fees structure for agents. Tapping into the industry debate over portal fees, Boomin describes...

The Home website, which publishes a detailed monthly snapshot of the market, has raised the alarm over London because of a...

One of the country’s top buying agents is advising purchasers and vendors to avoid online agencies and 'bucketshop' conveyancers. Edward Heaton - founder...

Estate agents can stand out from the crowd and help consumers through lockdown by providing a more secure sales process, a...

Just when you thought the housing market was beginning to calm down... along comes a likely vaccine for Coronavirus. One of the country’s...

Asking prices are down for the first time in many months. It’s a small drop - an average of 0.5 per cent...

With a new President elected and the old one reluctant to move out, this is a good time to see how...

Watching the government’s surprise press conference a couple of weekends ago the message was clear; we were heading into a gruelling...

According to the annual Property Week PropTech survey, almost 48% of property businesses had tested new technology because of the COVID-19...

The second England-wide lockdown is here. The good news is that this time round, the property market remains open for business,...

A law firm wants the government to agree that properties that have exchanged but not yet completed can definitely benefit from the...

One of the industry’s leading commentators says an unintended consequence of a possible Capital Gains Tax increase could be a bonus...

The latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors review of sales and rentals, often amongst the most pessimistic of analyses, says Covid 19...

The London sales market is slowing as Christmas nears but no significant impact has been caused by the second wave of...

As we embark on another nationwide lockdown, the team at SDL Auctions are keen to help agents ride the storm, beat...

A former London estate agency owner and finalist on The Apprentice says he’s now returning to the sector to sell new-builds. Jamie...

A relaunched home buying service says it wants to partner with agents to unlock sales if the housing market deteriorates. The service...

While England’s national lockdown exempts the housing market and allows agents to operate normally, it’s not been the same in Wales...

Firstly, let’s get the obvious out of the way. Lockdown 2, as it’s being known, is now with us, but fortunately...

Over a fifth of key businesses say they do not trust any element at all of automated anti-money laundering checks and...

Hello and welcome to yet another Agents Do Charity, the weekly forum for the industry to share its good news on...

Purplebricks recently launched a meditation service to help buyers and sellers manage stress. You might disagree with the idea, but moving...

The government has unveiled the public health regulations which will underpin the second national lockdown in England - and the exemptions...

I remember so clearly in my Foxtons days, working as a lettings manager in Putney, that lettings, though less sexy than...

Buyers in around 30 per cent of English cities are almost certainly already too late to complete a purchase by March 31...

Boomin is to levy a traditional monthly fee for estate and letting agents listing on the site, in line with other...

The national lockdown beginning on Thursday makes the case for an extension to the stamp duty holiday, according to a tax...

Countrywide is to hold a special general meeting on November 18 to consider its future ownership and structure. Last month Countrywide group...

Figures just released from HM Revenue & Customs show just how much stamp duty buyers pay, at least before the current holiday...

A leading market analyst says the widespread belief that we are ‘safe’ in our homes may indirectly lead to the recent...

Housing Minister Christopher Pincher announced that the introduction of the Renters' Reform Bill will be delayed for an indefinite period due...

The housing market’s recovery will be threatened with drastic consequences for buyers and sellers if the stamp duty holiday isn’t extended beyond...

A trading statement from Foxtons this morning provides a rare piece of good news for the troubled London agency. It says business...

The proliferation of free and accessible digital services has - at face value - brought us many great things: same-day deliveries,...

David Cox is joining Rightmove next week in a dramatic return to the industry. Cox left the ARLA Propertymark in late July after...

There are 140,000 more buyers waiting to complete on their properties right now than there were this time last year. The claim, by...

One of Britain’s most respected agents is suggesting Chancellor Rishi Sunak could ‘taper’ the stamp duty holiday to avoid a cliff-edge...

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

Agents spend their whole careers telling vendors and landlords why they will be able to achieve a better sale price or...

Staying on top of the numbers and figures in a constantly changing industry can be stressful. Changing property prices can be...

2020 has been a testing year right from the start. With Storms Ciara and Dennis causing £184m+ worth of damage to...

The new two per cent stamp duty surcharge applying to non-resident buyers may cause a wide range of properties to be...

The outgoing chief executive of the National Association of Estate Agents is warning that the sales system continues to struggle with...

Hello and welcome to a new week - and evenings that get darker earlier.  As winter approaches we’re continuing to bring you...

Another attempt is being made to introduce property logbooks to the selling and buying process, and agents are invited to play a...

The property market has bounced back with all of the expected resilience and flexibility that is its hallmark since it reopened...

Tenant enquiries and property viewings unsurprisingly slowed this spring, due to the necessary government restrictions brought in to manage the pandemic....

A reassessment of an independent agency’s activities during the Coronavirus crisis has led to it merging with a local franchise operation. Maison...